Only I Am A Reader-Chapter 600: Quite The Intricate Plot, How Unfortunate

"See, as good as new. You should have trusted yourself from the start."

With all the wounds on Aurora’s body disappearing over time, the paramedic chuckled as he gave the Healer lady a pat on the back.

Thankfully, things had gone just as planned.

’All show and no substance, truly the perfect scapegoat.’

The Ability that specialized in only healing surface wounds was precisely why this specific Healer had been solely targeted by their ’public’ recruitment.

In real life-threatening situations, it was as useless as a basic medkit, only faster in effect.

Of course, someone with an Ability like this would have been pretty popular in the field of restorative medicine, but thankfully for them, the tall lady’s situation could only make her their tool.

As someone who lived hand to mouth while supporting an elderly mother, trapped under a pile of loans that had been used to cover up her mother’s medical bills, she could never fork up the money to undergo the test for a Medicinal Healer Certificate.

With no certificate, no respected medical facility would accept her just based on her words.

Additionally, a direct demonstration was out of the question. No respected medical center would allow its patients to be experimented on by an unidentified Ability User.

After all, there had been cases where total fraud was committed.

As for using a basic flesh wound for demonstration? A crowded hospital had to deal with hordes of patients every day.

No one could afford to hire such a slow healer to deal with things that a few stitches could fix.

’Of course, we pushed things around a little.’

In reality, all of these obstacles could be ignored as long as she met the right person, someone who really needed her and was willing to take the risk.

However, since the Gate Clearing Project had been in the books for a long while, various preparations had been made, and spreading rumors about a suspiciously fake Medicinal Healer was simply one of many.

’Unlucky.’

That being said, it wasn’t like this girl was the only one who would do for that role.

As with skillfully crafted plans, providing more than one candidate for each position was customary.

It was simply that down-on-her-luck Healer happened to suit their needs the most, all while being easy to manipulate.

"Seems fine."

Inspecting the healed-up exterior, Aurora nodded with a hint of approval, causing the paramedic to evilly grin deep inside.

’Fool.’

A case like Aurora was a perfect example of why having more is not always better.

In any combat situation, she would only be envied for having an Ability that passively restored her injuries all the way to full recovery.

Even in a general sense, a special body like hers would make anyone jealous. She basically couldn’t get sick in any manner; her Ability would immediately work on eliminating the cause.

Regardless of whether it was external or internal.

It was too early to tell now, but some researchers claimed that Aurora’s Ability could even stop her from aging, making her practically immortal.

However...

’In this way...’

The passive healing segment of Aurora’s Ability didn’t just stop at treating wounds.

At the same time, once her Enigma reached the target of the treatment, a numbing effect would also be activated, all just so Aurora wouldn’t feel pain with her injuries being constantly stimulated by the healing Enigma.

’It’s easy to become careless.’

With such a strong wall to rest her back on and no actual way of telling if she was internally injured, at least not on her own, fooling Aurora was easier than taking candy from a kid.

As long as they provided someone such as this Healer lady to make her look perfectly fine on the outside, even Aurora could be tricked as long as she didn’t figure out the nature of the Healer’s Ability.

"Thanks."

"Ah, no worries!"

Seeing Aurora thank her with such a sincere smile on her face, the Healer lady almost blushed.

Honestly, she didn’t think that things would go so smoothly.

"I was just doing my job..."

In fact, her Ability seemed to have worked too well this time; Aurora’s skin was practically glistening without any sign of weak new tissue.

However, rather than being doubtful, the Healer was just glad that the disaster ended really well.

Now that the crisis was over, she was going to kiss this temp job goodbye.

As a matter of fact, she was never going to pretend to be a proper combat Healer ever again!

"See, even Aurora herself is satisfied. You should definitely stay with the team."

Unfortunately, the puppeteering paramedic wasn’t going to let her go. The kind of temptation that his superiors could provide wasn’t to be underestimated.

"I can’t-"

"Don’t be so quick to refuse. You do know that the pay doubles with each Gate Aurora clear, right?"

"D-double?"

"Yup, it keeps increasing until it hits the limit, that being a cool quarter of a mil. After that, you continue receiving the same number each time."

Anyone else would have grown suspicious, but according to the paramedic’s intel, Aurora was that one fool who would think that the higher-ups were being overly generous to look out for her.

’250,000?!’

The recently resolute Healer was shaken to the core. That was so much money!

’With just one such payment, I can pay a full hospital bill and still have some left over for shopping!’

This wasn’t even monthly pay; it was the amount she would receive per Gate Clearing every time she safely stood outside!

’But if someone gets hurt...’

"Since you were picked for the position, you are certainly more than capable enough for it!"

"I concur."

As soon as Aurora chimed in with approval, the Healer’s last straw of resistance was completely blown away.

If Aurora herself didn’t seem worried, why would an impoverished girl like her question the morality of her situation?

"Well... If you insist."

For now, she was just going to ride the wave!

’Looks like they bought it.’

Nonchalantly observing the play unfolding in front of her, Aurora couldn’t help but shake her head deep inside.

Truly, their plot was quite the intricate one.

’Too bad.’

Unfortunately for them, starting from this point, everything would be beyond their control.