"Excuse me!" "Please!" "Excuse me..." "Excuse me." "Excuse me." "Excuse me." "Hey." "Hey..." " Open this door." " Please wait until 8:30." "I'm Daimon of Surgery Department 2." "You're temporary..." "Go around to the back." "What does it matter which door I use?" "Are you okay?" "Hang in there." "Are you okay?" "Sir, please." "Nikaido-kun who's scheduled for a surgery there..." "Make sure you take good care of him." "Yes, Sir!" "Being that he's here on your referral, we will do our very best." "Good bye then." "It's as you heard." "Treat him with utmost courtesy." "Nikaido Noboru-san, President of Nikaido Publishing House, will be admitted today by referral from Congressman Tanizawa." "Gyoi." "It's been duly noted." " Gyoi (formal word meaning "as you wish/I agree)." "Oh dear!" "He'll be here first thing in the morning." "Director, at the next academic conference," "I'd like to present my paper on K-RAS genetic mutation..." "Please take good care of Nikaido-san." "K..." "Gyoi." " We can't open it until 8:30." " How come?" " Because that's the rule." " So why?" "It's the rule." "Excuse me." "Please clear the way." "Clear the way." "Sir, this way please." "Hey!" "Go to the end of the line." "Everyone's been waiting for over an hour." "Do you know who I am?" "Who are you?" "You're rude, woman." "Get on!" " That's mine!" " Nikaido-sama." "Nikaido-sama!" " We've been waiting for you..." " I'm Nikaido!" "Me." "Me!" "Me!" "Nikaido-sama, we've been waiting for you." " Please come in." " What happened to the rule?" "Guard, we're taking him in." "Hurry!" "My wheelchair..." "Don't worry." "We'll bring you a much better one." "This is the story of a lone wolf woman doctor." "University hospitals' medical offices were losing power, and even medicine, which deals with life and death, plunged into an era where the law of jungle prevailed." "To fill the critical shortage in the medical field, freelance, in other words lone wolf, doctors emerged." "For example, this woman." "Averse to groups, averse to authority, averse to constraints, a medical specialist's license and her self-honed skill are her only weapons." "Respiratory condition is stable." "No indication of pneumothorax." "Route him to digestive system and cardiovascular system outpatient clinic." "Don't worry." "We'll examine you shortly." "Surgeon Daimon Michiko." "Also known as Doctor X." "Compared to the previous year, hospital stays are longer and turnover rate is declining in the general ward." "Deficit is soaring." "Any thoughts, Office Manager?" "I apologize deeply." "The entire staff will..." "strive to reduce cost while looking for ways to improve patient service, and we will put ourselves in the patient's shoes to strive to create a comfortable ward..." "The hospital isn't a hotel." "At this rate, the main hospital covering the deficit will be dragged down as well." "I heard Professor Busujima was the top director candidate for the main hospital." "I wonder why a shrewd prominent member of the Totei Faction fell from grace to an outpost like ours." "Probably because he got himself in trouble." "It could be money, woman, or..." "Medical mistake maybe?" "The one who got screwed is our Chief Surgeon." "I'm sure he was eyeing the new director's seat." "Is that why Professor Torii's been in a bad mood lately?" " Good morning." " Morning." "Why do I have to, at a busy time like this..." "What's wrong, Professor?" "Nikaido, the patient in the suite room, is Director Busujima's special patient." "Woah, we haven't had a VIP in a while...!" "Give me a break." "Doctors aren't in a service industry." "I'm busy with research and all." "You're absolutely right." "Professor, have a cup of coffee." "Can I ask you to pay for this month's office fund?" "I don't have any money now." "There's no sugar or cream in this!" "Oh..." "I'm sorry!" "Too much sugar isn't good for your health." "That's okay." "The worst thing for your health is stress." "Stress...?" "Kaji-kun, what do you mean by that?" "!" "Nothing..." " Good morning." " Ah, Professor." "Good morning." "Here's the result of yesterday's genetic analysis related to colorectal cancer with" " indication of tolerance to anti-cancer drugs." " Ah, thank you!" "I've been wanting to