I Am Reborn
As soon as Kim Chulsoo arrived, he sprinted straight toward Woojin.
“Woojin!! I’m here!!”
“How could you leave Sangjin behind with my little brother?! You bastard!!”
But Kim Chulsoo had the shamelessness of a man with no shame to lose.
“There’s nothing to worry about with Sangjin. If anything, he was surrounded by the maids so tightly that I couldn’t even get near him.”
If it was Sangjin, he really would do something like that, so Woojin had nothing to say.
“That was made by Sangjin?”
“Yeah. He said your little brother was ridiculously strong now, and that if you didn’t go see him now, you might miss your chance, so I should hurry over.”
That bastard... Woojin figured he’d probably sent Chulsoo over because he thought it would be funny.
And that was the truth.
Sangjin had simply thought it would be a waste to watch such an entertaining situation from the sidelines.
“I’m ready.”
“Ready for what?”
“Please!!”
One man was practically on his knees, begging, while the other flatly refused him. The argument had no sign of ending.
Woojin was losing his mind over this hulking man blocking his path and staring at him with pitiful eyes.
“Woojin, please, I’m begging you!! This is the greatest regret of my life!”
“No, seriously!! Hyung, say something that makes sense!! How am I supposed to touch that!!”
Woojin recoiled in disgust, but Kim Chulsoo stepped one pace closer and stretched out a hand with earnest desperation.
“You’ll change your mind the moment you see it yourself! Even the doctor gave up on this thing!! He said, tragically enough, that rebirth would be faster!!”
“...The doctor really said that?”
Woojin asked dumbly.
A thing the doctor had given up on? Just how bad was it for someone to say that?
Woojin tried to get a grip on himself.
No, no! Once curiosity kicks in, it’s over!
“Exactly!! I went to every urology clinic in the country! They all just shook their heads and told me my life wasn’t defined by that thing! Bullshit!! If they’d been in my position, could they really have said that so easily?!”
But Woojin kept getting more curious.
The “caterpillar” Catherine had mentioned, and the unfortunate appendage the doctor had given up on—just what kind of disaster was it, exactly?
In the end, curiosity won.
“Haa... fine. I’ll take care of Jihyun first. Then I’ll... look at it. Just look!”
He wasn’t exactly squeamish about seeing another man’s junk; bathhouses existed, after all.
Woojin figured he’d inspect Chulsoo’s condition first, and if it seemed reasonable, he’d invent some excuse and refuse him politely.
***
Yu Jihyun’s procedure was over in a flash.
She already had impressive volume to begin with, and once Woojin’s +3 enhancement was added on top, her figure became downright overwhelming.
“Kyyaa!! Oppa, look at my chest!! It’s bigger than Eileen’s now!!”
Jihyun bounced in place, shrieking with delight as though she were about to blow the tent apart.
“Are you that happy...?”
Yu Jihyun smiled sweetly and stuck out her tongue.
“Do you like me? Or do you like what you made?”
“...Kh, khm...!”
“What do you think... Want to touch it? No, wait... you already did, didn’t you...? How was it?”
“I, it’s definitely... um, I mean... I can kind of see why you and my sister are like this... ”
Watching from the side, Catherine bit her lip and muttered enviously, “Hmph... so the original really can’t be changed. I’m going to get my hands on an Erosion Removal Scroll and push mine to +5 or higher, no matter what.”
With the women’s racket fading into the background, the moment of fate finally arrived.
“Hyung, let’s go to that tent.”
Kim Chulsoo shot to his feet.
“Yes! I don’t care where!”
***
Inside the large rest tent set up in the camp, Woojin sat face-to-face with Kim Chulsoo, just the two of them.
It was a carefully prepared space arranged by the support staff.
Still, the structure made it feel like they were in the middle of an African jungle on a medical volunteer trip.
Right. I’m a doctor. A doctor. Chulsoo-hyung is begging me like this, so just looking shouldn’t be a big deal...
