An F-Rank Veterinarian Physically Heals an S-Rank Magical Beast - Chapter 99

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Chapter 99
2:30 AM.
The Hunter Association Audit Team leader stood in the third-floor hospital corridor, staring down at the tablet Jin-hyuk had handed him.
Twenty-three hospitalized Hunters. All alive. All conscious.
The team leader lifted his gaze and scanned the corridor. Each patient room bore a number instead of a name. Rooms 1 through 23. IV lines were visible through the gaps in the doors. Luna moved back and forth along the corridor, checking charts.
“These are all the Hunters reported as missing?”
“Not all of them. The Association will handle identity verification. We simply rescued them based on vital signs.”
The team leader looked at the invoice on the tablet screen again.
[Emergency treatment per person: 1,500,000 won]
[Transport fee: 500,000 won]
[Total (23 persons): 46,000,000 won]
[Billing recipient: Korea Hunter Association]
“You’re asking me to sign this right now?”
“Since you didn’t make an appointment, immediate payment isn’t required. If you have the Association’s seal, just provide a verification signature. We need this so you can’t pretend you never received the invoice later.”
The team leader’s expression turned incredulous.
Yet he signed.
The moment the team leader’s three-character name appeared on the signature line, Jin-hyuk retrieved the tablet.
“Thank you for your cooperation. Patient room access will be permitted after their condition stabilizes. If you need to conduct an investigation, please schedule it for 9 AM or later.”
“You said you open at 9.”
“That’s correct. You’re welcome to come before opening. Early entry incurs an additional fee.”
The team leader looked at Jin-hyuk.
Jin-hyuk didn’t blink.
The team leader turned away first.
The sound of him leading the audit team members down the stairwell faded from the corridor. Jin-hyuk exhaled once.
Luna spoke from beside him.
“Director. We received a call from Apollo Hospital.”
“What kind of call? Are there still people working at that hospital?”
“The police are currently conducting a search and seizure at the Apollo Hospital Underground Laboratory. The Hunter Association Audit Team has joined them too. There’s enough evidence from the video and documents Chun-sam distributed, so arrest warrants were issued as well. Director Choi Myung-seok regained consciousness after being transferred to the hospital and was immediately detained.”
Jin-hyuk nodded.
“That’s good then, Luna. Can you handle the night shift here?”
“Understood.”
“Patient 22. Report to me if body temperature exceeds 36 degrees.”
“Yes.”
Jin-hyuk descended the staircase.
1st Floor Lobby.
Yi-soo sat at the reception desk in the lobby, tapping on a tablet. Beris stood beside her with his arms crossed, his eyes half-closed—whether he was trying to sleep or think was unclear.
Jin-hyuk stood in front of the desk.
“Are all preparations complete before we open at 9 tomorrow?”
Yi-soo answered without lifting her eyes from the tablet.
“Appointment system setup complete. I’m handling billing. Beris is in charge of the pharmacy. Luna manages admissions. Ma Dong-tak handles security.”
“Director Ma Dong-tak is currently receiving treatment on Floor 3.”
“The arm burns were treated two hours ago. We applied medication and wrapped it in bandages. He’s not dead, I’m telling you.”
“Then that’s a relief.”
I pulled the chair from behind the desk and sat down.
Then I retrieved my pad.
A system window was displayed. It was the list of rewards I’d received after completing The Tower.
[Reward 2: Pocket Dimension System Expansion — ‘Pocket Dimension Hospital Lv.2 Expansion Voucher’ Acquired.]
I hadn’t activated it yet.
The reason was simple. At the time, I’d been consumed with the battle against Choi Myung-seok, the battle against the Reborn Entity, and rescuing the Hunters. And with the top two floors of the building blown away, there hadn’t been time to verify whether using the expansion voucher was the right call.
Now it was quiet.
I activated the expansion voucher.
[System: Activating ‘Pocket Dimension Hospital Lv.2 Expansion Voucher’.]
[Scanning current building status.]
[Scan Results: Floors 1–18 normal. Floors 19–20 destroyed.]
