The Female Lead Saves the World - Chapter 381

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Yeo Joo Saves the World
Part 2, Episode 202

“Conscript recruitment?”
Kang Han repeated the words in disbelief, his ears struggling to process what he’d just heard.
The shock was shared by the hospital staff and patients gathered nearby, their bodies tense as they eavesdropped on the conversation.
Yeo Joo was not a soldier—she was a civilian.
Moreover, a civilian currently hospitalized due to illness.
It was a situation that defied all common sense.
“You’re taking her to the military?”
In response to Kang Han’s question, Yoo Se Ran simply smiled and nodded.
“Now that we’ve confirmed Healer Yeo Joo’s ability to control rampage, it’s only natural. Such an ability is far too critical a matter of national security for individuals and guilds to possess, wouldn’t you agree?”
“Your words seem rather extreme. Too important for individuals and guilds to possess? Are you suggesting we should place Healer Yeo Joo under state ownership?”
Unable to endure Yoo Se Ran’s reckless remarks any longer, Director Seo Yu Baek bristled.
“Director Seo Yu Baek, it’s been a while.”
Contrary to his expectation that she might offer some excuse, Yoo Se Ran remained utterly composed.
“Perhaps it’s because you come from a medical background—you certainly grasp the point precisely.”
“Healer Yeo Joo is currently a patient requiring treatment.”
“But the reports indicated it was merely exhaustion. She hasn’t suffered any serious injuries, has she?”
“….”
Seo Yu Baek offered no response.
A patient’s condition was personal information that must be protected, and he had no intention of providing even the slightest assistance to Yoo Se Ran’s objective of taking Yeo Joo away.
Yet Yoo Se Ran merely shrugged at such an attitude from the Awakened Hospital director.
Observing her demeanor, Kang Han’s expression grew increasingly ominous.
“You’re saying Yeo Joo’s health status is irrelevant.”
“What? Surely not….”
Seo Yu Baek responded in bewilderment at Kang Han’s words.
“As someone who was once a soldier, Guild Master Kang Han should understand well. There are times when individuals must set aside their rights for the sake of the nation.”
Yoo Se Ran stepped forward with her hands clasped behind her back.
“If you wish, I could even consider allowing Guild Master Kang Han to accompany her.”
“How can you even say such a thing…!”
Blocking Director Seo Yu Baek with one arm as he surged forward in indignation, Kang Han fixed his gaze directly upon Yoo Se Ran.
“You seem to have forgotten that I left the military long ago.”
With his remaining hand, he drew Muk Chang from the Subspace.
“What I must protect now is not the nation—it is Yeo Joo.”

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A loud, resonant boom—!
My eyes snapped open at the sound.
Simultaneously, I felt the entire building trembling beneath me as I lay there, the vibrations strong and unmistakable.
“…That’s quite the novel alarm clock.”
My voice emerged steady and clear—perhaps I hadn’t lost consciousness for as long as I’d feared.
Yet my body felt drained, as though I were recovering from a severe bout of illness, so I didn’t immediately sit up.
Instead, I remained lying down and retraced my final memories.
‘Sa Ma Young went berserk, and I purified him while consuming potions in rapid succession. I remember confirming when the toxicity rate dropped to 70%.’
The system window aligned perfectly with my recollection.

[ Warning! Health is critically low! ]
[ Drug abuse is dangerous. ]
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.
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[ Darkness Purification successful! ]

Fortunately, when I opened my eyes, I wasn’t greeted by an unfamiliar ceiling.
“This must be my private hospital room.”
Then came that strange sound again—the peculiar boom—followed by tremors that shook the room as though a minor earthquake had struck.
I could no longer afford to lie here comfortably.
I slowly raised myself up, careful not to trigger vertigo.
“What on earth is happening at this hospital?”
I checked the window first.
“They’ve gathered in droves.”
The people crowded outside—all dressed in black jackets despite the warming weather—were unmistakably broadcast personnel.
Several broadcasting station vehicles were parked nearby as well.
“Zoom in as much as you can!”
“Make sure we get their face!”
Watching them scurry about in disarray, something serious was definitely happening.
I reached over and pressed the nurse call button beside my bed.
Shortly after, a startled female nurse entered the room and asked.
“Yeo Joo, you’re already awake?”
“Yes, the commotion outside woke me. What’s going on?”
“Ah, well….”
The nurse hesitated briefly, but soon gave me a brief account of recent events.
“So the military came to arrest me, and Kang Han and Seo Yu Baek are blocking them?”
“Yes, but please don’t worry too much. Our hospital has its own security personnel, and Kang Han is personally overseeing this. Besides, even the military wouldn’t dare treat a healer so recklessly!”
Instead of answering, I smiled ambiguously.
The military was more than capable of doing such things.
Moreover, the military moving meant the government was moving.
They were prepared to abandon the unspoken agreement—or rather, the half-cooperative relationship we’d maintained—just to have me in their grasp.
“Then these loud noises I keep hearing must be my guild leader and the soldiers fighting.”
I’d anticipated the government would take interest in me once I revealed my purification ability.
But I never expected them to move this quickly and recklessly.
And I certainly never imagined Kang Han would respond with force.
‘How unlike a pacifist.’
Then I suddenly remembered the swarm of reporters gathered outside.
“Ah, so that’s it?”
Now that the military, acting on government orders, was in motion, the only way to stop them was through public opinion.
And the best tool for swaying public opinion was broadcasting and the press.
There was no way they’d miss footage of Kang Han clashing with military personnel at the Awakened Hospital.
“Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant.”
I was genuinely impressed.
It was exactly the kind of move I would have made if I were conscious.
Though it really didn’t suit Kang Han at all.
I reached for my phone sitting on the nightstand beside the bed.
And I deliberated for exactly three seconds.
Who should I call first?
If Kang Han was fighting alone, I needed to summon people from the Justice Guild.
But someone else came to mind first.
“Let me see, what’s the number again?”
What should you do if a bad person tries to take you away?
Never go with them—you should shout as loudly as you can.
“No! I don’t want to! Don’t do this!”
They might not teach it this way anymore, given how dangerous situations can become, but there’s no better way to scare someone into fleeing.
And there’s one method that’s absolutely foolproof.
“Tell an adult.”
I pressed the green call button firmly.

