A Journey from Bitterness to Truth (Matilda and Yvan) novel Chapter 595

That night, under the cloak of darkness, Yvan and his crew rushed a badly injured Orson back to the hospital where Keaton was on duty. The moment they burst through the doors, Keaton, clad in his white lab coat that seemed to billow behind him as he moved, was ready to spring into action. "You're here?"

"Yeah, it's pretty urgent," Yvan said, as the others hoisted Orson onto a stretcher. "He needs to make it through this."

"Understood."

Keaton glanced at Orson's wounds and clicked his tongue in dismay. "Who did this to him? Some of these cuts are already infected..."

As they hurried Orson into the operating room, Logan's anxiety was palpable. He was used to seeing Orson standing tall against any threat, seemingly invincible. The sight of him now, barely clinging to life, was a stark reminder of how even the strongest can have their moments of vulnerability—usually as a result of a severe blow.

Outside the operating room, Yvan, R7CKY, and the others waited anxiously. Yvan cast a glance around. "Aren't you worried about being recognized, standing out here in the open?"

R7CKY and Ventus, standing side by side, shook their heads. "No one would guess we're elite hackers."

Yvan let the silence hang before speaking up again, "What if I call in a tip right now? There's a five-million-dollar bounty on that."

Logan's eyes sparkled with mischief. "Do it! We'll figure out the rest later!"

"How could you betray your own mentor like that? Have you forgotten who's been looking out for you?" R7CKY protested, half in jest. "Ungrateful pup."

Logan stuck out his tongue, the tension momentarily broken among the group.

Meanwhile, Hadrian was being guarded in Yvan's private room, a space usually off-limits to the public and closely watched by various bodyguards to prevent any unwelcome attempts on Hadrian's life.