Genius Wizard Takes Medicine [EN]: Chapter 472

The sight of customers shoving their excited faces into the screen, shouting wildly.

It was obvious that the situation had become too chaotic to continue the experiment any further.

Murphy, who had been watching the whole process from the examination room, frowned faintly.

“This is….”

“It was to be expected.”

Lenok, with a nonchalant expression, leaned against the glass, arms crossed.

“I don’t even fully understand how my body has changed, so how could injecting it into another human body produce a normal result?”

“……”

“It’s necessary for comparison and analysis with the central city’s examination records, so it can’t be helped, but it was obvious that variables would arise.”

“What on earth have you been doing to get these kinds of results?”

Murphy said, turning his gaze to the opposite side of the isolation room.

“Even the two test subjects who were first injected with the blood, they didn’t die. Look at that. Does that look like the result of a normal reaction experiment?”

[Kieeeeeeek!!!]

The rabbit, which had seemed to have stopped breathing, suddenly jumped up and was howling.

Its small, plump body was nowhere to be seen; its entire body was swollen with bulging muscles, and its eyes were burning red.

It was running around the isolation room, unable to control the enormous energy overflowing within its body.

[……]

The slime, Crozanon, which had been frozen stiff in the second isolation room, was already standing up.

It had formed arms, legs, and a head in a human-like shape, standing on two feet, with both hands and face pressed against the glass of the isolation room.

“I can’t watch this anymore. Let’s stop here.”

Murphy sighed and snapped his fingers at the bizarre sight, as if it were observing them in reverse.

Whoosh!!!

At that moment, hot flames erupted from inside the five isolation rooms, cleanly burning everything inside.

Murphy, looking down at the desolate scene of the isolation room, clicked his tongue.

“This isn’t the first time we’ve done a blood reaction experiment with a high-level magic user, but I’ve never seen an experiment go this wrong. Biogenetic modification, the awakening of superpowers, the rise in hierarchy, a military-grade ability user unable to withstand the power and exploding….”

“Well, I have a few ideas about the reason why….”

Lenok was also somewhat surprised, but it wasn’t as if he couldn’t guess the cause of what was happening.

All sorts of elixirs that he had bought and consumed whenever he had the chance.

And all sorts of drugs that he had injected and infused for combat and work.

All of their effects and side effects were deeply dissolved in Lenok’s blood vessels, and even after being drawn, they were exerting their influence without any reduction.

In fact, it would be more accurate to interpret it as a liquid that had been transformed into something closer to an elixir than human blood.

Even as he concluded that something similar to an elixir was flowing through his body instead of blood, Lenok’s expression was as nonchalant as ever.

It wasn’t as if he hadn’t anticipated this result from the moment he consumed the Tears of the Archangel, and if he hadn’t had this level of physical improvement, Lenok wouldn’t have been able to stay alive until now.

“……It probably won’t just feel like it’s helping with health promotion.”

“Hoo… This is driving me crazy.”

“Alright, everyone, please listen to me for a moment.”

Murphy, who had quietly sighed, gestured, and a servant quickly began to calm the customers.

“This demonstration was just a performance to show what it would be like when the business is on track. The blood you just saw is a rare item that I have to put a lot of effort into processing.”

[……Are you saying that if there is enough investment, you can supply such items?]

[You need to be able to take responsibility for that statement.]

[Bring the contract right now. I’ll pull all the investment I can to match the stake.]

[Wait, mister. Who said you could talk about stakes by yourself? No one knows until it’s listed on the continental stock market!!]

The servant’s eloquence was not bad. It was natural that he needed that level of rhetoric to shift the focus from the blood to business investment with just a few words.

The customers, who had been clamoring on the screen, were now fighting over how to divide Murphy’s business investment stake.

It was as if there was no need to even discuss whether or not to invest.

Lenok shook his head at the noisy scene, even as the isolation room was still burning.

“That’s more than enough for business promotion. Is that enough now?”

“It’s enough.”

Murphy, wiping the sweat from his forehead, darkened the glass window showing the isolation room and turned his gaze.

“Not many people know that I’m hiding in a megacity. As long as Madam doesn’t open her mouth, it won’t be easy to know that you and I have been in contact.”

“Is that all?”

“……What?”

“I was thinking of a more certain method.”

The moment Lenok said that and snapped his fingers, the floor of the examination room turned transparent, revealing the scenery below.

