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Lee Sang-wook had his left leg amputated in an accident at a factory 10 years ago.
Fortunately, the industrial accident was recognized, and he was able to receive insurance and various supports, but even then, Lee Sang-wook was desperate because his legs did not return and the medical expenses were not paid in full.
Thanks to his lively personality, he tried to live his life, but at that time, it was the phantom pain that attacked Lee Sang-wook.
Sang-wook Lee felt intense pain in an area he didn’t even have, making it difficult to even live a normal life.
For Lee Sang-wook, Han Ji-hyuk’s prosthetic leg test was his last hope.
Wouldn’t it be different if it was a skeleton?
If it was Han Ji-hyuk, wouldn’t he come up with something ingenious?
Lee Sang-wook, who started the test like that, was not quite what he expected, but was quite satisfied.
Because the skeleton prosthetic leg, which is different from the existing prosthetic leg, was definitely superior.
But a while ago, he suddenly said that he was doing a different experiment, and he put an EEG meter on his head for a few days, and then he continued to measure EEG.
At first, I wanted something like this, but Lee Sang-wook stayed quiet.
I don’t know what the new experiment is, but I hope that the experiment succeeds and a new bridge is born.
“Sangwook, how are you today?”
At the doctor’s words, Lee Sang-wook said with an EEG sensor attached to his head.
“Very good.”
“What about pain?”
“I was there for a while in the morning and it was tolerable. haha.”
“Fortunately, the.”
The doctor looked at Lee Sang-wook and said.
“Today there will be a new experiment.”
“A new experiment?”
“Umm… I don’t know the details, but they say it’s a prosthetic leg attachment experiment.”
“Oh, are you finally done with something new?”
“Is that so? It’s probably related to brain waves. Anyway, I’ll start in a little while, so take a break.”
How long has it been since the doctor left?
Ji-hyeok Han enters Lee Sang-wook’s room with a middle-aged man with a limp.
“Chairman Han.”
Han Ji-hyuk said with a smile.
“Lee Sang-wook, did you hear the story? I’m going to wear a new prosthetic leg today.”
“haha. I’m looking forward to it.”
“But there is something to be aware of. This prosthetic leg is very sensitive, so moving it carelessly can cause serious damage. You will probably be very surprised to see the prosthetic legs, but you should never move. Did you know?”
“All right. Don’t worry, my patience is awesome.”
“good.”
Han Ji-hyeok turned to the middle-aged man and said.
“Are all measurements over?”
“it’s over. Now we just need to do a comparative analysis.”
“Then shall we begin?”
And Han Ji-hyuk, who puts an eye patch on himself.
That time when I was dazed in such a dark place.
‘Ugh!’
Suddenly, the phantom pain comes again.
‘You stupid brain! That leg doesn’t exist anymore! Please stop!’
The pain starts in the calf and gradually goes down to the sole of the foot.
However, Lee Sang-wook, who was told by Han Ji-hyuk that he should not move, desperately persevered.
‘You are sensitive! This prosthetic! Hold on! Absolutely true… Ugh!’
That moment when the pain reached its peak.
“Take off the eyepatch.”
Han Ji-hyuk takes off his eye patch.
And Lee Sang-wook saw it.
“···Leg?”
that his left leg was still attached.
“You must not move!”
Han Ji-hyeok’s warning that he shouldn’t move.
But the warning was meaningless.
Lee Sang-wook was already startled by this ridiculous scene and couldn’t even think of moving.
“I have legs . . . my legs.”
And the moment I saw the bridge, the phantom pain that was going up like crazy suddenly calmed down.
The brain, which confirmed the intact leg with visual information, recognized that there was no problem.
“Come on, Lee Sang-wook. Start testing now. Can you see the red light ahead?”
Lee Sang-wook, who came to his senses at those words, sees a red light.
“When that red light turns blue, you lift your big toe very slowly. And when the light turns red again, relax.”
