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Medical ninjas EP N3 Dr Warm : the Quincy descendent who activates the Cosmo pt.2

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Part 2 Dr. Warm: Hahahaha. Lift your shirt a little more; I must make sure the Cosmo doesn’t spread to your myocardium.I: Are you saying you can’t fix my fragile little heart with your therapeutic guns? fig 5 Dr. Warm: Currently there’s no clinical trial data showing spiritual power is safe for the myocardium. There’s sufficient evidence for blood vessels, nerves, skeletal and smooth muscle, though.I: Why hasn’t anyone researched the heart muscle?Dr. Warm: Because people with heart problems don’t come to our department. To repair that tissue directly they’d rather go to surgery. We won’t mess with it without data.I: In Bleach’s worldview, once the heart dies, even spiritual power and many supernatural forces can hardly save it.Dr. Warm: That’s true. Our department has its limits. We’re not in the business of making money off people’s desperation.I: But why were your two guns aimed right at that woman’s belly?Dr. Warm: She had back pain, and she’s been here many times. The gun mode and bullet type used on her are different from what we’ll use on you. Bullets are personalized via our machine settings — we first forge them with individualized parameters, then load them into the guns.I: Never mind — I won’t ask for details. According to your theory, a lot of energy is probably wasted in that kind of shooting.Dr. Warm: Not at all. My bullets have a trace-back property to living tissue; they don’t get wasted in empty space. Besides, they’re particles — not energy.I: Oh — I thought you fired positive and negative energy simultaneously.Dr. Warm: Energy is always positive. What’s a “negative energy”? That’s not a scientific term, but a liberal-arts invention. I choose to ignore it.I: It’s about controlling the “narrative” — to manufacture a prosper-looking public by labeling all whistleblowers as “negative energy spreaders”.Dr. Warm: History always moves forward while looping back.I: Yes — a spiral curve can be described by polar parametric equations.Dr. Warm: Hahahaha. Some are worse: whatever helps them is “positive energy”; whatever harms their interests is “negative energy.” Interests are relative. What benefits the Democrats likely harms the Republicans. If someone gets murdered, opponents call it a victory — “positive energy” — while his supporters call it tragedy — “negative energy.” Fig CK I: You really are an expert. Your theories can be complete and even branch out. Last time an “expert” from Smoke City lectured me about primary and secondary contradictions; I was convinced — but the side effects of her treatment plan were huge and I needed 2 practitioners and 6 courses of traditional herbal medicine to recover. Heh.Dr. Warm: I won’t comment on others. My specialty project, I’ve studied thoroughly. Many other hospitals come to me for training on this. Heh.I: What exactly is my body’s current status? If I put my hand in, will it disappear?Dr. Warm: You can try. I: Whoa! Hahaha!Dr. Warm: That segment of your hand right now has been assimilated by your core Cosmo.I: Then I shouldn’t be shaking hands with people for a while.Dr. Warm: Right. If you shake hands the Cosmo’s reparative capacity for you is weakened — the Cosmo’s spiritual power goes to others.I: I’ll avoid touching people then.Dr. Warm: Yes — put your shirt back on and wear gloves if possible. That’s it for today. Once your Cosmo is fully absorbed, next time we’ll proceed deeper.I: You mean you can treat foot pain directly next time?Dr. Warm: Well… we’ll re-evaluate when you come back.I: Heh heh heh heh. After leaving the treatment room I bumped into that big fish again — oh wait, that’s the woman who had back pain. I: Hey — your belly has a Cosmo too.Inoue: Right. After each therapy session the Cosmo expands and then shrinks.I: It really resembles the cycles of the universe.Inoue: According to Dr. Warm, the Cosmo is really a projection of the greater universe’s power into the unit circle, which, in this case, is the human body.I: Dr. Warm said you have back pain. Is it from sitting at an office a long time or carrying a baby for too long?Inoue: Neither. I’m an athlete — lumbar muscle strain is normal for my profession.I: To be honest, you don’t look like an athlete.Inoue: I do synchronized swimming, also known as artistic swimming.I: Many people tell me swimming is safe and gentle on joints. But being