Chapter 188


    The Mitterans were boiling with anger over what they heard as their fair faces instantly grew as red as


    the reddest rubies.“Why are you all so pleased with yourselves?! That patient’s movement earlier might


    have just been a reflex action!”The other Mitterans echoed the point made. “That’s right! The patient


    hasn’t recovered at all! As long as the patient isn’t standing on his own two feet, we won’t acknowledge


    Qustia’s traditional medicine!”“True! We’ll even sue you for throwing mud at our dignity! How dare you


    call us white chimpanzees?! You bunch of yellow swines!”Being the targets of the Mitterans’ insult,


    everyone present was fuming with rage as the prior excitement they had instantly vanished.Although


    Hewlett’s words were hard pills to swallow, the others couldn’t deny the slightest possibility that the


    movement Joshua did were mere reflexes. After all, the patient was still not standing on his own yet.


    Until then, no one could possibly predict what the final oue would be.“Were we celebrating too


    soon? Will a miracle really happen?”“Ugh, I really hope that the patient will be able to stand up in the


    end. That’ll show those Mitterans!”“Yeah, don’t just get our hopes up like that…”After listening to their


    discussion, Matt became much moreposed and secretly sighed in relief. “In the first ce, the


    chances for such a miracle is…”Simultaneously, Kingsley was getting into the final phase as the nine


    gold needles—that looked like they had grown wings—kept circling around at his fingertips. In the next


    second, the needles all flew to the various acupoints on Joshua. However, whether the needles were


    pricking, kneading, flicking, or twisting at the acupoints, even the ones present couldn’t


    comprehend.Nevertheless, they were all captivated by the impressive disy of Kingsley’s technique


    as they subconsciously held their breath. Among them, only Matt coldly snorted before he whispered


    dismissively, “Such petty tricks! You might as well make juggling your main career!”Following that, as a


    bead of sweat from Kingsley’s forehead dripped down onto the ground, he said to the patient, “Mr.


    Johnson, the next will be the most crucial part of the treatment. You’ll have to endure it no matter


    what!”Joshua clenched his teeth and nodded in response. “I’m ready! Do it!”Immediately after Joshua’s


    answer, with the exception of the round needle, Kingsley had the other eight gold needles between


    each of his fingers and spread them in the shape of a fan.The respective acupoints Kingsley targetedContent held by N?velDrama.Org.


    were ST-36, ST-40, ST-37, GB-39, ST-41, Liv-3, and SP-6. He nned to insert the needles into the


    various acupoints following the stomach meridians starting from top to bottom of Joshua’s body. Right


    now, it was as though Kingsley’s fingers had wills of their own as each of his fingers was handling the


    needles delicately. With a twist of the needles as they left his fingers, they flew as though they were


    birds spreading their wings.At this moment, Joshua suddenly jerked and twitched, as though he was in


    a seizure. His eyes started to turn upward, while he started to foam traces of blood at the corners of his


    mouth.“Ahhhh!” Joshua howled with his screams filled with agony, giving the others present


    goosebumps.“Endure it! Just another three more minutes!” bellowed Kingsley.As though he was


    practicing the very saying: ‘out with the old, in with the new,’ Kingsley severed Joshua’s stomach


    meridians and reconstructed them with the Gorgion’s technique. This moment was the very reason why


    he told Joshua to get a medical checkup and nutrition shots.Those whocked both inner vitality and a


    weak constitution would not be able to bear the pain of having one’s meridians severed.However, the


    others who were watching did not know this fact. As they looked at how ghastly Joshua’s appearance


    had be due to the extreme pain, they all spoke up in fear.“This is bad! The patient’s going to


    die!”“Good heavens! He’s going to kill him!”Even the other doctors from other hospitals shouted,


    “Where are the doctors from Hill Crest?! Hurry up and save the patient!”Jeffred was about to send his


    staff to help save the patient but was prevented from doing so by Matt. “Director Church, don’t be in


    such a hurry. It’s not the time yet.”Jeffred couldn’t stop having cold sweats as he looked at Joshua—


    who had curled up into a ball from the pain—howling in agony with screams much more intense one


    after another. “President Fox, what is the meaning of this? If we don’t hurry and save the patient now,


    it’ll be toote for him!”Smiling slyly, Matt replied, “If it really were toote by then, it’ll be a fortunate


    ident on our part!”“President Fox, what are you saying?! It’ll be an ident that stains our hospital’s


    reputation!”“Director Church, don’t worry! Should that man lose his life here, the one who will suffer


    from that man’s death is that Nicholson brat! I will help you clean up anything negative rted to the


    hospital from this!” said Matt with joy figuratively bursting out from his heart.For Matt, should Joshua


    really die under Kingsley’s acupuncture treatment in public, then it would be more than just a disgrace


    to Kingsley’s reputation. All Matt had to do was cooperate with Felix a little, and Kingsley would be


    spending the rest of his life behind bars.Jeffred wanted to speak up but held his tongue in the end. To


    him, the death of a patient mattered little, as long as he could keep his position as the director of the


    hospital.