ask you..." "You have a question?" "!" "What is it?" "I'm quite confident my presentation on K-RAS genetic mutation will be the centerpiece at the upcoming conference." "Ask me anything." "It's not about the research..." "Did you re-hire Daimon Sensei who was fired once?" "I know nothing." "If Professor Torii didn't, who did?" "I heard Director Busujima hired her." "She already got on the Director's good side, huh?" "You gotta keep your eye on her constantly." "Daimon-kun, late on your first day already?" "I was transporting a critical-care patient to emergency." "What's that attitude?" "Morimoto..." "Aren't you glad you finally have an underworker?" "From now on, assisting the Professor's research will be your job as the newcomer." "I will not do it." "What did you say?" "I would like to re-state my working condition in front of everyone." "Read this." "Right here!" "Read it out loud." ""Helping the Professor with his research." "Doing research for essays..."" "I will not do." " "Director's rounds." "Professors' rounds."" " I will not do." " "Accompany professors to academic conference."" " I will not do." " "Chauffeur professors to and from golf course."" " I will not do." " "Scheme to cover up a mistress."" " I will not do." " Shut up!" " And so on." "I will not do anything that can be done without a medical license." "Oh, please pay the office fund." "I'm not paying." "That coffee comes out of the office fund too." "Then I won't drink it." "Nikaido-sama in the suite room is asking for the Surgery Department Chief." "Hurry please!" " These people, I swear...!" " Please hurry!" "Nikaido-sama, how are you feeling." "I'm fine, I'm fine!" "I'm alive and well." "I don't need any more flowers." "I got enough until I die." "Professor..." "Nikaido-san, please turn off your cell phone when you're in the hospital." "It's an important business call." "Yeah, and..." "Huh?" "Just talking to myself." "So come see me with a bottle of champagne." "It's Ginza." "Gin..." "Hey!" "Gin...!" "Nikaido-san, please refrain from using the phone." "There's an area on the 1st floor where you can use your cell phone." "Please call from there." "Hey!" "Is this hospital making a gravely ill patient walk to the 1st floor?" "!" "I think I'll write about it in our magazine." "Oh, and one more thing!" "I,...as you can see, know a lot of people in the entertainment industry." "If you don't mind, I can have a news show pick it up as well." "President Nikaido, not that." "Please spare us." "Please." "You are more than welcome to have a party or whatever in this room!" "And, I'm pretty busy as you know..." " Are you okay?" " Yes." "Can you move the surgery up a few days?" "No, I'm afraid that's not possible." "The operation rooms are booked solid through next week." "It's no use talking to you." "Get me the Director." "We will begin this week's pre-surgery conference." "First case is Nikado Noboru-san, 50 years old." "As he is a patient with top priority, the surgery was moved up posthaste to be performed on Thursday." "Top priority...why?" "He's President Nikaido of Nikaido Publishing House." "He was referred to us by the honorable congressman." "Therefore, please conduct yourself with the utmost courtesy." "You're rude, woman." "That guy, huh?" "Go to the end of the line..." "Who do you think's gonna be the primary surgeon?" "I'd do it if I didn't have the demonstration surgery." "I will be the primary surgeon." "First, the patient's condition." "The diagnosis is pancreatic cancer." "A 5 cm tumor on the pancreatic head." "Accordingly, pancreatoduodenectomy will be performed." "I ask for your cooperation." "Just a minute." "What if the cancer's already invaded the superior mesenteric artery or portal vein?" "Even in that case, the procedure will not change." "We will remove as much cancer cells as we can around the blood vessels." "After surgery, we will aim for a complete cure with chemotherapy." "I disagree." "Even if you resect affected organs, cancer will recur if you leave the arteries as is." "That's why I said we're going to treat it with chemotherapy." "Why don't you remove the affected arteries too?" "That's preposterous..." "It's common knowledge that surgeons should not touch the superior