easy on joints doesn’t mean it won’t strain muscles.Inoue: Right — athletes can even have herniated discs.I: What’s your family name? Maybe I’ve seen you on TV.Inoue: Inoue.I: So is your ancestor Orihime Inoue or Kazuhiko Inoue?Inoue: Haha, the former, apparently.I: So you must know those Soul Reapers and Quincies very well.Inoue: Dr. Warm and I met in our university.I: So you probably get preferential access here because you’re an acquaintance?Inoue: Who said that? I paid in full. This type of treatment isn’t covered by insurance yet. I came to him because he’s a friend and I trust he won’t do me harm.I thought to myself: Not doing you harm is certain — but whether he’ll gouge you, I don’t know. Familiarity is a double-edged sword. From what I observed, he treated you differently from how he treated me; even I as an outsider could tell.I: But isn’t it awkward with a friend treating you?Inoue: Of course. That’s why I turned into a fish. Their department used to have a female doctor who went away this month to study.I: I came because of their expensive machine.Inoue: Right — you come to a top-tier hospital to save worry. If you’d gone to an average hospital, maybe you’d only get fifty to sixty percent better and still have to come here.I: According to Bleach’s character attributes, you should naturally have medical superpowers.Inoue: I do, but without specialized training you won’t reach professional levels. It needs both genes and training. Several in my family work in medical or fitness fields. But I don’t want my fate decided only by genes — I wanted to pick

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Adventures with the Medical Ninjas – episode N3: Dr. Warm : the Quincy descendent who activates the Cosmo pt.1

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Part 1(Inside the treatment room) fig 1 I: Dr. Warm, this is my Chakragraphy test report. Everything came back negative.Dr. Warm: Then where exactly is your problem?I: Wherever I wore orthotic inserts, that’s where I have problems.Dr. Warm: If that’s the case, one session won’t be enough. You can’t start at too high an intensity — your body needs time to adapt.I: Sure. But the intensity can’t be too low either. It’s not easy for us to come all the way from out of town. If the intensity isn’t enough and the lesion isn’t resolved… Anyway, I don’t want to be  traveling to a second-tier city for treatment again and again.Dr. Warm: Don’t worry. These two guns of mine are ancestral — very powerful.I: Whoa — are those guns made of titanium? They look like they have noble bloodlines. The director in Smoke City used white guns, and his bullets were made with three kinds of chakra. He sold me a ton of medicine; later I threw all the oral meds away.Dr. Warm: Nani? Chakra? The bullets we use here are forged from spiritual power — from reiatsu (spiritual power). The higher a therapist’s spiritual power, the higher the spirit-pressure each bullet carries.I: Spiritual power? Spirit-pressure? Right — the last doctor who did my Chakragraphy told me you have to go to a first-tier city to get spiritual power tested; second-tier cities can’t do it. So are you perhaps also a descendant of a Soul Reaper (Shinigami)?Dr. Warm: Nope. Our hospital’s surgery department is mainly descendants of Soul Reapers. The internal medicine and support departments are mostly descendants of Hollows. Our department, though, is basically made up of Quincy descendents.I: My goodness. Big cities really do have all kinds of talent. In hospitals in backward regions, seeing even one descendant of a ninja is already amazing.Dr. Warm: Hahaha — you know what? The medical device company that supplies our hospital with high-tech polymer disposable rubber gloves — their ancestors used to be pirates.I: That company must be called One Piece, right?Dr. Warm: Heh — looks like you didn’t spend much time grinding through problem sets in school; you only watched anime.I: I wasn’t cut out for academic stuff. But you can’t watch every show; at least you should know about the big ones.Dr. Warm: Historical reasons. Now we are living in a peaceful era; this society doesn’t need so many people who are good at fighting, so many of our clan chose to enter the medical field.I: In Bleach the Quincies used to use bows and arrows — now they’ve evolved into guns.Dr. Warm: Look — the wall behind me records the tools our department has used over the last few hundred years.I: Quincies are different from Soul Reapers. You all look gentle on the outside, killing