“All right.”
“start.”
As the red light changed to blue, Lee Sang-wook slowly raised his big toe.
“please.”
Please, I hope you move.
And that moment.
Isn’t the left big toe going up slowly?
“slowly. slowly.”
Tears streamed down Lee Sang-wook as he saw his missing big toe moving slowly.
“in action. My toes are moving.”
Then the blue light turns red again.
When I saw it and released my strength, the big toe slowly descended again.
“OK. That’s it.”
Lee Sang-wook said with tears in his eyes.
“Is this my prosthetic leg?”
“It is being tested.”
“Chairman, even if this test fails, I will not be resentful. I······.”
Lee Sang-wook said with a bright smile.
“I moved my left toe for the first time in 10 years. You probably don’t know what it feels like.”
Then Han Ji-hyuk smiled and said.
“Don’t think about it and focus more on the test. The more you focus, the higher your success rate will be. do you know Will it really be successful and we will have a proper prosthetic leg?”
At that, Lee Sang-wook wiped away his tears and said.
“All right. I will focus.”
“like. This time the index toe goes!”
*
A method of analyzing brain wave changes by amplifying the brain waves and then making the illusion that they are really moving.
This method was successful.
“If you look at it, the flow of brain waves is clearly different from usual.”
The professor showed me the EEG table and said.
“If you look at the distribution chart here…”
I said waving my hand.
“If you show me something like that, what do you know? It just looks like it’s just a stick figure. Just explain it to me.”
“Haha, I see. In a nutshell, the brain is really tricked and found the wavelength of the brainwaves that come out when you really move. If we link the actions we took during the test when this wave is emitted, we will be able to create a prosthetic leg that moves naturally just by thinking.”
“Are you talking about success?”
“Of course, we still have a long way to go. Because the brain waves are constantly changing according to the movement of the body, it will certainly take a long time to analyze all those brain waves. Even more so because the brain waves are different for each person. However.”
The professor said with a confident expression.
“We can develop at an unprecedented speed. The brainwaves that pretend to move the body and those that perceive the body as real are incomparable, and can even be captured in more detail through amplification. If data continues to accumulate like that, AI will be able to read brain waves more perfectly.”
good, good
“After completely analyzing the data like that, we attach an EEG amplified by Chairman Han’s ability to the back of the back, and the computer analyzes and visualizes the EEG measured in that way. Then when the skeleton performs the same visualized action as that…”
The professor said with excitement.
“It really is the birth of a will-controlled, skeletonized prosthetic leg.”
This is the combination of science and magic.
“Then let’s start making products, shall we?”
Then the bewildered professor said.
“Yes? already? ”
“You can keep revising as you research. Even now, simple movements are possible, right?”
There is still a long way to go, but it is solved through complementation rather than perfection.
“It is, but … it will cost a lot of money. Continuing to supplement means that you have to manage all of them. It would be more certain to make a finished product and then sell it.”
“I have no intention of making any money with this.”
Rather, it is important to secure an image of the skeleton.
To be honest, I have to say how many amputees there are.
They sell prosthetic limbs for tens of thousands of won per person, so would you make a lot more money if you just make and sell shoes or shovels?
“So, let’s just go ahead and make up for what we lack. The development of technology is important, but shouldn’t we put out the fire first?”
The professor was silent for a moment.
“Chairman Han, thank you very much. For people like us, a president is a savior.”
“What else is a savior? I’m just a businessman and an awakener, nothing more and nothing less. This is a snob.”
“Whatever the intention is, if the result is good, it won’t be enough.”
is it?
Well, if you accept it like that, it’s me, thank you.
The professor smiled and said.
“Then let’s make a prototype. You look forward to it.”
*
While researching prosthetic legs, Nakamura did not prevent necrosis, but rather progressed further and eventually amputated her leg.
Nakamura also used illusion magic to measure EEG, and the skeleton prosthetic leg made using EEG was finally completed.
