21st Century Necromancer

The University of Tokyo, as Japan's foremost prestigious institution, perennially occupies the top spot in the nation. It is the first choice for Japanese students pursuing their education and is considered the pinnacle of academia in the hearts of many Japanese people.

However, even though the University of Tokyo is renowned for its impeccable teaching standards, academic research, and the future studies and employment opportunities of its students, the proportion of female students at the University of Tokyo ranks near the bottom among Japan's many prestigious schools.

This is not because Japan lacks academically outstanding female students capable of getting admitted to the University of Tokyo, thereby failing to raise the proportion of female students. Rather, it's because the female students at the University of Tokyo are so exceptional that Japanese men simply don't dare to marry a female academic prodigy from Todai.

This leads to an exceedingly low marriage rate among female prodigies from Todai.

For this reason, considering their daughters' future marriage prospects, parents are reluctant to wholly support their daughters' pursuit of an education at Todai. After all, even though the University of Tokyo is a national university, getting in requires not only extraordinary intelligence but also starting cram school from a young age and the investment of substantial resources for training.

Years of a persistently low, even less than 20% rate of female student admission has undeniably caused consternation for the University of Tokyo. To increase female student enrollment, they have pulled out all the stops, having female students return to their alma maters to give talks, creating promotional brochures geared specifically towards female students, and organizing information sessions targeting female students…

To raise the proportion of female students, the University of Tokyo has even resorted to incentives—they provide female students with a monthly housing subsidy of 30,000 yen.

Yet even with such measures, the University of Tokyo remains far from its target goal of a 30% female student admission rate.

Today, the University of Tokyo made another effort to attract students by offering free female medical check-ups to a girls' high school in Tokyo, hoping to use this opportunity to encourage... ahem, to mobilize these female students to apply to Todai in the future.

"Blood pressure 100, heart rate 80, sinus rhythm... all right, please go over there for the other tests," Jounouchi Hiromi finished checking a female student, recorded the results, and indicated she could get up for the next examination.

Since the check-up was for a girls' high school, naturally, it wouldn't be appropriate for male doctors to perform the examinations, so all the doctors present were female from the Tokyo University Medical School Hospital. However, as there weren't enough female doctors, both Jounouchi Hiromi and Qingdai were among those called in to help.

Although Jounouchi Hiromi was not a graduate of the University of Tokyo, before coming here, the team leader Yamamoto Hisae had specifically instructed all the female doctors to uniformly praise the benefits of attending the University of Tokyo to the students. Therefore, when asked about her alma mater, Hiromi could only respond in a very formal manner that she currently works at the Tokyo University Medical School Hospital.

Despite Jounouchi Hiromi's warm and approachable manner, such formal responses undoubtedly lessened her appeal in the eyes of the female students. Even though there was time allocated after the check-up for students to interact with these female doctors, it was clear that fewer girls lingered around Jounouchi Hiromi compared to Qingdai on the other side.

After all, not only was Qingdai young and beautiful, but she was also a bona fide graduate of the University of Tokyo's Medical School. Additionally, her tailored responses to each girl's situation made them even more inclined to gather around her for advice.

For Jounouchi Hiromi, this situation was of little concern; she felt unbothered and even a bit relieved to be spared the trouble. However, Qingdai was not complacent and endeavored to captivate the high school girls, making them gravitate towards her and look up to her as a confidante.

Jounouchi Hiromi certainly noticed Qingdai was employing subtle strategies to achieve this, but she didn't give it a second thought. In fact, whether it be the Blood Knight or the giant dragon, if they wished, a mere glance could turn everyone in the school into their ardent adherents. But Jounouchi Hiromi had no interest in doing so.

Since there was a large number of students at the school, the medical check-up needed to last an entire day, and naturally, the doctors had to take care of lunch at the school as well.

While dining in the school cafeteria on the provided meal, Jounouchi Hiromi was chatting with a nurse beside her when suddenly, a girl who had undergone a check-up that morning approached Hiromi with her lunch box, asking, "Excuse me, doctor sister, may I consult you on a few questions?"

"Sure, please sit down." Hiromi saw the hope in the young girl's eyes, and since there was a seat available at her table, she graciously gestured for her to sit down instead of waiting until after lunch.

Once the girl sat down, Jounouchi Hiromi glanced at her lunch box and smiled at the exquisite dishes inside, saying, "Did your mother make this for you? It's so nicely done! It seems like your mother really cherishes you!"

"Yes! My mom made it this morning. But lately, she seems to have some health issues, making today's lunch too sweet. She must have used sugar instead of salt." Despite the delicacy of her lunch, the girl struggled to take a bite, "Lately, I don't know what's wrong with her. She keeps using the wrong spices when she cooks, often falls asleep easily, and forgets what she needs to do. I'm worried she might have a problem after a fall she took a while back. When I suggest she go to the hospital for a check-up, she always says she doesn't have the time."

"No time? What does your mother do? Regardless, if there's a health issue, it's best to get a hospital check-up in time," responded Jounouchi Hiromi, instinctively offering advice to the girl.

However, the girl shook her head, "My mother teaches at a baking school and works late every day."

"What about your father?" As soon as Hiromi asked, she regretted it. She couldn't take back her words, so she looked at the girl apologetically, ready to apologize.

Nevertheless, the girl just offered a generous smile, then explained, "Things at home used to be alright. My father was a Section Chief at a company, and my mother only became a baking teacher because she loved baking, not to be as busy as she is now.

But a year ago, my father was in a car accident and has been hospitalized since then without regaining consciousness. Now, it's just my mother holding everything together. To cut costs, she sold our family car and now rides an electric bike to work. She fell a while ago because of the snow and has been acting a bit strange ever since. That's why I wanted to ask you, doctor, what might be wrong with my mother."