- What? Sivushov rolled his eyes. “What the hell are three months?” What are you, professor? I was just half an hour ago...

And then Stepan finally remembered everything. Killing a test subject in a laboratory, armored personnel carriers not far from the city, and... a blow to the head. Sivushov stood in confusion in the middle of the room, helplessly lowering his eyes to the floor.

“You were kept in an artificial coma,” Borovitsky hastily explained to the silent soldier, “for about three months. Golovachev carried out some preparatory work and research on you. You were supposed to become the pinnacle, which, having overcome Sergey, could already reach the...