And then Kim Chulsoo began his long, tragic history in exhaustive detail.
“It’s been that way since I was a child. Even when the old folks in the neighborhood would say, ‘Oh, let’s see little Chulsoo’s thing!’ they’d always clear their throats after actually seeing it and quietly turn their heads away.”
“...Those delightful old folks...?”
Something that could make even the elders give up on it.
A wistful haze filled Chulsoo’s eyes.
“I believed with all my heart that it would grow bigger once I became an adult...”
Moisture gathered at the corners of Chulsoo’s eyes.
“But even after I became an adult, nothing ever changed for me.”
It was a heartbreaking story any man could sympathize with.
Kim Chulsoo’s fervent speech continued.
“But it didn’t matter!! I spent my whole life training because I believed a man’s worth wasn’t decided by that!!”
“R-right...?”
Given how much effort Chulsoo had poured in to rise from a coastal village in Gangwon Province all the way to become an elite secretary at the DH Group, it must have been incredible.
“But!! But!! The most important thing is Catherine. She... khh!”
“Why? According to Catherine-noona, you looked disappointed because her chest was small.”
Kim Chulsoo shouted in wounded outrage.
“As if!! I was just happy to have met a partner who shared the same pain as me! But... but!!! The pity in her eyes when she looked at me hasn’t left my mind!!”
That was why you had to hear both sides of a story.
Catherine-noona had interpreted Chulsoo-hyung’s expression as pity for her.
“So what exactly happened?”
“Khh...! The very first night we spent together... do you know what she said to me?”
Chulsoo clutched Woojin’s shoulder and wailed as if he were being dragged into hell.
“‘It’s okay, Chulsoo. You’re a man with a very big thing in another place’... that’s what she said to me!!”
“!!!!”
Woojin felt as though someone had hit him over the head.
To a man, that wasn’t comfort at all. It was more like taking his pride, smashing it into the floor, and grinding it underfoot.
For Kim Chulsoo, those words had clearly sounded like a direct confirmation of his complex.
“J-just how small is it...?”
“Exactly! There’s no point talking anymore! Look!! This is my lifelong pain!!”
With solemn determination, Chulsoo yanked his pants clean down.
Woojin squeezed his eyes shut, then immediately self-hypnotized himself.
Right, I’m a doctor. This is an examination. Damn it.
When he finally opened his eyes a sliver, Chulsoo’s lower half was surprisingly neat.
He had even waxed completely, leaving the skin smooth and bare.
“Huh, hyung. You waxed?”
“Yes. Otherwise, it would scarcely be visible.”
Woojin tilted his head.
“...What the hell does that mean?”
Then, as Woojin slowly lowered his gaze, a muttered comment slipped out before he could stop himself.
“Huh? What? Where is it?”
“Kgh... Woojin... even if you’re my little brother, that kind of remark hurts...”
“Ah, sorry, hyung. But I really can’t see it... wait, this?”
There, something so small it was embarrassing to even call it a caterpillar was peeking back up at Woojin.
Woojin realized that even Catherine’s “caterpillar” had been a significant exaggeration.
Coldly speaking, it was closer to a “button” that protruded just a little more than the elevator floor buttons.
“...How can this even happen?”
“It can happen... you bastard...”
Woojin was stunned.
The thickness was above average, so the base was solid, but the length was a case of extreme shortness.
“Now do you understand my pain? You bastard who has everything!!”
His revulsion vanished, and in its place came the savage, pitiful empathy of one man for another, surging over him like a tidal wave.
Woojin felt his chest tighten.
If he’d heard Jihyun or Eileen say something like that to comfort him, his self-esteem would have been driven straight into the dirt.
In fact, Chulsoo-hyung’s ability to maintain his dignity with a body like this suddenly seemed impressive beyond words.
Once Woojin understood that pain, his heart began to churn.
“Kgh... damn it... if that’s the case, I can’t not do it!!”
