Help?

I reached out and pressed two fingers against his left chest and upper right abdomen.

"Th-this... how much electricity should I use?"

I reached out... Forget it! I'd start with 110 volts!

"Get up!"

Bang!

The current surged through him. His body jolted violently, then fell limp again.

"Again!"

Bang!

The man jerked upright once more, then slumped back down.

But he still wasn't breathing.

"Should I increase the current?"

After thinking it over, I switched directly to 220 volts.

"Get up!"

Bzzzt—Bang!

"Ugh..."

The man's body stiffened violently. Then he sucked in a deep breath and coughed twice.

"Cough, cough... Hah..."

Well, it seemed to work.

"Good thing you're not dead."

I nodded. The man weakly opened his half-lidded eyes and looked at me... with an expression of utter despair.

"Come on, don't look at me like that. I did save your life, after all."

The man stared at me for a long while, then slowly closed his eyes and breathed weakly.

I examined his wound. It was probably best not to use any random medicine right now. What if the pain killed him?

Hmm, I'd use red antiseptic.

After thinking it over, I looked at the man.

"Bear with it. I'm going to disinfect the wound."

"Don't... don't use... hydrogen peroxide..."

The man struggled to open his eyes and pleaded in fits and starts.

"Okay, red antiseptic. Don't worry."

Without turning around, I opened a bottle and poured it over the wound.

"Ughhhhh!"

"Oops... sorry, this is alcohol..."

"You son of a—"

The man muttered three words, closed his eyes, and passed out again.

I raised an eyebrow. Damn, he actually had the nerve to swear at me?

Well, I'd already made the mistake. It was all disinfectant anyway. Alcohol would do!

Let's see you suffer!

With that,