I, Aki Tomoya, will not be a simp.

Ok……

That's not right either. After graduation, they didn't spend most of their time in university. Instead, they did clinical internships, prepared for two exams, and finally took the medical licensing exam.

Thinking about it that way, it doesn't really make a difference.

The difference is that he can finally relax, while she hasn't reached that point yet.

"Aki, when will you take us to visit your new house?"

"……talk later."

Takagi was curious about his new home, or rather, he wanted to take the opportunity to have some fun with his friends.

Everyone's 20 years old now, an age where they can do anything. If we don't take this opportunity to have some fun, wouldn't it be a waste of such a carefree age?

Takagi knew deep down that those carefree days were numbered and would never return.

Thinking about the next two years in the medical school, where he will have to formally confirm his major while facing even more demanding studies, even he has to take it seriously.

With the goal of inheriting the family hospital, I'll first become a qualified doctor.

"By the way, if you were to choose a direction for your future career, which area would you choose?"

Takagi seems to have already started looking ahead to the future, a future that awaits them and might be quite tough.

"surgical."

"surgical."

Aki Tomoya and Mashima answered one after the other.

However, their answers did not satisfy him.

Becoming a surgeon was the goal of all three, but surgery is a broad term that has many subcategories.

"Be more specific!"

"Cardiothoracic surgery, perhaps."

"Same."

After they finished answering, they gave each other a thumbs up, as if they were of the same mind.

However, it's too early to say all this, but if Takagi wants to know, then they might as well reveal their goals.

Seeing how well they understood each other, Takagi began to have some doubts.

"Didn't you... didn't you consider neurosurgery?"

Takagi also has ideas about neurosurgery.

"I think you should go to a pediatric dentist!"

At this moment, Aki Tomoya said something very hurtful.

"You can't say that, Aki-kun. Pediatrics is a tough job too, although it's true that Takagi-kun going to neurosurgery is worrying!"

Majima corrected Aki Tomoya's wording, but like him, he was not optimistic about the future of Takagi Neurosurgery, or rather, neurosurgery.

This person is too mischievous...

Of course, it's undeniable that this guy can be quite serious when he gets serious, but the key question is how long he'll keep letting loose.

“If Takagi-kun is to go into neurosurgery, he will need someone of equal status to Takagi’s father.”

"Do you really think I have such poor self-discipline?!"

When Aki Tomoya said that someone like Takagi's father was needed, Takagi understood what those two brats meant.

"You're looking down on me, Takagi Sai!"

Takagi asked himself honestly, and he considered himself a model student.

He will graduate from the University of Tokyo with top grades. Wouldn't it be more suitable for a talented person like him to go into neurosurgery?

Moreover, this was a challenging decision.

But these two people told him to save his breath; he clearly sensed that his two friends didn't think highly of him.

This saddened Takagi greatly. Was their Tokyo University "iron triangle" really so fragile?!

Just as Takagi was gritting her teeth, Aki Tomoya said, "We were just joking. It's just a pity that Takagi has to go through all this alone. At least Majima and I can support each other."

Takagi was taken aback by what he said; Aki Tomoya was right.

If they both end up at the university hospital, it would be natural for Aki Tomoya and Mashima to be in the same department since they share the same goal.

He went to neurosurgery, all alone and miserable...

Thinking of this, Takagi raised his hand to cover his mouth, a conflicted look in his eyes.

"I destroyed the Iron Triangle with my own hands?!"

Despite his exaggerated thoughts, Takagi eventually became serious.

Although Takagi has chosen a different path than her two friends, she will not change her choice because of it.

It's just a bit of a shame that we won't be in the same department anymore.

"By the way, Suzutani-kun told me that he also wants to pursue neurosurgery. If Takagi-kun ends up in our department's affiliated hospital, you should get along well with Suzutani-kun."

Aki Tomoya remembered something very important.

During the same period, the person Takagi disliked the most happened to be in the same direction as him.

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Chapter 392 The Enemy is at Honnoji!

"Does that mean if I stay at the university hospital in the future, there's still a possibility I'll be with that guy?"

After Takagi finished speaking, he let out another cold laugh.

Telling him this would be deliberately making things difficult for him, wouldn't it?

If it were a university hospital, they might be in the same department as Suzuya...

Wouldn't that mean I'd be in a bad mood every day?

"Then I'll finish my medical training and go back to my hometown hospital with peace of mind!"

Takagi wasn't worried at all. It was just a two-year medical training program. Not to mention that it might not even be at the same university hospital, he could apply to work as a medical trainee at other affiliated hospitals.

If he really ends up in the same department as Suzutani, he might as well go back to his hometown and stay in his own hospital—wouldn't that be more comfortable?

"Takagi-kun, is your hospital's neurosurgery department very good?"

“…Hahahahaha!”

Aki Tomoya asked a very crucial question.

The Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Tokyo is indeed quite good, but I wonder how the Department of Neurosurgery at the hospital in Takagi's family is.

But right after he asked the question, Takagi froze, and then after a short while he burst into laughter twice, his laughter filled with helplessness and despair.

"Although my family lives in a general hospital, they don't have a neurosurgery department!"

So, Takagi came to the University of Tokyo with the goal of inheriting his family's hospital, and also to fill that void...

"To be honest, I was actually thinking that once I've made it big enough, I'm going to poach everyone from the department back to my hometown."

Takagi spoke eloquently about his future plans.

Excellent doctors from university hospitals are also highly sought after by private hospitals.

With the authority of the white tower gradually weakening, coupled with the financial strength of private hospitals, more and more talented doctors who feel they are not being recognized in university hospitals are leaving.

"You actually dared to turn your hoe on your alma mater, you dishonest bastard! And you're so greedy, wanting to take over the whole department..."

No wonder he's a guy with money power.

This guy keeps saying he's a spiritual Kanto native and wants to support the University of Tokyo faction, but now he's making no secret of his ambition to undermine his alma mater.

They really are those despicable Kansai people!

"Of course, we can only poach one person now, unless they are really exceptional. Between a single expert and an expert plus a complete medical team, we will definitely prioritize the latter."

Takagi only heard about poaching people from university hospitals from his own father.

He kept swinging the hoe towards Peking University.

"The influence of the Beijing University faction in my family's hospital is too great."

They knew this; Takagi had mentioned it more than once.

Because there were too many people from Kyoto University at his family hospital, he needed a group of righteous people from Kanto to return to Kansai.

That sounds like she's being willful.

The idea of ​​a deeply entrenched Kyoto University-affiliated hospital poaching people from the University of Tokyo sounds incredibly incongruous.

When did people from Kansai begin to hold people from Kanto in such high regard?

People from Kyoto University aren't really that fond of people from Tokyo University, except for those who wanted to apply to Tokyo University but didn't get in.

"If you can't make it at the university hospital by then, come work for me. In Kyoto, my word still counts!"