Genius Wizard Takes Medicine [EN]: Chapter 142

“…..Thank you.”

“What for? It’s nothing, just giving you a charm. What’s so difficult about that?”

Liam chuckled and said,

“I hope it’s worth at least the price of drinks when I visit your bar later.”

“I’ll treat you to the most expensive stuff, so you can look forward to it.”

“Alright. I’m a bit out of it, so I should probably head in. I hope there will be a day when we can talk about Kaise together.”

“……..”

Jenny only turned her head after confirming that Liam had safely left the auction house.

Even a broker like her, who was so decisive, would sometimes have lingering attachments to certain relationships.

It was only natural for a human being.

Quickly composing herself, she held up the charm in her hand and smiled.

“It’s a bit different from the plan… but it’s a success anyway.”

“That’s a relief. That charm, it’s definitely genuine, right?”

“Of course. There’s no way I wouldn’t recognize this mark.”

Jenny said, fiddling with the charm in her hand.

“Let’s just finish up the bids on the other items and get out of here quickly. We might get caught up in something weird if we stay here too long.”

Even in this situation, she was more concerned about securing the items Renok had bid on rather than leaving first, which was unusual.

Fortunately, unlike the initial chaos, things calmed down quickly as no other major incidents occurred besides the theft of the Compassion of the Archangel.

Renok placed bids that were appropriate for the items and left the auction house with Jenny.

It would be nice to have them, but it wouldn’t matter much if they didn’t get them.

It would be better to forget about it and just check later if they were successfully bid on.

In front of the building where the auction house was located, there were dozens of cars lined up, matching the number of people gathered.

The sight of sleek sedans and supercars, which looked like they cost a fortune, filling the vast parking lot was almost surreal to Renok.

Fortunately, Jenny was used to this kind of thing and had parked her car on the street outside the auction house, so they could avoid the congestion with just a short walk.

As befitting her earnings as a broker, the car she drove was a bright red sports car.

As Renok awkwardly climbed into the low car and got settled, she immediately drove off, leaving the area.

Since it was late at night, the roads were deserted once they left the area where the auction house was located.

With only the yellow streetlights illuminating the empty streets, the car carrying the two of them merged into the outer lane.

Renok, who had been staring blankly at the passing lights, spoke.

“Jenny, don’t be surprised when you hear this.”

“What?”

She turned her head sharply while gripping the steering wheel.

Renok grabbed her shoulder, forcibly turning her gaze, and muttered.

“We’re being followed.”

“Exploration Team (1)”

Jenny’s expression hardened instantly upon understanding Renok’s words.

“You mean we’re being tailed?”

“They started following us after we changed lanes twice and turned southeast, so it’s almost certain.”

The life signs were clearly captured in his magical sensory range.

The aura, which shone more brightly than other civilians in the area, was proof that the opponent was not an ordinary person.

Superhumans with magic. And they were quite skilled ones at that.

“One is approaching from the front, the back, and even the lane below. They’ll catch up soon.”

“…I’m not very confident in my driving.”

Jenny muttered, but without hesitation, she immediately pressed down on the accelerator.

As soon as she heard Renok’s words, she started speeding up to shake off the pursuers.

Vroooom!

With the sensation of the car body sinking low, the surrounding scenery instantly turned into streaks.

The wind coming in through the slightly open window was stinging.

Renok frowned as he confirmed the opponents speeding up in his invisible sensory range.

“…Too late.”

Kwaaaang!

At the same time, three jeeps that had smashed through the guardrails from the front and back simultaneously crashed into the sports car.

“Shit…!!”

Jenny cursed under her breath and jerked the steering wheel.

At the same time, the car tilted to the left, leaving a long scratch on the road as it skidded.

She narrowly avoided the headlights of the black jeep.

Screech!

Despite saying she wasn’t good at driving, Jenny’s handling was surprisingly calm.

She turned the steering wheel almost to the point of tipping over, then maintained her balance perfectly and quickly sped down the empty road.

The jeeps, realizing they had narrowly failed to block the path, roared their engines and chased after them.

Ta-ta-ta-tang!

The pursuers, hanging onto the doors of the speeding cars, fired shots at them.

Jenny instinctively ducked, but Renok realized that they were not trying to destroy the car body but to burst the tires.

“Turn the steering wheel!!”

Jenny, in the midst of the chaos, swerved the car to avoid the gunfire.

However, when their shots didn’t hit, the opponents started using completely different methods to pressure them.

Whoosh!

Jenny’s jaw dropped as she witnessed a fireball falling in front of her.

Renok pulled up his magic from within.

“Davi.”

Crackle…!!

[Confirmed. I will take over the driving control and begin operation from this moment.]

Vroooom!

Immediately after, the steering wheel that Jenny was holding began to move on its own, moving roughly in a completely different way than before.

Thump-thump!

It deliberately bumped the front of the car slightly against the guardrail, using the recoil to change direction.

The sports car, which was flung out in the opposite direction, momentarily lost its momentum, and the barrage of bullets and various spells passed by.

