Chapter 994 Bound To Fail

• Rise TV Network had originally penciled in an untested junior presenter for the assignment. Alfonso heard the rumor, canceled every other booking on his calendar, and shouldered the gig himself.
• He understood opportunity when it whispered. Clusia's rising influence—and, more pointedly, the sudden spotlight on traditional Clusian medicine—was catnip for a global audience hungry for novelty.
• Now, inside the bright antiseptic corridors of the hospital, he double-checked each lens, mic pack, and uplink. The second everything read green, he gave the cameraman a nod. The red tally light steadied. They were live.