Examination (2)
‘It’s a blood business.’
I understood why Alejandro Murphy was in this business.
A groundbreaking idea to use high-quality superhuman blood as a doping agent and provide it to customers on all continents.
Even Lennok was slightly impressed by the plan to reduce the rejection of other people’s blood with the ability of a vampire and increase its effectiveness.
It goes without saying what great potential such an undertaking holds in a world teeming with superhumans who desire and crave power of various kinds.
However, it was a completely different matter for Lennok to give a positive evaluation of Murphy’s business and to accept the conditions.
“There must be a reason why the madam was reluctant to connect you there.”
said Lennok, staring into Murphy’s eyes.
“Even if you conduct an experiment without revealing your identity, there is no doubt that you are taking risks. Was it handled like this in Arsnova?”
ugh… … !!
The moment he raised his mana with a low murmur, intense pressure clamping down on all sides in an instant grabbed both of Murphy’s shoulders and began to press them down.
The enormous pressure that bursts out just by lightly rotating the body’s magical energy.
Murphy, who had been alive since the destruction of the central city, would not know what level the density and compression had reached.
Murphy, however, did not lose his composure even as he shook his pale complexion.
“I’m sorry if I offended you. However, it is not a lie that this process is necessary in order to access the central city’s examination records and conduct comparative analysis.”
“….”
“You know, of course, that patient information is a secret that must be thoroughly protected. However, in order to continue this work, sometimes it is necessary to expose the experimental process to the public.”
Murphy laughed, pulling his glasses out of his arms with trembling hands.
“These participants in this video conference right now are my clients and prospective investors who are interested in the business itself. If we can win their investment, we will be able to conduct the examination and treatment in the way you want more effectively.”
“Are you saying that you need to show overwhelming performance in order to attract investment?”
“I hope you think of it as a result of mutual understanding. I also had the burdensome feeling of tampering with the central city’s medical records at the request of the madam.”
Murphy said, snapping his fingers once more.
At that moment, the scenery of the huge isolation room through the window went dark again, and only the image of the examination room where the two people were standing came into view.
“I’ve said it before, but if you don’t feel like it, you can always refuse. We haven’t talked about anything here today.”
“….”
“As much as I have disclosed the sensitive side of my business, it should be enough as a guarantee that I will keep your body a secret.”
It’s not that Murphy’s words are incomprehensible.
The motivation itself to collect investment money to continue the desired medical system research was a common concern among wizards.
It was also common to hear that mages researching pure magic formulas announced their results to improve the efficiency of the energy system.
It’s ironic that Lennok’s thesis on electric power and magic power substitution system is being evaluated as the pinnacle of such a tendency, but it wouldn’t be strange if something similar was happening in the shadows.
However, it was not wrong to say that Lennok did not have to understand and tolerate such a situation.
‘If possible, it would be better not to get along with the madam or the doctor… … .’
You don’t have to do anything like that if you need to.
Lennox nodded slowly as he thought about it.
“good. start.”
“…Thanks for making the difficult decision. Then, since we will start preparing for blood collection, could you decide where to insert the syringe in advance?”
“I will do it with my left arm.”
After saying that, Lennok naturally pretended to take off his coat with his right arm and tapped Darby, who was wriggling inside.
As if Darby understood Lennok’s thoughts, he immediately sent the whole battle with his will.
[We’ve taken over almost all of the underground cavity’s internal systems. You can manipulate both the video screen and the control authority of the video transmission medical equipment at any time.]
‘What is the examination database?’
[The location of the data has been secured, but it needs some time because the capacity is so large and the firewall is complicated.]
Inside the court, the cyber spirit waggled its tail as if it were in trouble.
[Database security is extremely demanding, even by the standards of the city’s central network. The capacity itself is extremely large, but the server is designed to be shut down if access to all packets is not approved at the same time.]
‘… … .’
[The fact that the capacity of the security method itself is almost insignificant even though security is applied to each character… … . This is the first time I’ve seen it. It’s very groundbreaking?]
Data security so strong that the word groundbreaking came out of Darby’s mouth. It must be the heritage of the central city.