Chulsoo let out a victorious cry.
“Khh!! I knew you’d understand, Woojin!!”
Woojin turned away, dead serious.
“Damn it! Don’t shove it in my face yet!”
“Thank you!! Thank you!! Woojin!! You are the savior of my life!!”
In the end, he agreed to do it.
Haa... fine. Only for Chulsoo-hyung. Just Chulsoo-hyung.
He couldn’t bring himself to ignore a man whose thing modern medicine had given up on.
Woojin decided to measure the length first.
There happened to be a ruler in the corner of the tent.
“Hyung, I’ll get the exact number first.”
“No need. I’ve measured it tens of thousands of times over the decades. In its normal state, it’s exactly 1.04 cm.”
“...Wait, are we really going down to the millimeter?”
“Even 0.1 millimeters matters to me.”
Woojin sighed and spoke honestly.
Body Enhancement grew cumulatively, but each enhancement only increased size by 10 percent.
That meant the base had to be there in the first place if they wanted a dramatic result.
But Kim Chulsoo’s case was downright miserable.
“Hyung, even if we push this to +3, it’s only 1.38 cm. Even if we somehow succeed all the way to +5, it’s 1.67 cm. Honestly, it might not even be noticeable.”
A grave resolve settled over Chulsoo’s face.
“Yes. That’s why I came prepared today. I won’t be satisfied with something as small as +5. I’m going to at least +10. I already got Catherine’s permission.”
Woojin’s eyes went wide.
“Have you lost your mind?! If you try for +10, hyung, you’ll become impotent!!”
But Chulsoo didn’t stop.
“I’m basically impotent already!!! Do you understand my pain?! Erosion? I’ve lived like this for thirty years, you think that scares me?! +10! Anything beyond that is the only number I want!”
At +10, the result would only be 3.68 cm, just barely enough to fall into the category of normal human anatomy.
Woojin was overwhelmed by the terrifying intensity of the man’s resolve.
“You’re serious, right? No blaming me later. I’m recording this.”
“I, Kim Chulsoo, am ready!!”
Woojin immediately focused his mana, aiming for +5.
Because it was more like a button than anything else, when he lightly pressed Chulsoo’s thing with the tip of his index finger, a soft sensation brushed against him.
Damn it!! I have to hurry!!
“Here goes!! Enhance! Enhance! Enhance! Enhance! Enhance!!”
Golden mana poured from Woojin’s fingertip and flowed into Chulsoo’s crotch.
And at that moment, an unbelievable series of system messages popped up before Woojin’s eyes.
A powerful blessing has taken root in the enhancement! +3 enhancement succeeded.
A powerful blessing has taken root in the enhancement! +6 enhancement succeeded.
A powerful blessing has taken root in the enhancement! +9 enhancement succeeded.
A powerful blessing has taken root in the enhancement! +12 enhancement succeeded.
A powerful blessing has taken root in the enhancement! +15 enhancement succeeded.
Was there a god of cocks in this world?
Had that god taken pity on Kim Chulsoo after hearing his tragic story and decided to bless him?
Or had the enhancement god’s mischievous streak simply kicked in again?
Absurdly enough, the enhancement of Kim Chulsoo’s thing was exploding into mindless critical success, just like when Woojin had made that +15 sofa.
“!!!!!????? Wh-what the hell is this!!”
Woojin’s eyes bulged as if they were about to pop out.
-15 HP
“F-fifteen enhancement?! Your dick is +15?!”
An enormous golden pillar burst from Chulsoo’s crotch, pierced through the tent ceiling, and shot up into the sky.
The dazzling enhancement effect roared like a storm, flooding the entire camp with light.
“O, ooooooooh!!! Oooooooohhhhhhh!!!!”
Chulsoo’s howl echoed across the jungle.
“I am reborn!!!”
Woojin stared blankly at the radiant pillar of light.
“W-what the hell! Wh-what in the world is happening!!”