And his heart stopped beating under my hand.

For a couple of very long minutes, nothing happened. But then from the solar plexus of the man, just from under my hand, a thin thread appeared, stretched like a string and going beyond the Boundary. I immediately slid my consciousness over it and also found myself beyond the Boundary. On the go, I hung on myself all possible shields of various modifications - you never know what awaits me there.

And Alex was waiting for me there - the one that is a bad uncle. As Akayo had predicted, he watched for his death at a safe distance.

I noticed Alex...