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CHAPTER 4 - CRISIS! THE CORRUPT OFFICIAL ISN'T BREATHING!
The introduction of general anesthesia significantly impairs the control mechanisms of the respiratory system, especially the ability to maintain upper airway patency. To ensure patient safety, an anesthesiologist must secure the airway during anesthesia induction. However, one of the main causes of cardiac arrest and death due to anesthesia management is the failure in airway management during induction.
~ Excerpt from the Japan Society of Anesthesiology Airway Management Guidelines 2014 (Japanese translation) ~
The official who had moments ago attempted to kill Asugi was now in a life-threatening situation due to respiratory arrest.
"W-What should we do..."
"H-Hold on...! He's not dead yet. He can't be dead. Yes, sit over there and calm down."
Sota hurriedly approached the official, checking his heartbeat.
There was a pulse. It could be said that he was just barely alive. However, he wasn't breathing.
—T-There's still time! But...!
—To save someone without breath...!
"Dammit...! This damn...! Shit!"
Sota reluctantly attempted CPR on the fallen official.
At first, Asugi watched in astonishment, but gradually she understood what Sota was doing.
"Um, are you... trying to give him artificial respiration?"
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"Well, if not, he might really die, you know!"
"W-Wait! It's not good to kill him, but if you keep him alive and it's discovered that he was beaten up, then the villagers, and me, and you, we might all be killed!"
"Huh?"
"And besides, I have a daughter... She might get caught up in this...! Just, please...! Only my daughter...!"
"N... Ngh... If I take the blame alone and run away, it'll be fine! I'll be the criminal... If it's just me, I can probably escape at worst."
And just as he was saying that, Sota realized.
――If they aim a bow and arrow at me again, I'll die! I don't have any Fentanyl!
――Oh no, I'm in trouble. I might have said too much without a way out.
"You can't do that! First of all, if you do something like that, the village chief will be suspicious!"
――But when he thought about it, it made sense.
――If a government official visiting a discriminated-against village gets assaulted, the village would need to show that they've settled the matter and made an example.
――Even if they pinned the crime on a wandering man, collective responsibility could easily come into play.
Sota came up with a good idea.
――Poison, I can leave the village to resupply. I'm a chemistry teacher, but I can teach biology too, and I know a thing or two about natural poisons! Like poisonous mushrooms!
"I'll carry the body to a nearby town and turn myself in before execution. I'll escape before they can catch me, so don't worry."
"They won't believe you, will they? I mean, even I wouldn't want that. Blaming everything on just you..."
"Well, ugh..."
――Something's off. All I did was protect a life by hitting a scumbag who had kicked a defenseless woman and swung a sword at her.
――Am I really not doing bad things as a human being?
"What should I do if neither letting live nor killing is an option?"
"I don't know either!"
"I know, right..."
At that moment, the door was kicked open with a loud noise.
"What the hell are you doing?! Hey, Asugi! Are you okay!?"
"F-Father!?"
"I'm not your father! I'm the village chief! Call me Chief Assam, you idiot!"
A wrinkled, elderly Elf stood there.
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