Chapter 18 Nicholas's Secret

"Without a doubt, Nicholas's secret lies within his body."

Fang Senyan placed both hands on the table, his gaze sweeping across everyone's faces. He said with confidence, "Whether Nicholas is alive or dead, as long as his body remains, we can uncover the secret within."

Reef said seriously, "Are you referring to the scars on his body? The marks left by surgery?"

Fang Senyan replied earnestly, "I'm afraid it's more than that, my friend. I feel that finding the person who performed the surgery on Nicholas is one clue, the obvious one given by the mission. But Nicholas's body may also be an important clue. Also, the items that Sanzi obtained from Nicholas, which he carried with him before going to prison, thanks to Sanzi's reminder, are of great research value."

"Nicholas's body is an important clue?" The black guy said, stunned. "How so?"

Fang Senyan smiled. "Corpses can also speak—at least, in the hands of certain professionals. Like doctors who have been immersed in their work for many years, or forensic doctors who need to find evidence on corpses for a long time."

Next, Sanzi's habit of placing bait at the stern of the boat attracted a tuna. Although there were only some simple seasonings on board, the Fang brothers still demonstrated their knife skills and treated everyone to a delicious tuna sashimi feast.

Under Fang Senyan's protection, everyone rested assuredly. Eight hours of sleep basically restored everyone to their best condition. Then Fang Senyan drove the speedboat back to Los Angeles. During the trip, they encountered pursuit from the coastal patrol, but Fang Senyan and his group completely outclassed the police in terms of driving skills and equipment, so they escaped without any danger.

It was clear that the aftermath of what Fang Senyan and his group had done had not yet dissipated. But for the citizens of Los Angeles, the terrorist incident in Hollywood affected the sense of security of the wealthy. As for the prison riot—as long as the prisoners didn't escape, everything was fine—so there wasn't as much tension as expected.

On the contrary, the threat of a large number of ruthless Terminators invading was of greater concern, because although these steel monsters would not actively hunt humans, they certainly had no goodwill. They would kill humans if it was convenient, but wouldn't bother if it wasn't. Therefore, even if some checks were needed, they were mostly aimed at whether someone was a machine. So, in fact, Fang Senyan overestimated the consequences of his previous reckless behavior.

When Fang Senyan and his group acted before, apart from Fang Senyan and Sanzi, who had to undergo inspection because they were entering prison, and therefore appeared in their original forms, the rest of the group had disguised themselves to varying degrees. Therefore, Fang Senyan and Sanzi needed to make simple disguises.

After returning to Los Angeles, Fang Senyan's group split up again for the sake of efficiency.

Fang Senyan and Sanzi went to investigate the obvious clues related to the scars on Nicholas's body, while Zi and Reef would "invite" a forensic doctor to be responsible for dissecting the body. Of course, the best way was to lure him with money, which would make the person keep his mouth shut for the sake of the dollars he received.

After some investigation, Zi and Reef selected a forensic doctor in his forties who was being tormented by terrible economic conditions. This Mr. Smith had been in the profession for twenty years. Even if he had entered the job through connections and knew nothing, he would have gained some experience after working in this position for twenty years.

So, the following process doesn't need to be elaborated. Mr. Smith was easily lured by $100,000. To this end, he agreed to all the conditions, and then violated the police bureau's nominal regulations, brought all the tools, and honestly began the dissection.

Of course, what the forensic doctor was doing to Mr. Nicholas was very bloody, and the process would be quite unpleasant for normal people. So, Zi naturally walked out, letting the black guy with a cigar and an expressionless face monitor Mr. Smith's movements.

Compared to the smoothness on Zi's side, Fang Senyan and Sanzi encountered a rather big problem.

They first called Mr. Dersili, whom they had cooperated with before. Obviously, the dollars they had given to this workshop director were still working. He cooperatively answered Fang Senyan's question.

Nicholas's health had never been good. He had had an attack five years ago, which was said to be quite serious. The hospital had even issued a critical illness notice, but after undergoing an operation, he miraculously recovered and was completely cured. From then on, Nicholas actually started drinking and smoking.

Fang Senyan immediately pointed to the essence of the problem. "Mr. Dersili, since you are his leader, you must know what disease he had, right?"

Dersili naturally said, "Of course, a very serious congenital heart disease. It was because of his condition that he was transferred to our workshop's quality inspection department, because only this job was more suitable for him."

