188 The Right Tool for the Job

“Haa…….”

Kim Iseo let out a long sigh, staring at her half-regenerated hand.

The recovery process in the Administration's regeneration room worked in a very unusual way. Strictly speaking, it was similar to a lizard's tail growing back.

Only the mechanism was a little different.

First, a regeneration-only light was shone on the severed area. Then every cell, including the broken blood vessels and nervous system, slowly regenerated and grew back. Since the process remained visible in a transparent state, it was pretty grotesque. It was still manageable once the bones and muscles regenerated, but until then there was no choice but to stare right through to the structure of her own body.

If internal organs were being regenerated, she had to keep her abdomen wide open and watch the food pass through.

It didn't hurt thanks to the anesthesia, but it was disgusting all the same. No matter how often Administration agents saw gruesome sights, few of them wanted to know how their own bodies worked from the inside.

Kim Iseo was no different. She leaned back against the headrest and looked down at her hand, which had already regenerated all the way to the bones.

Splat.

The translucent white liquid in the regeneration tub rippled with her movements. The white patient gown she wore didn't get wet, and it covered only the necessary parts of her body...