An F-Rank Veterinarian Physically Heals an S-Rank Magical Beast - Chapter 109

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Chapter 109
The main lobby of the Arcana Medical Center’s first floor was a powder keg waiting to ignite.
“Move aside immediately! We are the Ministry of Health and Welfare Special Medical Inspection Team and the Hunter Association Joint Investigation Committee! If you obstruct lawful official duties, I will arrest every staff member here as a flagrant offender!”
A middle-aged man who identified himself as the inspection team leader bellowed with a crimson face. Behind him, dozens of armed investigators in black tactical gear emblazoned with the Hunter Association logo and riot police wielding shields had encircled the lobby in layers.
The automated doors and marble fragments that Thunder Wolf had smashed to pieces that morning lay scattered across the floor, transforming the lobby into a scene as desolate and menacing as a combat zone ravaged by terrorism.
And standing at the very front line of that menacing armed force, unwavering by even an inch before the overwhelming numerical superiority of violence, was a woman.
“Official duties, I see. However, the grounds for your warrant are incorrect, are they not?”
It was Yoo Yi-soo. She stood with twelve security robots arrayed behind her, her gaze piercing down at the inspection team leader from behind cold steel-rimmed glasses. Though her voice carried no inflection whatsoever, the serene composure she exuded effortlessly dominated the dozens of armed men.
“The warrant you’ve presented is for search and seizure regarding violations of medical law and bioethics law targeting ‘humans.’ Let me be abundantly clear once more—the Arcana Medical Center is an independent specialized veterinary institution that exclusively treats ‘otherworldly beasts.’ Under current law, human medical regulations do not apply to beasts. Therefore, that warrant is nothing but waste paper here.”
“Y-you think you can slip away with word games?!”
As the inspection team leader pointed accusingly and raged, a man in a white coat who had been lurking behind him stepped forward with a contemptible smile.
It was Park Ki-tae, once the right hand and chief surgeon of Apollo Hospital director Choi Myung-seok. I had heard about Park Ki-tae. Rumors circulated in this world that he had groveled beside Choi Myung-seok, aspiring to become the director of Apollo Hospital himself.
But Park Ki-tae’s ambitions never materialized. When the atrocities committed in the Tower were exposed to the world and Apollo Hospital faced dissolution, he was the one who had connected with government agencies and informed on them, desperately trying to drag me down to secure his own survival.
“You’re the one playing word games, Director Yoo Yi-soo. Or should I call you Executive Director now?”
Park Ki-tae sneered, his eyes raking over Yoo Yi-soo from head to toe.
“The whole world watched live as Director Kang Jin-hyuk brought hundreds of hunters out from the 18th Floor of the Tower. And it’s already confirmed fact that you’ve imprisoned those human hunters in this hospital, administered unidentified drugs, and committed illegal medical practices under the guise of ‘treatment.’ A half-baked charlatan with only a veterinary license wielding a scalpel and dispensing medicine on human bodies—if that’s not a violation of medical law, then what is?”
Emboldened by Park Ki-tae’s logical assault, the inspection team leader and investigators pressed forward another step.
“Exactly! This is clear unlicensed medical practice and a violation of bioethics law by administering unverified otherworldly drugs to human bodies! Clear the way at once. We must immediately arrest Director Kang Jin-hyuk and rescue the hunters illegally detained in the basement!”
“Security team. Maintain defensive formation. If they cross the control line by even one step, treat it as incitement of beast anxiety and interference with special business operations, and exercise forcible physical action.”
“You’re insane… you’re saying you’ll use violence against public authority!”
As the investigators drew their weapons and the security robots’ red lasers trained on their brows, they were mere moments from bloodshed.
Whirrrrr—
Clank.
The massive VIP-exclusive cargo elevator door, sealed shut deep within the lobby, began to open slowly with a heavy grinding sound.
“I was wondering who was barking so carelessly with muddy feet in my hospital lobby, stressing out my precious patients.”
A dry and arrogant voice flowed out on the cool air rising from the basement.
“So it was just the remnants of a bankrupt dog hospital on the verge of closure and incompetent fools who can’t even find the right address while waving warrants around.”
Three silhouettes emerged from the elevator.
Leading them, I stepped out in a crisply pressed pristine white coat, pushing my glasses up with a flick. The investigators and riot police who had been brandishing weapons as if ready to tear someone apart instinctively gasped and stumbled backward the moment the elevator doors opened.
No, they had no choice but to retreat. It was because of the overwhelming and destructive aura emanating from behind me that triggered the primal fear instinct in humans.
“Grrrrrrr…”
To my left. A colossal beast that had just burst from its tank, its fur still dripping wet.
Standing at a towering three meters in height, trailing vivid crimson sparks of blood from every strand of fur, the S-rank special specimen Thunder Blood Wolf blazed its scarlet eyes and growled menacingly. Each time it exhaled, the lobby’s chandeliers swayed wildly and bulbs burst in succession.
