An F-Rank Veterinarian Physically Heals an S-Rank Magical Beast - Chapter 105

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Chapter 105
Kang Jin-hyuk’s dry, matter-of-fact voice pierced through the deafening roar of thunder and struck Lee Shin-woo’s ears with surgical precision.
Lee Shin-woo bit down hard on his bleeding lip, glaring at Kang Jin-hyuk. Once a proud guild master who had competed for the top rankings in South Korea, his eyes now reflected the desperate urgency of a drowning man grasping at straws.
“Money… I’ll give you any amount of money! I’ll drain the entire annual budget of the Zeus Guild if I have to! Please, just save Thunder Wolf! We’ve pumped him full of premium elixirs and healing magic from S-rank Healers, but instead of his leg reattaching, his mana circuits are tangling and his condition is getting worse!”
At his anguished cry, I adjusted my glasses and silently celebrated inwardly.
‘He’s offering to drain the entire guild budget? What a windfall this early in the morning.’
[Target: Thunder Wolf – A-rank Magical Beast]
[Status: Compound fracture of right hind leg patella. Fascia adhesion and mana circuit collapse progressing due to healing magic misuse.]
The diagnostic results displayed in my system window were grim. Lee Shin-woo was right. The Hunters’ incompetent handling was driving the patient toward death.
“Of course it’s getting worse. You never properly aligned the broken bone, and then you foolishly bombarded it with Healers’ regenerative magic. The result was inevitable. The muscles, nerves, and mana circuits have fused together haphazardly. It’s like if a person’s arm bent backward and then flesh grew over it.”
“Then, then what should we do!”
“What can we do? We need to tear it all apart and realign it from scratch. Physically, that is.”
I snapped the latex gloves on both my hands and took a step toward Thunder Wolf.
At that moment, sensing the approach of a stranger as a threat, Thunder Wolf’s bloodshot eyes widened and his jaws opened wide. A condensed sphere of blue lightning was about to shoot from deep within his throat toward my heart.
“Master! Danger! Woooooop!”
Kim Chun-sam, hovering in the air, wailed a siren warning, but I didn’t dodge. I didn’t even feel the need to.
“No! Get out of the way, Director Kang!”
Lee Shin-woo squeezed his eyes shut and let out a desperate scream at that very moment.
“It’s okay. Don’t be afraid. The person here doesn’t want to hurt you. I want to untangle that knotted mess that’s causing you pain. There, that’s a good boy.”
A voice as clear and gentle as jade beads rolling across a silver platter.
Luna had emerged from behind me at some point, carefully placing her small, delicate hands on Thunder Wolf’s massive snout.
Crackle—!
Lightning danced across Luna’s pale hands, but her unique trait of ‘Beast Communion’ and her affinity with forest spirits activated, creating something miraculous.
A soft, warm jade-green light bloomed from Luna’s body, gently enveloping and neutralizing the destructive blue lightning that Thunder Wolf was unleashing. It was like watching a raging, violent wave being smothered by a warm, soft quilt.
“Krrrgh… whimper….”
The massive A-rank beast that moments before had been ready to obliterate the entire hospital lobby lay down on the ground, its breathing gradually steadying at Luna’s touch. The bloodshot eyes slowly regained their original amber hue, and the sparks crackling along its spine subsided.
“This… this can’t be… our Thunder has actually calmed down….”
Lee Shin-woo dropped to his knees in disbelief. The rampage that even the Zeus Guild’s professional Beast Tamers had given up on controlling had been suppressed in an instant by a frail girl.
“Well done, Luna. That makes the examination much easier.”
I gently patted Luna’s shoulder in praise. She smiled shyly and continued softly scratching behind Thunder Wolf’s ears. The beast had completely regained its composure, even letting out contented rumbling sounds.
The vultures outside, never ones to miss a dramatic moment, began moving again. The reporters who had fled crept back toward the police line, and once they confirmed the beast had settled, they immediately raised their cameras and began firing flashes like madmen.
“Director Kang! The Zeus Guild’s magical beast went berserk in the middle of the city! Please give us a statement!”
“Isn’t treating an otherworldly magical beast in a hospital in the middle of the city a violation of current quarantine laws and citizen safety protection laws!”
“What is your response to the Ministry of Health and Welfare’s warning about unlicensed medical practice!”
The reporters swarmed like hyenas, thrusting microphones forward. Just as the lobby was about to erupt again with their provocative barrage of questions.
“Security team. Unauthorized media has breached the premises. Push them all outside the perimeter.”
A woman’s voice, cool and overwhelming in its charisma, resonated throughout the entire lobby. The voice belonged to Yoo Yi-soo, who stood holding a microphone, dressed in a crisp navy tailored suit and wearing cold steel-framed glasses.
The moment her order was given, twelve state-of-the-art security robots stationed throughout the lobby flashed their red optical sensors in unison and advanced heavily toward the reporters, unfurling their shields.
“M-move aside! We’re conducting interviews for the people’s right to know…!”
“The right to know, yes. But this is private property and an independent medical institution. Firing shutters in a hospital lobby where patient stability must be the top priority is not the people’s right to know—it’s simply interference with business operations and incitement of beast-related panic, which are criminal offenses.”
Yoo Yi-soo stood at the forefront of the media throng without yielding an inch, her gaze sharp as a blade fixed upon the lead broadcaster. Behind her, the hospital’s magnificent holographic logo blazed with radiant brilliance. She had decided to transform this crisis into nothing less than the perfect debut stage and live advertisement for Arcana Medical Center.
After raising the microphone volume to its maximum, she fixed her eyes directly upon the camera lenses and made her declaration.
