Chapter 396 Dr. Valor?
At the same time, Raven switched the call to speaker mode.
The call was quickly answered.
A respectful and unmistakably cautious voice came through the receiver. “Dr. Valor, what an honor–what brings you to call me?”
The moment Ethan’s voice landed, the entire room was instantly engulfed in dead silence.
Every pair of eyes was filled with disbelief so intense it was nearly tangible.
“Did I hear that right?”
“Dr. Valor?”
“Impossible.”
How could there be someone in this world whom even the great Dr. Ethan would call “Dr.“?
“And he sounded so respectful,”
They started wondering who the beautiful young girl in front of them were.
How could someone like her make Ethan, the legendary doctor and president of the World Medical Association, speak in such a tone?
Among them, Ellie’s faint smugness vanished in an instant.
Ethan, her grandmaster, knew this woman.
And–was it just her imagination?-she seemed to detect a hint of deference and humility in Ethan’s voice?
How could this be?‘
This girl doesn’t even look twenty years old.’
How could Ethan possibly show her such respect?‘
Meanwhile, beside Ellie, John’s previously composed and aloof expression froze completely.
At that moment, a deep and ominous premonition began to swell in his chest.
But before he could grasp that fleeting thought, Raven parted her lips–and the voice she used before restoring her appearance now flowed steadily from her mouth. “Ethan, I heard the Nine Meridians Technique was your original creation?” The moment John heard her tone, the unease in his heart grew tenfold.
Everyone else in the room stared in shock.
That was Ethan on the other end of the call!
The president of the World Medical Conference!
A figure whose word alone could determine the future of any doctor in the world.
Even if Ethan treated her unusually well, she didn’t have to speak to him as though she were his superior.
But before anyone could question Raven’s attitude further, Ethan’s anxious voice quickly returned from the other end:
“You heard? Dr. Valor, who told you that?”
As his voice dropped, the atmosphere thickened with suffocating tension.
Raven glanced sideways at John with a calm expression.
“The one who said it claims to be your student. He’s standing right next to me.”
“Please… pass the phone to him.”
His tone was smooth, but anyone paying attention could hear the faint ripple of fury laced beneath Ethan’s still–formal
response:
Raven smiled faintly. “Alright.”
She handed the phone directly toward John.
John stared at the phone in Raven’s hand for a few seconds.
A moment later, he finally managed to steady his trembling right hand and took it.
“Mr. Reed… it’s me, John.” His voice was dry and hoarse as he opened his mouth.
But before he could say another word, Ethan’s furious voice thundered from the other end of the call. “John, did you tell Dr. Valarthatthe Mina Maridians Technique was created by me?”
Chapter 396 Dr. Valor?
John’s heart clenched sharply.
But in the next moment, recalling how Ethan had devoted nearly two years to researching and perfecting the technique, his gaze firmed up.
“You only saw that mysterious doctor perform it once, and you were able to develop a prototype of the Nine Meridians Technique–there’s nothing wrong with me saying you created it.”
On the other end of the call, Ethan nearly choked in fury.
His good student… It was one thing for him to admit to Raven that he’d reverse–engineered her technique. But now, John had gone and made it sound like Ethan intended to claim ownership over her work.
“Dr. Valor, please let me expl…”
But Ethan’s voice was quickly cut off by Raven’s, cool and unwavering. “Ethan, your good student just asked me why I stole your original acupuncture technique. Tell me–how do you think I should explain that to him?”
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