Academy’S Gumiho Is A Magical Genius [EN]: Chapter 275

Academy Gumiho is a Magic Genius – Episode 275

Academy Gumiho is a Magic Genius 275

Bite the Bait (5)

As next Monday approached,

Seungwoo didn’t just wait for that day.

He moved in all directions to further tilt the board [influence the situation to his advantage].

In the process, he was able to meet with board members and wealthy individuals he had no prior acquaintance with.

Because everyone was very interested in technology.

“So, this is the elixir of immortality. The form is quite different from the rumors, isn’t it?”

“Rumors are always like that.”

Friday morning.

An old man who had summoned Seungwoo stroked his beard and said.

“Even so, isn’t this too different from the rumors? It’s not even a medicine, and looking at the ingredients, it doesn’t seem to be for immortality.”

“I didn’t start the rumors, though.”

The old man examined the ingredients in the reagent.

This was the item Seungwoo brought after receiving the old man’s request.

He wasn’t looking for long-term contracts like collaboration or supply, but rather dreaming of extending his lifespan. He had made a lot of money, but he didn’t have enough time to enjoy it.

So, he sought me out, the one who had created the elixir of immortality, but.

“…Is this really effective?”

“Of course. Absolutely. We’ve already proven that it’s effective no matter where it’s administered in rodents [small mammals like mice and rats].”

“Ro, rodents?”

“If you’re uneasy, would you like to understand the driving principle of the reagent?”

The old man’s forehead furrowed deeply at Seungwoo’s words.

What did I just hear?

If his ears weren’t failing him, the driving principle of the reagent.

He definitely said that.

Ha, reagent and driving.

What kind of combination is this?

‘Could it be that I’m getting old and losing my hearing?’

Usually, you say you’ll look into the ingredients or effects of a reagent.

You don’t say you’ll look into the driving principle.

If Seungwoo said that on purpose.

‘Is the principle more like a machine than a typical medicine?’

With limited information, speculation was the best he could do.

Initially wearing a subtle expression, the old man glanced over the documents Seungwoo handed him.

It seemed to be a document outlining the simple principles and effects of the medicine, but there were so many professional terms and unknown symbols that he couldn’t interpret it even after reading it.

“…I don’t understand at all.”

“Really? Then I’ll just administer it.”

“I guess so… Wait, what?”

“Okay, this will sting a little.”

Stab.

The syringe pierced the old man’s leg.

The needle, longer than a typical syringe, aimed deep into the old man’s leg.

The needle’s target wasn’t a blood vessel.

The bone. Specifically, the bone marrow.

Bone marrow is the soft tissue inside bones that creates blood cells.

The medicine administered to the tissue that produces blood cells, such as red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets, creates an additional substance.

“It’s being made well.”

Bubbles formed in the old man’s leg.

The bubbles were generated in his leg and soon absorbed into the skin.

The bubbles were made of medicine. The administered medicine had the ability to identify and add missing concepts to the person.

In reality, it was closer to a complex form of magic than medicine.

“What was that bubble just now…?”

“It’s like a scan. It forms on the skin’s surface and, as it’s absorbed, it identifies information about areas like blood vessels and bones.”

From the inside out.

From the outside in.

The medicine, having assessed the user’s body twice, analyzes tissues that have aged and deteriorated or are malfunctioning. Then, it restores those areas with new tissue.

If there is missing flesh or bone, it regenerates it, and it breaks down what is old.

The old man’s eyes rolled back from the shock he had never felt before.

He could endure it, but it was so painful that no sound came out of his mouth. Seungwoo was watching the old man’s leg with an expression that suggested he had anticipated this.

“You’re being too dramatic. You wanted to fix your old, broken back, and you brought me a ton of money.”

“…! …!!”

That’s right! I didn’t know it would hurt this much!!

A silent scream swirled in the old man’s throat.

The old man shed a few tears.

* * *

“It’s taking longer than I thought. It was over quickly with the rodents, but it seems there are more places to fix since the area is larger.”

Even after an hour had passed, the old man was still suffering.

Even a major injury in rodents was over in 10 minutes, but the old man’s leg was taking longer than expected. It’s not like his leg was cut off.

It was unexpected that it would take so long to simply repair a leg that had been worn down and damaged from long use.

“I need to increase the potency of the medicine a little.”

Without harming the efficacy.

If I can just adjust the time.

Because the effect has already been proven.

“Hu, huh…! Haaah…! I thought I was going to die…”

“It’s a little tough, but you didn’t faint, did you?”

“You crazy bastard! If it’s this painful, you should prescribe painkillers or sedatives too!”

“I didn’t know it would be this difficult either. Well, it’s my first time experimenting on a mammal.”

“First time? I’ve never seen such a madman!”

“Ah, but the theory was perfect from the start, so there was no chance of side effects. That’s why I administered it without hesitation, right?”

Seungwoo smiled gently.

That face raised the old man’s blood pressure.

Enraged, he wiggled his leg.

But then.

No matter how much he wiggled his leg, there was no pain or discomfort.

“See? It moves well, right?”

“─Don’t change the subject! You should have experimented on monkeys before experimenting on people… Huh? Wh, why does my knee move this far?”

“The performance is guaranteed.”

The old man’s leg moved without him realizing it.

Compared to the other side, the leg, which wasn’t wrinkled and had no joint pain, was the same as it used to be.

Not the same level.

It was exactly the same.

The old man, momentarily forgetting his anger at the state of his leg, which was the same as when he was in his 20s, running around the market to grow his business, grabbed his leg and shut his mouth.

Beyond his closed mouth and silent eyes, various regrets were felt.

