It’s an Academic Fact That Rankers Are Model Students – Chapter 227

Chapter 227: Biology Practical Exam (1)

The reason why Kyung-joon’s first words in his presentation silenced everyone gathered in the square.

It was because the presentation was over from the moment it began.

“I’m busy preparing for the practical exam, so I couldn’t prepare for the first presentation. I’ll organize it and show you at the next second presentation.”

“W, What……?”

Larev, the Grand Elder, was taken aback by Kyung-joon’s words.

And then he asked for confirmation one more time.

“……Is that really true?”

“Yes.”

Kyung-joon calmly replied that it was true.

“……”

Everyone in the square, including the judges, was speechless.

As expected, the first person to break the silence was Kyung-joon.

He is now very used to such situations after experiencing them several times.

“Then I’ll finish my presentation. Thank you for listening.”

With that, Kyung-joon nonchalantly ended his presentation.

━No way…… He’s really ending it like that?

━Didn’t we hold this big competition for him to prove himself?

━Ha! That’s what I thought, that otherworlder! I knew it! What good is a good idea if he can’t follow through with it!

━N, No! He’s just taking a break to present something bigger!

All sorts of murmurs erupted from the crowd.

The majority of the reactions were that no one could understand why Kyung-joon had made such a choice.

“Ahem.”

<^오^>

Kyung-joon, still with an indifferent expression, waited for the judges’ words.

“Although the first evaluation doesn’t determine everything, it still carries a significant weight in the final score. Are you sure you’re okay with ending it here?”

“Yes.”

The overall score is determined by the final presentation, which includes both the first and second presentations.

So, there’s no big problem even if he doesn’t do the first presentation.

Of course.

“……Then, we’ll have to mark your first presentation score as 0.”

His first presentation score would be zero.

“Yes.”

But again, Kyung-joon didn’t make a big deal out of it.

However.

“Oh my, oh my. I never thought he’d make such a choice~”

“I’ve been to countless interviews, but this is a first.”

“Why…… Why is Fairy King-nim pushing for someone like him……”

Only the three judges, who had to push Kyung-joon to first place, were having a hard time.

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The next week.

Today is the day of the biology practical exam at school.

━Hey, hey! Are you all set for the biology practical today? Memorizing every single function of the organs is killing me.

━Why bother preparing for that dissection? I have all those organs and stuff inside me. I know my body best.

━Ah…… I messed up the midterms, so I really need to do well on this. Otherwise, I’m not getting a ranking.

Unlike other subject practical exams, dissection is directly related to ‘medical school’.

It was a practical exam that all the students were studying hard for.

It was the same for Kyung-joon.

“Whoa. I have a bad feeling about BIVS.”

Kyung-joon had studied enough in the game and practiced with Teina to his heart’s content, so he didn’t prepare separately.

So, he was just browsing the internet on his smartphone.

“BIVS? What is that?”

The friend next to him asked Kyung-joon in a friendly manner.

“It stands for Bio Is Very Safe.”

“Ah, that thing that’s been in the news lately? You know, the one where they’re saying human aging has been conquered.”

“Yeah, that’s right.”

BIVS was gaining immense fame, even to the point that Kyung-joon’s friend, who wasn’t interested in the world, knew about it.

It couldn’t be helped, because the content they announced this time was even more amazing than the stem cell incident that was rampant in the early 2000s.

Back then, the research was revealed to be fabricated and ended in vain.

This time, however, there were clear results.

“If that really works, does that mean I can live forever young and never die?”

Kyung-joon nodded at his friend’s words.

“Probably. I saw that they even succeeded in experimenting with mayflies.”

“Mayflies?”

“Yeah. Originally, mayflies live for a day and die, but after applying their technology, they’ve been alive for two years now.”

“Wow, crazy. That’s awesome. They’re really crazy. I guess it’s not a mayfly anymore, huh?”

“Right?”

The mayfly, whose lifespan is one day-24 hours, is living for two years-17,520 hours.

What’s even more amazing is that despite this, the mayfly is still the same age physically.

It’s literally living with the body and face of a human in their 20s.

It was only natural for BIVS to become famous.

“Huh? But what did you mean by having a bad feeling?”

His friend finally noticed the strangeness in Kyung-joon’s words.

“The company behind this is shady.”

Kyung-joon held out his smartphone screen to his friend.

It was news from the past.

『July 24, 2024』

『Illegal biochemical leak at Daejeon Daedeok Research and Development Special Zone.』

『An illegal discharge accident occurred at the Daedeok Research and Development Special Zone in Yuseong-gu, Daejeon Metropolitan City.

Researcher Cha Mo of the Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology, suspected to be the source of the discharge, is currently refusing to cooperate with the investigation……』

“What is this?”

His friend frowned.

He didn’t seem to understand what Kyung-joon was trying to say, but.

“Don’t tell me that Bio whatever did this?”

He quickly grasped what Kyung-joon was getting at.

“Yeah.”

Kyung-joon took back his smartphone and added.

“The person being investigated for the illegal discharge had the surname Cha, and the CEO of BIVS is named Cha Seong-jin. Of course, they usually use pseudonyms in the news, so it might not be him, but I went to the Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology’s website and kind of made up a story and emailed someone who joined after this news came out.”

“And?”

“They said he’s not working there anymore. So I casually search when he moved, and it was exactly around the time the illegal discharge became a problem.”

“Whoa……”

In other words.

