"What are you doing?! Stop!!" The relieving soldier recoiled in shock, but the other man grabbed him in a bear hug.
The sentry seized the relieving soldier's head and tore at it frantically, as though trying to force his mouth open. As the two struggled, another soldier behind them opened fire!
Bang!! With a crisp crack, a round from an N-7 Valkyrie Assault Rifle instantly buried itself in the sentry's forehead.
Yet instead of dropping dead as expected, the sentry exploded like a balloon after being hit!
That was right—he exploded like a balloon!
His skin split open like a thin membrane, and countless sludge-like substances burst from his body, splattering everywhere! The soldier grappling with him took the brunt of it and was drenched from head to toe!
"Fuck! What the hell is this thing?!" The soldier cursed outright, forgetting military discipline entirely.
The other soldiers behind him stared blankly at the sludge covering the ground and the human skin floating atop it. They could not comprehend what had just happened.
Finally, someone reacted faster and immediately raised a communicator to report to command. "Reporting to headquarters! This is Prison Sector V! A suspected attack has occurred! Request immediate reinforcements! We need biologists and doctors!"
"Are you all right?" Someone dragged out the soldier covered in sludge and shouted.
The soldier wiped his face, still furious but also terrified. "He exploded! He exploded! Did you see that? His whole body was empty!!"
"This stuff doesn't smell bad. What is it, though?" Someone dipped a finger into the sludge and sniffed it. It smelled faintly sweet, but he had no idea what it was made of.
"I feel... urgh... not good, urgh..." The relieved soldier who had been splashed all over lay on the ground, retching violently, but nothing came