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The Dead Man Walks
The butler’s dagger was mere inches from Ethan’s chest, gleaming with a dark, greenish coating—poison. Ahfong’s face was twisted into a mask of desperate hatred, the loyalty of thirty years shedding away to reveal a bought-and-paid-for killer."Die!" shrieked Ahfong.Lin Yuna screamed and groped for a weapon she had no right to possess. Elder Lin protested and attempted to rise from his wheelchair but collapsed back in helplessness.Ethan didn't twitch, and he lifted his left hand with the index and middle fingers extended in a sword-finger gesture.Thwack.It was the soft sound made by a book snapping shut.Ethan's fingers struck Ahfong's wrist at a precise oblique angle, bypassing the muscle and going directly for the nerve. Ahfong's hand was seized in a violent spasm and the dagger flew into the air, end over end, before embedding itself in the ceiling with a dull thud.Before Ahfong could recover, Ethan incised. He didn't beat the butler face; rather, his hand danced across the bu
The Dragon Enters the Phoenix Nest
The steam rising from the teacup was the only thing moving inside the shattered Rolls-Royce. Lin Yuna sat frozen, her porcelain skin pale against the dark leather seats. She stared at Ethan Smith, who was casually sipping his tea as if he were sitting in a quiet café, not surrounded by groaning, broken bodies on a dark street in the Capital."You..." Yuna started, her voice trembling before she cleared her throat, forcing the steel back into her tone. "You are a Grandmaster."Ethan set the cup down. "I am a doctor, Miss Lin. I just know a little bit about anatomy. Knowing where to hit is just as important as knowing where to heal."Outside, headlights flooded the scene. A convoy of three armored SUVs screeched to a halt. Twelve men in suits jumped out—the Lin Family's elite security team. They had arrived too late.The captain of the guard rushed to the window, his gun drawn, panic in his eyes. "Miss Lin! We lost the signal! Are you hurt? Where are the assassins?"Yuna slowly lowered
Surgery on the Street
The assassin leader’s serrated blade was a blur of cold steel aimed directly at Ethan’s carotid artery. It was a killing blow, executed with the speed of a striking cobra.Inside the ruined Rolls-Royce, Lin Yuna flinched, her hands flying to her mouth. She had seen violence before in the Capital's underworld, but Ethan was just a doctor. He was unarmed, unarmored, and outnumbered.Blood was expected. A corpse was expected.Instead, a ghost appeared.Ethan did not retract. He stepped into the path of the attack.In an instant, the distance between them was obliterated. Ethan's left hand flew like an arrow before the assassin's eyes could register it, locking onto the man's wrist just as the blade aligned with his neck.CRACK!The sickening sound of bone shattering echoed sickeningly in the quiet street.The leader never even had time to scream. With a flick of his wrist, twisting the now-broken wrist, Ethan had forced the assassin to drop the knife. In an almost fluid motion, the heel
The Invitation from the Jade Phoenix
The aftermath of the second round was chaotic. As soon as the judges declared the session over for the day, the audience surged forward like a tidal wave."Dr. Smith! Just a moment of your time!""My hospital is ready to pay you five million a year!""Dr. Smith, please; my daughter is suffering from a rare ailment..."At the outer stage, Ethan freezing cold with no expression on his face. Sarah, beside him, was almost in shock, using her briefcase to shield herself from reporters and headhunters."We will not take any questions!" she shouted, trying to exercise authority, although her voice shook slightly. "Please, step back!"Ethan gently grabbed Sarah's arm. "Let's go."He moved through the crowd with uncanny grace, smooth as liquid. Whenever an individual tried to block his passage, he would glide effortlessly past them, like smoke slipping through fingers. And before anyone in the crowd knew it, Ethan and Sarah were at the exit of the Grand Medical Pavilion.Just as they stepped o
The Trembling Dragon
The stillness that had fallen upon the Grand Medical Pavilion after the herb identification round was not the calm before a storm; it was an atmospheric imposition as if a storm upon the ground had just held its breath.Ethan Smith stood with the utmost calm at the long table, brushing away imaginary particles of dried root from his hands. Around him, whispers began to rise like steam. The term "barefoot doctor" was no longer being used with mockery but rather with confusion and suspicion.Overhead, in the shadowy VIP room with one-way glass, the ambiance was utterly poisonous.Heirs of the Vance family, Victor Vance crushed a crystal wineglass in his palm. The red fluid dripped onto the expensive carpet, much like blood."Explain this," he hissed, his gaze trained on the figure of Ethan down below. "You told me he was a nobody. You told me he was a soft-rice man living off the River City hospital director. Since when can a nobody identify twenty herbs by smell in thirty seconds?"A m
The Capital's Laughingstock
The Grand Medical Pavilion of the Capital was an imposing emblem. Heavy marble pillars as old as an oak forest, high ceilings that absorbed all sound but the half-dreaming whispers of the nation's medical elite.The mood changed the minute Ethan and Sarah entered through the gilt doors. Not very steady as she ordinarily was, Sarah tugged at her blazer's hem, surveying the crowd: men in bespoke suits, women in designer dresses, and doctors with white coats that cost more than their cars."Ethan," she whispered, drawing closer to him. "Everyone here is either a department chairman or a specialist from the top hospitals. Perhaps we should have prepared a fake resume or something?"Ethan's hands were shoved deeply into his pockets, and his face showed mild indifference. "Why bother? Real skill doesn't need a piece of paper."Rounding the registration booth, a bespectacled clerk glanced up from his clipboard, the pen held in a motionless hovering position."Name and affiliation?""Ethan Sm
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