without a trace of blood.Dr. Warm: Heh — we are wholeheartedly FOR the patient. Compared to those big departments, our tools are really gentle: fast-acting and never dragging things out.I thought to myself: guns breed power.I: But there must be side effects, right? After being shot, the body inevitably swells for a while.Dr. Warm: That means your tissues are repairing. Look at this patient I’m treating — she’s already had several sessions here and can gradually get back in the water. Before, her back pain was near unbearable; she almost went to folk remedies. Fig 2 I: That’s really amazing. This patient didn’t struggle at all — so it doesn’t look that painful.Dr. Warm: Pain should be there; she just dares not move. During treatment patients must not shift, to prevent the spiritual particles from going off-course when they enter.I: I didn’t expect your hospital to treat animals too — or are you just a jack-of-all-trades?Dr. Warm: She’s not an animal — she can transform, and lying like this is more convenient. She’s almost finished. You’re next.(This patient’s treatment finishes — she reverts to human form and goes outside to rest.) fig 3 I: Should I lie down?Dr. Warm: For the first session you need to stand. Per our department’s usual protocol, we treat from the core first. We see the body as a whole instead of solely targeting the areas with symptoms.I: But every time I switch therapists they start from the core. The core has already been treated many times; in the end the lesion turned out to be clearly in my foot.Dr. Warm: That’s other people’s theories. Some treat by nerves, some by muscle chains, some by fascial lines, some by chakra, some by qi and blood — we Quincies don’t accept those. The first time we must activate your Cosmo (inner universe). If a patient’s Cosmo can’t be activated, the natural spiritual power can’t tune into your body, and subsequent effects can’t be good.I: Sigh — well, doctor-patient relationships always have an information gap. If you put this theory in a ninja-run hospital, you might get yelled at as pseudoscience.Dr. Warm: Which hospital would dare call us pseudoscience? I’d call them traitorous ninja. Lift your shirt — we’re starting. Each of these two guns will fire 1,000 bullets. Both will fire together.I: Huh? So if you actually fire 1,000 times, this treatment’s fee will be used up in one go.Dr. Warm: The effect can never be compared by ordinary bullets, okay?I: Then why don’t you point the guns directly at my core muscle groups?Dr. Warm: My bullets are made of spiritual particles, invisible and intangible. The direction that lands on the patient’s tissue corresponds to the vector cross product of the gun barrel’s direction and the thumb’s direction. fig 4 I: Uh — that sounds a bit like left-hand rule / right-hand rule in physics. But there’s no lesion on my belly at all.Dr. Warm: You young people don’t get it. The first time we must activate the Cosmo so your body connects with natural energy. Our method is all-natural — no drugs, no blood draws. Watch: the particles produced by these two guns are yin and yang

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Adventures with the Medical Ninjas – Episode 06C: Dr. Sweet and the Suzhou-Style Mung Bean Soup pt.3

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Part 3 (One week later, outpatient clinic) Dr. Sweet: Ah — you kept your appointment. For real. I was actually joking cuz I didn’t want you to continue prying. I: After everything that happened, a follow-up is only proper. Dr. Sweet: You remember how you escaped the web? And how you finished off Dr. Superior? I: I turned into water in that furious moment. Fascia holds water — I slipped through. Then branches sprouted from my body; when he attacked, the branches pierced him. The woody cells proliferated like the First Hokage’s technique. Dr. Sweet: He is flesh and blood — he couldn’t change fast enough and your chakra suppressed him. When you first got treated here, I infused the 3 types of chakra into you — Water and Wood among them. Did you use them both? I: So it was you who saved me. Dr. Superior’s attribute must be Water — that explains his skill in summoning the fascia web. Your Earth-plus-Wood combo was more than enough. Dr. Sweet: Look at this desk — I actually formed it on the spot with Earth chakra. (She gestures to the table.) I: Hah — I didn’t even notice. But one thing still puzzles me: who set the fire that day? Was that person secretly helping me? Even though they distracted