I tried to attach fake skin to it because I thought it would look too ugly with just bones, but Nakamura just wanted to show it as it is, so it’s a skeleton prosthetic leg made by wrapping it around like bone armor, similar to the thickness of the leg.
Nakamura said as he moved the skeleton prosthetic leg back and forth.
“It’s amazing.”
“Yes?”
“It moves at my will.”
It is not perfect because research is ongoing, but a skeleton prosthetic leg that can perform simple movements.
“But it is slow.”
“You mean the reaction is slow? One beat at a time?”
“you’re right.”
“It’s not quite finished yet. But if we keep improving, one day we will be able to move like real legs.”
“But with this. You cannot fight.”
At that, I said with a smirk.
“Why not? You can.”
“Yes?”
“That prosthetic leg, is it because I put a lot of effort into making it?”
Unlike the general public, it was that skeleton prosthetic leg that pulled the morale of other corpses to be able to withstand even the use of SS-class Nakamura’s movements and even instantaneous acceleration.
I don’t know, but with that leg alone, it would be stronger and stronger than the Death Knights of the SS who made Nakamura to this level?
And you said it was made with both combat and everyday use in mind?
“Put the EEG on your head, let your aura flow through your prosthetic leg, and then move on. As the aura moves, the prosthetic leg will move.”
At those words, Nakamura raised her magic power, and Nakamura’s skeleton prosthetic leg moved freely enough to be incomparable with the previous one.
Nakamura said with a bright smile.
“This will be…!”
“Before, the daily mode, this is the battle mode. You use your aura to move your legs. Of course, it will take some time to get used to. Instead, if you just adapt…”
I said with a smirk.
“It will be a great weapon for Nakamura-san.”
At my words, Nakamura politely bowed and said.
“Thank you, Chairman Han. I will repay this favor for the rest of my life.”
“haha. It was nothing.”
Nakamura patted her leg and said.
“When I have legs, I am greedy. It’s a pity.”
I said looking at Nakamura wearing an eye patch.
“Hmm. Honestly, I can’t do anything about the optic nerve.”
It can disrupt the optic nerve, but it’s out of my realm to restore what’s already been damaged.
“Can I use your eyes instead?”
“Useful?”
“Give me a suggestion.”
I’ll make sure it’s already in service, well.
“Do you have the skills you always needed? If it can be implemented, I will implement it.”
*
“Guild Master!”
The return of Nakamura, who had been in Korea for almost several months.
Naturally, when Nakamura, who had shown a heroic move, returned, reporters flocked to him, but they could not overcome the guild members of Nakamura, who was a high-waking person.
So said the guild members who ran through the reporters.
“Are you okay? What about your legs?”
At that, Nakamura rolled up her pants.
Then the legs made of bones visible inside.
“Very good. I did have a bit of a hard time rehabilitating, though.”
“okay? Then I’m happy.”
Nakamura grinned at the reaction of the guild members.
“Maybe you will be surprised to see it too.”
“Is that enough?”
“okay. I was surprised too. I asked for it, but I didn’t know that you would make it this far.”
Nakamura said with a smile.
“It is not enough to owe Chairman Han’s life, now even my legs. This grace is not enough to repay it for the rest of my life. ah! Do you have one more thing?”
Nakamura said while stroking the eye patch.
“Now that I have these eyes.”
“Yes? Snow?”
“I’ll show you this later.”
Nakamura walks out with the guild members so dignifiedly.
Reporters shouted at Nakamura like that.
“I heard that Chairman Han made a prosthetic foot, how about it?”
“Can you work again?”
Nakamura said in a relaxed voice to the reporters’ shouts.
“I’ll have a chance to show you soon. I will tell you more then.”
That’s when I went through the reporters like that.
“uh?”
One of the guild members looked at the phone and said.
“An unstable gate has appeared around here.”