[Lv.2 Expansion Details:]
[Internal Pocket Dimension Expansion — The interior space of each floor will be reconstructed to 3 times the actual building’s floor area.]
[Restore Destroyed Floors 19–20: The system can replace them with a new structure. Do you confirm?]
I pressed ‘Confirm’.
A faint vibration rippled through the entire building.
One second of silence.
And then.
—Ding!
[Pocket Dimension Hospital Lv.2 Expansion Complete.]
[Changes Made:]
[Floors 1–18: Interior area of each floor expanded 3 times. Inpatient beds current 48 → 144. Operating rooms 2 → 6. Emergency room newly established. Intensive care unit newly established.]
[Floor 19: Reconfigured as ‘Special Isolation Ward’. Partial facilities available for otherworldly creatures and oversized demonic beasts.]
[Floor 20: Reconfigured as ‘Administrative Headquarters’. Integrated management of entire hospital system now possible.]
Yoo Yi-soo stood up with the pad in hand.
“Something just shook a moment ago.”
“I used the expansion voucher.”
“Right now?”
“It’s early morning, so it’s quiet and there are few patients. Now is the right time.”
Yoo Yi-soo looked up at the lobby ceiling.
It’s difficult for people inside to feel how a pocket dimension expansion actually looks. The exterior doesn’t change. But once you step into each floor, the space is different.
“Chun-sam.”
I touched my earpiece.
“Beep-boop. Master. Expansion complete. Currently stabilizing the system. Floor 19 special isolation ward structure confirmed. Floor 20 administrative headquarters structure confirmed.”
“What about the lost data?”
“Approximately 30 percent of the administrative data lost in the Floor 19 server explosion has been recovered based on the Pocket Dimension Lv.2 system framework. I’ll reconstruct the remaining 70 percent myself.”
“Good work.”
“Whoa. But Master, the Murim Alliance elders are on Floor 3 right now.”
“That’s right.”
“They’re pulling something out from under the hospital bed. Chun-sam saw it on camera.”
My eyes narrowed.
“What are they pulling out?”
“Gold.”
“Gold.”
“Gold bars. From the pocket dimension inventory. Quite a lot of it.”
Beris opened his eyes, having been dozing.
“Gold? Those elders?”
I stood up from my seat.
Floor 3 hospital room.
The moment I opened the door to the Wudang Sect Master’s room, I saw gleaming gold items stacked on the floor beside the bed. There were gold bars, golden cups, and ornaments studded with jewels. The Wudang Sect Master was contentedly examining them.
“Director!”
The Wudang Sect Master tried to jump up at the sight of me but stopped, tangled in the IV line.
“Are you, are you unharmed!”
“I’m fine. Where did all this gold come from?”
The Wudang Sect Master laughed awkwardly.
“Ha, haha. These are things we collected while climbing the Tower. We picked them up from the 12th Floor Treasure Vault. When the Tower landed on Earth, we couldn’t dispose of them anywhere, so we just kept them.”
“How much is it worth?”
“Well, it’s not much. Just a little.”
I scanned the gold items scattered on the floor.
“Chun-sam, analyze the market value of that gold.”
“Whoa! Master! The scan results are a bit complex. Of those metals, 40 percent is genuine gold, and the remaining 60 percent is an otherworldly material alloy that would require separate appraisal to sell on Earth’s market. Based on genuine gold alone, it’s worth approximately 230 million won at current market rates.”
The Wudang Sect Master’s eyes lit up.
“Two hundred thirty million, you said?”
“Yes. But.”
I crossed my arms and spoke.
“If that gold was removed from the Arcana Medical Center building—that is, from part of the Tower—then you need prior authorization from me, the Tower’s owner.”
The Wudang Sect Master’s expression hardened.
“But we picked these up before the Tower landed on Earth. At that time, you weren’t the owner of the Tower, and….”
“Operating rights transferred to me from the moment I cleared the Tower. Did you check the system window?”
[Reward 4: Complete ownership of the Tower’s remaining assets (Floors 1-18 infrastructure) confirmed.]
The Wudang Sect Master fell silent, staring at the system window.
“If you’re the operator….”
“Then asset removal requires authorization.”
The Wudang Sect Master looked at the gold, then at me.
