21st Century Necromancer-Chapter 499 - 495: Soul (Please subscribe, request monthly tickets)

A body of about thirty years old houses a soul of fifty. What kind of person would possess such a state?

If Chen Yu were to answer, the possibilities were numerous. Transferring a person's soul into another's body was a very simple matter, and there were many methods and tools available to achieve this.

Besides soul exchange, an accidental aging of the soul could produce the same effect. As for aging a soul, that was a specialty of the Curse School, although the Mysticism School could accomplish the same thing. The Necromancy School and Blood School, however, were not so adept at it.

But for ordinary people, the likelihood of experiencing either a soul exchange or soul aging was one in a million accidents.

The daughter of the small shop's owner, a woman who should be thirty, found herself with a fifty-year-old soul. Yet, other than that, there wasn't anything else amiss; even her soul's appearance and physical body had a ninety percent similarity.

This was why Chen Yu had earlier mistaken it for an illusion. Apart from the wrong age, the daughter's body and soul had no other issues.

Soul aging? Chen Yu didn't think so, because if it were due to aging at the level of the soul, the discrepancies between it and the young body would not be like the shop owner's daughter's.

Although there was an issue of compatibility between the soul inhabiting the daughter's body and her physical form, it wasn't due to the soul having aged.

So was it soul exchange? Soul Borrowing and Reincarnation Technique? Then whose soul was it? Was the conflict between her and her father also stemming from this?

Chen Yu couldn't help but be intrigued, as this was the third individual with a problematic soul that appeared around him.

Keiko's father had a damaged soul, Qingdai had two souls in her body, and the shop owner's daughter's soul did not match her body's age. These three scenarios were unheard of to ordinary people but for a Necromancer, they were excellent research material.

Right now, Chen Yu didn't want to deal with Qingdai's situation, and Keiko's father, although under control, had run into a slight issue. Did the current case warrant capture?

After pondering for a moment, Chen Yu turned back and called out to her, "Excuse me, are you the daughter of the owner of the late-night diner?"

Though he always referred to it as a small shop, it was commonly called the late-night diner among the regulars.

Hearing Chen Yu's voice, the daughter and her husband stopped walking and turned back, looking at Chen Yu with confusion. "Are you calling me?" she asked.

"Yes, you're the owner's daughter, right? I saw you looking for him when I went to eat at the diner last time." Chen Yu explained the situation to the daughter and introduced himself: "I'm a surgeon at this hospital. Are you here for a medical consultation? If there's anything I can help with, please let me know. Consider it a token of gratitude for your father's kindness over the years."

Upon hearing this, the daughter quickly bowed to Chen Yu and then explained, "That's not necessary, we're just here for a prenatal checkup. I'm pregnant."

"Oh, I see. Congratulations!" Chen Yu nodded slightly, showing he understood: "Our hospital's Obstetrics and Gynecology department is also excellent. If needed, I can introduce you to an Obstetrics professor. Although I don't frequent there often, we do hold some sway with each other."

"Do you know a professor in gynecology?" the son-in-law of the owner's daughter asked, his face lighting up with delight when he heard Chen Yu say that, "Look at me! I haven't even asked, who are you?"

Chen Yu didn't mind, he just smiled and introduced himself, "My name is Chen Yu, I'm an Associate Professor of General Surgery. If I ask for a favor, Professor Aiba Megumi from gynecology is likely to grant me this courtesy."

"Are you the famous Professor Chen Yu who cured the comatose vegetative patient that had been asleep for a year? The renowned Super Doctor?" Upon hearing Chen Yu's introduction, the son-in-law of the owner's daughter quickly bowed to him, expressing his gratitude, "If you could help me get a referral to Professor Aiba, that would be wonderful!"

"It's no big deal. If you don't mind, could I take a look at your medical records?" Chen Yu was quite accustomed to this kind of eager attitude from the son-in-law. Patients always feel delighted when they hear that a famed doctor or a certain professor is willing to see them—Chen Yu had seen it all too often.

Upon hearing this, the son-in-law hurriedly handed the medical records to Chen Yu.

Chen Yu opened the medical records and carefully read the contents. When he saw the name "Souma Manami" in the name section, he nodded and said, "Madam Souma? So you're already eight weeks pregnant? Congratulations! How long have you been married?"

While making casual conversation with them, Chen Yu led them toward the gynecology department.

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By the time Chen Yu returned from escorting the owner's daughter and her husband to the gynecology department, Jounouchi Hiromi, who was waiting for him at the entrance, called out to him, "Mr. Chen Yu, is that the owner's daughter? She does seem a bit strange!"

"Yes, she seems a bit older than I expected." Because they were in a hospital, Chen Yu didn't say it outright and instead asked why Jounouchi Hiromi was there, "Hiromi, what brings you to gynecology? Is something the matter?"

"I came to pick up some medicine. The various potions and nutritional solutions needed for the artificial womb experiment are managed by the gynecology department since they're more specialized in that area," Jounouchi Hiromi explained as she walked back with Chen Yu.

As for picking up medicine, it meant getting the prescriptions from the doctors here and then going to the pharmacy to get the medicines. It didn't mean that she could directly get the ready-made potions from gynecology.

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"Speaking of the artificial womb, how are things going on your end, Hiromi? The attack incident didn't cause any adverse effects, did it?" Chen Yu asked concernedly.

"The experiment wasn't affected, but as for Mrs. Egawa, the journalists now have to go through strict security checks before they are allowed to interview, and their time is also limited. All in all, it turned out to be a blessing in disguise," Hiromi Jounouchi had not expected the attack incident to bring about such effects. With fewer journalists around, she found herself much more at ease.

"So it turned out to be a blessing in disguise, right?" Chen Yu could hear the relief in Jounouchi Hiromi's words and couldn't help but laugh.

Hearing Chen Yu say that, Jounouchi Hiromi didn't argue but simply nodded, "I suppose so, it really has become much quieter. The attack itself was actually largely related to the media coverage; I regret agreeing to let Mrs. Egawa report on the artificial womb experiment in the first place."

"While it brought a lot of controversy, it also attracted a lot of attention and support, didn't it?" Chen Yu teased Jounouchi Hiromi.