* At the same time in the operating theatre

-: ’We're losing him. Is his fate already sealed? No, since when do I start thinking such things? ‘ said Dr. Soon

-NISHA: ’SOON, look! His arms are already rotting. They're starting to change colour, turning red and then purple. It's the first time in my life I've seen this.‘

-’I'm going to try to paralyse his nervous system to delay the rotting and the spread of the infection. " suggested Doctor Nisha.

*Outside the operating theatre

-: ‘Kof! Kof!’ Arima coughed because they could feel their bodies beginning to succumb to the toxicity

-TAMAYO: ARIMA, are you okay? Your resistance to the spores is reaching its limits. You should join NOZEL outside. He may have already finished evacuating the hospital.

-ARIMA: I can hold out because IZUMO is fighting inside. I can't leave him here, Colonel. You can take the battalion back. They need you more than they need me.

-: "No, I can hold out, but as soon as I see that you've reached your limits, I'll evacuate you without even asking your permission.‘ Tamayo warned him

-: Roger that, boss.

-: ’And I'm starting to sense a concentration of arcane energy up there. I don't know who it is, and our two best doctors have been unable to stabilise his condition since the operation. I don't want to think the worst. Colonel Tamayo reflected internally. "

-TAMAYO: Hey, KID, do you think he's going to make it?

-ARIMA: ...

-TAMAYO: I know why you're not saying anything, but in our line of work, death is too close to us, and you have to understand that...

- ‘I know that his condition is only getting worse, but if I had been in that operating theatre, IZUMO would have told me to fight. He wouldn't have lost faith in his comrades, as you want me to.’ Arima replied to the colonel, continuing to remain hopeful despite the worsening situation.

Suddenly...

- ‘There's good news. He's starting to respond well,’ announced Dr. Soon.

- ‘Oh, seriously? Finally!’ reacted Arima and Tamayo, whose spirits were lifted by the news.

- ‘Well done, NISHA. His body is starting to recover from the magic and his temperature is stabilising.’

-: "Without you, SOON, I don't know if I could have saved this young boy's life. I haven't been this stressed since the battlefield, and NANABA, you are exceptional. In the end, we avoided the worst. ‘ said Dr. Nisha, feeling relieved and thanking his teammates for their feat. He felt a sense of calm at having managed to save a life, and especially at having done so for Tamayo.

- ’Haha ha. We did a good job as a team," replied Nanaba with the air of a smiling intern who was already planning to mention this experience on his list of achievements.

NISHA left the operating theatre and approached Tamayo to inform them of the situation: ‘Tamayo, we were able to save him and his condition has just stabilised, but he will have to be quarantined for several weeks. For you two, however, only three days will suffice. I'm sorry about Lide, it was already too late for him.’ ‘

- ’Thank you, thank you so much, Nisha. I owe you my life, and no matter how many days I have left, I still managed to save one of my soldiers, even if not both. Thank you from the bottom of my heart," Tamayo thanked her wholeheartedly, bowing to Nisha, which made her uncomfortable.

-ARIMA: Thank you, thank you very much, madam. You and Dr. SOON are truly remarkable. Bless you both.

-DR SOON: All right, we'll begin evacuating him to a safe place. Nurse, please move the patient.

-NANABA: All right, Doctor, I'll get started.

-: And a big thank you to you too. You've been exceptional for a simple intern.

-NANABA: Thank you, Doctor.

-DR SOON: ‘NISHA, be happy, you'll get a nice promotion and a lot of credit after all this, already three successful operations and then a fourth, and to top it all off, during a level 04 infection.’

-: ‘I just want to sleep right now,’ replied Nisha, who was exhausted.

- DR SOON: You deserve it.

-TAMAYO: Right, let's clear the area, ARIMA. The doctors will take care of the rest of Izumo's case, and I haven't forgotten your sanctions since Eatogias.

-ARIMA: Okay, boss. I've never been sanctioned while being as calm as I am today.

- ‘Haha, you're very funny. It's been a long time since...’ The colonel suddenly sensed a dark energy suddenly appearing in the hospital, him and Arima.

- ‘Arima, can you feel that too?’ asked the colonel.

- ARIMA: ‘Yes, colonel. That energy has just moved. It's no longer upstairs.’

- ‘Tell me, DOCTORS, what room is 12 metres away?’ Tamayo asked the Doctor

. ‘Um, the neonatal ward, I think, and we were planning to replace it. Why?’

‘Something has escaped us from the beginning. We've only been paying attention to the IZUMO case,’ Tamayo wondered, and suddenly he remembered, ‘But wait a minute, Doctor, where is the morgue in this hospital?’

Soon: ‘The mortuary is in the basement, on level -3, I think.’

‘Everyone, please leave this place!’ Colonel Tamayo ordered everyone to leave the premises and return to the surface.

‘What? Are you serious, Colonel?’ Dr. Soon asked him.

- ‘Yes, something is brewing. The infection on level 04 was just a taste of things to come, and NOZEL must not return here, for God's sake.

- ’Hey, Tamayo, you need to explain what's going on,‘ Nisha called out to him.

- ’Arima, go get the nurse. We have to leave."

-ARIMA: Get her?

- ‘Hey, Tamayo, I've trusted you this far, so you have to tell me what's going on right now,’ Nisha shouted at Tamayo, asking him to clarify the situation, because she had known him for a long time and Tamayo had never panicked in front of her like this before.

-TAMAYO: I'm afraid I made a mistake bringing us all here.

-NISHA: ‘What are you talking about?’

-NANABA called out to everyone: ‘Hey, your friend is awake now. He's trying to tell me something, but I can't quite hear what he's saying.’ ‘

-TAMAYO: ’IZUMO? I'm coming. What are you trying to tell us, kid?" Tamayo entered the operating room and approached Izumo to pick him up.

-ARIMA: ‘Wait, Chief, I sense a high concentration of magic.’

-TAMAYO tries to lift the dying Izumo: ‘Come on, just a little more effort, we're halfway there. I won't let you die here, son.’ Izumo opens his mouth to address his colonel, saying these words...

-: ‘Sorry, boss, I lost the fight.’ Izumo said this with tears in his eyes.

-ARIMA: Don't say that, brother.

-TAMAYO: Stop saying that. Can you hear yourself?

-IZUMO: Go away!!! Leave me alone!

- TAMAYO, NISHA, SOON, ARIMA, NANABA: What?

-: GO AWAY!!! GET AWAY FROM ME!!! IZUMO shouted.

At the same time, TAMAYO ran towards NISHA and SOON to grab them and get away from IZUMO, while ARIMA ran to save NANABA and Doctor SOON.

-: " Goodbye, Colonel, goodbye, my friends," he closed his eyes, watching the others run away, and then there was a huge explosion of grey iron filings followed by toxins, destroying the entire hospital building. The explosion was so rapid and powerful that even the Colonel and his friends were not left unscathed.

*He was thrown outside by the force of the explosion.

- Don't tell me this is how it ends for you, kid. We had already managed to save him. Where the hell did that draugr come from? Why did he curse my life? It was with a cry of despair in front of the burning building that the colonel realised that the world was about to take a completely new turn and that from now on, the draugr had attained enlightenment.

                                                                      THE  END