Great. Here's **Chapter 31: The Final Battle in the Underground—Confrontation with Radecki and Barabasz**, the climax of the entire story. --

 

# **CHAPTER 31

The Final Battle in the Underground—Confrontation with Radecki and Barabasz**

The underground seemed to have a life of its own. Footsteps echoed off the walls, mingling with the quiet hiss of pipes and the dripping of water from old conduits. Jakub's flashlight beam quivered, casting long, shifting shadows that looked like figures from the past.

Argo walked right beside him, and Marek stayed a few steps behind, silent and watchful.

Kamiński could barely move on his own, supported by Jakub's hand. His eyes were open, but a haze of fear and traumatic memories still filled his gaze.

"Let's stick together," Jakub whispered. "We have to find a way out… but above all, we have to hold those who did all this accountable."

Marek nodded, his hands clenching around the metal pipe he'd found earlier in the basement.

And then a familiar, terrifying voice rang out:

"You're not leaving here alive!"

Radecki and Barabasz stood in the semidarkness of a larger underground hall, at the entrance to another labyrinth of corridors. Radecki had that unmistakable look of triumph on his face: someone who thought they had everything in their hands. Barabasz stood beside him, his enormous body tensing, ready to attack.

"Commissioner," Radecki said calmly, as if speaking to an old acquaintance over a cup of coffee. "Did you think you'd figured everything out? Did you think finding Kaminski would be enough to end the matter? You know nothing."

Jakub raised his weapon, and Argo stepped in front of him, growling menacingly.

"You're finished," Jakub said calmly, but his voice was as hard as steel. "You saw that Kamiński was alive. You saw that the truth was coming to light. Now it's your turn."

Barabasz sneered, showing his teeth in the semi-darkness.

"Try it." And suddenly he moved forward, like a shadow animated by rage.

Argo immediately leaped forward, and Jakub fired a shot into Barabasz's leg. The attacker staggered, but his enormous frame was still menacing.

Radecki raised his hands in a gesture of theatrical threat:

"Argo! Watch out!"

"I have no intention of backing down!" Jakub growled.

Kamiński, though weak, whispered:

"May Argo be my protection..."

And at that moment, the underground labyrinth was filled with chaos: echoes of blows, the barking of a dog, the metallic boom of gunfire, the crackling of old pipes breaking from the walls.

Barabasz lunged at Jakub, who dodged, firing a second shot into the giant's shoulder. Argo lunged at Barabasz from behind, biting his arm.

Marek sprang into action, swinging a metal pipe and striking Barabasz in the side. The giant fell to the ground, roaring but refusing to give up.

Radecki, trying to take advantage of the confusion, reached for the knife hidden in his jacket pocket. His face was livid, his eyes full of desperation.

"Radecki!" roared Jakub. "Put the gun down!"

But Radecki had already made his move. He almost reached Jakub when Argo lunged at his hand at the last moment, barking so fiercely that the echo reverberated off the walls like a death knell.

Jakub seized the moment, grabbed Radecki's hand and twisted the knife from his grasp, while Marek held his arms, preventing him from moving.

Barabas, wounded, tried to get up.

"Together," Jakub whispered to Marek and Argo.

The dog leaped out again, knocking the giant to the ground, and Jakub fired a few precise warning shots to ensure Barabas wouldn't get up.

Radecki fell to his knees, gasping for breath, his face a pale mask of panic.

"No... you can't stop me..." he whispered, trembling.

"We've already arrested you," Jakub replied calmly, handcuffing him. "Everything you've done is coming to light. Now you'll answer."

Kamiński, barely standing, slowly turned his head toward Radecki. His eyes were empty, yet filled with both pain and relief.

"Thanks to you..." he whispered. "Thanks to you... I'm alive."

Jakub placed his hand on the dog's shoulder.

"Yes, man," he said. "We finished this together."

Argo barked softly, as if to confirm: mission accomplished."

Marek looked at Jakub and nodded.

"I wasn't sure we could do it," he said. "But we did it."

The underground fell silent.

The echoes of the fight faded, and silence remained, broken only by the heavy breathing of those who had survived.

Radecki and Barabasz were captured. Kamiński had been revived, though his soul was still shadowed by years of hiding.

Jakub looked at Argo. The dog stood proudly, staring at the commissioner.

"Good job, man," he said. — Truly well done.

The underground was now empty, but in its darkness the truth remained. A truth that had finally come to light.

And those who survived knew one thing: **justice had finally arrived**.

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If you want, I can write an **epilogue to the novel** right away, summarizing the fates of Jakub, Argo, Marek, and Kamiński, and showing what happens to Radecki and Barabasz after their arrest.

Would you like me to do that?