Sorry, Too Late
Just as Zeke was lost in his excitement, someone arrived.
It was Kaldor.
"Mr. Kaldor! I did it!" Zeke rushed to share his triumph.
But Kaldor merely glanced at him, his expression flat. There was no praise, no approval.
"You made it through the second phase," he said calmly. "But there's still a third. That's the final stage."
He continued, his tone indifferent, "Only after you survive that will your body truly be healed, and only then will you fully gain the power of the experiment."