A Surgeon Who Uses Martial Arts [EN]: Chapter 420

Chapter 82: Emergency (1)

“Sorry. I got caught up in an emergency surgery all of a sudden… I should have at least called…”

“Wait!”

“Huh?”

“Love means never having to say you’re sorry.”

That was what Jun-hoo said to Ah-young in front of the main building of Shinwon University, three hours after their agreed meeting time.

“What’s this? Getting all cheesy all of a sudden?”

Ah-young chuckled.

“I had some butter before meeting you.”

Jun-hoo laughed as well.

Operation success.

He threw out a silly joke, hoping Ah-young wouldn’t feel guilty.

Knowing Ah-young’s personality, she would have been apologizing throughout the entire date.

More than anything, Jun-hoo didn’t deserve to hear Ah-young apologize.

During the seven years he spent in Mayu.

Jun-hoo’s skills grew rapidly day by day, but how lonely must Ah-young have been?

Not having the person you love by your side can be a painful thing.

In that sense, Ah-young’s lateness was nothing.

If it were about feeling sorry, Jun-hoo might have to do a Buddhist prostration [a deep bow showing respect] every three steps whenever he went on a date with Ah-young.

“Aren’t you tired?”

“Not too bad, just a little. That Inner Force Infusion is really effective. After getting it, I felt energetic all day long.”

Ah-young said with admiration.

Ah-young was practically the only one who knew that Jun-hoo came from the Murim [a world of martial arts experts].

At first, she doubted Jun-hoo’s mental state, but considering the overwhelming performance Jun-hoo had shown, it wasn’t just a far-fetched story.

The Inner Force Infusion was also one of Jun-hoo’s mysteries.

When you receive the Inner Force Infusion, a strong energy surges within your body all day long.

It was the same today.

Including the emergency surgery that just ended, Ah-young had performed a whopping three surgeries.

Normally, she would have been on the verge of collapsing.

However, since receiving the Inner Force Infusion, she could easily handle up to three surgeries.

“I’ll keep doing it for you every day. If your girlfriend has superpowers, she should live benefiting from those superpowers.”

“Inner Force Infusion. Are you using it on anyone else besides me?”

“I usually don’t use it often. I use it on patients or sometimes on very close acquaintances.”

“I see. Then how many times a day can you use it?”

“Five people at a time? About ten people a day?”

Jun-hoo said, folding his fingers.

Grandmaster-level Inner Force.

Inner Force 6th Circle in his heart.

Even with these two, he couldn’t just freely use the Inner Force Infusion.

The Inner Force consumed by the Inner Force Infusion was considerable.

Increasing the recovery effect of the Inner Force and making that effect last for half a day was not an easy task.

However, if he reduced the effect and duration, he could use it more often.

Step. Step.

The conversation continued as Ah-young and Jun-hoo left the hospital.

Jun-hoo asked what kind of surgeries Ah-young had performed.

And how the surgery results turned out.

Ah-young chirped like a baby bird, and Jun-hoo listened attentively.

The greatest advantage of a romantic relationship is having someone by your side to whom you can comfortably confide your true feelings and who will listen to them.

Jun-hoo didn’t know how relieved he felt after telling Ah-young that he came from the Murim.

“But where are we going now? There aren’t any restaurants around here, are there?”

“There’s a place I want to stop by before going to a restaurant.”

“Don’t tell me you’re thinking something lewd?”

Ah-young crossed her arms and squinted.

The direction they were heading was towards a motel district.

“No, not today. And can’t I have some lewd thoughts? Between us?”

“That’s true. But where are we going? I’m curious. Tell me quickly.”

“I won’t tell you.”

Jun-hoo stubbornly refused to the end.

He wanted to enjoy Ah-young’s reaction a little more.

After walking for about ten minutes.

They entered an area lined with commercial buildings. Jun-hoo pointed to a store on the first floor with his index finger.

“There.”

“A store selling red ginseng?”

“Look closely at my finger. Not there, the one next to it.”

Only then did Ah-young realize Jun-hoo’s intention. To think that Jun-hoo would pay attention to these kinds of details.

Honestly, it was quite unexpected.

“Let’s go.”

Jun-hoo stopped and gently pushed Ah-young’s back, moving her towards the store.

* * *

The next day, in the morning.

Jun-hoo was reviewing papers in the medical unit commander’s office.

There were two goals in his military life.

One was to research treatments for brain-dead and vegetative state patients.

The other was to take responsibility for the health of the soldiers in the unit.

‘This is really hopeless.’

Jun-hoo shook his head.

As he had felt yesterday, most of the papers on brain-dead and vegetative state patients were useless.

Rather than researching treatments, they were more about presenting statistical data.

For example, the higher the chance of becoming a vegetative state patient with trauma, or brain death occurs when a certain amount of bleeding occurs during surgery, and so on.

Or, for some unknown reason, the patient miraculously regained consciousness.

Although he felt frustrated.

He wasn’t going to belittle the efforts of other surgeons.

Brain death and vegetative state.

These were homework that was difficult to solve even with the ever-evolving modern medicine and brain science.

If the treatment was simple.

A treatment would have come out a long time ago.

‘I think it’s better to think of an independent method. I didn’t want to start from scratch, but there’s no other way.’

One of Jun-hoo’s fingers, as he took his hand off the mouse, sparkled particularly brilliantly.

A gold ring was on the fourth finger of his left hand.

It was a couple ring he had matched with Ah-young yesterday.

What’s the meaning of a couple ring?

The important thing is the heart of caring and thinking about each other.

…Jun-hoo had thought so for a long time.

But recently, his thoughts had changed.

Having a symbol that reminds you of someone was a greater comfort than expected.

As evidence, there was the health bracelet that Sung-ho had given Jun-hoo.