The person who was once investigated for an illegal discharge at the Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology is now the CEO of BIVS.

Scoot.

Kyung-joon got up from his seat.

His friend asked him,

“But why were you looking into this?”

“I have a feeling something’s going to go wrong again. My dad invested in their stock.”

“What? Are they going bankrupt?”

“Well, I can’t say for sure, but……”

Kyung-joon stood up to go to the science lab and began to gather his books and pencil case.

” ……I have this uneasy feeling. “

” Ah, so that’s why you said you had a bad feeling. “

His friend finally understood what was going on.

Kyung-joon nodded silently, his expression still troubled.

Seeing Kyung-joon like that, his friend added,

” Hey, it’s gonna be fine. What, you think it’s gonna happen again? Besides, BIVS is so strong right now that even if some problems arise, it won’t matter, right? “

” Well, that’s true. “

Thump, thump.

Kyung-joon, having packed all his things, headed to the science lab.

” Hey, hey! Wait up! You’re going alone? Wait for me! “

His friend hurriedly went back to his seat and started packing his writing utensils.

Kyung-joon slowed down a bit to let his friend catch up.

And then he muttered in a slightly low voice,

” ……But somehow I feel like it’s not just going to be a few problems, but a whole lot of them…… “

” Okay, let’s go. But what did you say?”

” Nothing. Let’s go. “

In the end, no one but Kyung-joon, the speaker, heard the muttering.

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“Okay, then the next five come forward. Jeon Ho-seong, Kim Hyun-jin, Lee Kyung-joon, Park Jin-ho, Jeong Dong-jun.”

It was the moment when the five students who had come out first were replaced by the five students whose names were called.

━Ah, if only I had a little more time, I could have done it better.

━I went too fast and ended up bursting organs like the lungs. Damn it.

━I did the dissection well, but I didn’t study, so I’m screwed. I couldn’t explain any of the stickers I put on. Ugh.

The disappointed voices of the students who had already finished the practical exam.

As Kyung-joon came forward, he realized what was important.

Fast hand movements to complete the dissection within the time limit.

But the right amount of speed and care not to damage the internal organs by wielding the scalpel too quickly.

And lastly, the knowledge to explain each dissected organ concisely and clearly.

This biology practical exam was a test that evaluated these three things.

‘Honestly, I wonder if it’s necessary to go this far for a high school practical exam…… but it would definitely be a huge help for medical school admissions.’

He felt like he could fill up one 500-character question on his self-introduction essay just by talking about this practical exam.

Currently, all Kyung-joon had to write on his self-introduction essay was the Science Certification Exam Level 2 (Chemistry, Physics).

Kyung-joon, who had low grades, had no choice but to focus on these extracurricular activities.

One of them was this biology practical exam.

“Okay, I’m going to start the timer, so get ready.”

Therefore, there was no room for error.

‘As I learned, as I practiced, and as my hands are used to.’

Kyung-joon recalled the countless hours of practice and study he had done at the Fairy-Elven Magic Academy.

He had studied by running countless simulations. Therefore, he knew exactly where to start and how to proceed.

He had moved his hands and touched the tools countless times. So his hands remembered and his eyes knew.

Swish. Swish.

What to do now, what to do next.

Everything was clear in front of him.

Domination.

From the student’s scalpel in his hand to every second ticking by.

Everything around him was under Kyung-joon’s control.

━Crazy…… How is Kyung-joon so fast?

━Wow…… He looks like a real doctor……

━This is the first time I’ve seen him like this……

━Yeah, me too. Isn’t he kind of cool?

No matter how much the people around him chattered.

Swish. Swish.

Kyung-joon’s movements were not affected in the slightest.

By the time the other four next to him had just started to properly cut open the abdomen.

“Teacher. I’m done.”

Kyung-joon had already completed everything, from inserting the forceps to attaching stickers to each organ.

“Y, Yes…… Kyung-joon, yours was a rat, right……?”

“Yes.”

Even the biology teacher, who was quite flustered, couldn’t help but ask, knowing that there was a rat on the dissection table.

The biology teacher began asking Kyung-joon one by one, looking at the list of practical exam questions to ask the rat dissection students.

“The purpose of this experiment―”

“The purpose of this experiment is to dissect a rat and familiarize ourselves with the roles and functions of its internal organs.”

Kyung-joon answered before the biology teacher could even finish the question.

The teacher made a slightly bewildered expression and then immediately moved on to the next question.

“Then, the usual method used to kill a rat―”

“Rats are usually killed by cervical dislocation, a technique where you hold the rat by the base of its ears and tail, pull them in a straight line, and break its spine to cause death.”

“Looking at this tunica albuginea―”

“This white membrane is a fibrous connective tissue that surrounds the testicles, indicating that this rat is male. The testicles are divided into testicular septa and testicular lobules, and within the testicular lobules are seminiferous tubules where spermatogenic cells produce sperm.”

“Answer after I finish the question! And everything you just said is correct!!”

“Yes.”

The biology teacher, unable to bear it any longer, snapped at Kyung-joon.

“Sigh. Then, for the last question…… “

“It’s about the kidneys and adrenal cortex, right?”

“……”

The biology teacher was speechless.

“Can I explain if I’m right?”

And Kyung-joon, completely unfazed, asked the teacher back.

“Yes…… Go ahead and explain……”

In the end, the biology teacher couldn’t even ask a proper question and just listened to Kyung-joon’s explanation.

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