I Became The Only Healer In The Academy [EN]: Chapter 157

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The time I had to stay in the United States had unexpectedly increased.

I originally planned to bring my mother and sister out of the rift after returning to Korea, but that timeline had been significantly extended.

No matter how important safety was, I couldn’t leave them inside Section Chief Cha’s rift indefinitely.

Since I had already dealt with those behind the targeting of my family, such an incident shouldn’t occur for the time being.

Moreover, the Association, the Academy, and even DNN [a fictional news network, similar to CNN] which had deployed security personnel for my family, would surely take responsibility and provide even stricter security.

After asking Section Chief Cha to take my mother and sister home, Seonghyun stayed in the United States for nearly two months.

The American Deputy Association Head was simply processed as missing, and naturally, one of the Section Chiefs took over the position.

In truth, spending two months in a foreign land like the United States was not an easy task.

Even though I reduced the danger a bit by dealing with the Red Eyes and the Deputy Association Head, I didn’t know how the organization would react, and the fundamental danger hadn’t disappeared.

Inevitably, I had to maintain my best condition and focus on healing, which took a significant amount of time.

“A whole two months…”

Of course, Seonghyun wasn’t the only one who utilized these two months.

Those who suffered minor injuries that Seonghyun didn’t need to treat were naturally treated by doctors, so these doctors, medical security personnel, and many others also spent their two months.

However, for Seonghyun, these two months were different from others.

These two months were entirely dedicated to healing people.

Naturally, it must have been two months of intense strain for Seonghyun.

“Is this the last one?”

“…Yes.”

For some reason, Riche looked more pained than Seonghyun.

“This long journey is finally coming to an end.”

“I don’t know how to express my gratitude…”

“Gratitude? I’ve already heard enough gratitude.”

“Ah…”

The people Seonghyun had healed were all those who couldn’t return to their former selves with modern medicine.

Not a single one was excluded.

Regardless of what kind of life they had lived, whether they were good or evil, everyone expressed their gratitude to Seonghyun.

Some simply shed tears and conveyed their thanks, while those with a lot of possessions clung to him, offering money.

Those who lived in the underworld gave tokens [a symbolic item representing their allegiance or debt], saying they would never forget today’s grace.

Each person expressed it differently, but they were definitely grateful to Seonghyun.

“And won’t the Association give you something too?”

“O-Of course! If there’s no movement, I’ll personally…”

“Haha, it’s okay. The Association will try to give me something no matter what. More importantly, how many injured people are here?”

“There were quite a few people who couldn’t wait for two months. Most of them received treatment from doctors, so only about 300 people are left.”

“And those who are left…”

“Yes. They are people whom even the doctors have given up on, even themselves.”

People with such severe injuries.

But now that Seonghyun had arrived, things were different.

“Since this is the last place, let’s start quickly.”

“Yes.”

The injured here had lost at least two limbs.

There were also some who had rebar piercing through their bodies.

Since they hadn’t received proper treatment, bacterial infection was a given.

Fortunately, there weren’t many cases.

Before starting the treatment in earnest, everyone was purified, and the treatment began.

Each person’s condition was serious.

The amount of pain Seonghyun felt was also considerable.

‘Have I become accustomed to the pain now?’

It wasn’t that the pain wasn’t felt.

However, the pain began to feel like one of the emotions.

A new emotion that was neither sadness nor joy.

“I will begin the treatment.”

The first injured person to come in was the most severely injured here.

He looked like he wouldn’t be able to last even an hour, let alone today.

Whether he was directly caught in an explosion, both of his legs were blown away, and one arm and part of his abdomen were crushed under debris, unable to maintain their original form.

Still, he had managed to stop the bleeding somehow, so the blood had slowed a little.

“S-Sir. My husband, he can be saved, right? Right?”

“Yes. Don’t worry.”

Anyone could see that the man before her was as good as dead.

He was not only unconscious, but his lifeless complexion seemed to indicate that only his heart was barely beating.

However, there was only one thing.

That Seonghyun appeared before this man.

With just that one thing, the man would survive.

Not just survive, but be able to return to his former daily life perfectly.

“I will start.”

He was the most severely injured person among those he had seen so far.

The burst and festering wounds had already begun to be infected, and even though he had stopped the bleeding a little, he had already lost so much blood that it felt like he had lost more blood than he had left in his body.

The man’s healing began.

“G-Goodness…”

It didn’t take long.

Light that anyone could feel warmth from began to emanate from Seonghyun’s hand, and first, his arm and abdomen, which were less injured, began to change little by little.

He had to imagine the original form, but it gradually began to turn into reality.

“H-His arm…”

The man’s wife, who was watching this from the side, forcibly covered her mouth with both hands.

