Talent Reborn
Episode 48: The Birth of a Legend
The surgical lights cast a sharp glow over the operating table.
Haruto's hands hovered above the patient's skull, steady despite the weight of the world watching. Cameras surrounded the room, broadcasting live to millions. The patient—a world leader—had suffered a traumatic brain injury, and no surgeon had dared attempt this operation.
Until now.
This was a moment that would either cement Haruto as a medical legend or expose him as a fraud.
No turning back.
He inhaled, then made the first incision.
The operation was a delicate dance.
One mistake—one tremor in his hands—would mean instant failure. Haruto had copied the skills of the greatest neurosurgeons in history, but he knew something they didn't:
Talent alone wasn't enough.
His mind worked at lightning speed, anticipating each challenge before it arose.
His copied knowledge allowed him to move with inhuman precision.
But it was his own experience, intuition, and determination that made the difference.
Time ticked away.
Sweat dripped down his forehead.
Then—disaster.
A sudden arterial rupture. Blood flooded the surgical site.
The world gasped.
For an instant, everything froze.
The pressure, the expectations, the weight of his past failures—
Haruto shut them out.
He focused.
His hands moved instinctively, sealing the rupture with a technique even he hadn't realized he mastered. It wasn't copied.
It was his.
The realization struck him like lightning.
For the first time, he wasn't relying on someone else's talents.
He had surpassed them.
After ten grueling hours, Haruto placed the final stitch.
A tense silence filled the operating room.
Then—
A heartbeat.
Steady. Strong.
The monitors beeped in perfect rhythm.
The surgery was a success.
The world erupted.
News headlines called it "The Greatest Medical Feat of the Century." Experts debated how Haruto had achieved the impossible. Some called him a genius. Others suspected something more.
But Haruto?
He didn't care about the fame.
He only cared about one thing—saving lives.
And deep down, he knew:
His journey wasn't over.
Because in the shadows, the organization watched.
And they were ready to make their next move.
To Be Continued…