Chapter 34

Chapter 34

Smile at Financial Treatment

Actually I also experienced a similar thing at the beginning of admission.

Some people saying they’re in the middle of some club activity, approached kindly saying please respond to a survey.

Saying club so of course I thought they were seniors, and I who just entered and everything was novel seriously nodded and held the pen.

At that time an acquaintance hyung suddenly dragged me.

「This is a cult proselytizing method, man. Survey, psychological test, psychological counseling, tarot, even pretending to be a shaman and spouting nonsense, the purpose is to somehow dig out your personal information and drag to a religious facility.」

He informed that there’s no target as easy to aim as a freshman who just entered like me, so every beginning of the 1st semester they particularly rampage a lot.

Actual cult missionaries have current students and graduates mixed in, and even if told not to proselytize they make excuses that they just got close and accompanied so sorting out is hard.

At that time the worry ‘Is it really? What if it’s a person whose purpose is purely a survey?’ arose.

Seeing the bright red [False One] text, my heart really became complicated. A bit angry too.

Really, people mustn’t be easily believed just by looking at the outside.

“Thank you, senior. If not for senior I would have really been deceived seamlessly.”

Informing as heard from the acquaintance hyung, the freshman bowed his head with a dazed face.

“If you inform the number even once they contact extremely persistently, and even if written falsely they call right there and confirm, so from the beginning don’t deal with them.”

“Yes, I’ll keep that in mind. Thank you.”

The freshman went away.

I stretched fully, and called Park Jae-yoon.

“Where are you?”

-[Me? Cafe.]

“Are you with the kids from earlier?”

-[Yeah. You also come···.]

“Caution those kids. Because it’s the beginning of the semester cult bastards disguised as ordinary students are fucking wandering around so be careful. Earlier they were about to get one dazed freshman, I saved him.”

-[Huh? Huh.]

“Be sure to emphasize ‘bastards’.”

-[Got it, man.]

Even if I insist that girl is a cultist without a single evidence now, only I become a crazy guy.

Park Jae-yoon is also an adult, if the reaction seems strange he’ll distance on his own.

I opened the lid of the finished coffee, and put ice in my mouth.

At that time.

“Cough, cough···.”

A green [Contagious Disease Patient] wearing a mask passed in front. In the pitch-black sunken eyes the focus was blurry, and the gait was also staggering.

[This is a Contagious Disease Patient. Do you wish to treat?]

[(Estimated MP cost 120)]

“······.”

Clatter.

While straightening my head I lowered the cup. The sound of remaining ice colliding was made.

120 is a state that should lie in the hospital immediately, but even an energy drink was held in the hand.

Is that person crazy trying to die.

The place the [Contagious Disease Patient] is going is the library direction.

The place that has to be the quietest on campus, so even though lunch time the surroundings were quiet. Even if muttering very small, it could be heard by the other party.

No choice.

I put on a mask, and chewed the ice crunch crunch and swallowed.

[MP 109/145]

Treating one light [Contagious Disease Patient] in the morning, remaining MP is 109.

It would have been really good if the ‘Plague Treatment’ skill could also adjust the amount of MP like ‘Bloodletting’ or ‘Divine Punishment’.

Anyway if not treated all at once the effect decreases.

In the current situation it was rather fortunate.

If as soon as I pass the pain is cleanly gone, it’s strange.

And a sick patient who can supply experience all at once without needing to search this person that person finely!

Can’t just leave him.

Doomchit, doomchit.

Putting rhythm in the body, dancing bouncy fluttering I passed by the [Contagious Disease Patient].

[This is a Contagious Disease Patient. Do you wish to treat?]

[(Estimated MP cost 120)]

“At the boss’s financial treatment example, smile~, smile~.”

Doomchit doomchit.

Humming humming.

“······.”

Felt.

The gaze of the [Contagious Disease Patient] looking at me like a crazy guy.

[System]

-Used ‘Plague Treatment’.

-‘Plague Treatment’ proficiency +2

-Experience +4.71%

[MP 0/145]

[This is a Contagious Disease Patient. Do you wish to treat?]

[(Estimated MP cost 20)]

“Example~.”

Today’s experience supply at school is over.

While doomchitting until the end I moved away from the [Contagious Disease Patient].

“······.”

The [Contagious Disease Patient] stopped his steps, and was blankly looking at me with dumbfounded eyes.

***

Choi Ji-won said to a friend met in the library lobby.

“I saw a weird guy on the way.”

“Weird guy?”

“Like this doomchit doomchit, at the boss’s financial treatment~ smile, smile~.”

The friend burst into small laughter, then hastily checked the surroundings.

Whisper whisper.

“Isn’t it excited because today is payday? What did he look like?”

“Wearing a mask so couldn’t see the face well. Ah, there was a dragon doll hanging on the bag.”

“······.”

“Why?”

The friend who was quietly looking at Choi Ji-won tilted her head.

“Ji-won take off your mask. ···Complexion got a lot better?”

“Really?”

“Yeah. Until earlier, eyes were a bit loose like about to collapse soon. Now it became clear.”

The friend put her hand on Choi Ji-won’s forehead.

“Fever also seems to have gone down.”

“The medicine eaten in the morning seems to be working now. Looking at the cough also coming out a bit less.”

“Fortunate.”

Choi Ji-won while entering the reading room with the friend, recalled the weird guy from a little earlier.

‘But it seems like I’ve seen him somewhere···.’

***

Second week of the semester start.

The university club promotion fair opened.

“Really not going together?”

“No interest in clubs so why.”

“No, just going to look around in passing playing with juniors.”

This guy Park Jae-yoon still seems not to have felt something strange from the cult junior.

“Hey.”

Park Jae-yoon lowered his voice.

“So-yeon seems interested in you?”