Dr. Superior I still couldn’t get away afterward. Dr. Sweet: Fire Types are rare in our hospital. The one I know is clever, a significant figure whose rank towers over all of us. Best not to pry. I: I paid specialist fees for this, you know — you won’t tell me? Dr. Sweet: Knowing too much won’t help you. If it’s in your fate, you will meet him later. For now, your recovery looks good — especially with my three chakras guarding you. Most people in this region won’t dare mess with you anymore. I: Did you just say “him”? You know who he is. (Dr. Sweet is called out — the hospital director wants to speak with her.) Director: How many times have I warned you? You can’t just give your chakra to patients. You’re not Rukia handing power to Ichigo. Dr. Sweet: I didn’t. I don’t normally infuse chakra into patients in this region. Director: You didn’t? I watched the whole fight recorded by our security camera. Who else here can show both Wood Release and Earth Release at once besides you? You gave him three chakra types at once — what if he’d lost control? Dr. Sweet: This patient was special. By the time he came to us he’d already seen specialists in all major hospitals in our city. I saw him running from place to place despite being so young, so I took a shortcut to help him. I didn’t expect Dr. Superior to be so shameless — still scheming to use people as lab rats. Director: Fine, let him die. After years of being blackmailed by him, my hair’s gone white. The state health department comes snooping and I always have to smooth things over. I just dyed my hair last week… Now his wife just called — she says she’s sending people over to cause a scene. It’s been five years; the last time she brought her gang here it nearly gave me a heart attack. Dr. Sweet: Give them what they want. Death benefits are a must. Director: Ugh. Dr. Superior always coveted my job — now he’s gone early and I can’t even retire. Is that unlucky patient still around? Dr. Sweet: He was discharged a few days ago. He might come back to the records office for copies. END OF PART 3 END OF EPISODE 06 Music copyright belongs to the singer-songwriter. This is a creative project inspired by the traditions of Eastern shonen manga and Western comics and cinematic storytelling.All characters, abilities, and world elements are original creations.Any similarities to existing works are coincidental or intended as respectful homage, without any claim of ownership or affiliation.

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Adventures with the Medical Ninjas – episode N2: Getting a Chakragraphy and Encountering the Soul Reapers

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N2.1 (9 am, inside the testing room for Chakragraphy) Woman: Lift your leg. Me: The needle’s inside—I wouldn’t dare lift my leg! Woman: You have to lift it, otherwise there won’t be any signal. Me: But it hurts, the needle is stabbing inside. Woman: If you don’t use force, the needle will never come out. Me: Nani? (What?) N2.2 （10 am, outside the testing room） Woman: Sigh, has your report come out yet? Me: Nope, still waiting. It’ll take at least another half hour. Woman: I’m getting anxious waiting. I still have to go to my outpatient appointment later. Me: I’ve got one too, but you know how it is—your scheduled time and the actual time you see the specialist are always at least half an hour apart. No need to rush. Woman: Why do you think the Chakragraphy room is so busy yet there are only two doctors inside? Me: Just shows how scarce their skills are… one of them seems to be only writing reports. Woman: Did you see that guy just now? He almost broke the door down trying to get his wife in a wheelchair in earlier. And in the end, it looks like he really did cut the line. Me: Yeah, I saw that. Honestly, if you just shout outside, “Doctor, I need you to determine the pricing for me,” that female staff will definitely let you in. Woman: True, they’re super quick when it comes to money matters. N2.3 (8 am, outside the testing room) This man brought his wife here for the chakragraphy test. Because the waiting time was too long, he lost his temper and banged furiously on the door. The doctor inside didn’t dare open it, saying the previous patient hadn’t even put their clothes back on yet. Me: Why is your wife in a wheelchair at such a young age? Was it an accident? He: ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), also called Lou Gehrig’s disease. Me: She looks like she’s in pretty good condition, though. He: The Kuchiki