“Then, how should we….”
“It’s simple.”
I pulled a tablet from my pocket.
“You can fill out the export permit application right here. The export tax is 20 percent of the export value.”
“Twenty percent?!”
“The export tax is a principle applied everywhere in the world. This dimension is no exception.”
Jang Moon-in ground his teeth.
“Director….”
“Elder, of course you can simply return it. In that case, it becomes hospital property.”
A brief silence fell.
Jang Moon-in let out a grunt and accepted the pad.
Gae Bang Bang-ju, passing through the corridor, saw the scene and darted into his room like an arrow.
Not a sound came from Namgoong Cheon’s room.
I left Jang Moon-in’s room and walked down the corridor with an expressionless face.
I paused in front of Namgoong Cheon’s room.
“Elder Namgoong.”
There was no response from inside.
“The export tax for the 12th Floor Treasure Vault is 20 percent.”
A brief silence.
“…I understand.”
I headed toward the stairs.
I spoke as I passed Gae Bang Bang-ju’s room.
“Bang-ju.”
“I, I didn’t hide anything! I didn’t take anything!”
“Very well.”
I descended the stairs.
Beris was waiting in the 1st Floor Lobby and asked.
“How did it go?”
“Jang Moon-in: approximately 230 million won. Namgoong Cheon’s amount is still under negotiation. Gae Bang Bang-ju claims he took nothing.”
“Do you believe him?”
“Not a chance.”
Beris let out a quiet laugh.
I sat back down at the desk.
Yoo Yi-soo looked up from the pad and spoke.
“Have you checked the rank-up notification?”
“Not yet.”
Yoo Yi-soo slid the pad toward me.
A system window was displayed on the screen.
[System: Your Hunter rank has been updated upon completing the condition ‘Tower Conquest Complete’.]
[Current Registered Rank: F-rank (Veterinarian)]
[Updated Rank: S-rank (Veterinarian/Surgical Specialist)]
[Remarks: This rank-up is applied based on ‘special achievements’ rather than Hunter combat power standards. Tower conquest, elimination of interdimensional creatures, and contributions to Hunter rescue have been reflected.]
I looked at the window and pushed my glasses up.
S-rank.
“S-rank.”
Yoo Yi-soo spoke.
“An F-rank veterinarian became S-rank.”
“They say it’s based on special merit criteria, not combat power.”
“Still, S-rank is S-rank.”
I closed the window.
“Chun-sam.”
“Yes, sir!”
“I need new business cards. Kang Jin-hyuk, S-rank Veterinarian.”
“I’ll prepare the design immediately!”
Yoo Yi-soo stifled her laughter as she took the pad back.
I gazed out the lobby window.
Dawn was breaking. The night over Gangnam District hadn’t fully lifted yet. The asphalt in front of the building bore the scars of tonight’s battle—indentations, fractured pavement, scorch marks. The remnants of my fight with Choi Myung-seok’s mutated form.
5 AM.
Yoo Yi-soo spoke.
“Get some rest.”
“The hospital opens at 9.”
“So? We have four hours.”
“There’s more to handle.”
Yoo Yi-soo set down the pad and looked at me.
“Like what?”
I pulled up the pad.
[Pocket Dimension Hospital Lv.2 Expansion Complete — Additional Features:]
[1. Pocket Dimension Isolation Ward (Layer 19): Can accommodate ultra-high-risk interdimensional creatures. Maximum capacity: S-rank and below.]
[2. Interdimensional Medical Equipment List Expanded: Beast-compatible MRI, pocket dimension imaging diagnostics, multi-species transfusion compatibility system, and more now available.]
[3. Remote Pocket Dimension Branch Authority: Ability to establish branches in other Earth cities or interdimensional realms. (Currently inactive)]
“This is what we have.”
Yoo Yi-soo stopped reading the list.
“An interdimensional branch?”
“Not yet. It’s something we can use later.”
Yoo Yi-soo read the final item again.
A branch in another dimension.
“Jin-hyuk.”
“Yeah?”
“Don’t tell me—”
“That’s a future concern.”
Yoo Yi-soo fell silent.