Beep beep beep…!!

A circular sphere quietly lit up in the dark cavity. The sight of hundreds of small panels attached to it, emitting light, looked like a mirror ball.

It was the central city’s examination record database that Murphy had hidden. Lenok had found its location and was downloading administrator privileges through Davi.

“Wait a minute, what is this…!!”

“I’m going to change the name of the blood data to be added to the central city’s examination record, the owner of the blood used in today’s session.”

“You’ve tampered with Ars Nova’s database!!”

“The owner of the blood you used in today’s reaction experiment is Madrich Onion.”

Murphy’s trembling movements stopped at Lenok’s assertion.

It was probably because the name of the military-grade sorcerer that suddenly popped out was unexpected.

“With this name, even if the circumstances of my contact with you are revealed, no one will suspect who the owner of the blood is.”

There was no one who didn’t know that Kyunroe had fought and won against Onion in this district.

Even if they thought that Lenok had met a blood seller and came to sell the spoils of war, it wouldn’t be strange.

Of course, considering the rumors that Kyunroe was sick, which were probably spreading everywhere, there was a possibility that this wouldn’t be enough.

But it would be much better than not preparing at all, wouldn’t it?

“Thorough… To go this far to maintain secrecy….”

“You’ve also achieved your goal of attracting investment for the business, so it doesn’t matter, right? Now, let’s get to the main point.”

Lenok pulled a chair and sat down across from Murphy, asking.

“Don’t forget that all of this is for your database comparison analysis.”

“……”

“If you’re ready, let’s begin.”

Murphy stared at Lenok for a moment, then quietly nodded and moved his wheelchair.

He seemed as shocked by the fact that Lenok had touched the central city’s examination records without him even noticing, as he was by the reaction experiment just now.

The central floor of the examination room split open on both sides, and the database, which looked like a mirror ball, rose up.

After connecting dozens of connectors nearby and activating all the equipment inside the examination room, countless scan files began to appear on the screen on one side of the examination room.

“This is a way to assist the output of the database and reduce the computational load. If it’s not done this way, the facility’s equipment will be completely ruined and unusable.”

Murphy explained, bringing his hand to the keyboard in front of the screen.

“I still can’t believe it. Do you even have a small-scale supercomputer that can handle the computational load of the central city….”

[Ahem.]

Lenok, pretending not to notice Davi’s smug expression from inside his coat, stood behind Murphy.

“How long will it take to extract a meaningful analysis compared to Ars Nova’s examination records?”

“It won’t take long. This is the first time an outlier of this magnitude has emerged from a reaction experiment, so there’s a high possibility that there won’t be many similar cases even if we search through the central city’s examination records. Let’s start with the basics first.”

Murphy said, and countless graphs and charts began to appear on the screen in an instant.

Each and every one of them was a strange graph and statistical figure that had jumped out of the designated space.

Lenok chuckled.

“The graphs are a mess.”

“It’s a diagram of the data derived from the reaction experiment of your blood. It’s not something to laugh about.”

“……”

“It’s deformed. Basic blood test values such as red blood cells, hemoglobin, and hematocrit are low, but the magic-related items are virtually unmeasurable.”

Murphy glanced at Lenok.

“Mana sensitivity, magic reaction and synchronization, load and resistance, and rotation speed are all above standard. It’s unparalleled among all the superhumans I’ve ever diagnosed.”

Rather, the more he looked at the graphs, the more his own interest grew, and he continued to talk on his own even though Lenok didn’t answer.

“And yet, the values related to metabolism, oxygen transport capacity, immune response, and nutritional supplementation are virtually below average… The rumors that you suffered a major injury in the battle with Madrich Onion were not a lie.”

Even Murphy, who had directly examined Lenok’s body, did not doubt the injury he had sustained in the battle with Onion.

Lenok, who knew that his body was in much better condition after taking the Tears of the Archangel, couldn’t help but smile bitterly.

“Considering the reactions that appeared in the test subjects through the reaction experiment, it’s even more serious. An enormous awakening effect and an extreme state of exaltation, mild hallucinations, and even strong addiction… It’s like sending a half-mixture of drugs and elixirs through the blood vessels instead of blood.”

“……”

He was slightly surprised.

Was it possible to deduce a shred of truth just by looking at those strange graphs that were impossible to understand?

As Madam had said, it seemed that he was indeed a well-known expert in the field of examination in the central city.

