Chapter 434 – This is a Chapter Where Nothing Happened. Seriously, Nothing Happened. Anyway, It’s Not There.
Someone might raise a question.
Why did they start by drawing blood when they said it was a health checkup?
But I can definitely answer that.
It’s because the vision testing area wasn’t properly prepared in the first place.
There was a strange issue with the measuring equipment, so we had to wait for that.
In that case, I thought, why not get other tests done first and headed to the blood collection room instead.
In the process, I ended up saying goodbye to the heroines unintentionally.
Anyway, while patiently waiting for the vision testing area to be ready…
Suddenly, Piece seemed to feel some awkwardness and expressed a question to me.
Well, it was a question that made sense to ask.
[By the way, is a health checkup really supposed to be conducted in such an exposed state?]
‘They say this hospital does it that way.’
[…..Why…?]
Right now, the space for health checkups was completely open.
Some areas had simple exterior walls, but that was about it; you couldn’t expect it to block sound.
It felt like they didn’t care if patient information was exposed or not.
In a way, it was a space that was certainly not hospital-like.
However, the hospital had many things to say about this.
In fact, the initial health checkup space in this hospital was just like other hospitals.
At that time, the layout was created to ensure complete soundproofing and an isolated interior.
But there were too many dogs who exploited this and found loopholes.
Of course, those dogs were the hunters.
‘They had to do this because of the hunters who falsely accused a doctor of misconduct before.’
[……Of course, it’s another hunter, damn it…]
So, the hospital made a strong move to go completely transparent since they were going to do it anyway.
Of course, initially, the number of people using the health checkup dramatically decreased due to this upheaval.
But over time, the number recovered to, if not more than before, at least the same as it was before.
There were other reasons, but primarily there wasn’t another hospital as thorough as this one.
“My question being exposed to others! Do you think this makes any sense?”
“We can’t help it. It’s the hospital’s policy.”
Ultimately, despite the hospital’s policy being unfavorable to patients, they were saved by the hospital’s capabilities.
“So I feel so good! Someone please watch!!!”
“Don’t spread your legs, damn it!!!”
And surprisingly, some patients even preferred this setup.
Moreover, this wasn’t entirely bad from the perspective of the medical staff working in the hospital either.
Of course, having the working scene exposed to everyone could be stressful, but considering things as a whole, the advantages outweighed the disadvantages.
There were drastically fewer instances of being interrupted during checkups due to false reports from patients or being falsely accused and fired.
“Doctor, the desk here is transparent so I can’t get underneath.”
“Damn hospital… let’s meet at my desk later.”
Of course, there were still some medical staff who didn’t prefer this setup, though.
Anyway, in this completely open health checkup venue…
Finally, the preparation for the vision testing area was complete.
“I’m sorry. We’ve just finished preparing.”
“Patients, please line up in order.”
As soon as the nurse finished speaking, people began to rush in.
Fortunately, my timing wasn’t bad, and I could stand third in line.
The people in front of me had been waiting, but luckily there weren’t many.
“Now, please step forward one by one.”
Before the words were even finished, the woman at the very front slowly moved forward.
She was a tall woman with long silver hair.
As she approached, the doctor pointed at the screen, directing his attention to the silver-haired woman.
“Now, cover one eye and tell me the color that appears on the screen.”
“Understood.”
Probably, they were conducting a test for color blindness.
Due to the exterior wall, the content of the screen was barely visible, but thanks to the lack of minimal soundproofing, the doctor’s voice was distinctly clear.
“What color is it?”
At that, the silver-haired woman promptly answered the doctor’s question.
Confidently and clearly, she spoke.
“It’s a blue screen.”
In that moment, I felt something strange in the atmosphere.
It was hard to put into precise words, but it felt like she had said something she shouldn’t have.
Curious, I slightly lifted my head to sneak a look at the environment inside the examination room.
The doctor was looking at the silver-haired woman with a somewhat serious expression.
“……What did you just say…?”
“It’s a blue screen. Why are you asking?”
The woman’s firm answer caused the doctor to suddenly step closer to her.
