The city was his laboratory.
Every hospital, every clinic, every neglected patient was a node in his network.
Lin Chen established three independent clinics.
Each one staffed with loyal doctors, all handpicked.
Each one operational in under 48 hours.
[System Log: Independent Nodes — 3 Established.]
[Resource Flow: Optimized.]
Meanwhile, Dr. Hart trained new recruits with surgical precision.
No errors.
No wasted time.
Word of their results spread like wildfire:
Children with terminal diseases
Rare neurological disorders
Experimental treatments previously denied
The media began circulating clips, carefully edited to avoid official detection.
The consortium's surveillance teams noticed.
One analyst muttered,
"He's rewriting the rules."
Lin Chen didn't respond.
He was already moving on to the next target:
acquiring influence, not fame.
[System Log: City Control Progress: 45%.]
[Consortium Alert Level: Critical.]