mesenteric artery (SMA)." "I can do it." "She's after the VIP's gratuity." "Nikaido Publishing House publishes medical journals too..." "I just know she's after the money and publicity." "She's an absolute disgrace to surgeons." "You?" "Perform the surgery on VIP?" " Are you serious?" " Of course." "What are you talking about, like you know it all." "There's no way we'd entrust the VIP's surgery to an outsider like you." "Absolutely." "If you should fail, the good name of this hospital will be marred." "It's okay if I don't fail, right?" "Say what?" "!" "I never fail." "Let me do the surgery." " No." " Why?" "Accordingly, the surgery I was originally scheduled to perform will be rescheduled for next week." "Why don't you ask Daimon Sensei to take that one?" "As I recall, that's also a case of pancreatic cancer." "However..." "How about it, Daimon-kun?" "You said you never fail, right?" "Yes." "Let's move on." "The next case is Yasuda Satoshi-san." "Pancreatic cancer." "There's an 8 cm tumor on the pancreatic head..." "That's bad news." "If Torii-san's operating, even a life that can be saved will be lost." "It's too bad for that VIP patient." "Is Professor Torii that inept?" "Well, more like he really sucks." "Even though he's a professor, huh?" "He's just a learned fool who got to be a professor with research, writing papers, and lobbying." "His surgical skills are at the intern level." " That bad, huh?" " But still, he has to do at least one surgery a month to preserve his face and appearance as Chief Surgeon." "That's awful to get killed for the sake of preserving face and appearance." "Michiko, mind your own business, now." "You'll get fired again if you get involved." "Riichi." "Medical offices in university hospitals are built on useless principles like titles, authority, face, and appearance." "Without them, the ivory tower will come crashing down." "That's what it's about." "Michiko." "Ron." "Riichi ippatsu." "Jun chan sanshoku." "Dora dora no baiman." "Professor Busujima will now make the Director's round of the Surgery Ward." "Nikaido-san." " Tomorrow's the day, isn't it?" " Yes..." "Professor Torii, who's considered a pancreatic expert, is your primary surgeon so rest easy and leave it to him." "Sensei, I'm counting on you." "Kusakabe, hand me that." "Please accept this." "Sensei, please." "We cannot accept that." "Please put it away." "Yasuda-san, what do you do for a living?" "I'm unemployed right now." "The company went bankrupt." "How long have you been feeling discomfort in your back?" "Let's see..." "I think it's been about 3 months." "It didn't hurt that badly so" "I thought I just strained a muscle or something." "Please refrain from eating until dinner." "And no fluids after 9:00 pm." "Are you going to perform the surgery?" "Not Professor Torii?" "Yes." "There's been a schedule change and I will be your primary surgeon." "I should've known that a prominent professor wouldn't operate on a nobody like me." "You may be luckier than you think." "The Director will be making his rounds shortly." "Please clean up around the beds." "He's already in the next room, so" " please wait with your gowns open." " What's going on?" "Well, Yasuda-san, let's get you to the examination room." "But the Director's about to..." "It's okay!" "Let's go." " Get out of the way." " Can't you see?" "We're going to the examination room." "Daimon." "Sensei, why aren't you with the other doctors?" "I don't do useless tasks." " Useless?" " Even extras without medical license can be attendants in the procession." "Besides, it's just bothersome for patients too." "I'm very sorry." "I will reprimand her severely later." "That's all for the devices to be prepared." "Yasuda-san has no particular problems with medical history, complications, or allergies." "That's how it appears." "I was told by the Professor to assist you with" "Yasuda-san's surgery tomorrow." "That's...the CT for Nikaido-san who's getting operated on by Professor Torii." "This one has higher priority." "What do you mean higher priority..." "Does she want the VIP's gratuity that badly?" "Life shouldn't be measured in terms of rich or poor." "Daimon-san, I heard you made some outrageous comments when the Director