His eyes were half-turned, appearing as if he had lost his focus.
Consequently, an expression of bewilderment began to wash over the silver-haired woman’s face.
“W-What’s suddenly going on here?!”
“Y-You recognized the blue screen…?”
“It was a blue color on the screen, what’s the problem?!”
In an attempt to hide her panic, the woman snapped sharply, but instead, the doctor, along with a nurse, began pulling the silver-haired woman backward.
Holding onto some paper that had seemingly been prepared out of nowhere.
“I-I was first! Why are you suddenly dragging me back?!”
“No! That’s not important anymore!”
Now, even if the woman openly expressed that she was scared.
“Let go! I just want to go back!”
“No, that’s not permitted!”
They continued to drag her even more roughly than before.
Everyone had wide smiles plastered on their faces.
“You’re going to sign a satisfactory contract worth 100 million won with us!”
It was an urgent development that the silver-haired woman could never have predicted.
Now she was looking around desperately, nearly screaming.
“What did I do wrong! What’s happening! Someone say something!!!”
But to her fervent cries, no one responded.
In fact, they were all so determined to avoid her gaze that they turned their heads away.
Right now, it was as if nothing was happening.
[……Aren’t we really screwed here?]
‘Anyway, we’re living day by day. Besides, who would care about us?’
[Well, they’d be more focused on ranking works anyway.]
‘And if it gets buried in a chain, they wouldn’t recognize us.’
That said, my health checkup wasn’t finished yet.
I decided to continue with the remaining health checks.
While keeping a small unease tucked away in my chest.
*
Surprisingly, my health checkup was concluded quite easily.
It was bothersome due to the number of tests, but overall, there weren’t any significant issues.
I’m just an extremely normal person, so I had anticipated this.
If I had to nitpick, it was just that my weight results were a bit strange.
“Shinwoo… do you eat well?”
“Yeah, I think I eat five meals a day.”
“But why are you under the standard weight? You’re not starving, right?”
“……I eat well… I eat well… so…”
Still, I thought this was surprisingly a positive result.
With so many days passing and being squeezed, one would think there would be issues.
But other than my weight, I had no serious problems.
At this point, it wouldn’t be wrong to call it a miracle that I was alive.
“What on earth are you doing that causes this?”
“……I have four girlfriends.”
“Oh my… being young is good, but you need to moderate it.”
At my words, the middle-aged doctor made a somewhat complex expression.
A look of warmth mixed with a small amount of pity for someone struggling to manage the heat of youth.
“Believe me, I would like to moderate it… but it’s impossible…”
“That’s because you lack willpower. If you have the will, you can do anything.”
But the moment he heard my next words…
“One of them is Hyeji…?”
“……I apologize. I misspoke…”
The doctor immediately bowed his head deeply and apologized.
Then suddenly, he grabbed my hand tightly.
There was definitely a meaning of encouragement and support in his grip.
But for some reason, it felt really fcked up*.
“Hang in there. The defense of our country relies on your fck*, Shinwoo.”
“Damn.”
[Is this what they call defense?]
‘Shut your mouth, I’m really having mixed feelings.’
Anyway, with that, the last stage of my health checkup, the consultation with the doctor, also concluded.
Now I was ready to take a step closer to the real purpose of this visit.
That was to meet the director and have a conversation.
“Could you call the director for me?”
“The director? Why?”
“I need to talk to him for a bit.”
However, the doctor’s expression didn’t look too welcoming.
“Can’t you just call him yourself?”
“I don’t know his contact info. Is there a problem?”
Then suddenly, the doctor’s mouth began moving like crazy.
As if my words had pulled a trigger.
“That guy is such a fcking son of a btch, I don’t want to contact him.”
“Right, I’m the fcking son of a btch. No mom either.”
“You know that well, Shinwoo.”
Then his mouth abruptly stopped.
“……I didn’t say anything…?”
“……”
With a sigh mixed with curses, he punctuated the moment.
“Oh, damn.”
The director’s appearance was indeed awkward in many ways.
