I opened a clinic in the Abyss World

The group has stopped discussing the ethical issues of the demonized continent and has begun to explore the feasibility and solutions, as well as how to coordinate resources among various races.

They weren't just making empty boasts; after serious discussions about feasibility, they began to take action.

By modifying the bounty posters, the merchant has already acquired more than ten level seven or higher dark mages, with more on their way.

The Light Chaser has confirmed with the King of the Los Empire that a summons for elderly high-ranking mages will be issued. Mages who answer the call will be honored, and their families will receive subsidies.

The witch has already recruited her first batch of thirty sea-folk mages willing to be corrupted, and recruitment is still ongoing.

[Shepherd: It seems everyone's busy getting things done, except for Kalva, who hasn't made a sound yet? Is Anderson asleep?]

[Merchant: Anderson is quite a shrewd city lord. Kalva suffered heavy losses in the last two Red Moon nights. He shouldn't be so slow in this matter. Hermit, what's the story?]

[The Hermit: I am already aware of this matter; Anderson should be making progress.]

Charlotte saw this message and couldn't help but laugh, wondering what Lord Anderson was doing at this moment.

……

Anderson is currently at the sheriff's office reviewing case files overnight. All relevant materials related to the Charlotte black clinic case have been moved from the warehouse, and relevant witnesses and victims' families have also been invited to the sheriff's office overnight.

Several case-handling experts and polygraph masters gathered to question the people involved in the case.

  

The head and second-in-command of the police station were standing by, both looking rather solemn.

More than three years ago, in an effort to quell public anger, the case was handled somewhat hastily.

Looking back now, the entire investigation process was dictated by the Medical Association.

This included arranging for victims' families to protest in the streets, inciting public outrage, storming Charlotte's clinic, smashing the jars containing organs, and spreading horrific rumors about Charlotte's cannibalism and corpse collecting...

At the time, Calva was filled with panic by these rumors, and many knights were indignant and wanted to kill Charlotte, the black doctor, to rid the people of this scourge.

However, according to the subsequent investigation by the police station, those horrifying reports were all rumors. Charlotte did not intentionally kill anyone, nor did she have the terrible fetish of cannibalism.

The organs and limbs in the jars are not from some kind of hoarding, but are used for medical treatment.

It comes from those abandoned by God who come to him for treatment. They have signed an agreement before the surgery that if they die during the operation, they will voluntarily allow Charlotte to take a portion of their organs to treat other patients.

Of course, nobody cared about these things anymore after that.

However, Charlotte was not sentenced for these reasons; otherwise, he would have been hanged, and no one could have stopped him.

The unlicensed clinic resulted in the deaths of more than a dozen patients on the operating table during treatment. The methods used were cruel and the consequences were severe. The clinic was reported by the patients' families, which ultimately led to the incident.

Charlotte argued that she signed a waiver with each patient and that patients were aware of the risks before going into surgery.

However, the president of the medical association and several elders and other professionals unanimously believed that Charlotte's behavior was no different from that of a butcher, killing a patient who had a chance of being cured, abusing her identity as a doctor, deceiving the trust of patients and their families, and tarnishing the medical profession. She should be severely punished.

The jury ultimately heeded the advice of professionals and sentenced Charlotte to death by hanging.

Later, with Anderson's strong intervention, the source of magic was abolished and Kalva was expelled.

Although he was the lord of Calva, Calva's laws were paramount. Therefore, he used Charlotte's informed consent form as leverage to reduce his punishment.

Charlotte has now proven the feasibility of the surgery in the Abyss, and her extremely low fees have forced the other three clinics to either lower their prices or lose customers.

Looking back at the whole incident, I feel more and more that it was all a scheme from beginning to end.

Those who found Charlotte were all patients diagnosed by the clinic as God's forsaken, and the doctors told them to go home and wait to die, that there was no hope.

So they went to Charlotte and begged him to help them.

Throughout this process, Charlotte did not force any patients; in many cases, she agreed only at the urging of the patients and their families.

He treated a total of 21 people who had been abandoned by God. Four of them survived the surgery, while 17 died.

Today, he sent someone to visit the four surviving patients. Three years have passed, and they are still alive and well. They are full of gratitude towards Charlotte and express their regret and sorrow for what happened to him.

Three years ago, of the seventeen family members of the deceased patients, twelve were unwilling to come forward to testify against Charlotte. In the end, only five testified against Charlotte, believing that he had cruelly killed their loved ones.

Today he sent people to find the family members of the patients who had not provided any evidence, and obtained some information from them.

They harbored no hatred towards Charlotte; on the contrary, most of them felt sorry for her.

After their loved ones were confirmed as God's forsaken, they were already at their wits' end. They sought Charlotte out for a glimmer of hope, and Charlotte had repeatedly confirmed the risks of the surgery and the extremely slim chance of success with them before the operation.

Although the patient's death was painful, they did not believe that Charlotte had intentionally killed him.

However, due to the overwhelming public outrage at the time and pressure from all sides, they were unwilling to testify against Charlotte in court, nor did they dare to say much.

All the information combined proved Charlotte's innocence and the meticulous framing he suffered at the hands of the Physicians' Association.

