"Alright... That's enough for now. I'm going to see the Dean..."
The old professor continued, his voice trembling slightly.
And just before he opened a Teleportation Gate to leave, he made a point to warn the kind researcher from before:
"Don't let this kid open any more Teleportation Gates!"
With that, the professor gestured in the air, conjuring a Teleportation Gate and vanishing through it.
But he didn't go to the Dean's location. Instead, he arrived in a simply furnished office.
The moment his feet touched the ground, he erupted into a violent coughing fit, spewing several mouthfuls of black blood that clung to his goatee.
Then, a web of fine, bloody veins rapidly appeared in the whites of his eyes, turning his once-jaundiced old eyes a shocking, bloodshot red.
Even his skin began to bulge and transform, with blood vessels swelling like parasitic worms, looking as if they might burst at any moment.
He looked to be just one step away from corruption and mutation...
