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A man is searching for a book amidst chaos, looking for the one with the perfect amount of information he needs to save lives. He’s aboard a navy ship, frantically hurrying to save precious time. After finding the book he’s looking for, he quickly reads it up to gain the information he desperately needs.

How would you feel if you learned that the man you’d just entrusted your life to was an impostor? That he’d only learned how to perform your surgery a few minutes ago from a manual? After performing dozens of surgeries that were all successful, who exactly was this man? Let’s get into it!

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