Her first impression of Serena had been terrible, and seeing her in person only intensified that dislike.
How dare a girl who looked barely twenty years old challenge her medical expertise?
Olivia sneered. "Do you have any idea who that girl in there is? Have you heard of the Blackwood family of Vaelion City? If anything happens to her... forget you, your entire family and that idiot doctor who dared to follow your orders will be buried with her!"
Serena lifted her eyes slightly, her gaze as sharp as an icicle piercing straight through Olivia.
Her lips parted, and she uttered a single word.
"Hack."
Olivia's eyes widened, her voice screeching, "What did you say?!"
"The treatment plan you were about to initiate proves you're a hack," Serena said, her voice icy. "Cyanotic lips and pale nail beds are clear signs of hypoxia. You failed to make an accurate diagnosis based on the patient's condition and instead blindly followed what you believed to be a textbook procedure. You pushed the patient into anaphylaxis on top of hemorrhagic shock. Is your mentor rolling in his grave yet?"
She raised her gaze, her bright eyes cold. "If it weren't for me, you'd be in a jail cell right now. You should be thanking me, understand?"
Olivia's face went pale, then flushed a deep, humiliating red at the professionally delivered critique that hit the core of her mistake.
"You... you just got lucky! Miss Blackwood pulled through on her own willpower!"
Serena couldn't be bothered to waste any more time on someone like Olivia. Her gaze shifted to the pale, young female doctor standing nearby. "Dr. Reyes?"
"Y-Yes, Miss Serena!" Dr. Reyes flinched, instinctively straightening up as if at attention, her tone deeply respectful.
Serena said, "Prep a sterile operating room. According to the standards of traditional surgery, I need a full set of sterilized tool..."
Her speech was fast, but every word was perfectly clear as she rattled off a list of required instruments.
the
Then, she pulled a small, sealed, unmarked metal box from her canvas bag and handed it to Dr. Reyes. The instructions ate on bottom. I'll need this during the procedure."
"And get two assistants from the
traditional medicine department et
They need to be quick, skilled with needles have steady hands, and nerves of steel. Now
The final word carried an undeniable weight.
"Yes, ma'am!" Dr. Reyes immediately turned to carry out the orders.
"Traditional surgery? Are you kidding me?!" Seeing Serena ignore her and Dr.
Reyes obey so readily felt like two sharp slaps across her face.
Flushing, Olivia abruptly blocked Dr. Reyes's path, her voice sharp with ridicule. "Does traditional medicine even know how to use a scalpel? Did you get authorization to use an OR Do you even have a medical license to be in here?"
Serena's eyes turned to ice.
She reached out, grabbed a handful of Olivia's perfectly styled blonde curls, and yanked down-hard.
"Ah!"
A shrill scream echoed through the hallway.
Before Olivia could react, Serena grabbed her by the hair again and slammed her
head against the cold tile wall with a sickening thud.