family’s reiryoku (spiritual power) is unbelievably strong. Last time she went to the first-tier city for a reiryoku scan, she froze the entire machine. Me: Kuchiki? Reiryoku? Aren’t those Bleach terms? So in this world there are not only descendants of ninjas, but also descendants of Soul Reapers (shinigami)? He: You must be from another city. This hospital has a lot of Soul Reaper descendants. Me: Alright… but if you’re Soul Reapers, why do you still need chakragraphy? He: Because only first-tier cities can do reiryoku scans, and even then you have to book a month in advance. We just want a follow-up. The doctors say chakras and reiryoku can be converted through equations. Me: Oh right, it feels similar to the meridian system. He: We don’t really understand either. That’s the information gap between the medical world and us commoners. Me: So her ALS… is it genetic? He: Yes. Ice-type reiryoku affects the motor neurons. But in the family it only shows up once every few generations. She only developed it after we married. Me: And yet you’ve stayed faithfully by her side. He: We were childhood sweethearts, hehe. Me: From your hair, your outfit, and your tone, I’d guess you’re from the Abarai clan? He: That obvious? Haha. Me: I never missed a single episode of Bleach growing up. He: You look fine though. Why are you here for this test? Me: Oh, nothing serious. The doctor in the first-tier city asked me to come to a less crowded hospital for the test, so I wouldn’t have to wait in line. He: My hometown clinic can’t do it either. We have to come downtown. Me: And that brain-computer interface on your wife’s head — does it actually work? Did this hospital give it to you? He: Not at all. We bought it online. They say you have to train the model for a while before it works. It’s only because they offer a one-month no-questions-asked return that we dared to buy it. (At that moment, the door opened. Mr. Abarai started quarreling with the female doctor, describing his wife’s illness in the most tragic terms. In the end, the doctor let them cut in line.) As the brother pushed his wife into the room, she cast me a smile that was not a smile. I felt a sudden chill wash over me, and my phone shut down by itself. short vid for N2.3 End of EP N2. The N-x series is a fork from the main story happening in the city where Patrick lives. These episodes exist for a reason, and they expand the world of the medical ninjas to a broader universe, which you will see. This is a creative project inspired by the traditions of Eastern shonen manga and Western comics and cinematic storytelling.All characters, abilities, and world elements are original creations.Any similarities to existing works are coincidental or intended as respectful homage, without any claim of ownership or affiliation.

Dr Sweet cut open the silk threads shot by Dr Superior.
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Adventures with the Medical Ninjas – Episode 06B: Dr. Sweet and the Suzhou-Style Mung Bean Soup Part 2

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(continued from EP06A) Dr. Sweet: What about Dr. Superior? When he first arrived he was the hospital director’s prodigy — the director’s student with the same ruthless research zeal. He stayed after graduation and became deputy director right away. I: But he seems like a science fanatic. A little inhuman. Dr. Sweet: Someone must have told you — he turns the people who come to investigate him into specimens. I: Yes. His fascia web is literally woven from human fascia. He even boasted he had a bigger net he hadn’t used yet. Dr. Sweet: He’s aiming to be director someday. Big ambition. I: You mean that net was meant for his mentor? Dr. Sweet (laughing): I said nothing. You heard nothing. I: The silk he fires is terrifyingly sticky. I still don’t know how I escaped. Dr. Sweet: He was charismatic when he was young. Trainee women all wanted rotations in his department. Not all the interns who came through here had ninja bloodlines, yet they flocked in. He used “meditation therapy” for migraines as a pretext, then controlled one young doctor with his spider-silk. What happened after that we can’t prove, but that intern came back raving that Dr. Superior was a god on earth, preaching sutras. I: Yikes! Dr. Sweet: He had her recruit more female colleagues; soon the department’s women spent their nights at his lectures. In truth he was sending signals through spider-silk straight into their heads. Someone told me his chakra signal can pass