I closed the pad and leaned back in my chair.
“For now, let’s wait until we open at 9 AM.”
Voices of reporters echoed from outside. They were still stationed there, maintaining their vigil. A broadcast van remained parked in front of the hospital.
I glanced in that direction before speaking.
“Chun-sam. Open the online reservation portal now.”
“Whoa! Master, it’s 5 AM?”
“Don’t you know the early bird gets the worm? Chun-sam, after all this time working with me, you still haven’t learned that?”
Chun-sam fell silent for a moment before responding.
“Understood. Opening the official Arcana Medical Center reservation portal now.”
Less than a minute passed before Chun-sam spoke again.
“Whoa! Master! Reservations are pouring in!”
“How many?”
“Currently 317 bookings. And they keep coming!”
Yoo Yi-soo’s eyes widened.
“At 5 AM?”
“Seems the people watching the live broadcast are still awake.”
I spoke flatly.
“When should I cap the reservations?”
“100 bookings. For today.”
“But we’re already over 300?”
“We can’t overextend ourselves on the first day.”
Chun-sam spoke urgently.
“Whoa! Master! We’ve hit 500 bookings!”
“Close the portal.”
“Whoa!”
The reservations were capped.
The lobby fell quiet again.
Yoo Yi-soo looked at me.
“500 bookings.”
“We stopped at the 501st reservation.”
“That poor 501st person.”
“If they call early tomorrow morning, they might catch a cancellation slot.”
Yoo Yi-soo sighed.
Then she patted my back once.
“Well done.”
I said nothing.
Dawn light was rising outside.
In the heart of Gangnam District, before a colossal structure with its top two floors sheared away, reporters still holding cameras pointed at the building and spoke animatedly.
The golden holographic sign on the building’s facade gleamed brilliantly in the dawn light.
[ARCANA MEDICAL CENTER]
[OPENING THIS MORNING AT 9 AM]
7 AM.
People began to gather in front of the hospital.
Hunters. Guild members who kept magical beasts like pets brought them along. Independent Hunters arrived with medical records of their partner beasts’ injuries. Some came alone without beasts. I couldn’t discern their purpose, but regardless, they were lining up.
“Beep beep. Master. The number of people waiting in front of the hospital has exceeded 70.”
“Check the reservations and distribute waiting numbers.”
“Understood!”
Yoo Yi-soo sat down at the 1st Floor reception desk and powered on the monitor.
Luna finished her shift on the 3rd Floor and came down, fastening her uniform buttons.
Ma Dong-tak stepped out of the elevator, gazing down at his bandaged arm.
“My arm is a bit sore, but I can use it.”
“I’m exempting you from your duties as security team leader for today. Switch to assisting at the 1st Floor information desk.”
“The information desk?”
“The visitors don’t know the hospital layout.”
Ma Dong-tak lifted his bandaged arm.
“You want me to work the information desk looking like this?”
“Please maintain a gentle expression so the patients don’t become frightened.”
Ma Dong-tak took a deep breath.
8:55 AM.
I stood in the 1st Floor Lobby, gazing at the hospital’s main entrance.
Light streamed in from outside. Early morning sunlight spread broadly across the marble lobby floor through the full-glass entrance doors.
― Are they seriously opening?
― A hospital with its top two floors blown off opens the very next day?
― So this is why people say Kang Jin-hyuk is insane
― But when I saw that 500 reservations were already full, I checked if there were still openings lol
― Kang Jin-hyuk: F-rank veterinarian → S-rank veterinarian overnight achievement
The global chat window was ablaze.
Chun-sam displayed the external live broadcast on the lobby wall monitor. The waiting line in front of the hospital already snaked along the asphalt in winding curves.
Yoo Yi-soo powered on the reception monitor and spoke to me.
“We’re ready.”
Beris opened the pharmacy door and sniffled.
Ma Dong-tak carried the information desk chair and placed it in front of the entrance, rolling his neck.
Luna stood by, clutching a stack of charts.
9:00 AM.
I stood beside the automatic door button at the entrance.
And I pressed it.
―Ding.
The doors opened.
Arcana Medical Center had opened.

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