Kim So-yeon is the name of the other junior not [False One].

“Because you keep distancing like this, aren’t the kids feeling more curiosity. No way are you aiming for this?”

“The idea. Honestly speaking that Jeong-ju kid, something feels off so.”

Lee Jeong-ju is the name of the [False One] cult junior.

Park Jae-yoon’s face hardened.

“What? What’s off.”

“Hard to pinpoint but, a bit. Anyway I’m going to the library.”

“Hey, man. Because you have no eye for seeing people you’re still a solo. Tsk tsk.”

Park Jae-yoon clicked his tongue and went away.

That bastard?

I also had a girlfriend in kindergarten?

Suppressing the surging heart I headed to the library.

Before the ‘Plague Doctor’ I’m a university student.

Honestly uneasy to believe only this system that can disappear overnight like it suddenly came one day.

So I have to study preparing for employment too.

Sitting in the reading room seat reserved by app, I turned the phone set to silent over and took out the tablet and notebook.

Study start.

···Study end.

Concentrated for the entire 50 minutes set by timer.

Amazing, Kang Bong-sik.

Today’s lunch have to eat something expensive.

Praising myself I packed the items, and finally picked up the phone turned over.

“······?”

A message had come from Park Jae-yoon.

-[ㅎㅍ]

-[ㅎ]

-[ㅍ]

What is this.

Only after leaving the library did I call.

Park Jae-yoon received right away.

“What.”

-[Yeah yeah, sorry, sorry! I’ll go soon! Sorry, really!]

“······?”

-[Then I’ll be going now···. Yes? No, I’ll do it next time. This friend is a guy who bitches even if a bit late, sorry!]

When did I bitch even if a bit late.

But something is strange, for now I quietly listened.

-[Hey, I said I’ll go soon, bastard. Nagging. ···Please go well!]

“······.”

Lee Jeong-ju’s voice seeming to call ‘senior’.

The sound of Park Jae-yoon running urgently.

The surrounding chatter sounds.

-[······Phew.]

Soon Park Jae-yoon sighed.

-[The timing was good, Kang Bong-sik.]

“What.”

-[I’ll tell you when we meet. Where are you? Library?]

“Yeah. Now trying to go eat lunch.”

-[I’ll go in front of the library so wait just a moment. Let’s go together.]

A short while later.

Park Jae-yoon as soon as meeting chattered the matter that happened a little earlier.

Lee Jeong-ju saying there’s a club she’s interested in took Park Jae-yoon to one booth.

At first he thought it was an ordinary volunteer activity club, but while listening to the explanation something strange feeling arose.

“Previously there were cultists who came to our restaurant? Should I say frequently used words? The tone was too similar.”

Park Jae-yoon continued the words while checking the surroundings whether anxious.

“Jeong-ju also said at first she only had interest, but it also feels like already close with the people there. Continuously actively recommending joining to me too···. This shit, even if you hadn’t said that kid is off.”

“Are you blaming me now?”

“No. Thank you, man.”

“Kim So-yeon?”

“So-yeon didn’t even go that far. In her own way she avoided the seat midway trying to connect me and Jeong-ju···. No, no way was she also a accomplice?”

That possibility also exists.

From what I heard briefly she was close with Lee Jeong-ju since last year.

[False One] also doesn’t seem to appear on ordinary believers.

Park Jae-yoon let out a deep sigh.

“Shit, don’t know. Now fucking confused. But where are we going?”

“Here.”

“Tonkatsu is good. I’ll buy.”

“But what was hieut, pieut in the message?”

“Help.”

Afterwards Park Jae-yoon avoided the two people.

Even if encountering awkwardly greeted, and distanced pretending to lay out all kinds of chatter to me.

After several days like that, the two also seemed to have given up and no longer approached.

“I questioned the guy who brought those two to the first drinking party? He was also an acquaintance only by face, but suddenly said he wants to drink together so brought them. Thinking again now it’s suspicious.”

“Yeah. Now pull yourself together and study.”

“I also thought of dating a girlfriend···. Should I aim for MT?”

“······.”

“Why. Is there a law that returning students don’t go to MT? Even in 1st year seniors came a lot.”

“Do as you like.”

Since the next is a free period, I parted with Park Jae-yoon and headed to the library.

Ding.

After a long time a DM came from Lee Mun-yeong.

-[Hello, Plague Doctor-nim! Have you been well?]

-[A treatment prayer request came in so contacting. This requester is a professional baseball player, and the request fee is 10 million won!:D]

Oh, professional baseball player.

Oh, 10 million won.

Thinking about it, soon the professional baseball opening season.

Not to the point of a hardcore fan, but I diligently followed until enlisting. When young I often went to the baseball stadium with Father to cheer for Black Wolves.

At this timing, is it sick to the point of hindering training?

Soon the requester’s photo came up.

My gaze first went to the logo of the hat the requester wore.

“······.”

The logo of the team Father and I have disliked all along since young.

The team that whenever entangled with our Black Wolves, was extremely unlucky Red Phantom.

The requester was Red Phantom’s pitcher.

[If you give ten times I’ll consider.]

···I wrote like this emotionally, but didn’t really press send.

10 million won is also big money.

Really big money.

But I was troubled.

If accepting too readily, the thought that it seems like betraying Black Wolves that I’ve cheered with Father for a long time···.

Ding.

While pondering, Lee Mun-yeong sent a DM.

-[Ah, I accidentally omitted the front numberㅎ The request fee is 20 million won!]

“······.”

···Tap tap tap.

I calmly erased the message I wrote.

Betraying Black Wolves··· probably not.

Even if winning against a pitcher who couldn’t train properly because sick and groaning, whether cold or flu, they won’t rejoice that much.

Yeah.

It would be.

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