73 Cosmetic Surgery 4 (1/2)
It took nearly a week to find the golden ratio of blowfish poison.
They blew t.e.s.t.i.c.l.es for hours because there were a lot of trials and errors.
There was a huge opportunity cost to maintain the experiment.
'There were a lot of incidents.'
Ganghyuk looked around the people who were lying here and there because of exhaustion.
Dolseok, Makbong, Yeoju, Yeoni, and Flail were exhausted after blowing so many s.c.r.o.t.u.ms, and the fellows from the performance group were exhausted because of the repet.i.tive nature of the experiment.
'It must be recovered.'
Ganghyuk looked at a fellow who got an injection on his wrinkle on the forehead.
His eyes were sacked until then.
He did not know it would be that potent.
Another one had the injection in his calf and he still felt limped.
Finally, he could get the golden ration thanks to their sacrifice.
”Ok. If I dilute 500 times, it is effective while being safe.”
Ganghyuk looked at a man who had their saliva drooping from their mouth.
He was the man who almost died.
”Do you think he is Ok?”
Dolseok asked, pointing at the man whose saliva was drooping.
His face looked very awkward.
”Yes. He is paralyzed but it will go away. He needed to be patient…”
”It's amazing. An injection changes a man like that.”
”Yes, I think so. It is the first time for me to observe many samples so closely like this.”
If he had no human subjects, he had to start the experimentation on dogs.
Fortunately, a fight sparked near and he got captives to experiment on. How lucky he was!
”Now we don't need to get the injection anymore, right?”
The man whose lips are paralyzed asked. His eyes were begging desperately.
He had injection here and there for days.
He might have the most painful days here in his life.
”Yes. I conclude the experiment here.”
”Thank you, sir. Thank you for saving my life.”
”Not at all.”
He only saved their lives whenever the poison might have a lethal effect.
However, it was he who injected the poison too.
”Then can we go?”
The man looked back with a darkened face.
Some of his fellows had bandages and some of them were still sick because of the aftereffect of the injection.
Their face looked slim and not because they starved them.
It is true that the blowfish poison was dangerous.
However, the effect was marvelous.
”Ok, you can go.”
”Thank you, sir.”
The man went out of the house with his fellows.
They ran away with so much haste.
Dolseok could not hide his worries as he watched them ran away.
”Are they going to be okay?”
”Why?”
”If they come back to seek revenge…”
”Revenge? How dare they think of such a thing? They have seen many things here.”
”You're right. You intentionally showed the scenes, right?”
”Yes, in some cases.”
Ganghyuk examined Seongyong in the house rather than to visit his house.
He wanted to let the fellows know the minister of courtesy visited the house every day.
They talked about many things.
In the conversation, many famous people were mentioned including Kim Yungil who will be the minister of internal affairs, mayor of Anseong, Baik Seungmun, and Yejojwarang Lee Hangbok.
They might realize they could not be compared against someone like Ganghyuk and his henchmen.
”I am proud that you are my master. By the way, when will you be meeting Sir Lee Hangbok's house?”
”Soon. Is he busy these days? He had not visited me at all.”
After he took Peyonsu of the fellows, he did not show his face at all.
He might have done something with him, but Ganghyuk could not imagine what he would do.
”Eum? There comes a servant of Sir Hangbok.”
”Is he? Do you remember him?”
”Yes, I don't forget people's faces.”
”Yes, I know.”
He sent his servant at the right time.
”Sir, Baik Ganghyeok.”
The servant bowed to Ganghyuk.
Ganghyuk did not remember him, as it had already been a week since he left Hangbok's house.
It might be a difference of interest rather than a difference in memory.
Ganghyuk did not pay attention to healthy people, therefore he could not remember the healthy servant of Hangbok.
”Yes.”
”My master could not find time to contact you because of his office.”
”I see. I was busy too.”
Ganghyuk pointed his servants and Yeoju who were exhausted.
Yeoju's lips were swollen because of the hard work to blow balloons.
”My master wants to invite you tomorrow if you're available.”
”Tomorrow?”
”Yes, sir.”
He wanted to test his new medicine.
Not for torture just like he did earlier, but for cosmetics purpose.
'I will see Hangbok and ask what he has been doing with Pyeongsu.'
If he can, he would like to ask about Jeong Yeorip.
When he asked Yeoju, she said she did not know him but it seemed she had hidden something to him.
'She said Jeong Yeorip was her distant relative.'
A distant relation was nearly nothing.
When he looked back at his family's historical background, Ganghyuk could confirm his thought.
His late father introduced some distant relations to him, but he did not hear about them unless they came to Chungmu Hospital.
After refusing to give privileges for an earlier appointment, they did not visit him anymore and he did not hear about them ever since.
'She must be hiding something.'
Ganghyuk looked at Yeoju who's wary of her with eyes filled with suspicion.
She was lying on the floor, exhausted after blowing air countless times into different s.c.r.o.t.u.ms.
She might be secretly communicating with Jeong Yeorip, Ganghyuk did not doubt her loyalty to him.
”Heum”
When Ganghyuk did not answer, the servant of Hangbok tried to call his attention by clearing their throats in a rather loud volume.
”Ah, sorry. What did you say?”
”I delivered his message to visit him tomorrow.”
”Ah, I see. Tell your master I will visit him tomorrow.”
”Thank you, sir. I will deliver your message to him.”
”Ok, take care.”
”Yes, sir.”
There were no more visitors.
It was pleasant news since their week's ordeal exhausted everyone including Ganghyuk.
”Let's call it a day. Now we can have good food and take a rest.”
Everybody agreed with what he said.
”Hurray!”
Dolseok welcomed his decision.
Now they had a new issue.
What should they eat later?
”I don't want to eat beef tonight. I am sick of the smell of beef, I had to blow ox s.c.r.o.t.u.m for many days.”
Makbong murmured.
Yeoju took off pig hairs from her hips.
”I don't like pork, either.”