The Rise of a Master: It Starts With Rejection

Chapter 861

Yasmin helped Linda up, then turned to Felix. "Dr. Zeller, you can treat this, right?"

He was the first to identify Linda's condition, so surely that meant hope. Why else would Linda be so emotional? "There are two options. Please sit down, and I'll explain."

Only after Felix spoke did Linda return to her seat, her attitude completely transformed. "Please go on, Dr. Zeller."

After a moment's thought, Felix said, "First, I can use acupuncture to control your condition and reduce it to once a month." Before he could mention the second option, Linda's face fell.

"Is there no complete cure?" She never wanted to experience the unbearable itching and disgusting scales again.

"There is, but it requires something I don't have. We need to find the person who caused your condition."

The substance in Linda's body wasn't exactly a toxin-it was more like a hormone that had fully merged with her hands. Even with Felix's expertise, he could not completely remove it. The only alternative was amputation, but Linda would never agree to that.

of her hands.

"Are you saying someone did this to me

assumed she had eaten something bad or caught some

"Yes. It was intentional."

"But... I can't think of anyone suspicious! What am I supposed to do? Do I have to live

tried comforting her. They had reached a dead end. Even reducing episodes to once monthly was more than any other doctor

was also stumped. How was he supposed to know everyone Linda had contacted? But Melissa's words had given him an idea. "Linda, do you know anyone who always wore gloves?" Instantly, Linda was hit with a realization. She confirmed, "Yes! My ex-boyfriend, Pierre Lannerby! He never took his gloves off. We dated for over a year, but I never saw his hands. "He

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even let me see

"Could Pierre really be

a Fish Man, though he wasn't sure why he lived abroad or if he was the same one Melissa had encountered, "It's just a theory, but probably. Have

eyes. "Yes. One day he suddenly ended things. Nothing I did could