RP Chapter 8

Chapter 8 – Sympathetic Look

Volume 3, Resonance 1, Part 2

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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The orthopaedic outpatient clinic already had a reputation for a two-hour wait. And now, with him absent, patients would be waiting even longer. By now, the nurses in the outpatient department were probably frantically searching for him. The last thing they’d expect was that he had been asleep in a hospital room. After all, he himself didn’t know why he was there, so it was no wonder they wouldn’t either.

(If they find out I overslept, the chief doctor’s going to have my head.)

As he hurried along, a figure suddenly appeared around the corner of the hallway.

“Toomine-sensei!”

A familiar voice called his name, and he stopped in his tracks. He thought it might be one of the nurses from the outpatient department looking for him. But the person who came running over was the veteran nurse who had been on the night shift with him last night.

“Huh… why are you—”

She should’ve finished her night shift hours ago, so why was she still at the hospital? Before he could ask, she spoke first: “-You’re awake!”

“…Huh?”

From her words, he realised that she knew he had been sleeping in a hospital room. Thinking back, since she’d been on the same shift as him last night, there was a good chance she knew what had happened after the point his memory went blank and what had happened that morning.

If he asked her, he might be able to fill in the gaps in his memory.

Feeling a strange sense of relief after the discomfort of having no memory, he opened his mouth.

“I woke up in a hospital room just now. But I don’t know why I was lying in that bed. I tried to remember as hard as I could, but I just can’t recall anything.”

“You don’t remember?” she asked in a voice filled with surprise.

“I remember handling a non-insurance-covered patient at the night outpatient clinic last night. But I can’t recall anything after that. It might be temporary memory loss. Could you tell me what happened?”

“………”

At Kazusa’s request, the nurse looked uncomfortable. She lowered her gaze and looked down.

“…I’m sorry. I can’t say…”

Her hesitation left Kazusa feeling uneasy. He had known her for nearly six years. She wasn’t the type to hold back like this. Impelled by a sense of frustration, he pressed her.

“Is there a reason why you can’t tell me?”

The nurse slowly lifted her face. She looked at him intently in silence—and Kazusa noticed a look of pity in her eyes, which confused him.

(Why is she looking at me with such sympathy?)

As his confusion deepened, the nurse, looking hesitant, finally spoke.

“The head of the department…”

“The head of the department?”

Kazusa was caught off guard by the sudden mention of the ‘head of the department’.

“You mean the head of the orthopaedic department? Not the chief doctor?”

“Yes,” the nurse replied with a serious expression.

“The head of the department has requested that you come to his office, Toomine-sensei.”

At that moment, Kazusa finally realised that the nurse had come all this way to convey a message from the head of his department.

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While he was concerned about the outpatient situation, he couldn’t ignore a summons from the head of orthopaedics. According to the nurse, another doctor had taken over his outpatient duties. Kazusa felt a deep sense of guilt that a colleague not scheduled to work was covering for him. But there was nothing he could do other than make up for it at a later time.

Having gathered his thoughts, he asked the veteran nurse to pass along the message, “Tell them I’ll be at the outpatient clinic in 30 minutes,” and hurried to the department head’s office.

(What could the head of the department possibly want?)

Kazusa often interacted with his immediate supervisors, the chief doctor and the attending doctors, for scheduling or assisting in surgeries. But he rarely had any dealings with the head of the department. He only saw him once a month, if that, and even then, it was just a brief greeting.

(And now, being summoned to his office…)

An uneasy feeling began to settle in his stomach, like a heavy stone.

He had no choice but to face it. Reluctantly, Kazusa took the elevator to the top floor, where the corridor was noticeably more upscale compared to the rest of the hospital. Half of the floor was dedicated to VIP rooms. The other half housed the offices of senior hospital officials, including the hospital director. Walking down the hallway, his footsteps echoed off the pristine, polished floor that seemed reflective enough to show his face.

Kazusa came to a stop in front of the imposing wooden door of his destination.

After buttoning up his white coat, he took a deep breath. He could feel his heart pounding in his chest as he lifted his right hand and knocked on the door.

“Excuse me, this is Toomine. I was told you called for me.”

“Come in.”

A voice answered from inside the room. With a tense expression, Kazusa grasped the door handle and pushed it open. The office was about ten tatami mats in size. To the right was a set of sofas, bookshelves lined the wall on the left, and directly ahead, a large window.

Seated behind a desk facing the window was the head of orthopaedics. He was in his late fifties, with short, greying hair and sharp, piercing eyes. His year-round tan came from his hobby—triathlons. Most surgeons needed the physical and mental stamina to endure long surgeries. And as a result, many had an athletic mindset.

Some surgeons were so talented that their names were recognized nationwide, especially those who performed organ transplants. These ‘super surgeons’ usually worked at prestigious hospitals and were almost always Alphas. With superior brains, physical strength, and unparalleled technique, they handled even the most complex surgeries without breaking a sweat. Their mental resilience, the ability to stay calm during any surgical emergency, was nothing short of extraordinary.

Comparing himself to elite Alpha surgeons who held patients’ lives in their hands was absurd. But even among Beta surgeons, Kazusa was an anomaly. He wasn’t physically imposing, nor was he particularly mentally tough. In fact, he had a fragile body, was quick to get nervous, and had a weak constitution. During his student days, he hadn’t had time to join any sports teams, let alone master a single sport. A triathlon was out of the question for him.

During his time as a resident, when he rotated through various departments, the person he respected most happened to be an orthopaedic surgeon. That surgeon transferred to another hospital two years ago. But had Kazusa not met him, he would likely have pursued a career as a paediatrician without a second thought.

Luckily, Kazusa had reasonably skilled hands, decent stamina, and just enough aptitude for the field. Moreover, orthopaedics focused primarily on diagnosing and treating conditions related to bones, joints, muscles, tendons, and nerves, with very few surgeries involving life-or-death situations. For the time being, he managed to get by, though he wondered if things would get more difficult with age.

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*Translator’s Note: I didn’t mean to prolong the anticipation of waiting for someone to deliver the bad news to Toomine-sensei. It was the author that dragged this out and I’ve told you guys previously that I will only post about 1K to 1.2K words for each chappy. So yeah… I will translate this series until the last volume but I found that Iwamoto Kaoru’s works aren’t much to my liking. I didn’t say that they’re bad. I enjoyed reading and translating this work (especially the first and second volume) but it’s just not my preferred type. I prefer those with darker themes… That’s why I like Fuyuko Sano’s works even more. Since I’ve started this series, I will push to finish it, no worries. However, just so you know, this series might be the only series I ever work on that was written by Iwamoto Kaoru. -K

Next update: 2025.03.24

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