A Surgeon Who Uses Martial Arts [EN]: Chapter 14

The Martial Surgeon – Episode 14

Chapter 3: At School (4)

“Wow, this is so absurd it’s rated R.”

Hyung-tae clicked his tongue and looked up at the sky.

He simply couldn’t believe it.

The fact that he and his gang had been utterly crushed by Jun-hoo.

“Aaaagh!”

Frustrated, Hyung-tae raised his hand to his forehead, then screamed.

His forehead, swollen from being struck by Jun-hoo, was sensitive.

A sharp pain surged through him with the slightest touch.

“I told you I had a bad feeling about this,” Seung-ho, Hyung-tae’s right-hand man, said as he approached.

The other members of the gang were still sprawled out on the rooftop, unable to come to their senses.

They were just groaning like puppies needing to relieve themselves.

“That Jun-hoo is seriously strong. His eyes were like a viper’s. We’re totally screwed.”

Seung-ho sat down next to Hyung-tae.

Hyung-tae didn’t respond to Seung-ho’s words.

He felt it too.

That the plan had gone wrong in an unbelievable way.

The original plan was to extort 1 million won from Jun-hoo to use for entertainment expenses.

Instead, they were now in a situation where they had to give 500,000 won to Jun-hoo.

And that wasn’t all.

The thought of being under Jun-hoo’s thumb made him want to bite his tongue and die.

“What are we going to do now? Should we tell the teacher?”

“Are you crazy? Don’t be ridiculous. If we tell the teacher that six of us got beaten up by Jun-hoo, do you think he’ll believe us?”

“But is there any other way?”

Seung-ho continued sarcastically.

“Are we going to dogpile him again like today? If we try to dogpile him again and fail, Jun-hoo will go crazy.”

“How about we call in the seniors next time and take him down?”

Hyung-tae suggested a new alternative.

He didn’t know why, but Jun-hoo was strong.

After the summer vacation, he had returned with an absurd level of fighting skill.

But no matter how strong he was, could he stand against numbers?

Hyung-tae wanted to get revenge on Jun-hoo no matter what.

“The seniors won’t get involved in our business.”

“That’s why we have to talk them into it.”

“I don’t want to do it.”

“You X, are you trying to back out now?”

Hyung-tae raised his eyebrows with an angry voice.

“I don’t care about anything else, but I’m not fighting Jun-hoo. I’m honestly scared of him.”

Seung-ho lowered his head as if he lacked confidence.

Two surprise attacks.

Despite being outnumbered, Jun-hoo had subdued the gang without allowing a single hit.

Would anything change if the seniors joined in?

Seung-ho didn’t think so.

In Seung-ho’s eyes, Jun-hoo seemed like he wasn’t human.

“Then are you going to live in fear of Jun-hoo until you graduate?”

“There’s no other way. We can’t just get beaten up every day.”

“Ugh, you pathetic X.”

Hyung-tae leaned his back against the railing, sneering at Seung-ho.

In fact, Hyung-tae was just as frustrated.

He desperately wanted revenge, but he couldn’t think of a good way to get it.

He didn’t necessarily have to take revenge with force.

Was there no brilliant plan to be found?

Hyung-tae, scheming with his wicked mind, snapped his fingers.

“Hey, X, I’ve got a great idea.”

“What is it?”

“A way to get what we want without lifting a finger. Why didn’t I think of this?”

Hyung-tae explained the plan to Seung-ho and then grinned.

His pride was a little hurt, but with this method, he could definitely take down Jun-hoo.

Seo Jun-hoo, just you wait.

* * *

“Jun-hoo!”

A familiar voice was heard as he exited the school building.

Turning his head, he saw Young-ho running towards him.

“You haven’t gone home yet?”

“I was worried about you. But…”

Young-ho scanned Jun-hoo up and down, his mouth wide open. His surprised expression was obvious.

Jun-hoo knew very well why Young-ho was surprised.

He must be bewildered that Jun-hoo looked so unscathed after fighting Hyung-tae’s gang.

“I told you I’d take care of Hyung-tae’s gang.”

“Wow, did you really take them all down by yourself?”

