I Became an Academy Overpowered Growth Genius

I Became an Academy Overpowered Growth Genius – 58

EP.58 Secret Warehouse (2)

When Park Seo-yoon and the hunters from Taesan Group arrived at Stellaport, the situation was nearly resolved.

Park Tae-ho, on his own, had killed 169 Demons and 28 tamed magic beasts.

Among them were three A-class Demons equipped with epic-grade items, but they were no match for Park Tae-ho, an S+ class hunter armed with legendary-grade items.

As soon as Park Seo-yoon and the guild members arrived, they searched the cathedral’s basement.

Most of the Demons had already been taken care of by Park Tae-ho, so the only things to watch out for were the corpses underfoot.

The cathedral’s basement was larger than expected.

It was almost the size of three villas put together.

Park Seo-yoon and the guild members thoroughly searched the area and were able to find the Demons’ armory and various criminal plans.

However,

Park Shin-hoo, whom they were searching for, was nowhere to be found.

“Shin-hoo, ahhhhhhhh!!!”

– Boom!!! –

Park Tae-ho was rampaging through the walls of the third basement floor.

It was a desperate attempt to find any hidden rooms.

– Rumble! –

But only the ground of the basement was getting weaker, and all that came out of the demolished walls were concrete dust and rebar.

“Ugh, ahhhhhh!”

“This place is going to collapse! If we get trapped underground, we’re done for!”

“Someone, please stop the honorary chairman!”

The guild members searching the area turned pale at Park Tae-ho’s rampage.

Meanwhile,

“Damn it…! Ah…. Damn! So it is!”

Park Seo-yoon was venting her frustration by kicking a Demon’s corpse in a corner.

– Thump! Thump! Thud! Thump! –

“Trusting! Someone! I’ve! Never! Met! Made! Me! An idiot! Ah! Damn!”

– Splat! Squelch! –

The Demon’s body flew against the wall and burst like a tomato.

“Haah…!”

Park Seo-yoon irritably swept her hair back.

This wasn’t the kind of anger that could be so easily dispelled.

The mysterious man who had given her the coordinates of the Demons.

He had used her.

In the end, there was no Park Shin-hoo, and all she got was blood on her hands.

“Damn…! Bastard…! I trusted him! I came all this way because I trusted him…!”

Of course, it wasn’t a complete waste of time.

The seasoned hunter, Park Tae-ho, had captured several clever-looking Demons alive.

If they were tortured, they might yield clues about Park Shin-hoo’s whereabouts.

But even so, being deceived is still being deceived.

‘Time is of the essence…!’

At this very moment, Park Shin-hoo could be trapped somewhere, enduring unspeakable torment.

As she thought about how the chances of rescuing her brother had diminished while she was engaged in futile efforts here…

“I can’t forgive this!”

Park Seo-yoon gnashed her lower lip and clenched her fists in anger.

If she ever meets that person again, she will make sure to catch him and make him pay.

“Guild Leader!!!”

At that moment, one of the guild members urgently called out to Park Seo-yoon.

“What is it!”

Park Seo-yoon turned to the guild member with a murderous look.

The guild member flinched for a moment before hurriedly reporting.

“That, that’s! We’ve found Young Master Park Shin-hoo! He’s currently in the emergency room at Stellaport! They need a guardian’s consent urgently, so it seems you should go there right away!”

Upon hearing this, Park Seo-yoon’s murderous expression quickly turned to one of shock.

“…What?”

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Stellaport’s emergency room.

Veteran doctor Suzumiro Ranma, with 20 years of experience, clicked his tongue upon seeing the dire state of Park Shin-hoo.

Having worked at Stellaport, where many hunters and academy students reside, he had seen many critically ill patients, but Park Shin-hoo’s condition was among the most severe.

“From head to toe, even inside the organs… He’s been brutally tortured.”

His right eye, testicles, left kidney, and anything else that could be removed, had been extracted,

The tendons in his limbs and mana circuits were all severed,

Whatever had been done to him, his tongue had hardened like stone,

And his stomach was teeming with carnivorous parasites.

“Moreover, there’s cancer? And the hormonal balance is a complete mess, like someone who hasn’t slept properly in a month.”

The doctor shook his head.

It was a miracle that the patient was still alive.

“Whoever did this… is truly cruel and horrific… They’ve turned this patient’s body into a living hell.”

In truth, more than 80% of Park Shin-hoo’s condition was caused by Kang Seo-jun, but there was no one in the world who could know that.

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As soon as they heard the report that Park Shin-hoo had been found, Park Seo-yoon and Park Tae-ho immediately headed to the emergency room.

Fortunately, this time it wasn’t false information.

Park Shin-hoo was indeed there in the emergency room.

However, they couldn’t breathe a sigh of relief.

Park Shin-hoo’s condition was much worse than they had thought.

“……”

“……”

In the intensive care unit where Park Shin-hoo was lying.

– Thud! –

Park Tae-ho, looking at Park Shin-hoo through the glass, collapsed right there.

