"My eyes! Argh, my eyes!"
Another man clutched his face and rolled frantically on the ground. The sensation of the high-concentration capsaicin extract touching his corneas was ten times more painful than being burned directly by Fire.
"Gas! It's poison gas!"
Alexei reacted the fastest. He tried in terror to cover his nose and mouth, but it was too late.
The neurotoxin began to take effect.
He felt his tongue go numb, his limbs became as heavy as lead, and the gun in his hand fell to the ground with a clang.
The previously arrogant mobsters were now like a swarm of cockroaches sprayed with insecticide.
Some knelt on the ground dry-heaving, some clawed wildly at the air, and some were already foaming at the mouth and beginning to convulse.
The entire process took less than ten seconds.
The gunfire ceased, leaving only the rising and falling sounds of screams and coughing.
"Done."
Standing high above, Alice watched the carnage below without any emotional fluctuation.
In the face of Ai Haibara's absolute rationality, this was merely a successful chemical experiment.
She slid down the catwalk ladder and landed lightly on the ground.
Her gaze behind the gas mask coldly swept across the scene. She walked over to a convulsing mobster, leaned down, and skillfully took the gold watch from his wrist and the wallet from his pocket.
"Thank you for your donation, sir."
Then on to the next one.
Alice was like a hardworking farmer, harvesting the crops that belonged to her.
Finally, she walked up to Alexei.
The mob boss, who had been so insufferable just moments ago, was now slumped by the armored vehicle, tears and snot streaming down his face, looking at Alice with vacant eyes.
Through his blurred vision, he saw a figure wearing a fox mask.
"You... you are..."
Alexei wanted to speak, but his paralyzed vocal cords could only produce indistinct whimpers.
Alice ignored him, reaching into Alexei's coat and pulling out a thick envelope filled with crisp hundred-dollar bills.
This was the money they had prepared for their escape.
"Quite a lot."
Alice tucked the envelope into her backpack with satisfaction.
Now, only the final objective remained.
She turned to look at the rear door of the armored vehicle.
Although the Rocket earlier hadn't directly hit the compartment, the massive shockwave had clearly damaged the electronic lock.
The door had cracked open a sliver, with faint wisps of cold air escaping.
Alice put on gloves and pulled the door open.
White cold air surged out.
A silver cryogenic storage box was secured in the center of the compartment.
But in the violent shaking from before, the box had been deformed, and the red warning light on it was flashing frantically.
[Warning: Seal compromised, internal pressure imbalanced.]
Through the damaged observation window, six spiral glass tubes could be seen lined up inside, with a liquid emitting a faint green glow flowing within.
Prometheus Serum.
An incomplete human enhancement drug.
Alice was about to reach for the storage box.
Suddenly.
An extremely strong sense of crisis pricked the back of her head like a needle.
A strange noise came from behind her.
Alice whipped her head around.
She saw Alexei, who should have been paralyzed, somehow find the strength to crawl to the edge of the compartment.
In his hand, he gripped a cracked green test tube that had slid out of the damaged box.
His eyes were bloodshot, his face contorted—he looked like a cornered Beast.
"Since we're all going to die, let's go to hell together!"
Alexei roared, violently stabbing the glass tube with its sharp, jagged edge into his own neck.
The glowing green liquid was instantly pumped into his heart through the ruptured blood vessel, and then with every heartbeat, it surged frantically through his entire body.
"Not good."
Alice's pupils constricted.
This was the original version of the serum that even Norman Osborn didn't dare to try lightly.
And it was a direct intravenous injection!
"Aaah—"
Alexei let out a piercing, agonizing scream. His body began to convulse violently, and his already burly frame started to swell like an inflating balloon.
His leather jacket burst, revealing the dark red muscle fibers rapidly proliferating underneath.
The veins beneath his skin turned an eerie green, writhing frantically like earthworms.
Bones were forcibly stretched, breaking and then reforming.
A terrifying aura spread throughout the tunnel.
Alice didn't hesitate for a second.
"System, switch character card — Kato Megumi!"
She grabbed the cryogenic box containing the remaining five serums and her figure instantly retreated.
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