At least Shiki could still think straight.
But everyone else witnessing Vir’s "treatment" for the first time was completely dumbfounded.
Hancock stared at the blood that had sprayed far across the ground.
Her expression wasn’t exactly pleasant either.
Was this... how Vir usually treated people?
If this was his standard procedure, then the way he treated her felt very different.
She hadn’t felt any pain at all.
Vir... why was he so different with her?
There was no mistaking it.
And now, watching how he treated others...
Hancock’s face melted into a lovestruck daze.
When a love-struck brain starts thinking, love comes with zero worries.
As for Elder Nyon, there was no need to even mention her.
Her face had gone completely pale.
You’re telling me this is medical treatment?
Are you sure you’re not just torturing enemies for fun?
She came here to learn medicine, and this is what she got?!
But the most shocked of all was Jina.
It took her a full ten seconds before her brain rebooted.
She stared at the two Famed Swords in Vir’s hands.
At the pool of blood on the ground.
At her father’s twitching lips.
At Vir’s completely indifferent expression.
She was utterly speechless.
Just ripped them out.
She had come to see his legendary surgical technique.
To see that transcendent skill with her own eyes.
The kind of method so good, patients didn’t even feel pain without anesthetic.
What did she just witness?
Is this what a true master does—not refine the process but... strip it down?
Down to this level of roughness?
If this guy ever performs surgery, would he use a chainsaw??
The "legendary techniques" mentioned earlier were Jina’s idealized fantasy of Vir’s medical skills.
That fantasy was utterly shattered.
This man didn’t bother with flashy tricks.
He just ripped them out.
Honestly, watching Vir casually twirl those two swords in his hands...
Jina felt like her entire worldview was crumbling.
Is this what top-tier doctors are like?!
This is the man who cured Whitebeard?!
Marco, seeing Jina’s utterly broken expression, couldn’t help but smirk.
Keep acting all high and mighty.
This isn’t even the main event yet, and you’re already losing it?
This was just peeling the damn orange!
If you’re scared just from the peel, how are you gonna handle the mess when the real feast starts?
He popped an orange slice into his mouth, chewing with amusement.
Watching her was extremely satisfying.
But soon, Jina’s expression shifted again.
This is absolutely wrong.
Whether it’s the jagged wounds from yanking out the swords, making them harder to treat...
Or the bacteria on those blades potentially infecting the wounds...
This move was incredibly risky.
At least sterilize the damn swords before yanking them out!
This is beyond unprofessional!
Is this guy even a real doctor?!
He looks like a complete amateur!
Doesn’t he know the most basic medical principles?!
"Hey, don’t you know how risky this is?" Jina couldn’t hold back and blurted out her question.
Though her tone was noticeably less aggressive than before.
Hearing this, Vir—who had just tossed the swords aside and opened his medical kit—turned to look at her.
His gaze was utterly dismissive.
"Risky? Yanking out a couple of swords? What risk? Are you worried about infection?"
"Yes! Doing it like that, the chances of infection are huge!"
Jina stubbornly insisted.
Vir shook his head, no longer bothering to look at her.
Instead, he pulled out his three-million-points Vibro-Blade from the medkit.
Then, he said casually:
"You think a doctor who can regenerate severed limbs gives a damn about a little wound infection?"
"Wherever it’s infected, just cut it off. Problem solved."
"Real pros only care about efficiency and results."
Before Jina could process his words—and while Shiki was still deep in thought—
Vir stepped forward, holding the now-knife-sized Vibro-Blade.
Shiki stared at the man standing before him.
Jina wasn’t stupid. She quickly realized what Vir meant.
An infection—something even she would struggle with—was nothing to him.
A chill ran down her spine.
Is this guy for real?
Is he really that good?
Still skeptical, she turned her attention back to Vir.
At that moment, Vir slowly leaned over Shiki.
Shiki assumed Vir was trying to lift him.
To move him somewhere else.
Again, his words were cut short.
As Vir appeared to rest a hand on his shoulder...
The blade plunged straight into Shiki’s chest!
Shiki’s mind went blank.
’Am I getting mugged?!’
’I thought this was a treatment?!’
’I kinda wanna call the Marines now!’
’My surgeon just stabbed me!’
’Is this even a doctor?!’
’Who hired this assassin?!’
’Are you trying to kill me or what?!’
’Ripping out my legs? Fine, I get it.’
Honestly, if Shiki hadn’t sensed zero killing intent from that blade...
He would’ve erupted on the spot.
This was way too terrifying!
Is this... part of the treatment?!
His bewildered eyes slowly turned toward Vir.
Toward the man hovering over his left shoulder.
"Relax. This blade doesn’t kill."
"It’s called the Life-Saving Knife."
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They’re coming in now.
Buddy, you’re golden.
If just inserting it gets you ...
What will happen after pressing the vibration button?
We’re going to the moon!
Vir’s eyes began to gleam.
To shine with unsettling intensity.
Jina, standing right beside them, witnessed everything clearly.
A bone-chilling terror shot up from her feet to the top of her skull.
Her eyes nearly bulged out of their sockets.
Her face was a canvas of pure disbelief.
’What... did I just see?!’
’Just stabbed my father in the chest?!’
’Is he treating him... or murdering him?!’
’That looked like murder!’
Jina immediately sensed danger.
Just as she was about to intervene—
Shiki raised a hand to stop her.
"I’m fine. It doesn’t hurt at all. This is his method."
Jina short-circuited again.
The repeated shocks in such a short time had fried her brain.
Her thoughts stuttered to a halt.
This is... medical treatment?!
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