“You’re a monster. If this case were made public in Ars Nova, it would have become a top priority for research. The continent is indeed vast, and there are strange people everywhere….”

Murphy tapped the keyboard a few times and brought up a complex data kit on the screen, saying.

“From now on, I’m going to put your data into the central city’s examination record database and run a search. After comparing the thousands of items quantified through your blood’s reaction experiment one by one, I’ll derive the most suitable examination result for each item.”

“I see.”

“Because we’re searching each item differently, the possibility of not getting any results is extremely low. The data contains everything from minor illnesses to complex addictions and even the removal of curses.”

Kiiiing…!!

At that moment, the huge mirror ball that had risen behind the two of them began to rotate and emit a flashing light.

“It’s started.”

Murphy said, naturally reaching out his hand to Lenok.

“Give it to me.”

“……What are you talking about?”

“The connector.”

“Connector…?”

Murphy frowned slightly.

“The supercomputer terminal connector that is good enough to interfere with the database. The examination data that is being derived now, you need to transmit it to your computer, right?”

“……”

“The capacity is quite large, so it can’t be transmitted to just any terminal. I thought you had brought a supercomputer terminal in preparation for this, but was I wrong?”

“……No, you’re right. I’ll prepare it right away.”

Lenok said, immediately lowering his head into his coat to make eye contact with Davi.

[……]

Davi also tilted his head with a slightly troubled expression, then raised his tail with a flick, as if he had remembered something.

From inside Lenok’s coat, Davi pulled out a long USB cable used to connect a mobile phone and a computer.

Thump!

Davi held one connector of the cable with connectors on both sides in his mouth, and firmly grasped it with his front paw.

“……?”

Davi’s ears were perked up in the direction of Murphy, as if telling him to hurry up.

Lenok tilted his head, but quietly handed the other connector of the cable that Davi was holding in his mouth to Murphy.

Murphy, without any suspicion, plugged the connector into the computer and nodded.

“It’s working well. The transmission speed is very fast.”

“……”

Sometimes, it felt like Davi was becoming something other than a digital spirit.

Anyway, thinking that good is good, Lenok waited for the transmission of the examination records to finish.

Murphy, next to Lenok, read out the diagnostic data that was being transmitted in general terms.

“There’s examination data related to the curse of weakness, the deadly poison of the cold, and spirit paralysis… There are also records on how to improve mana addiction.”

“……What else?”

“The capacity of the information on the elixir category that extends the lifespan of superhumans is also considerable. The capacity of the examination records dealing with the side effects of Geass [a magical contract or binding] is also significant.”

“……”

“Madrich Onion was said to be the price of the curse, and it seems that it was true. If he had put a Geass on you during the battle and ruined your body, it wouldn’t be impossible for that monster….”

At those words, Lenok couldn’t help but be slightly surprised by the accuracy of the database’s comparative analysis.

Lenok was planning to start research to address his penalties in earnest, based on a more accurate understanding of his physical information through this examination.

In the process of directly dismantling and analyzing Gye Baek’s Geass, Lenok had significantly increased his understanding of Geass, and he knew that it was not meaningless knowledge.

That’s why he was planning to start working on the penalties on his body in earnest after a few experiments.

However, the central city’s examination records had already come to that conclusion based on Lenok’s physical information.

‘……Can I get help from the Medicine Sage?’

Medicine Sage Yanushika Greenway.

She was a 7th-level Saint-rank pharmacist, but she was bound by a fatal Geass that made her completely forget the memory of a patient she had once diagnosed.

If he could solve the situation where she herself was suffering from that Geass, he might be able to get help from her in the long term.

While Lenok was thinking about what else he could do with the knowledge of the Geass he had newly acquired,

Murphy, who had been staring at the screen, asked.

“This is the last data transmission, Kyunroe. But there’s one thing I want to ask.”

“What is it?”

Instead of answering, Murphy slowly turned his head.

On the screen that had risen behind him, something in large green letters was displayed.

[Search Complete: This is a person registered in the database.]

“This database only leaves symptoms and examination records, so I can’t know the identity of the person who was examined in the central city.”

“……”

“However, through the spiritual power and existence projection rate calculated through the reaction experiment, I can confirm whether that person has ever been examined in Ars Nova.”

Murphy’s eyes shone sharply.

“Have you ever visited Ars Nova?”