Stephen Strange had once been an outstanding neurosurgeon, but a recent car accident had left his hands unable to wield a scalpel properly.
He had undergone several reconstructive surgeries and even spent his entire fortune seeking treatment abroad, with little success.
Yet just as he was sinking into despair and losing the will to go on, Barbara, the girl with miraculous healing powers from the Battle of New York, had given him hope again.
But after finally scraping together enough money for the trip back, he had hit a dead end at the church.
"You're too late, my child. Pastor Barbara returned home two months ago."
"Returned home? Will she come back?"
Stephen asked anxiously.
"I don't know. Perhaps."
The bishop was uncertain himself. He couldn't give this desperate man a definite answer.
Stephen wasn't afraid of waiting. He had already waited so long. As long as his hands could be healed, what did a few more days matter?
From that day onward, he waited outside the church almost every day.
However, things hadn't gone as he hoped. A month passed, and the much-talked-about Pastor Barbara still hadn't returned.
Just when he was at his wits' end,
a boy he met outside the church offered him a lead.
"Sir, you could try your luck at Wanmin Restaurant in the city. If Barbara and her friends come back, they might stop there to rest first. I haven't seen her these past few days, but who knows? She might come back any day now."
The boy had even made a point of getting Stephen's contact information, asking him to let him know if he actually met Barbara there.
Stephen assumed the boy had also come seeking treatment from the pastor, so he thought nothing of it. With a lead in hand, he