was making his rounds." " Comments like useless and bothersome..." " You don't understand anything." "The patients all love the Director's rounds." "Why?" "Because they actually feel like they're being examined by the Director with great authority." " Gyoi." " Gyoi." "Hey!" "Are you listening?" "I can hear you." "You keep on saying "gyoi, gyoi." What language is that?" " It's Japanese, of course." " Gyoi." "What are you looking at?" "Tomorrow's surgery." "Let's switch after all." "I'll do this one, so you do Yasuda-san's." "I don't know what you mean." "Why do I, the professor, have to take orders from a freelancer like you?" "Indeed...!" "But... you suck at surgery, don't you?" "Shut your mouth!" "Complications such as pancreatic fistula, peritonitis, infection, thrombosis, pulmonary and/or cardiac complications, intestinal obstruction, and post-operative bleeding may occur." "That's all I have." "Do you have any questions?" "How long will the surgery take?" "We're planning on 3 hours." "Then if you would sign the consent form." " I might change my mind after all!" " Dear...!" "I got scared after hearing the explanation..." "You're saying it's a major operation it could be life threatening, right?" "Then why bother getting myself cut open and going through the pain..." "I understand your apprehension after hearing all this about the surgery and risk of complications, but rest assured, we will do our best." "If you don't have the surgery, you'll die." " What?" "!" " Daimon Sensei!" "But there's a chance the surgery will fail too, right?" "!" "Even if it fails, you'll die." "But I won't let you die." "I never fail." "Alright." "I'll be counting on you!" "Sensei!" "Please save my husband." "Please!" "Hospital rules prohibit us from accepting gratuity." "Please don't be that way and take it..." "If you'll excuse me first." "Wait, Daimon Sensei." "We haven't discussed tomorrow's...!" "I knew she wasn't human." "She's a demon." "She didn't tell the patient" ""I never fail" with a smug look, did she?" "She did." "Not only that, she accepted the gratuity on the spot." "What?" "!" "You'd think she'd follow the formalities and decline at least once." "What?" "!" "Anyway, she's asking for trouble." "Right?" "Here I am, taking all this time to explain the risks so that we don't get sued in case something happens..." "It's amazing she hasn't been sued yet." "She's probably being sued all over the place." "That's why she needs the money." "You can go ahead and leave first today." "Professor, the surgery came at the right time, didn't it?" "Nikaido Publishing House publishes a lot of magazines." "If the surgery goes well, I'm sure they'll do a write up on you!" "For both you and the hospital, it would be good publicity." "If the surgery goes well, I'll buy you something." "How exciting." " I want the latest bag." " Bag again?" "I don't want to lose to Daimon Michiko." "She had a brand new one again." "Alright, alright." "See you." "What if the cancer's already invaded the superior mesenteric artery or portal vein?" "Why don't you remove the affected arteries too?" "I can do it." "You suck at surgery, don't you?" "Didn't you go dancing tonight?" "Wanna play?" "Nope." "It's going to be a long day tomorrow." "Hey~." "Let's play one game at least." "I have things to do." "Things to do?" "Like what?" "She says she loves surgery more than anything else." "No wonder men don't approach her." "Right, Casey?" "That's right." "You have pancreatic cancer surgery today too." "Yes." "Well...good luck." "Blood pressure 125 over 70." "No problems noted." "Where's that thing." "You mean music?" "No." "That thing." "Excuse me." "Excuse me." ""Professor Torii"" "Let's begin." "We will now begin Nikaido Noboru-san's pancreatoduodenectomy surgery by Professor Torii." "Scalpel." "Monopolar." "Is he going to be okay?" "Excuse me?" " I'm watching his surgery for the first time, but..." " Is that right?" "Professor Torii is certainly fired up today." "Under epidural and general anesthesia." " Vitals are stable." " Let's begin." "Do you want music?" "It's going to be a 3-hour stretch," " you might as well relax..." " I don't need it." "We're speeding it up today." "We will now begin" "Yasuda Satoshi-san's