It is enough to realize how valuable the technologies and heritage that were lost after the destruction of Arsnova and why the front line formed around that city has become the criterion for determining the situation of the continent.
That’s why Lennok was even more convinced that he had to get that access right here and now.
Sharing the reaction experiment process is unavoidable, but the data must be completely under Lennok’s own management.
That was why Lennok accepted Murphy’s offer at this point and put Darby in the back.
[Still, there is a loophole where the security is disconnected, so you can copy and download the administrator’s rights in about 20 minutes.]
Darby’s assertion that it’s not impossible if you target the loopholes that arise because you came out with a checkup record from the central city.
It will take some time, but it’s enough if you’re sure you’re not passing information about your body into Murphy’s hands anyway.
Murphy’s eyes glazed over as Lennok moved the syringe to his arm.
“You look pretty familiar with drawing blood. It doesn’t seem like it’s the first time.”
“A lot of things happened.”
To be precise, he had become adept at handling syringes in the process of injecting things into his body rather than drawing blood, but Murphy seemed to have a different understanding.
“Right…. It’s no wonder that a mage with talent like you has gone through all sorts of hardships. It looks like you both went through a rough time.”
“….”
There seemed to be some strange misunderstanding again, but Lennok just kept his mouth shut at Murphy’s gaze, which had changed somewhat favorably.
“finished.”
A syringe’s worth of blood was drawn and put down, and Murphy came quickly and began to stop the bleeding on his arm.
After attaching the gauze and fixing it with a familiar hand, Lennok picks up the vial very carefully.
When an ampoule containing blood was inserted into a device on one side of the examination room, a long needle rose near the screen of the device.
Murphy thrust his palm into it without hesitation.
Pooh!!
The middle of his palm was pierced through the front and blood began to flow, but Murphy didn’t care and turned his gaze to Lennok.
“It is a process of reducing the rejection reaction to a minimum by denaturing the antibody and adjusting the purity to the extent that it can be injected. It’s a device I made myself to manipulate the vampire’s blood flow.”
“….”
“Don’t worry, there won’t be any impurities in your blood.”
“Let’s start quickly.”
In response to Lennok’s plaintive reply, Murphy also immersed himself in his work without opening his mouth any more.
The blood in the ampoule seemed to rotate quietly, and then the amount began to decrease little by little, as if evaporating.
What remained after the work was less than 10% of the blood collected by Lennok.
Murphy very carefully separated the blood drop by drop and poured it into a separate glass tube.
“The preparations are over. Let’s start right away.”
Saying that, Murphy snapped his fingers once more, and the lights came on across the examination room again, revealing the vast landscape of the isolation room.
At the bottom of the containment room where the video screen is on, someone of a different color than Murphy is standing.
A man wearing a white mask, dressed like a moderator in a tuxedo.
He bowed his head with an exaggerated expression as he watched dozens of people looking down at him.
“Nice to meet you, everyone. Thank you very much for taking time out of your busy schedule for this occasion today.”
[Doctor showed up too late.]
[Why did the light suddenly go out? Was there something wrong?]
Lennok turned his attention to the reactions of people who naturally recognized him as a doctor.
“Who is it?”
“It is a servant created using the ability of a vampire.”
said Murphy, leaning back comfortably in his wheelchair, watching him.
“I didn’t have the personality to talk in front of people, so I needed a suitable substitute. It’s working very well so far.”
“….”
Whether that was a lie or not, the man was skillfully teasing his tongue even in front of customers who secretly criticized him.
“Ahaha, I’m sorry about this. Please consider that we are working hard for the best results as we have prepared so much for this demonstration.”
[If someone else handled things like this, I would have canceled the appointment right away.
] Keep in mind.]
“Isn’t this demonstration planned to clear up the doubts of such an insignificant part? Do not worry.”
Murphy’s servant said that and began to walk slowly in front of the containment room with leisurely steps.
Five containment chambers with a clear view of the inside. Creatures confined in a container-like containment room stared at him anxiously.
