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

White Night EP.15

"Elijah" was impatient. That impatience led to common mistakes.

She had once rambled on about the reason she needed to complete the experiment, but I didn't remember it.

Every time she was told it wasn't authorized yet, I saw a strong desire in her eyes.

A yearning, a strange obsession.

"Cogito" was a realm beyond her authority.

Her only task was to record the changes in the test subjects. That was all.

She knew that "Cogito" could not be administered to humans at this stage.

By the time I fully understood the situation, she had already lost half her teeth...

"Kill me... Kill me..."

I turned away from her, who was begging to be killed.

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"What was that? I must have dozed off."

The manager realized he had been sleeping face down in the control room.

"What kind of dream was that?"

It felt like a memory he shouldn't forget, but then again, the dream contained too many things he didn't know.

Who was "Elijah," and what was "Cogito"?

"Hmm..."

But dwelling on a mere dream wouldn't do any good.

The manager picked up a document in front of him.

He erased the dream's contents from his mind and slightly lifted the corners of his mouth.

The newly arrived Abnormality, the "Plague Doctor," was easy to manage and hadn't escaped, unlike the previous two.

Moreover, the E.G.O Gift's performance was remarkably good.

"An Abnormality of that low grade with such good performance."

When he discovered the management method that guaranteed giving employees E.G.O Gifts through "Baptism," the manager, like a fish in water, continuously ordered his employees to work with the "Plague Doctor."

After the fifth "Baptism," the Gift's appearance changed for some reason, but there were no demerits, and nothing seemed particularly different, so he decided to ignore it.

In just one day, eleven employees received the "Plague Doctor's" Gift, significantly improving their work efficiency.

Then...

The control room door opened, and a woman entered.

"Hello, Manager!"
"Malkuth..."

Malkuth, the Sephirah of the Command Team.

Sephirah refers to the position in charge of each department, the leader of each department.

Malkuth still had her usual bright demeanor, but the manager could sense something strange about her.

"It's sad not being able to become talented, isn't it?"
"What's with the sudden..."

...sound? The manager couldn't utter the rest of the sentence and swallowed it.

Her expression had turned blank.

Chillingly so.

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"What does it mean not to look back?

It means not acknowledging.

Not caring what expression the other person is making.

You've already reached a conclusion, so there's no need to observe the other's actions.

Have you ever scratched at the floor, unable to bear the pain?

You'd think it would hurt a lot just hearing about it.

But when your nails actually come off, you don't feel anything.

Staring blankly at the fallen nail, just before losing consciousness, like...

When I feel like I'm no longer myself, I suddenly burst into laughter.

Even though it's not a funny situation at all.

And then I saw my feet with a shadow cast over them on the floor.

Whose feet were they?

The person I so desperately didn't want to look back at, when they finally did, everything was ending.

Did they see the crumbs of despair left behind?

Or were they looking at the nails scattered on the floor?

That was the moment I finally felt powerless.

If it weren't for you, I might never have realized. Thank you!"

"..."

The manager remained silent.

Most of Malkuth's words were incomprehensible, but for some reason, he felt a familiar sense of déjà vu from her words.

He was just a new manager who had joined Lobotomy Corporation.

"Then, Manager, have you ever felt the powerlessness of not being able to control anything?"

After a while of silence, Malkuth spoke again.

"When things you can't handle pour out from somewhere other than your own body, the powerlessness of not being able to control yourself is terrible."
"..."

The manager couldn't answer.

"Say something. Then I'll feel a little more rewarded, won't I?"

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And Alex the apostle said, show us the Father, and it will be enough for us.

Seeing that the apostle Marinell was there, he said, follow me, and he rose and followed.

There was a man in that city named Vincent the apostle who had been performing magic and astonishing the people, calling himself a great one.

Michaela the apostle said to the other disciples, let us also go and die with him.

Acacia the apostle answered, you are his son, you are the king.

Gabriel the apostle said, why do you reveal yourself to us and not to the world?

From now on, let no one trouble me, for I bear the marks of him on my body.

Have I not chosen you twelve, yet one of you is a devil?

[...The time has come.]

"Situations that cannot be controlled are like..."

[All my servants rise]

"This, Manager."

[And greet me.]

*Qliphoth Deterioration due to Sephirah Meltdown*

Abnormality detected in the work command system.