Thanks to the health bracelet.

Jun-hoo did not forget Sung-ho.

He was living with the ambition to treat brain-dead and vegetative state patients.

In that sense, Jun-hoo also wanted to have a similar symbol with Ah-young.

Knock. Knock. Knock.

Just in time, the sound of knocking.

“Come in.”

“Commander. The external treatment preparation is complete.”

“Okay. Who’s going for the external treatment?”

“I’m going.”

Pharmacist Jung-min replied.

“But….”

“But?”

“There are a total of 11 patients for external treatment. It seems difficult to fit them all in the ambulance.”

Jung-min scratched his head.

The transportation officer must be in the passenger seat, and Jung-min must be in the back seat of the ambulance.

Then a whopping 12 people would have to ride in the back.

To do that, the only way was to crumple the patients like paper, or to put the patient on the patient’s lap.

“It’s okay. You don’t have to worry about it.”

Jung-min was disappointed with Jun-hoo’s answer.

He wondered why someone who took care of the soldiers so carefully was so insensitive to transportation.

Like chickens in a coop.

How painful it is to sit in the cramped back seat of an ambulance and move.

But Jung-min was misunderstanding Jun-hoo’s words.

“I’m going with you.”

“Are you also going, Commander?”

Jung-min’s voice rose sharply.

“Why can’t I go?”

Jun-hoo chuckled.

“Usually, the commander stays and the transportation officer goes for external treatment.”

“The reason?”

“There may be an emergency patient in the regiment.”

Jun-hoo calmly continued.

“If it’s the level of emergency patient you’re talking about, it doesn’t make sense for me to stay in the regiment. I have to send them to the military hospital right away.”

“If an emergency patient occurs, tell another medical soldier to contact me right away. That’s all you have to do.”

“I understand.”

“And take four external treatment patients out and send them to my car. Then the back seat of the ambulance will be spacious, right?”

“Yes, Commander.”

Jung-min regretted his hasty judgment on Jun-hoo’s decision.

Jun-hoo had it all figured out.

“But Commander. I have something to tell you….”

“What is it?”

“Can’t I move in the commander’s car too?”

At Jung-min’s request, Jun-hoo got up from his seat.

He approached Jung-min and gently placed his hand on Jung-min’s shoulder.

He said jokingly.

“You have to control the patients in the ambulance. This guy is already trying to get out.”

“I… I’m sorry.”

Jung-min hurriedly lowered his head.

Jun-hoo was also a master of reading the room.

* * *

Vroom, vroom.

Jun-hoo’s car was running on the national highway.

It was the first time he was going on an external treatment as a company commander.

External treatment literally meant receiving treatment at a military hospital other than the unit.

Patients with mild symptoms received treatment at the division medical unit.

Patients with severe symptoms were said to receive treatment at the Korean Armed Forces Capital Hospital.

After dropping off the patients at each hospital and returning to the unit around 5 p.m. with the patients in the ambulance or Jun-hoo’s car, today’s schedule would be over.

There were two reasons why Jun-hoo accompanied the external treatment.

First, he planned to receive an appropriate amount of medicines and supplies needed for treatment from the division medical unit.

As a result of rummaging through the medicine cabinet and storage.

There was too much missing in the treatment room.

Because there was only one antibiotic ointment.

He was struggling to squeeze it out like squeezing a used toothpaste by rolling the end.

At the Korean Armed Forces Capital Hospital, he wanted to witness the size and treatment level of the Korean Armed Forces Capital Hospital.

No matter what anyone said, the Korean Armed Forces Capital Hospital.

It was one of the largest military hospitals with various medical equipment.

“….”

10 minutes after leaving the unit.

The car was quiet.

The soldiers were tense, maintaining a formal posture.

“Why are you so frozen? Do you think I’m going to eat you guys?”

“No!”

The soldiers answered in unison.

It seemed that he would not be able to relieve the soldiers’ tension with ordinary methods.

So Jun-hoo used a secret method.

He played the latest music on his cell phone.

They said girl groups were having a bumper crop.

That was really the case.

70 percent of the top music charts were girl group songs.

“Do you have a favorite girl group?”

Jun-hoo asked the soldier sitting in the passenger seat.

“I like Najins.”

“What’s so good about Najins?”

“The songs are good and the members are attractive. Najins is the hottest and most successful group these days.”

The soldier said, feeling proud for some reason.

“Really? Then is it similar to Super Girls?”

“What group is Super Girls?”

“Don’t you know Super Girls’ Tell Me?”

Jun-hoo asked, surprised.

“I don’t know.”

“Hmm….”

Jun-hoo swallowed a groan.

Come to think of it, Jun-hoo was already in his late 30s. There was no choice but to have a generation gap with the soldiers these days.

“I think differently.”

One of the soldiers sitting in the back seat joined the conversation.

“I have an older brother who is much older than me, and my brother says that Super Girls’ popularity was overwhelming in the past. He says that Najins’ popularity now can’t even be compared.”

“Hey. You’re going too far. Isn’t your brother saying that because he doesn’t know Najins? I think it’s more like a memory correction.”

The soldier sitting in the passenger seat immediately retorted.

The soldier sitting in the back seat’s rebuttal was also formidable.

“You’re the one who’s undervaluing the popularity of the past. At that rate, Najins would be greater than the Beatles?”

“That’s an exaggeration. At least Najins is a level above a group called Super Girls.”

“Search Tell Me on the Internet. You’ll know how popular it was at that time.”

“You should search for Najins.”

Unintentionally, a Najins VS Super Girls structure was created.

Thanks to that, the cold atmosphere of the external treatment road heated up.

Jun-hoo muttered inwardly.

He didn’t want it to get this hot…….