Feeling like she might be a hindrance even a little.

Originally, she had to wait outside, but she couldn’t miss the sight unfolding before her eyes.

The arm and abdomen, which had been crushed and unrecognizable, returned to their original state, and the severed legs grew back.

“It’s over.”

The time it took for all of this to happen.

Just one minute.

“I-Is it…over?”

“Yes. He’ll be fine now.”

“Ah, ah…”

The wife seemed to have released all her tension at that moment and collapsed on the spot.

“Shall we go out first? Other people still need to receive treatment.”

Riche stepped forward and supported the woman, and went outside with the man.

“It’s a sight I’ve seen for two months, but I still can’t get used to it.”

“Is there a need to get used to it?”

At Seonghyun’s answer, Riche smiled as if amused and replied.

“I guess so. Can I bring the next injured person?”

“Yes, please.”

The 300 patients were in relatively serious condition, so it took a whole day to treat them.

The man who was treated first was in the most serious condition, but the other injured were not much different.

It was just a difference in how much time they had left.

The healing of 300 injured people was over, and the number of faith objects obtained was about 180.

As much as the condition was the most serious.

Also, as much as they had been neglected here for two months, the size of their desperation seemed to be greater than others.

“Now the number of faith objects is over 5,000.”

As a result, Seonghyun now had no place he couldn’t go in the United States.

He had traveled almost all over the United States for two months, and thanks to that, the faith objects were spread all over the United States.

“Well, it’s not like I was aiming for this…”

The ability to descend anywhere there are faith objects.

Faith objects spread throughout the United States.

Moreover, no one knew this fact.

“Unintentionally, a situation has emerged where I can exert power in the United States as well.”

Then Riche came in and said.

“Hunter Kim. Now…it’s really all over.”

“Hoo…what time is it now?”

“It’s 4 AM. Are you okay?”

“Yes, so-so…not bad.”

The healing time itself didn’t take long, but he had spaced out the treatments to reduce the aftereffects even a little.

Thanks to that, it took quite a long time to heal 300 people.

“Where are you going now?”

This was the most curious question for Riche now.

It wasn’t a question about the source of Seonghyun’s power, nor was it a question about how he endured that tremendous pain.

“Um…shouldn’t I go back? I’ve been away for too long.”

“Is it because of the guild?”

“The guild will do well on its own even without me.”

He was a little concerned about the fact that the 4th and 3rd grades had been strengthened, but he had contacted them in advance, so they would be subjugating the 4th grade gate and figuring out how much the monsters had changed.

“I, um…”

Seonghyun sent a puzzled look at Riche, who was stuttering a little unlike himself, and said.

“Yes, please speak.”

“I-If you’re okay…dinner…or something…”

“Of course.”

It was a pretty casual word considering he had hesitated so much.

“Y-Yes? Ah, um, then what do you like…”

“Um…”

Seonghyun also burst into laughter at Riche’s flustered appearance, along with an expression he had rarely shown before.

“Haha, well. I like all fattening foods.”

“Pfft. You’ll need rest first, right?”

“A day is enough. After resting enough, how about we visit the Association first and then have dinner together?”

“Okay!”

Now, only those who can be treated with the current medical level remained as injured in the United States.

The number of people Seonghyun had not yet healed was also considerable.

The number of people healed while traveling all over the United States for two months was about 130,000.

Out of 2 million people, the number of deaths was about 400,000.

Even though he saved 130,000 people, he could not save the enormous number of 400,000.

However, if Seonghyun had not been in the United States, at least 100,000 of those 130,000 would have been included in the number of deaths.

It was inevitable to be disappointed.

It was the same as a faith object, and it was also regrettable that the weak, who had no power, were sacrificed.

“The past is…unavoidable.”

Seonghyun had done everything he could.

Even though there might be a slight regret that there might have been a slightly better result, he did not have meaningless regrets about whether he could have prevented it from the beginning.

“For the time being, let’s…rest a bit.”

Even though he had adapted, it wasn’t that he didn’t feel the pain at all, and since there was a mental burden, he thought he should rest for the time being without using healing.

Still, he had taken quite a few breaks in between while using healing, so his condition was much better than when he had treated many people at once before.

“Unless it’s urgent, this is much less burdensome.”

And during that time of rest, dinner with Riche and a meeting with the Association were a bonus.

He was planning to visit the Association tomorrow right away.

He thought he should check the newly appointed Deputy Association Head, and it would be more strategic to visit when talk about Seonghyun was prevalent.

“The Association Head…can’t be unrelated.”

Even if the Deputy Association Head was an organization’s person, the Association Head could not have been completely unaware of the kidnapping of his family.