“Shi… Shin-hoo… My, my grandson…!”

“……”

Park Tae-ho was half-panicked.

Given his usual special affection for family, the shock must have been tremendous.

“Haah…”

Park Seo-yoon let out a quiet sigh and approached the attending physician.

“Can my brother be treated?”

Outwardly, she tried to appear calm, but her voice was shaking severely.

She must have been suppressing all sorts of emotions inside.

“…….”

Suzumiro Ranma hesitated.

The conversation he was about to have would be quite emotionally taxing.

Still, it seemed better to talk to the lady who was controlling her emotions than the grandfather lying collapsed over there.

“Guild Leader Park Seo-yoon. I’ll explain, so could we walk a little?”

Park Seo-yoon nodded and followed Ranma.

After they had moved a certain distance from Park Tae-ho, Ranma began to explain…

“My… my grandson….”

“EEK!?”

She hadn’t noticed him following, but Park Tae-ho was standing right behind Ranma without making any sound.

“Shin-hoo is….”

His condition still didn’t look good…

“…….”

Ranma had moved them to another location to avoid giving Park Tae-ho a shock from the explanation.

But it seemed like if they moved again, he would just keep following, so Ranma decided to start explaining right there.

“Let me get straight to the point. There is a way to completely treat Young Master Park Shin-hoo.”

“……!?”

“……!?”

At those words, Park Tae-ho and Park Seo-yoon’s eyes, nose, and mouth widened in surprise.

Seeing them together, it was clear they were grandfather and granddaughter, yet they looked remarkably alike.

“But it will require a difficult decision.”

“…If he can be completely cured, what does it matter.”

– Nod. –

“Then I’ll explain. Are you familiar with TS?”

Park Seo-yoon shook her head.

Park Tae-ho remained silent, just listening.

“It’s gender reassignment. The only way for Young Master Park Shin-hoo to fully recover is through gender reassignment.”

“…What?”

“…What!?”

Park Seo-yoon grabbed Ranma by the collar.

“What kind of quackery is this?!”

To turn her brother into a woman?

Shin-hoo would never want that.

“Ugh…! Calm… down…!”

“Shut up! If you don’t return my brother to his original state, I’ll kill you first…!”

– Click! –

At that moment, Park Tae-ho grabbed Park Seo-yoon’s wrist.

When Park Seo-yoon looked up at her grandfather, he slowly shook his head, calming her down.

– Thud! –

Only then did Park Seo-yoon let go of Ranma’s collar.

“Huff….”

Ranma straightened his crumpled collar.

“The method I’ve mentioned is the only way. There is no other way to completely cure patient Park Shin-hoo.”

Park Tae-ho nodded.

“Let’s hear more of what the doctor has to say.”

“Grandfather?!”

“Continue. I’m listening.”

Park Tae-ho had completely recovered from his initial panic.

The method suggested by the doctor seemed to him a viable hope, albeit an unconventional one.

“Ahem!”

Ranma cleared his throat a few times before continuing.

“I suggested gender reassignment because it truly is the only option available.”

Ranma began a detailed explanation.

Currently, a rare mineral known as ‘negative stone’ is embedded in Park Shin-hoo’s spine.

It was likely implanted by his torturers to break his spirit.

This mineral is causing necrosis in Park Shin-hoo’s mana circuits and blood vessels.

While a healthy male could recover by simply removing the negative stone, Park Shin-hoo cannot produce vital energy on his own due to the removal of his testicles and genitalia, making recovery impossible.

There is a method to neutralize the negative energy by implanting a ‘positive stone’, the opposite material, but this would leave serious side effects on the body.

“Go on.”

Ranma continued his explanation.

On the other hand, undergoing TS would prevent the negative energy from necrotizing the mana circuits and blood vessels.

The TS mentioned here is not just a superficial change in appearance, but a true transformation that includes altering the skeleton, organs, and even the genes, a complete metamorphosis in the truest sense of gender reassignment.

The TS surgery would utilize an epic-grade item known as the ‘Potion of Gender Reassignment.’

“There’s more to it than just this reason.”

After the gender reassignment of Park Shin-hoo, stem cells extracted from her ovaries, combined with troll stem cells and reintroduced into the body, could regenerate the missing body parts like an elixir.

“Indeed….”

To Park Tae-ho, an S+ class hunter who had experienced all sorts of battles and mysteries, Ranma’s words sounded quite reasonable.

In fact, he felt an inexplicable sense of relief.

After all, wouldn’t this mean gaining another adorable granddaughter?

“Very well.”

“Grandfather?!”

The patriarch of Taesan.

Park Tae-ho consented to Park Shin-hoo’s gender reassignment.

“Please take good care of my grandson… no, my granddaughter.”

Ranma nodded confidently.

“You won’t be disappointed.”

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[During Surgery]

– Waaaaaaahhhhh!!! –

– Scrape!!! Scrape!!! –

That day,

One man died in this world, and a woman was newly born.