Asklepios 8

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Chapter 8 -- Making bone
Text: With the sword, at the speed of "light"... Cut through the deep "darkness"!!


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Text: To Laura's rescue!! Rosary and Pare VS the Saint Knights!!

[2]
Rosary: ...Well, take a look at that
I'd say it's impossible for us to run and draw them away from here, "young master"
(I mean, the numbers...)

Pare: Wha?!!

[3]
Pare: R- Rosary, what're you sayin?!
Have you forgotten my plan?!

Pare: How 'bout this?
I'll dress up as Buzz and go to the church with Rosary...

[4]
Pare: And while the saint knights are chasing after us
Buzz can sneak into the church and treat Laura-san!!
Isn't it perfect?!


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Knight: Attaack!!!

[4]
Rosary: We just have to take them all down!!
There's no turning back now, young master!!!


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[2]
Buzz: Th- this'll reduce the pain of the procedure
Please stand it for just a while...

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Laura: If you're a surgeon... you should be aware of it too
When it comes to amputations of the limbs

[4]
Laura: It's easy to remove distal parts
but it gets harder the more proximal you go...
The mortality rate of amputations at the thigh is

Diagram: Body

[5]
Laura: Over 90%
It's not worth you risking your life
for such a dangerous operation...!!

[6]
Laura: That man called Caligula... he's insane
You must run away... immediately!!


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Buzz: Th- the reason above-knee amputations have a high mortality rate
is the massive haemorrhage from the large femoral artery
and the "poison" that enters the body from outside, as I mentioned during Ian-san's operation

[2]
Buzz: Which is why... I
won't be doing any amputations

[4]
Buzz: B- bones... are like pillars which support the human body
but it needn't be inside the body...

[5]
Buzz: I'll be
making a bone outside your leg...!!!


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[1]
Rosary: Rooosary Kiiiick!!!

[2]
Rosary: aaaand

[3]
Rosary: saber!!!

[4]
Knight: Wha- what's with this kid...
Don't let your guard down!!

[5]
Rosary: Aaaand... punch!!
Knight: Gah


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Caligula: "Strength" isn't about one's skills with the sword or experience of combat...

[2]
Caligula: Those that can kill others without hesitation
are the strongest by far

[3]
Caligula: In those terms
that midge should be "weak"...
She hasn't even drawn her sword from its scabbard...
(She has no intention of killing anyone)

[4]
Caligula: Well, I supposed the others are just too weak...
I'm probably the only one that could take her down...


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Knight: Ryaaa!!!
Pare: Wow!!!

[2]
Pare: That was close you shithead!!!

[3]
Pare: Maan, but what's with that girl...
I always thought she was strong but

[4]
Pare: she's as strong as those who are pro at this
She's on a totally different level...!!!

[5]
Pare: Damn it... I'm just an ordinary guy ya know?
I'm tiring out already...


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[4]
Rosary: P...
Young master!!!


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Buzz: D- Do you know how
fractures heal, Laura-san..?

[4]
Buzz: Blood builds up in the gap between the fractured bones and forms a fibrin mesh
The mesh then gradually hardens to form new bone...
In complicated fractures

[5]
Buzz: there's a procedure where the bone is realigned and fixed with pins
but in multi-fragmentary fractures, it's impossible to fix all the tiny pieces together...


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[1]
Buzz: In that case

[2]
Laura: Ugh...!!

[3]
Buzz: Until the fibrin mesh forms
we can fix the remaining bones from outside
I'll be making a "frame" around your leg...!!

[4]
Buzz: It'll take time for the bone to form
but this way your leg would heal and we needn't amputate...

[5]
Snake column
This is a procedure we now practice with what we call an "external fixator"!!
It's hard to believe but there're people who fracture healthy bones on purpose to make a gap, to use the "external fixator" and make themselves taller!!

Diagram: Address: Undisclosed
Miss R.T.

R.T.: I'm taller!!

Snake: Why would anyone go that far?!


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Laura: You're really amazing... Asklepios
We couldn't begin to imagine a procedure like that...

[2]
Laura: But...!!

[3]
Laura: Too much time's passed...
Like I said, please run... Asklepios...

[4]
Laura: We can't afford to lose
all the knowledge and skills you've inherited
just for my sake...

[5]
Laura] You can't die here...!!!

[7]
Buzz: I- I'm sorry
I'm staying


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Buzz: Right now... outside
Rosary and Pare-san are risking their lives in battle
I need... to risk mine too...!!!

[2]
Pare: ...Damn, that seriously hurt
I can't get up...

[3]
Pare: Who cares... I'll just stay on the ground
Come to think of it, all this has nothing to do with me...
There's no need for me to try so hard...

[4]
Pare: Huh? Wait...
Nobody's attacked me since I went down...

[5]
Pare: Why...?


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[2]
Rosary: I won't let you lay a finger
on the young master...!!!

[3]
Knight: ...Young attendant
You've tried hard enough already...

[4]
Knight: I'll put an end to your misery now...


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Pare: ...Tried
hard enough...?

[3]
Pare: Why's she working so hard?
"To save people's lives"...?!

[5]
Pare: Why do they save people's lives...?!

[6]
Pare: Cuz he's a surgeon...

[8]
Pare: Because he's a surgeon...
that I probably can't become anymore...!!!


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[2]
Pare: Hehe...hehe, hey baldy
You have no idea, do you...?!

[3]
Pare: The Asklepios
is a great surgeon,
greater than you could ever imagine!!!

[5]
Rosary: ...Yeah


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Rosary: EXACTLY!!!!

[2]
Buzz: The surgery's done...!!!


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Pare: ...Wow
...Man

[4]
Pare: We really took them all down...
Trying seriously gets you there!!
(It was mostly your work but)

Pare: Well, let's go see Buzz...

[5]
Pare: Hmm?
What's wrong Rosary?

[6]
Rosary: Caligula's not here...!!


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Caligula: I knew it; So the one outside's a fake
You almost had me

[3]
Caligula: My friend had told me about that scar on your nose
I'm glad I remembered...

[4]
Caligula: Well then...This time we really finally meet, Successor
Be careful

[5]
Caligula: Cuz I can kill you without hesitation

Side text: Buzz finishes his operation but...

Insert text: The most brutal man, Caligula attacks!! The darkness enfolds light!!