“As you can see.”

Jun-hoo chuckled and shrugged his shoulders.

Having experienced the Murim [a world of martial arts and cultivation].

Accumulating internal energy through meditative breathing.

And training martial arts in the mountains, Jun-hoo had already been reborn as the strongest weapon in humanity.

At least when it came to fighting.

Jun-hoo was confident that he wouldn’t lose to anyone.

Perhaps from now on, he would enjoy going to school to prepare for the college entrance exam and teasing Hyung-tae’s gang.

“What on earth happened during this vacation? Tell me your secret.”

“You might not want to know. Anyway, thanks for worrying about me.”

Jun-hoo took Young-ho to a snack bar in front of the back gate. They ate tteokbokki [spicy rice cakes] and fried snacks together.

The regained normalcy was blissful.

While being bullied by Hyung-tae’s gang, Jun-hoo couldn’t enjoy his food.

He couldn’t sleep well.

He didn’t feel like he was living.

Now, it felt like everything was back in its place.

Jun-hoo had finally become an ordinary high school student.

“So, is the Hyung-tae problem completely resolved?”

“You could say that. I think he’ll cause trouble one more time, but he’s still in the palm of my hand.”

Jun-hoo replied casually.

The heretics of the Murim were foolishly unaware of when to stop.

Hyung-tae, who resembled a heretic, would probably try something again.

Jun-hoo was prepared to see through whatever tricks Hyung-tae might pull.

He had faced over 100 demonic figures in the Murim.

“Wow, I feel so secure. So secure.”

“Yeah, just trust me. There won’t be any more bullies causing trouble from now on.”

After finishing their snacks, Jun-hoo and Young-ho headed home.

They walked in the same direction for a while.

But while walking, a foreigner approached them from the opposite side.

He asked for directions in English.

Jun-hoo, who was weak in English speaking and listening, stood there like a bump on a log.

“If you go straight, you’ll see a pedestrian overpass. Cross the overpass and go to the opposite side, then go left.”

“…”

“Then you’ll see a golf course. If you go into the alley with the golf course, you’ll find the academy.”

“Thank you, student. You speak English very well.”

Young-ho guided the foreigner with his excellent speaking skills.

His pronunciation and sentences were all excellent.

Young-ho also translated the directions he had given to Jun-hoo.

“Young-ho, you were this good at English?”

Jun-hoo asked in admiration.

“I lived in America until elementary school. I can speak some English.”

Young-ho scratched the back of his head, feeling embarrassed.

After experiencing the episode, Jun-hoo returned home.

He greeted his mother, who had returned from the restaurant, and performed the ‘Bloodline Piercing’ massage on her.

He also took her pulse, and she was very healthy.

There were no particular abnormalities in her Qi [life force or energy flow] circulation or blood circulation.

It was hard to believe that she had undergone brain surgery not long ago.

His mother’s recovery made Jun-hoo feel relieved.

“You worked hard massaging Mom again today, son.”

“This is nothing.”

“Oh, I brought this from the restaurant. Do you want to drink it?”

His mother took out a vitamin drink from her bag and handed it to him.

Jun-hoo, who was thirsty after eating tteokbokki, drank the vitamin drink in one gulp.

Then, he returned to his room and began his meditative breathing before studying.

‘What is this feeling?’

He felt strange.

It felt like his body had more energy than usual.

After retracing his memories, Jun-hoo identified the cause of the unfamiliar sensation.

It was the Vitamin C drink!

He couldn’t find any other cause.

It seemed that doing meditative breathing after taking Vitamin C amplified the effects of Vitamin C.

‘Hmm…’

After finishing his meditative breathing, Jun-hoo stroked his chin quietly.

It was a bit absurd, but it wasn’t something he couldn’t accept.

The Concentration Enhancing Tonic had played a similar role to Vitamin C.

However, the only difference was that the Concentration Enhancing Tonic helped with the amount of internal energy accumulated and the speed of internal energy accumulation, rather than fatigue recovery.

After gaining a new realization, Jun-hoo immediately left the house.

He visited a nearby pharmacy.

