Chapter 348:
With everything arranged, Rylie turned to Melany, softening her tone. “The key points I marked should be enough to carry you through the monthly exam.”
Melany, sensing that Rylie had more pressing matters ahead, quietly packed her schoolbag. Before leaving, she handed over a chilled bottle of fresh Snow Mint. “My mother asked me to give this to you,” she said with a small, earnest smile.
Rylie accepted the bottle, then handed Melany a few small, pre-prepared pills. “Take these before your exam. They’ll help keep you in peak condition.”
Melany thanked her softly, hesitating before adding, a little sheepishly, “I got into a fight with a classmate last night. Could you meet with my teacher next week when school starts? My mother sprained her ankle working on the farm, and she’s not in the best mood.”
Rylie reached out, gently ruffling the girl’s hair. “Don’t worry, I’ll handle it.”
Once Melany was on her way, Rylie returned to the apartment in the community near the military compound. The home automation system greeted her with a soft chime, automatically playing the latest news updates in the background.
She went straight to her workstation, logged into the dark web under her Healing Hand account, and typed a simple message onto the forum: “Feeling good today, accepting new cases.”
That short line rippled through the underground network like a stone cast into still water, instantly stirring up a storm of activity.
The announcement of Healing Hand’s return sent a shockwave through the dark web forum.
Within seconds of the post going live, the homepage refreshed in rapid bursts as a flood of users stormed the comments section, desperate to confirm what they were seeing.
“No way… am I hallucinating?! Healing Hand is actually online? And posting?!”
“Quick! Send me the medical files right now! This is a golden chance!” A minute later, Rylie’s inbox exploded. The unread message count shot past 999 in an instant.
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She didn’t just pick patients based on gut feeling. Using her sharp tech skills, Rylie mentally sorted through a list of ideal profiles before choosing one — Lochlan Quinn. Once known as the Godfather of Marinth’s largest mafia, the Costa Syndicate, Lochlan was thought to be either long retired or long gone.
Surprisingly, he was also the mentor of her third-oldest brother, Deandre. Word on the street was that he had once tried to hand over his entire empire to Deandre — an outsider in many eyes — even if it meant cutting ties with his own son.
Given his bond with her brother and how perfectly he matched her selection criteria, Rylie accepted the case without hesitation.
Lochlan had RN-null blood — extremely rare and often referred to as “golden blood.” Fewer than fifty people in the world were known to have it.
His condition was critical: heart failure, liver fibrosis, and both kidneys had failed. In three years, he had gone through five elite doctors. None of them could help.
The latest report gave him just six months to live. A newly-developed nutritional drug was the only thing keeping him breathing.
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