"Pfft~" Kochou Shinobu let out a small laugh. She clearly didn't want to answer Su Chen's question.
Looking at the long line in front of her, Kochou Shinobu sighed to herself. She really didn't know how Su Chen's brain worked. How did he come up with such a brilliant idea? It was amazing. It didn't just help with the competition; it also helped solve the Butterfly Mansion's money problems!
Su Chen had already done more than enough. But when he saw she couldn't collect the money fast enough, he came up with another method for her.
Honestly, after spending so much time with Su Chen, Kochou Shinobu felt like she was becoming dumber.
Who else would think of making patients register first, then sorting them by their injuries, and then having them line up for treatment in different departments? It was truly brilliant.
Kochou Shinobu secretly glanced at Su Chen. Under the midday sun, the sweat on his forehead was clear. The fine hairs on his face seemed to glow faintly golden. That, mixed with his gentle smile, made him look even brighter than the sun.
Kochou Shinobu's cheeks immediately turned red.
She lightly slapped her cheeks twice. Only then did she snap out of her daze.
"Lady Shinobu, the count is complete."
At that moment, Kanzaki Aoi walked over carrying a sack full of money. Kanao also handed over the white paper with the scores.
Seeing this, Shinazugawa and the others gathered around. Everyone was waiting anxiously for the results in Kochou Shinobu's hand.
Even though everyone knew Su Chen had won, the stubborn Shinazugawa still wanted to know exactly how many points he was behind.
Kochou Shinobu took the scoring sheet and read it carefully. Then she announced the results.
Everyone was stunned.
Sanemi Shinazugawa: 9 points!
Kyojuro Rengoku: 8.5 points!
Inosuke: -10 points!
Su Chen: 199 points!
It was 199 points! Su Chen actually got a three-digit score!
Shinazugawa's eyes widened. This put him more than 190 points behind! His heart hardened, and he felt a cold dread.
This score meant that in the next competitions, if Shinazugawa, Kyoujurou, and Inosuke didn't close the gap in a big way, Su Chen had already won first place.
The air fell silent. Everyone slowly recovered after being stunned for a full five seconds. Then, they started to comment on Su Chen's score.
Kyoujurou: "Mr. Su Chen truly makes me see him in a new light!"
Shinazugawa: "Hurry up with the next segment! How can I lose! You can't find outside help indoors, right!"
Inosuke: "Heeheeheehee! Su Geng, you're a real genius, you bastard! I can't wait!"
Looking at their reactions, Su Chen smiled. He hadn't expected the number of people to jump straight to two hundred. This was more than he expected, too.
Since Su Chen took the lead in the first stage, he had set the mood for the whole competition.
Soon, Kochou Shinobu announced the start of the second segment. She led everyone inside the Butterfly Mansion.
The rooms were packed with injured and sick people. This included members of the Demon Slayer Corps and the villagers Su Chen had just brought. Looking at their injuries, they seemed to have all sorts of strange wounds.
Kochou Shinobu led everyone to the middle of the room. Then, with a bright smile, she said, "Thanks to Mr. Su Chen, we have more than enough injured people in the Butterfly Mansion now."
"Next, everyone needs to work with our staff to treat the injured, one by one. The points will be calculated just like I said before: one point for helping heal one person. Kanao will be responsible for counting."
"I need to make one thing clear. The Butterfly Mansion has four rooms, which are the four departments Mr. Su Chen divided: Surgery, Internal Medicine, Gynecology, and Pediatrics! As for which patients belong to which department... please figure that out for yourselves."
"Finally, I ask everyone to please continue to work hard~"
Whoosh!
As soon as she finished speaking, Shinazugawa, Kyoujurou, and Inosuke shot off like arrows.
The reason was simple: the gap between them and Su Chen was just too big. They had to use every second they could.
Who cared about four departments? They just had to find the easy patients! The three of them scattered through the Butterfly Mansion, trying to quickly understand the situation.
First, let's look at Inosuke.
This time, he was being smart. As soon as he entered, he saw that most of the injured people Su Chen brought back were in the room labeled 'Surgery'. These people only had minor injuries.
Inosuke felt like they didn't even need bandages. He could probably just stitch them up himself and they'd be fine.
So, he charged forward with his Boar Rush, heading straight for the Surgery room!
"Heeheehee! The Great Inosuke is truly a genius!" Inosuke laughed happily as he rushed toward the villagers.
But just then, a fiery figure came from behind and passed him. He completely overtook Inosuke!
As Kyoujurou's figure disappeared, his voice barely reached Inosuke's ears.
"My apologies, Beast Boy! By following you, I discovered this trick! I'm going ahead! I hope you also do your best!"
Inosuke stood stunned. Before he could react, another whirlwind-like figure, green as a blade, swept in from behind!
"Get out of the way! Get out of the way!" a rude voice shouted.
Right after that was a face that would make children cry.
It was Shinazugawa! He had also discovered Inosuke's 'secret'!
His figure rushed over like a tornado. Caught off guard, Inosuke was hit hard from behind and crashed. The fluffy boar mask flew right off his head.
Thud!
It wasn't the sound of bones breaking. It was the sound of Inosuke's competitive spirit breaking.
This time, Inosuke clearly saw who hit him.
That Scarface! He was the same one who knocked him flying in the first segment!
Damn it! Why couldn't he beat anyone?
Inosuke became depressed.
He couldn't grab anything! He couldn't win against anyone!
The one time he used his brain, someone else stole his idea!
It turned out that among the four of them, he was the weakest one.
He was the clown!
Bang!
Inosuke fell heavily to the ground, speaking in a defeated voice, "I'm sorry I'm so weak. I never want to do Boar Rush again."
Su Chen saw the whole thing.
He clicked his tongue and sighed at Inosuke's situation.
It was truly pitiful.
To finally use his brain, only to have the idea stolen... if that were Su Chen, he wouldn't be able to stand it either.
However, it seemed the Flame Hashira and the Wind Hashira weren't stupid. Their targets were the villagers he brought back.
They just needed to hand a bandage to a nurse and wait for the nurse to treat the simple, external wounds.
That was about one point every two minutes. It was simple logic, and no one would pass that up.
But what a pity.
Su Chen didn't plan to join them.
Because he is a doctor.