Great!I'm starting **MINI-ADVENTURE III — "DISPASSIONS IN THE DARK FOREST"** in its full, extensive, and dark version, starring Commissioner Jakub and his dog Argo.--

# **MINI-ADVENTURE III — "DISPASSIONS IN THE DARK FOREST"**

*(full, long, novel version)*

Fog enveloped the forest like a heavy, gray curtain. Commissioner Jakub and Argo entered the path the locals called "The Path of Forgetfulness."

For a week, people had been disappearing there: a young man, an elderly woman, even two children who were playing near the clearing. No one saw them leave. No one heard a scream. Only Argo seemed to sense **something unnatural**, for his nose twitched, his ears pricked, and his growl was quiet but full of determination.

“Do you smell that, Argo?” Jacob whispered, looking at the swirling mist.

The dog growled and moved forward, tracking a scent Jacob couldn’t yet identify.

The forest was eerily quiet. Each footstep echoed off the trees, which seemed to **move with their breathing**. The ground was damp, and the leaves were slick with dew, but something drew them deeper, as if the forest itself were guiding the path.

Suddenly, Argo stopped and pressed his nose to the ground.

“What did you find?” Jacob asked, approaching.

The dog scratched the ground, pulling out a piece of clothing.

It wasn’t old, abandoned—it was fresh. **They search for the missing here, and time is against them.**

Jakub took out his flashlight, illuminating a small clearing. In the center, he spotted an **old stone covered in runes**, similar to those on an abandoned tenement house. The runes pulsed with a faint blue light, and from within them emerged shadows that twisted and writhed like living snakes.

"This is no ordinary forest..." Jacob whispered, staring at the pulsing runes. "Someone or something here is **keeping prisoners in the dark**."

A figure emerged from the mist. First, just a shadow, then the silhouette of a woman with eyes almost bone-white, utterly devoid of life. She stood still, her breathing as quiet as the whisper of the trees.

Argo barked and lunged forward, and Jacob ran after him.

"Don't be afraid, we're here!"

The figure raised its arms, and the forest stirred. Roots sprang from the ground, writhing in the air like snakes, trying to hold them back. But Jacob knew he had to act quickly.

He noticed the runes on the stone glowed brightest where the shadowy figure stood still.

"Argo, you must touch them!" "He shouted.

The dog ran forward and struck a stone with his claws, and a bright light flashed, piercing the fog. Shadows scattered in the air, and the woman's figure fell to the ground, regaining her human form.

"We did it..." Jacob breathed, lifting the woman. "You're safe."

But the forest wouldn't let go.

The fog swirled harder, and in the distance came the sound of footsteps—more than one.

Jacob knew it hadn't ended with just one shadow. Something else lurked in the thicket, something waiting to snatch the unwary again.

"Stay close to me, Argo," Jacob said, pulling out his flashlight.

"We'll come back here again... and we'll end this once and for all."

The dog looked at him, faithful and ready for action.

Together they set off through the fog, knowing that the forest held many dark secrets yet, but that together they could face them.

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If you want, I can now prepare **MINI-ADVENTURE IV**, an even more complex one, where Jacob and Argo face a **serial killer and a supernatural threat in an abandoned mental hospital**.

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