WHAT DO WE THINK OF THE ORDINARY PEOPLE?
YEAH... I RECENTLY HEARD WHAT AWAKENERS THINK ABOUT THE ORDINARIES...
THEN IT HIT ME, I NEVER ASKED WHAT YOU GUYS OR THE AWAKENER ORGANIZATIONS HERE THINK.
I HOPE THEY DON'T TAKE THIS THE WRONG WAY...
WELP, WE DON'T REALLY DRAW A LINE BETWEEN THE TWO.
WE WERE ALWAYS TAUGHT TO KEEP OUR AWAKENER IDENTITIES SECRET AND BLEND IN WITH THE ORDINARIES, GOING TO REGULAR SCHOOLS AND SUCH.
EXACTLY...
SAME. MY MENTOR ALWAYS EMPHASIZED THE IMPORTANCE OF BLENDING IN WITH THE ORDINARIES, SO SCHOOL WAS NON-NEGOTIABLE.
BUT I HEARD THINGS ARE DIFFERENT IN COUNTRIES WHERE AWAKENERS HAVE GREATER INFLUENCE.
MOST AWAKENERS THINK THEY'RE SPECIAL, AND IN SOME PLACES THEY'RE GROUPED TOGETHER AND TAUGHT SEPARATELY.
SPECIAL?
BECAUSE OF THEIR AWAKENED ABILITIES, I GUESS?
THAT TOO, BUT IT'S MORE LIKE...
...THEY SEE THEMSELVES AS AN EVOLVED SPECIES.
PLUS, MOST OF THEM TEND TO LOOK DOWN ON THE ORDINARIES...
IT'S KINDA COMPLICATED.
I MEAN, YOU SAW WHAT IT'S LIKE.
AWAKENERS RANK EACH OTHER BY POWER PRETTY HARSHLY...
...SO THINK HOW THEY'D SEE THE ORDINARIES.
DON'T TAKE IT TOO SERIOUSLY, JIWOO.
PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT OPINIONS, YOU KNOW?
...GOT IT.
WELL, I'LL GET GOING THEN.
ALREADY?
YEAH.
THEY TOLD ME TO STAY PUT AND TAKE LOTS OF REST UNTIL I FULLY RECOVER, SO...
I SEE...
DON'T GIVE ME THOSE FACES, GUYS.
I'M TOTALLY FINE, REALLY.
BYE NOW.
HAA... HE'S ACTING ALL CASUAL, BUT I BET IT'S EATING HIM UP INSIDE...
I MEAN, I'D BE CRUSHED TOO IF ANYONE EVER TOLD ME I COULD NEVER USE MY AWAKENED POWER AGAIN...
SORRY, WHAT?!? JISUK CAN'T USE HIS AWAKENED POWER ANYMORE?!
RIGHT. THEY INJECTED HIM WITH A SUBSTANCE THAT WAS BANNED FOR ITS DANGEROUS SIDE EFFECTS.
SURE, IT'S AN ALTERED VERSION, BUT IT'S BUILT ON THE SAME THING.
HIS NUMBERS ARE NORMAL, BUT THEY START FLUCTUATING WHENEVER HE TRIES TO CHANNEL HIS POWER.
BUT I THOUGHT YOU'D COMPLETELY HEALED HIM.
RIGHT, BUT SOMEHOW HIS POWER STIRS EVERYTHING UP. I MEAN, HE'S PERFECTLY NORMAL OTHERWISE.
I FLUSHED OUT AS MUCH OF THE SUBSTANCE AS I COULD, BUT IT WASN'T 100%.
THEN... WHAT NOW?
...HE'LL JUST HAVE TO HOLD BACK FROM USING HIS POWER AS BEST HE CAN.
IT MAY NOT SEEM SERIOUS NOW, BUT USING HIS POWER COULD BREAK HIS BODY FOR GOOD.
SHOULD I ASK MY MENTOR TO SEE HIM?
YOU MEAN DR. DELEIN?
YEAH.
I MEAN, WE KNOW HE'S GOOD AND ALL, BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING NOT EVEN MR. KARTEIN COULD FIX...
ACTUALLY, THAT'S NOT A BAD IDEA.
WHAT I'M GOOD AT IS HEALING PEOPLE THROUGH MY AWAKENED POWER...
...SO WHEN IT COMES TO SUBSTANCES, SOMEONE ELSE MIGHT HAVE BETTER ANSWERS.
BESIDES, THAT DELEIN GUY... HE SEEMED TO REALLY KNOW HIS STUFF...
YOU ALL SHOW UP OUT OF NOWHERE... AND WANT ME TO CHECK ON YOUR FRIEND?
YES, SIR.
I'M SORRY TO BREAK IT TO YOU, BUT...
...I DOUBT MY ASSESSMENT WILL MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE IF NOT EVEN KARTEIN COULD HELP HIM.
BUT HE SAID YOU'D BE ABLE TO HELP JISUK.
HE SAID WHAT?
HE SAID HE WAS SPECIALIZED IN USING HIS AWAKENED POWER TO TREAT PEOPLE...
...BUT THAT WHEN IT COMES TO DRUG SIDE EFFECTS, YOU MIGHT GET FURTHER THAN HIM.
SIR, JIWOO'S RIGHT.
I HEARD IT TOO.
THAT KARTEIN...? YOU SURE?
WELL, IN THAT CASE... I GUESS I COULD RUN SOME TESTS AND SEE.
THANK YOU, SIR!
JISUK'S BEING EXAMINED BY DR. DELEIN?
YES, MA'AM. SIR KARTEIN SUGGESTED IT, APPARENTLY,
AND SAID DR. DELEIN MIGHT HAVE BETTER ANSWERS ABOUT JISUK'S CONDITION...
...
HMM...
BASED ON MY EXAMS AND THE DATA THEY FORWARDED ME, THIS SUBSTANCE IS A CLOSE MATCH TO SOMETHING I'VE WORKED WITH.
SOMETHING I HANDLED QUITE OFTEN, TO BE HONEST...
!
SO YOU CAN TREAT HIM THEN?
THERE'S A NEUTRALIZING AGENT FOR IT, SO IT'S NOT IMPOSSIBLE.
BUT THE THING IS...
...IT BELONGS TO THE FRAME.
In Eleceed Chapter 407, Jiwoo asks his friends what Korean Awakeners think of ordinary people and faces a turning point over Jisuk's future. They explain locals blend in at regular schools while foreign Awakeners see themselves as evolved and look down on ordinaries. After Jisuk leaves to rest, Jiwoo learns Jisuk was injected with a banned substance and may never use his power again without breaking his body. With Kartein's healing incomplete, Dr. Delein examines him and says a neutralizer exists but belongs to the Frame.