chapter1235

"We're just worried something might go wrong during the competition."

Mr. Russo nodded. "Yeah, and there are contestants from other countries staying at our hotel. From what I've heard, the competition is going to be tough this year."

Dr. Tomlinson looked serious. "We found out that most of the foreign students have already mastered robotic diagnostics and surgery. If that ends up being the main focus of the exam, our students might be in trouble."

Lydia frowned when she heard the concern in their voices. "Didn't I already ask you to have the students practice robotic surgery?"

Dr. Tomlinson sighed. "We told them, but they didn't really take it to heart. Honestly, they just haven't put enough effort into it."

Lydia suddenly remembered how Marilyn and Yara had acted around her. Was it because the advice came from her? Did they just ignore her because they had issues with her?

"Well, there's not much point in blaming anyone now. Just tell them to keep calm and do their best. But you should make sure they understand that international competitions are way more intense than they're imagining. It's nothing like what they're used to."

After hearing Lydia's words, both professors looked even more worried. They couldn't help but regret not pushing the students harder to learn robotic surgery.

Lydia, what if the exam really does focus on that tomorrow?"

Lydia nodded. Don't worry. I've got this."

That was all they needed to hear. With Lydia's reassurance, they finally felt a little better. As long as Lydia was there, their country still had a shot.

Once the professors got back to their hotel, they immediately called a meeting for all the contestants

was running out, so they urged

Time was

everyone to review whatever they

could about robotic surgery.

Marilyn rolled her eyes. "Professor, it's already eight o'clock. We all need a good night's sleep if we want to do well tomorrow."

Yara agreed. "Robotic surgery isn't even fully developed yet. I doubt the exam will focus on it. Maybe just a few basic questions, at most."

No one else spoke up, but most of the students seemed to agree with Marilyn and Yara.

Then a girl from Rock Bay spoke up. "Our school really made us focus on robotic surgery this year. I think a few of us are actually pretty good at it.

Her name was Peyton, and after she spoke, her classmates nodded. "I have a friend studying abroad who's also competing, and she said her school prioritized robotic surgery traming this year too."

That made the students from other schools start to worry. Was that true? What if they only knew the basics? If they actually had to perform robotic surgery, they'd probably mess it up.

Even Marilyn and Yara felt a wave of panic for a second, but they quickly tried to reassure themselves.

"Honestly, no one in our country has really done robotic surgery before, and it's still rare even abroad. Hjust don't think it's going to be on the exam this year Marilyn said stubbornly.

Yara nodded. "Maybe in a couple years, but not now."

Dr. Tomlinson frowned. Whether it's on the exam or not, you should spend this last bit of time reviewing, just in case."