RP Chapter 1

Chapter 1 – Night Shift

Volume 3, Prologue, Part 1

Novel Title: 共鳴熱情 オメガバース (Resonance Passion: Omegaverse)

Author：岩本薫 (Iwamoto Kaoru)

Illustrator：蓮川愛 (Hasukawa Ai)

Translator: K (@kin0monogatari)

Protagonists: MC- 遠峰一紗 (Toomine Kazusa), Lemur & ML- ゼロ (Zero)

*Please read at knoxt.space, the original site of translation. TQ*

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Bzz, bzz, bzz. Bzz, bzz, bzz.

The buzzing sound disturbed his sleep. Kazusa Toomine slowly opened his eyes. What appeared in his blurry vision was the bottom board of the upper bunk bed—a sight that had remained unchanged for years.

Frowning, he picked up the hospital PHS phone that was buzzing next to his pillow, lifting it along with its strap and bringing it closer to his face. Squinting due to his nearsightedness and astigmatism, he strained to read the blurred digital display. 1:22 a.m.

“Damn… It’s only been an hour.”

He cursed in a raspy voice. He then sighed deeply and sat up. From the chest pocket of his scrubs, he pulled out his glasses and put them on. Swinging his legs over the side of the lower bunk, he slipped into his discarded sandals. A motion-sensing footlight reacted, and the familiar night-shift nap room was illuminated by white light. The room could hold up to four people. But tonight, he was the only one there.

Kazusa brought the still-buzzing PHS to his ear and answered with a tired, “…Yes?”

“I’m sorry to bother you while you’re resting, Dr. Toomine.”

A nurse working the night shift spoke apologetically.

“We have a first-time patient at the night clinic.”

Kazusa wedged the PHS between his neck and shoulder as he walked over to the wall. He asked, “What’s the situation?” while grabbing his lab coat from a hook and pulling it on over his V-neck scrubs.

“The patient has a laceration on the left forearm. The cut is about five centimetres long, and it seems the bleeding has stopped for now.”

Patients who come in during the middle of the night are usually handled by the emergency outpatient reception, which means they may not always be seen by a specialist in the relevant field. Of course, every doctor has received comprehensive training in medical school and possesses basic knowledge. But when it comes down to it, a specialist is best suited for specific cases.

Kazusa himself had been working as an orthopaedic surgeon at Central National Downtown East General Hospital for six years. However, he didn’t feel confident enough to make independent diagnoses and provide appropriate treatment for conditions outside his specialty.

Still, that didn’t mean he could turn away a patient who had come in, worried and in pain, in the middle of the night.

As a night-shift doctor, the best he could do was administer the most reasonable treatment he could think of at the time. If it relieved the symptoms, it was a win for both him and the patient. If not, he would refer the patient to the appropriate department at a later date.

Since a laceration was within his scope of practice, he felt somewhat relieved.

“Understood. I’ll be there shortly.”

Kazusa responded. He then placed the PHS strap around his neck, slipped the phone into the chest pocket of his lab coat, and left the nap room.

The hallways, which during the day were bustling with staff, medical personnel, patients, visitors, and contractors, were now eerily quiet. The sound of his sandals echoed unusually loud in the stillness.

As he walked down the hallway, illuminated by the bluish-white light of the fluorescent lamps, he stifled a yawn.

Earlier today—or rather, yesterday morning, to be exact—he had seen outpatient cases, performed a surgery for lumbar spinal stenosis, and assisted with a total hip replacement. In between those, he had briefed the team on tomorrow’s surgery, handled informed consent discussions with patients and their families, and monitored post-operative patients. Then, he began his night shift.

On night duty, a doctor worked straight through until morning, then continued with the daytime shift until midday. Only after that did he finally get off duty. But he never had the energy to go out after a shift like that.

Instead, he would sleep in the adjacent dormitory, trying to recover his strength, before starting all over again the next day with more outpatient consultations, surgeries, surgery assistance, briefings, informed consent discussions, and post-operative monitoring… The cycle continued. It wouldn’t stop until the chronic shortage of doctors was resolved. With such an overwhelming schedule, there was barely time for proper meals or breaks.

