"He's ready," Delmar announced as he burst into the training room. His entire body was drenched in sweat, and he was gasping for air as though he had just run a marathon.
For Delmar it felt like he had given the most stressful run. He had great stamina but coupled with the revelation of what he heard and sprinting towards here had made him mentally tired which also had an effect on his physical body.
William and Adam exchanged perplexed glances before asking in unison, "Who's ready?"
Delmar leaned heavily against the doorframe, taking several deep breaths before replying, "After some painstaking work... and a few... new tactics... I finally got that bastard to talk. That... guy... was proud... but I broke him... haha... I did... I really did."
"Finally, after all this time... Fuck him, every damn hole he has," Delmar muttered, as if lost in his own thoughts.
William and Adam stared at him, bewildered. "You might want to catch your breath first and then explain." they suggested.
"Yeah—yeah, that might be a good idea." Delmar collapsed onto the floor as the rest of the team gathered around him. "Want a hyper-refresh drink?" William asked, waving a can of soda in front of his face.
Delmar didn't utter a word; he just snatched the can and gulped it down until it was empty. After finishing, he let out a deep sigh, a contented smile spreading across his dangerously handsome face. "Now that was a good drink. I seriously thought I was about to drop dead from dehydration."
William and Adam exchanged amused glances, stifling their laughter as they looked at Delmar sprawled out on the floor.
A moment later, Delmar finally collected himself and got up, saying, "It's Carl. The guy finally cracked."
Hearing this, William and Adam's eyes widened in shock. William exclaimed, "Why didn't you say that earlier? We've been wasting time just sitting here!"
"But you said—" Delmar began, but William, already moving, cut him off. Adam quickly followed, while Delmar sighed and muttered, "Not this again."
He got up and hurried after them.
William stormed down the long hallway, his strides swift and purposeful, as he asked, "So, what did he say?"
Delmar, matching William's pace, replied, "He revealed the name of the guy he's terrified of."
"And nothing else?" William pressed.
"Thank you, sir. Thank you." Garil expressed his gratitude repeatedly, and William dismissed the eccentric doctor.
Turning his full attention to Carl, William asked, "Can you hear me, Carl?"
But Carl didn't respond, so William looked at Delmar, who explained, "He's been through a lot, so his mental state is pretty fragile. He can hear you and understand what you're saying, but... he might not respond much."
"Still, you managed to extract everything you could, right?" William asked, and Delmar nodded. "Yeah, I did."
"Before you tell me about this guy, I need to know," William looked directly at Delmar, "... Did he reveal anything about that place?"
"The one with her?"
William nodded, and Delmar shook his head. "Fortunately, no. It's a good thing I didn't share much about that place. All he knew was that it's located beneath your house and that there's a training area built around it."
"Good... good. It would've been a serious problem if we had to destroy that place and relocate... her." William said cryptically, causing Adam to furrow his brow in confusion, unsure of what they were discussing.
"Even though he didn't divulge anything about that place, he did spill a lot about the other locations. Now I'll have to clean up those sites and eliminate any evidence before they can trace anything back to us," Delmar sighed before adding, "Luckily, I've already prepared something for that."
"What did you prepare?" William asked.
Delmar produced a small button from his pocket and said, "I've got this."
"What does it do?"
"Oh, it does this." Delmar pressed the button, and for a moment, nothing happened. They stood there, puzzled, wondering what it had done.
Suddenly, the room shook violently as the sound of explosions reverberated through the air, followed by several rounds of rumbling.
William and Adam looked around, their eyes widening as they realized what had just occurred. "Was that—"
Delmar grinned, "Yeah, I just blew up every place that had been compromised."