pancreatoduodenectomy surgery..." "Suction." "Monopolar." "Sweat." "Excuse me." "Forceps." "Kelly." "Sweat..." "Sweat!" "I'll get a hold of it again." " What are you doing?" " I'm sorry." "Sweat." "Excuse me." "Not me." "Him." "Alright." "I can see the SMA." "How can this be..." " Professor?" " It's spread more than expected..." "The artery's entangled in the tumor." "What do we do now?" "Cancer's invaded the SMA..." "This isn't good..." "What'll happen to the operation?" "Professor, what do we do now?" "Even if we remove the cancerous tissues, the prognosis will not change." "It's unfortunate, but..." "let's close it up." "Whaat?" "He's stopping?" "He can't..." "Don't give up and do your best until the end!" "He's not your ordinary patient!" "Director, what do we do...!" "Professor Torii, this is Busujima." "Who said to close it?" "I, the Director, will not allow it." "But..." "You may not close it." "Remove the cancer." "Resecting the organ would be even more taxing for the patient." "That means all you did was open and close!" "Perform the surgery." "Finish it no matter what!" "The tumor's bigger than expected, but there doesn't seem to be much adhesion." "We'll proceed to remove it." "Scalpel." "Hello, Operation Room No. 4." "Daimon Sensei, it's the Director." "You take it." "Mosquito." "Have Daimon-kun come to Operation Room No. 1 immediately." "Sensei is in the middle of a surgery." "Just have her come at once!" "That's impossible." "It's still going to take a while here too." "Director, I'm sorry." "It will take at least 2 more hours..." "Director, it's Daimon." "I'll be right there." "You take over here." "Wait, please!" "Are you abandoning Yasuda-san's operation halfway?" "It's the order of precedence." "Move." "Is that money?" "Are you going to give priority to that rich patient over this patient?" " Is the VIP more important?" " You're my assistant, aren't you?" "I refuse." "You should be responsible for this patient until the end." "You're mistaken!" "You're the worst...doctor and human being!" "Daimon-kun..." "Why are you here?" "I was called up to bat for him, but my assistant over there won't listen to me." " I'll leave the rest to you." " What?" "Did you leave" " the other patient in the middle of a surgery?" "!" " Hurry." "Daimon-kun, I'm counting on you." "However, let it be known that you were never here." "Director, there will be an uproar!" "What are you going to do if Daimon Sensei's surgery isn't a success?" "She said she never fails, didn't she?" "Who's going to take the responsibility if something happens?" "Director!" "Ah..." "Just as I thought." "I told you so." "Move." "You're in my way." "Since there's no one else around, Professor, please be my assistant." "What are you going to do?" "Assistant." "We're modifying the surgical field." "Sterilize the thigh area." "This is a surgery for pancreatic cancer." "Why the leg?" "Assistant, just get on with it!" "Anesthesiologist, administer anesthetics to the legs." "That's impossible to do so suddenly." "Change the anesthesiologist." "Get Jonouchi Sensei from Operation Room No. 4." "Prepare for anastomosis. 7/0 nylon." "I'll be using a loupe." "Let me know if the blood pressure goes below 70." "Hey, what happened?" "I can't believe this..." "The heart is beating and stable." "Don't scare me like that." "It's only been an hour since the surgery began." "I thought it would take at least 3 hours to do a distal pancreatectomy, but she finished everything in 1 hour, including the margins." "Hemostasis is perfect too..." "Brilliant is all I can say." "She did all this in just one hour...?" "Really?" "Yes." "Added 10 cc lidocaine to epidural." "Anesthesia has taken effect on the legs." "We will perform an en bloc resection of the pancreatic head, including the SMA." "First, harvest a graft of at least 6 cm in length from the great saphenous vein in the thigh." "Next, resect the pancreatic head, SMA, and portal vein in one lump." "Finally, reconstruct both vascular transplant." "Now then, let's begin." "Scalpel." "Just a minute." "I've only read about that procedure on paper." "If you don't succeed, there will be massive bleeding." "Who's going to take the responsibility?" "It won't be me." "Assistant