A Thousand Ways to Court Death
Medical Center.
"Stop yelling."
Adam interrupted Phoebe, who had instantly transformed into a beast. "I'll stitch you up; there won't be any scars."
"Real?"
Phoebe exclaimed in surprise.
"Um."
Adam nodded.
"Oh well."
Phoebe instantly returned to normal.
Emmm.
This reflects the true United States mindset.
Even after all material needs are met, they are still willing to 'gentlemanly' focus on spiritual matters.
For example, last year's Christmas has withered this year and can only be shredded in a food processor.
Phoebe was very concerned about this 'poor' old Christmas.
Compared to the lush green new Christmas next to it, it felt really cruel.
It makes the lush green Christmas next to it, which had already been cut down and sold, seem to be still alive.
For example, this turkey.
Eating turkey on Thanksgiving night is United States tradition.
Tens of millions of turkeys are eaten on this night every year.
Phoebe, however, only focused on this one.
Indeed, it is a spiritual pursuit, mysterious and profound.
But when their interests are actually harmed, it's not surprising that they change their tune instantly.
"After I sew it up for you, don't wander off. Go to my house and help Monica prepare the Thanksgiving dinner."
Adam advised.
"Wasn't that turkey supposed to be a side dish at your hospital?"
Phoebe didn't immediately agree, "Can I stay and have some?"
Adam was speechless. "Are you sure you want to go this far?"
"As for it!"
Phoebe insisted, "You said it yourself, this is revenge!"
"Alright."
Adam sighed, "But you don't need to stay here. Go ahead and I'll bring you some turkey when I go back tonight."
"Bring more!"
Phoebe reminded me, "Tonight I'm only eating its meat!"
"..."
Adam's lips twitched slightly.
Once a perfectly good vegetarian, look at what has become of him ever since he became fond of the venison that Adam hunted years ago.
He always wants to eat meat to vent his anger!
Tsk!
Adam saw off the somewhat erratic Phoebe and told the nurses to pack some extra turkey for him to take home that night to get revenge on Phoebe.
Then, amidst the cheers of the nurses, they made a phone call to order a full Thanksgiving meal to be delivered to the hospital on time, as an extra meal for the medical staff who stayed on duty that night.
It's really not a big deal for Adam to get a little more of this free turkey meat.
But given his status, he naturally wouldn't take advantage of that.
This also prevents others from saying anything.
Because human nature is complex.
No matter how high your prestige is, if you can't maintain good interpersonal relationships, in such a large hospital, there will always be a few people who don't like you or even hate you.
Adam only needs to make one phone call to cut off the lack of confidence among the Nurse Know-It-All and those who talk a lot when they argue. Why not do it?
Tonight, Friends Bar is also offering a series of promotions, including 50% off all drinks, specifically for hospital colleagues who don't have time to go home and can only drink alone after work.
It's worth noting that the drinks at Friends Bar are already much cheaper than at other bars.
This approach will surely warm the hearts of these lonely colleagues on this cold night, making them wholeheartedly accept Friends Bar and feel the kindness of their colleague Adam.
Because.
These special offers are only available to healthcare workers.
There is no harm without comparison.
On the contrary.
Without comparison, superiority cannot be demonstrated!
"Dr. Duncan!"
After waiting a while, the emergency room staff finally arrived.
"What's going on?"
Adam immediately ran over, as fast as the wind.
"Mark Vogel, 32, presents with abdominal pain, fever, headache, nausea, sweating, and cramps, suspected of having acute appendicitis."
"That's what the paramedics said."
"It's not acute appendicitis."
As Adam pushed the gurney to the examination room, he examined the patient, immediately ruling out acute appendicitis. Looking at the patient lying there, his face covered in sweat, he asked, "Were you bitten by something?"
"Poisoning?"
Upon hearing this, the nurse immediately said, "Should we do a toxicology test?"
"Um."
Adam nodded.
To his dismay, the patient only gave a mysterious smile when he heard Adam's question, without answering.
The nurse quickly drew blood and ran to the toxicology lab for testing.