And to my right. A human weapon that exuded ferocity no less than Thunder Blood Wolf’s, perhaps even more violent in its intensity.
Ma Dong-tak, clad only in a white sleeveless shirt with his explosive musculature tensed and veins bulging, tapped his trademark crude iron crowbar against his shoulder while flashing a savage grin.
“Tch, when you don’t sort your trash properly, these flies keep buzzing into the lobby. Director Kang, should I crush this one’s head and stuff it in a garbage bag?”
The sound of Ma Dong-tak cracking his knuckles echoed clearly throughout the entire lobby.
The faces of the inspection team leader and investigators instantly drained of all color. No matter how much they represented state authority, what stood before them was an S-rank beast of which only three existed in the entire world, and South Korea’s number-one ranked hunter. They themselves knew better than anyone that shields would be useless against even a single finger from those monsters.
“D-Director Kang Jin-hyuk! No matter how much you’re called the hero of the Tower, you cannot stand above the law! I’m placing you under emergency arrest for unlicensed medical practice…!”
The inspection team leader tried to shout while trembling, holding up the warrant, but my cold gaze silenced him before he could finish.
Kang Jin-hyuk tossed the blood-stained latex gloves into the trash bin, then approached Yoo Yi-soo with an unhurried gait.
“You’ve had it rough, Yi-soo. Thanks for dealing with those flies while I was away.”
“You’re the one who caused the mess and showed up late. Park Ki-tae from Apollo Hospital over there was being very logical about hounding you—saying it’s a violation of medical law since you treated a human.”
At Yoo Yi-soo’s light jest, Kang Jin-hyuk let out a soft chuckle and turned his gaze toward Park Ki-tae.
“Ah, Choi Myung-seok’s lapdog. Long time no see. I heard you were desperate to have me dealt with. Word travels fast, doesn’t it? Yet you pretended not to know and kept living. But you, scurrying like a rat, crawled all the way here? Shouldn’t you be following in Choi Myung-seok’s footsteps? Rather than trying to dispose of me? If you don’t have the capability, you should back off. Shouldn’t you?”
“Y-you bastard, watch your mouth! You’re finished now! The Hunter Association and the government won’t overlook your filthy illegal activities!”
Park Ki-tae’s face flushed red as he spat out his words, but Kang Jin-hyuk pulled an electronic tablet from his pocket and answered dryly.
“I illegally ‘treated’ human hunters? Who says that? I’ve never treated a single person in my entire life.”
“What, what are you saying?! The whole world watched it live! We all saw you inserting IV lines and wielding a scalpel on those humans!”
At Park Ki-tae’s excited outcry, Kang Jin-hyuk pushed his glasses up with a swift motion. Even without moonlight, his lenses gleamed with a cool, sharp brilliance.
“Let’s be precise with our words, Park Ki-tae. I am a veterinarian. The only treatment subjects in my entire life are beasts and beasts alone. What I did to those hunters I brought out of the Tower that day was not ‘treatment’ under medical law, but rather ’emergency disinfection and euthanasia deferral measures’ based on veterinary quarantine protocols.”
“…What? Disinfection? Euthanasia?”
Faced with such an unexpected and outlandish choice of words, both the inspection team leader and Park Ki-tae stood slack-jawed like fools.
Kang Jin-hyuk thrust the tablet screen before their eyes and began unleashing a barrage of facts like machine-gun fire.
“Think about it. Those hunters were saturated in the contaminated environment of the Tower’s 18th Floor with an unidentified essence injected by Apollo Hospital—’Nectar,’ in other words. They were walking biological bombs, their bodies filled with viruses and toxins from otherworldly beasts.”
Kang Jin-hyuk’s tongue lashed out like a whip, cutting sharply through their logic.
“What would happen if such contaminated human specimens were released outside? My precious and expensive beast patients admitted to my hospital could be infected with that filthy plague, and moreover, the entire beast ecosystem of Gangnam District would face disruption. So I, as a veterinarian, to protect my patients’ safety, confined those contaminated humans to isolation chambers and conducted ‘quarantine and disinfection procedures’ to extract the beast toxins from their bodies.”
Kang Jin-hyuk took a deep breath, then finished with a devilish smile.
“When foot-and-mouth disease breaks out, we cull the pigs and spray disinfectant from quarantine vehicles, right? It’s exactly the same. Rather, the Hunter Association and the state should be bowing down before me. I should be receiving a commendation as a disease prevention hero, along with a massive bill for ‘special quarantine expenses’—so where do you get off bringing a warrant fragment here and destroying someone’s business premises with such thuggery?”
“I, insane… such sophistry…!”
Park Ki-tae gasped as if at a loss for words. The logic that had reduced human hunters to mere foot-and-mouth disease quarantine targets like pigs or cattle. It was absurdly brazen and vicious sophistry, but the problem was there was no legal grounds to refute it immediately.
