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If you do nothing, that man will die.

Are you going to condemn a life to death?

The strife in a part of Asia known as Vietnam

was the first war to be broadcast on TV.

That's right.

I was also abandoned once.

The grim reality of war shown in real time

not only triggered a wave of anti-war sentiment worldwide,

but also gave rise to activists

willing to resort to more extreme and direct protests.

Doc... tor...

Black Jack

Young

How long's this been going on?

Right after you left to buy medicine, Aoyama-san.

We should take him to a hospital—

As if we can!

Smith is a deserter!

Episode 3: Deserters

Wow, I didn't expect you to be living in a run-down apartment like this.

What's with that annoyed attitude?

There's no point in stonewalling me.

I'm going to learn your secret today for sure.

You can't just pull an amazing surgery like that out of thin air!

There's got to be a secret!

Not really...

What's this?

Is something here?

Ow.

Jeez, snoop around all you want.

Yay!

I wouldn't have expected this to be your hobby.

Curry... udon?

What? Just for one?

Hmm, next up...

Curry's great with both udon and rice.

Go on, enjoy.

Sutures?

Hey, did you operate on them?

That one was a failure.

Hazama-kun, you've been practicing on fish?

Oh... pig feet.

Square knots...

This was practice, too?

Fish aren't enough to get a good sense of things, you see.

Of course I eat everything after.

Jeez!

So what?

If you're this skilled,

why do you need to go to school?

Oh, please.

You're making fun of me!

If I left, I'd be an unlicensed, illegal doctor.

A groan?

Oh, there it is again...

Who knows?

What? What if someone's sick?

Call an ambulance, maybe?

Huh?

I'm sorry to bother you.

We just heard something that sounded like a groan.

Oh, uh...

Hazama-san... is that you?

Who are you?

I'm Tamura.

I was two years behind you in high school.

I don't remember you.

Ouch, that hurts.

Hazama-san, I need your help!

That's coming out of left field.

I have a sick man in my room.

Can you see him?

Idiot!

I'm still a student.

Take sick people to the hospital!

Oh, we can't possibly... not a hospital.

Please, Hazama-san!

You just have to see him!

I refuse!

Please, I'm begging you!

Please!

I beg you!

Hazama-kun, look how desperate he is.

Can't you help a little?

No.

Fine, I'll see him.

You?

I'm an intern.

Leave it to me.

He has a major headache.

None of the meds work.

Who said you could bring someone in here?

She's an intern.

She said she'll see him.

I'll get right to it, then.

So much sweat!

Let me take his temperature...

Hazama-kun!

What time did he lose consciousness?

About two hours ago.

He was just in pain at first,

but he faded over time.

Has he hit his head recently?

What's the matter?

Will Smith die?

I knew it...

It's because of Vietnam—

Vietnam?

Aoyama-san, we can't keep this a secret anymore!

Tamura!

Smith and Marlon were both in Vietnam until a month ago.

He may have suffered a head injury there...

I see.

So you're anti-war activists,

and these two are deserters.

Deserters?

That's right.

Smith and Marlon fled a week ago from the marine base in Sasebo.

But so what if they are?

They may be American soldiers,

but they used to be civilians.

Are you going to criticize them for running away from needless slaughter?

Of course there's great risk involved.

If they get caught,

they will no doubt face a military tribunal.

But Smith...

I'd rather face a military tribunal and execution

than kill innocent children!

Our initial plan was to help them get on a plane to Sweden.

But...

I see.

So that's why you can't take him to a hospital.

I do sympathize,

but there's no time to lose.

Is it that bad?

It's no ordinary headache.

We have to call an ambulance right away.

We can't do that.

If we do, Smith and Marlon will be caught.

I can get medicine.

So please, Hazama-san...

I can't work miracles!

Tamura...

Your family runs a hospital, right?

W-Wait a minute, Aoyama-san.

If they find out what I'm up to,

they'll disown me.

