You follow your sole clue to a warehouse in the heart of the city. The place is closed up and sealed off, but there's some kind of activity inside. You go in through a window in the hopes of staying covert. The scene is worse than you imagined. That shadowy figure from before is here, and it seems he's built some sort of giant high-tech cannon. As if that weren't enough, there are hundreds of people seemingly trapped in glass tubes.
"I was wondering when you'd get here," he calls out. How did he spot you so easily? Well, either way, your cover is blown. You see his hand gesture towards a console and a low hum begins. This seems to be coming from two sources: the cannon is gathering power and the tubes are sliding open. The inhabitants step out, turning their attention towards you as the super weapon continues to prime. "My army, my weapon, or me: those are your choices hero. How do you want to die?"