BXBX NOVEL 194 - - Art. 194 Bullying Of The Weak
While Imani\'s expression of surprise remained unchanged, Gralina remained calm.
"Why... only one book?"
Imani looked at Gralina\'s lab notebooks.
"I can\'t believe there\'s only this much writing. Once? You only did one experiment?"
"Yes. We got the results from one experiment..."
"One successful experiment? That... that can\'t be... that can\'t be..."
Imani\'s voice is turning inside out.
"Sho... director!"
Darina pinches something from Imani\'s hand and looks through Gralina\'s lab notebooks.
"This is... this is... Did you try anything else?
Darina\'s voice is trembling. Next to her, Imani is holding her chest and breathing hard.
"Hah, hah, hmm, hmm, hmm.... This is... this is... this is... this is... this is... this is... this is... this is... this is... Let me think about it for a minute. I\'m sorry, one to one, please. We have 30 minutes. ...I\'d like to be alone for a while...
"Sir!"
Darina, with her hand on Imani\'s shoulder, calls out in desperation. Glarina cannot hide her confusion at the sight.
In her labored breathing, Imani stubbornly begs to be left alone and let her think. The two of them leave the room as if they were being driven out.
"...I didn\'t think I\'d make it in one try..."... That\'s ridiculous..."
In the other room, Darina covered her face with her hands and muttered.
"... Really, Kirisuray, Gaisya..."
"Enough!"
She interrupted Glarina\'s speech with an exclamation that bordered on exclamatory. The two did not move an inch and just continued in silence. Soon after the break time was over, they went back to Imani\'s room.
There they found Imani lying unconscious on the desk.
They called out to him and shook his body, but he did not respond. They called for someone to come and take Imani away. At that moment, the bell rang, signaling the resumption of the questioning session. The two men, stunned, took the notebook of Gralina\'s experiments that was on Imani\'s desk and walked back to the cathedral.
A portrait of the main deity, Climiana, hangs on the wall of the cathedral. The smile had disappeared from the face of the Pope, who was standing nearest to the portrait. His eyebrows are furrowed in a questioning expression.
"Deputy Director Dalina.... What does it mean that Director Imani has collapsed?"
The Pope\'s calm voice echoed through the cathedral. Dalina stands up groggily.
I am very, very sorry. I am sorry. I\'m sorry. I\'m sorry.
Darina bows again and again to the Pope. This unusual behavior was enough to upset the audience. The room was in an uproar. Dalina continues to bow to the Pope. In the midst of all this, May\'s cheerful voice rings out.
"Please be quiet. Please take your seats, Deputy Director Dalina. Is it because of Darina that Director Imani has collapsed? Is it a sudden onset of illness? If you don\'t mind, we can help you with that, too."
Darina turns to May, dazed. Then she opens her mouth with a pale face.
"...No, thank you.
Hearing these words, May gives a small nod. Then, she continues her words.
"Now then, I would like to see the lab notebook of researcher Glarina.
"Hi..."
With a somber look on her face, Glarina stands up and walks over to May and the others\' desks. She handed the notebook in her hand to May.
"What? Is this all you have? It\'s a lab notebook, you know?"
It was Zhuang who voiced his surprise. Roni also rolled her eyes in surprise. May takes Glarina\'s lab notebook and looks through it without changing her expression. Both Mei and Zhuang are looking at the notebook from the side of Mei.
The room is still buzzing. The Pope does not rebuke them and stares at the movements of Mei and the others. Dalina is still lying on the desk with her head in her hands. And Linos is casting a recovery spell on his right hand, which is already beyond its limit, while glancing at the movements of Mei and the others.
"I understand perfectly."
May\'s voice echoed through the cathedral. At the same time, May closes her lab notebook with a snap and stands up.
"Ms. Gralina, you only did one experiment, didn\'t you?"
Gralina replies firmly.
"Yes. The results of that experiment will be the same as what I have published in Sanctuary.
"I don\'t approve."
Loni stands up and interjects. Gralina contradicts him.
"Why? It was one experiment, but we got results. We got results. Believe me!"
"We want to make sure that your research is not a coincidence. That\'s why we asked for a replication. So, can you guarantee that ten more experiments using the methods described here will yield the same results? Can you provide evidence?"
"Well... that\'s..."
"It\'s no good if you can\'t say for sure. Is that clear? Medicine is an accumulation of experience and probability. It is not a science that accepts a desired result just because it was obtained once. Experiments are repeated over and over again to convert experience and probability into numbers. Those numbers are the criteria for trustworthiness. Surely, in your note, the success rate is one hundred percent. The denominator is one and the numerator is also one. Equal to one hundred percent. However, now that you have conducted the replication experiment, the denominator is now three. And the numerator is one. So far, the success rate has dropped to 33%. By the looks of it, the more we increase the denominator, the lower the success rate is going to be, isn\'t it?"
"..."
Gralina stared at Roni, unable to find the words to refute him.
"I have looked at the notes again, and I have to say that on a scale of one to one hundred, Gralina\'s work on these lab notebooks is a ten. There is too little writing and very few pictures to illustrate the procedure. There is too much white space. This means that additional writing can be added at any time. This is not acceptable.
Chi-wan is shaking his head and opening his mouth. Glarina is staring at Mei and the others with tears in her eyes. Loni is not holding back in this situation.
"The experiments of the researcher Gralina have no credibility at all. Therefore, the logic of the Church of Crimiana that Cirithrae, Gaischer, and Leroyans infect humans through certain beastmen is not convincing at all. And the logic that the bile of sheepherds can be used to make a special medicine is not convincing either. This is a big deal. This is a big deal.
The whole hall is in an uproar. Amidst the clamor, a man in the front row stands up, points at Roni, and shouts loudly.
"You don\'t have to say that much! I\'m telling you that the Gralina woman has succeeded!"
Chi-Wan looked at him in dismay and replied.
"In the first place, it is doubtful that the patient was even infected with Cirithrae, Geisscher, or Leroyance. Can you provide some evidence, some tangible proof, that would convince everyone here? If you can\'t do it, then we can\'t believe in it."
With a firm attitude, Chi-wan speaks to the man. He stares at Chi-wan, doesn\'t try to hide his disgusted face, and takes a seat.
"Silence."
The Pope\'s voice rings out. It was not his usual gentle voice. His voice was full of dignity.
"This is a serious matter. Did you publish such uncertain information? Were we deceived as well? If so, it is unforgivable. This is an act of treachery against the Lord God and against the Lady Klimiana."
The Pope, the cardinals in the pews, and the delegates in the audience looked at Glarina with disdain. She is shaking with tears in her eyes.
"...Please wait."
A calm, firm voice echoed through the cathedral. Everyone in the room looks at the owner of the voice. Their gaze fell on May.
The cathedral was filled with a sense of solemn tension.