âBullsh*t.â Anse scoffed. âYou know nothing about the patientâs condition.â
Faur was worried too. âChen, do you really have a solution? Donât force yourself.â
The first two times that Chen Zhao had come to check on Wate Leeders, heâd been clueless. This was why Faur worried Chen Zhao had purposely said this so he could get out of trouble.
âI came today just to awaken the patient,â Chen Zhao said. âMiss Suma, will you be able to accept it if your father loses a part of his memory?â
âYes, I can⌠As long as he can wake up, I donât care if he can remember me. I want him to wake up, instead of sleeping on the bed like a piece of wood.â
âMiss Suma, heâs lying to you,â Anse tried to convince Suma to be on his side.
âWhat if I succeed?â
âThen Iâll quit,â Anse Ronan said determinedly.
âDonât. Thatâs boring. How about we do something more realistic? If I win, you give me your salary this month. How about that?â
Everyoneâs expressions turned strange. Youâre such a good doctor. Why do you want someone elseâs salary?
âAnd if you couldnât do it?â
âIâll give you however much your salary is.â
âI donât need your money. I just want you to never step foot inside Chantilly Hospital.â
âSure.â Chen Zhao shrugged. âCan you prepare a room for me? I donât need a surgery room. Just an absolutely silent room. AndâŚI hope thereâs no camera.â
âIâll allow it,â Tim Waltz said.
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Wate Leeders was pushed into an ICU room. Faur stood at the door. âChen, are you sure you donât need help? Or any machines?â
âNo need. Please donât disturb me before I come out.â With that, Chen Zhao closed the door.
Tim Waltz also wanted to see if Chen Zhao really could awaken someone in a coma.
âBlackie, pull his soul out.â
Blackie pulled out Whitâs soul. The wooden figure appeared before Chen Zhao.
âBlackie, give me a soul fragment.â
Chen Zhao took the fragment that Blackie gave him and started extracting the essence from it. If the soul left the body after it died, it would slowly lose its sense of self and memories.
This was different from souls left in the human world. Those were formed by human will and contained the deepest impressions. These wills greatly affected the soulâs actions. Because of these deep thoughts, their actions would be extreme or radical. This was why most souls left in the human world were known as evil spirits.
Blackieâs soul fragments were from evil spirits. They obviously couldnât be pieced together like a puzzle to form a complete soul. However, they could be smelted and have their soul essence extracted.
To souls, soul essence was the purest nutrition, especially for damaged souls. The essence could heal their injured parts.
The essence extracted from a dozen soul fragments filled a small bottle. Chen Zhao poured it on Whitâs head and then cast a spell so the essence could quickly fuse into his soul.
Nourished by the soul essence, Whitâs soul suddenly reacted. It was like enjoying something it was addicted to.
âItâs still not fully mended,â Blackie said. âThere are some cracks in his soul.â
Only one bottle couldnât fully heal Whitâs soul. Chen Zhao created another bottle and repeated his actions. Whitâs soul suddenly woke up in shock.
It looked around. âWhere am I?â
âOkay, Iâll put it back into his body.â Blackie grabbed Whitâs soul and stuffed it into the body.
âAh!â
Suma broke through the door and rushed in at once. âDad!â She looked excitedly at her father on the ground.
âWho are you?â Wate asked, confused.
âDad, itâs me, Suma.â
âNo way. Suma is only eight years old. Who exactly are you? Why are you here?â
Everyone stared at each other. âHe lost too many memories,â Chen Zhao said. âAll memories after Miss Suma turned eight are gone.â
He turned toward Wate and said, âSir, you were in a car accident five years ago, causing you to fall into a coma until today. Youâre awake now, but you lost a portion of your memories. You and Miss Suma can have a chat now. Weâll go out.â
Anse was lost and in utter disbelief. âThis is impossible⌠How is this possible? NoâŚâ
Tim Waltz and Faur were also shocked. Chen Zhao had actually woken up someone who was in a coma for five years. Waking up someone in a vegetative state wasnât unprecedented, but most of the time, they would be in a coma until death!
Current science couldnât wake up someone whose brain had stopped running. Of course, a brain that didnât operate wasnât the same as being brain dead.
These were two different concepts. The former meant that thoughts had stopped but there were still brain waves.
Braindead in medical terms meant actual death. It was an even more direct standard for determining death than the heart stopping.
Kathiri was in shock too. Mr. Chenâs skills were too powerful. He could even wake up someone in a coma. He was practically the first in the world to purposely and actively wake up someone in a coma.
âMr. Chen, I apologize for my words earlier,â Anse said.
âI accept your apology, but our bet still holds,â Chen Zhao clarified.
âOf course.â Anse nodded seriously. âMr. Chen, I hope I can become your student. After witnessing your skills, I realize that I lack too much. I hope that I canââ
âStop. I donât have time and donât plan on taking students either. Iâm too busy for my own stuff, let alone teach students.â
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âBut arenât you a professor at UCLA?â
âThatâs just a title,â Chen Zhao said helplessly. âIâve only taught one class and that was as a substitute. And halfway through the class, one studentâs heart suddenly stopped⌠Oh, right, itâs Mr. Waltzâs son, Hoffman. Please donât pressure me.â
âThen can I stay by your side? You donât need to teach me. I just wish to see you treat your patients.â
âNo.â Was this a joke? He was an illegal doctor. Was he going to let this man watch how he collected money?