Chapter 3 - THE HOSPITAL CONSPIRACYAt Manhattan General’s VIP Trauma Wing, the medical staff moved with frantic precision.
Dr. Richard Vance—Chief of Surgery and the brother of Howard Vance, Lorenzo's corporate rival—stood over the operating bed, reviewing Lorenzo’s chart with a frown.
"We need to prep him for immediate surgical debridement of the left radial nerve," Dr. Richard Vance announced coldly as Emily and Daniel walked into the observation gallery. "The tissue damage is extensive. We may have to amputate his hand to stop the spread of the infection."
"Amputate?!" Daniel yelled from the glass window. "He’s a billionaire tech titan! He needs his hands! Isn't there another way?"
"The neuro-link implant was experimental," Dr. Vance said smoothly, hiding a subtle, triumphant smirk behind his surgical mask. "His body rejected it. There is no alternative."
"There is an alternative," a quiet voice spoke from the doorway.
Dr. Vance turned around, his eyes narrowing as he saw Emily standing in her civilian clothes—a simple dark sweater and jeans. "And who is this? Security! How did a civilian get into the restricted surgical zone?"
"She saved his life tonight, Richard," Daniel defended fiercely, stepping between them. "Listen to what she has to say."
Emily walked right up to the observation window, looking down at Lorenzo, who lay unconscious under the blazing surgical lights.
"The bio-band wasn't rejecting his body naturally," Emily stated clearly, her eyes cold and analytical. "Look at the telemetry logs on the monitor, Dr. Vance. The micro-pins weren't standard medical titanium. They were laced with a copper-nickel alloy."
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Dr. Vance’s eyes flickered with a sudden flash of panic. "Absurd. That was manufactured by Moretti Tech itself."
"No," Emily corrected, stepping closer. "Moretti Tech’s patents use pure surgical-grade steel. The copper-nickel alloy was custom-engineered to react with Lorenzo’s specific blood chemistry, creating a slow-acting neurotoxin. Someone inside this hospital—or inside his own executive board—deliberately poisoned him through his medical implant."