through the skull into the cerebrospinal fluid. Before long the hospital’s female staff sang his praises — some unmarried women even swore they’d marry no one else. I: Dr. Good must be very jealous. Dr. Sweet: Ha. I: So what exactly was his relationship with those women? Sounds like a cult. Dr. Sweet: It was a cult. He was married, but still greedy. I: Did he touch them? You know cult leaders — pick a few to groom as concubines, maybe impregnate them, force abortions… After sermons there are “assignments,” and the apprentices compete for favor. Dr. Sweet: We don’t know. Even victims won’t admit it. But a few women later quit and left for other hospitals — we didn’t know why at first. Like a pyramid scheme, his first female disciple rose in power; everyone called her “sister.” I: Given his methods, maybe he programmed their brains via spider-silk so any pregnancy would be terminated automatically — he’d avoid responsibility. Dr. Sweet: Don’t forget Abigail has X-ray Eyes. Whoever gets pregnant, Abigail would tell Dr. Superior. He’d have to handle it with specialized ninjutsu — things like Laser Release or Space Distortion. I: Did the director know? Dr. Sweet: Of course. He’d spent a lot of energy training Dr. Superior; Dr. Superior’s also an Internet celebrity. The hospital director chose to turn a blind eye, like that Third Hokage who let Orochimaru go. I: What changed? Why did everyone turn against him? Where was the turning point? Dr. Sweet: The turning point was me. When I first interned here, some women introduced me to his lectures. One night he called me into his office to “discuss medicine” and wanted me to study some mysterious cases with him. After I entered he suddenly turned off the lights. In the dark he shot out strands of spider-silk that glowed blue. I realized the signal transmitted through the silk was hypnotic — our women had been under his genjutsu all along. I: My God. Not just psychological — it directly altered brain rhythms, right? Did he capture you? Dr. Sweet: I didn’t fall for it. He suddenly screamed as if electrocuted; the lights came on. I saw the silk and grabbed my shuriken to cut it. He froze, looking embarrassed. He didn’t know I could use ninjitsu. He didn’t know certain chakra attributes on me countered his chakra — my chakra actually back-flowed into his body through his own silk. I: You ruined his scheme — he should fear you. Dr. Sweet: Back then, no one else but me could counter his chakra. So the director had to tolerate him, let him be. I sent a mass email to every female staffer with my discovery. The next day they organized a protest — the women’s committee marched on his department. Abigail even got hit; some labeled her a traitor to women; others used this opportunity to vent prejudice against her race. I: Like a #MeToo movement? Dr. Sweet: Something like that. He didn’t dare show up for work for a week. Someone even called his home and told his wife about his sin; she came down with a group and caused a disturbance. The hospital director personally stepped in to calm things down— otherwise, by her power, she could have torn the building down. I: Does she use something like Shinra Tensei? That’s more like a staged demonstration than a family dispute. Dr. Sweet: When the director learned of my ability, I thought he’d fire me or send me away. Instead he privately offered to set up a separate department for me and the women’s committee head, on a different floor from Dr. Superior, and even helped with my citizenship application. The only condition: drop any further pursuit of Dr. Superior so the scandal wouldn’t damage the hospital’s reputation. I: You’re good at bargaining. Maybe the director wanted Checks and Balances within this hospital. But one thing puzzles me — how did I escape his fascia web that day, and why did my transformation accidentally injure him? Dr. Sweet: I can’t tell you that now. When you’re discharged, come to my clinic next week and book a specialist slot. I’ll tell you then. I gotta go — I’m on call this weekend. End of part 2. (To be continued) This is a creative project inspired by the traditions of Eastern shonen manga and Western comics and cinematic storytelling.All characters, abilities, and world elements are original creations.Any similarities to existing works are coincidental

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Top 5 Robots from the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai — Ranked by YouTube Views