“How is it? It turned out as I said, right? ‘I’ll restore your prime, your broken leg, to how it was in your 20s.’ How do you feel?”

“I want to say it’s the best… but the first thought that comes to mind is that I want to get another shot in the other leg.”

“That’s difficult. Mass production is still hard.”

“Mass production is hard?”

The old man didn’t hear that the ingredients for the medicine were expensive or rare.

The story that mass production was difficult sounded like, if only the factory equipment or some special conditions were met, this kind of medicine could be mass-produced.

At that moment, the old man’s entrepreneurial spirit was ignited.

The smell of money. A very sweet smell of money is vibrating!

“A hu, hundred million! No, a trillion! I’ll give you all my fortune, so please let me invest!”

The old man, his eyes wide open at the sight of his rejuvenated leg, shouted as if screaming.

“Invest?”

“Yes, I’ll give you all the fortune of this old man.”

He felt it as he looked at his leg, which had the same sensation as when he was in his vibrant 20s.

This technology will overturn the landscape of medical technology or prosthetic technology that has existed so far in an instant. It is innovative, practical, and ideal.

A technology that will change the era in the future.

The old man wanted to plant a flag in one corner of that technology.

“This house I’m living in now. I’ll sell this house soon too.”

“This house? It looks pretty good, you’ll get some money if you sell it.”

“Of course! Of course, the location is good, and the interior is the best in the country. If you put it out at a slightly cheap price, the nouveau riche [newly rich] will come in droves.”

The old man’s eyes were red with the best chance to make money.

His pupils seemed to be shaped like dollars.

That’s how sincere the old man was.

In response, Seungwoo chuckled. That bright smile clearly revealed the current superior-subordinate relationship.

His posture soon became relaxed, and he seemed to have a somewhat delinquent feeling. Seungwoo soon dropped the honorifics.

“Old man, do you know what?”

“…What are you talking about?”

Suddenly changing to informal speech.

The old man’s brow furrowed at this, but he also clearly recognized who was above in the current relationship.

It was the old man who had to bow his head and waist in this place.

“Whether it’s stocks or business, if I get involved, it plummets or fails right away? That’s how the money-making market is.”

Whether it’s stocks or anything.

If I get involved, it fails.

That was an absolute and immutable law that applied to everyone.

Originally, people are creatures that react sensitively to losses rather than gains. Such a reaction may be natural, but that’s not what I’m talking about now.

“Are you warning me now?”

“No, I just wanted to tell you to think carefully before investing.”

“Ha! Do you know how much I’ve grown my wealth through investment and business? This house you’re looking at is just a drop in the bucket.”

“Really?”

Seungwoo asked back, tilting his head.

“But for someone who’s speaking so confidently, isn’t the house a little small?”

“What…?”

This house is small?

Korea, where many rankers were born, has become a world-recognized powerhouse.

It was a natural course for already expensive land prices to become even more expensive.

The location of the old man’s house is one of the areas that has benefited the most from such benefits, and it is a place that dozens of office workers cannot obtain even if they work their entire lives without spending a penny.

To say that a mansion built on such land is small.

Could it be.

“Is there something you want from me? More money, or something I can get with my connections.”

“No, not at all. I can get enough of what you can get with your connections and money on my side.”

“…That’s certainly true.”

If you think about it, that’s right.

The old man glared at Seungwoo.

Even he, who had seen all sorts of people for decades, acknowledged his beautiful features. And the six strands attached like the flower of completion. No… Adding the tail that flickered in the wall shadow like smoke, a total of seven tails proved his identity.

A characteristic that doesn’t require a separate ID.

Seungwoo’s black fox tail, which only he possessed in the world, wagged.

“With the wealth and status I’ve desperately accumulated, it would be hard to even reach your feet.”

“Hmm. That’s not wrong.”

“If you think about it, investment would be meaningless at the point where you’ve already completed the medicine. Please erase my proposal just now from your head. It was just the shabby desire of an old man blinded by money.”

The old man lowered his head.

Seungwoo nodded as he watched the scene.

“You know it.”

“What?”

“I didn’t say anything.”

The old man, who had lowered his head, immediately raised his head, but when he raised his head, Seungwoo had already stopped his head still.

The eyes of the two met.

Seungwoo, who met his eyes, fell into contemplation for a moment.

Collaboration or investment was fine, but there was one thing he wanted from this old man. Seungwoo told the old man this without hesitation.

“Ah, it’s not about investment or contracts, but there’s something I want from you.”

“What is it? Since you’ve completely healed my leg, I’m thinking of giving you about twice the amount I matched in advance. If you’re not going to take the investment, twice is the limit.”

“I don’t need the money. Instead, spread the rumors.”

“Rumors?”

The old man expressed doubt at Seungwoo’s words.

Rumors. That’s not difficult.

It was a request that was not unreasonable to pay along with money as compensation for not only healing his leg, but completely rejuvenating it.

I don’t know why he’s asking me to spread the rumors.

The head of the Cheonho Baekga family would have much wider connections than an old man like me, right?

The puzzled old man looked at Seungwoo’s face.

Only then did he roughly grasp the situation.

‘The face of a man drawing a big picture. He seems to be drawing a very big picture.’

At this rate, there’s nothing I can do.

The old man guessed why he used the unmarketed medicine on him.

Seungwoo didn’t need money from his meeting with him. He was just looking at him as a paint to draw on the canvas.

Ha ha ha ha!

The old man, who laughed loudly, nodded his head, saying it was good.

“Okay, I’ll spread the rumors very deliciously! You can look forward to it. Wolves with their eyes on the rumors will come running, rubbing their hungry bellies.”

“Perfect.”