Wasteland's Only King-Chapter 39: Healing

The wide open space in front of the villa.

The new members of the Environmental Protection Club sat cross-legged on the ground, their eyes full of curiosity as they stared at Yu Jin standing in the middle.

"I didn’t expect the president to know magic tricks!"

"So impressive!"

"Wow, President is just too multi-talented. I really like that!"

"What kind of magic is it, though?"

"I’ve never actually seen a live magic show before, this is my first time, hehe..."

"..."

The new club members chatted excitedly.

Yin Yao sat quietly off to the side.

There was curiosity in her eyes too.

Because...

Based on what she knew, Yu Jin wasn’t supposed to know any magic tricks.

In fact,

Back when she returned after her rebirth, Yin Yao had already gotten all the information she needed on Yu Jin from her grandpa.

The data was so detailed, it even listed the name of Yu Jin’s desk mate from the first grade—and where that guy lives now.

That’s how Yin Yao was able to recognize Chen Gang the first time they met.

"Maybe he’s self-taught, so he never performed in public. It’s not in the record, which makes sense."

Yin Yao thought to herself.

On the other side.

In the center of the group.

Under everyone’s expectant eyes, Yu Jin wore a faint, casual smile.

"I need a volunteer."

As soon as he spoke,

swoosh swoosh swoosh——

Freshmen jumped up enthusiastically one after another.

"Me! President, pick me!"

"I’m super obedient, I’ll go along with anything—any pose you want, just say the word!"

"Bruh?"

"..."

Yu Jin found these racy words both funny and speechless.

"I’ll just pick someone at random."

He spoke, stretched out his hand, and pointed at a JK junior sister with white stockings standing in front of him.

Before long,

the JK junior sister, cheeks flushed, stepped up to Yu Jin.

"President..."

She must be a local from Jiangnan; her voice was a little sweet and coy.

Yu Jin didn’t mind that.

He looked past her to the other freshmen sitting around.

"Everyone worked hard cleaning the polluted river today, didn’t you?"

As soon as those words came out,

The freshmen answered in unison:

"It wasn’t hard!"

Yu Jin: "..."

"I mean physically hard, like tiring hard."

This time,

The new members exchanged glances and nodded tacitly.

In today’s river cleanup, as Environmental Protection Club members, they were way more eager than the other Jiang University students or volunteers.

No matter how lazy they normally were, under Yu Jin’s example they had all gritted their teeth and kept working.

At first, the excitement of team building kept the fatigue at bay.

But now that Yu Jin brought it up, it was like all their nerve endings and cells suddenly remembered to feel tired.

Nerve fatigue and muscle soreness hit them like waves of a tide.

Quite a few new students immediately made faces of pain.

"That’s more like it."

Seeing this, Yu Jin nodded in satisfaction.

The body’s reaction is sometimes delayed. Especially in a happy mood, this delay gets even stronger.

"How about you, are you tired?"

Yu Jin looked at the volunteer in front of him, the JK junior sister in white stockings.

"I..."

"Am I supposed to be tired?"

The JK junior sister’s big eyes blinked rapidly.

"..."

Yu Jin was a little at a loss.

"Ahem—"

With a couple of coughs, Yu Jin suppressed the urge to find a new volunteer.

He turned to the group and announced,

"The name of the magic I’ll perform is——"

"Healing!"

"Like the name says, this trick will heal your physical fatigue, and relieve your muscle soreness."

When he finished,

The scene fell into a short silence.

Freshmen looked at each other—you look at me, I look at you—not sure how to react for a moment.

After a while,

it was Old Tang who broke the ice first. "See if it’s a mule or a horse, take it out for a walk!"

"President Yu, show us what you got!"

In an instant,

the previously awkward mood heated right back up.

The club newbies clapped and cheered along, "President Yu, show us your skills!"

Of course,

They chanted that, but everyone knew this so-called "Healing" trick had to be totally ridiculous.

What kind of magic could make you stop feeling tired just like that?

If it was just a mental thing, maybe you could buy that.

But physical exhaustion? That’s about nerves and muscle fatigue—soreness is caused by real lactic acid buildup.

What trick could make lactic acid go away?

Or in other words——

If a trick could instantly remove lactic acid, would it still be magic?

That’d be magic, not just a trick!

"President, I’m tired!"

"I’m totally exhausted right now!"

"My arms are sore, my legs hurt, and even my butt’s a little achy!"

The JK junior sister was totally into it. As soon as Yu Jin finished saying what the magic was for, she immediately raised her voice.

"Very good."

Yu Jin nodded.

Then...

He reached out his hand.

Of course he wasn’t going to take any advantage, he just put his hand gently on her shoulder.

"Ah..."

"So comfy!"

"It already feels like I’m not tired anymore!"

The JK junior sister’s eyes widened in surprise.

"..."

Yu Jin fell silent.

He hadn’t even started yet!

He was doing this "Healing" magic show not just to stop Old Tang from singing.

The real reason——

Wool-grabbing, wool-grabbing, and more wool-grabbing!

Back when he activated the "Territory" module, the system made things crystal clear.

[As a City Lord, developing your territory, improving your subordinates, handing out resources, purifying subordinates, etc.—all earn you rich rewards!]

Among these, one was "purifying subordinates"!

This "purification," in Yu Jin’s mind, meant his "Purifying Light" counted as purification.

And the "Purifying Light" skill could heal, cleanse, and dispel; using it for body fatigue was basically overkill.

So...

On the surface, Yu Jin was performing "Healing" magic.

But in reality,

he wanted to trigger another round of system rewards this way.

Otherwise,

if he was really doing magic tricks, Yu Jin had plenty of "Light" and "Thunder" spells up his sleeve.

Those would genuinely stun all these freshmen out of their seats—but the risk of exposing his superpower would skyrocket, too.

By contrast,

Purifying Light was way, way more subtle.

And to keep his secret, Yu Jin was using this one-on-one approach.

"I’m starting now."

Yu Jin looked into the JK junior sister’s eyes and spoke softly.

"I’m ready!"

The JK junior sister closed her eyes, her long lashes trembling slightly.

Buzz——

After the faintest, almost inaudible sound,

Yu Jin pressed down a little with his right hand on her shoulder.

From his palm, a wisp of light, invisible to the naked eye, slipped into her body.

"Ah~"

The JK junior sister let out a weird sound.

"..."

A whole minute passed.

The JK junior sister opened her eyes again.

Her round, baby-faced cheeks were full of shock!

"Oh my God!"

She exclaimed in her cute voice, then started bouncing up and down where she stood.

She swung her arms, stomped her feet, rubbed her butt, and even did a few squats on the spot.

"It really isn’t sore or hurting anymore!"

This line came straight from her heart.

Even though Yu Jin just used a little bit of his "Purifying Light" ability, it still completely healed her bodily fatigue.

The way the JK junior sister looked at Yu Jin changed in an instant.

"President!"

"Are you Superman?"