The Darkness Hidden in Plain Sight

Meanwhile, in a hidden facility built deep underground with dull grey walls and distant screams echoing. A haggard male was kneeling before a council of blurred figures sitting behind a raised stone platform, resembling a courtroom bench.

"Member Seong, are you aware why we have brought you here today?"

The haggard man, chained to the ground, gazed up with dull eyes. His face, once handsome and filled with charm, now gaunt and emaciated. 

"…"

He couldn't respond well, shaking with a terrified expression. His lips trembled and opened, but only groans came out, his greying hair messy like seaweed.

"Member Seong, why did you break the rules and attack Nikolai Volkov, a specimen of great value to our project." Another of the blurred figures called out to Ryan's father. A sharp, but elegant voice which caused the mature male to tremble.

This voice resembled the one who ordered his torture.

"I…"