Chapter 145 (1/2)

Chapter 145: Chapter 18

He then cut the side of the calf with a scalpel. As expected, red blood flowed with the cut.

“Does it hurt?”

If the patient had felt pain with the skin cut, Kanghyok would have found it hard to do the surgery. Fortunately, it seemed that he did not feel hurt that much.

“Nope.”

“If it hurts a lot, just let me know,” said Kanghyok.

It was one of the usual comments that doctors used to tell patients.

“Please tell me if you feel any pain during the surgery.”

“Sure, will do.”

Even if he said it did hurt, Kanghyon had nothing to offer for comfort except for asking him to endure it anyway.

Of course, that man was not aware of that.

As if he was influenced by the narcotic a.n.a.lgesic, he looked sleepy. In no time, he fell asleep lightly with a relaxed look.

Dolsok's expression turned for the worse, though.

For it was the first time he would a.s.sist Kanghyok with a major surgery like this, though he did help the master with =lots of surgeries before.

“Ouch!”

“Just shut your mouth and wipe off the blood with gauze.”

“Yes, master.” With a sullen face, Dolsok wiped off the blood.

“Can you clean it faster?”

“Yeah, yeah!”

As the patient had some infection in the wounds of his swollen leg, a little bit of blood was constantly coming out. Even from the yellow fatty tissue, out came blood.

Dolsok was sweating while helping his master out.

“Hey, why are you cleaning it with the gauze stained with blood?”

“Sorry, sir.”

“Don't use the gauze too much as I don't have any more in stock.”

“Really? Yes, sir.”

Fortunately, the surgery did go well.

The wounds on his leg was cut open, with its red muscle inside visibly seen.

‘Ah, that blood sucks.'

In a modern surgery room, Kanghyok could have easily cauterized it with an electronic device. But here, in old Korea, he had no other choice but to press on the wounds with gauze helplessly, or inject a vasopressor agent.

However, even that was not enough.

‘I've used one third of the gauze in stock, and I don't have much vasopressor agent left.'

Kanghyok could not stop, though.

When he cut the wounds on the s.h.i.+n open, its condition looked serious.

‘His thick musculature is a problem.'

As Dolsok pulled the broken bone too strongly a little while ago, it caused more injury.

“Let me wipe off blood first. Dols0ok, open this wide.”

“Open it wide?” Dolsok asked, shuddering with shock. Even the opened area in the wounds was disgusting.

“Just open it wide now. Do you see anything there?”

“You mean the cut leg?”

“d.a.m.n it, don't say that. He's going to hear it.”

“Don't worry. He's deep in sleep now—he's even snoring.”

Like he said, that man was asleep.

‘I guess he was influenced by the narcotic a.n.a.lgesic, but it's not strong enough to make him fall asleep like that…'

That man's endurance was unbelievably strong.

‘Good for him anyway.'

Looking at that patient, Kanghyok now blamed Dolsok.

“Even that patient looks calm, dude. Why are you so scared?”

“How can I stay calm? You were literally cutting his leg…”

“Stop that nonsense! Just open it wider.”

“Yes, sir.”

With a frown, Dolsok opened the wounds on his leg.

As they created some s.p.a.ce, the blood pooled inside gushed out.

“Oh my G.o.d…” Dolsok turned his head, showing a disgusted look.