“Through this camera being broadcast live across the nation, I shall make our official position at Arcana Medical Center abundantly clear. First, our hospital’s treatment scope is limited exclusively to ‘interdimensional magical beasts,’ not human beings. Therefore, the current medical laws and regulations established by the Ministry of Health and Welfare, which are based on human standards, do not apply to us. I hereby proclaim that this represents a clear legal blind spot and a new domain of academic inquiry.”
The sound of journalists’ pens scratching across paper accelerated to a frenzy. It was an unprecedented display of audacious yet flawless logic.
“Second, regarding the accusation of violating quarantine regulations. Our hospital is equipped with a sterilization system and interdimensional isolation facility far more perfect than the sterile chamber on Layer 19 of The Tower. Observe the peaceful demeanor of this Class-A magical beast now being captured on your cameras. Our ability to control magical beasts has already far transcended the limitations of national institutions.”
Yoo Yi-soo pointed her finger at Thunder Wolf, who lay in serene repose beneath Luna’s gentle touch. Irrefutable visual evidence was being broadcast in real time to the entire world through every camera present.
“Finally, third. The moment one sets foot within Arcana Medical Center, the patient’s species, guild rank, and wealth become utterly meaningless. There is only one law here: ‘absolute obedience to the judgment of Director Kang Jin-hyuk, your attending physician.’ Should anyone violate this, treatment ceases immediately and permanent expulsion from the hospital follows.”
The moment Yoo Yi-soo’s declaration ended, the lobby fell into a silence as if cold water had been poured over it. It was a direct challenge to the Hunter Association and government agencies that wielded the greatest power in South Korea, an arrogant declaration of war announcing the construction of their own unshakeable empire. Yet behind that arrogance stood undeniable, overwhelming capability.
Yoo Yi-soo lowered the microphone and gave Jin-hyuk a subtle wink. She had flawlessly executed the external media play and legal shield—now the silent signal remained: the veterinarian’s true calling of ‘collection’ and ‘treatment.’
Jin-hyuk inwardly marveled at Yoo Yi-soo’s perfect assist, then turned his gaze toward Lee Shin-woo, the guild master who sat dazed and slumped upon the floor.
“Well then, the media briefing is concluded. Shall we proceed to the main matter? Guild Master Lee Shin-woo. I shall now present the diagnostic results.”
Jin-hyuk withdrew a clipboard and tapped his pen against it with deliberate precision.
“This is no mere fracture. When the bones broke previously, the healers rapidly regenerated only the outer skin using potions and magic. As a result, the misaligned bone fragments remained lodged within the muscle and fascia, hardened in place. The pain stress from this triggered an overload in the mana circuits, creating the runaway state we witnessed earlier.”
“Then… then it can be fixed? Please, tell me it can be fixed.”
“Fixing things is my specialty. However, the method will be rather crude.”
The lenses of Jin-hyuk’s glasses gleamed with an unsettling, serpentine light.
“First, I must manually tear apart and release all those improperly attached muscles and fascia using my hands or instruments. It’s a combination of what we call ‘fascial release’ and ‘aquatic physical therapy’—far removed from the clean magic of healers. It will be an extraordinarily painful rehabilitation process accompanied by the anguished cries of a beast. Of course, this includes treatment for any psychological trauma resulting as a side effect.”
Lee Shin-woo’s face drained of all color, yet he possessed no choice whatsoever. On all of Earth, only Kang Jin-hyuk could save Thunder Wolf.
“The cost… how much will it be?”
Jin-hyuk gazed into empty space for a moment, his mind calculating rapidly. Equipment maintenance fees, compensation for Yoo Yi-soo and Luna, the Murim Alliance Elders’ safari meal expenses, and his own substantial margin.
“Basic consultation fees, VIP interdimensional private room charges, mana circuit restoration surgery, specialized physical therapy and behavioral correction fees combined… I shall charge a clean fifty billion won. Taxes are separate, of course. And naturally, I only accept lump-sum payment.”
“F… fifty billion?!”
Air escaped from Lee Shin-woo’s lips in a hollow gasp. The sum far exceeded the price of an entire building in Seoul. Even for an S-rank guild master, paying fifty billion won in cash on the spot was a hemorrhage that cut to the bone.
Yet Jin-hyuk was the true incarnation of capitalism, knowing nothing of mercy.
“If you find the price excessive, you’re welcome to take the leash and leave this instant. The health department staff outside appear to be waiting with tranquilizer guns. Should he rampage again like before, you may find yourself forced to cut off his life with your own hands. What shall it be?”
At Jin-hyuk’s chilling threat, Lee Shin-woo’s trembling hands withdrew a black VIP card from his pocket.
“Process the payment… proceed with the transaction. I would sell my own life to save Thunder.”
“An excellent decision. Director Yoo! Here, swipe this card for fifty billion won in lump-sum payment. No installments.”
Jin-hyuk tossed the card to Yoo Yi-soo with a radiant smile. It was a record-breaking revenue achieved a mere ten minutes after the hospital’s opening. Those watching marveled at the demonic collection abilities of this veterinarian, yet Jin-hyuk’s expression appeared more serene and benevolent than ever before.
“Well then, payment is complete. Now I must earn my keep.”
Jin-hyuk adjusted his latex gloves firmly and gestured toward the massive body of Thunder Wolf, who lay obediently prone upon the floor.
“Chun-sam, prepare the VIP patient transport. We’re taking him to the special physical therapy room on Basement Level 3. I’ll be disassembling and reassembling every joint in his body, so tell him to prepare himself for a taste of hell.”
“Buoooaang! VIP transport protocol activated! Transporting to the hellish bone-stretching chamber!”
Accompanied by the cheerful mechanical sound of a patient-draining apparatus, an enormous floating stretcher glided smoothly into the lobby.

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