In the office, Chen Yu was looking at the medical records he was holding, which belonged to Keiko's father and included examination reports.
From the reports, Chen Yu could tell that Keiko's father must have sustained a head injury that led to subarachnoid hemorrhage and a persistent comatose state.
Although he received timely medical treatment and post-operative recovery was relatively ideal, there had been no sign of awakening, not even minimal consciousness responses, which led to the diagnosis of a vegetative state.
However, according to the medical reports, the self-recovery of Keiko's father's brain tissue wasn't poor, but his consciousness had not returned. Even with aggressive treatments, Keiko's father had still shown no reaction.
This situation, while disheartening, was by no means surprising; if it were that easy to wake someone from a vegetative state, it wouldn't be such a vexing problem for the medical community.
Having understood the situation, Chen Yu had developed a general idea of how to treat Keiko's father.
Initially, Chen Yu had planned to secretly use Brain Tissue Repair Fluid on Keiko's father, but it seemed unnecessary now. The focus of the treatment should be on how to awaken his consciousness. Read new chapters at Freewebnovel
Despite his strong desire to cure Keiko's father and restore him to her completely, Chen Yu had prepared a blank soul, embedded with basic memories, that could be used for replacement, considering all possibilities.
"Mr. Chen Yu, today is the day your old classmate is returning to her country. Aren't you going to see her off?" Just as Chen Yu was reviewing Keiko's father's medical records, Jounouchi Hiromi, who had brought them to him, brought up a question unrelated to the medical records.
"Going there would only make everyone uncomfortable; this way is better," Chen Yu replied casually to Jounouchi Hiromi, without seeming to care much about the issue, and continued to focus on the medical records in his hands.
However, Jounouchi Hiromi, seeing Chen Yu's reaction, mischievously teased him, "Really, no problem? I feel like Miss Zhu still has feelings for you! That night at dinner, if I hadn't been there, she probably would have invited you to spend the night, right?"
"So what if she did? She is someone else's wife now, and you are my girlfriend. Even if I entertained the thought, I shouldn't act on it," Chen Yu looked up at Jounouchi Hiromi with a particularly serious expression, "I don't deny that something might have happened if I didn't have a girlfriend. But now... an ordinary person can't be with a Necromancer."
"I used to be an ordinary person too..." Jounouchi Hiromi muttered, but a smile clearly appeared on her face because of Chen Yu's firm stance.
However, moving past that, Jounouchi Hiromi switched back to the topic of Keiko's father, "Mr. Chen Yu, how are you planning to start treatment on Keiko's father? Do you think the likelihood is greater that Keiko's father's condition is due to a physical problem or a soul issue?"
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"Fifty-fifty chance, I guess. After all, he had brain damage before. It's possible that the brain cells have entered a dormant state, ceasing to function," Chen Yu didn't want to dwell on Zhu Yiting's issue, and now that Jounouchi Hiromi had steered the conversation back, he naturally responded along those lines, "But I also wouldn't discount the possibility of a soul problem. If that's the case, I hope it's merely damage, not a vanished soul. That would be very troublesome to deal with."
Hearing Chen Yu say this, Jounouchi Hiromi felt a sense of sadness. Although both she and Chen Yu had ways to make Keiko's father "wake up", whether the person waking up was Keiko's father or an entirely new soul, was profoundly different. From the outside, it might look the same, akin to an infant lacking self-care ability, but the implications were entirely different.
To fill an empty body with a brand-new soul was a last resort.
"I hope it's just a brain or nerve issue. It would save a lot of trouble," Jounouchi Hiromi sighed, but ultimately didn't add anything more.
Perhaps wanting a change of mood, Jounouchi Hiromi asked about something else, "Mr. Chen Yu, when you let me co-author that paper on nerve reconstruction surgery, and now with my study on Artificial Wombs, the hospital talked to me about promoting me to associate professor. But while I have the quality of papers, the professorship selection also requires quantity. What do you think I should cover to fill in the number of papers?"
"The number of papers?" Chen Yu looked surprised at Jounouchi Hiromi. He hadn't faced these issues when he was promoted to associate professor. Plus, the papers he had published during his time at the University of Tokyo Medical School were already sufficient in number, so he hadn't worried about this, and was caught off guard by her question.
Fortunately, as a doctorate from the University of Tokyo Medical School who had been copying papers from the "Multiverse Universal Necromancy Spell Compendium", and having been a professor for half a year, he had his fair share of experience with these matters. So he suggested to Jounouchi Hiromi, "Hiromi, as a Blood Knight, you should have a good understanding of blood. Why not try something related to that field?"
"Blood? What would I write about? The content about blood in 'Crimson Hymn'... there's just too much of it!" Jounouchi Hiromi genuinely pondered, as control over blood was a core skill for a Blood Knight, and 'Crimson Hymn' devoted at least half of its content to blood-related topics.
Besides the obviously magical content, many theoretical studies could easily provide enough material for several papers, but which content to choose and how much of it was worth considering.
"For blood, how about starting with the issue of blood coagulation? The topic of anticoagulation is of extraordinary importance for the treatment of thrombosis and cardiovascular diseases. Try writing about that," Chen Yu thought for a moment and then suggested to Jounouchi Hiromi.
"Coagulation, huh? Indeed, that's an excellent topic. There's extensive research on this in the 'Crimson Hymn'!" Jounouchi Hiromi's eyes lit up, and she thought of even more topics she could write about, "And I think I can elaborate on hemolysis. How to prevent hemolytic reactions between different blood types... feels like this topic has Nobel Prize potential too!"
As Jounouchi Hiromi spoke, an excited expression emerged on her face, seemingly looking forward to winning the Nobel Prize in Medicine like Chen Yu.