Chapter 127
[She failed to make good use of that thing.]
[The door to the hospital room wasn’t locked; anyone could open it. Though there was a thin curtain by the bedside that could be drawn for privacy, it offered zero resistance to intrusion. In such an unprotected environment, the psychological pressure on you was immense.]
[You hesitated over how to reject the girl, but soon realized your rejection wasn’t necessary. Reina Nakajima’s knowledge in that area was woefully lacking, her mind filled with only shallow imaginings. She fumbled clumsily, at a complete loss.]
[You laughed at her. She buried herself in your arms, biting your shoulder in embarrassment and frustration.]
The joy spilling out from the simulated text flooded into Yuuki Minami’s heart. The fragmented memories and scenes of love stitched together an impression so vivid that he forgot about Yuko Ibuki beside him and thought only of Reina Nakajima in the hospital.
In the previous simulation, Reina Nakajima had passed away during his second semester of freshman year. In this simulated life, they had less than three years left together.
The girl likely died from a failed surgery. Would the surgery succeed this time? Would switching to another hospital or assembling a different team of experts change the outcome?
The answer was likely no.
Surgery isn’t a dice roll, where all outcomes are equally probable. The success or failure of a surgery isn’t typically determined by the procedure itself. The surgeon’s skill is only a small variable; the larger, unchanging factors are the current state of medical science and the patient’s physical condition.