Academy’S Gumiho Is A Magical Genius [EN]: Chapter 277

Academy Gumiho is a Magical Genius – Episode 277

Academy Gumiho is a Magical Genius 277

Bait (2)

Supply and demand are always concerns when selling goods.

If supply is short and demand is high, prices skyrocket.

The elixir of immortality, formally known as the ‘Injection Prosthetic Arm,’ was just like that.

It was clear that the demand would be enormous.

This item doesn’t discriminate by age.

It doesn’t distinguish between genders, and it’s not restricted by borders.

Seniors, people with disabilities, athletes who feel the limits of their bodies, and so on.

There are plenty of people in the world who want to replace their worn and broken bodies with new ones.

“Why are you so cynical? I’m supplying you with 1/4 of the monthly production.”

“You’re producing four and giving us one!”

“Even at a low price.”

“That’s the biggest problem! Please raise the price.”

“No.”

However, the supply is far too insufficient.

Among the billions of people worldwide, more than half would want Seungwoo’s medicine.

No, more than half.

‘Even if I estimate conservatively, it’s 70%. Maybe 90% or more would want it.’

The ‘Injection Prosthetic Arm’ that Seungwoo created was perfect.

He had already requested safety verification for his invention from the Mado Society.

The request was quickly completed. 100% safety guaranteed.

The Mado Society is a group of eccentrics who pursue knowledge and truth, so they cannot be swayed by money or power. Since such a group has issued a 100% safety guarantee, there was no problem with the quality.

‘The problem is the ingredients.’

The materials needed to make the injection prosthetic arm and the components that make it up are not that significant.

The raw materials were easily obtainable items.

However, the technology to combine these raw materials into one was the problem.

Alchemy. The skills and magic required in the process of combining the materials into one could not be imitated by ordinary magicians.

‘The minimum entry requirement is Archmage. Even if you meet the entry requirements, it takes a considerable amount of time to accumulate the knowledge and skills to make this medicine.’

Only an Archmage could reproduce the ingredients of Seungwoo’s medicine exactly. But the problem was that even for an Archmage, acquiring the same skills was by no means easy.

Especially the part that deals with fire is tricky.

These days, most magical experimental devices have functions to control fire very precisely, but that is not enough.

Beyond the level of precisely controlling the intensity of the fire, an Archmage who can infuse various principles and concepts into the fire. Only the master of pyrokinesis [the ability to control fire with the mind] possessed the skills necessary for the manufacturing process.

‘The only one who can do this besides me is Nam Hwayeon.’

The Demon King.

Befitting that title and reputation, she possesses the technology to produce injection prosthetic arms. What she lacks is the knowledge to make prosthetic arms, but Nam Hwayeon, who possesses more knowledge than the vast Grand Library, would not waste more than two days learning it.

But.

‘Master is not someone who is interested in immortality or rejuvenation. In the first place, she is a monster who has already stepped into the realm of immortality, so unless she is greedy for money, she wouldn’t commercially expand like me.’

Given her personality.

She would never do the meaningless act of accumulating knowledge to make money. The reason why Nam Hwayeon is working as a professor is to make all the knowledge in the Forbidden Archive her own.

There was no possibility that Nam Hwayeon would intervene in Seungwoo’s game.

‘Even if she does intervene, I have already prepared a way to divert her attention.’

All of this is moving entirely according to Seungwoo’s intentions.

He looked down at the man with a smile forged with thorough pretense.

“Because I don’t want to. If you really want to negotiate with me, call your representative.”

“Chairman!”

“Actually, that’s right. Don’t call guys like the Third Tail or the sales manager, call the head.”

Why, can’t you call the person who reigns over your heads?

“Anyway, I said it.”

No further conversation is necessary.

Seungwoo got up from his seat because he needed to make them anxious. The huge man followed Seungwoo, but he couldn’t bring himself to grab Seungwoo’s shoulder with his rough hands.

He was clearly the chairman of a company.

Nominally, he was the head of the Cheonho Baekga [a powerful guild or organization].

He was not someone that he could easily grab.

If he had grabbed him, it would have become a political issue.

But in fact, the reason he couldn’t grab Seungwoo was not because of such high-level calculations. The moment he tried to get up following Seungwoo, who was leaving, he sensed it.

‘If I grab him, I’ll die……!’

The magic of the scorching heat was slowly rising from under the man’s feet.

He felt like the soles of his shoes would melt on the spot.

In the end, the feeling was just a feeling, but the man instinctively realized the gap between himself and Seungwoo.

The man stared blankly at the empty space where the person he had been facing had been, and muttered.

“……Me. Should I just quit?”

Do I need to work while being treated like this?

The resignation letter that every office worker holds in one side of their heart.

The man, who felt the crisp texture of the resignation letter more strongly today, submitted his resignation and left the company on the way back to the company. He had earned a decent amount of money while working at an S-class guild for over 10 years.

Now I have to do some financial planning and live with this.

Two weeks after resigning.

As usual, while enjoying beer and chicken in his room and fiddling with the remote control, the man had a big laugh while flipping through the channels.

[The medicine has finally started selling! It turns out that only 3 units are sold per month…….]

[Miracle medicine, can’t we produce more?! Baek Seungwoo opens his mouth, saying, “The maximum number of units manufactured per month is 4, and one of them is distributed to a partnered company.”]

[Finally found ‘that place.’ S-class guild Ninetails, wealthy people whose lifespans are running out are flooding in with phone inquiries.]

Wow, this is crazy.

“It’s burning up very well.”

After resigning and spending two weeks lazing around in his room, the man suddenly remembered one thing.

When I think about it carefully, this.

Isn’t the chairman trying to eat our company?

Ah, that’s right, it’s not our company anymore.

