Chapter 1

At the airport security checkpoint, the security officer asked the routine question: "Are you carrying any prohibited items?"

I was about to shake my head when my assistant beside me raised her hand with an innocent expression on her face.

"Do blades count? She's got dozens of them in her suitcase!"

As soon as the words left her mouth, the entire area fell deathly silent. The security officer pressed her radio, and security personnel instantly surrounded us like an iron wall.

I broke out in a nervous sweat. "I'm a doctor! I'm going to the neighboring state for emergency surgery. My suitcase only contains medical instruments. I have the permits!"

"Open it." The security officer's face remained expressionless.

Inside the bag were neatly arranged surgical scalpels, hemostatic clamps, and a change of clothes.

While pointing out each item, I turned back and urged, "Did you bring the medical records?"

My assistant Bella kept her head down, her voice like a mosquito's hum. "I... I brought them."

"What's this bottle?" The security officer suddenly pointed at a shadow on the screen.

Before I could react, Bella spoke up with an innocent expression, shouting loudly:

"I already told you gasoline can't be brought on the plane. Why won't you listen? Are you planning to blow up the plane or something?"

The air froze once again.

The security officer's eyes shifted from suspicion to vigilance. "Please follow us both to the interrogation room."

Hearing this, my mind went blank with a buzzing sound.

The patient on the operating table had already been anesthetized, but the lead surgeon was being treated as a suspect at the airport because of her assistant's loose lips.

At this moment, there were eighteen minutes until the boarding gate closed.