"Hello, Doctor Chen Yu. I am Hisae Yamamoto, the Department Head of Internal Medicine. May I have a word with you?" Upon seeing Chen Yu turn around, the department head invited him, "I’m quite interested in your research."
Chen Yu was momentarily startled; he hadn’t expected to encounter the Department Head of Internal Medicine here, much less for her to take an interest in him. After a brief consideration, he accepted Yamamoto Hisae’s invitation.
Taking Chen Yu back to her office and inviting him to sit down, Yamamoto Hisae began, "Although having a surgeon at the University of Tokyo studying medicinal treatments for tumors is quite odd already, compared to a surgeon like Mr. Chen Yu coming up with a drug that can suppress cancer, that hardly seems surprising anymore. Perhaps this is what talent is?
Being able to excel in any field, don’t you think so?"
"Indeed, Professor Kube’s research not only provided me with much academic inspiration, but his rigorous scholarly approach has also benefited me immensely." In response to Yamamoto Hisae’s inquiry, Chen Yu neither kept her at arm’s length nor was overly warm; he simply maintained a polite distance while engaging in the discussion.
Yamamoto Hisae laughed upon hearing Chen Yu’s reply, "Professor Kube is certainly admirable and worthy of study academically. However, as a professor, he’s not that attentive to students. To think that a talented individual like you, Mr. Chen Yu, was initially sent to work at a related hospital and only now brought to Eastern University Affiliated Hospital—what a waste!
If it were up to me, I would have had you work here from the start."
"No, Director Yamamoto, you misunderstand. Choosing to work at the related hospital was my own decision.
That gave me the idea to test whether it could affect cancer cells, leading to the research I’m doing now," Chen Yu explained to Yamamoto Hisae, of course, making all of this up.
China and Africa are a world apart, and though, in recent years, quite a few Africans have come to China, techniques like revenant creation are not so easily obtained.
However, as a bona fide Necromancer, for Chen Yu, fabricating similar material was just a flick of the wrist—the Multiverse Universal Necromancy Spell Compendium detailed more powerful methods for creating zombies or living corpses than the Black Magic of Africa.
This explanation was actually concocted by Chen Yu after he started associating with Jounouchi Hiromi. His original goal was merely to justify why he collected such strange items. But now, it suited him to explain his initial research to Yamamoto Hisae. After all, the potions Chen Yu studied did originally contain many elements that seemed akin to Black Magic.
Yamamoto Hisae was taken aback by Chen Yu’s explanation, having heard of the notorious resurrection techniques of the Voodoo Cult but never having imagined Chen Yu’s inspiration came from their resurrection powder. However, that was never her main focus. After a moment of surprise, she quickly recomposed herself and addressed Chen Yu, "So that’s how it is. Your research is quite remarkable, Mr.
Chen Yu! Esophageal cancer stage IV-A, untreatable and only three months to live, right? And you managed to extend the patient’s survival time nearly tenfold. This is fantastic news for those terminal cancer patients!
However, to have such research conducted by a surgeon is almost an embarrassment to an internal medicine department head like myself! How about it, Mr. Chen Yu, would you consider transferring to internal medicine? With your talent, if you agree to join, I can offer you an associate professor position. What do you think? Would you give it some thought?"
Yamamoto Hisae looked at Chen Yu, finally revealing her true agenda.