Blood pressure 180/120.
The nurse reminded her.
"Administer sodium nitroprusside intravenously, 50 mg."
Adam commanded.
"Ah!"
The patient screamed and began to convulse.
"Inject a tranquilizer."
Adam gave the order.
Next, a variety of symptoms appeared one after another, Adam had to treat them one by one.
When the toxicology test results come out.
As expected, the patient was poisoned.
"Immediately administer antivenom serum to him."
Adam commanded.
I've been busy for a while now.
When Adam heard the system notification of +0.01, Adam breathed a sigh of relief and felt immense joy.
Today's trip was definitely worth the time.
"Careful!"
Just as the nurse was turning the patient over, Adam's pupils contracted, his Bullet Time activated automatically, he picked up the syringe next to him, and swiftly stabbed the spider that had crawled out of the patient's clothes and onto the nurse's hand.
"Ah!"
The nurse was so frightened when she saw it that she backed away repeatedly.
"No!!!"
Mark, the patient who had just woken up, witnessed this scene. Seeing Adam holding a syringe and stabbing the spider, leaving it suspended in mid-air, he immediately screamed in pain, "Avira!"
"Damn it!"
Upon seeing this, Adam immediately knew that this was probably another guy who liked to keep strange pets.
"You killed her! You killed her!"
The patient, Mark, struggled to his feet, his face contorted in a rage, and lunged at Adam.
"Calm down, Mr. Vogel, it's a Black Widow!"
Adam held the patient down with one hand, signaling the nurse to use restraints to bind the patient's hands and feet, and reassured him, "You're in a lot of pain, I think you were bitten by it, right? It tried to bite the nurse just now, and I had no choice."
"You killed my Avira, I'm going to kill you!"
The patient Mark, struggled even more.
"Inject a tranquilizer."
Adam frowned.
"Yes, doctor."
The nurse acted swiftly, and under the influence of the medication, patient Mark calmed down instantly.
"Thank you, Dr. Duncan."
The nurse who was almost bitten thanked him with lingering fear.
"You're welcome."
Adam placed the already dead Black Widow into the box, and then personally examined the patient Mark's body to make sure there were no other poisons in him.
Then.
He saw that the other person had many bite marks on his body, most of which looked like snake bites.
"Hiss!"
The nurses watching from the side gasped in shock.
When Mark regained consciousness, he saw the nurses being cautious and on guard, as if they were about to administer a sedative, and he calmed down.
"Give me my Avira."
The nurse handed him the box containing the Black Widow.
The patient Mark, held the box and cried bitterly as he looked at the motionless Black Widow inside.
Period.
The nurse understood the whole story from his sobbing words to the Black Widow and immediately ran over to tell Adam.
"..."
Adam was speechless after hearing this.
The patient, Mark, is a seller of rare pets. He keeps snakes, lizards, and insects from abroad at home and sells them on the black market for a living.
These dangerous creatures were his beloved lifelong companions.
His most beloved pet was his smallest pet, Black Widow spider, whom he named Avira.
Today is Thanksgiving.
Living alone, he naturally wanted to reunite with his 'family' for the holiday.
Then.
He hoped to get even closer to his young mistress on this auspicious day.
People who handle snakes are often bitten by snakes, so they develop some immunity to snake venom.
Mark thought Black Widow was the same.
If you survive being bitten by the Black Widow, you'll be able to get even closer to his mistress.
Emmm.
Adam, upon hearing this, was at a loss for words.
How can you expect to get close to someone who has taken such a big risk?
Adam couldn't think of it, and he didn't dare to think of it...
Then.
Mark reached his hand into the Black Widow's den and it bit him hard.
At the beginning.
Mark wanted to get through it on his own.
But as time went on, the intense pain made him vaguely feel that he couldn't bear it any longer, so he staggered out of the house to go to the hospital.
At this point...
He still just wanted Adam to relieve his pain so he could tough it out and develop antibodies to the Black Widow toxin so he could get closer to his Avira later.
Emmm.
A magical country, magical people.
Adam accepted it.