Given its location in downtown, with the city’s biggest entertainment district, slums, and red-light areas, Central National Downtown East General Hospital wasn’t exactly a popular choice for doctors seeking employment. To put it bluntly, it had a bad reputation. Doctors, like anyone else, would prefer to work at a well-equipped, cutting-edge hospital in Midtown or the Inner City. But only those with connections or top-tier credentials had the luxury of such a choice.

The hospital was always understaffed. Overworked doctors grew tired and left. Negative reviews circulated in the industry, making it difficult to attract new hires. The staff shortage worsened. It was a vicious cycle.

As a result, the hospital had been teetering on the edge of collapse for a long time, operating with the minimum number of staff. It has been like that since Kazusa started working here.

He lived at the hospital more than at home, and his private life was practically nonexistent.

His classmates from medical school worked in slightly better conditions—though not much different—and he had long since lost contact with his other acquaintances and friends. Eventually, the distance grew. He stopped reaching out altogether, wondering, “Wouldn’t it be a bother now?” or “What if they don’t even remember me?”

In short, Kazusa lacked confidence in himself.

Back in his hometown, where he’d spent his high school years, Kazusa had been praised as a ‘genius’, and he’d started to believe it, just a little. But when he moved to Central City, he quickly learned his true rank. In the city, there were countless people just like him. Once he realised that, he focused on studying without looking left or right, determined not to fall behind. Somehow, he made it through the six years without repeating any courses, and when he graduated and passed the national exam, he felt an immense sense of relief. Finally, he wouldn’t disappoint his parents back home.

However, their hopes of having a daughter-in-law and grandchildren seemed unlikely to be fulfilled. Kazusa wasn’t particularly sociable by nature, and he hardly ever met women in his current life. As for workplace romance, a senior colleague had advised him, “Don’t do it. It’ll just be awkward if you break up. And it’ll make things uncomfortable for everyone else, too.” It was advice based on experience and Kazusa agreed. With that possibility ruled out, his chances of romance were practically zero.

Even if by some stroke of luck he managed to arrange a date with a woman outside the hospital, there was always the risk that one of his inpatients might take a sudden turn for the worse, and he’d be called back to the hospital. In fact, there had been several occasions in the past when his doctor pager had gone off during a social event—even when he wasn’t on call—forcing him to leave in the middle of a gathering that included women. With such an unpredictable schedule, the possibility of having a girlfriend seemed slim. And now, at the age of thirty, he’d still never had a girlfriend.

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*Translator’s Note: There are 4 volumes in this series (Vol 1. Resonance Heat: Omegaverse, Vol. 2. Resonance Lust: Omegaverse, Vol. 3. Resonance Passion: Omegaverse Part 1, and Vol. 4. Resonance Passion: Omegaverse Part 2). The first and second volumes revolve around Honjou Amane and Kariya Kouki/Shutou Ki which I have translated. You guys can check those out. This third volume consists of a prologue and 6 chapters (270 pages). Hence, I have to cut them into several pieces to be posted here. So, the numbering for my chapter will be different from the original novel. I don’t wanna divide my chapters into parts as well so we’ll just go slowly as chapter 1, 2, 3 until we reach whichever number of chapters we’ll get to. I’ve divided it so that each chapter that I’m posting on the site will probably be around 1K to 1.2K words (except for Mature chapters which will be longer). However, I will mark at the beginning of each chapter with ‘Resonance 1, Part 1’ and so on (since the author wrote it as ‘Resonance’ instead of ‘Chapter’) so that if you get your hands on the novel, you can still find which is which. Also, do note that after much consideration, I decided to combine Part 1 and Part 2 together so I will just use ‘Resonance Passion: Omegaverse’. There are 4 more chapters and an epilogue in Volume 4 (237 pages). I will continue to post them here as well but I will write a T/N to inform you guys once we have reached Volume 4.

There are also illustrations from the novel which I will scan and post on the site. With that being said, hop on and enjoy the ride! -K

*GLOSSARY:

• PHS – Personal Handy-phone System

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