just has to work the suction." "I never fail." "Lower the loupe." "Metzen." "Blood loss?" "560 cc." "I sutured the blood vessels so watch out for bleeding from the drain." "You do it." "No, I'm a freelancer." "My time's up." "Excuse me." "Thank you for your hard work." "Director!" "Director!" "That manager's here again!" "Yes, I'm here again." "What brings you here today?" "Today's double operation will cost you extra." "I trust you'll take care of it." "In addition, work went beyond 5:00 pm by 35 minutes." "Melon for you." "We'll throw in 5 minutes free of charge, and round it down to an even 30 minutes for overtime charge." "Please put your mind at ease." "We will never tell the patient or his family that Daimon Michiko performed the surgery." "We will not leak it to media either." "Please do that." "In exchange... in regards to the gratuity for the surgery, please think of it as hush money, and promptly turn it over to us as soon as you receive it." "I'm sorry, but at this hospital, we've been declining gratuities." "Surely you jest..." "It doesn't require a receipt, nor do you have to pay taxes on it." "It's all profit, isn't it?" "Of course, that's only if you actually get it." "No way...was she planning to do both from the beginning?" "No way, huh...?" "Maybe money wasn't the basis for her order of precedence..." "Make no mistake." "Things just happened to go well today." "There's no doctor who doesn't fail." "What should I make for tomorrow's lunch." "1 week later" "Professor Busujima will now make his rounds in the Surgery Ward." "What's going on today?" "Didn't you say you don't participate in processions?" "Nikaido-san, how are you doing?" "Liver function is normal, minimal bleeding from the drain, no abnormalities noted from abdominal observation." "You're progressing very well." "You can go home tomorrow as planned." "True to your reputation, the chief surgeon's surgery was brilliant." "Thanks to you, I narrowly escaped death." "Not at all..." "Let me introduce Professor Torii's divine hands in our magazine sometime soon." "Sensei..." "Torii Sensei, please join us." "Chief Surgeon, Chief Surgeon, get closer." "Smile." "Smile." "I'm in the way, aren't I?" "Kusakabe, hand me that." "Professor." "Thank you for your hard work." "I cannot accept this." "I merely did what a surgeon's supposed to do." "Please don't worry about it." "Excuse us for not realizing earlier..." "Well, if you insist." "Excuse me." "Take care." "When shall we go buy the bag?" "Yes." "Who is it?" "Torii Sensei." "It's always been a pleasure working with you." "Melon for you." "Well, well..." "I'm here to collect." "I hear Surgery Department 2 is flooded with patients requesting Torii-kun." "This is what hospital management is all about." "Torii-kun is known for his research and papers, but" "I didn't know he was a good surgeon as well." "But of course." "Our surgery department is outstanding." "Thank you so much." "I'm really glad I put my faith in you." "He's such a chicken, when he started saying he wasn't having the surgery, I didn't know what to do." "Thank you!" "Here..." "I don't need this." "A mere 50,000 yen..." "I don't accept anything less than 100,000 yen." "Ah..." "Please go eat something nourishing with that money." "That's much better than giving it away to a doctor like her." "Then, if you'll excuse me now." "Take care." "Averse to crowds, averse to authority, averse to constraints, a medical specialist's license and her self-honed skill are her only weapons." "Surgeon Daimon Michiko." "Also known as Doctor X." "Who the heck is this Daimon Michiko?" "She volunteers to take on any operation for money, no matter how great the risk to the patient." "She's a filthy mercenary." "Here it is." "This is the procedure Daimon performed." "April 2005" "The digestive system surgery team of Cubanacan Medical University Hospital in Cuba succeeded in the en bloc resection of the pancreatic head by grafting superior mesenteric artery." "It was anticipated to give hope of a cure to inoperable patients..." "However, the patient died 1 month after the surgery..." "The cause of death was not released." "The name of the primary surgeon recorded on the medical record is..." "Doctor X..."