Black Online-Chapter 115: Back to the Dumpster

"...How... How...?"

Chaewon asked in disbelief as she stared at Fang Raon, who was standing and walking.

"I wish I could tell you how, but even I don’t quite know how. I came out of the Virtual Reality Pod, and... Here we are."

Fang Raon said with a wry smile.

He wished that he could tell about the Virtual Reality Pod without sounding crazy, but even he still had difficulty believing it.

If he told the doctors that his sudden cure was because of the Virtual Reality Pod, they would take it away from him to get it studied.

That’s not what he wanted.

"...You’re tall." 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

Chaewon said as she looked at him with a flushed face.

She had only seen him either lying on a bed or sitting, so she had never been able to tell how tall he was.

"And you’re short."

Fang Raon said with a smile.

"I am not that short!"

Chaewon pouted and put her hands on her hips.

She really wasn’t all that short and was taller than most girls her age, but compared to Fang Raon, there was a clear height difference.

"I am really happy for you."

Chaewon said, and her expression turned more serious for a moment.

She knew what would happen now that Fang Raon was better, and while she was happy that he got better, it would also mean that they would be separated now.

She was sad about it.

"...I’ll go tell other nurses and get the doctors to check you out. They shouldn’t have gone home just yet."

Chaewon said with a smile.

It was a strained smile.

"Alright..."

Fang Raon sat down on the bed and saw her walk away, and her sweet scent lingered in the room.

’...What’ll happen now?’

He wondered.

It was obvious that he wouldn’t stay in this Caretaker Facility anymore because he got better, and only those who actually needed treatment remained here.

He would just be a waste of resources.

It meant that he would have to return back to his place over on the 18th floor, and it wasn’t something he was looking forward to.

’That place is a dumpster, and nothing like this place. I sure am happy that I am better now, but it also means I won’t be able to see Chaewon again.

’I am really going to miss her.’

Fang Raon lay down on his back and sighed heavily.

...

59th Floor, Caretaker’s Facility, Doctor’s Wing.

"...I really don’t know what to say."

The doctor said as he stared at Fang Raon, who was standing on his own two legs, seemingly completely healed.

The other doctors were also scratching their heads, as Fang Raon was easily the strangest patient they had ever had.

There were also nurses present—Chaewon included—who were happy for Fang Raon that he was treated.

However, they also knew about the impossible circumstances regarding Fang Raon’s situation.

He was supposed to become braindead in a couple of years, and yet, in just a couple of weeks, he was completely healed.

The nurses and doctors wished they could take credit that the treatment methods worked, but they didn’t do anything.

There was no treatment that they even tried because they didn’t just want to use him as a guinea pig and try some experimental treatment that could have had serious side effects.

Since they didn’t do anything, it was obviously not their doing that he was suddenly healed.

"You’re better now, so you can definitely head back to your home, so that must be very thrilling, right?"

The doctor said with a smile.

"...Yes, very."

Fang Raon said.

He was lying.

At the back of the room, Chaewon had a conflicted expression on her pretty face.

"We still want you to come here for weekly check-ups to see if your condition worsens suddenly."

The doctor said.

’...I can still come here? So I’ll only see Chaewon once a week. It is better than nothing, I suppose.’

Fang Raon nodded.

"It is quite late, so you can sleep here for the night, and tomorrow morning we can get you discharged."

The head nurse said with a smile.

"Okay."

Fang Raon nodded.

After leaving the doctor, he slowly walked back to his room and savored the feeling of his legs working.

He even felt like going for a little jog.

’I feel... stronger than before.’

Fang Raon thought with a frown, and once he arrived at his room, he entered the bathroom that had quite a lot of... memories.

He couldn’t help but blush a little bit after remembering all the things that had happened inside this bathroom.

He then stopped by the mirror, slowly lifted his shirt, and traced his hand down his stomach that was hard.

There was quite a lot of muscle definition that he didn’t have before.

’It does look like other attributes beside Vitality also affect my body, and I guess training inside the game as well helps.

’Whenever I’ve trained all day, I am also exhausted when I get out of the game, so if I train inside the game, I am basically also training in the real world at the same time.

’If I keep this up, I’ll be packing muscle soon enough.’

Fang Raon pulled his shirt back down, and as he stepped out of the bathroom, there was a person in the room.

"Hi!"

Chaewon was sitting on his bed, smiling, as she was waiting for him to leave the bathroom.

"Hey."

Fang Raon said, walked over to her, and then sat beside her on the bed.

"...What are your life plans after this? Making money?"

Chaewon asked with a giggle.

She remembered that Fang Raon’s dream was "making money," which wasn’t the most noble ambition, but it was honest.

"I don’t know yet. I feel quite lost right now. I thought that I would be stuck in this bed for the rest of my life, but here I am, heading back home."

Fang Raon said with a wry smile.

"Where do you stay?"

Chaewon asked curiously.

"...18th floor."

Fang Raon said.

"That low? I heard that it is pretty dangerous under the 20th floor. Are you sure that you’ll be fine?"

Chaewon asked with worry.

"I managed to live there as blind and as someone that couldn’t walk without crutches, so I am confident that I’ll be fine there.

"...I also don’t plan on staying there for long."

Fang Raon said with a serious expression.

He was planning to make a lot of money and move the hell out of the dumpster that was the 18th floor.

"I am still worried for you. If they find out that you have this Virtual Reality Pod, they’ll try to rob you."

Chaewon said worryingly.

"...I’ll be fine."

Fang Raon said, looked at her hand that was beside his leg, and gently squeezed it.