We don't have any time to lose!

I'll need to borrow an examination room in your hospital.

Okay... but my dad runs an OB/GYN clinic.

Where're you going?

We may need tools.

I'm getting my bag.

Young Black Jack

Young Black Jack

Tamura Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinic

What about security?

If the night shift nurse comes around,

I'll deal with her somehow.

What're you going to do?

I'm going to measure his cerebrospinal fluid and intracranial pressure.

Intracranial pressure?

Then we'll need a water column...

We're in an OB/GYN clinic.

Huh?

Oh, that's...

We'll use the height of the cerebrospinal fluid

to measure his intracranial pressure.

It's like a mercury pressure gauge in principle.

Well?

Fortunately enough, there doesn't seem to be any bleeding in the brain.

However, the pressure...

It's high?

There must be fluid buildup in the brain. It's swollen.

Swollen?

Then that means...

Cerebral edema.

Is it life-threatening?

If his intracranial pressure continues to increase,

in the worst case, pressure on the medulla

may trigger respiratory or cardiac arrest.

Cardiac arrest!

But we still have time, if we act now.

You should just call an ambulance.

Like I said before, we can't do that.

Put your ideals aside!

If you don't get him treatment now, he'll die!

Then you do it!

I've been watching you.

You seem pretty familiar with the condition.

You came this far.

Take responsibility 'til the end.

The Hell...

Just listen to yourself!

Hazama-kun's just a student, okay?

So what?

You still don't get it?

If any word gets out that he treated a patient here,

he'll never become a doctor!

That's all?

He might lose his chance to become a doctor?

So what?

That only affects one individual.

Think on a more global scale!

It's only natural that any decent human being would help us.

"Natural", my ass!

S-She's right.

If Hazama-san does the surgery, both Smith and Marlon will be saved!

Japanese, you said you'll let us escape.

Keep your promise!

Wait, do you guys want money?

What'd you just say?!

So you want money, even though you're not even licensed yet.

You've got to be kidding us!

We're talking about a human life here.

These guys are real...

Of course you'd save a life!

Well, of course there's a little risk involved,

so we can consider appropriate compensation.

They're real...

Anyway, cut the chitchat and do the surgery!

Real egoists!

I won't dispute your beliefs and principles,

but don't impose them on others!

Hazama-kun...

I'll go call an ambulance.

I can't let you do that!

If you insist, I'll have to kill you.

Shoot me if you want.

What?

You can threaten me all you want,

but I'm going to call an ambulance.

You think we're bluffing?!

That's right... I'm not even a doctor yet.

I have no responsibility to save that man.

Shit!

Tamura, make the call!

Um, to where?

To headquarters, of course!

Oh, okay.

What?

We're going to take Smith and Marlon to the airfield now.

You can't be serious about putting this man on a flight right now!

I am.

If they leave Japan, they'll reach Europe in half a day.

There, he can be seen by a doctor.

Idiot!

That'd make his edema worse!

That's right.

If you do nothing, that man will die.

Are you going to condemn a life to death?

So you're telling me to do this?

I'm not even a doctor.

There's no guarantee that I can save him,

even if I go back there!

Do you really believe that?

Tamura, get the car!

O-Okay.

Hey, wait a minute!

Smith?

Am I going to run?

Am I going to abandon him?

No, you can do this.

Oh, no!

His breathing's shallow all of a sudden!

Give him oxygen, quick!

And you're still trying to abandon him...

to abandon a patient right in front of you whom you can save!

No!

I'm...

I'm...!

You're aiming to be a doctor to save lives, aren't you?

No one really wants to die!

Yabu-san...

That's right.

I was also abandoned once.

I...

That's why I...

I never want to abandon anyone.

Doc... tor...

I'm not getting any oxygen.

I'm doing what I can.

Hazama-kun!

We'll operate right now.

Operate? But...

We'll perform a decompressive craniectomy.

A decompressive craniectomy?!

What's that?

