Undersea City, Magic Energy Research Institute, First Institute.
The Gendarme Team had now thoroughly searched every inch of the First Institute, inside and out, yet still hadn't gained anything—only they also hadn't left, and continued to guard every passageway of the First Institute—even the drainage system below, and even the ventilation ducts, were not spared.
In the room where Captain Justin and his party had last appeared, staff members were cleaning up the remains.
At most, what they had found here were some belongings the intruder had left behind.
The Gendarme Team had formed a conjecture: after Captain Justin and his group were trapped and their resistance failed, they seemed to have ultimately taken a very radical measure, creating a gigantic fleshy tumor, intending to perish together with their enemy.
"What on earth is this thing, able to devour people and grow stronger…"
