Chapter 1419
Standing near the back of the crowd, Alaric Sinclair was struggling to maintain his warm smile.
He had thought his trap was perfectly set.
The Montgomery family would first test her foundation within the elite social circles.
The Harrison family would follow up by questioning her Severia achievements from a medical standpoint.
And finally, he would step forward in his capacity as the chairman of a biotech charity. Under the guise of ‘transparency’ and ‘helping more victims,’ he would corner her into surrendering her core rescue protocols.
Even if she refused to hand them over.
He could still brand her as guilty, or accuse her of selfishly hoarding the physical data of international experts.
But now.
The Montgomerys were utterly destroyed.
The Harrisons were destroyed.
Even the most powerful figures in international medicine had personally descended to back her up.
This turned every single talking point he had meticulously prepared into a massive joke.
Especially those few devastating sentences from Dr. Dawson.
Full medical records.
The core rescue protocols were designed entirely by Serena.
The international medical team merely cooperated and executed her orders.
Once those words spread, the outside doubts wouldn’t hurt Serena Lancaster at all they would only catapult her reputation to unprecedented heights.
Alaric tightly clenched his fists.
No.
He couldn’t let the situation spiral completely out of control.
He was far more composed than the Montgomerys and Harrisons. Quickly, the warm, benevolent expression returned to his face.
“Since the experts are personally testifying, then that is wonderful news indeed p>
He smiled gently. “As I said earlier, I never meant to question Miss Lancaster p>
“It is simply that the Severia incident involves international public opinion. If these esteemed experts could assist Miss Lancaster in compiling a fully transparent rescue report p>
However, the moment those words left his mouth.
Serena’s gaze landed on him, and her lips curled into a knowing smirk.
It was a brief, dismissive look.
But it felt as if she had been waiting for him all along.
Alaric’s heart inexplicably sank, and his words caught in his throat.
“Chairman Sinclair p>
At that moment, Dr. Arthur Smith abruptly spoke up.
The vice president of The
International Medical Vanguard glared at him coldly. “To my
knowledge, the iv
as never
authorized the Sinclair foundation to
intervene in the compilation of
medical data regarding the Severia
victims p>
“Under what capacity, and with what qualifications, are you demanding the rescue
protocols and data from Miss Serena p>
The question wiped the smile right off Alaric’s face.
Beside him, Dr. David Vance chimed in. “All medical files from the Severia rescue have been sealed by The Global Medical Oversight Coalition. The data involving patient privacy, specific injuries, adverse drug reactions, and neurological damage are all classified as top-tier medical secrets p>
“No organization and no individual has the right to request them without joint authorization from the patients themselves, their respective national medical regulatory bodies, and the GMOC p>
He stared directly at Alaric. “What Chairman Sinclair calls ‘transparency’ is what medical ethics calls the illegal solicitation of core patient data p>
The smile on Alaric’s face finally shattered into pieces.
The realization dawned on the entire crowd.
Those who had just thought Alaric was taking the moral high ground now looked at
him with strange, shifting expressions.
Illegal solicitation of core patient data?
That completely changed the narrative.
Alaric had spoken so self-righteously about helping more victims, shutting up the foreign press, and submitting the data for joint evaluation by domestic and international experts.
Yet, the actual vice president of the IMV had just laid down the law-
Unauthorized.
Unethical.
And highly illegal.
The crowd exchanged loaded glances.
Alaric’s expression turned incredibly dark.
And to make matters worse, Serena raised an eyebrow, looking at him with mild amusement. Her voice was unhurried as she smiled. “Chairman Sinclair, didn’t you just keep going on about how the Severia rescue yielded massive amounts of precious neurological data, physical recovery metrics, and drug reaction records? And your foundation generously wanted to help me compile a transparent report p>