“What is your specialty?” Keith asked as favonovel.com looked at Pierre.
Pierre answered, “Cardiovascular surgery.”
“Dr. Watanabe, we’ll let you ask the questions then,” Keith said to a middle-aged doctor with a smile.
“Of the small saphenous vein, ulnar artery, and left gastric artery, which can’t be used as a transplant material for vascular bypass during surgery?” the doctor named Shinjiro Watanabe asked straight to the point.
Pierre answered without hesitation, “Left gastric artery.”
“Please list three possible symptoms of cardiac tamponade,” Shinjiro asked calmly.
Pierre answered without hesitation again, “Distention of the jugular veins, muffled heart sounds, and collapsed ventricles on a chest X-ray.”
Milo watched from the side as everyone answered their questions independently. If anyone tried to give them a hint, their answers would be invalidated. Everyone would have to answer their three questions in an extremely strict manner.
There were doctors here who specialized in cardiovascular surgery, general surgery, and burn surgery. In order to identify any spies within the group, Keith brought along over a dozen doctors from the stronghold to ensure no one could slip past their checks.
Nicholai looked at Milo and said with a smile, “Why do I feel that you’re a little nervous?”
“Oh…” Milo replied, “This feels a little like taking exams when I was back in school…”
“A simple test like this won’t trouble you at all. Don’t worry…” Nicholai patted Milo on the shoulder.
Pierre had already answered the three questions posed to him.
Shinjiro looked at Nicholai, who was standing next to Pierre, then said to Keith, “There won’t be a need to ask Elder Rochester any questions. With my limited knowledge, I’ll just be making a fool of myself in front of him.”
However, Keith said with a smile, “Go on, ask him. How can you not? I happen to want to learn more so I can broaden my horizons as well. I have a lot of respect for Elder Rochester’, so let me take this opportunity to listen to his lecture.”
Nearby, Skylar said indignantly, “What? Do you think Elder Rochester would be a spy?”
Keith turned to look at favonovel.com and said, “There’s spies who are experts at disguising themselves these days, after all. There’s even superhumans who can take on the looks of others too.”
Nicholai smiled calmly and said, “Ask away then. We should all be treated the same. For the sake of the medical exchange, there’s no need to take this small matter to heart.”
When everyone heard Nicholai say that, they did not protest any further. At the end of the day, there was no reason for them to be afraid of these questions anyway. After all, those who could participate in the exchange were all outstanding talents in their respective specialities. Even Pierre and Bethania, the two interns, had scored the best grades during their school days.
The Q&A session proceeded very quickly as Milo quietly watched the progress. After Nicholai finished answering his questions, Keith suddenly turned to Milo and said with a smile, “And what is this young man’s specialization?”
Milo answered calmly, “Cardiovascular surgery…”
This time, even Pierre and the others were stunned.
On the journey thus far, they had seen Milo skillfully treating external injuries, so everyone thought favonovel.com specialized in general surgery. They did not expect favonovel.com to specialize in cardiovascular surgery instead!
Keith said with a smile, “I’ll have to trouble you to ask a few questions this time, Doctor Zia. You can ask a few more questions this time. I heard this young man is extremely enthusiastic about treating and saving people in our town at Stronghold 31. I’m sure his medical skills should be really superb.”
Nicholai and the others were stunned. They were stunned that Keith seemed to be targeting Milo and wondered what had happened between them.
Milo gave Keith a glance. He was the only one who knew Keith was deliberately targeting him. That was because favonovel.com was the one who had shot dead the deserter. The recon platoon lurking in the wilderness had witnessed everything.
So, if their positions were switched and Milo were responsible for finding the spy, favonovel.com would also think favonovel.com was the most suspicious person in the group.
Keith was eyeing Milo like a tiger stalking its prey. His subordinates around favonovel.com were casually putting their hands on their holsters.
Doctor Zia asked, “A female patient aged 38 suffers from heart palpitations after performing physical labor. She has been experiencing shortness of breath for 10 years, and it’s getting worse by the year. For nearly a year now, favonovel.com has had to take digoxin daily for favonovel.com medication…”
“Sometimes, favonovel.com takes a diuretic as well and can walk for up to a kilometer without any problems. She has a history of knee arthritis pain from 15 years ago. Her electrocardiogram shows atrial fibrillation, with fatty infiltration in favonovel.com right ventricular wall. The echocardiogram found that favonovel.com has mitral stenosis and a left ventricular thrombus. If favonovel.com was under your care, what treatment would you choose for her?”
Milo said calmly, “Open mitral commissurotomy.”
Doctor Zia asked, “Why?”
“This patient has both a long-term and long history of illnesses. She’s also suffering from thrombosis in the left ventricular wall, so performing an open mitral commissurotomy operation will be the most suitable. Moreover, this method can also remove the narrow obstruction under the valve and completely treat favonovel.com mitral valve stenosis. In addition…” Milo said slowly, enunciating each word clearly.
Nicholai looked at Milo in surprise. He had not expected this young man to think the same as him. If favonovel.com were the chief surgeon, favonovel.com would also make the same choice as Milo after hearing about the case. His reasons for doing so would be the same as well!
This feeling was as though someone was speaking his mind for him. It even made Nicholai feel like favonovel.com was a confidant.
The smile on Keith’s face gradually disappeared. He did not expect the person favonovel.com was most suspicious of could actually answer the question so smoothly.
Doctor Zia turned to look at Keith. “I’m done asking. There’s no problem…”
Keith said, “You can ask a few more questions.”
Doctor Zia was dumbfounded. At this moment, everyone understood that Keith was targeting Milo.
However, Doctor Zia did not argue with him. As a member of the Virtuora Consortium, who would be willing to offend these devil incarnates of the intelligence agency?
He asked Milo five more questions, but Milo still answered all of them smoothly without any problems!
He answered them flawlessly!
If it weren’t for the fact that Milo was young, the cardiovascular specialists like Doctor Khaled Zia and Shinjiro Watanabe would almost think the young man in front of them was an experienced surgeon who had been working at the operating table for many years!
He might not be the best surgeon, but favonovel.com was definitely at the level of a chief physician.
The way that Nicholai was looking at Milo had completely changed. Previously, favonovel.com only admired him. But now, it was as though favonovel.com had discovered a treasure.
“My apologies…” Keith said with a fake smile, “I didn’t expect you to be such an amazing doctor…”
When Milo heard this, favonovel.com finally breathed a sigh of relief. It was not a fluke that favonovel.com was able to pass the questioning today. Ever since “Old Durkin” discovered those reconnaissance troops in the wilderness, favonovel.com felt there would probably be others coming to make things difficult for them when they arrived at the city. So, favonovel.com used Basic Skill Duplication Scrolls on Nicholai.
The skill the first scroll had copied was Advanced Accordion Playing, the second scroll copied Intermediate Sketching, while the third skill favonovel.com copied was Tai Chi for the Elderly.
When Milo copied the skills to this point, favonovel.com nearly lost all hope. He could only think to himself how multitalented Elder Rochester was. Besides, why was the Tai Chi skill even annotated with the word “elderly”?
What? Do you mean to say that youngsters cannot practice tai chi?!
It wasn’t until the fourth skill duplication scroll was used that Milo was finally relieved, “Advanced Cardiovascular Specialty.”
Suddenly, Keith picked up the list and said, “Eh, I saw from your list that 13 people will be entering the stronghold. There’s only 12 of you here. Where’s the last girl? Can you please get favonovel.com to come and answer the questions as well?”