“An unstable gate? haha.”
Nakamura said with a bright smile.
“This is your chance already.”
Nakamura took off the electroencephalograph attached to the back of his neck and crouched down in his seat.
“Come on, I’ll go first, so follow me.”
“Yes?”
“Suck!”
At that moment, Nakamura leaps over the crowd at great speed and runs towards the Unstable Gate.
The guild members who saw it said in amazement.
“Wow, what is that? Is it the same as before?”
“Isn’t it faster than that?”
Then a guild member called out.
“Is this the time to say that? You have to follow me quickly!”
*
Nakamura ran fast and felt the resistance of the air throughout her body.
and was happy
To be able to feel this feeling again.
how far did it go
“OMG! It’s a monster!”
People fleeing because of the monsters that jumped out of the unstable gate.
“It’s a D-class.”
This is enough for Nakamura to handle alone.
But it was not known that there would be deaths in the meantime.
Because it was a D-class, there were quite a lot of monsters.
Nakamura said while holding the eye patch in her hand.
“Is it time to use this?”
Nakamura said, jumping high into the sky.
“Three seconds from now, everyone close your eyes!”
“I, Nakamura Guild Leader!”
“one!”
People ran away and said
“Close your eyes in three seconds!”
“Eye? Why the eyes!”
“two!”
“I don’t know! Just do what you’re told! Guildmaster Nakamura must have said it without thinking!?”
“Okay!”
“three.”
As soon as Nakamura counts to three, people close their eyes.
Seeing this, Nakamura took off her eye patch and shouted.
“flash!”
Then, from Nakamura’s prosthetic eyes, a light of great brightness bursts out.
“Keek!”
The monsters who paid attention to Nakamura at the sound of Nakamura’s voice close their eyes and suffer when a bright flash of light explodes as if burning their eyes.
“Kie!”
Of course, not only the monsters among them, but also those who ignored the warning or missed the timing.
“Ahh! my eyes!”
“what’s this!”
Seeing this, Nakamura landed and said.
“If you have been hit, please sit quietly. It will get better with time.”
Nakamura, who had temporarily neutralized the monster in that way, said while stroking her left eye.
“If I had these eyes… I would be able to save more people from the same situation as last time.”
The ability Nakamura wanted was the ability to neutralize monsters in a wide range.
Although it won’t work for the undead, the culprit of the last incident, the gate’s monsters are not the only undead.
It was clear that if I had this eye, I could minimize damage to people and at the same time neutralize monsters in the same situation, and even if the same thing happened last time, I would be able to use the power of this eye to prolong time.
“One time of that humiliation is enough. I will never do the same thing again.”
Nakamura, having made that decision, raised his left prosthetic leg and smashed the monster.
Then the monster was shattered in a single blow.
“It’s also strong.”
Nakamura, who was rated as weak in attack ability as a person with instant acceleration ability.
However, the skeleton prosthetic leg mounted on such Nakamura could not compensate for Nakamura’s only flaw, the attack power, and raised it to a higher level.
Nakamura began to slaughter monsters while enjoying the massive power she felt from her legs.
At first, it was awkward to control it using magic, but after a long rehabilitation training, it moves freely as if it had been a leg like that from the beginning.
At that time, the guild members who joined later said while dealing with the monsters.
“What is that light just now?”
“My new ability. A president gave it to me.”
“Yes?!”
“Well, to put it simply, should I say that something similar to the capabilities of the Protégé product was implanted in my prosthesis?”
“What kind of cyberpunk implant is it?”
“Anyway, the useless eyes became useful, so wouldn’t that be enough?”
Nakamura said with a smirk.
“Come on, it’s Nakamura’s resurrection. I will make it a splendid comeback ceremony.”
Nakamura officially announced the resurrection.
And at the same time, it was also the splendid debut of Han Ji-hyuk’s prosthetic leg, the prosthetic arm and the prosthetic eye.