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Chapter 505
Mark Wickers was acting all shady and suspicious as he sneaked into the forum, and was craning his neck while waiting
for the right timing to get a seat.
"Mr. Wickers," Irene called out to him.
As Mark turned around, he stumbled backward when he saw her face, barely keeping his balance as he quickly kept a
hand against the wall.
"A-Are you a ghost?’" he stammered.
Irene remembered that she had mostly healed from her burn scars. It was natural that Mark would be spooked to see her
now, since he would still be convinced that she was dead.
"No, I'm not dead," Irene tried to explain.
"What?!"
What was going on? How did she come back to life?!
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt"Look, now's not the time for that,’ Irene quickly said. "What are you doing here?"
Mark sighed. "I didn't get an invitation, but I really wanted to be here, so...’
"Got it," Irene replied. "Come with me."
Mark was surprised. "You can get me in?"
He even tried to pull strings, but he simply could not make it in.
Irene turned and gave him a look, but said nothing.
In her opinion, the worst thing about Zidonia was its strict adherence to a pecking order. Anyone who wanted to
learn about anything should be given the chance, even if they were not professionals.
And even if they did not know a thing on the subject before, they could learn on the go, and they might even offer a
better insight.
She had a few words with Dr. Pitt, who nodded and discussed it with the host.
Mead Clinic did have a say in things since they had the data on the latest development of a fully artificial heart, and
Irene soon returned to lead Mark to a seat.
"Thank you," Mark said. "Oh, wait. Does Mr. Jefferson know-'
He quickly stopped himself, since 'alive' seemed rather inappropriate.
Irene did not mind it, however, and replied, "He knows. I'll be heading back now."
"Sure, sure. You go do that." Mark smiled.
He thought that she was different, though it was probably also because he saw her in a different light after finding
out her relationship with Isaac.
The forum soon began with the Zidonian host giving the usual formal speech. "Thank you everyone for making the
journey across the globe. It's my honor to welcome our foreign guests-please give them a warm round of
applause.’
"The title of our forum is 'Salvation without Borders', and among the main topics is the prospect of a fully artificial
heart. I'm sure our perseverance in research would allow US to triumph against death...’
After that, it was another speech from Dr. Pitt, but it was the usual formalities with no actual information offered.
Soon, they began discussion about various issues and all participants were allowed to speak freely.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmEveryone naturally came prepared, and as many Zidonian researchers voiced their experiences and ideas for potential
development, Irene would quietly make notes-the country had its fair share of talents after all.
Most questions raised had been discussed internally at Mead Clinic, though the Zidonians' ideas were more viable.
Someone then asked the Mead Clinic representatives a question, and Dr. Pitt picked Irene to answer it.
As Irene rose to her feet, her expression was solemn, "As a doctor specializing in cardiovascular diseases at Mead Clinic, I
have taken part in many researches and gained considerable progress, but that also means its fair share of problems. My
personal opinion is that while medical advancement has allowed for heart transplants to avert lethal heart attacks, most
patients do not get a donor, and being forced to face death despite the equality of all lives is savage."
At that point, she paused-she insisted that it was her personal opinion, and that she was not representing Mead Clinic.
After all, the hospital had given them scripts that offer long-winded answers without anything meaningful.
Moreover, the so-called equality was hardly maintained.
Heart transplants were denied because of money, even though it was exceedingly difficult to find the right donor.
Now, she was going to narrow things down to the various ideas proposed by the Zidonian researchers, so that there was
a greater chance for those ideas to be realized. Still, there was plenty of jargon involved and it was going to be a long
speech...
’I think-" she continued, when someone rushed into the hall!
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