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Plus: My personal favorite and what it might say about us. Last month, I visited an AI exhibition in Shanghai and captured exciting moments in Shorts. (Technically, it was called a conference, but as a casual one-day visitor, I didn’t attend those big-picture talks.) My focus was on humanoid robotics and automation, instead of AI software or systems. While I had my personal favorite, it was the viewers of my YouTube channel who determined the real ranking. Based on view counts alone, here are the top 5 robots they watched the most. Let’s begin. #5 Robot dogs that can climb and jump at World Artificial Intelligence Conference Shanghai 2025 pt.1 brand: DeepRobotics I saw this impressive robotic dog while attending the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai. The level of motion control and suspension was truly fascinating to witness in person. They can work as firefighters in place of human beings. How do you feel about these robots? Are you in awe or are you scared? Do you want a pet like this at home? #4 robot dog at WAIC SHANGHAI 2025 brand: Hanvon, an IT company famous for language processing Do you prefer a robotic pet like this or do you still want an organic pet? Do you think your dog at home would get along with a robot like this? How much are you willing to pay for this dog? I’m by no means a dog lover in real life, but I have no issue with having a dog like this. Cute. No better word for it. #3 Robot drummer at World Artificial Intelligence Conference Shanghai 2025 Will you be willing to pay for a concert performed solely by robots? The performance was only available twice a day, and I wasn’t able to shoot the video. However, I had another instrument-related video in my playlist, which you can check out. That was mind-blowing too. #2 Male robot dancer falls & stands up again at World Artificial Intelligence Conference Shanghai 2025 Dancing on his own feet is the real challenge. They say failure is the mother of success. We can’t grow without failure. The same applies to robots. Why did this video go viral? The answer is anthropomorphism. Humans love seeing non-humans show vulnerability and resilience. This mirrors the “fall and rise” narrative so ingrained in our stories and myths. We empathize even with machines when they mimic our own struggles. Insertion Before we reveal the No.1 video, let me share one video that appeals to me personally, although there is still room for development before we can expect it to be truly applicable in daily life. Who wants a robot like this at home? This is literally my favorite model in this exhibition. God knows how much I hate folding my laundry. Someone commented that it’s slower than his great grandma. Well, let’s be patient. Robot vacuum cleaners are slow too. They will get better. #1 Robot workers on an assembly line at World Artificial Intelligence Conference Shanghai 2025 This video was the crowd’s clear favorite. This company is said to be a state-owned tech venture in Shanghai. Hence, the scale and professionalism. Notably, this video has gained far more “dislikes” than other videos. Possible psychological analysis will be: The responses reflect hopes and fears about our shared future. The show taps into awe and admiration for human ingenuity—robots doing precise, useful work appeals to both efficiency geeks and those dreaming of a future with fewer menial tasks for humans. However, People hate to be replaced by robots. It is so real that it poses an imminent threat. Bonus: Besides the robots, I was also able to try on some smart glasses( AR glasses or AI glasses) at this conference. The 3 major brands I saw people queuing up for were XREAL, Rokid, and Halliday. Unfortunately, I’m more inclined to buy clip-on lenses than full glasses at this point. I just want to see lyrics projected in front of my eyeglasses when listening to Spotify or singing karaoke on Smule. Interestingly, I saw the CEO of XREAL at their booth on that day. I encourage you to watch this interview on Bloomberg (search “Bloomberg XREAL” on YouTube). Let me know your favorite robot in this series, too. Please go to my YouTube playlist to see all of them. Please subscribe to my newsletter at the bottom of this website if you’re interested in getting updates. My website covers a variety of stuff, and they are all closely connected to my real life. Yes, even including the manga series I write. Thanks for your attention.

Inside the hospital ward, Dr Sweet handed Patrick a bottle of Suzhou-style mung bean soup.
