Dylan kept waiting, pacing back and forth in front of the operating room. His eyes were glued to the red light above the door. Shortly after, "Bwooom," a holographic screen suddenly appeared in his face. Dylan immediately stopped and read it.

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Quest: Defend the Hospital.

Description:

1. Anticipate attacks from CROWS.

2. Take down 120 enemy forces.

3. Destroy two armored vehicles.

4. Kill the CROWS host.

Location: The Hospital

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Reward:

$1,500,000

Life Elixir x1

5,000 skill xp points

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Dylan glanced at the operating room, then approached and put his hand on the door. After that, he immediately ran to the rooftop to observe everything from above. Dylan quickly looked at the holographic screen next to his face; it contained the quest objectives he needed to complete.

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Objective:

Enemies ( 120 / 120 )

Vehicle ( 2 / 2 )

Charles ( 1 / 1 )

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Reading Charles's name on his objective screen, Dylan smiled, but it wasn't a pleasant smile. It was a smile that seemed to say, "I am definitely going to kill you because you showed up and caused problems for me."

"Charles... he's crazy enough to try this," Dylan muttered while running.

[That's right, sir. It seems he's aligned with CROWS, who want to take us out when we're weak.]

"I know. Let's show them we're not weak. Come on, KATS," Dylan replied.

[Understood, sir.]

Dylan opened the rooftop door and ran to the edge. He could see in the distance that two armored military vehicles were heading toward the hospital on the main road, and several other cars were speeding toward them from the right and left flanks—all filled with soldiers. Seeing all of this, Dylan's hands clenched tightly on the railing, his jaw tensed, and his teeth ground together.

"Charles, you've really crossed the line, deploying all this to assault a hospital. What do you think human life is worth?" Dylan muttered furiously.

"Big Brother!"

Dylan turned to see Aaron and Clara coming out of the rooftop door and running toward him. Then the three of them looked at the forces heading their way. Dylan glanced down. He saw Paul, in his motorcycle form, ready at the gate with Roger sitting on the seat. Then he looked at Aaron and Clara.

"Are you two ready?" Dylan asked.

"Yeah, leave the rooftop to us," Aaron said, taking a sniper rifle from the arsenal.

"That's right, Big Brother. Trust us," Clara added, also taking a sniper rifle from the arsenal.

"Thank you," Dylan muttered, smiling. "KATS, suppress the senses of everyone inside the hospital and the entire surrounding area. Don't let them feel the war that's about to start. Maya is still in the operating room; I don't want her surgery interrupted. Please, KATS," Dylan commanded in his head.

[Understood, sir. I recognize the priority.]

"Thank you," Dylan replied.

The invisible, transparent holographic dome suddenly shifted to an unseen blue color, indicating that everyone in the hospital was under a mind-control effect. Dylan immediately teleported to Paul's location, who was ready in front of the hospital. Then he raised his hand, and dozens of clones of himself, along with four clones of his wives, appeared, filling the hospital grounds and carrying their respective weapons.

Paul immediately transformed into his robot form, and Roger changed into his tiger-man form. Both of them immediately grinned. Dylan put on his hood and pulled a carbine rifle from his dimensional storage.

"Everyone ready? Let's welcome them," Dylan said.

"Of course," Paul replied, instantly on guard with his hands turning into pistols.

"Bring it on. I'm ready, sir," Roger added, getting into his stance.

***

Meanwhile, inside the room, Lena, Amy, and Ellie were aware of the situation. Megan pushed Tania's hospital bassinet, which was near the window, to the center and merged it with Caleb's bassinet. Fiona and Iris also sat in the center. After that, Megan stood in front of the door, ready for anyone who might come. Lena and Amy remained in their respective beds but held pistols, and Ellie moved to the center with Fiona and Iris.

"That guy is truly outrageous. He's always been annoying, but this is different. This is completely insane," Lena said.

"Right. Ellie, don't move around too much and just relax. We will protect you," Amy said.

"I know, thank you," Ellie replied, hugging Fiona and Iris.

"I will protect Big Sister Ellie, Caleb, and Tania too," Fiona said seriously.

"Me too. I won't let any bad guys get near Big Sister Ellie, Caleb, or Tania," Iris added seriously.

"Thank you, Fiona and Iris," Ellie said.

"They're coming," Megan said flatly.

