"Ok?."
Adam also came to the map to observe, and asked Sean: "Sir, you have questions?"
"There was an accident in this mine fifty years ago." Sean frowned, then turned to the equipment room and said hurriedly:
"You two grab a snow shovel for the pickup, I'll go get the equipment distributed by the company, and get ready to go!"
Andy, who just picked up the winter clothes and was wearing it halfway, quickly became fully alarmed when he heard that, he couldn't help but wonder: "Sir, we just got that the signal caused by Blizzard is not good, isn't it necessary..."
"Shut up." Opening the door lock of the equipment room, Sean looked at the other two police officers and said in a deep voice: "We are expatriates of the company, and as such we must be prepared for abnormal phenomena in dealing with any incident. And (Sean points at Andy) if you let me hear one more question. I don't mind uploading your evaluation report to the top. If you were to be demoted to a D-level personnel......You know the end."
"Yes, sir!" At this moment, Andy made an extremely tight salute to Sean.
Sean's let his gaze rest on Andy for a few seconds, before he approached the equipment room to converge the equipment.
"Huh—" Andy breathed a sigh of relief.
"Okay." Adam, who had finished putting on his winter clothes, punched Andy on his shoulder with his hand and smiled: "Calm down....You know the chief's temper, and the missing child is not exactly a trivial matter, so don't take it that lightly. How about this, when this case is over, and we come back, I'll invite you to go to the bar for a night, sound good?"
"Thank you." Andy smiled bitterly: "But you just became a member of the company, and shouldn't have much money yet. Let me ask you instead."
"Haha, it's all the same at the end, now let's finish the captains mission soon."
"Good plan."
Next Adam and Andy worked together to install a snow shovel on the front end of the police pickup truck.
Once the vehicle was ready, Sean also took all the equipment into the vehicle.
Andy then drove the vehicle, with Sean sitting in the co-pilot and the youngest member Adam in the back seat.
The three of them drove the pickup truck equipped with snow shovel and snow tires on the road, maintaining a safe speed to the abandoned mine.
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Half an hour later;
Sean looked at the navigator with a stern face, comparing the map to their surrounding, as he took out his mobile phone, and dialled Umbrella's special agent line.
*Toot—toot—*
Just as it rang on a busy tone the call was received.
Line Operator: Hello agent, how can I help you?
Sean: Yes, I am requesting the support of a team of UBCS, coordinates 54°54\'23.6"N, 103°20\'57.4"W.
Operator: Agent, are you sure you found an abnormal phenomenon?
Sean: I'm unsure, but... intuition tells me that I will need the support of senior combat personnel.
Operator: (Slightly quieter) Agent, you do know the punishment for applying for A-level personnel to come for the containment in the case of unconfirmed abnormality. Have you considered?
Shaun: (In a persistent tone) Yes.
Operator: Understood, confirming the coordinates, 54°54\'23.6"N, 103°20\'57.4"W. The application for support has been accepted, and they are expected to arrive at the coordinates in 30 minutes. Agent, good luck.
Sean: Thanks.
*The call ended.*
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"..."
There was a moment of silence in the car, except for the sound of violent wind and the screeching sound of snow shovel rubbing against the ground from time to time.
The pickup has already left the town, and was driving on a small road among the woods.
"Sir..."
Adam in the backseat couldn't help but ask: "It's just an abandoned mine. The children's mobile phones probably were just unable to make contact as they are out of power. Will it really be necessary for UBCS to come? "
"Ye..." Andy, who was about to agree, closed his mouth quickly and focused not the road intently as Sean's eyes move to him.
Sean then turned his head and glanced at Adam, slowly saying in a low voice, "You're still young. Listen, there are many legends that have not yet been understood. According to the story told by my grandfather, a very high content of tin was found on the Blackwood Mountain, which was then seized and developed by a group of capitalists. As it turns out though, that mountain was sacred and a forbidden land for a group of natives, and any blasphemous deeds will be cursed."
Hearing this, Adam did not dare to ask pointless questions: "Blackwood Mountain? Isn't that the mountainous area where the mine is located?"
"Yes." Sean nodded heavily and continued: "More than fifty years ago, there also was a rare blizzard. Just of which an unexplained collapse of this mine caused 30 miner deaths. In the end, only eighteen bodies of the miners were returned. With twelve miners still missing, but everyone knows the something changed in those miners that survived. After that, the government dealt with the accident lightly in order to cover up all kinds of abuses against the Natives who made claims for the land."
"Sir, you mean..." Adam couldn't help getting nervous.
"Yes." Sean said solemnly: "As Umbrella's agent, any case that involves something to do with legends must be treated as an abnormal phenomenon and therefore real."
"I see…"
"Sir." At this time, Andy stopped the car and reminded everyone: "We... arrived."
They looked forward through the car window with fair visibility.
At the front of the vehicle was an entrance to the mine that was blocked, next to which there is a derelict two-story huge building next to the mine.
This should be the dormitory where the original miners lived, but what made the three agents in the car alert was...
The front door of the dormitory building is open.
Upon seeing this, Sean took off his winter clothes and ordered: "Agents, change into your combat gear."
"Yes, sir!"
Following Shaun's order, Andy and Adam also took off their winter clothes.
The three of them took out their equipment, putting on bulletproof vests, plugging in the bulletproof plates, and putting on armed belts, completed with magazines and grenades.
They wore Fast helmets and holographic glasses, installed personal cameras and so on.
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A few minutes later;
*Kang Dang—Kang Dang—*
The opening and closing sound of the vehicle resounded in the empty clearing. The three agents who had replaced their winter clothes with combat equipment quickly marched toward the dormitory in a tight formation.
As they came to the gate, and the three of them leaned against the right wall one by one.
At the front Sean held a gun with his right hand, he rose his left hand, and gestured.
*Three*,
*Two,*
*One!*
Sean was the first to push into the dormitory, followed closely by Andy, and Adam who remained behind by the outer wall.
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Sean saw that the ground in the lobby was messy, there was a lot of snow-stained footprints, which seemed to be made in an extreme panic.
After confirming that there is no visible enemy, Sean used his headset to communicate in a low voice: "Clear, gather on me."
"Yes sir." (x2)
After the team members gathered around, Sean ordered: "Explore the first floor first, remember to report any situation to me."
"Yes." (x2)
Adam and Andy, who had been instructed, went to the corridor of the lobby extension together, and checked one room after another.
As for Sean, he squatted down and carefully observed the footprints.
There were multiple groups of them, some of which were abnormal...
'Bare feet, with an unusually large size. And... a palm print?'
Before Sean could continue to investigate, he heard communication from Andy's trembling voice: "Sir...You should come and take a look at this."
'?'
After hearing the call, Sean no longer looked at the tracks on the ground, but readjusted his glasses position and rushed to the room where his team members were.
Though the next situation horrified the sheriff.
"It's delicious... so so delicious... huh? Do you guys come and try it? It's so delicious..."