"Why are so many people walking up and down the hallway in the middle of the night? Are you going to let anyone sleep?"
Supported by his caregiver and assistant, the company president in Room 1302 stormed over to the ward door.
As a patient with late-stage esophageal cancer, the president already suffered sleepless days and nights from his fear of death and the pain of his illness. Now the loud commotion outside had woken him from the light sleep he had finally drifted into.
"I should never have listened to Nor iuchi's nonsense and moved into this double room near the elevators."
Upon admission, the president had donated a large sum of money to the Medical University Affiliated Hospital, so naturally, both his treatment and the care he received were top-notch.
A few days earlier, Professor Nor iuchi had mysteriously told the president that he had recently developed a new treatment that would certainly help his condition.
Professor Nor iuchi's honeyed words had persuaded the president to move here from his luxurious private room, but nothing had happened after that.
When Professor Nor iuchi made his rounds that morning, the president had eagerly asked when the new treatment would begin. Professor Nor iuchi's eyes had darted away as he mumbled that they might have to wait a while longer.
Was Professor Nor iuchi stringing me along?
Since his admission, the gifts and cash he had privately given Professor Nor iuchi had amounted to several million yen, yet this was what he got in the end.
The president had spent the entire day tossing and turning in anger, unable to sleep properly. That night, he had finally fallen asleep after taking medication, only to be awakened again by the commotion in the corridor. His fury erupted!
*I can't take this