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Now, he has met Angers, a centenarian, in a luxury private hospital in San Francisco.
Angers' hair was gray, and the years had left their mark on his face, making him look old.
But his eyes remained sharp, and he looked energetic; his lion's heart still provided him with youthful vitality.
Wearing the Kassel College uniform, Gu Ran walked towards Angers.
Angers smiled kindly and patted Gu Ran on the shoulder: "I'm sorry, my child, for disturbing your school life, but there is a task that perhaps only you can complete."
"To make a long story short, Principal," Gu Ran asked, "What were the casualties on the mission?"
“Semar, Mans… almost everyone in the executive department on the ship has perished.” Angers walked steadily ahead, leading Gu Ran into an operating room.
He continued, "Ye Sheng and Jiu Deya are still alive for the time being, but they have dragon venom in their bodies, and we have no other way to treat them for the time being."
When Angers spoke of the battle losses, his tone was very calm, as if he had seen life and death many times before.
Perhaps a commander who is not kind in command should be like him.
At this moment, Gu Ran saw a man and a woman lying on the hospital bed, who were Ye Sheng and Jiu Deyaji.
Their bodies were covered in tubes and connected to numerous medical instruments.
The two changed into sterile gowns and walked together to the bedside.
"What can I do?" Gu Ran asked, getting straight to the point.
“Although it wasn’t mentioned in the mission report, I know that you helped Ha Ji-yeon detoxify when you were in South Korea,” Angers said. “So, I’ve sent you to see… if there’s any hope for them.”
"What's the doctor's diagnosis?" Gu Ran asked.
Angers said, "This dragon venom is a mixture of blood toxins and neurotoxins, and their blood is contaminated with the venom. Doctors are just trying to find ways to slow down the rate at which the toxins invade the brain."
Gu Ran examined the two men's wounds. Jiu Deya's wound was mainly between his ribs, a knife-like cut, while Ye Sheng's wound was on his thigh.
On the operating table not far away, there was a large, sharp, pointed object that looked like an ivory tusk, or a dragon's tooth.
Angers said, "That dragon tooth was blown off from the inside by the people from the Execution Department, and the root was pulled out as well. But the dragon used the broken tooth as a long-range weapon and spat it at the people on the ship. Professor Mans was directly pierced and killed, and Ye Sheng and Jiu Deya were also cut."
Gu Ran stared at the broken dragon tooth, with bright red blood still flowing from its root.
Angers continued, "The dragon venom erodes cells very quickly. In less than five hours, it had invaded the two men's internal organs. Our rescue doctors spent a lot of time controlling the spread of the toxin to the brain and spine, but the doctors... all thought they were beyond saving."
"I sent you here just so you could try your luck." Angers looked at Ye Sheng and Jiu Deyaji expressionlessly, his face seemingly unmoved.
After watching for a while, he calmly said to Gu Ran, "You don't need to feel guilty. If you can save them, then do so. If you can't... then that's their fate."
Gu Ran looked at the two of them and thought for a moment: "I can use physical means to separate the toxins from their bodies."
Angers was taken aback: "Really?"
These toxins have already invaded human cells, indiscriminately so. How could he do that?
Angers knew this wasn't the time to delve deeper, and asked with a hint of surprise, "What do you need me to arrange?"
"No need, I can manage on my own," Gu Ran said. "The principal wants to clear this place out; no one is allowed to enter or monitor us."
“You mean… your treatment process should be kept secret?” Angers asked.
"Yes."
Angers immediately agreed to Gu Ran's request: "I understand. I promise that no one will disturb you or monitor you until your treatment is over."
"I need water, lots of clean water."
"I'll find someone to arrange it right away."
“There’s another problem,” Gu Ran said. “I can isolate the toxins in their bodies, but I can’t necessarily remove them completely. You know, there are more than 50 trillion cells in the human body, and I can’t guarantee 100% that all the toxins in all the cells will be completely removed.”
“Principal, you should understand how potent dragon toxins are. As long as there is even one cell with toxins, there may still be a risk to your life in the future.”
"Therefore, you should immediately find someone to prepare a special antidote."
“It’s already underway,” Angers said. “Dragon venom is different from snake venom. Each dragon has its own unique toxin. I immediately found someone to prepare the antidote, but it will take time… Many students in the past died from dragon venom because they couldn’t wait for the antidote.”
“This time, I can buy some time,” Gu Ran assured him.
“Okay, then I’ll leave this to you.” Angers proactively drew all the curtains in the operating room to block out the outside view, and then took out a folding knife from his pocket and destroyed all the surveillance cameras in the operating room.
Gu Ran took a bag, wiped the bloodstains from the base of the dragon tooth with a handkerchief, and then put it in a plastic bag.
He explained, "I need some dragon's blood as a sample."
Ang nodded without saying anything. He asked someone to prepare enough water in the operating room, and then said to Gu Ran, "If needed, you can contact the outside through this microphone, and they will meet all your requirements."
"I see."
……
In the monitoring room outside the operating room, Angers and an elderly man in a Zhongshan suit were staring at the monitor screen.
