A Surgeon Who Uses Martial Arts [EN]: Chapter 367

Martial Doctor – Episode 367

Chapter 71: Pop Quiz (2)

Jun-hoo stated his compromise and crossed his arms.

Beverly stared at Jun-hoo, lost in thought for a moment.

Should she agree to this?

Or not?

She couldn’t easily decide which path to choose from the two diverging options.

-Then, show me the answer sheet you wrote. If I confirm it, I’ll step back without saying another word.

Jun-hoo’s recent proposal echoed in her ears.

Frankly, showing the answer sheet wasn’t a difficult task.

The answer sheet was safely stored in her desk drawer. She could touch it with a simple reach.

But why?

Why didn’t this easy task appeal to her?

Meanwhile, Jun-hoo was equally disgruntled.

Jun-hoo even suspected that Beverly was deliberately stalling for time.

How difficult could it be to show the answer sheet?

And if she just showed the answer sheet, there would be no reason to argue with each other.

Did she replace the answer sheet?

Or did she manipulate it appropriately and then get rid of it?

Once suspicion arose, it rapidly multiplied like a virus.

“Why aren’t you answering? Do you have something to hide?”

Jun-hoo subtly prodded Beverly.

“Something to hide? What does that mean?”

“It carries various meanings. Beverly knows better than anyone what those meanings are.”

“I don’t know anything like that.”

Beverly frowned and shook her head.

“And I refuse the offer to show the answer sheet.”

“Are you saying you want to keep fighting with me?”

Jun-hoo’s voice sharpened.

“You’re challenging Mayhew’s authority right now. You don’t trust the clinic.”

“…….”

“If you nitpick every detail of the clinic’s work like this, nothing will get done.”

“…….”

“I guess you like conspiracy theories. Go do that with the X-Files enthusiasts, not in the office.”

Beverly harshly criticized Jun-hoo. Instantly, Jun-hoo’s face flushed red.

This was an unbearable insult.

Why was questioning the exam score a conspiracy theory?

It’s not like Jun-hoo claimed that an alien who looked just like him took the exam. So he had to retake the exam.

……Jun-hoo hadn’t even argued that.

At this point, it wouldn’t be strange to believe that Beverly was the culprit who manipulated this exam.

The detailed methods and reasons would be homework to be revealed later.

“I’m not leaving the office until you show me the answer sheet.”

“Are you really going to make this a big deal?”

“You’re the one making things a big deal, Beverly, not me.”

“Ha… so you’re going to keep being rude. Fine. Keep sticking around the office. See if I give you the answer sheet.”

“Don’t worry. If you don’t give it to me, I’ll wait for ten thousand years and torment you.”

Both of them raised their voices.

They glared at each other as if they would devour each other.

The atmosphere in the office rapidly cooled down.

Bang!

Just in time, Professor Hector from the 2nd department entered the office.

Hector stood between the two, stared at their faces, and clicked his tongue.

“What’s going on? It feels like you’re about to have a fistfight? Why are you doing this?”

“Jun-hoo is acting stubborn.”

“Beverly won’t show me the answer sheet.”

Both of them spoke at the same time, only saying what they wanted to say.

Hector, who was bewildered, soon listened to both of their stories separately and stroked his chin.

In Hector’s judgment, both of their words made sense.

From Beverly’s perspective, she wouldn’t have liked Jun-hoo, who didn’t trust Mayhew’s system.

From Jun-hoo’s perspective, he would have been frustrated because the exam results seemed wrong, but he wasn’t allowed to check.

“Then let’s do this.”

“How do you mean?”

“First, show Jun-hoo the exam paper.”

“No way. If we accept this every time, he’ll get spoiled. If things don’t go his way, he’ll try to nitpick like today.”

Beverly argued.

“Jun-hoo.”

Hector didn’t respond to Beverly’s protest and looked at Jun-hoo.

“Yes. Professor.”

“If I show you the answer sheet and there’s nothing wrong, you can’t come to the office for this kind of thing in the future. How about it?”

“If there are no problems, I won’t even pee in the direction of the office.”

“You’re confident this time too?”

“I didn’t do anything wrong.”

In the end, Hector’s final arbitration, as a third party, was passed.

Beverly, with a dissatisfied expression, took Jun-hoo’s answer sheet from the drawer and handed it to Jun-hoo.

‘Finally, I can prove my innocence. Beverly, you made a big mistake. I’m not such an easy person.’

Jun-hoo accepted the answer sheet with a triumphant expression.

However, Jun-hoo’s face gradually darkened as he scanned the answer sheet.

His head tilted slightly to the side.

What?

It’s definitely my answer sheet, right?

Why didn’t I get a perfect score?

The second shock hit Jun-hoo like a huge wave.

* * *

‘I knew it. He’s always so suspicious.’

Reading Jun-hoo’s changing expressions, Beverly wore a smug smile.

Beverly had never manipulated the exam questions.

She hadn’t even thought about manipulating them.

After all, she was temporarily in charge of office work while taking a break from research.

There was no need to look good to anyone.

There was no one to look good to.

Jun-hoo simply couldn’t accept reality because his score wasn’t as high as he expected.

“This can’t be happening……?”

In the end, a dazed murmur escaped from Jun-hoo’s mouth.

This was Beverly’s clear victory.

“I told you repeatedly. There was no problem with the grading. Did you think I messed with your answer sheet?”

“…….”

“You’re a conspiracy theorist. Hehe.”

Jun-hoo couldn’t refute Beverly’s provocation.

His attitude was 180 degrees different from before when he was yelling.

Hector, who was watching the situation, stared at Beverly. It was a look that acknowledged Beverly’s overwhelming victory.

