"Aron! Aron! Calm yourself, you still have four months left!" Doctor An quickly called out and supported him as she saw Aron's body begin to falter.
"Uh... That's right! Aron finally calmed down a little and suddenly looked at Doctor An with hopeful eyes. With these four months, surely you can find a solution, Doctor?"
Unconsciously, Doctor An almost nodded when she saw the desperate hope in Aron's pale face. But she knew lying would be inhumane. So with heavy reluctance, she could only shake her head.
Even as a doctor – Anna was this woman physician's name – she could do nothing for Jia Chen or her mother years ago. This rare illness, never before seen in history, remained completely unidentified. Despite inheriting medical knowledge herself, she still didn't understand the cause of this mysterious disease.
From Doctor An's perspective, the patient's body and health indicators appeared perfectly normal—just like any ordinary person's. Only their unresponsive, comatose state defied comprehension.
All she knew was that after five years, even with excellent care, if the root cause remained untreated, the patient's bodily functions and internal organs would gradually deteriorate before shutting down completely.
Now, Jiajia—who had been hospitalized for four years and eight months—had only four months left before her organs failed entirely. Her pallor indicated her weakening heartbeat, causing sluggish blood circulation that disrupted other organs.
"Is there really no way at all?" Aron asked again with lingering hope. But seeing Doctor An shake her head once more, he finally gave up.
Turning back to look at Jia Chen lying on the bed, Aron's heart weighed heavily, and his head began to ache faintly. Had he not been a peak blood-purification martial artist, he might have collapsed right there upon hearing the news.
Now, slightly calmer, his mind raced through all possible solutions to save Jia Chen.
Unconsciously, his mental state had changed since the earlier tragedy. Soon, a possible solution occurred to him.
"That's right." Aron's eyes gleamed slightly as he looked at Doctor An. "Doctor An, can you continue watching over Jiajia for me?"
"Have you found a solution?" Doctor An looked surprised, studying Aron with new scrutiny.
Somehow, the young man before her now seemed far more composed and controlled than before. Even a quiet confidence radiated from his gaze.
"I'm not sure, but I'll try." Aron's answer was uncertain.
Doctor An nodded. "Go. Every possibility is worth attempting. I promise to care for your sister well."
"Then, thank you. I'll take my leave." With that, Aron turned and rushed to the place he'd intended to visit from the start.
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It was an area at the intersection of the city center, where people with special abilities and a lot of money could reside. The distance from the hospital was quite far, but as a martial artist in a hurry, Aron arrived at his destination in just a few minutes.
Even without being out of breath, Aron stood in front of a two-story house that looked clean and comfortable. Although it couldn't be called luxurious, this type of house was the best Aron had ever seen in Cloud City.
Without hesitation, Aron immediately entered the house he recognized and saw a young man, shirtless, sleeping on the living room sofa in an unconscious state. On both sides of him, two young women who looked beautiful and sexy were hugging him in the same condition.
With the smell of alcohol and the messy living room, Aron didn't need to guess what this man had been doing earlier.
Jayden, a young man of the same age and a friend as well as Aron's buddy, was the name of this vulgar man. With a fit body, he was also the only person of status that Aron had known so far.
Of course, with his blonde hair and handsome face, he was a playboy and a greedy, stingy person. Even though Aron had worked for him for the past five years, he often felt stressed and was frequently taken advantage of by him. But with his status, this bastard was the only hope Aron could find for his sister's recovery.
"Jay, wake up!" Aron began to wake him by lightly slapping his cheek.
"Umh... is it morning, my little girls?... Yes, there's still plenty of time, I'll sleep a bit longer to recover my strength before punishing you. Emh... are you all that impatient...?" However, what he saw was a lazy face, lewd laughter, and unpleasant words.
"Bastard! Wake up!" Aron, losing patience, slapped him again, adding a bit more force to his palm.
"Argh!" This time, Jayden was jolted awake by Aron's hard slap, not only waking up but also falling to the floor.
With a reddening cheek and a face full of anger, he was ready to explode upon seeing Aron.
"Bastard! Do you want to fight me!? You'd better have something to wake me up—"
"There's a big business!" Aron said impatiently, immediately silencing Jayden, who glared at him with hatred.
But he didn't continue speaking and picked up the clothes left on the floor, silently leading Aron to another room, a tidier and more comfortable space to talk.
After sitting down, without needing Jayden to speak, Aron immediately pulled out a 500-mark bill while saying, "Tell me, is there a miracle drug at the academy?"
To those who didn't know Jayden, they would surely be shocked that this playboy and vulgar bastard was actually a student of the Cloud Academy, the only academy that trained martial artists or other individuals with special abilities.
Moreover, his status as an academy envoy made him a person of high status among ordinary people like Aron. Especially with the strength of a peak skin-purification martial artist that he possessed.
"Are you bothering me on my day off just to ask such things?" Jayden looked dissatisfied and glared at Aron with hatred.
"Just tell me! Does such a drug really exist?!" Aron didn't want to beat around the bush and pressed on.
"Hmmm," Jayden crossed his arms over his chest and looked at Aron with a playful gaze, "If it really exists, do you think I—"
*Bang!*
Aron suddenly slammed the table in front of him while pulling out another 500-mark bill, bringing the total to 1,000 marks. "Can you get it for me?"
Jayden didn't answer immediately but looked at the pile of money on the table with a hint of greed and smiled widely, "It's not that I can't get it, but—"
*Bang!*
Aron added another 500 marks to the table.
"Yeah, actually—" Before Jayden could finish speaking, the sound of the table being hit again echoed, and the total amount of money on the table became 2,000 marks.
This time, Jayden didn't rush to speak and just stared at Aron with doubt.
On the other hand, when Aron saw that the bastard in front of him wasn't answering, he added another 1,000 marks to the table.
With a total of 3,000 marks, Jayden's mouth twitched, realizing that Aron was serious.
*Bang!*
A louder sound echoed as Aron slammed the table again, and his cold voice followed, "You'd better not disappoint me if you don't want me to go to someone else."
"Enough, enough, enough!" Jayden quickly grabbed the pile of money on the table and smiled widely at Aron.
"There is indeed a pill called the Evergreen Pill that can cure all diseases and reconstruct certain broken body parts. Rumor has it that it can even bring someone standing on the brink of death back to life."