Angers was also cunning; he deliberately destroyed all the visible cameras, but intentionally left one hidden one.
This concealed camera was originally intended to protect against unethical doctors in the operating room.
The elderly man in the Zhongshan suit had gray hair and looked to be over ninety years old.
He said, "I can prepare the antidote for the dragon's poison, but I really can't remove the poison. My reason for asking you to leave a camera to observe is my own selfish one."
Angers pulled a small monitoring earphone from his headphones:
"If Gu Ran finds out, it might damage my principal's prestige. However... I understand your curiosity. After all, as the Eastern Serpent Venom Immortal, finding a cure for poison is your lifelong pursuit."
This old man was famous in a great Eastern country for his ability to cure snake venom.
For over a century, he has formulated antidotes for various snake venoms, which have become bestsellers both at home and abroad.
Even the US special forces purchase antidotes from his company for soldiers fighting in the jungle.
Chapter 110 We can cure all the poisons in the world!
Besides snake venom, this elderly man in a Zhongshan suit was also skilled at preparing antidotes for dragon poisoning.
He was not a member of the Secret Party, but simply an old friend of Angers.
The old man in the Zhongshan suit looked at Angers and said, "Aren't you curious?"
“I’m curious, but I will respect my students and never pry into their privacy,” Angers laughed. “In this matter, your curiosity is greater and more intense than mine.”
"Alright, that's enough," the old man in the Zhongshan suit interrupted Angers. "That kid's started."
……
In the operating room, based on the injuries of the two, Gu Ran decided to treat Jiu Deyaji first.
Because her wound was in her ribs, which is closest to her brain.
He used surgical scissors to cut open Aki Shotoku's surgical gown to check the condition of the wound.
The wound from the dragon's tooth had been re-bandaged, so he had to cut the bandage again to finally see the stitched wound.
The wound was black, and the blood that oozed out was also black.
Moreover, because of the venom, her wounds did not heal and instead continued to fester.
The wound area is undoubtedly where the most toxins are. Gu Ran decided to first remove the toxins near the wound, then remove the internal organs, and finally remove the limbs.
Gu Ran cut open all of Jiu Deya's clothes on his upper body to avoid affecting his spellcasting later.
The technique of extracting small ailments.
He poured water into the basin and then concentrated his chakra in his palm.
Soon, a water ball the size of a palm gathered in his hand.
Gathering his energy and focusing his mind, Gu Ran calmly controlled the chakra water sphere, allowing it to permeate into Shudeya's body. Then, he controlled his chakra to separate the poison from the body.
About five minutes later, Gu Ran had separated most of the toxins from the cells and then slowly pulled the water ball out of the wound.
What was originally a clear water sphere had now been stained with a blackish-gray color and become extremely murky.
Gu Ran put the water ball into the waste liquid bucket next to her.
The whole process didn't consume much chakra, but it was mentally taxing.
The infection from the dragon venom in the wound was severe. One extraction of the toxin was less than one-tenth of the original amount. However, Gu Ran could clearly see that the blackness at the wound site had lightened and was not as deep as before.
Gu Ran used the same trick again, repeating it seven or eight times on the wound of Jiu Deyaji, before he was able to remove more than half of the toxin.
The skin on Shudeya's wounds finally regained the color of human tissue, becoming fair and delicate, no longer the pitch-black color it once was.
It took Gu Ran almost an hour and a half to completely remove the toxins from the wound.
"Next, her internal organs."
If it's internal organs, a new incision needs to be made in the corresponding location.
Gu Ran knows how to use a chakra scalpel. During her time at school, she also spent time in the library reading books on anatomy.
He avoided the skin's blood vessels, used a chakra scalpel to make an incision near his heart, and then continued using the technique of extracting the fine lesions.
The removal of toxins from internal organs requires more care and concentration than from other areas, because if you are not careful, you may accidentally compress or damage the internal organs.
Therefore, the control of chakra requires even greater precision.
Gu Ran stared intently at the affected area, controlling his breathing to keep himself from getting nervous, and focusing all his attention on separating the toxins from his heart.
This time it took even longer, fifteen minutes, to complete one venom separation.
However, seeing the water ball in his hand covered in venom, Gu Ran still felt a sense of satisfaction, which meant that the venom in Shudeya's body was slowly decreasing.
It gives me a sense of stress relief.
It took Gu Ran almost six hours to clear the toxins from all of Jiu Deya's internal organs, and then he also cleared the toxins from below her neck.
As for the toxins in the limbs, since they are not life-threatening, we can wait a little longer.
Gu Ran found a clean sheet and covered the upper body of Shudeyaji with it. Then he had a regular medical worker come in, take Shudeyaji out, and help suture the wound that he had made with a chakra scalpel.
He could use Healing Palm Technique to heal Shutokuya's wounds, but now is not the time to waste chakra.
Ye Sheng is still waiting for treatment.
The medical staff were stunned when they saw that Aki's complexion was slowly regaining its rosy color. They knew that when she was infected by the toxin, she was on the verge of death.
Now, she has regained her vitality.