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    Elliana’s brows drew together. She knew that book well—her mother had left her a chip containing its electronic version, which she’d already mastered, page by page.


    “The Medical Codex” was an ancient, enigmatic text shrouded in legend, its origins lost to the mists of time. The manuscript had been carefully split into two distinct tomes: the “Medical Volume” and the “Poison Volume.”


    The “Medical Volume” brimmed with secret techniques, invaluable prescriptions, and intricate methods for refining medicine, each entry gleaned from centuries of umted wisdom. Every page held stories of miraculous recoveries, rare herbs, and bold cures—secrets passed quietly from healer to healer across generations. “The Poison Volume” documented poison refining techniques throughout history.


    The original author of “The Medical Codex” was veiled in legend, but the book’s renown as a medical masterpiece was unquestioned.


    Those who mastered the “Medical Volume” were hailed as peerless healers, while anyone who unlocked the secrets of the “Poison Volume”manded fear as a poison master. To conquer both was to be a rare dual authority—wielding life and death with equal skill.


    Anyone who fully grasped either volume would be a force to be reckoned with, their knowledge capable of shaking the very foundations of society.


    That was precisely why Elliana had always kept her true identity as Milena buried so deeply. Every bit of her medical prowess stemmed from “The Medical Codex.” She alone had unlocked both volumes’ mysteries. If those lurking in the shadows discovered this truth, they would stop at nothing to seize control of her for their own sinister ends.


    Before vanishing in that devastating fire, Rita had pressed upon Elliana the gravity of “The Medical Codex,” urging her to master its teachings, guard the chip with her life, and let no one ever learn the truth.


    Over the years, Elliana had adhered to her mother’s advice, never breathing a word about “The Medical Codex.” She never imagined that a paper version of the legendary book still existed in the world.


    In that instant, everything clicked into ce. Elliana finally grasped the weight behind Rita’s endless warnings. If Rita had left the original manuscript in her hands, it would’ve painted a target on her back. Instead, Rita had subtly donated…


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    The book was donated to Ublento Medical University, and then painstakingly scanned, page by page, into a digital file, sealing it into a chip for her alone.


    Questions popped up in Elliana’s mind. Who, exactly, was her mother? And how had shee into possession of “The Medical Codex”—a work so shrouded in myth that most believed it lost to time?


    And then, Elliana sensed something amiss from Carlos’s unwavering confidence in her. He spoke as if her top score in the SATs was a foregone conclusion, making her question just how much of her carefully crafted disguise he’d seen through. Had all her efforts hiding behind a mask of inness and mediocrity been nothing but a child’s game to him? Had he been watching her all along?


    Feigning ignorance, Elliana queried, “I’ve always been just a in, unremarkable girl. Why are you so convinced I’ll be at the top of the rankings?”


    Carlos let out a quiet, amusedugh, his voice curling with dark amusement. “Your mother was an extraordinary woman—meticulous, cunning, and fiercely protective. She spun a web so convincing that even we had once believed you were ordinary. But we never stopped keeping an eye on you, and eventually, we discovered you are remarkably gifted.”


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