The atmosphere in the room immediately became tense. Lena and Amy prepared themselves, even though they were still weak. Fiona and Iris stood in front of the two baby bassinets and Ellie, blocking the way so no enemies could get in or close.

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Meanwhile, outside, the war had already begun. The clones Dylan created blocked the roads from the right and left; they were already shooting at each other. Paul and Roger walked out to meet the two non-tank armored vehicles heading toward the hospital. Aaron and Clara shot at the enemies using sniper rifles from the hospital roof.

Even though there was an active shootout, pedestrians were still present, and if they were hit by a stray bullet, the bullet would be deflected back using a barrier. No one was aware that a major war was actually taking place.

Dylan, standing in front of the hospital gate, watched everything and guarded against any enemies who might slip past and enter the hospital. He glanced at his objective screen. The number of enemies was decreasing, but the number of his clones was also reduced by a few. Several soldiers were seen approaching Dylan and started shooting at him.

Dylan immediately aimed his carbine rifle and stood tall in front of the fence because the bullets couldn't hit him. Dylan teleported behind the cars used for cover and killed five soldiers at once. After that, suddenly,

"Dylan!" Lena screamed in Dylan's head.

"What's wrong? What happened?" Dylan asked.

"Ellie... Ellie's water broke... she's going into labor!" Lena screamed.

"Yeah, it's true... we already called the nurses, and Megan asked them to come in. Now they're preparing Ellie to be taken to the delivery room," Amy said.

"Alright, I'm coming inside," Dylan said.

"Hey... what the hell... why are you here... Megan!" Lena screamed.

Suddenly the connection was cut off. Without delay, Dylan immediately teleported to Lena. Dylan saw Ellie being grabbed by someone and Megan sprawled on the floor. Dylan immediately jumped, kicked the person, and pulled Ellie away, then handed Ellie over to the terrified nurses.

Once things calmed down, Dylan was shocked to see the person in front of him. It was Charles, but not entirely Charles. He had wings like a crow, his hands were black like talons, his face was terrifying, his eyes glowed red, and he had a crow tattoo on his chest, as he wasn't wearing a shirt.

"CROWS," Dylan shouted.

"Finally... I managed to become human... Now I will destroy you, Dylan and KATS," Charles said in a horrifying voice.

Dylan got into his stance, then he immediately attacked and jumped, tackling Charles's terrifying body out of the room. After that, Dylan looked back.

"Quickly take Ellie to the delivery room!" Dylan yelled while pinning Charles on the floor.

The stunned nurses immediately pushed the bed, which was already in the room, out toward the delivery room, while Megan, whose body was split in half, began to get up and put herself back together. Suddenly Charles wrapped his arms around Dylan and shot up, flying through the ceiling, taking Dylan with him. "Brrrraak," Dylan and Charles appeared on the hospital roof. Aaron and Clara, who saw it, immediately turned and aimed their sniper rifles at Charles.

"Aaron... Clara, get down now! Guard Lena, Amy, Caleb, Tania, Fiona, and Iris!" Dylan yelled, his head bleeding.

"Yes, Big Brother!" Aaron yelled.

"Beat him, Big Brother!" Clara yelled.

Both immediately ran downstairs, storing their sniper rifles in the arsenal. Dylan, bleeding from his head, struggled to stand and face Charles, who looked like a demon in front of him.

"Charles, are you still in there?" Dylan asked, slowly raising his pistol.

"Of course I am. It's so comfortable to be one hundred percent merged with CROWS. I am not Charles, but I am also not CROWS. I am something else," Charles said in a terrifying voice.

"Alright then... die," Dylan said.

Dylan immediately fired his pistol, but Charles just stood tall, crossing his arms over his chest. All of Dylan's bullets fell to the floor after hitting a red holographic barrier in front of Charles. [He cannot be defeated by ordinary means, sir. Let me help you.]

Suddenly, Dylan's entire body was enveloped in bright light, causing Charles in front of him to cover his eyes. "Crack... crack," a sound of something emerging was heard. When the light disappeared, Dylan was seen with white wings on his back.

His chest, arms, legs, shoulders, stomach, and back were covered in advanced-looking armor. He wore goggles that looked like reading glasses but with mirrored lenses. Dylan immediately got into his fighting stance.

"Let's begin," Dylan said.

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