We're going to remove a part of his skull!

His skull?

Are you sure that's a good idea?

It's an established procedure!

I knew you'd come back.

Did my words awaken whatever shred of a human conscience you had left?

Now you get it, right?

What's important isn't money or status.

It's cause and action to bring justice to the world!

We're—

Say one more word,

and I'll make sure you'll never be able to say another!

Um, Hazama-san, I'm grateful—

You shut up, too!

You selfish scum!

That's uncalled for.

No, we're not wrong.

I'm...

I'm...

not wrong.

Not wrong.

I'm not wrong!

I'm not in the wrong.

I'm not.

I'm...

Hazama-kun, it's a little late of me to ask you this,

but have you even performed a craniectomy?

No.

I knew it...

Okamoto-senpai.

When my body was torn to pieces,

Dr. Honma operated on me with utter disregard for the possibility of failure.

He just couldn't abandon any of his patients.

That's why he...

I want to be like him.

I will.

I will do it!

The only way to prevent his swollen brain

from touching his skull and suffering compressive injury

is to excise a part of his skull

and relieve the pressure.

We'll now begin decompressive craniectomy.

Scalpel.

But it's no simple feat to make precise incisions into the hard skull.

Forceps.

You first have to drill holes,

but if you drill even a little bit too far,

Cross Section View of Cranium

Hole

Hole Skull

Dura

Arachnoid

Brain

or damage the brain while opening up the skull,

the patient may suffer from long-term complications.

But despite it being a difficult procedure...

Kidney basin.

Okay.

Did it work?

Yeah.

I knew he was a genius!

Smith!

Are you okay?!

What?

See?

You don't remember?

Do you remember now?

Right, I suddenly got hit by a headache when I was on the run...

You were in bad shape, man.

If that medical student hadn't operated on you,

who knows what would've happened.

Medical student?

Well, we would've been caught if we'd gone to a doctor.

A medical student operated on me?

On my head?!

What's this?!

Y-You okay?

You idiot!

You trying to get me killed?!

Y-You're hurting me!

Smith!

Contact the US embassy.

But...

Hurry!

It'll be fine if you say it's for McGregor from the CIA.

The CIA?!

Then if treatment had been delayed,

it might have been fatal?

He would undoubtedly have suffered major brain damage.

By the way, I hear the procedure was performed by a medical student.

Apparently.

So it's true...

Given how surprising it is for you, a Johns Hopkins professor,

I'm guessing it was an impressive operation?

Impressive?

Near-perfect, more like.

I see.

But why did a medical student save that man?

Are you aware that he was an undercover agent

investigating an organization aiding deserters?

Yes.

Before going undercover, he apparently suffered head trauma

while undergoing special ops training in Vietnam.

Still, I must wonder why a medical student of such high caliber

would conveniently show up when the patient was in need.

You mean, "Is he just a medical student?"

There's no need for concern.

We've already made arrangements with the Japanese police.

My career's over.

However, as far as we can tell, he's just a medical student.

What happened to the other deserter?

We made him rejoin his squad.

Yes, that area sees heavy fighting.

We've covered up the entire mess.

It's all been wiped clean, even the Japanese police records.

I'm to be released?

This is your only possession we have, correct?

I only learned this later,

but I was the only one who was detained.

Okamoto-senpai and the others were not even subjected to questioning.

"Why did I save that man?"

Hazama Kuroo questioned himself,

but never arrived at an answer.

At the time, Hazama did not know

that there were no right or wrong actions to take in medicine.

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On the battlefield,

there is only hell on earth: sundered flesh and shattered bone, iron and fire.

Life weighs less than a single feather.

"I won't let you die!"

The value of a medical act committed amidst a rain of bullets is brought to question.

What is the meaning of saving one life

when millions are being sacrificed?

"In Vietnam Part 1."

In Vietnam Part I

The life before one's eyes

is connected to the seven billion other lives on Earth:

that is the answer.