“Many customers have been curious about how the products I sell are prepared. Today, we invite you to transparently disclose the entire process and gain trust.”
It is natural to disclose the production process of a product in order to receive investment in the business.
The important thing is to show the best performance in the production process to investors and win active investment promises.
At the same time that Murphy was examining Lennok, he was trying to showcase the process to investors and expand the business.
It was only natural that if the process was carried out with the blood of a solid person who was famous even in a large city, it would produce much better results than the blood of other superhumans.
“Five isolation rooms in front of you. We inject blood into the creatures kept here and test their reactivity.”
The man shouted in a cheerful tone, as if taking on the role of a moderator.
“Through the reaction data created through the five control groups, the blood is processed and stabilized and delivered to you.”
Murphy, who was watching, added.
“Originally, two bottles of blood are drawn, one is used as a reaction experiment, and the other is processed as data from the experiment.”
“….”
Does that mean that he didn’t intend to sell Lennok’s blood, so he only collected blood from one bottle for the experiment from the beginning?
Without even replying, I turned my attention to the containment room.
Animals, monsters, ordinary humans, 3rd-level magical users, 5th-level military powers, and five containment cells.
Unlike the previous three containment rooms, the containment rooms where level 3 and 5 superhumans are confined are restraining superhumans with all kinds of restraint devices.
Clearly, no one protested among the watching customers despite the scene where the human experiment was in progress.
Rather, I just brought my eyes to the camera to take a closer look at the containment room with my twinkling eyes.
[It’s interesting.]
[It must have been so effective because they were experimenting on humans.]
[I trusted the doctor. Rather, I believe in it.]
“From now on, I will show you the process without adding or subtracting.”
The man said that and immediately stood in front of the first containment room.
In the middle of the huge containment room, a fluffy white rabbit was trembling.
“It is the first animal used for reaction experiments. The metabolism is fast and the body reacts immediately, making it an easy-to-understand specimen!”
A syringe attached to the end of a long mechanical arm descended from the ceiling quickly approaches the rabbit’s back and injects it.
[Ohhhh!!]
[Finally!!]
Murphy and the other customers gulped and Lennok watched the scene with his eyes open as well.
The convulsive rabbit collapsed on the spot and died, foaming at the mouth.
[…] … .]
[Is this the end?]
To the extent that other customers were at a loss for words at the end of the futility.
However, Murphy’s servant was not taken aback and naturally moved to the next containment room.
A monster like a transparent slime. It is impressive to see the organs and veins of a bizarre shape clearly visible in the body.
“…This is the Demon Beast Crozanon I brought from the Southern Jungle. It is a rare species with a very high value in clinical trials because it has the unique property of transparent internal organs and blood circulates at a speed similar to that of the human body. Let’s start!!”
[It looks very creepy.]
[I’ve heard that Croxanon is used as a sample for clinical trials.]
[This time it will be a little different.]
While the other customers are talking through the burns, the same blood is applied to the beast’s body. One drop was injected.
Crozanon’s transparent body seemed to be dyed red, and then it began to wriggle as if something was about to pop out from within.
Unlike before, the customers’ eyes changed due to the quite intense reaction.
[Something is about to jump out!!]
[Is it something like evolution?]
At that moment, Crozanon’s body stiffened and stopped moving like a lie.
A reaction that is not very cool somewhere. Customers’ voices quickly changed to shivering.
[…] … Well, it’s just a sample.]
[Rather, it shouldn’t be a big problem… … ?]
“….”
[But I don’t see anything that would surprise me for calling us.]
[The doctor seemed confident, but until now, is it just like that?]
Murphy’s servant also seemed a little taken aback when his reaction got weird twice.
Murphy gestured at the servant as he peered into the examining room unseen by the customers.
A signal to continue.
Jong-bok tried to lighten the mood and looked at the customers.
Confined in the third containment room is a grim-looking, middle-aged man.
He is a normal human being with thick muscles and small bones, but no magical powers.
“To be dragged into a fucking madman’s lab and used as a test subject…I should have just rotted away in prison.”
