Chapter 352: 352: The root of all problems [pt2]
["Are you sure you know what you are doing doctor? My granddaughter has been in critical condition for some time now. What if this untested drug makes her condition worsen?"
Once the memory stabilized around Amane, the first thing she was Karl's face. He looked tired while clutching Kelly's hand.
Kelly looked to be about two to three years younger than her current self here. And her face was hollow but sharp. This child looked nothing like Kelly of the present time.
"You dare to doubt me? I am doing you a favor by helping you out. But if you would rather not have my help, then I understand as well. I will take my leave now."
The doctor started to pack up his bags and started to move out. But that made Karl even more scared and he grabbed the doctor.
"No, don't go. I-I was joking when I asked you all those questions. I trust your judgment and your treatment. So please, help Kelly out. She is in so much pain and she looks ready to die."
Karl became desperate when he saw Kelly groaning in pain. He could not bear to look at his granddaughter like this. He was willing to spend a fortune on her treatment if he had to.
The doctor had understood this desperation as well. And that was why, they decided to take advantage of Karl's desperateness.
"Look mister, I know that you are worried about your granddaughter and I am worried about her as well. That is why I am offering you this drug. It was made by the dwarf genius, Professor Cardin. Do you know who he is?"
The current doctor was a dwarf as well. But unlike Cardin, this one looked shrewd and untrustworthy.
Amane took one look at the drug and she knew that the drug was something harmful.
"Yoko, that drug….it is not a normal drug, right? My instincts are warning me against looking at that drug."
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Sakura seemed to have realized that something fishy was going on as well. She had good instincts as well and they seemed to be working currently as well.
"Hmm, this drug is likely an inducer and metabolic fastener. It does have some healing effects short-term but it also causes reliance in the long term. It might have also fucked up Kelly's system when she started taking it."
Amane had not checked Kelly's medicine yet but she should have. She would do so the first chance she got after this memory was over.
In front of her, she watched as Karl reached out for the medicine with a desperate look on his face.
"This will make Kelly feel better? Doctor, are you sure that this will be enough to keep Kelly alive? You better not have lied to me about this or else…"
For the first time, fear seemed to flash across the doctor's eyes. But just as easily, it went away as well and the doctor got himself under control.
The door to the room opened and a person dressed in the 'sexy and naughty' nurse uniform entered the room. The nurse's tight clothes left nothing to one's imagination.
"Doctor, I have the medicine ready and mixed up. Should I bring it to you now?"
Amane noticed how most of the male guards in the room turned their eyes toward this new addition in the room. Their eyes were glued to the nurse's assets and the way her ass threatened to come out from under her short skirt.
The nurse was sexy and she knew it as well. She was not afraid to use her charms to get her way if needed to be.
"Assistant Pauline. Thank you very much for bringing this medicine back for me. Now, can you help me make this patient lean up? We need to administer this medicine and our patient is unconscious."
Kelly had closed her eyes during this time. Her moving chest was the only indication that she was alive.
It had not been noticeable before, but Kelly seemed to be finding it hard to sit down this whole time. Her body was too tired to keep itself awake.
"Oh my! This is not good. This medicine needs to be taken in before it gets lukewarm or it will not have any effect. Can you both kindle head out of the room? I need to have some girl time with the patient."
Pauline asked and the doctor quickly made his way out. Karl was a little more suspicious of Pauline and her motives. But she was a trained professional so he did not care.
Pauline continued to smile back at the pair with a trustworthy expression until they were both out. And as soon as they were out, Pauline's expression changed from the same calm one to an unreadable one.
She picked up the cup and took the liquid in her mouth before forcing her lips on top of Kelly. But it did not seem as if Kelly was drinking the liquid, she was being fed. There was only one way to do this now.
Pauline's tongue stimulated Kelly to open her mouth while her hand rubbed Kelly's throat. Kelly slowly but surely swallowed all the liquid.
"This is so much work for something not even worth it. I do not know what goes on in Chen's mind when he selects our targets for me. First a rich, self-centric kid, and now this family? What is next? The divine guild? Ah well, but we do have our mole in there as well."
As soon as she was alone, Pauline's attitude changed and did a 360-degree. She opened the door and only allowed the doctor in the room.
"Pauline, are you done with your task? If so, then can you help me out by bringing my bag here? I need to get a few blood samples to bring back with me."
The doctor asked and Pauline's expression was a 180-degree. The earlier disagreement that was seen on her face was no longer there.
"Ah, you want me to bring your bag back to you? Sure doctor, I will do as you want me to."
Pauline's face was polite but when she turned her back on the doctor, it looked scary.
Amane noticed how Pauline slipped a small vial of liquid in the syringe clearing case and that seemed to be some kind of drug.
"Man, this doctor is sketchy as heck. But his assistant is even sketchier than him."
Sakura commented as she observed the same thing. It was tough to tell if they both were working together or not.
The conversation continued in front of Amane so she turned her that way as well.
"So, doctor, did the genius dwarf professor Cardin give you this drug? Want Cardin very strict about his drug usage and not give out unfinished products, even for testing?"
Pauline asked the doctor, only to get a snort in reply. The dwarf looked offered at being asked such a question.
"Ha! As if that stupid Cardin would allow his drug to be used outside the labs anyway. I just borrowed Cardin's name and promoted my drug. I just need to show results and no one would question me anymore."
The dwarf doctor dragged as he took the bag and prepared the injection. He was ready to show the world that he was the best.
"So, you decided to use Professor Cardin's name to use your drug? Would you not get in trouble for this?"
Despite asking these questions, Pauline did not look surprised or even afraid of what could happen. She also seemed to be recording this whole conversation on her wire-trap.
"Shut up, woman. No one is going to find out what we are doing here anyway. I am confident in my drug and I am sure it will make Kelly more active and stronger. There will be no need for me to be afraid."
The professor seemed certain about his decision. He also refused to back down when Pauline asked him questions.
"Hmm, if you seem certain, then I am with you as well doctor. I am sure that Kelly will wake up soon."
The doctor grinned, not noticing how his syringe cleaner was a weird color. He had never sorted through his equipment before so he was not even sure if anything was contaminated or not.
"Did he not even check his equipment before using them? Is this man for real? What the heck is wrong with him?"
Sakura asked as she looked at the doctor as well. His incompetence was hilarious but worrying at the same time.
"Unfortunately, most of the professionals working in the field are like that. They are too dependent on their assistance to help them out. The doctor is the same."
Now it was clear. Kelly had been given the wrong drugs which had caused her biology to get messed up. But the good thing about this was - Amane knew how to clear out Kelly's blood from the drug infusion.
And hopefully, Kelly was strong enough by now to not have a backlash.
"Sakura, get me a pen and paper. I can see the prescription as well as make out what the extra drug is. I will need to note it down right now."
Sakura did not question Yoko when she asked for a pen or paper. She did not even ask how or why Yoko knew this much about medicine.
She just did what she was asked to without question. She had realized that sometimes, Yoko did things she was not supposed to and it turned out well. Yoko was just too skilled.