Just as Abner had expected, by the time the patrol captain, who had been trying to stall for time, discovered that his body was rapidly "weakening" and even his organs were beginning to fail, it was already too late...
Leaning against the wall, he sank weakly to the floor and took out another cigarette, placing it between his lips. But this time, no matter how hard he tried, he could not light it.
"You don't seem surprised. Do you have some other backup plan?" asked the mayor, narrowing his eyes after having just "detonated" the contingency he had left inside the other man's body.
"I really can't outscheme an old monster like you," the patrol captain sighed quietly. Shaking his head, he said, "I don't have any backup plans. It's just that, when I escorted the four ladies into the 'High Priest's' bedroom earlier, I used a signal only he and I knew to warn him that you might cause trouble when the 'surface layer' opened...
"He should have noticed the commotion here long ago and hidden himself... Maybe he can hold out until the patrol returns...
"In the end, I was still too careless. I never expected you to be serious this time."
His voice grew softer and softer, until his final words were nearly inaudible.
But the mayor chuckled. "Hidden himself? Heh, according to my senses, he's still in the bedroom enjoying 'Pleasure'!
"It seems you did complete your mission quite well. He relied on his 'immortal body' and never took your Suggestion seriously!"
The patrol captain abruptly raised his head, his eyes filled with disbelief as the words "Impossible" slipped from his mouth.
But then, as though he had understood something, he laughed at himself and said to the mayor, "Since I completed my mission so well,