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The bullets passed through the fog, and when it cleared and the vampire appeared, its hand was already gripping the shooter's weapon in a death grip. Anticipating fresh blood, the vampire grabbed the boy's throat with its other hand, but the bullet that Basil sent into the villain's head prevented him from carrying out his plan.

Red rivers flowed into the blue oceans of space, lightning of various colors, resembling snakes, slowly slithered before his eyes, a rainy sun danced around the blindingly bright exploding stars, and every moment entire galaxies died and new ones were born in their place. —Irma! Hey! — John squinted at the bright flashes of light in the dark room, and he wasn't even speaking, but shouting, because otherwise his voice simply couldn't be heard. The irritating music poured into his ears, and he wanted to leave this place as soon as possible. —Hey! — The girl he was addressing didn't hear him and was dancing to the music, just like hundreds of other people here. Losing patience, John hoisted her onto his shoulder and carried her to the elevator. The music stopped as they descended to the underground level of the "Hypernova" club — this place was completely soundproofed. John left the troublesome girl lying on the couch, and he himself sat down in one of the chairs.
—Well, how productive was your trip to Krigerstadt?
Laurent shook his head. —She didn't return.
—I thought so. She received a fatal wound and miraculously survived the operation, and after all that, she set off for the eastern continent, what a fool.
After the events of October 22nd, there were very few of them left. The one who had been in Nevermore all this time was the direct leader of the group, and Laurent was his deputy, most often resolving issues that required diplomacy rather than brute force. Basil maintained the equipment and treated the wounded. Irma Remshaid was the niece of the murdered head of the Krigerstadt B&B and wasn't particularly good at anything specific, but she possessed a wide range of useful skills. Claude simply helped with everything.
—Thanks to the latest component, I was able to create a device that allowed us to connect to the mind of the deceased soldier from the eastern continent that we found earlier. You won't believe it, but they are more robots than people.
—What does this give us? — John put his hand on the dead man's head, which was lying on the table next to him. Many wires were connected to the back of his head, and the other end disappeared into Basil's computer.
—Only his last memories have been preserved...
—Display them on the screen.

combat interface of unit RHRD-SH-66-72
during the execution of a reconnaissance operation, the unit was attacked by four local inhabitants.
06:16 2503.01.05,
request for further instructions
data received...
order received, target locked
5'9 ft, 180 lbs, 181 mph
Despite his superhuman speed, the universal soldier managed to hit the enemy right in the head. The target did not die from the first shot, but the next five finished the job. While the soldier was shooting, black smoke began to approach him. The bullets had no effect on it.
changing tactics
The soldier pointed his hand towards the enemy flying towards him, and in the next moment, hellish flames scattered it, as if it had never been there. The third vampire tried to attack from behind, but RHRD-SH-66-72 reacted in time and dodged the attack, after which he shot the bloodsucker. Only one remained.
target locked. 6'23 ft, 198 lbs, 0 mph
Before the vampire could instantly close the distance between them and knock the head off unit RHRD-SH-66-72 with a single blow, the viewers managed to see the vampire's face. Laurent and Basil exchanged glances; they had seen him before.
—Damn it, — John swore. — This doesn't give us any useful information at all.