The Core of Evil
In There
{{{ Moments later }}}
{{ Main laboratory area 25}}
Ready voltage. Wheat flour and oil have also been smeared all over his body. The storage module is also secured
"Ready to burn?"
"That's not a good question, but all right"
Very good answer
"I don't know where you're going, but you better be careful"
"No need to warn. I got it"
Now it's...
I just need a little lightning spark to ignite the fire
I slowly amplified the voltage that the gun was able to release, and when I felt that it was enough, I slowly touched Noah until he was hit by an electric shock for a moment before the flames began to spread to his body
I wonder why she doesn't look like she feels pain or shock. The fire had even ignited his entire body, but he looked amazed
The Maledict of Eternity is strange. He has an incredible pain tolerance
I who retreated slowly and was ready to sneak nodded to him, replied by him by turning the enthusiastic nod of his
"Start!"
With a sign from me, he started laughing like a maniac while walking around here and there with no concern around
The guards who were doing their duty were immediately startled by him, but 2 he immediately dropped to unconsciousness. Others tried to attack, but Noah ran back and forth to sow the remaining flour and oil, burning everything in sight
Everything he did as his deep and loud laughter echoed throughout area 25 until the guards who were some distance away immediately ran in panic to handle it
Even the alarm has started to hit
Alright. The chaos was enough to distract them
"It's time I sneak in"
And the route is pretty easy. It was only necessary to handle the guards that were around if they were unwilling to leave
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*BZZT! BZZ!*
Hmph. Disrupters
These gloves are so practical that they can handle everything without difficulty
Well, I'm trying to make sure none of them die. But if there is anything more compelling than what I have crippled right now, I will not hesitate to kill them
All the roads inside this lab hallway were blocked. It's a good thing that the power of these gloves is strong enough that I can turn off all the power of this area
Alright. Now that I'm at the very bottom of this lab, I have to enter the security code to enter the main room
{Welcome}
{Personnel identification..}
{Start automatic identification...}
Uh-uh?
This place does not do manual identification...?
I'd better be on standby...
As the green light coming out of the identification machine examined the front of my body, I just froze while waiting if this machine denied me access
He might issue some sort of weapon or other security protocol. If my guess is right, then I should
{Identification accepted}
Uh-uh?
Amidst my confusion, the green light of the scanner disappeared into the engine again
I wasn't sure what was going on, but the door opened as if to welcome me. The door of 5 different types of doors opened as if I were not an intruder
He said identification was accepted...?
...
How is...?
I'm not sure Amitha would list herself on the list of personnel who could just walk into this place...
But nevermind. The door in front is open
I'm sure the answer is ahead
Ten steps in. Just ten steps into the room, a loud voice rang out and the door behind me closed leaving me in a dark hallway without any light
I don't know if I should complain or be thankful for that closed door without that constraint...
Just as I was about to walk, I gasped at the green light I saw at the end of the hallway
Apparently there was a room in front of me that was connected by this passageway from the entrance. And it seems, that room is not just a small room
From the looks of the light alone, I could tell that the room was quite spacious with a very large space
A few steps, exactly 30, and I was able to get into that room. The room was filled with quite a light that clearly showed its contents
A room filled with test tubes of storage organisms preserved in special liquid. The number of preservative tubes was not just one inside this circular shaped room. The number was so much that I gave up on counting it because the area of the room looked exhausting
It's just...
Fill that preservative tube. They are filled by living humans
They're all... Alive...
...
...
...
Is this what Hector wants me to see?
You mean, something like Amitha's daily life that she's definitely hiding from these other Arcadia personnel?
I've always believed that people are always hiding things, but human experimentation doesn't surprise me at all
I seem to be wasting time. Also, I doubt the Venias don't know about this lab research because they take care of 80 percent of the main headquarters's business. Development and research laboratories especially
Huh... In the end, I'm just going to have bigger problems
I'd better get out sa-
"You"
...!
My steps stopped at once hearing a voice that seemed to be directed at me
I mean, I'm the only one active in this room. Me and the guy who called it
Of course that person called me, didn't he...?
Also...
That voice... So familiar...
...
I turned to the voice behind me, right towards a tube that was right in the middle facing the entrance
That preservative tube contains humans, just like the others. But instead of unconsciousness, the human in it actually looks very fresh and fit as if never asleep in there
And he called me. Seeing an experiment subject called me felt like a horror science fiction movie I used to watch
...
"You called...?" I asked, as if I didn't know
Danger. I don't know what Amitha modified in this guy's body, so I'd better be careful first
"... Name your serial number right now"
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Serial number?
"I... Don't understand what you mean"
"O-2563-S. That's my serial number, and you should have"
!!!
Whahuh?
O-What?
...
"Say your serial number, subject!"
...
...
I haven't noticed it since, but...
"I'll catch you right now"
But...
When the man came out of his tube until the liquid spilled onto the floor, I realized one more thing
The number for the name is almost similar to mine, with just 2 different last digits. Hector's request told me to look at the contents of this lab specifically
Then...
The face and body shape of the experimenter's subjects looked exactly like me...
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What kind of a joke is this, Amitha...?
