Chapter 11 – [MDB Medical DeathBed]

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As usual, Lee Hayan, who had been playing with Lee Arang all day, looked at Lee Arang.

Seeing Lee Arang smiling contentedly at her stats, she almost stroked her head without realizing it.

Even though they had become friends, stroking someone’s head without permission was rude, so she lowered her hand again.

Even with the item assistance, Lee Arang’s leveling speed with the near-endgame weapon was tremendous.

Even with her as a healer, Lee Arang’s combat sense in attacking monsters was incredibly outstanding.

At this rate, she could reach the MAX level in 3 days.

Since LEORE is not basically an RPG where level is important, reaching the MAX level is easy.

Beep! Beep!

A warning sound rang in Lee Hayan’s ears, and a warning message popped up.

Because there wasn’t much time left to play today. The warning sound that rang when there were 30 minutes left, made Lee Hayan close her mouth as she was about to tell Lee Arang that she had to leave.

‘Something’s wrong…?’

Lee Arang, who was standing there nonchalantly, tilted her head at her.

“What’s wrong? Ah, is there not much time left to play today? Time flies.”

She had played for 15 hours and 30 minutes. Then how long has Arang been playing in front of her?

Lee Hayan recalled what happened at lunchtime and dinnertime.

People basically can’t live without eating food. The same goes for water. The most important thing to be careful about while playing virtual reality games is malnutrition.

In the early days, when there were no restrictions, many people suffered from malnutrition as virtual reality games came out.

For that reason, when purchasing a connector, basic mandatory education is required, and minors cannot purchase a connector without a guardian.

When using a connector to enjoy the virtual world, it is important to always eat regularly.

Today, she had a slightly late lunch and a late dinner time because of it.

Yesterday and today, Lee Hayan herself logged out first during meal times. The strange thing was that Arang was already logged in when she came back. And that was the same at dinnertime.

In other words, Arang spent less time during lunch and dinner than Lee Hayan, which means that her playtime was longer than hers.

‘But Arang clearly said that she logged in an hour earlier than the agreed time.’

Lee Hayan quickly calculated in her head.

She logged in at 10 a.m. and it’s 3 p.m. now. After logging out for lunch and dinner, the remaining time is exactly 30 minutes.

But Arang said she logged in at 8 a.m. So how many hours has she been logged in now?

She used less time than her during lunch and dinner. Even if she counts it for a long time, Arang’s virtual world login time is 18 hours now.

‘How is that possible…?’

The 16-hour limit on the connector’s login time is a must. This cannot be changed even with illegal modifications.

‘But how is Arang here in front of me right now…? Is she not human…?’

Lee Hayan blinked her bright eyes and looked at Arang, who was looking at her. She was definitely cute, not like a human.

But.

‘Is it possible to have an NPC that has stats like a player and can operate the menu?’

Absolutely not. She definitely exchanged emails with her in reality.

“Pink Berry? Pink Berryyy~?”

“Ah, yeah. I’ll log out first. We’re meeting at 9 tomorrow, right?”

“Yeah, yeah. See you later~”

Arang was about to go to the village with light steps.

“Arang!”

“Yeah?”

“Aren’t you going to sleep?”

“Ah~ I’m not sleepy yet! I’m going to play a little more and then go to sleep!”

“Okay. I understand.”

Lee Hayan said that she would log out first because there was not much time left and logged out.

There were 10 minutes left.

Lee Hayan didn’t prepare to sleep right away, but sat in front of the computer. She doesn’t use the PC often now, but it’s still alive because of the usage time of the connector and various programs that can’t be used in the virtual world yet.

Lee Hayan sat in front of the PC and immediately went to Doodle and searched for information about the connector’s login time.

As expected, there was nothing. No matter how much she searched, there was no connector that exceeded 16 hours.

“Ugh. But I saw it… Arang logging in for more than 16 hours…”

She didn’t just watch a video, she saw it with her own eyes. And she was with her. No matter how much she calculated the time, Arang’s login time exceeded 16 hours.

There is definitely one.

A connector that allows you to be in the virtual world for more than 16 hours.

But there was nothing on the internet. As that meaningless time passed, she remembered something.

“Arang is not logging into the virtual world with a connector…!”

Something pinged in her head!

“No, what am I talking about… I’m getting delusional because it’s getting late.”

