On Lee's side:

Lee and Ira had just reached the end of the lab when an unexpected sound echoed from the wall.

Ding

The wall concealed a secret door, and as it slowly creaked open, Ira couldn't help but voice her concern. "What now, Lee?"

Lee's determination was unwavering as he replied, "We enter this door, find Adam, and get that stupid key out of him. We need to get out of this crazy world."

Lee led the way through the newly revealed entrance, with Ira following closely behind.

Lee and ira enter a long hallway

As they ventured further, they found themselves in a long, dimly lit hallway. What caught their attention were the macabre sights displayed in transparent containers along the walls—animal body parts, preserved in a grotesque manner. However, the horrors didn't end there. Amidst this eerie collection, they stumbled upon a grotesque mutation of a human and a dog, a creature that appeared to be a fusion of the two. The human side of the creature seemed in agony, making it evident that its his last moment he were in a lot of pain

Lee who just get used to seeing dead body wanted to puke again but he held himself up -let's keep moving ira

Ira nod her head and follow him to the end of the hallway

The room they enter was looked like an underground area with many pipes above their heads, in front of them, stand two people who lee was very familiar with, one was Kate the assistant of Adam and the other was professor Adam in person

Adam greeted Lee with a sinister smile. "I'm delighted you managed to find your way here, despite the dangers posed by the roaming animals. Losing someone as special as you would be a tremendous waste. Hand yourself over, and I'll provide the antidote your friend needs."

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Adam retrieved a small syringe containing a blue liquid from his lab coat pocket, holding it up for Lee to see.

Lee eyed Adam warily and questioned, "If I surrender, am I going to end up in one of those containers?"

Adam's smile didn't waver as he responded, "Ah, I see you've seen my first test subject. He was one of the security commanders who laughed at my ideas during the Board of Directors meeting, undermining my proposals as too dangerous. The rejection of my ideas infuriated me, so one day, when he least expected it, I used him as a test subject for my research."

Lee retorted, his voice filled with seriousness, "Even so, that doesn't justify taking his life and turning him into that."

Adam's grin remained eerie as he admitted, "You may be right, but I did it for the sake of my research's success."

Lee couldn't help but think, "Oscar was right; this man is a lunatic."

Adam's smile disappeared as he realized Lee's reluctance to comply. "I take it you're not coming with me willingly?"

Lee's response was unequivocal. "You bet I'm not."

Ira, upon hearing Lee's declaration, raised both her handguns and fired at Adam's chest.

Bang.

Bang.

Adam fell to the ground , seemingly defeated.

Ira looked at Lee and urged, "Let's go and get the keys."

Ira was about to go to Adam body to take the keys but lee hand stop her

Lee body felt stronger and stronger danger coming from Adam body who lay down on the ground (why my body screams to me to go away from him, it happened two times now, once at rono the short face bear and the other was with the guide both of them almost kill me)

"Adam is dangerous, just like them," Lee realized.

adam -Oh you also have sharp instincts I see, I know you were not the whip one as you told us you are

adam get up from the ground and clean himself up as nothing happened to him

tap tap

two bullets that hit him before fell to the ground, Adam look forward to them like nothing happened to him now with a smile on his face

ira looked shooked on Adam [ how can he survive being shot]

adam look on both of them and said -what you see before in the hallway was my first Experiment who was a failure, but I and my assistant was not like him we actually succeed, watch my research success it gonna be fun

Triggered a hidden side mission

Kill professor Adam Van Helsing and his assistant kate

Reward: 3000 points and CC rank reward to the killer of Adam

800 points and DD rank reward to the killer of kate

all the others who participated in the fight gain 400 points and D rank reward

The penalty in case of Fail or running away: Minus 5000 points and A rank Reward

Lee heard the system notice and think to himself [ more pressure ah]