episode_0029

“People who can assist or perform medical procedures take care of patients and receive food in return.”

Seeing two men ahead of her, both holding first aid kits, it was clear that one was awakened with the ability to boost energy, while the other was an awakened healer.

In this world, such abilities might be desirable, but I didn’t consider them crucial since I could not only treat zombies as humans but also fully cure them as long as they were alive.

However, if there were people who could fulfill the role of a doctor in this new world when I was absent, there was nothing more reassuring.

“Usually, people come back around 7 pm, so if you wait from 6 pm, you should be fine. However, unexpected severe cases can occur irregularly, so we always have to be on edge.”

The girl who had been speaking leisurely to win my favor suddenly became serious and urgent as a potentially critical patient appeared, giving off an aura of kindness and concern.

“Ouch!”

Maintaining her composure, she quickly descended the escalator but eventually twisted her ankle and sat down in pain.

“Are you okay?”

“I’m fine, but the patient…”

“There are people ahead who will take care of them.”

Already on the first floor, they began attending to the patient, but the girl was concerned that they were unaware of follow-up measures.

As she tried to stand and rely on the escalator to go down, she was overcome by the pain and sat back down.

“We need to hurry…”

“Miyoung is truly kind.”

If only she had a malicious thought, the benefits she would receive would be greater.

Cheonsang-il, swallowing his words, placed a large hand on her swollen ankle.

“A gift for your kindness.”

Instantly, the pain in her ankle disappeared as she looked at me in astonishment.

“You said you were an awakened telekinetic. So, was that a lie?”

“Being an awakened telekinetic is not a lie.”

After healing her ankle, I carried her princess-style and leaped out of the escalator.

“Here, this is the 3rd floor… Let’s jumpppp!”

Silently landing on the first floor with her in my arms, I showcased my telekinetic ability to minimize the impact on her.

“You can go down now.”

She, who had clung tightly to my neck out of fear, released me and turned to the patient, ignoring the bewildered onlookers.

“This, this is… Hurry, the cure!”

The patient lying next to her had bloodstains and a pale complexion, indicating a zombie infection.

“Did you take the suppressant and preventive?”

“Miyoung…”

“Brother! Quickly, the cure…!”

Interrupting her desperate plea, a man spoke, causing her to pale.

“Miyoung. This person is immune.”

“Immune?”

“I’ve already administered the cure, but there’s been no response.”

“Even if we administer more!”

He calmly continued speaking to her, explaining the limitations of using points for treatment.

“Even if 5,000 points is not a large amount now, you can’t use more than two.”

“Points? Why does that matter now? It’s a matter of life!”

“If two doses work, it’s a gain. But at three doses? 20,000 points? Do you have that many points? Will you buy them for me?”

When zombies didn’t even give out 10 points properly, 5,000 points would have been a huge amount, but in the current situation where each zombie gives out over 200 points, it wasn’t that big of an amount.

However, it wasn’t a situation where one person could afford to use a 5,000-point treatment on someone, as good as that may sound.

“What about this person? They’re the one earning points for us! And we have 10 extra doses of the cure!”

“Miyoung. 5,000 points is a large amount that can sustain one person for a month. But 10 doses? 50,000? That can sustain ten people for a month. Get a hold of yourself and calm down.”

“We can just earn those points back!”

Both of them were not wrong in their conversation.

Clearly, they were speaking for the sake of others. But their opinions were vastly different.

She, who wanted to save a dying person.

And he, who was considering sacrificing one person to save ten for a month.

“Give me that cure. I’ll find a way to repay the points somehow.”

As she said that, the expressions of several men around her quickly turned into disgusting smiles.

“Really… by any means?”

“I mean, before you turn into a zombie!”

Thud!

Snatching a box of the cure from the man with short hair, she decisively administered the cure to the infected patient lying down.

Squirt-

One.

“Please….”

Squirt-

Two.

“Stay strong….!”

Squirt-

Three.

“Stay alive…. please….”

Squirt-

Four.

Twist!

“Huh…?”

Squirt- Squirt- Squirt- Squirt-

Five, six, seven, eight.

“Please….”

Squirt-

Nine.

“Ah….”

Even after administering all the remaining cures, there was no sign of recovery in him. She looked at him with a despairing gaze, resembling the lifeless eyes of a fish that had rotted away.

Tap-

“Miyoung, you did your best.”

As the man with short hair patted her on the shoulder to comfort her, she sat down with an empty gaze, staring into space as if she couldn’t feel the touch of his hand. A man with an axe, scanning her with lustful eyes, slowly approached the man turning into a zombie.

“Now, farewell!”

Pause-

At that moment, everyone’s movements stopped.

Except for one.

The zombie that had turned into one, and Miyoung, who was looking at it.

“Scream!”

Thud-

In an instant, a zombie rushed towards her, but a giant hand belonging to Cheonsang-il blocked its path.

“To the kind girl, another gift. The tainted young soul will be purified.”

In the silent place where only Miyoung’s screams could be heard, his words echoed, and with his words, the zombie gradually returned to human form with a bright light.

As the virus that had engulfed his body, like spilled ink on a canvas, faded away and disappeared, he transformed back into a complete human form.

“This, this is!”

Using both the powers of contamination and divine will to suppress everyone, he removed the power that had been oppressing them. Everyone looked surprised as they slowly removed their hands from above their heads and looked at me.

“Oh, oppa…?”

Of course, she also looked at me in the same way.

“H-how… I heard that there was no way to cure an infected person other than with the cure….”

“I’m a bit special, you know?”

Seeing me smile like that, she shed tears of relief, gratitude, and joy. I gently embraced her, patting her back a few times before opening the shop, buying ten doses of the cure, and giving them to her.

“Sob… oppa…?”

Everyone’s eyes widened as they saw me hand over ten doses of the cure to her without hesitation, using 50,000 points.

“This is also a gift for the kind you.”

In response, she burst into tears even more, completely embracing Cheonsang-il, while he awkwardly accepted her embrace and weakly smiled.

How beautiful and human-smelling the scene may be, the inside of Cheonsang-il, who designed all these situations and even acted them out himself, smelled like food waste.

*Chuckle*

First

He doesn’t immediately treat the patient who is becoming infected.

She knew that there had never been a skilled person who could cure someone infected or turned into a zombie, so subconsciously she thought that Cheonsang-il wouldn’t be able to cure her either.

Second

Carefully using his abilities on the two starting a verbal fight, he slightly intensifies their emotions.

Using his powers to lightly manipulate their minds, Cheonsang-il executed his plan firmly by using his abilities until she snatched the box containing the cure.

Third

When she used the 4th cure and he started to recover, he used his abilities to infect him again and then contaminated him to prevent further recovery.

Fourth

When she used all 9 cures and he still hadn’t turned into a zombie, he infected him with the zombie virus and stopped everyone’s movements trying to stop his actions.

And by slightly provoking the zombie’s instincts to make her attack, he pushed everyone’s tension to the limit.

Finally,

Appearing when everyone’s tension reached its peak, he cures the zombie with a spectacular performance.