The only way to enter the virtual world is through a connector. But it doesn’t make sense to enter the virtual world with something other than a connector.

“Wait a minute, but it doesn’t make sense for Arang to play for more than 16 hours.”

She quickly deleted the connector in the search bar and searched for information about the virtual world.

She didn’t even search this hard for her thesis assignment when she was in college. While she was searching like that, she found a paper related to the virtual world in a completely different place.

“Why is there something about the virtual world in a medical paper?”

Lee Hayan immediately bought the paper for a large sum of money. It was a pretty expensive paper, but she bought it as if she was possessed by the very different combination of the two.

As she read the medical paper written in English, she found the hint she had been looking for.

It was the story of using a connector to give a comfortable death to people who were on the verge of death, couldn’t maintain a normal mind due to terrible pain, and didn’t even take drugs.

The connector is basically a choker type, and it blocks the signal of the spine in the neck and enters the connector, which is the principle of moving in the virtual world.

For that reason, they were able to not feel the pain in their body, and there were reports that the patient maintained their mind. Starting with this, the medical community collaborated with the connector company to create a special connector made only for medicine.

[MDB Medical DeathBed]

It was a device that didn’t call it a connector like the connectors that everyone uses now, but had a separate official name.

But the name of the device was a bit strange.

Medical Deathbed.

It was a name that didn’t match the connector.

“MDB is to give rest to patients who are near death who don’t even take drugs… Masble, a connector company, collaborated to create it without a login time…?”

Lee Hayan immediately started looking for whether MDB was in Korea. The information could be found in the annual report of the connector company Masble.

“Asan Medical Center Seoul…? Is it really in Korea? And only one? No way…”

==

After sleeping soundly, I was about to operate from the bed I had prepared myself to play LEORE again today, but someone knocked on the hospital room door.

Ah, right. Come to think of it, today was the day for my checkup. I had already sent Pink Berry a message saying that I would be logging in late today.

I am getting regular checkups because I don’t know when my illness will recur after I came to my senses.

It’s frustrating that only I know that my body is healthier than anyone else, even though I only have arms and legs, and even has transcendent senses beyond healthy.

Even if I tell them not to worry and that I’m healthy, no one believes me.

When I said I wouldn’t get a checkup, my parents and Anna were about to cry, so I said I would get regular checkups.

I turned on the TV in my virtual room.

On the huge screen that was possible because it was a virtual world, the inside of the hospital room was shown.

I could see myself lying on the bed connected to the refrigerator-sized Deathbed Machine.

It’s an amazing sight no matter how many times I see it. The virtual world is really the best.

Anyway, when I look at myself lying on the Deathbed Machine, I really look pitiful.

Is it because I don’t have arms and legs?

I raised both arms and made fists with both hands or moved my toes. It moves well.

It doesn’t just move well, it moves much more freely, smoothly, and quickly than my old body.

Of course, it’s uncomfortable and difficult when I leave this virtual world, but I have a big and beautiful Deathbed Machine anyway.

Medical technology provides perfect nutrients and there are no unnecessary excretions, so there is no need to leave this place.

In other words, I don’t have any reason to be uncomfortable or sad even if I don’t have arms and legs.

Because I have this virtual world! Keu~

[Arangyang. Did you sleep well?]

The beautiful voice of the doctor in a pure white doctor’s gown comes through the Deathbed Machine.

Anyway, does this hospital pick people based on their looks? When I first saw her, I thought she was a celebrity.

Due to my parents’ influence, a very talented female doctor in Korea is taking care of me. The scary thing is that my doctor is not just that one doctor.

How rich do you have to be to make this possible? Well, they gave me 100 million won as pocket money and even got me the Deathbed Machine, which is one of only five in the world. Wow, my family is the best.

“Yes. I slept well.”

[Are there any inconveniences in using the device?]

“No.”

[Then, MRI and bathing are scheduled for today, so I need to come out for a while. Is that okay?]

Eueueum, that’s a bit uncomfortable, but I nodded my head for my parents who are spending money for me.

“Yes. I’m ready.”

[Then, excuse me.]

My eyes were dyed black and my eyes flashed, and the pure white hospital room ceiling came into view.

I felt like I had woken up after a long time, and I was about to stretch, but

Ah, I don’t have arms and legs, right?

I forgot because I was in the virtual world for two days. I want to play LEORE quickly.

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