Two years ago, when Glen was going through his routine check-up, he discovered that a tumor had been growing in the back of his brain.
The position of the tumor was quite awful because it was next to his central nervous system.
Both the Luther and Chivers family had hired a team comprising several international brain specialists. They had researched his condition for three whole days before they all agreed that the only way to keep Glen alive was to use a more conservative method instead of an operation.
Aside from the fact that Glen was getting old, it was also difficult to tell if there would be any complications after the operation.
Only a few people worldwide were willing to take on the challenge.
Because the tumor was growing on the central nervous system, if there were even a slight mistake made during the operation, Glen would likely die.
Justin sighed. “I thought the anti-cancer drug that Old Mr. Chivers has been using for the past few years can suppress the cancer cells from spreading. But the truth is that this is a malignant tumor. It's only a matter of time before it turns into cancer. Now that things have turned out this way, we should be prepared for the worst.”
Yoel's body trembled as he stepped back uncontrollably.
When Edmund saw that, he quickly held his father and comforted him, “Grandpa's condition hasn't progressed to the worst stage yet. You should keep your spirits up, Father. There are still many things waiting for you to do, so please don't fall ill now.”
Artemis furrowed his eyebrows at Justin. “Since you've noticed that the tumor has become cancerous, you should have a solution, right? Tell us about it.”
A bitter chuckle escaped from Justin's mouth. “As you know, I'm not an expert on the brain. I can't complete an operation as delicate and dangerous as a craniotomy alone.”
Even if it was possible, he wasn't going to do it willy-nilly.
Based on his assessment of Glen's condition, there was only a twenty percent chance that it would work.
No one could afford to take responsibility if it failed.
Artemis stared at him coldly. “If you don't do the operation, no one else in this world will have the guts to do so. Are you suggesting we wait for Old Mr. Chivers' tumor to turn into cancer and watch him die on the hospital bed?”
“I'm sorry.” Justin lowered his head slightly. “This really is beyond my abilities. I won't say no as long as there's a one percent chance to save him. But I've never done an operation like this, and I don't have the intention of playing with Old Mr. Chivers' life. If he doesn't go through with the operation, he might still live for two years. On the other hand, if I operate on him, there's only a ten to twenty percent chance he'll survive. It's likely he'll exit the operating room as a corpse.”
A depressing look flashed past Artemis' handsome face. “Is providing Old Mr. Chivers a conservative treatment really the only way to keep him alive while cancer consumes him?”
He knew Justin wasn't an expert in the human brain, and he also knew the good doctor hadn't done an operation like that before. Therefore, he wouldn't force Justin to gamble with his grandfather's life.
Justin remained silent for a while before he suggested, “There may be someone who can perform brain surgery as complicated and dangerous as this one. However, she's difficult to track, so we may not be able to find her.”
“Who is she?”
“She's known as Anonymous, a true medical genius.”
Artemis' eyebrows furrowed when he heard that. He muttered, “Anonymous, Anonymous... I heard this name before, but I can't remember.”
“I do.” Edmund stepped forward. “Three years ago, the king of Eskaria also had a malignant tumor in his brain. Back then, the Eskarian royal family had searched high and low for any expert who could save him. Ultimately, no one dared to take on the challenge to operate on the king.”
Then he glanced at Justin. “When the daughter of a well-known medical family, Veronique Revelle, went to visit the Eskarian royal family, the king was miraculously cured a month later. Everyone thought it was her who operated on the king. However, I met her a year ago, and she told me it wasn't her.”
There was a strange glint in Artemis' narrowed eyes.
He had heard about the malignant tumor in the king of Eskaria's brain three years ago. There were plenty of rumors saying that Veronique was the one who had performed that miraculous operation.
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