"...doesn't change much."
He looked directly at Kai.
"Even with everything I currently know..."
"...your survival rate remains approximately..."
"...zero point zero one percent."
Silence.
Kai's confidence vanished immediately.
"...Point one..."
He slowly leaned back.
"...Maybe this isn't such a good idea."
His thoughts raced.
This Dr. Z isn't the same one.
He hasn't performed nearly enough surgeries.
He doesn't have the experience the other one had...
Kai closed his eyes.
Think.
Think.
Think.
The memory.
The operation.
There had to be something.
Anything.
Fragments surfaced.
Not complete.
Just flashes.
A scalpel.
Blue mana.
Several crystal needles.
A change in sequence.
Wait.
Kai's eyes snapped open.
"I remember something."
Dr. Z looked over.
"What?"
Kai quickly grabbed a sheet of paper.
Started sketching.
"The operation..."
"You didn't begin with the central pathway."
"You started here."
He drew several rough lines.
"Then..."
"You redirected the mana flow."
"Instead of stabilizing first..."
"You intentionally destabilized it."
Dr. Z frowned.
Kai continued.
"You stopped the heart."
"...For a moment."
The doctor blinked.
Kai drew another symbol.