21st Century Necromancer

When Chen Yu and his wife were considering where to buy a house, the list of Nobel Prize winners was announced as scheduled.

The recipients of the Medicine Prize, unsurprisingly, were Chen Yu and his wife, which is a rare occurrence in the history of the Nobel Prizes.

Typically, the Nobel Prize is only awarded to one individual; even in cases of joint awards, it is usually due to collaborative research or closely related projects.

Nevertheless, even under such circumstances, it is rare in Nobel history for the award to go to multiple people.

This time, Chen Yu and Hiromi Jounouchi were able to receive the award together due to their achievements in different research topics. In addition to political pressure from Russia and the United States, the key reason was that their research had significant implications for human medical progress, making them deserving of the honor.

Besides, as a married couple, both projects were effectively completed by them together. So awarding a single prize would still mean both were joint recipients.

Thus, the Nobel selection committee simply decided to give the award to the couple, recognizing both projects at once.

After all, Sweden is only a small country, and while the Nobel Prize selection committee claims impartiality, there are interests involved behind these awards. Otherwise, why have so few prizes been awarded to Asians over the years?

Science knows no borders, but scientists have nationalities.

On the subject of nationality, Chen Yu is still a Chinese national.

Even though he resides in Japan and conducted all his research there, his nationality remains Chinese.

This leads to an interesting situation: Japan has been promoting Chen Yu as the most promising young doctor in Japan, yet he is not Japanese.

The Nobel Prize selection committee certainly did not make a mistake here, listing Chen Yu as a Chinese scientist, not a Japanese one.

Had Jounouchi Hiromi not been a Japanese national and had Chen Yu's research not been conducted in Japan, the Japanese Government would have had no room for publicity.

Ordinarily, foreigners like Chen Yu who manage to conduct Nobel-worthy research in Japan would naturally have to obtain Japanese nationality.

But for the Japanese Government now, although they hope Chen Yu would acquire Japanese nationality, they lack any means to compel him to do so, or even bring up the topic without caution.

After all, who would dare threaten a demigod over citizenship?

The fact that Chen Yu has not asked Hiromi Jounouchi to gain Chinese nationality is itself a relief for the Japanese Government... or rather, they should be thanking Amaterasu for her blessing.

Overall, this issue has indeed become another focal point between China and Japan.

China claims him as their scientist, while Japan argues that his research was conducted there, sparking extensive online debate.

It seems everyone is discussing whether Chen Yu's Nobel win belongs to China or Japan.

After all, his case is truly unprecedented.

Historically, it's not unusual for scientists from one country to make significant technological breakthroughs in another, but upon closer examination, they invariably acquired the host country's nationality.

This is why the laureate's nationality is always prominently mentioned during award ceremonies.

In fact, countries around the world typically encourage foreign scientists to acquire local nationality so that scientific outcomes remain national resources and won't depart.

However, Chen Yu is truly an exception. When he was researching the broad-spectrum anti-cancer drug, he was simply a PhD student at a university, and no one cared about or recognized his research at the time.

When his research eventually bore fruit and succeeded, the Japanese Government decided it was time to take his work seriously and hoped he would acquire Japanese nationality—only to find things had exceeded their expectations.

Who could have imagined that the genius doctor responsible for developing a broad-spectrum anti-cancer drug was, in fact, a demigod-level Necromancer!

If Japanese Government officials understood memes, they would certainly exclaim, "This question is out of syllabus!" or "This question is too difficult, I don't know how to solve it!"

Later, when the Japanese Government itself had to seek shelter under this demigod's protection, no one dared mention the topic anymore.

Kidding; giving an ordinary scientist a hard time might just result in a brain drain, but here we're talking about a demigod—crossing him might just level the whole Tokyo Metropolis.

So currently, the Japanese Government can only emphasize that both individuals conducted their research in Japan and at Tokyo University Hospital, where they both serve as doctors, and that Hiromi Jounouchi is Japanese.

Of course, the higher echelons of government, aware of the entire backstory, won't make a fuss over Chen Yu's nationality.

However, the general public is unaware of Chen Yu's transcendent identity and the underlying web of interests, so debates regarding his nationality are still fervent online.

The governments of China and Japan, for reasons unknown, have not suppressed this discourse, remaining content to keep it within reasonable boundaries and merely filtering out inappropriate comments.

In these debates, the key points revolve around whether Chen Yu will return to China or acquire Japanese nationality.noveldrama

To most ordinary people, those are the only two options Chen Yu could choose from now.

Yet, a small fraction of misguided Cosmic Country netizens are bellowing that Chen Yu is one of theirs, speculating he might join their Cosmic Country—a notion only worthy of laughter.

Whether this joke reaches the ears of a certain demigod, and whether this Cosmic Country might be taught a lesson, depends on when and how a certain demigod hears of this news, as well as his mood at the time.

Regardless, both governments of China and Japan, understanding Chen Yu's true identity and capabilities, have allowed public discussions while avoiding disastrous or uncontrollable situations, keeping discourse strictly within the bounds of discussion.

Chen Yu himself remains noncommittal to these discussions, as he intends neither to return to China nor stay in Japan. Apart from having their daughter attend school in Japan, he and Hiromi Jounouchi have decided to move to Star Sea Island in the Maldives once everything is settled.

However, despite Chen Yu's wish to let things play out naturally, the Japanese Imperial Family suddenly intervened with their own announcement.

The Emperor intends to award Chen Yu and his wife a Cultural Medal, following traditional protocol.

According to the award process, Chen Yu and his wife are required to go to the Imperial Palace for the Emperor to personally confer the Cultural Medal.