"Similarly, we have administered the same medication to Mr. Jiang Runzhe and Mr. Zhang Mingliang. Let’s go and see how both of them are doing."
[The same medication? Aren’t they suffering from different diseases?]
The assistant read the barrage to Matsumoto Mina, and she answered with a smile, "Yes, their diseases are different, but the underlying principle is the same. Our medication’s principle of action begins with healthy cells."
"It’s designed to effectively protect the body’s beneficial cells while attacking the malicious, destructive ones."
"It’s precisely because we target the smallest unit constituting the human body—the cells—that our medication can achieve the effect of treating a wide range of diseases!"
"Of course, what I’ve said is just what we’ve done. As for the actual effects, we still need to hear it from the patients."
"Mr. Jiang Runzhe, how do you feel?"
Those who had seen the opening ceremony knew that Jiang Runzhe was completely on An Yan’s side.
Initially, he even felt his illness was too mild and wanted to swap places with a more seriously ill patient for this competition.
Jiang Runzhe looked at Matsumoto Mina. New ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄhapters are published on novel✦fire.net
He didn’t woman from R Country.
But since his entire treatment process had been filmed, he couldn’t lie, so he said, "I feel much better. There’s no stuffiness in my chest, and my mind seems clearer."
"That’s for certain. Your disease mainly stems from the tumor in your chest. After taking the medication, the virus particles within the tumor were eliminated. Since they can no longer circulate in your body, your mind is naturally clearer now."
At this point, his feelings were quite complex.
Emotionally, he supported Doctor An Yan, but this R Country doctor had only given him two pills, and his whole body already felt relieved.
According to her plan, once he finished all ten pills, he would certainly be fully recovered.
And he wouldn’t even need to go under the knife!
Seeing him awkwardly avert his gaze from the camera, Matsumoto Mina felt extremely triumphant; a hundred statements from her couldn’t match the impact of Jiang Runzhe’s few words.
In the barrage, many people had already started asking what exactly this medication was.
After Zhang Mingliang also stated that he was feeling much better, the barrage became even more intense.
[Secretary, I want all the information on this medication within five minutes!]
[To the big shot commenter above, once you find the information, please share it, thank you!]
[Stop messing around, Miss Matsumoto Mina, please announce the name of the medication right now. I must have this drug!]
[A cure-all medication! Only a fool wouldn’t want it!]
[I just want to know where to buy it. It seems like no drugstores in Luocheng are selling it.]
Matsumoto Mina waited until the atmosphere was sufficiently hyped before she spoke, "I would also love to tell you all right now what this medication is and how to purchase it, but I would prefer that everyone be a little more patient. Let’s wait until these three patients have fully recovered before we discuss it, okay?"
[I won’t wait! Tell me now!!]
Matsumoto Mina’s smile grew even sweeter as she said, "Everyone, it’s not that I don’t want to tell you. However, our Matsumoto Group is a company genuinely dedicated to the health of all humankind. I don’t want to be accused of promoting our medicine purely for sales. So, I apologize."
An Yan wanted to throw shade at her, so she’d throw it right back, Matsumoto Mina schemed.
It’s such good medicine; anyone would want to buy it.
And then, hehe, they just can’t find it.
When they can’t find it, what will they do?
Naturally, they’ll go and criticize An Yan.
Just thinking about it made Matsumoto Mina inwardly ecstatic.
She had to exert considerable effort to keep herself from laughing out loud on the spot.
However, when she returned to the meeting room, turned on her computer, and prepared to quietly savor the netizens’ abuse of An Yan, she instead saw them cursing her on the screen:
[Based on my usual impression of Little R, this medicine can’t be anything good!]
[Cancer cells are a type of mutated cell; they can proliferate indefinitely, transform, and easily metastasize! There’s an article with a very vivid analogy: it says cancer cells are determined to perish along with their host. Could such cells truly be eradicated by a single pill?]
[Yeah, right. Let’s just sit back and watch her performance!]
[She’s just grandstanding. Later, when the treatment fails, they’ll find a load of excuses to claim their medicine is fine and the patient is the problem! It’s their usual playbook.]
[Hmm, they might even claim the patient didn’t get sick ’correctly’ for their medicine! Haha!]
Matsumoto Mina: "???"
Why? she wondered. Are these netizens completely unreasonable? Why isn’t anything going according to my plan?
"Miss Meina, you really shouldn’t look at the live comments anymore," her assistant advised.
Matsumoto Mina’s voice became shrill with anger. "Why did this happen? The atmosphere in the hospital ward was perfectly fine just moments ago!"
The assistant showed Matsumoto Mina a screen recording of the guest commentators’ remarks.
When she announced that the name couldn’t be disclosed, Eguchi Kyugen had chimed in, "It’s all because of that An Yan. If she hadn’t made that insinuation, Miss Matsumoto Mina wouldn’t have dared to withhold the medicine’s name!"
No sooner had he finished speaking than Lu Yuan retorted, "What exactly does Mr. Eguchi Kyugen mean by that? Isn’t Matsumoto Mina refusing to disclose the medicine’s name simply because she wants to keep everyone in suspense?"
Eguchi Kyugen countered, "Miss Meina has always been forthright. In the live broadcast, she clearly stated which medicine treats which disease. When it was the logical time to reveal the drug’s name, why would she suddenly not dare to? It’s precisely because An Yan insinuated she was just there to push her products!"
Lu Yuan laughed. "Insinuated? Did An Yan insinuate anything? No, she hasn’t. She has always been consistent in her words and actions, openly stating what medicine she administered to patients, never hiding anything or holding back, nor discussing matters unrelated to the patients’ conditions."
"And look at Matsumoto Mina’s team—hosting live streams, posting links, enthusiastically selling all sorts of medicines unrelated to the diseases in this competition. Yet, when it’s time to reveal crucial information, she clams up and then has the audacity to accuse An Yan of insinuating things! Truly impressive, that is!"
Eguchi Kyugen stammered, "You, you, you..."
Then the netizens erupted.
Some accused them of pointless mystification!
Some said Principal Lu was voicing their own thoughts!
Some were gushing over Principal Lu, calling him the ultimate ’older man’ heartthrob!
"Miss Meina, I suggest you stop looking at the live comments. You must understand, this is Z Country, and the live broadcast is full of Z Country citizens."
"Even if we’re in the right, they’ll only side with An Yan’s team! It’s better to ignore it all. When the final results are out, we’ll silence them with our strength!"
Matsumoto Mina indignantly closed the live comments.
Don’t be angry, don’t be angry, she told herself. This is just a temporary setback to build anticipation. Just a few more days. When the time is right, after An Yan gets into trouble, I can spin the narrative however I want!
An Yan was quite pleased to see how things were trending online.
She had initially thought she might need to personally intervene, perhaps by coding a few small programs, to shift the public sentiment. Little did she expect Principal Lu to achieve her desired outcome so effectively!
Principal Lu is truly awesome!
「Time flew, and another day passed.」
An Yan’s plan was already finalized.