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"I don't see anything suspicious on or, well, inside of him. It looks like any other dying man to me."
Wait. Nothing? "What about the cyanide pill in his teeth?" You can't see if he has any teeth through the static haze, though. You need Benjamin to check.
Benjamin narrows his eyes at the agent. "Uh. A few are missing; looks like they got ripped out by someone."
"Haah." The AGENT wheezes. "Someone came here. Before you. Ripped them right out before I could use them." Odd. You take a moment to focus.
You feel an odd, general sense of 'connection' with all of your allies scattered throughout the base. As if your mind is tapping into each of their minds to eavesdrop on what they're doing.
From what little you can read, none of your allies did that. So someone else is here?
"Who was it?" Maruyama asks. "If you tell us, we might help you."
"If you lie, we'll know." Lex flashes a toothy grin. "You wouldn't want to lie right now."
Benedict is silently slicing up the various corpses scattered around for future 'ingredients'. That seems to be enough to win the agent over.
"ETF? I think? Bunny mask. Blood EVERYWHERE. Large baton."
"Found me playing dead. Did this to me. Would've gotten away with bruised ribs otherwise."
"He said something about <span class="mu-b">being sent to steal a prototype bomb we have.</span> D-down in Floor B4? Dunno what he was talking about?"
You and Maruyama recognize who that is immediately. A cold wave of dread washes over the both of you; BENNETT HUXLEY. You were warned he was going to be here but you didn't expect it to be so soon. The mention of a bomb is odd; What kind of bomb could the spooks be working on?
Seems like the grunt doesn't know either but that bit of information is enlightening.
>OPTIONAL OBJECTIVE OBTAINED: OBTAIN THE PROTOTYPE BOMB!
"Where did he go?"
The Agent raises his hand and points westward to the door leading out of the lobby and into the front entrance of the building. Odd, why didn't he follow the REGULAR KILLSQUAD?
Oh well! You gotta get moving before he comes back through there. You decide he deserves a cyanide pill and cigarette at least for the information he got.
>-1 CYANIDE PILL AND V-CORP CIGARETTE!
The dying Agent weakly thanks you for the gift. You lit up his cigarette via FOCUSED TELEKINESIS. You think it's fair after the useful info he gave you.
Benedict finishes harvesting from the seven guard corpses. "LET'S proceed. Now."
>+35% BENEDICT PROGRESS! NOW AT 209/250!
>BENEDICT found 2 REFINED ZANAL, 8 SILVER AMMO, and two MYSTERY SILVER IMPLANTS on their bodies. You'll discover what the implants do soon.
Right! The six of you rush down the northern hallway to follow after the REGULAR KILLSQUAD. You're able to walk well enough to not need Maruyama's support. You also don't want it anymore after you see how much of your pink sludge has caked onto your suit.
You try to apologize but he brushes it off. "It's nothing."
"I think it looks cool on him!" Max tries her best to keep the mood light.
