Chapter 158: The Pursuit of Perfection
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Under the coincidental situation, with inexplicable help from the Crocodragon’s transformation, even though Zhang Lisheng who made a breakthrough to Rank-5 Wizard would only need one more step before he could transform to Rank-6 Wizard, due to the reason that his body had begun to transform from living to dead, his vital signs were much lower than other ordinary people. For this reason, he was restrained in the hospital by his emergency doctor.
At the Bellucci Hospital’s ward that was 50km away from Mutteslow, the Island Dragon was the only wizard gu the young man was certain that he could summon without alerting anyone. However, no matter what, he would never choose to summon the Island Dragon that possessed the omniscient power ‘nihilate, solidate’ as the wizard gu to be used in his first important transformation in his life.
Therefore, Zhang Lisheng could only stay in the hospital waiting in vain, constantly telling the doctor that he had completely recovered and that his physical condition had never been better so that he could be discharged at any time.
“Dr Springs, I’m completely fine now. Really! You see! How strong my arm is! Let me get discharged from the hospital and don’t waste the public medical resources of the US government anymore! Otherwise, I’ll let my lawyer sue you for over-treating your patient and abusing the medicine.”
When the doctor routinely rounded up the room in the morning, Zhang Lisheng, who had been transferred to the general ward, remarked in a half-genuine and half-sham manner.
“I’ve seen that lawyer who came looking for you to sign a doc.u.ment. From a glance, I could tell that he’s not easy.” The middle-aged stood beside Zhang Lisheng’s bed and browsed through the case report. Glancing at the monitor that still showed low values, he casually added, “However, the monitor doesn’t lie, young man. With such a reading recorded in your case, as a minor, you’d never be able to file a lawsuit against me no matter what state court you go. If you want to be discharged, unless your mother signs, you can only stay right here obediently.”
“Sh*t! Then how long do I have to stay in the hospital? What if I have a low vital reading for my entire life? I can’t possibly spend my entire life here in the ward right?”
“According to customary rules, you’ll have to be medically observed for two to three months. If there’s no problem during this period of time, it’ll prove that your physical body does indeed have a low vital reading and you’ll then be discharged. For your information, the decision of whether it’d be two or three months of observation lies in my hands. You’ve only been hospitalized for less than three weeks so it’s best to maintain a respectful att.i.tude towards me and don’t keep threatening to sue me for no reason. Nurse Christine, the patient on the second bed in room A21 still doesn’t need any transfusion. Give him two multivitamin tablets after lunch and dinner. I’ll see you again tomorrow, Mr. Lisheng,” As the doctor spoke, he looked at Zhang Lisheng, who had a long face on, with a smile before leaving the ward.
After the doctor left, a fat old white man who stayed together in the same ward with the young man routinely advised him, “The doctor’s responsibility is for the sake of your wellness, boy. Last time when I used to stay in a hospital in Karson Town in Maryland, it was obvious that I had a serious cold…”
Having lived for such a depressing life for 20 days continuously, Zhang Lisheng, who had obtained the transformation power and who was already standing on the pathway to becoming a Rank-6 Wizard, had to be stuck in the hospital for such a ridiculous reason and was held up infinitely. He, who had finally undergone a few life-and-death crises, could no longer maintain a calm state of mind anymore.
Wearing a hospital gown, the young man who did not even have a single cent in him hid in the toilet to call Maddie. “I’m going crazy! Really! Maddie! I’m going crazy! Listen, you’re my servant so you should listen to my orders! Now! I order you to bring a few men’s clothes to the ward and help me escape the hospital together! Did you hear me? Now!”
“Mr. Lisheng, calm down and listen to me. It’ll have to rely on the doctor’s diagnosis to decide whether a patient can be discharged from the hospital or not! I’ve seen a lot of examples on the Internet of sudden deaths of those who ignored their low vital readings…”
“I’m different from them! You, you should know that I’m different from them!” Zhang Lisheng, who was being cautious when using public communication tools, whispered angrily.
“But, Madam Lili will definitely go visit you at noon. If she doesn’t let you leave the hospital, it’d be futile for you to escape. You’ll eventually…”
“I don’t give a d.a.m.n anymore this time! I need to go back to the factory for a few hours! You must help me!”
Maddie hesitated for a moment on the phone. “Then, you must promise me to go back to the hospital after you’ve settled your stuff in the factory.”
“Okay, I promise!”
“Really?”
“Really, Maddie! Please hurry! I need you!”
At the other end of the phone, Maddie, who had never heard Zhang Lisheng say so many words to herself before, was stunned for a moment. “Okay! I-I’ll go to the hospital right away! Right away…”
After hanging up the phone, the boy’s words of “Please hurry! I need you!” kept ringing in the ears of the girl who was just about to buy breakfast on the streets of New York. Panicking, she began to search for shops selling men’s clothing on both sides of the street.
After a while, she finished preparing the clothes for Zhang Lisheng and rushed to Bellucci Hospital.
Twenty minutes later, sitting in the hospital bed, Zhang Lisheng, who was waiting heart-wrenchingly, finally saw the ward door being pushed open as Maddie walked in carrying a brand new paper bag.
The young man breathed a long sigh of relief. “You’re finally here! Let’s talk in the hallway.” Then, leaping out of his bed, he pushed the girl out of the ward.