Anderson closed the treatment box, his face dark, his fists clenched.

A staff member approached with a thick stack of written records, looking at Anderson with a grave expression. "Lord," he said, "after questioning by the experts, it has been found that all twelve family members of the patients who appeared in court three years ago gave false testimony. They claimed that someone induced them to do so, and afterwards they received generous compensation and a reward of 100,000 copper coins."

"Who lured them? And where did the payment come from?" Anderson asked.

The staff member replied, "They had never seen the man's face, and the source of the payment was unclear; it was delivered directly to their home."

Anderson nodded, his voice slightly cold, and said, "Detain all of these people and launch an investigation for defamation and slander."

"Yes." The staff member nodded, put down the record in his hand, and quickly left.

Anderson looked at the police chief and deputy chief and calmly asked, "Now, is this evidence enough to exonerate Charlotte?"

The deputy director's throat moved slightly, and he subconsciously looked at the director.

"Yes, we can exonerate Charlotte." The director nodded, then hesitated for a moment. "But Lord City Lord, this matter happened more than three years ago, and Charlotte's whereabouts are still unknown. This matter is too complicated. If we exonerate her, it will probably cause a lot of trouble. The Medical Association will also get involved. Perhaps..."

"How about we just forget about it?" Anderson smiled, his gaze suddenly turning icy cold.

The director felt as if he were being pricked by thorns, and beads of sweat rolled down his forehead. He didn't know why, after three years, the city lord was suddenly conducting such a large-scale investigation into the matter and wanted to exonerate Charlotte.

"You bunch of idiots! If you had investigated more thoroughly back then, how could such a wrongful conviction have happened!" Anderson slammed his hand on the table, leaving a deep dent in the iron surface.

The director and deputy director both trembled, their expressions growing increasingly tense.

"That was a genius who was once hailed as the light of Kalva Medical School, and you've ruined him like this." Anderson looked at the two of them. Because of this incident, Elizabeth almost broke off her relationship with him and even committed suicide.

He now regrets that he only thought about how to mitigate Charlotte's crime and save his life, instead of spending more time on the details and considering that Charlotte was innocent.

Everything he saw today made him understand why Charlotte cared so much about this matter.

If it were him, he probably wouldn't be able to maintain such composure.

More than three years ago, probably only Elizabeth believed he was innocent.

"I'll ask you one more time, is this evidence enough for Charlotte to recant her testimony?" Anderson stared at the sheriff. "If not, shall I look at some more?"

"Enough! More than enough. We can get all the paperwork done tonight and arrest everyone involved back then."

The director nodded repeatedly. If he still couldn't understand Lord Anderson's intentions after such a thunderous statement, then he would truly be too foolish.

"Do it, do it now, I'll watch you do it." Anderson looked at him.

The director immediately turned to the deputy director beside him and said, "Quickly, compile all these documents, then summon the entire jury from the police station and review them overnight!"

"Okay, I'll arrange it right away." The deputy director agreed and quickly left.

The director forced a smile onto his chubby face, looking at Anderson with slight trepidation. "Lord City Lord, where is Charlotte now? Should we not inform him of this?"

"Once I get the acquittal, I'll naturally go to him with the pardon and the compensation agreement to apologize for the mistakes you bunch of idiots made," Anderson said coldly.

"You're right, the case was indeed handled rather carelessly back then." The director nodded, wiped away a cold sweat, and lowered his voice slightly. "Three years ago, Brad was in charge of this case. If I remember correctly, he was quite close to the people from the Medical Association at the time. The Medical Association played a significant role in Charlotte's swift sentencing back then. I think if we want to find out who's behind this case, we should investigate the Medical Association."

Anderson glanced at him. This guy was quick to betray him; he'd just gotten rid of the other guy and immediately sold him out.

"Then you go and investigate thoroughly to find out who exactly fabricated this wrongful conviction right under my nose, ruining a young genius."

The director nodded quickly: "Okay, leave this to me, don't worry. I'll make sure the truth comes out."

The sheriff's office operated quite efficiently, quickly assembling a ten-person jury to begin reviewing information about Charlotte and new evidence.

Half of the ten members of the jury had personally experienced Charlotte's trial three years ago, and upon learning the situation, they all appeared somewhat uneasy.

"Close the door. No one is allowed to leave until today's matter is resolved." Anderson had a chair brought over and sat down directly at the door, with two armed guards standing on either side of the entrance.

Upon seeing this, the expressions of all the judges changed slightly.

The city lord, who is usually quite kind, rarely shows such a strong side.

The newly obtained testimonies and evidence were circulated among the crowd. The witnesses who testified against Charlotte in court that year, and the families of the deceased patients, were all instructed by the mysterious person to collude and give false testimonies, which ultimately led to an unfavorable verdict against Charlotte.

The testimonies of other patients' family members who did not appear in court proved the authenticity of Charlotte's self-incriminating testimony.

A group of dying, god-forsaken people approach Charlotte, begging him to treat them and give them a chance at life. They signed informed consent forms before the treatment, but ultimately died on the operating table. Should Charlotte be held responsible?

