Saijô no Meii 23

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p142:

[Nap room]

[HAAAAAA~~]

Saijou: Good morning, I'm Mikoto Saijou.

Saijou: The pediatric surgery department has finally been revived, and

I'm normally quite a positive person...

Saijou: But recently, I realized something terrible.

Saijou: I couldn't totally follow what Ayame was saying, but it seems

that I'm not a popular guy in this hospital...

[For inset, see Chapter 22, p139&140]

p143:

Miyabi: fuu..

Saijou: Maybe I should ask that person.

Saijou: Uh, excuse me...

Miyabi: Oh, hello.

Miyabi: Dr. Saijou.

Saijou: ?

p144:

Saijou: Do you know me?

Miyabi: Of course.

Miyabi: There's no one in this hospital who hasn't heard of Mikoto

Saijou.

Saijou: Oh...
[Oh dear, it looks like I'm VERY unpopular...]

Miyabi: I'm an anesthetist, Miyabi Koushima...
Just call me Miyabi.

Saijou: Alright.
Saijou: You can call me Mikoto.

Saijou: Pleased to meet you, Miyabi.

Miyabi: Oh, the pleasure's mine.

Miyabi: To be honest, I've been thinking about you the whole time.

p145:

Miyabi: I'm really happy to finally meet you in person.

Saijou: Huh?

Saijou: So you don't hate me?

Miyabi: ???

Miyabi: Hate you? Why?

Saijou: Errr... well to be honest...

Miyabi: Oh, I see... so it's like that, huh...

Miyabi: Well, putting aside the reason why there's so much conflict...
The world of doctors in Japan is quite unique, it's very insular...

p146:

Miyabi: It's not exactly like elementary school, you can't be friends

with all 100 people.

Saijou: AWWWW~~

Saijou: Well, what about 99 people?

Miyabi: Ahaha, you just don't give up, do you Mikoto? You're such a

typical doctor.

Miyabi: I'm not sure about 99 people, but do you really need to worry so

much about those around you?

Miyabi: I've been recruited to this hospital, but whether it's here or

the hospital I was at before, I don't have a single friend.

Saijou: .......

Saijou: So you were REALLY unpopular.

Miyabi: That's right, just like you, bud.

Miyabi: However, there is a saying...

p147:

Miyabi: "Being hated by those one has not met or know is testimony to

one's greatness"

Miyabi: So we must have some great talent that people are jealous of.

[Pediatric Surgery]

Saijou: I'm back.

Sena: Welcome back, doctor.

p148:

Sena: Did you rest well?

Saijou: Oh, Miss Sena, it's good that you're here.

Saijou: Actually, I made a new friend in the corridor...

Sena: [a new friend?!]

Saijou: Let me introduce you, this is Dr. Miyabi Koushima.

Saijou: Dr. Miyabi will do.

Sena: !
[What is this pretty woman...?!]

Sena: [This is bad, this is dangerous!!]
Oh, Dr. Miyabi, you're so beautiful...

Sena: Can you give me some tips on how to look gorgeous?
[Ohohohoho]

149:

Sena: [I won't lose to you, you old hag!!]

Miyabi: Hmm.

Miyabi: Please excuse us for a second, Mikoto.

Miyabi: Miss Sena, I am a man.

Sena: !!

Sena: Wha...what... oh.. no.. I mean, of course, I already knew that!

Miyabi: Don't overdo it.

Miyabi: I get it quite often.

Sena: I'm sorry...

Saijou: ?

p150:

Saijou: What did you say to Miss Sena?

Miyabi: The magic word.

Miyabi: Don't worry about it.

Saijou: Huh...

Saijou: There are others I'd like you to meet- Dr. Sakamoto, the

department head, but he isn't here right now...

Saijou: And then there's Ayame Kiryuu of cardiovascular surgery...

Miyabi: You're really nice, Mikoto.
[fufufu]

Saijou: ..... what do you mean?

p151:

Miyabi: Because you're trying share what's yours with others.

Miyabi: But I think you should be careful.

Miyabi: That side of you may be your gift... but sometimes, kindness brings

misfortune.

Saijou: ...... oh bother.

Miyabi: Exactly, that's why I think it's better not to worry too much

about what goes on around...

Ayame: [GRRRRR~~]

Ayame: Man,
Ayame: This really sucks!

p152:

Saijou: ...Ayame.
What's the matter? You look pissed off.

Ayame: Oh it's nothing really.

