2026-07-31 07:21:43The hallway erupted into chaos.
“Move!”
“Get a stretcher!”
“Call Cardiology!”
Nurses rushed in every direction.
Doctors surrounded Professor Adrian Hayes, but no one took the lead.
The old professor clutched his chest.
His breathing became weaker with every passing second.
Sweat covered his forehead.
His lips slowly turned pale.
One of the younger doctors panicked.
“His pulse is dropping!”
Another quickly said,
“Take him to the operating room!”
“No!”
Ethan’s voice echoed through the hallway.
Everyone turned toward him.
“We don’t have time.”
The doctors frowned.
“And who are you?” one of them demanded.
Ethan ignored the question.
He knelt beside Professor Hayes and checked his pulse.
Weak.
Irregular.
His pupils.
His breathing.
Everything matched what the system had just uploaded into his mind.
This wasn’t an ordinary heart attack.
It was a sudden blockage in one of the major coronary arteries.
Moving him now could kill him.
The system flashed.
Diagnosis Confirmed.
Acute Coronary Artery Occlusion.
Recommended Treatment: Immediate emergency intervention.
Time Remaining: 7 Minutes 14 Seconds.
Ethan looked up.
“I need a crash cart.”
“I need oxygen.”
“And I need everyone to stay calm.”
One of the senior doctors frowned.
“You can’t order us around.”
“Who exactly are you?”
Professor Hayes struggled to speak.
With great effort…
He grabbed the doctor’s sleeve.
“Listen…”
“…to…”
“…him…”
The doctor’s eyes widened.
“Professor?”
Professor Hayes nodded weakly.
That single gesture shocked everyone.
The greatest heart surgeon in the country…
Was trusting Ethan with his life.
The senior doctor immediately shouted,
“Do exactly as he says!”
Within seconds…
The crash cart arrived.
Oxygen was connected.
The hallway became an emergency treatment area.
Ethan remained completely calm.
His hands never shook.
The doctors watched in disbelief as he examined Professor Hayes with incredible precision.
“Heparin.”
“Three thousand units.”
The nurse immediately prepared the medication.
“Nitroglycerin.”
“Not yet.”
“His blood pressure is already falling.”
Another doctor blinked.
“That’s correct…”
“How did he know?”
Ethan continued.
“Prepare the portable ultrasound.”
“Now.”
The machine was wheeled over.
He carefully examined the professor’s heart.
The image appeared on the screen.
Several cardiologists stared at it.
One of them gasped.
“The blockage…”
“It’s worse than we thought.”
Another looked at Ethan.
“He diagnosed it without imaging…”
Ethan didn’t answer.
His full attention remained on Professor Hayes.
The old man suddenly cried out in pain.
His heartbeat became dangerously unstable.
The monitor began sounding rapidly.
Beep!
Beep!
Beep!
The nurse looked terrified.
“He’s going into ventricular tachycardia!”
The heart rhythm became chaotic.
One doctor shouted,
“Prepare the defibrillator!”
Another quickly charged it.
“Two hundred joules!”
The machine whined.
Everyone stepped back.
But Ethan raised his hand.
“Wait.”
The doctor froze.
“What?”
“Don’t shock him.”
The cardiologist stared at him.
“If we don’t…”
“We’ll lose him.”
Ethan calmly pointed at the monitor.
“Look carefully.”
The doctor looked again.
Then his eyes widened.
“Wait…”
“He’s right.”
“It’s not ventricular tachycardia.”
“It’s artifact caused by muscle spasms.”
The entire room fell silent.
If they had shocked Professor Hayes…
His weakened heart might have stopped completely.
Cold sweat appeared on the doctor’s forehead.
He slowly lowered the defibrillator.
“I almost…”
Ethan nodded.
“You almost killed him.”
No one spoke.
The hallway became eerily quiet.
Professor Hayes suddenly grabbed Ethan’s wrist.
His voice was barely audible.
“My…”
“…journal…”
“…chose…”
“…the right…”
“…person…”
His eyes slowly closed again.
The monitor alarm suddenly changed.
Beep…
Beep…
Beep…
His heart rate was falling rapidly.
Forty.
Thirty-eight.
Thirty-five.
The system flashed red.
Critical Warning!
Cardiac Arrest Imminent.
Time Remaining: 2 Minutes 51 Seconds.
Ethan inhaled deeply.
He looked at every doctor in the hallway.
“I need access to Catheterization Lab One.”
The senior doctor immediately nodded.
“It’s yours.”
Ethan stood.
“We’re taking him there.”
One nurse hesitated.
“But you’re not a doctor.”
The hallway fell silent again.
Before anyone could answer…
Hospital Director Michael Stanton hurried toward them.
He had just arrived after hearing the emergency call.
“What happened?”
The senior doctor quickly explained everything.
Director Stanton looked at Ethan.
Then at Professor Hayes.
Without hesitation…
He spoke loudly enough for everyone to hear.
“From this moment…”
“Mr. Ethan Cole has full authority over Professor Hayes’ treatment.”
“If anyone interferes…”
“They’ll answer directly to me.”
Every doctor froze.
No one objected.
The stretcher immediately began moving toward the catheterization laboratory.
As the doors closed behind Ethan…
The red operating light turned on once again.
Outside…
Sophia had just arrived with her father.
She looked at the flashing red light above the operating room.
Then at the worried doctors.
“What happened?”
No one answered.
One nurse whispered under her breath.
“Now…”
“We’re praying for two miracles instead of one.”
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