"He was brain-dead..."
As the mental auras representing the three men's signs of life vanished, the three men stopped living altogether.
Dilos instinctively used Super Glasses' X-Ray Vision to examine the brains of the three men. He found that all three of their brains had been shattered.
"There's no sign of explosives or chemical liquids..." Dilos recalled the abnormal mental activity in their brains just before they died and frowned.
"It's a little like what happened when I used my psychic powers to make someone brain-dead before."
"What happened to them?"
Michael Corvin cautiously walked over to Dilos. As a nurse, he had seen plenty of corpses at the hospital, so although he was afraid, he didn't react as dramatically as an ordinary person might.
"Are they dead?"
"Yeah." Dilos nodded and explained evenly, "There was something else inside their heads. When their mission failed, it made their brains explode."
"How could something like that happen?" After what had happened earlier, Michael Corvin had begun to believe Dilos. Now, he looked utterly incredulous. "Who would do something like this? Just to capture me?"
"This has nothing to do with you. Some spy and assassin organizations use methods like this, though they're not as ruthless as what you just saw." Dilos stood up and looked straight into Michael Corvin's eyes, filled with anger and fear.
"You're being watched now. Are you still planning to go home?"
Michael Corvin froze, only then realizing the implications. If the other side had already targeted him and sent professional killers after him, then his home wasn't safe either. They must have investigated everything about him. If he went home now, they might already be waiting there.
"Shouldn't we call the police?" Michael Corvin asked instinctively. "They'll handle this."
"How much do you think the police