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Outside the operating room, Daimon Michiko was carefully scrubbing her fingers; behind her, Jounouchi Hiromi was doing the same.
"Hey, you, the anesthesiologist, why aren't you doing anesthesia today, but instead assisting me?" Daimon Michiko raised her head and asked Jounouchi Hiromi, who stood behind her.
Today was the day of the embryo extraction and tumor removal surgery for Egawa Sae, and Jounouchi Hiromi had specifically asked Daimon Michiko to perform the operation. She herself, breaking precedent, did not serve as the anesthesiologist for the surgery but chose to be Daimon Michiko's surgical assistant.
"Today's patient is mine, and as the primary doctor, I couldn't possibly be absent from the surgery, could I?" Jounouchi Hiromi replied while scrubbing her hands, answering Daimon Michiko's question and also taking the opportunity to remind her, "This is a VIP patient, Daimon-san, you cannot fail in today's operation!"