It didn’t seem like they were trying to kill them, but they also had no intention of letting them go unharmed.

However, Davi’s driving skills, which had begun to learn automatic driving AI data, were completely different from what they had expected.

Thump!

“Kyaaaaak!!”

It placed the wheels diagonally on the lane leading off the road, tilted the car to one side, and started speeding.

Jenny screamed at the precariousness of the car, which seemed like it would fall off the outer lane at any moment.

At the same time, sparks flew from the sports car’s wheels, and the car flipped sharply to the left.

Whoooosh!

Everyone gaped at the sight of the bright red sports car rolling two and a half times in the air and falling below the existing upper lane.

It was a height where the engine could have been destroyed and the car could have exploded if it had landed badly.

However, the car body, which had been flipping and spinning, landed with all four wheels touching the ground at a perfect angle, and it began to speed down the lower lane without slowing down at all.

“Ban, you knew how to use magic like that?!!”

“It just happened?”

Renok replied, but he didn’t let his guard down and focused his senses behind him.

It would be great if they could shake off the pursuit like this, but considering their tenacity and preparedness, it wouldn’t end here—

Kwaaaang!

Screech!

A huge rock fell in front of them, blocking the entire four-lane road and completely destroying it.

Even Davi, who was used to automatic driving, had no choice but to brake in a situation where the road was completely destroyed.

Renok clicked his tongue, realizing that this brief gap was exactly what the pursuers wanted.

The pursuit was as good as over the moment they failed to avoid this boulder.

“…It’s my first time receiving a greeting like this.”

Thump…

The rock dug into the road below with a heavy sound. It wasn’t hard to guess how much it weighed.

“It won’t end with just one. Ban, can you protect this car for a moment?”

The moment she realized they could no longer escape, Jenny’s expression turned ice-cold.

She had always been faithful to her role as a broker, observing from a step away from the scene, but even when danger came to her own body, Jenny maintained her composure perfectly.

She quickly took out her phone and started contacting various people.

“I’m requesting support from acquaintances nearby, and we’ll get out of here right away. Fortunately, Ban, you prevented the car body from being damaged, so if we escape to the side of the road…”

“It’s too late.”

“What?”

Instead of answering, Renok silently rose from the passenger seat.

More than a dozen presences were captured by his sharply raised magical senses.

They weren’t just approaching quickly. They had already arrived nearby and completely surrounded them.

“Don’t get out of the car.”

Renok said, then opened the car door and walked out.

At the same time, he activated his magic and cast various enchantments on Jenny’s sports car, layering shields and security magic.

That should be enough to prevent it from being caught up in the aftermath of a possible battle.

While taking out a cigarette and lighting it, someone slowly emerged from the other side of the collapsed road, piercing through the late-night fog.

Renok chuckled as he recognized the face of the man standing at the front of the group.

“I had a feeling… but I didn’t think it would really be you guys.”

“Do you know me?”

“Are you pretending not to know me now? It’s not right to act like you don’t know after causing such a commotion in the VIP seats.”

“……..”

The blond man, who had been arguing with the old gentleman in the third-floor VIP seats of the auction house and was then kicked out, was right here.

It was an incomprehensible situation, but Renok quickly grasped the context and sighed.

“It was all an act from the beginning. You guys were the ones who put the Compassion of the Archangel up for auction.”

“I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

“You used Irina Fesfield’s death as bait to cause a commotion at the auction house, and while diverting attention, you tried to steal something… and the moment that plan failed, you caused a power outage at the auction house and left immediately.”

The other members of the exploration team standing behind the man flinched at Renok’s words.

The words he was muttering so casually were too easily piercing their intentions.

“If you didn’t leave but instead tracked us down and attacked us, there’s only one conclusion we can draw, isn’t there?”

Renok, with a cigarette in his mouth, puffed out smoke in streams and grinned.

“You’ve come a long way to meet the Medicine Master.”

“……..”

“Someone in the exploration team needed to receive treatment from a top-tier physician. And considering the rumors I heard about you at the auction house, it’s clear who that is.”

Renok took out the Medicine Master’s charm from his pocket and shook it slightly.

The members of the exploration team tried not to show it, but they couldn’t help but turn their gaze towards the charm.

“Colleagues running around trying to help their sick leader… it’s a tearful story.”

If the artifact ‘Compassion of the Archangel’ appeared as genuine at the auction house, and the exploration team’s real target was the charm to meet the Medicine Master, then the story is simple.

Irina Fesfield was not dead but had suffered severe injuries in some incident, and they were looking for a way to treat her.

If they kept their mouths shut after coming this far, it wouldn’t be prudent, but rather foolish.

The man, realizing that there was no point in hiding it any longer, opened his mouth with difficulty.

“You’re right.”

“…Vice-Captain!”

A young man who had just shed his boyishness was horrified and grabbed the man’s shoulder, but the man slapped his hand away with a fierce expression.

“Miles, stay still. What’s the point of hiding it now?”

“But if we reveal this, the leader…”

“It can’t be helped.”

The man resolutely shook off the young man’s arm and stepped forward.