The twenty-one people forsaken by God are all destined to die.

However, four people survived thanks to Charlotte's "surgical" treatment.

Even patients sent to regular medical clinics still have a mortality rate.

A group of people abandoned by God were sent to Charlotte, and four of them were eventually cured, which should be called a medical miracle.

However, Charlotte was convicted of this and nearly went to the gallows.

Why?

Those patients were declared by the Medical Association and its affiliated clinics to be people abandoned by God. Since they were rejected by the God of life, there was no reason for them to live.

But Charlotte brought them back to life.

This is not just a matter of being slapped in the face, but a matter of directly shaking the very foundation of the Medical Association's beliefs.

So Charlotte ended up in the jail, not becoming famous for saving four of God's forsaken people, but instead bearing a terrible reputation for killing seventeen of them. The doctor was called a butcher, what a humiliation!

The judges looked grave. These testimonies were enough to prove Charlotte's innocence. The twelve witnesses had made false accusations, and the testimonies were obtained under the supervision of a mental mage to ensure their authenticity.

"Lord of the City, this matter involves the Physicians' Association. Shouldn't we inform them in advance?" Finally, one of the judges couldn't help but ask Anderson.

"Do any of these testimonies mention the Medical Association?" Anderson stared at him, his gaze sharp as a knife. "Or do you believe this matter is related to the Medical Association, and you wanted to notify them in advance to prepare them and prevent Charlotte from recanting her testimony?"

"This..." The judge's expression changed drastically, and he stammered, "Charlotte... he... he is, after all, a doctor trained by a medical school. The Medical Association was probably eager to distance itself after his incident to avoid public anger being directed at them, which is why they severed ties with Charlotte. Now that this evidence has proven that Charlotte saved lives rather than harmed them, notifying the Medical Association can allow them to take some remedial measures, such as restoring Charlotte's reputation and reissued his medical license..."

Anderson withdrew his gaze and nodded slightly, saying, "You've thought this through quite thoroughly, but there's no rush. Let's first exonerate Charlotte according to the rules and regulations of your jury."

"Okay...okay." The judge nodded, as if granted a pardon.

The evidence was substantial, and Anderson was present to oversee the proceedings.

The jury quickly acquitted Charlotte, overturning the verdict from three years prior.

The medical butcher case that once shocked Kalva has been overturned, and once the news is released, it will definitely cause quite a stir.

Moreover, overturning a verdict is no small matter.

This case caused a huge sensation back then, and it was a wrongful conviction despite the immense attention and pressure. You can imagine how deep the water was in there.

Not only those dozen or so people who made false accusations and have already been detained, but also a number of people within the police station and the investigation team will likely be held accountable.

Who is Charlotte?

Not only was he once the pride of the Calva Medical School, but he also almost became the son-in-law of Lord Andrei.

He is engaged to Elizabeth, who is now at the height of her career.

Because of this incident, Charlotte's magical abilities were stripped away, and her engagement was dissolved.

Some well-informed people have already heard some news about Charlotte in the Abyss. It is said that three years have passed and she has become a legendary knight again. She has also established a friendship with Constantine, and it is said that even Basil suffered a defeat at her hands.

Anderson suddenly wanted to overturn his case without any warning today. Could it be that he wanted Charlotte to go back to Calva?

If this matter becomes public, it will inevitably provoke dissatisfaction from the medical association.

The Medical Association has been operating in Kalva for many years and wields considerable influence. Everyone hopes to get help when they need treatment by getting acquainted with them.

It won't be easy for Anderson to take action against it.

"Since you've already recanted your testimony, let's include the compensation as well," Anderson added.

The chief judge hesitated for a moment, then looked at Anderson and said, "Lord, the matter of compensation involves many aspects and requires careful evaluation. Charlotte's situation is more complicated. His magical source was destroyed, and his family property was sold at a low price to compensate the families of the previous victims. The amount of compensation needs to be carefully reviewed and calculated."

Anderson said coldly, "I've seen all the documents. They contain detailed records of the assets his family sold off back then. The compensation should be based on the value of the assets. Is that hard to calculate? As for the fact that his magical source was destroyed, how much compensation should be paid to a genius healing mage who was about to break through to elite mage? You can calculate that today. I'm not in a hurry. You can take your time to calculate it. You can go home when you've figured it out."

Upon hearing this, the judges reacted with varying expressions.

However, since Anderson has already made this statement, it means that a clear result must be obtained today; trying to smooth things over will definitely not work.

……

Charlotte was awakened by the sound of gongs and drums, the cheerful drumming, accompanied by the sounds of other instruments, as if it were going to shake the entire Bacca Street to the heavens.

After calming himself down, he got up and walked to the window. He pushed open the door and was stunned.

The entire Bacca Street was decorated with flowers and ribbons, making it quite glamorous and grand.

A gust of wind, seemingly from nowhere, blew away the fog on Bacca Street.

The streets were filled with actors in gorgeous costumes: succubus dancers swaying their hips, goblin clowns performing magic tricks, and a group of dwarfs doing acrobatics...

Countless colorful flags were erected on both sides of the street, with the words: Congratulations on the opening of Abyss Medical Clinic!