[Lobotomy Corporation] I'm an Abnormality...

I've been caught... EP.11

"...So you're an abnormality."
"Oh, uh, I didn't mean to deceive you..."
"No, it's okay. We have a specialist here."

A specialist? What was that about?

Confused and bewildered, I stood still, when suddenly, I felt a presence behind me.

Then, someone grabbed the back of my head, and my body started to lift into the air.

"Huh...? Wha—?!"

I stopped only after being lifted about four times my height, dangling in mid-air.

It felt like they grabbed me by my clothes. I couldn't escape like this...

"So that's why you were running away. You're an abnormality."

Hanging like laundry on a clothesline, I tensed up at the familiar voice coming from behind me.

"Could it... could it be...?"

No way. It couldn't be.

With a sliver of hope that it was just someone with a similar voice, I slowly turned around to see...

"It's been a while, hasn't it? Little missy."

It was the bald-headed man I had been avoiding all this time.

"...If I beg for forgiveness, will you let me go?"
"No?"

Please, save me...

...

...

"Well then, good work!"
"It's been a while. Good work to you too, Malkuth!"

Noah and the Training Team employees were escorting the 'little girl' to her containment cell after a brief conversation with Malkuth, the Sephirah of the Command Team.

Evangeline, an employee, spoke to Noah, who was silently walking down the hallway.

"Excuse me, Team Leader. Are you sure this child is dangerous enough to warrant a Trumpet-level 2 alert?"
"I'm not sure either, but if the Manager says so, it must be true."

A Trumpet-level 2 alert indicates an emergency situation significant enough to disrupt the daily routine.

But was this single girl's escape really enough to trigger a Trumpet-level 2?

Noah recalled the moment he subdued the 'little girl.'

...Honestly, it was absurd even thinking about it now.

She hadn't noticed me approaching until I grabbed the back of her head, sporting a dazed expression.

For some reason, she made a fuss about not wanting to go to the Room of Truth when she saw me, but she quieted down as soon as I frowned.

Even now, captured in my hand, she hung limp without any sign of resistance.

Every now and then, if I shook my hand vigorously, she would sway along with it.

"Ugh..."

She would make silly noises, probably from dizziness.

Hmm... At most, this girl seems to be TETH-class.

I wonder if the delayed escape alarm has something to do with it...

Lost in these pointless thoughts, I had arrived at the Training Team's hallway before I knew it.

"We're almost there, kid. You better go in quietly."
"F-Finally... home..."

I don't know when the containment cell became her home, but she seemed happy to be going back.

I wanted to let her go like this, but... she made me suffer with that meat lantern thing, so I felt a bit spiteful and shook the hand holding her violently.

"Ugh, ughhh..."
"This is your punishment for making me suffer. I don't know how you messed with the meat lantern's flower, but it changed its behavior and caused me trouble."
"I'm dizzy... please put me down...!"

As I continued to shake the dizzy girl, she couldn't take it anymore and pleaded to be let down.

But no way. I'll keep shaking her until we reach the containment cell. ...Huh?

- Thud.

"Ow!"

I didn't intend to let go. While shaking her, my hand somehow slipped, and the girl landed on her bottom.

What just happened?

"Team Leader, shouldn't you avoid letting go of someone who might escape again?"
"Ah, right."

While I was staring blankly at my hand, there was a chance the abnormality might escape again, so I approached her and grabbed the back of her head.

"Why is everyone doing this to me... What did I do wrong...?"

Feeling a bit sorry, I decided not to shake her until we reached the containment cell.

Despite the brief mishap, we arrived at her containment cell without further incident.

"Well, here's your containment cell."
"Finally..."

As I let her go, she quickly moved to the front of her containment cell door, looking like a small animal.

"Manager. Can you hear me?"

Now, all I had to do was report the successful capture to the Control Room and request them to open the cell door.

- Tap.

"Uh... huh?"

- Tap. Tap.

What is she doing in front of the door?

She's been touching the containment cell door and pulling her hand away repeatedly.

It looks like she thinks it opens automatically if you touch it... Her anxious behavior was quite cute, so I decided to watch a little longer.

[Employee Noah. Judging from your call, you've subdued the escaped 'Little Girl' abnormality.
I'll open the containment cell door now.]

"...Wait a moment. Please wait a bit longer before opening it."

[What are you talking about? What are you doing... Oh.]

- Tap. Tap. Tap.

"What... This is definitely my containment cell..."

Only after a long while did the containment cell door finally open.

...

...

"Tell us, when will these things happen?"

"Do you want us to command fire to come down from heaven and destroy them?"

"To these two - apostle Louis and apostle Benjamin - he gave the name Boanerges, which means 'Sons of Thunder'"