There was something he wanted to experiment with if nutritional supplements and meditative breathing had a synergistic effect.

“Excuse me, do you have any nutritional supplements that help with brain activity?”

“Are you going to take them, student?”

The pharmacist with a kind expression asked.

“Yes. Please recommend something good.”

“Let me see. I think this would be good enough.”

The pharmacist recommended a total of three nutritional supplements.

RTG form of Omega-3 supplement.

Soy lecithin.

Ginkgo biloba extract.

Jun-hoo bought the nutritional supplements for a whopping 70,000 won and returned home.

After swallowing the nutritional supplements, he began his meditative breathing.

About 30 minutes passed.

A surprising change occurred in his head.

The lessons he had heard at school came to mind vividly, as if he could grasp them.

The content he had previewed and reviewed in relation to that content branched out like tree branches.

It felt like the calculation speed of his brain had more than doubled.

It was like discovering a new continent in his brain.

‘Wow, so things like this really work.’

Jun-hoo was shocked.

The synergy between brain nutritional supplements and meditative breathing far exceeded Jun-hoo’s expectations.

With his brain sharpened, Jun-hoo sat down at his desk and began to study.

He finished the amount of progress he had expected to take at least three hours in just one hour.

With this speed and concentration…

If I get a perfect score on the college entrance exam, I’ll have enough time to study other things?

* * *

That evening.

A huge package arrived at the house.

It was a package sent by Jae-hyun, a neurosurgeon, and the blue plastic moving box was full of medical books.

“What are all these books?”

Jun-hoo’s mother asked in surprise as he opened the package.

“An acquaintance sent them to me. He said I should study them since I’m going to medical school.”

“I appreciate the thought, but I think he’s gone too far? You’ll be busy studying for the college entrance exam, so studying medical books…”

“I’ll read them when I have time.”

Jun-hoo wore a broad smile.

In fact, his mother’s words were true until yesterday.

But from today, they were wrong.

With the combination of brain nutritional supplements and meditative breathing, Jun-hoo had gained an unbelievable learning ability.

Even after getting a perfect score on the college entrance exam, he would have enough time to study these books.

Jun-hoo brought the box into his room and neatly arranged the books on the bookshelf.

He had heard that there was a lot to learn if he went to medical school, but he didn’t know it would be this much.

He tried opening one of the books and it was all medical terminology and full of English.

It certainly seemed like the path to becoming a doctor was long and arduous.

After finishing organizing the books, Jun-hoo immediately called Jae-hyun.

Was it because he had personal matters to attend to?

Or was it because he had gone into an urgent surgery?

Jae-hyun didn’t answer the phone.

So, he sent a text message to thank him for sending the books.

‘I feel proud.’

Jun-hoo smiled broadly as he looked at the medical books on the bookshelf.

Just displaying the medical books made him feel like he had already become a doctor.

He felt like he was one step closer to becoming the surgeon he had hoped for.

Since the effects of the nutritional supplements were still lingering.

And since he had already finished his schoolwork for the day.

Jun-hoo decided to read a medical book.

The book Jun-hoo chose was an anatomy book.

This was because he had some knowledge of anatomy from his Murim life.

Flipping through the pages, Jun-hoo happened to look at the cranial nerve section.

The 12 pairs of cranial nerves originated in the brain and were distributed throughout the face.

Having experienced the Murim, Jun-hoo decided to try an interesting experiment here.

First, he used the anatomy book to find the location of the olfactory nerve on his own body.

The olfactory nerve was located on the upper part of the inside of the nose.

Infusing internal energy into his fingertip, Jun-hoo stimulated the olfactory nerve.

Then, another amazing event unfolded.

His sense of smell became unbelievably sensitive compared to before.

The musty smell of the medical books.

The smell of sweat from the school uniform in the closet became clear.

So, stimulating the cranial nerves with internal energy amplified the abilities of the corresponding nerves.

Jun-hoo clicked his tongue after stimulating the optic nerve, sensory nerve, and motor nerve, including the olfactory nerve.

The results were the same.

Brain nutritional supplements and nerve stimulation techniques…

How much stronger am I going to get?