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“Ugh!”
What kind of strength is this!
Yoo Se Ran’s face twisted as her sword barely deflected Kang Han’s spear thrust.
Though she was an A-rank body enhancement hunter in her own right, the raw power she felt from Kang Han defied imagination.
‘S-rank really isn’t human.’
When Kang Han first awakened, the military had shown no interest.
Despite being S-rank, it was a forced awakening that left him unable to properly utilize his skills.
‘Still, they should have discharged him back then.’
Who could have predicted that Kang Han, once mocked and ridiculed following the Fifth Dungeon Break, would grow this formidable?
With my entire unit composed of A-rank hunters, I’d foolishly believed we could handle a single S-rank—that confidence evaporated after just a few clashes.
Kang Han far transcended the typical boundaries of S-rank power.
Then, as a sudden surge of people came rushing in, the despair etched across Yoo Se Ran’s face deepened.
“What’s happening here!”
“Who are these bastards causing a commotion in the hospital?!”
After emerging from the Double Dungeon, all hunters from the Sama Guild and Fantasia—both of which maintained medical centers within their guilds—had returned to their respective headquarters.
But the Dongbaek Guild hunters undergoing treatment at the Awakened Hospital had rushed out, alarmed by the disturbance.
Their allegiance was obvious—they formed the Jung Dong Alliance alongside the Justice Guild.
“Guild Master Kang Han!”
Yoo Myung Hwa immediately donned her gauntlets and took position beside Kang Han.
“It’s the military. They claim they’ve come to secure Yeo Joo, the healer, for conscription.”
“What kind of nonsense is that?”
My savior—what are they trying to do?
Yoo Myung Hwa’s expression hardened instantly.
Then she growled with lethal intent.
“You confident you can handle Dongbaek too?”
Yoo Se Ran ground her teeth.
The orders from above were crystal clear.
Bring Yeo Joo by any means necessary.
Given such orders, she had no choice but to obey.
“…If necessary, so be it.”
Just as a full-scale battle between Kang Han, Dongbaek Guild, and the military was about to erupt—
“What in the world is going on here!”
The main gate, which had been sealed to block the press, swung wide open as Association Director Ji Jung Hwi appeared, bellowing.
Behind him, reporters swarmed in like they’d been waiting for this exact moment.
“Captain Yoo Se Ran! Stand down immediately!”
“…Damn it.”
Her identity was classified.
Yet here was her name and rank being called out in front of all these cameras.
‘That raccoon-faced bastard.’
Grainy footage shot from a distance could be suppressed by higher-ups before it aired, but this was different.
Any broadcaster with any sense wouldn’t have aired this in the first place.
But the smartphone cameras visible between the media cameras were undoubtedly livestreaming this situation right now.
Yoo Se Ran swallowed her frustration and issued orders to her subordinates.
“We’re withdrawing.”
But she didn’t forget to issue one final warning directed at Kang Han.
“We’ll be back. Next time, I hope you’ll cooperate, Guild Master Kang Han. Unless you want to make enemies of all of us.”
Kang Han, understanding that “all of us” meant the South Korean Military, tried to counter.
But someone was faster.
“I’ll return those words exactly as you said them, Commander Yoo Se Ran.”
Association Director Ji Jung Hwi spoke with a stern voice.
“If you need the assistance of Healer Yeo Joo, then next time send a formal cooperation request to the Awakeners Association and follow proper legal procedures. Unless you want to make enemies of the entire Association.”

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