After hearing these words, Fang Senyan's heart immediately stirred. He knew that severe congenital heart disease was not only difficult to cure, but more importantly, the best treatment time was before the age of ten. After this age, the increase in a person's weight and height would put double the burden on the heart, leading to the heart defect becoming more and more serious! More importantly, the scars on Nicholas's body also confirmed that his heart had indeed been operated on.

According to Dersili's description, Nicholas was completely cured after undergoing an operation and was able to drink, smoke, and overeat like a healthy person. This was simply a miracle in medical history!

There must be something wrong with this!

With such an excited mood, Fang Senyan asked Mr. Dersili about the address where Nicholas had the surgery. Mr. Dersili answered very simply, "It was the Eighth Community Hospital. I remember it very clearly, because Nicholas had no money to choose a hospital for treatment at his own expense when he had the attack, so the entire treatment was carried out in the community hospital."

Fang Senyan and Reef were stuck at the Eighth Community Hospital.

In terms of level, this was similar to a "district, county" level hospital in the real world of China. Whether it was the hardware conditions of medical treatment or the software quality of the doctors, it certainly could not be compared with higher-level hospitals. For a doctor in a hospital of this level to completely cure Nicholas's severe heart disease was, to be honest, a small probability event.

With money paving the way, Fang Senyan and Reef didn't spend much effort to find out about the attending physician of that year. However, this attending physician had retired and immigrated to Canada. And this doctor, whether from the reputation he left behind or his previous performance, did not have the demeanor of a "miracle doctor." He had as many as eleven major and minor accidents during his career, and even the reason for his retirement was an extremely serious medical accident. It was just that this doctor had a wealthy son who paid for him to hire the best lawyer and compensated a large sum of money, which allowed him to immigrate to Canada.

Now, all the signs showed that the mystery lay in that surgery back then. What exactly happened that could turn decay into magic! Allowing a mediocre doctor to instantly transform into a miracle doctor, conquering the terminal illness that had stumped global medicine?

In the hospital corridor, Sanzi kept dialing the phone he had found, but could only futilely listen to the dial tone in the receiver. Fang Senyan thought carefully, lit a cigarette, took a deep breath, and then exhaled the smoke, saying, "Performing heart surgery is definitely not as simple as cutting a foreskin. It must have a first assistant, a second assistant, a third assistant, and an anesthesiologist who must be present at all times. If we really can't find that guy, then there were four other people who witnessed the surgery back then. These four people may not know the details, but if we organize and combine what they saw and heard, it can almost serve as a restoration of the scene."

Sanzi's eyes lit up and said, "Yes, good, I'll go do it now."

Sanzi's execution ability was still very strong. After busying himself for a while, he successfully obtained the list of people who participated in the surgery that year... Currently, the first assistant and the anesthesiologist from that year were still in the community hospital. Sanzi went to communicate with them.

"That surgery? Oh, I remember, that surgery was worse than our elections! That idiot Doctor Didi made at least a dozen mistakes during the surgery, but the most unfortunate person was not the unlucky young man lying on the operating table, but me! Because I was responsible for correcting those dozen mistakes."

"Was there anything special that happened? It doesn't seem so. What's more special is that the patient was very lucky. He didn't die on the operating table. In fact, in terms of the degree of his heart defect, there was little difference between placing that pacemaker and repairing it. At most, it could only extend his life to less than two years."

"Well, Doctor Didi and the patient talked for a long time before the surgery, but they seemed to be getting along very well, from 2:00 PM until after work. But there's nothing so great about that. Doctors have an obligation to relieve the patient's psychological depression. In this regard, Doctor Didi's eloquence is indeed good—I've always thought he should be a lawyer or a politician."

"............"

Just as Sanzi was talking to Fang Senyan, the public phone next to Fang Senyan rang. This was the temporary communication method he and Zi had agreed upon.

"Hello?" Fang Senyan waited very calmly at this time before picking up the receiver. His thick palm felt the vibration of the buzzing sound, and he knew that the person calling must be in a excited and eager mood.

"Sailor, come back quickly!" It was Zi who was speaking. Even she, who was usually so calm, actually had a slight gasp in her voice, as well as an undisguised surprise and shock!

"We seem to have obtained a very amazing discovery during the autopsy... You better come back and take a look!"