21st Century Necromancer-Chapter 654 - 650: Member of Parliament Kanai’s Reception (Please Subscribe, Request Monthly Tickets)

In the evening, Chen Yu arrived at the Ryotei (Restaurant/tea house) as arranged, where Member of Parliament Kanai was already waiting inside the room.

This type of venue, which originated during the Edo Period and was used by feudal lords to conspire out of sight of the Shogunate's spies, has become a characteristic of Japanese culture. To this day, it has become the perfect place for secret negotiations between politicians and businessmen, with countless clandestine deals and shady agreements reached in such settings.

Even Chen Yu was here tonight to engage in a secret scheme with Member of Parliament Kanai.

"Mr. Chen Yu has arrived, please have a seat!" exclaimed Kanai enthusiastically as he saw Chen Yu walk in, "This Ryotei is an old establishment, famed since the Meiji Era – even Kido Takayoshi and Okubo Toshimichi patronized it and couldn't stop praising its Kaiseki cuisine!"

"Oh? I didn't expect that the Three Great Nobles of the Restoration had been entertained here," Chen Yu responded politely to Kanai's courteous words, without showing much excitement.

After all, having attended the Divine Feast of the Inari God, what was there in the mortal world's hospitality to excite him?

"Haha, back then, Kido Takayoshi and Okubo Toshimichi were mere clan retainers, not yet the high officials of the Meiji Government. Who would have thought that those lowly retainers would one day become heroes leading Japan down the path of a strong nation?" Member of Parliament Kanai, still not shedding his politician's knack for Skills, complimented Chen Yu while recounting the stories, "Just like no one could have predicted that Mr. Chen Yu, as a surgeon, would be able to develop a Broad-spectrum anti-cancer drug—fate always loves to play jokes, doesn't it?"

"Hehe, you're quite right, Member of Parliament Kanai! Fate does sometimes like to jest, transforming a person's life trajectory into something entirely different! What if Shimazu Saibara hadn't died prematurely, allowing him to lead his troops to Kyoto, perhaps the history of the Bakumatsu period would have been different?" Chen Yu also couldn't help but laugh, adding a remark based on his knowledge of the Bakumatsu period from various movies and dramas.

In the Bakumatsu period, considerable conflict and strife arose between the Lord of the Satsuma Domain, Shimazu Saibara, who supported opening the country through military force, and the powerful and conservative Edo official Ii Naosuke over the succession to the Tokugawa Shogunate. Shimazu Saibara planned to place the famously enlightened Tokugawa Yoshinobu as heir, not only marrying his adopted daughter, Atsu-Hime, to the Shogun as his official wife but also intending to lead his army to Kyoto to achieve his political demands.

However, before he could lead his troops to Kyoto, he fell ill and died suddenly, allowing Ii Naosuke to install the young Tokugawa Iemochi as the Shogun's heir. This ignited the bloody Ansei Purge and the movement to revere the Emperor and expel the barbarians during the Bakumatsu period, and even Ii Naosuke himself was assassinated in the Sakuradamon incident by Satsuma Domain retainers, triggering the subsequent movement to overthrow the Shogunate.

If, at that time, Shimazu Saibara's march on Kyoto had been successful, and the Tokugawa Shogunate had been able to reform itself and open the country with military support instead of signing unequal treaties under Ii Naosuke, modern Japanese history might have been completely different.

It was knowing this history that caused Chen Yu to reflect on the capriciousness of fate.

"Hehe, if history had really changed as you've described, Mr. Chen Yu, perhaps we wouldn't be sitting here eating today," laughed Member of Parliament Kanai. After laughing, however, he lowered his voice to thank Chen Yu, "Speaking of which, Minister Oizumi, the current Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, was targeted by the Tokyo District Public Prosecutor's Office for a minor oversight, and now might face charges. We owe it to you, Mr. Chen Yu, for Healing that key witness!"

Seeing that Kanai had finally addressed the main issue, Chen Yu couldn't help but smile slightly with profound meaning, "That was my wife's high school classmate. Whether due to sentiment or reason, I ought to have healed them. As for why they spoke out about the bribes, perhaps their brush with death made them realize the value of justice?"

"I understand, if this key witness really testified against Minister Oizumi for the sake of justice, then the nation will not let a champion of justice suffer injustice," Member of Parliament Kanai obviously understood Chen Yu's meaning and made a promise.

After discussing this topic, Chen Yu chatted idly with MP Kanai, and as a variety of exquisite dishes were served, several geishas invited by Kanai also entered the room.

"MP Kanai is really quite cultured!" Seeing the geisha sitting next to him pouring him a drink, Chen Yu's face showed a playful expression, and he couldn't help but make a joke.

"Ha ha, just dabbling in elegance! Besides, it would be improper not to invite geishas to dine in a place like this, wouldn't it?" MP Kanai laughed and didn't mind Chen Yu's joke. He also said to the geishas beside him, "Don't underestimate Mr. Chen Yu here! He is the youngest and most promising doctor in Japan right now. A professor at the University of Tokyo at the age of thirty is not something just anyone can achieve!"

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"Sir, are you a professor at The University of Tokyo?" The geisha sitting next to Chen Yu, hearing Kanai say this, asked with curiosity.

"I am a professor at Tokyo University Medical School Hospital, not a professor at The University of Tokyo's main campus, there's a difference," Chen Yu explained with a smile, and took the opportunity to hand his empty cup to the geisha beside him, gesturing for her to pour him some more wine.

However, the geisha sitting next to MP Kanai showed a very surprised expression and couldn't help but exclaim, "A professor at the Eastern University Affiliated Hospital! A professor at the University Hospital is even more impressive than one at the university! The professors I've met at the University Hospital were all old men!"

"Ha ha ha, normally, to become a professor at a University Hospital, one does indeed have to age oneself into an old man." Hearing the geisha's praise, even though Chen Yu knew it was a compliment, he couldn't help but feel pleased.

Which man doesn't like to show off and boast about his own success in front of others? Especially in front of women.

"So how did you become a professor, sir? You must be especially amazing, right?" The geisha sitting next to Chen Yu was a young girl, her soft and tender voice revealed an innocence and naiveté, also conveying her curiosity.

"I developed a new medicine for treating cancer," Chen Yu didn't like to boast, and merely stated it simply, without further explanation.

MP Kanai, however, supplemented for him, "The new drug Mr. Chen Yu developed is a broad-spectrum anti-cancer drug that can treat all cancers known to humans. Even terminal cancer patients can live like normal people after taking this drug."

"Really? That's amazing! Does that mean people will no longer be afraid of getting cancer in the future?" The astonishment on the faces of the two geishas could no longer be concealed by their makeup.