“Jun-hoo. Is there a problem with the answer sheet?”

“No. There isn’t.”

Jun-hoo raised his head and answered Hector’s question.

“But there’s a problem with the answers.”

“Seriously. This guy is crossing the line. Since the answer sheet excuse didn’t work, now he’s going to attack the solutions?”

Beverly asked sarcastically.

“Enough, Jun-hoo. If you continue to insult the department, I won’t stand still.”

Hector frowned and glared at Jun-hoo.

However, Jun-hoo didn’t even blink an eye.

“Professor. I finally understand. Why Beverly and I were misunderstanding each other.”

“Misunderstanding? You’re the only one who was misunderstanding.”

“Please listen to me one last time.”

“No, I’ve already given you more than enough chances. And you’re the one who kicked those chances away.”

Hector was secretly evaluating Jun-hoo highly.

Although there was some recklessness.

He had perfectly performed the pial synangiosis surgery [a type of brain surgery that creates new blood vessels to improve blood flow] and his teaching attitude was excellent enough to be a model.

But he was greatly disappointed in this incident.

His expectations and trust in Jun-hoo plummeted to the ground.

If the exam score didn’t come out as expected, he could raise an objection.

But if the confirmation result shows that there is no problem, shouldn’t he accept it willingly?

Hector wasn’t a gentle person enough to accept unreasonable demands twice.

“I guess my words all sound like excuses.”

“Anyone would think so in this situation.”

“Okay. Then let’s do this. I’ll add just one more word. If there’s a problem with that word, I’ll leave Mayhew on my own. If I put this much penalty on the line, will you listen to me?”

Jun-hoo’s declaration fell like a bomb in the office.

Beverly was shocked and Hector was shocked.

He had guts like no other.

“Don’t be swayed by your emotions and act rashly. You don’t even know what you’re saying.”

“I think I’m the calmest person here?”

Jun-hoo continued calmly.

“Even if I leave Mayhew, I want to keep my principles. So please give me a chance.”

“If you’re just trying to act tough, stop right now. If you keep doing this, I’m really going to cancel your training.”

“I’m also speaking with the determination to really leave.”

Jun-hoo and Hector’s gazes met in the air.

The two people’s gazes were only heading straight, not knowing how to reverse or curve.

“Okay. If you’ve put your training on the line, there’s no reason not to listen to your story. What do you want to say?”

Before speaking, Jun-hoo took a deep breath.

‘I never thought things would get this twisted.’

The reason why Jun-hoo and Beverly misunderstood each other was because of a very trivial problem.

Now that he realized the truth, Jun-hoo couldn’t help but find this situation amusing.

Jun-hoo handed the answer sheet to Hector.

“First, please look at the answer sheet. It’s question number 3, the essay question about Moyamoya disease surgery.”

Hector silently scanned the answer sheet with his mouth shut.

Beverly was anxious, wondering if she had made a mistake.

Jun-hoo was still calm.

From the beginning, no one had done anything wrong, but the problem arose because he forcibly created a mistake.

“Ha… what? Was it something like this?”

Hector raised his head, looked at Jun-hoo, and laughed as if he was dumbfounded.

As a professor in the major, he understood quickly.

“Did you get all the other questions wrong in this way?”

“Yes.”

“This is making us look ridiculous?”

Hector picked out only Jun-hoo’s incorrect answers, approached Beverly, and handed her Jun-hoo’s answer sheet.

“Jun-hoo, give him a perfect score.”

“Yes? Suddenly?”

Beverly’s surprised eyes looked like they would pop out at any moment.

“Don’t worry. It’s not Beverly’s fault. Bruce made the mistake.”

“What’s going on? Please explain in detail.”

“To explain it easily, there was no problem with the answer sheet or the grading. There was a problem with the answer key.”

Jun-hoo’s explanation continued.

In the pop quiz, Jun-hoo added the latest research paper content to the content in the textbook.

For example, in the case of pediatric Moyamoya disease.

In recent pediatric Moyamoya disease surgery, he wrote that not only middle cerebral artery revascularization surgery but also anterior cerebral artery revascularization surgery is performed.

In the case of pediatric Moyamoya disease patients, IQ is normal, but cognitive function is found to be impaired, so revascularization surgery is trending in the anterior cerebral artery.

However, all of these answers were treated as incorrect.

The latest surgical trends were not reflected in the answer key.

Beverly had no fault because she graded according to the answer key.

“There really was a misunderstanding. I didn’t even know.”

Hector swept his hair back with one hand as if he was embarrassed.

“I would have thought I was hateful even if I were a professor. Because it looked like I couldn’t accept the score no matter what.”

“Well, thank you for saying that. Anyway, Bruce’s rigid answer key made you and Beverly fight. I’ll talk to Bruce again.”

“Yes. Professor.”

“By the way, Jun-hoo, you’re also familiar with the latest surgical trends? Did you study separately?”

“I’m studying from time to time.”

Jun-hoo had already mastered the textbook with ‘Brain Nerve Point Stimulation Technique’ and was reviewing recent papers.

Medicine was like an evolving and developing organism.

If you don’t keep up, you’ll be left behind.

“You have to do that much to receive the Master title.”

Jun-hoo confidently revealed his ambition.

The Master title is awarded each time you graduate from the 7 sub-specialties of neurosurgery.

Jun-hoo’s goal was to acquire the Master title in all departments and become a Grand Master.

But right then!

The problematic Bruce burst into the office.

“What? Jun-hoo, why aren’t you in the conference room and why are you here?”

“It’s because of you! Because of you!”

Hector, who was angry, wagged his index finger at Bruce.