“What’s the matter, Lisheng?” Maddie cleverly seized this opportunity of helping Zhang Lisheng escape from the hospital to change the way she addressed him, changing it back to Lisheng as she asked curiously.
“It’s not like you didn’t know just how busybody that Mr. Durard who stays in the same ward is! If he sees me changing my clothes, he’d definitely inform the nurses right away! I’ll go change my clothes right now in the hallway’s toilet. Wait for me here.” Zhang Lisheng reached out a hand to take the paper bag from the girl before hastily walking towards the hospital’s public restroom in the hallway.
A few minutes later, he walked out in a blue denim s.h.i.+rt of the right size. “Tina, I can’t believe just how right the size of the s.h.i.+rt that you bought for me. Let us go now!”
Upon hearing this sentence, the girl hesitated for a moment before nodding suddenly. “Let us pretend to be a couple who came here to visit our friend. Now no one will think that you’re a patient who has not been discharged from hospital yet.” She mustered her courage and took the initiative to hold the boy’s arm before walking towards the hospital door.
It was apparent that Zhang Lisheng turned stiff for a moment. However, he did not make any remark and was just pulled by Maddie out of the hospital with a slightly blushed face.
As the two men entered the girl’s old Ford, the young man who was sitting in the pa.s.senger seat casually looked for a topic. “Maddie, your car is too old! You can already buy a good and new car for 10,000 dollars and also, haven’t I paid your salary in advance?”
“Even though this car doesn’t look new, it’s well-maintained. It’s very easy to drive so I don’t think it’s necessary to replace it. I’ve saved the salary that you gave me. New York University is a private university so its fee is very expensive! I must earn enough first…”
“Oh! I’ve been careless about this! Don’t worry, I’ll pay for all your tuition fees in the future…”
“Why are you treating me so nice? It’s because I’m your servant?” The girl suddenly asked.
Zhang Lisheng pondered over it as he was tongue-tied for a moment and did not know how to answer. Because of this, he just turned his head to look out of the car and pretended as though he did not hear anything.
Upon seeing the young man’s action, Maddie smiled in a mature manner. “Do you know Lisheng? Sometimes you really act like a child.” After that, she drove the car out of New York City and towards the new LS slaughterhouse, not saying anything anymore.
After not coming to Mutteslow for nearly three weeks, a large part of the vacant saline-alkali land that belonged to Zhang Lisheng had now become a busy construction site.
It seemed that the second expansion of the slaughterhouse that the teenager had authorized Edward to proceed when he was in the hospital had already been carried out intensively.
Due to the perfect financial situation and profitability in the past six months, along with the huge development potential that could be foreseen in the future, there was no longer any bank in Wall Street that would reject such a quality customer as Zhang Lisheng.
In an incredibly short time, the recently established LS Group had easily obtained commercial loans with hundreds of millions of dollars as a discount in interest so for this reason, the scale of the second expansion of the slaughterhouse was at least four times larger than its first expansion
If it was not for the fact that a reasonable plan had already been made during the design stage, the construction would have been inevitably affecting the current normal operations of the factory.
However, right now, to Zhang Lisheng, the expansion and operation of the slaughterhouse were simply not worthy of his attention at all. The instant Maddie’s car stopped outside of his independent two-story office building, he spat out, “Maddie, wait for me on the first floor,” before pus.h.i.+ng the door open and rushed into the office building as if he was running a 100-meter race.
Half a minute later, the young man had already pushed the door into the office he had not returned for twenty days.
After glancing around, he noticed that the office destroyed by the storm had completely recovered to its original state so he took a deep breath. He proceeded to take off his s.h.i.+rt and cast the enchantment ‘simplify’ on his chest, then he began to command Mountoad with his thought to turn invisible and to jump from the underground trench of the factory to his front.
Afterward, the young man cast the spell ‘transform’ on Mountoad and refined the wizard gu for the last time, before muttering “transform, transform…” as he shut off his eyes.
However, when he was about to slowly cast the transformation power to absorb all of Mountoad’s omniscient power, he suddenly opened his eyes again with a jolt in his heart.
“Crocodragon, Crocodragon…” Zhang Lisheng furrowed his brows together as he pondered and muttered the name of the other wizard gu. However, he soon smiled silently and shut off his eyes once again.
This time, with no more hesitation, the young man began to slowly release the aura out from his body in long succession. After about twenty minutes of exhalation, he seemingly exhaled all of the air stored in his alveoli as his chest began to sink.
After exhaling, Zhang Lisheng opened his eyes and looked straight at Mountoad that was by his feet. When he was about to inhale, he suddenly noticed that the corns on the wizard gu, that was immersed in the ocean of blood for three weeks and had undergone the fifth refinement, had now blossomed on its skin, making its body to be full of strange flowers.
As a light bulb flashed across his mind, the young man stopped his movements once again. A series of various expressions ran across his face for a moment as he murmured, “Since the first transformation can be carried out perfectly, why should I rush into it? I’d have to wait for an additional month or two at most anyway.”
As he spoke, he took a deep breath and once again thrust his chest out. Using the ‘connect’ spell, he commanded Mountoad to turn invisible and jump into the trench underneath the factory that was full of blood and organs again before walking out of the office quickly.