Ayame: I was supposed to be the surgeon in this surgery coming up, and

all of a sudden, they make me assistant.

Saijou: Huh, but why?

Ayame: Well actually... I have a surgery from 9 tomorrow morning in

theater 5. It's a pulmonary artery atresia*.
[TL note: Atresia is the congenital absence of a normal opening.

Pulmonary artery is the artery taking deoxygenated blood from the heart

to the lungs.]

Sena: Huh?

Sena: Pulmonary artery atresia... isn't that in newborn babies?!

Ayame: Uh huh.

Ayame: There's this dumbass who's my senior- he went to the director and

nagged him for permission.

Sena: But why, all so sudden?

Sena: I thought our cardiovascular surgery department doesn't do

pediatric cases...

Ayame: That's why I'm telling you, this guy is a real dumbass!

p153:

Ayame: Pediatric surgery's been revived, and Mikoto is qualified to

operate on infant hearts.

Ayame: That idiot is so conscious of Mikoto that he's using this

operation to show off our skills [the cardiovascular surgery department].

Sena: But... a reason like that...

Sena: It's absurd for an adult-heart surgeon to operate on an infant

heart, though maybe not the other way around.

Ayame: My thoughts exactly.

Ayame: There are many cases of medical accidents where surgeons with only

experience in operating on adults have tried to do surgery on children.

Ayame: That's why I was originally scheduled to be the surgeon, and him

as the assistant.

Miyabi: So he got all up himself, and because of your links with Mikoto,

scheduled you as the assistant and himself as the surgeon...

Ayame: That's right.

p154:

Ayame: Uh, so who are you, anyway?

Saijou: Oh, Miyabi is an anesthetist.....

Miyabi: I'm Miyabi Koushima.

Miyabi: Pleased to meet you.

Ayame: Sure.
[Miyabi Koushima..... that sounds familiar....]

Ayame: Hey hang on! You're the anesthetist for the operation tomorrow,

aren't you?
[I saw your name on the schedule board]

Miyabi: Oh, you noticed?

Miyabi: The director, after being pushed by your superior for permission,

seemed quite worried about this operation.

Miyabi: So the director asked me himself to be in the operation tomorrow.

Saijou: Wow.

Saijou: I knew you must be really good.

Miyabi: You're probably just as good, Mikoto.

Miyabi: But to be honest, I too am worried.

p155:

Miyabi: Of course, I intend to do my job without mistakes...

Miyabi: In pediatric heart surgery, one mistake by the surgeon means

instant death on the operating table...
It doesn't matter what the anesthetist does.

Sena: .....

[Dying on the table...]

Sena: Please, can't you do anything, Dr. Ayame?

Sena: Like maybe ask the director to put you back in as the surgeon.....

Ayame: The director probably wants that too.

Ayame: But that dumbass is stubborn, there's no way he'll cooperate.

p156:

Ayame: Let alone skill level, I'm his junior after all, so all the

director could say was to bear it just this once.

Sena: Oh, I see...

Sena: Well, there's a first for everyone right? So I get that even

inexperienced people operate sometimes...

Sena: But something like this has happened before... I have a bad feeling

about this...

Saijou: ......
[Yeah...]

Saijou: Well, how about I stand in on the operation?

Saijou: With Ayame as the assistant, Miyabi as the anesthetist, and with

me watching as well, it'll be okay.

Sena: Erm, in that case, maybe...

Miyabi: Ah, that sounds like a plan.

Miyabi: I also agree. Please stand in.

Ayame: Yeah, that sounds good.

Ayame: However, Mikoto.

p157:

Ayame: If you're going to stand in tomorrow, you can do so on one

condition.

Saijou: ?

[Next day-]

Saijou: Uh, Ayame.

Saijou: Do I really need to look like this, just to stand in?

Saijou: Maybe it's okay for Miyabi, but I'm a little...

Ayame: There's no choice.

Ayame: As I said yesterday, my senior is openly jealous of your talent.

[Inset, refer p152, p153]

p158:

Ayame: If he finds out that you're watching, and starts trying to compete

with you, it'll only help cause an incident.

Ayame: Therefore, just for today...

Ayame: You will be standing in as the mysterious Dr. Meiko Toujou*.
[TL note: The kanji for Sai in Saijou's name is 'West', Tou is 'East'.

The kanji for Mikoto and Mei in Meiko are the same.]

Saijou: ......
[Scratch scratch]

Miyabi: I told you so. At times, kindness brings misfortune.

Saijou: .....
[You're the one who asked me to do this...]