Chapter 44: Chapter 42: Confronting the Fear Brought by Chloe
When Chloe woke up, it was already afternoon.
In fact, with the blessing of a Vibrant talent, losing a little sleep wouldn’t be an issue.
Moreover, there was a project at Master Nini’s side that required his attention today.
...
Location: Nini’s Medical Team
"Damn it, Xiaoke, I’m about to finish work, and you’re calling me over for what?"
Chloe waved the paper in his hand and said:
"The healing rate for these radiation ulcers is under 40%, Nini."
Radiation ulcers, commonly seen in patients attacked with radiation magic. Even though they’re treated with Flesh and Blood Magic, these wounds often require more magic for healing.
Master Nini frowned and flew over for a look: "Is there an issue with the Flesh and Blood Magic Model? Can it be reproduced?"
"A bit problematic, out of every thirty treatments, there are always a few times the Magic Model becomes disordered, far below the expected healing outcomes."
"Magic Model Disorder? Quite normal, it happens occasionally. Should I let Daniel negotiate with the project party?"
"The Water Element Association needs to tackle the B-rank Maze, requires dealing with high-radiation environments, and needs the radiation ulcers single-session healing rate to be above 50%, otherwise, the assault team will be troubled."
Master Nini tilted her head and whispered:
"In Second Circle Healing Magic, being able to stably achieve a 25% single-session healing rate is already considered top of the industry, you are already way ahead of your peers."
"No, lives are at stake, I need a more accurate Magic Model."
"Can you make it in time?"
"Didn’t the Water Element Association say they’d come over at the latest by 6? Nini, stall them for a bit, also contact Fatty, get a flexible newcomer to help."
"Alright, Xiaoke, do your best!"
...Half an hour later...
A somewhat immature boy ran over holding a white mouse sample:
"Chloe-senpai, the tests here are done, the new model’s healing decrement is unrelated to the individual differences of the white mice."
Without lifting his head, Chloe restructured a new magic array, merely saying:
"Okay, switch plans and continue testing, eliminate disturbances."
The boy hesitated for a moment, saying:
"Chloe-senpai, is the new direction more promising?"
"No."
"But our time is very tight, shouldn’t we try a plan with a greater chance of success?"
Chloe stopped what he was doing.
A pitiful little white mouse stopped breathing on the spot because the area of the trauma was too large, and the Flesh and Blood Magic couldn’t keep up with its dwindling vitality.
He looked up and said: "None of the current plans meet my minimum expectations."
"But didn’t Master Nini say that an average of 50% is enough? Meeting the standard every time is very challenging."
Chloe took out a new white mouse, and the radiation magic generation device created a new wound for it.
As he started a new test, he said:
"The average is for the company’s explanation, exceeding 50% every time is for my own explanation."
"Ah, Chloe-senpai, isn’t that too harsh?"
Chloe looked up, smiled gently before the healing began, and said:
"If you feel like it doesn’t need to be done, I can handle the rest myself."
The junior sighed, exiting the treatment room first.
...
Location: Master Nini’s Place
The young junior looked at the famously Treasure Elf, puzzled, and asked:
"Master Nini, aren’t you going to help Chloe-senpai?"
"I can’t help, in terms of the construction of basic magic spells alone, I’m not as familiar as Xiaoke."
The young junior looked at the time, it was already 4 o’clock, he anxiously said:
"You should at least persuade the senpai, the time is running out."
"Why persuade?" Master Nini asked, chewing on a cheese stick, "Do you think just a little push away, Xiaoke would give up?"
"But isn’t it too rigid to pursue stability when the Magic Model itself fluctuates?"
"No, this isn’t stubbornness, this is because Xiaoke believes that a healer needs to use each healing spell in the most crucial place."
"The most crucial place?"
"The human body is the most precise instrument, over-treatment and under-treatment of this part of the body and that part of the body are vastly different. Only pursuing adequate treatment makes people look fine, but when they grow old, they’ll have a body full of diseases."
Master Nini flapped her wings and said with a beaming smile:
"It’s his near-obsessive demands on himself that have gotten him this far."
The young junior felt a bit unconvinced.
Entering the Ethereal Emblem with high scores, he didn’t believe he was worse than anyone, so he testedly said:
"What senpai can accomplish, I, even if slower, can also achieve.."
Originally chewing on the cheese stick, Master Nini stopped, turned her head, and said helplessly:
"It’s not the same, the gap between you and Xiaoke is much bigger than you think."
"I-I just haven’t tried my best."
"No, it’s because you don’t want to try your best because you’re afraid of the fear of discovering your inadequacies."
"..."
Master Nini sat in her chair, sighing a little, said:
"They all say I pamper Xiaoke too much, but in the healing research projects assigned by the school, he is a full-score paper, proving his execution is stronger."
"...Yes."
"His plan is detailed to the minute, even able not to disrupt his human interaction, earning money and leisure, showing his planning ability is stronger."
"...Correct."
"In every project that frustrates him, he returns stronger, showing that his stress resilience is stronger."
The young junior was speechless, lost even the thought to respond.
Master Nini glanced at him sympathetically:
"All the same Magic Adjustments, solving it in a few hours compared to a few days represents different things, and that’s not even counting his Awakened Talent. Being in the same era as him is unfortunate for healers, but a blessing for patients."
The young junior felt a sense of inadequacy, whispered:
"Then I’ll continue to help senpai."
Nini made a cheering gesture and then shouted:
"Go call Daniel, let him get ready for the handover with the Water Element Association. If it doesn’t work, he’s there to communicate."
"Okay."
...
"Daniel-senpai, Master Nini wants you to help Chloe-senpai get ready."
Fatty, who was setting a moose bone and casting healing spells, looked up in surprise, saying:
"Ah, rare indeed, Chloe hasn’t sorted it out?"
The young junior hesitated for a moment, not completely satisfied, asked softly:
"President, is the gap between me and Chloe-senpai really that big?"
Fatty thought this was familiar, he had this thought a year ago too.
He rubbed his chin and said:
"Remember when the academy organized you to go to the zoo before school started, and treat injured Magical Creatures?"
"Yes, I have some impression."
"This was actually a small test for healing major students after enrollment, how long did you take to return the magical animals to normal the quickest?"
"A week."
"As for the freshman who did the fastest, it was three days, and I also took only three days, but I’m not the strongest."
Fatty made a (＾－＾)V gesture.
The young junior’s pupils trembled: "Chloe-senpai took only two days?"
"No, two hours, one success."
What Fatty didn’t say was that at the end of the first academic year, Chloe received school approval and lived in a single dormitory. Nobody in the entire faculty opposed.
Because, by university’s first year’s end, they were already convinced.
This is Chloe. The Ethereal Emblem’s Healing Series’ strongest new healer in a hundred years. Or maybe three hundred years?
"Get the conference room ready, the Water Element Association is coming over this time as our senpai, I’ll go help a good brother negotiate."
...
Location: Conference Room
Fatty, in formal attire, said spiritedly:
"The current Magic Model success rate has reached 94%, even though occasionally Magic Model Disorders occur, the average treatment rate is above 50%, so..."
A bang.
The conference room door opened.
Chloe strode in, pulling the chair beside Daniel and sitting down:
"So now, even with Magic Model Disorders, we have a perfect solution with a treatment rate above 50% right here."
He pushed the documents in front of Party A.
Chloe smiled gently but exuded sharpness.