On the other side of the private airfield, Philip trailed behind the enigmatic man until they entered a nondescript room adorned

with an array of masks. One, in particular, was familiar; it was often worn by the higher-ups, confirming Philip's suspicions. This

man was either a member of the elite or one of their operatives.

If Maja had been there, she'd have recognized him as the man who, back in Cania, had tried to whisk her away under the guise of

lan. That attempt had been foiled by a timely call from lan himself. Although her luggage was taken, she hadn't mentioned the

incident to lan.

Now, the room's dim lighting made the man before him look even more like lan. While there were only faint resemblances between

lan and Patric, this man was almost an exact replica.

Philip watched as he approached a machine, inputting a complex code. A distorted voice emerged from the device.

"Did you find them?"

"Yes, I'll bring them over tonight."

"What about Summer?"

"Summer's legs are broken, utterly defeated. Useless to us, so I took care of her."

The man spoke with chilling nonchalance, not bothering to shield Philip from the conversation.

After a brief silence, the voice inquired, "And Patric? He and Cynthia are the prsubjects; they must be retrieved together."

"Patric has vanished. No leads so far."

"Then focus on bringing Philip back."

"Understood."

man's fingertips danced across the machine for a moment before it powered down, its self-destruct mechanism ready

touch, taking

Philip, a crooked

Let's go, board the plane to where we're meant

further,

he'd always been one

furrowed Philip's brow. He'd left many traces here under the alias

as Philip, it was a

of the research facility's

in Greenfield could it

it was someone from the upper echelons of Greenfield, things would get interesting. Windhelm had long

this scandal broke out,

landing, Philip was

outside a suburban mansion, and Philip's heart skipped a beat. They had entered a secret

The area housed important figures, guarded around the clock by armed personnel

over them, an inspection of the car's undercarriage and trunk,

car resumed its journey, Philip overheard someone speaking to

hasn't been

interior light accentuated

correctly, the gatekeeper used

for

man was

The old men have all been

echoed lan's demeanor. "It's

his smile vanished, and he leaned back in his

Aren't you

a conversation

with

recall he was quite fond of keeping in

man raised an eyebrow with a

Philip's expression shifted, a

Bernard who had once allowed

his thoughts, the

Patric hadn't remembered his true identity. He thought he was an independent personality when, in fact, he was just

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