Chapter 15: Dirty Money Deals
It is extremely difficult to obtain a license to practice Traditional Chinese Medicine in the U.S. It requires six years of study at an accredited medical school, plus familiarity with relevant medical laws and regulations, which is very tedious and troublesome.
This means that only children from very wealthy families, who expend immense effort, are qualified to obtain a license to practice Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Mo Fei's family isn't short on money, but Mo Fei himself is lazy. How could he endure the rules of attending a medical school? As Lu Xun famously said, 'Advising people to study law leads to a thousand cuts; advising people to study medicine leads to being struck by lightning!' So Mo Fei is currently an unlicensed Doctor. In fact, there are too many unlicensed Doctors like him in the U.S., and they can't be managed. Unless someone accidentally dies under their care, they are generally left alone.
As noon approached, there were no more patients. Mo Fei and Mindy closed up shop, preparing for lunch.
"Bang bang bang!"
A knock on the door.
A questioning voice came from the doorway: "Is anyone there? I need a Doctor."
Mo Fei initially ignored it. People seeking medical help at Mo's Clinic were well aware of its operating hours and usually wouldn't be so inconsiderate as to disturb them at this time.
But this person was particularly inconsiderate, knocking non-stop!
Stop knocking!
Mo Fei, who was engrossed in his show, had to put down the remote control and reluctantly got up to open the door.
"Stop kno..."
Opening the door, Mo Fei, who was about to erupt in anger, swallowed the latter half of his sentence. Swearing isn't good for scolding beautiful women.
"Miss, the clinic is no longer open for business. If you want to see a Doctor, please come back in the afternoon!"
Although the other party was a beautiful woman, Mo Fei wasn't a sycophant. This only made his tone slightly better. As for special treatment?
It doesn't exist!
"Doctor, it's really an urgent matter. Please, you must help me!" Daisy pleaded with Mo Fei, her hands clasped together and a pitiful expression on her face.
Mo Fei frowned and scrutinized Daisy: "Rough skin, dull complexion, and dark circles under your eyes. Your kidney deficiency from staying up late is indeed a bit severe, but it's alright. After I prescribe you a few doses of medicine, you'll be fine."
After his medical skills advanced to Lv3, Mo Fei's diagnostic abilities reached a new height.
He was absolutely, positively certain that this beautiful woman had kidney deficiency.
Daisy: "Meow meow meow?"
...Although Mo Fei, being lazy, didn't want to attend to patients during his break, he had no choice. Who told this young lady named Daisy to offer double the medical fee!
"Quack! Dead otaku! Vampire!"
Daisy cursed non-stop in her heart all the way. A beautiful girl like her even almost resorted to seduction, but Mo Fei still refused to treat her.
Mo Fei: Let's just stick to dirty money deals, no need to get familiar.
Only when she promised to pay double the medical fee did she manage to entice Mo Fei to act.
That was money she had saved for a long time, specifically to buy an advanced IBM personal computer, and she had just saved enough!
With Mo Fei doing this, she feared she would have to spend a long time saving money again.
Moreover, this quack even slandered her with kidney deficiency. She was the genius beautiful girl Daisy, how could she get a disease like kidney deficiency?
Hmm, a beautiful girl's farts should even smell good!
Mo Fei and Mindy, led by Daisy, arrived at her small house.
The man was still unconscious on the ground, not yet awake.
"Doctor, can he still be saved?" Daisy asked cautiously.
"I don't know."
Seeing the big man covered in blood, Mo Fei frowned and put down his medical kit.
A stack of documents was placed beside him, which Mo Fei picked up casually.
"CIA personnel, Frank Castle?"
[Ding dong! Hint, triggered mission.]
[A Hero's Tears!]
[Mission Description: Punisher Castle, he has served the Party and the nation, shed blood for the Party and the nation, and rendered great service to the Democratic Party and the U.S. Yet, he was betrayed by insiders, and his entire family was murdered by his enemies. Heal him and let him pick up his weapon of revenge again.]
[Mission Reward: Punisher Character Card!]
[Punisher Character Card: After use, for half an hour, you will possess all of the Punisher's abilities! With it, you can instantly transform from a weak submissive into a Superman wearing his red underwear on the outside.]
The Punisher's entire family was wiped out because of betrayal?
Mo Fei felt a headache.
How is this different from the Punisher he knew?
The mission reward was quite tempting. The Punisher is quite formidable, considered the peak combat power among ordinary humans.
If you don't believe it, look up Punisher Kills the Marvel Universe.
But you trash system, who the hell is weak and submissive?
With a benefit, Mo Fei stopped talking nonsense, took out his tools, and began removing bullets, disinfecting, and bandaging the Punisher.
The Punisher might have become a Doctor from long illness; his simple bandaging effectively prevented excessive blood loss, but his injuries were still very severe.
Such injuries would have killed an ordinary person long ago. It's only because he has the protagonist's halo that he's still barely clinging to life.
If following the trajectory of fate, no matter how severe his injuries, he should have been able to pull through on his own, but now it's hard to say.
Because Mo Fei is here now.
Smith was shot at the beginning, and the healer Quintana was shot while escaping. Look them up.
After being bandaged, Castle was placed on Daisy's sofa.
"Doctor, is he all right now? Will he suddenly—die?" Daisy asked ingratiatingly.
"I'd love to say that he could survive if you put him on the moon, but right now I honestly don't know. His chances of survival are very slim." Mo Fei sighed, he knew the trash system wouldn't make it easy for him to complete the mission.
"Ah?" Daisy was stunned. Mo Fei's meaning was that this man was probably dead for sure?
Then what should she do?
Suddenly a man died in her house... "Do you have a kitchen?" Mo Fei suddenly asked.
"A kitchen?" Daisy didn't understand what Mo Fei meant. Did he mean that she had disturbed his lunch, so he wanted to solve it right there in her house?
"Never mind." Without waiting for Daisy to point the way, Mo Fei went to the kitchen himself.
Daisy's house wasn't big, a very cramped small apartment.
Being poor, she couldn't afford a good house.
Mo Fei easily found Daisy's kitchen and located a cleaver and a cutting board.
Looking left and right to make sure Mindy and Daisy weren't peeking, Mo Fei then took out a carrot. That's right, it was the mission reward obtained in the Smith and Quintana quest—an extraordinary carrot!
"Although his injuries are severe, he has the protagonist's halo, and the system has hyped up this carrot's efficacy so much, so I'll use half... no more!" Mo Fei muttered to himself.
The Punisher Character Card is, of course, a rare and excellent item, but the carrot is not bad either. The relationship between the two is like a very sharp spear and a very strong shield, one for killing and one for saving.
If one exchanges half of a sturdy shield for a very sharp spear, that is undoubtedly a very profitable trade.