Chapter 271 - Chapter 270 - Echoes in the Blood

Professor Klaus's office felt like stepping into the engine room of a living, breathing scientific marvel. The space was generous in size, yet every square inch was claimed by the sheer density of human knowledge. Towering, mahogany-stained shelves groaned under the weight of leather-bound journals whose pages were yellowed with the passage of decades. Rows upon rows of glass slides, each one holding a tiny, stained piece of biology, gleamed within wooden cases that smelled of cedar and history. Patient files were not just stacked; they were organised into intricate, towering sentinels, each tabbed with a specific colour to denote everything from clinical urgency to long-term monitoring status.