**Chapter 280: Surgery Successful! Simply Unbelievable!**
Then, following the secret passage beneath the villa, they walked unimpeded into the Laboratory.
"This damned place, I'll destroy it someday." The bright, empty white Space and the surrounding experimental equipment all ignited Rize Kamishiro's anger. Her eyes instantly transformed into scarlet Kakugan, and several Kagune sprouted from her waist.
"Cough." Xia Shang coughed softly.
In an instant, Rize Kamishiro transformed from a Ghoul on the verge of losing control into an elegant and beautiful woman.
"If you weren't stronger than me, I'd eat you right now," Rize Kamishiro silently cursed in her heart.
"This place might still be useful in the future. Once it's completely useless, I'll hand it over to you. You can destroy it however you want." Xia Shang turned his head to look at Akihiro Kanou, who was adjusting the equipment. "I think Dr. Kanou will agree."
"Can I refuse?"
Even the usually composed Akihiro Kanou looked slightly displeased at this moment.
"Of course... you can't."
Xia Shang smiled and took a few steps forward. "I'll help you find a better one when the time comes."
At the same time, he glimpsed the worry on Hinami Fueguchi's face out of the corner of his eye.
"Are you worried about your parents' safety? Don't worry, I've already transferred them to a very safe place. They'll be fine for now. After your transplant is successful, I'll take you to see them." Truthfully, Xia Shang truly had no intention of using Hinami Fueguchi's parents to threaten her. He wouldn't go so far as to deceive a child.
"Okay," Hinami Fueguchi nodded and hummed in response.
"Dr. Kanou, how long will the organ transplant surgery take?" Xia Shang asked.
"At least three hours, and that's assuming everything goes smoothly. If her compatibility with Rize's organs is too low, it will take even longer." Akihiro Kanou took out the records from previous experiments from a drawer.
He lowered his head and flipped through them a few times, then continued, "Based on the data from previous experiments, I must remind you that this kind of experiment has an extremely high fatality rate. If any complication occurs, all I can say is I did my best."
As the director of Kanou General Hospital, Akihiro Kanou wasn't just familiar with medical disputes; he was quite used to them.
He didn't want to lose his life because of a single surgery.
It wasn't that he cherished his life that much; Kanou simply didn't want to die without any value.
"Heard of 'being buried with the dead'? If the surgery fails, I guarantee you won't feel any pain before you die."
Xia Shang smiled.
Devil! Madman! Akihiro Kanou's face instantly became extremely displeased.
"I'll do my best." Kanou put on his mask and gloves, then packed the small equipment and drugs needed for the surgery into a briefcase.
"Follow me," he turned and said to Rize and Hinami Fueguchi behind Xia Shang.
Hinami Fueguchi looked up at Xia Shang with some fear.
"Go ahead, you'll be fine." On the way here, Xia Shang had already used the Blood Manipulation ability to inject some of his own blood into Hinami Fueguchi's body.
Previously, in The Boys World, he had conducted experiments on guinea pigs.
The experiments proved that his blood could replace part of the blood in the guinea pigs' bodies, and with the enhancement of other abilities, he could even perfectly control the separated blood. This meant that the blood he injected into Hinami Fueguchi's body could not only provide nutrients at critical moments but also monitor anomalies within her body. Once Hinami Fueguchi's cells showed signs of collapsing, his blood would act as a scavenger, devouring those mutated cells for Hinami Fueguchi.
At the same time, his blood had also taken over all the important organs inside Hinami Fueguchi's body, with the brain and heart being the primary focus of protection.
As the main door of the Operating Room was slowly closed by Akihiro Kanou.
Xia Shang sat to the side, quietly waiting.
Meanwhile.
Inside the Operating Room.
As required, Rize Kamishiro and Hinami Fueguchi lay on two separate hospital beds.
"Relax, please open your mouth." Akihiro Kanou slowly pushed the Rc Suppressant in his hand, watching the spherical liquid roll down the needle tip.
"Since steel needles cannot pierce Ghoul skin, I can only perform the injection through your soft oral mucosa." For ordinary humans, Akihiro Kanou preferred to inject into the eyeballs, but the two Ghouls on the Operating Table before him had special status, so he had to adopt some gentler methods.
After the injection, Kanou patiently waited for the drug to take effect.
After about five minutes, he reached out and pressed Hinami Fueguchi's forearm, confirming that the drug had worked, before then injected anesthesia, anti-infective drugs, and others.
At this moment, Xia Shang, outside the Operating Room door.
Began to tour Akihiro Kanou's collection.
Hundreds of glass containers of various sizes were placed on one wall, containing various organs from humans and ghouls. He even passed by a ghoul corpse, and the ghoul, submerged in some liquid, actually opened its cloudy, pale eyes.
"Interesting." Xia Shang was not afraid at all; instead, he looked at the reanimated Ghoul with great interest.
An hour later.
Akihiro Kanou, his forehead covered in sweat beads, pushed open the Operating Room main door. Even hidden behind the mask, his exhausted expression couldn't be concealed. However, his gaze held excitement, as if he had made a significant discovery.
"How is the situation?" Xia Shang appeared behind Akihiro Kanou like a ghost.
"It's simply unbelievable. I clearly saw deformed flesh and blood tissue growing on the girl's body surface, which indicates that her compatibility with Rize's organs isn't high. I call this Symptom Flesh and Blood Abnormity. Several experiment subjects who previously received Rize's organs also experienced similar symptoms.
Later, they all died from Flesh and Blood Abnormity; not a single one lasted more than five minutes. But Hinami Fueguchi's situation is very special. It's as if someone helped her erase the deformed parts, allowing her to survive the most dangerous stage.
I suspect it might be because her physique is relatively special..."
Akihiro Kanou furrowed his brow, completely puzzled.
"Just state the specific conclusion."
Xia Shang suspected that if he didn't interrupt him, he could talk to himself all night.
Pulled back to his senses by Xia Shang, Akihiro Kanou was a little annoyed, but constrained by Xia Shang's power, he could only take off his blood-stained rubber gloves while explaining, "Although the girl showed rejection reactions, thankfully they weren't severe. This means there's a possibility of fusion.
After all, Ghouls are different from humans. Humans are too fragile; even a slight bacterial infection can cause human death. But Ghouls are different, especially powerful Ghouls. Their self-healing and adaptive abilities far surpass ordinary humans. Therefore, it's only a matter of time before that girl adapts to Rize's organs."
(end of chapter)