The figure of accepting fate by entrusting one’s arm to the syringe that comes down from the ceiling.
Other customers are also in a distracted attitude that has lost focus, probably because of the previous two experiments.
The man murmured as he weakly rubbed his forearm where the syringe came out.
“If I had magical aptitude in the first place, I wouldn’t be stuck in a place like this right now…. I can’t die in peace… … . uh?”
Faaaaaa!!
At that moment, a tremendous amount of light burst out of the man’s body, and at the same time, the body began to slowly rise into the air.
“Wow!!”
A man emerges, emitting white light from all the holes in the chil-gong, and struggles with his arms restlessly.
Other customers who were watching on the video screen also screamed in amazement.
[What is it!!]
[Is something finally going on!!]
[Hurry up and show me something!!]
At that moment, the light that had been exploding from the man’s body went out and his body fell to the floor.
thud!!
“Keep!!”
The man who fell from his butt tore off mumbled and cursed, but on the contrary, the voices heard from all sides suddenly cut off.
Even Murphy’s servants stopped talking and stared at the containment room.
“What is X? Why are you suddenly anxious… … .”
Feeling ominous, the man sneakily looked around the containment room and widened his eyes.
Unlike the man who fell to the floor, things like the bed and shelves in the containment room were still floating in the air.
“What is this….”
With a trembling hand, she points to a shelf that has risen nearby and follows the man’s gesture as the shelf floats and begins to move.
Someone who was looking at it muttered.
[It’s telekinesis… … .]
[I can’t believe it. Have you awakened your psychic powers? In this place?”]
“This…A superpower?”
Only then did the man, who noticed the change in his body, start moving the objects in the containment room.
Unbelievably natural manipulation that he hadn’t been aware of his abilities until just now.
But the faces of the other customers watching him were hardened.
Murphy also kept his mouth shut, and Lennox slightly tilted his head.
However, the reaction experiment for the next 3 levels of magic users was not at that level.
“I have risen to that position!! Now I’m level 4… … !!!!”
As soon as a level 3 magic user was injected with Lennok’s blood, he jumped through the hierarchy with a rapid amplification of magic power.
The figure of a death row prisoner running around the containment room with a face full of joy, forgetting even his situation where his entire body was imprisoned.
[…] … .]
A chilly silence.
There were no longer any customers who looked at it and added comments.
“Experiment quickly on me too!! Hurry up and give it to me, you bastards!”
The 5th level military commander who was watching it from the last containment room was screaming for him to administer that item quickly.
Murphy’s servant also injected blood without saying anything further.
profit!!
“Ha ha ha ha!! You’re all over now.
The man burst out laughing maniacally, glaring in all directions with bloodshot eyes and screaming loudly.
“If I put something like this into my body, my strength will definitely grow, baaaal!! All of you have your limbs ripped off and hung… … .!!”
Wow!!!
At that moment, the head of a level 5 superhuman exploded on the spot.
Red bloodstains and brain water splattered here and there on the window of the containment room, and the impact slightly cracked the tempered glass.
[…] … It’s dead.]
[What should I call it? explosion? Suicide?]
[What does it matter that it died? That’s probably not what’s really important.]
Dozens of eyes popped up on the video screen and all at once turned to Murphy’s servants.
This is not the time to think about reaction experiments or business investments.
The important thing is the presence of the blood used in the demonstration.
The doctor explained it as if it was nothing special, but the result was too much to be a simple demonstration of a reaction experiment.
Blood that is not only helpful to low-level superhumans almost unconditionally, but also has an outstanding output enough to overload a 5th-level magic user.
It is no different from a miraculous elixir in itself.
No one is stupid enough to not know that it is not an ordinary object.
The gazes of those staring at the camera with bloodshot eyes were stained with mad greed.
[I will pay for the blood used in the experiment now.]
[I will give you 5 billion cells. Delivery right now no… … I’ll go get it myself.]
[Only 5 billion cells?! I’ll buy it for twice that price!!]
[I’ll use a blank check. Tell me where the blood came from right now!!] The
drug-eating genius wizard episode 473