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Adventures with the Medical Ninjas – Episode 06A: Dr. Sweet and the Suzhou-Style Mung Bean Soup Part 1

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Part 1: After Abigail went home, I wondered who the next doctor would be to come and look after me. It turned out to be Dr. Sweet—a familiar face. Dr. Sweet: “Whoa, how’d you get yourself into such a mess?”  Me: “I just had an epic battle with Dr. Superior. Barely got out alive.”  Dr. Sweet: “You must be starving now, huh?”  Me: “Not too bad. Abigail just fed me some dumplings, so you don’t have to buy food for me.”  Dr. Sweet: “Then how about I bring you a drink tomorrow?”  Me: “What kind? If it’s one of those low-cost drinks like Starbucks, please don’t waste your money.”  Dr. Sweet: “Haha, you’ll see tomorrow.” (The next day) Dr. Sweet brought me a mysterious-looking drink. Me: “What the heck is this? Looks like something you’d use to filter urine on a deserted island. Why is it layered like this?”  Dr. Sweet: “My friend, this is called Suzhou-style green mung bean soup!” Me: “Oh come on, it’s just mung bean soup. What’s so special about Suzhou’s version?”  Dr. Sweet: “It’s different. It has a lot of ingredients.”  Me: “Wait a second, Dr. Sweet—are you from Suzhou?” Dr. Sweet: ” I will not tell you. That’s my privacy.” Me: “Then why insist on getting Suzhou-style mung bean soup for me?”  Dr. Sweet: “Because you pulled off a major achievement. You’re now a hero in the eyes of all the female staff at our hospital.”  Me: “Nani? But Abigail said she was really upset because I killed her boss.”  Dr. Sweet: “Well, she had been with Dr. Superior for many years. He really valued her and even asked Dr. Divine to help get her citizenship here. Otherwise, with her education level, it wouldn’t have been possible.”  Me: “I suppose her presence posed a threat to Radiology, Imaging, and Ultrasound departments?”  Dr. Sweet: “Not really. Dr. Superior wasn’t on good terms with those departments anyway. He’d often say their tools were useless and that everything ultimately depended on his diagnosis. When that got back to the department heads, they banded together to get back at him—lowering image resolution, stuffing reports with Latin or Greek jargon to make things harder for him, and always ending with a sarcastic ‘please correlate clinically.’ One time, they even drew an ASCII phoenix in the report to mock him as a ‘Phoenix Man.’”  Me: “Well then, no wonder he had to hire someone with Byakugan abilities.”  Dr. Sweet: “Exactly. That’s why you have to treat people right.”  Me: “Still… he was a colleague. Why are you all so happy he’s dead?” Dr. Sweet: “Because… actually, let’s talk about it tomorrow. Oh right—I just realized this mung bean soup seems to be missing an ingredient. No wonder you said it looks like a water filter. I’ll bring you another bottle tomorrow. Just drink this one for now. Don’t worry, it’s safe. I even asked them to add probiotics and prebiotics. All that’s missing is inactivated bacteria!”  Me: “Thanks, I appreciate it. But really, don’t spend so much on me.”  Dr. Sweet: “No problem at all. I’m taking care of you on behalf of dozens of female comrades. You deserve good food and drinks these days.” I thought to myself: What kind of negative figure was Dr. Superior in this hospital anyway? Wasn’t he a popular internet-famous doctor with a 4.7-star rating online? (The next day) Dr. Sweet brought another bottle of Suzhou-style mung bean soup. Dr. Sweet: “Look carefully—I told the shop owner today to load it up properly, even to make up for yesterday.”  Me: “This really looks more like a drink now. What’s that colorful stuff on top? Looks like what we had on steamed buns as kids.”  Dr. Sweet: “ChatGPT says it’s made from radish, probably with added coloring.” Me: “Alright… the bottom layer is glutinous rice, right?”  Dr. Sweet: “That’s right. Give it a good shake before drinking—shake shake shake—like doing an organic chemistry experiment or like that music video of Taylor Swift!”  Me: “Tastes surprisingly good, haha.”  Dr. Sweet: “Glad you like it.”  Me: “So, can you finally tell me why you’re so happy about Dr. Superior’s death?” Dr. Sweet: ” I knew you’d interrogate me. Be careful—you might die for knowing too much.”  Me: “Don’t worry. I’ve got nine lives. My original family already killed off seven. I’ve still got two left.”  Dr. Sweet: “You really think you are cat, don’t you?” End of Part 1 (to be continued) This project is currently paused due to my busy schedule. Will release more over time but much less text will be provided. (08-11-2025) This is a creative project inspired by the traditions of Eastern shonen manga and Western comics and cinematic storytelling.All characters, abilities, and world elements are original creations.Any similarities to existing works are coincidental or intended as respectful homage, without any claim of ownership or affiliation.