(Chapter 293 has been revised. Reading it again is recommended.)
Inside a vast underground secret base.
After receiving his orders, the soldier quickly left the white-coated doctor's laboratory.
Silence returned to the laboratory, broken only by the beeping of electronic machinery.
The white-coated doctor looked at the capsule case the soldier had left behind and fell silent for a moment.
A moment later, he reached for the case and opened it.
Inside lay several capsules freshly manufactured by the Capsule Corporation.
He snorted coldly and muttered to himself, "Hmph, the Capsule Corporation. What a fine Capsule Corporation it is. That bastard Brief certainly raised a fine daughter. I'll have to thank the two of you properly."
As he spoke, he took a capsule from the case and examined it. Then he tilted his head back and actually tossed it into his mouth.
Crunch, crunch! Crunch, crunch! A series of chewing sounds followed.
He-he was eating the capsules like beans.
One, two, three... six!
Before long, he had eaten every capsule in the case.
After he finished eating the capsules, a sharp gleam flashed through his eyes.
The enormous computer before him began beeping incessantly. The sounds grew more urgent, and data flickered wildly across the screen.
Then streams of data were decoded, revealing every detail of the Capsule Corporation's new product.
Light blazed from the white-coated doctor's body, mingling with the computer's glow. The light intertwined, as though he was the computer and the computer was him.
He took another deep breath, drawing all the light into his body, and returned to normal.
Then he stood and went into the laboratory next door.
The white-coated doctor crouched before three hibernation pods and reached out to touch them.
He said, "There's no other choice. The laboratory needs powerful protectors now, so