It was true that the hunters’ bodies contained beast matter, and Kang Jin-hyuk’s hospital was perfectly equipped with a veterinary license and quarantine permits related to beast disease control.
“B-but still! Unleashing such a dangerous S-rank beast without a leash in the middle of the city is clearly a threat to citizen safety…!”
The inspection team leader, sweating profusely, made a final desperate attempt by pointing at Thunder Blood Wolf beside him and shouting.
“Grrrrrowwwl—!”
At his pointing finger, Thunder Blood Wolf, irritated, bared its teeth and released a low growl, causing the investigators to yelp in fear and hide behind their shields.
“Dangerous? Who?”
Kang Jin-hyuk chuckled softly and gently scratched under Thunder Blood Wolf’s massive jaw with his hand. Instantly, the beast that had been radiating such ferocious killing intent that it seemed ready to tear someone apart squinted its eyes into crescents and began rubbing its head affectionately against Kang Jin-hyuk’s legs.
“Whimper… pant pant!”
At the sight of the S-rank beast wagging its tail like a puppy and sprawling on the floor with its belly exposed, every person who had invaded the lobby nearly dropped their jaws to the ground.
“As you can see, my patient is a well-educated, lovely, and peaceful creature. Having just completed 50 billion won worth of rehabilitation therapy, he’s in a very stable state of mind and body.”
Kang Jin-hyuk’s cold gaze pierced sharply toward the inspection team leader.
“Rather, it’s you who are trespassing on private property with armed forces, shouting at the top of your lungs, and causing extreme stress and trauma to my mentally fragile patient. That’s a violation of the Beast Animal Protection Act and serious business interference, isn’t it?”
“Y-you unscrupulous quack, spouting nonsense to the end…! Police Mobile Unit! What are you doing?! Subdue that bastard immediately! Drag him out and put cuffs on him! Put them on, I said! What are you all doing? Huh? Not doing your jobs?”
Cornered and losing his composure, Park Ki-tae lashed out and barked orders at the police. The inspection team leader, too, was overcome with shame at being completely outwitted by Kang Jin-hyuk’s logic, his face flushing red and purple as he implicitly consented to the arrest.
The police officers hesitated, drew their batons, and began to approach.
“Yi-soo. Connect me with the National Police Agency and the Hunter Association’s legal team. And add the cost of the marble floor damage in the lobby today and 10 billion won in emotional distress compensation for our Thunder Blood Wolf to the damages claim list.”
Kang Jin-hyuk issued instructions to Yoo Yi-soo, then shoved both hands into his gown pockets and released a deep sigh.
“Should we call a lawyer? It might take some time to file the complaint.”
When Yoo Yi-soo asked, Kang Jin-hyuk shook his head.
“No. My hospital’s operating hours are being cut as we speak, so I don’t have the luxury of waiting for slow legal measures. These troublemakers who ignore hospital rules and can’t understand simple instructions need a very direct and immediate form of physical communication.”
Jin-hyuk’s gaze shifted toward Ma Dong-tak, who was warming up beside him.
“Director Ma. I notice the Hunter Association investigators and the inspection team leader over there have terribly stiff neck muscles. Severe forward head posture too. That’s why blood flow to the brain is blocked, so they can’t even read a warrant properly and their logic is completely jammed.”
Jin-hyuk’s order had been given.
It was the moment when true barbaric violence, hidden behind the capitalist veterinarian’s ruthless sophistry, broke free from its chains.
“Kekeke. Exactly what I’m saying. These days, government officials have such bad posture from sitting all day that their entire spines are misaligned.”
Ma Dong-tak cracked his neck vertebrae and lumbered forward like a massive grizzly bear. With each step he took, the marble floor of the lobby cracked with a sickening sound, and tremendous pressure crushed the space. The moment the true killing intent of an S-rank Hunter—the apex of South Korea’s military power—was unleashed, the armed police and investigators couldn’t even breathe properly as their legs gave out and they collapsed to the ground.
“Now then, government officials. Your pitiful heads and spines, all stiffened from pushing pens around, I’ll correct them perfectly for you today, brother.”
Ma Dong-tak swung the steel pry bar he was holding lightly with one hand.
Whoooosh—!
Crunch!
The mere wind pressure from the pry bar cutting through the air was enough to crumple the Hunter Association’s armored vehicle standing at the lobby entrance like tissue paper and flip it over. Faced with that overwhelming display of force, Park Ki-tae simply collapsed to the ground and wet himself.
“Everyone line up in a row. I’ll escort you all to the VIP exclusive basement 5th floor ‘PT Room.’ Let’s give you a really intense education session with your brother today.”
A genius veterinarian armed with capitalist greed and the number one ranked embodiment of violence.
On the opening day of Arcana Medical Center, the government agencies and their remnants who had rashly stuck their heads into the tiger’s mouth were learning a bitter lesson.
What they had touched was not a simple hospital, but a perfect lawless zone where fists were closer than law and where blood and tears meant nothing before money.

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