CHAPTER 91: CHAPTER 91 PRETENDING NOT TO KNOW (SECOND UPDATE)

EDITOR: DRAGON BOAT TRANSLATION

Ren Suo, a university student in the engineering department who couldn’t even distinguish between lungs and kidneys, was to become the school doctor?

"Don’t worry, you don’t need a medical license. You just need to be proficient in ’Healing’," said Yu Kuangtu. "The school has an official medical center with all kinds of departments. You will only be responsible for ’saving lives’—when an injury is beyond saving, that’s when you need to do everything possible to keep those students alive."

Ren Suo opened and closed his mouth, asking, "Then... why not let Doctor Yao do it? She seems to have studied medicine, and she should also know ’Healing’..."

"You’re mistaken; she can’t perform ’Healing’," Yu Kuangtu said. "Life affinity of a high grade isn’t so easy to come by."

"Then you could let other Second Stage Cultivators take on the role."

The moment Ren Suo said this, Yu Kuangtu looked at him as if he were looking at an idiot.

"I am Yu Kuangtu, the Deputy Director of the Lianjiang City Tactical Bureau, and also a Second Stage Cultivator. In the whole of Lianjiang City, there aren’t even ten Second Stage Cultivators. Furthermore, Lianjiang City is a first-tier city in the Mysterious Country."

Ren Suo asked, "What about other cultivators with life affinity?"

Yu Kuangtu replied, "Most of them have decent talent and are active on the front lines of battle, ready to heal their teammates in emergencies... Maybe you aspire to that kind of life?"

"However, schools in Sky Capital probably have professional medical cultivators with life affinity, but here in Lianjiang, we have to figure it out ourselves. ’Providing a school doctor capable of Medical Spells’ is just a suggestion from higher-ups. Now that I’ve found you for the school, the government is unlikely to object."

Ren Suo now completely understood.

In Yu Kuangtu’s eyes, Ren Suo had life affinity and could use Second-Tier Healing spells. However, his talent wasn’t high, so his future achievements would be limited. This made him perfectly suited for certain positions that didn’t require great ability but had very specific, high demands.

The position of a life-saving school doctor at a Cultivator School was just such a role.

"But don’t think you can just sit back with your legs crossed, waiting for people to die, to easily earn money and status," Yu Kuangtu explained. "You’re in a similar boat to the school teachers. They have requirements for their cultivation progress and research topics. As for you, you won’t have cultivation progress requirements, but you will have research topics."

"The progress of your topic directly affects your income... But I haven’t yet asked if you are willing," he added.

Ren Suo hesitated for a moment before asking, "If I go to the school, does that mean I am no longer with the Tactical Bureau?"

"No." Surprisingly, Yu Kuangtu gave a negative answer. "Since I’ve designated your topic, you are still part of the Tactical Bureau and can draw a salary from both the bureau and the school. If your research doesn’t progress well, I’ll consider cutting your salary. But if it goes well, there will be fame and bonuses."

Ren Suo continued to ask, "Where will I stay at the school, and will I be working at the medical center?"

"You have no designated workplace," Yu Kuangtu revealed, startlingly. "You only need to keep your phone on twenty-four hours a day; you will be immediately notified to go to the school in the event of an emergency."

"As for where you will live... Since you need to be ready for First Aid at any time, you should stay in a teacher’s dormitory at the school, probably a single room."

Noticing that Ren Suo still had doubts, Yu Kuangtu played his trump card: "To better facilitate students’ cultivation, the school area, including classrooms, dormitories, and sports fields, are all equipped with switchable Cultivation Grounds!"

"Even though they can’t compare to official large-scale Cultivation Grounds, they can still dramatically increase the speed of cultivation!"

Ren Suo exclaimed in surprise, "There’s such advanced technology!?"

"This technology only saw a breakthrough six days ago. In order to implement it in the teaching facilities, ten Cultivator Schools have undergone temporary upgrades. School was originally scheduled to start tomorrow, but now it’s been delayed by over a week—otherwise, how do you think I could possibly cram you in?"

Ren Suo could no longer see any downside to this for himself; it was practically like finding a retirement job, so he firmly agreed, "I’ll take the job!"

"Don’t make it sound like you’re off to assassinate the King of Qin like Jing Ke."

Yu Kuangtu gave him a sidelong glance, taking out a document from the drawer. "Now I’m going to tell you about your assignment..."

"Didn’t we just talk about technology like the switchable Cultivation Ground? Your task is related to that."

Ren Suo was somewhat surprised. "That sounds like cutting-edge research. Me, alone... I fear..."

"Of course, I don’t expect just you; the country has plenty of researchers more professional than you," said Yu Kuangtu. "But this technology saw a breakthrough six days ago. Do you know why?"

What day was six days ago?

"To celebrate the May Day Golden Week?"

"...It’s because the Sky Capital Research Institute found the key detail in ’Over My Dead Body,’ which led to the technological breakthrough," Yu Kuangtu forcibly pulled Ren Suo’s wandering thoughts back on track. "Just that alone has propelled the country years ahead of the world in Cultivation Ground technology."

"Also, the Sky Capital Research Institute has already developed the basic model of the Ren Family Spells. What’s left now is meticulous refinement."

"As for your assignment, it’s divided into a major and minor subject. The minor subject involves the spells from ’Over My Dead Body.’ You need to ’imagine’ as thoroughly as possible the effects of the spells, the requirements, and the methods of cultivation based on your understanding."

"Your major subject is to research all the videos released by ’Ren Naiser,’ analyzing the usable intelligence within, and even tracking down exactly what ’Ren Naiser’ is."

Yu Kuangtu leaned forward, resting his chin on his hands on the tabletop, and looked at Ren Suo very seriously. "This task is already one of the important tasks of our Tactical Bureau. Apart from you, Tactical Bureaus all over, criminal psychologists, and university psychology professors are analyzing ’Ren Naiser’—both cultivators and scholars."

"Because your research cannot be made public, yet requires mutual exchange, the document contains a forum URL, account, and password. Memorize the account and password, then erase them from the document. With this account, you can only enter the corresponding discussion boards, where the latest research papers and investigation reports from various regions are available. If you accomplish something significant and publish important papers in the future, your access might be upgraded."

"This forum is part of the dark web and can’t be found from the public internet. Once you settle into the school, your dorm’s network link will be modified, and then you’ll be able to access it; you won’t be able to do so from anywhere else. If you need assistance, you can also request technical support from the school. With the Tactical Bureau backing you, the school will try to meet your requests."

Yu Kuangtu walked over to Ren Suo, patting his shoulder heavily.

"You’ve already received praise from Sky Capital for your analysis of ’Ren Naiser,’ without any other technical exchanges. Now that I’ve created the best and most comfortable research environment for you, you should be able to achieve even better results, right? To be honest, if you make significant achievements, not only will you get recognition and attention, but our Lianjiang Tactical Bureau will also gain prominence."

"A school doctor who doesn’t thoroughly research ’Ren Naiser’ is not a good member of the Tactical Bureau. Work hard, I believe in you!"

After all that Yu Kuangtu had said, what else could Ren Suo say?

Ren Suo lifted his head, with the demeanor of a ’loyal minister and good general,’ and said earnestly, "I will not let the Deputy Director down!"

How could he analyze things he already knew as if he knew nothing about them, all while maintaining a serious and earnest demeanor?

This skill, perhaps, would become Ren Suo’s most important means of livelihood in the future.