The man washed down his greasy esophagus with beer and opened his mouth.

“Well, they only hired smart guys, so they’ll handle it. They’ll do well on their own.”

It was none of my business now.

Exactly four days later, the Ninetails Guild was put on emergency alert.

They couldn’t do anything about it.

* * *

Injection Prosthetic Arm.

The nuance was similar to injection education, but its efficacy and perception were completely different. The first three medicines that started selling were quickly sold.

One went into the hands of a young man from an ordinary family.

His father was said to have seriously injured his hand while working in a factory.

He saved his life, but his arm was completely ruined.

So his son worked hard and received magical treatment, but the best he could do was restore some of the damaged nerves.

So he put all his efforts into getting the medicine with a feeling like it was his last hope.

“Thank you so much! Really…… Th, thank you!”

“No. I’m just doing what I’m paid for.”

“Is this…… really my arm?”

“That’s great. Our dad can now play golf, which he only sang about at home every day. This is really great.”

The injection was successful.

The left hand, which was damaged and only half remained.

When a syringe was inserted deep into the center, small bubbles enveloped the arm and created new tissue.

A new left arm was created.

“I’ll be on my way now. Other people are waiting.”

“L, Lord, thank you so much!”

“Have you worked in my family? I don’t remember your face.”

“Well, you’re so famous as a lord, I thought I should call you that. Did…… Did I say something wrong?”

Lord is a title used by people within the family.

It was not a title to be called by outsiders.

Seungwoo waved his hand and said.

“’Lord’ is a title used by people working in the house. The external title is Chairman, or 「Mado Seong」 is more appropriate.”

“Ah, I saw it in the newspaper. You became a ranker a month ago.”

“Whether it’s Mado Seong or Chairman, if it’s hard to remember the name, you can call me Black Fox.”

Either way, they were people he would never see again.

Seungwoo didn’t care how they called him.

Unlike his inner thoughts, in the eyes of the young man and his father, Seungwoo’s remarks added to the perception that he was a down-to-earth person.

In that way, Seungwoo’s external perception and reputation were gradually changing positively.

Again, such a change in perception was all the same to him.

Seungwoo headed to his next destination.

The second medicine went into the hands of a large hospital.

I thought it was intended to be prepared in case a VIP came, but when Seungwoo arrived at the hospital, the hospital’s VIPs led him to a secluded private room.

What is this place.

Why is there a private room in such a remote place?

“It’s too dark, so it doesn’t seem good for the patients’ emotions.”

“……So, this room is in a state where a patient who doesn’t need to consider emotions is visiting.”

“I know what you want to say.”

When I entered the private room, the unique smell of disinfectant stung my nose.

I couldn’t feel the smell of people.

The smell of human flesh, perfume, food, etc. There was not even a little bit of the scent that people give off while living.

“That? Are you trying to fix that? It’s almost a corpse.”

“Yes, that’s right.”

“I don’t want to say this, but that. It’s like it’s about to turn from organic matter to inorganic matter. Is this the right place?”

“Haha. Surely I wouldn’t play a bad joke on the lord of Cheonho Baekga and the person who made the biggest mark in the history of medicine.”

The old doctor said with a smile.

Now he’s old and has mostly retired to the back room.

Still, he’s a person who has held a knife and shed blood in his hands all his life.

Seungwoo couldn’t bring himself to say anything after hearing that, and thought.

‘……It sounds weird instead?’

A murderer with a weapon also holds a knife and sheds blood in his hands.

Of course, he would do the opposite of a doctor, but the sentence was a bit meaningful.

However, it was the doctor’s own joke to reverse the atmosphere.

It wasn’t funny at all, but it seemed like a joke.

“The lungs are completely broken.”

“Yes, that’s right.”

“Huh? It’s not just the lungs that are broken. Most of the organs are not working. The heart seems to be about to stop beating, do you want to save this person?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

“It’s much more realistic to save a vegetative person. Is that your son or grandson?”

“All of this woman’s guardians have passed away after a long period of nursing. All of her medical expenses are currently being paid for with my own money.”

“A meager act of charity and tolerance.”

But Seungwoo likes such people very much.

“It seems like it would be a happy thing to send such a person away without pain, but since you called me, I can’t help it. I’ll forcibly save you.”

He spoke in a casual tone.

His tone was sharp, but the old doctor only bowed his head without making eye contact with Seungwoo.

“……First, inject it around the heart and lungs.”

“Disinfection……?”

“No need.”

Thud!

No more words were needed.

Seungwoo did not hesitate and inserted the syringe into the heart of the woman on the sickbed.

Magical power is concentrated around her heart and lungs, as well as other organs.

However, the bubbles of magical power could not bubble up to the internal organs near the lower abdomen. In the end, Seungwoo infiltrated subtle magical powers into her body so that they would not be visible to the doctor.

One medicine is not enough.

It looks like I need at least 3, so Seungwoo immediately manufactured the ingredients of the medicine with magical power. After all, the cost of raw materials out of the 100,000 won selling price is less than 1,000 won.

The remaining 99,000 won is all for Seungwoo’s labor costs to contain his magic, so immediate manufacturing was an easy task. The treatment was quickly over, but it seems to take some time because the drug is replacing the organs.

After leaving the person who had been injected with the second medicine, he went to find the person who had purchased the third medicine.

He was young and healthy.

He was a rich man with a lot of money, and he had recently inherited his father’s property, so there were no old or sick people around him.

The reason why he needed the medicine was simple.

“This medicine is now my property, right?”

“Yes, use it however you like.”

“Then, can I divide this medicine in half, use half for emergencies, and have the remaining analysis done by my research team and then mass-produce it?”

“Do as you please.”

Money.

To make a lot of money.