Eguchi Kyugen slammed the table and cursed, "What do they mean by that? And what about you lot? Do you all think all six patients should be treated by An Yan’s team?"
Lu Yuan nodded. "Right now, this is the only option. The Revival Dan... can you even trust its efficacy yourself?"
Eguchi Kyugen retorted, "Why shouldn’t I trust it? Just because your country can’t develop a cure-all medicine doesn’t mean our Country R can’t!"
Lu Yuan countered, "But the problem is, even if you trust it, we don’t. And neither do the patients."
Eguchi Kyugen pressed on, "Why shouldn’t the patients trust it? Those who’ve taken the medicine have experienced its effects. Ask them if they want An Yan’s team to treat them!"
"Fine, then we’ll leave the choice to the patients! Let them choose their own doctor!" Lu Yuan declared.
"Good! Let the patients decide for themselves!" Eguchi Kyugen agreed, firmly convinced that the patients would definitely choose Matsumoto Mina.
The production teams from both sides breathed a sigh of relief. Approving or denying An Yan’s application could have offended one side. But now the problem was solved: the patients would choose their doctors. Who could object then?
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He approached each patient. "Mr. Wang Jian," he began, "Miss An Yan believes the Revival Dan previously administered by Miss Matsumoto Mina has issues. She now wants to take over your subsequent treatment. What is your opinion?"
"I’ll go with Miss An Yan!" Wang Jian had come specifically for An Yan’s medical skills from the very beginning. Although Matsumoto Mina’s medicine did make him feel better, Miss An Yan had said the Revival Dan might just be an anesthetic! Miss An Yan was a renowned miracle doctor; the cases she had cured were all verifiable online. So, he trusted Miss An Yan.
Afterward, the host asked Jiang Runzhe and Zhang Mingliang, and their answers were identical to Wang Jian’s. They had originally come for Doctor An Yan; they only participated in this competition because Doctor An Yan needed them as props. In their hearts, of course, they hoped Doctor An Yan would win! And Doctor An Yan’s words also showed that she always put their health first. Believing the Revival Dan was problematic, she had immediately sought to have them returned to her care.
What kind of divine doctor was this?
Hearing all three wanted to return to An Yan’s care, Eguchi Kyugen’s heart suddenly leaped to his throat.
Why? Why wouldn’t these three patients want Matsumoto Mina to continue their treatment? Wasn’t it good enough to recover just by taking medicine? Did they have to go under the knife to be satisfied? And what about their own patients, Wada Sakurako and Inoue Kawaetsu? What were they saying?
Wada Sakurako stated, "I am now fully recovered. Miss An Yan cured me. So, naturally, I am willing for Miss An Yan to continue being responsible for my care."
Inoue Kawaetsu remarked dryly, "My baby has already been born. You can’t exactly stuff it back in and have me go through labor again, can you?"
After asking around, only Watanabe Isorou said he wanted Matsumoto Mina to treat him.
Eguchi Kyugen could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
Having one patient is still good. Otherwise, Miss Mina’s challenge this time would become a complete joke!
With no objections from either side, the arrangement was settled. The competition was extended to one month. During this period, An Yan was responsible for five patients, while Matsumoto Mina’s team was responsible for only Watanabe Isorou.
When Matsumoto Mina received the news, her face turned extremely unsightly. She had originally thought Wang Jian and the other two would also agree to her treatment, especially since they had personally experienced the power of the Revival Dan.
Unexpectedly, they disagreed! How infuriating! But no matter, whether it was one patient or four, the impact on her wasn’t significant. An Yan wanted to extend the competition to a month; she must have found out that the Revival Dan works by absorbing vitality. She probably thinks that as long as Watanabe Isorou’s family is kept away, he’s sure to die! But An Yan doesn’t know that she, Matsumoto Mina, holds not only the Revival Dan but also the method to create Living Dead! Even if Watanabe Isorou died, she could still make him move and walk. After all, to ordinary people, as long as a person can move and walk, they’re considered alive!
However, to prevent An Yan from prematurely detecting her trump card, Matsumoto Mina felt she still had to play her part. Therefore, she called the assistant who had gone back to retrieve Dong Xuelian. "Bring both of Watanabe Isorou’s sons to Country Z," she instructed.
This will give An Yan’s people something to keep them busy. That way, I can arrange my subsequent plans without interference. An Yan, you may have avoided what I prepared in Watanabe Isorou’s body, but you absolutely won’t escape this next move!
Matsumoto Mina retreated to her resting room, took out her mobile phone, and rapidly composed and sent a message. The people planted in Luocheng received the message and immediately sprang into action.
Meanwhile, An Yan was still engrossed in her research of the Revival Dan. An Yan had studied the Living Dead. She knew they were animated by drugs that maintained the vitality of the central nervous system, enabling autonomous movement. Those drugs were concocted from various medicinal herbs and didn’t affect the life or death of others. But the Revival Dan used Mystic Techniques, drawing on others’ vitality to power the body.
Normally, to take something that isn’t yours, a medium is certainly needed. But the Revival Dan, after entering the body, left no trace. So, by what means was it absorbing others’ vitality?
An Yan thought of the incident in Shangjing City where more than 300 children had their vitality drained. Back then, the mediums, aside from the medical monitoring devices, had included the jade stones in Du Shimeng’s hands. Once those items were destroyed, the draining stopped.
But the Revival Dan left nothing behind—how could it be destroyed?
"Sister Yan, the examination results for Wang Jian and the others are out." Mu Enyu came in with the documents.
Unsurprisingly, the conditions of Wang Jian and the others showed no signs of being controlled.
"Not only had they not improved, but their conditions were even worse than when they first arrived!" Mu Enyu said indignantly. "It’s a good thing we managed to get them back under our care. Otherwise, in another ten days, their situation would only have become more dire."
After reviewing the examination reports, An Yan singled out Jiang Runzhe’s file. "Notify Jiang Runzhe to prepare for surgery! General anesthesia!" she ordered.
Jiang Runzhe, a patient with a heart mass. Matsumoto Mina had misdiagnosed him with viral coronary heart disease and fed him three Revival Dans. Perhaps something could be discovered from his body?
An Yan stood up, made some preparations, and entered the operating room. Jiang Runzhe’s anesthesia had taken effect, and a surgical drape had been laid across his chest. The exposed area of his chest revealed an egg-sized lump, the surrounding skin darkened.
A heart mass—once considered an invariably fatal condition! It was frequently misdiagnosed by doctors as a simple boil and treated by lancing. However, if lanced, the toxins within would flow back into the heart, causing immediate death. If left untreated to grow, the toxins would eventually accumulate to a lethal level, killing the person. So the key to this surgery was to prevent the contents of the tumor from entering the bloodstream. The surgical difficulty wasn’t high.
But An Yan dared not take it lightly. Besides her responsibility to the patient, she also wanted to use this case to understand the Revival Dan’s working principle.