After their moment inside the room, Nikolai changed into a fresh set of clothes before they went down to the clinic. When they entered the doctor’s office, the old doctor told Nikolai to sit on the examination table. Nikolai did what he was told and he also took off his shirt, wincing in pain as he did. Then the doctor started to remove the dressing; he checked the incision, poking it as he checks for infection or anything. Nikolai clenched his fists and teeth to stop himself from crying in pain. The doctor gave Nikolai a look before he stopped poking his wounds and started cleaning them again and applying new dressings. “You’re lucky the bullet didn’t penetrate further into your abdominal cavity and damage any internal organ. And based on how much blood you lost yesterday, you ar