The Gentleman at the End

Chapter 75: Chapter 74 Hippocrates Hospital

Under the joint arrangement of Professor Qian Bosen and Director Aiji, everyone was placed in Zion’s premier clinic, which is also a critical location for evaluating physician identities.

[Revelation Clinic]

Also known as the Major Hospital of Hippocrates

Similar to the Omphalo-Centric Academy, it is equipped with a special isolation belt—a unique wall structure—that completely separates the hospital from the street areas.

Inside, it includes the Inpatient Department, the Revelation Building, and the Pathogen Center.

[Inpatient Department] A ‘line-shaped’ terraced building with white brick and red roofs, four-sided roofs, located behind the hospital.

It mainly caters to gentlemen who have completed difficult tasks and contributed to the organization; anyone approved by the organization to be admitted can enjoy free treatment.

As long as the gentlemen brought in are not utterly dead or deeply pathological (＞80% of body lesion), they can generally leave alive.

[Revelation Building]

A special building that can be seen upon entering the hospital gates, its structure resembles an arena.

Gentlemen who wish to apply for a “Doctor Certificate” will undergo a competency review here.

Some well-reputed senior doctors also receive invitations from the organization frequently to serve as examiners here, ensuring the selection quality of the organization’s core members.

[Pathogen Center]

A huge, sealed white cube building, right next to the Revelation Building.

Built from expensive and special insulating materials, its sealability even surpasses that of the academy’s Viersman Teaching Building by several levels.

Some newly certified doctors may even be asked to become security guards here, responsible for security patrols for a period.

The reason is simple,

Since the establishment of the organization, all collected information on pathological traits, various types of illnesses, and the pathologic research, significant documents, and reports conducted by gentleman doctors have been stored here in the form of books.

It can be considered a special library with the theme of [Disease].

When a new pathological symptom is discovered in the outside world, it will be recorded here in no time.

If one’s research on pathology is included here, it will be a great honor.

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Inpatient Department

Yi Chen, with plant-like traits and moderate injuries, was arranged to stay in an ordinary ward by himself.

After confirming he carried no pathogens and was in good condition, the doctor performed “Left Hand Reconstructive Surgery” on him.

A healing-type doctor wearing a white mask came to the ward, took off his gloves, with a special blood seal etched onto the back of his hand.

As the palm made contact with the severed part of the left wrist,

Strands of blood and flesh immediately began to stretch out, under the doctor’s direction, intertwining with each other, constructing bones, muscle tissue, blood vessels, and so forth… In just five minutes, a brand new left hand was formed.

Observing the calluses formed from grave-digging, and the fixed arrangement of palm lines, Yi Chen was certain that this newly formed hand was his all-too-familiar ‘old buddy’.

He had just uttered a word of thanks when the doctor had already left the ward.

Although his left hand was completely restored without any side effects,

Because “Moon Transformation Disease” falls into a rare category of new diseases, and Yi Chen had direct contact with the main body of the pathogen – Moon Scar, he still needed to stay in the hospital for a whole week.

He had to undergo different physical and mental examinations every day.

Perhaps due to the profoundness of the task in the preceding days, whenever he encountered night rounds, he would hallucinate a female doctor with a metal stand for an infusion, or a nurse wrapped in bandages entering the ward to perform a special check on him.

On the fourth day of his hospital stay, Yi Chen received a notice for ward adjustment.

He, Dagbert, and Edmund were moved to the same room.

The actual situation turned out to be somewhat worse than expected.

Dagbert was in fair condition, unlikely to have any residual effects, but he would be unable to take on tasks for at least two months.

Edmund appeared to be quite weak,

Due to the forced injection of the “Rat Plague Transformant” into his carotid artery, although the serum had prematurely killed the pathogen, the impurities remaining in the body could not be expelled through metabolism and still required special “Bloodletting Therapy”.

These past few days, he had essentially been continuously undergoing bloodletting, followed by rapid blood replenishment through nutrition and medication, which caused him to lose weight significantly.

Moreover,

Edmund’s left arm, injured in the final battle, was in a terrible state.

The arm wound opened by Mr. Li had been invaded by ‘Rat Hair’, and the few hours of delay had allowed these rat hairs to root themselves onto the bone surface. Even scraping the bone couldn’t completely remove them.

The only way was to amputate the entire arm and reconstruct it, as Yi Chen had done.

However,

Reconstructing an entire arm is a different matter than just a hand,

And Edmund, who did not have plant-like pathological traits like Yi Chen, found the externally reconstructed arm quite alien to him, requiring a long time to adapt to and practice with.

There was a certain probability of restoring it to its original condition, but also a risk of lifelong impairment.

For Edmund, who alternated between using firearms and swords in combat, this was undoubtedly devastating news, potentially ruining his future prospects.

But,

Upon reuniting with his two teammates, he showed no signs of negativity, and he was utterly confident in his completely unfamiliar and somewhat stiff new left arm.

He took pride in having survived such a difficult mission and in killing the pathological gentleman.

If Edmund had to choose again, he would still make the same decision.

The only thing that unsettled him was Juliana’s condition.

The hospital kept Juliana’s treatment details completely confidential, refusing to reveal any information.

On the seventh day of admission,

The hospital finally brought news.

Juliana was out of critical condition, but still needed to stay in the hospital for ongoing treatment and observation,

There was a high probability of her having lasting side effects, preventing her from engaging in ‘disease-removal’ gentleman work in the future.

When Edmund heard this news,

He nearly went the whole night without sleep, for the first time showing emotional instability in front of his teammates.

Yi Chen did not express much emotion,

Lying in the hospital bed, he was simply pondering one thing: if he could become strong enough, then he might prevent such incidents in the future.

Even if they did occur, he could use the healing traits of plants to provide immediate physical repair and save his teammates from danger.

[One month] went by.

In front of the first floor of the Inpatient Department,

The four people completing discharge procedures walked out one after another.

Edmund’s left arm had no fixtures attached and he exhibited no discomfort while performing some basic actions.

He had returned to his former cheery self, pushing Juliana’s wheelchair and leading the way.

Juliana had already accepted her physical condition, never feeling sad or regretful. Under those circumstances, she believed that everyone coming back alive was already the best outcome.

She still needed to undergo more than half a year of convalescence and regular check-ups. @@novelbin@@

Continuing to recover this way,

Even if she couldn’t reach her former condition, perhaps she could still participate in some more basic disease-removal tasks… If she could break through the Limit Barrier, maybe she could fully recover.

As the four of them cheerfully walked out of the front door of the Hippocrates Hospital,

Agent Aiji, wearing his hat askew, was sitting in an exquisite carriage, having waited for a long time.

“Get in. The task settlement for the ‘Secret Medicine Recovery’ will take place in a special non-public format, and there will be other high-ranking members of the organization present, besides myself,”

“At that time, they will ask detailed questions about your mission experience, so be prepared.”