"The operating room equipment has already been confirmed with your staff; everything being used is of the most standard type. The relevant drugs will be handled by dedicated surgical physicians. If you need anything, you may directly order them to carry it out. The director's life-support functions will be monitored by the anesthesiologists. Should any danger arise, they have the authority to temporarily halt the treatment. I hope you can understand."
Beside the operating bed, Inoue Reina, her black hair tied in a single ponytail, went over every detail of the preliminary preparations with Director Yokoo.
Farther down the corridor, Kawabe Horo and Takimotoji Saemon stood guard on either side of the entrance to the surgical area, both dressed in white coats.
As for the patient, Yamada Soji had already been anesthetized and was lying inside the surgical pod that Konoha Hospital had improved several times over.
The young man's eyes were slightly closed, breathing support connected to his mouth and nose. Five separate drum-shaped devices covered his limbs and torso, while the chakra-conduction lines extending from them were all connected to the operating console...
Yokoo Kanta had been operating this surgical support apparatus for over a year in Root's research facility. It had first been developed on the Jingu frontline, then improved several times afterward, and he had long since become thoroughly proficient with it.
Yet as he listened to Inoue Reina's explanation and looked at the unconscious Yamada Soji, he could not help feeling deeply moved.
[When Director Yamada improved this thing, he probably never imagined that one day, he himself would end up at the mercy of the instrument he developed, would he?]
Yokoo Kanta gave nothing away on the surface, but an indescribable sense of superiority welled up within him.
On one hand, this further reinforced