If it weren’t for the situation, Hamilton Robert would have probably already started a fight. When he heard Leo’s question, he replied coldly, “Yes.”
“An incompetent doctor, that’s you,” Leo retorted straightforwardly.
Hamilton Robert clenched his fists, took a couple of steps forward, and glared at Leo, shouting, “You damn waste, who are you calling an incompetent doctor?”
Seeing that the medical competition was about to turn into a brawl, Jack stepped in quickly and said, “Dr. Robert, since this presumptuous son-in-law thinks he knows medicine, we’ll give him a chance. If he can successfully treat the patient, we’ll consider it our loss. But if he can’t, he must sincerely apologize to Dr. Alick and kowtow three times. What do you say?”
Jack knew that Leo was brought in by August because Leo had defeated Evan in their previous contest.
“No,” Hamilton Robert pointed at Leo angrily. “Letting him apologize is too easy. I want him to kneel in front of my teacher and kowtow three times before apologizing!”
Leo’s sharp eyes were locked onto Hamilton Robert. “Since you’re being so disrespectful, don’t blame me for not being polite. I accept your conditions. If I cure the patient, you must kneel on the ground and crawl like a dog, and you must also bark like one!”
Seeing Leo’s firm and confident demeanor, Hamilton Robert was somewhat losing his nerve. But with all those eyes watching, there was no way he could back down. He stubbornly replied, “Fine! Today, I’ll make you understand that a loser is always a loser!”
The situation had developed beyond August’s expectations. He looked at Jack and said with a bitter smile, “Winifred, is this going too far?”
“Too far?” Jack shook his head and smiled. “Don’t you find it more interesting this way? Besides, Dr. Alick really wants to teach this useless son-in-law a lesson and leave him with a lasting memory. We can’t stop him.”
Fabian Alick immediately chimed in, “Yes, today, I’ll make this presumptuous son-in-law crawl on the ground like a dog and then apologize to me. Otherwise, this won’t be over.”
August gave a wry smile and turned to Leo. “Leo…”
Leo waved his hand and said, “Mr. Browne, I’ll deal with them. You can just be a witness.”
With that, Leo approached the patient and focused his spiritual energy. He began to diagnose the patient, his expression solemn and focused.
“This presumptuous son-in-law is quite professional in his pretense. If he’s really capable of treating the disease, why would he marry into the family and rely on his father-in-law?”
“He’s obviously showing off. To dare to belittle Professor Chang’s authority is simply seeking his own doom!”
“Wait and see, he’s definitely not going to cure the disease. After all the pretentiousness, he’ll end up crawling on the ground like a dog!”
The onlookers started mocking relentlessly.
Not long after, Leo stood up from the ground with a somewhat somber expression. When Hamilton Robert noticed Leo’s demeanor, he couldn’t help but taunt, “Waste of a son-in-law, feeling helpless, are you? Hurry up and crawl on the ground like a dog.”
Leo gave Hamilton Robert a sidelong glance, and the sharp glint in his eyes momentarily startled Hamilton Robert.
Unable to contain his curiosity, August asked, “Leo, have you made a diagnosis? What’s the illness?”
Leo nodded and nonchalantly said, “Guillain-Barre Syndrome.”
Guillain-Barre Syndrome?
When the experts from the medical association heard this specialized term, Hamilton Robert, Fabian Alick, and others’ faces changed color.
Leo continued, “Guillain-Barre Syndrome is an autoimmune peripheral nervous system disease characterized by demyelination of peripheral nerves and nerve roots, as well as small-vessel inflammatory cell infiltration. Its clinical presentation includes acute symmetrical flaccid limb paralysis. Most patients experience symptoms related to gastrointestinal or respiratory infections before the onset. The initial symptom is usually muscle weakness, which progresses to its peak within several days to two weeks. The most common form is ascending paralysis, with bilateral leg weakness as the initial symptom. In typical cases, limb weakness ascends from the lower limbs to the trunk, upper limbs, or even affects cranial nerves. The lower limbs are more frequently affected than the upper limbs, resulting in flaccid paralysis. Tendon reflexes are reduced or absent, usually disappearing within the first few days of the disease. Some patients may experience mild muscle atrophy, and prolonged bed rest may lead to disuse atrophy.”
Leo recited a series of medical terminology, leaving Fabian Alick in complete astonishment.
Hamilton Robert, too, was in shock. He muttered, “It can’t be. How could it be Guillain-Barre Syndrome?”
After a brief period of shock, Fabian Alick, in an attempt to save face, taunted Leo with a sarcastic tone, “Even if you say it’s Guillain-Barre Syndrome, can you cure it?”
Leo didn’t respond verbally but took out a small silver needle box he carried with him. With expert precision, he began needling the patient’s body.
Watching Leo’s needling technique, Fabian Alick and Hamilton Robert were shocked again. They even began to feel a sense of panic.
As the saying goes, laymen watch the excitement, while experts watch the techniques. Others might not understand Leo’s needling technique, but Fabian Alick and Hamilton Robert knew exactly what they were seeing.
After all, Fabian Alick was renowned in the field of medicine, and regardless of whether he was seeking fame or not, he still had a discerning eye.
Leo’s needling technique was extraordinarily skilled and performed fluidly, as though he were putting on a captivating performance rather than treating an illness.
Impossible!
How could a waste of a son-in-law, such a young newcomer, possess such extraordinary acupuncture skills!?
Fabian Alick was momentarily dumbfounded. He couldn’t believe what he was witnessing, but the reality left him with no choice but to believe it.
After inserting silver needles into nine acupoints on the patient’s body, Leo mobilized his inner energy and transmitted it into the patient’s body through the needles.
The tails of the silver needles emitted a bright white light…
At this point, no one dared to underestimate Leo, and no one mocked him anymore.
Leo’s masterful acupuncture and moxibustion technique greatly awed the onlookers.
The previously unconscious patient slowly opened his eyes and began coughing.
Leo had actually revived the patient!
The faces of the spectators quickly changed from astonishment to disbelief.
As for Fabian Alick and Hamilton Robert, they felt a sense of trepidation.
If they hadn’t seen it with their own eyes, no one would believe that a son-in-law scorned as a waste could possess such miraculous medical skills.
Honestly, Fabian Alick had never seen the kind of acupuncture technique Leo had displayed, and he couldn’t comprehend it.
One couldn’t help but acknowledge the irony for the medical community’s towering figure in the field.
At this moment, Jack’s face turned even more sour.
In the previous martial arts competition, Leo’s appearance had led to his defeat. Today, in the medical competition, Leo’s presence had brought about a huge reversal once again.