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

It's horrible... EP.17

"...I don't think I can do this."

I was going to stay put, afraid the bald man would come back if I escaped again...

But the situation outside doesn't seem to be getting better, only worse. My anxiety isn't subsiding, it's just growing.

- Gulp.

Fine, I'll go out just one more time.

If nothing's wrong, I can just come back, right?

And if I run into the bald man, I'll just apologize for escaping without permission last time.

...Though I'm still escaping without permission now!

I got up from where I was sitting and moved towards the isolation room door.

With the bloated, soggy Buldak Ramen from the corner, too. It was so spicy I couldn't eat it. I should recycle it on my way out.

- Clasp.

Just like when I escaped the first time, I put my hand on the door.

- Clasp.

...It won't open. I put my hand on it again.

"Ah, open up already!"

I kicked the isolation room door in frustration, and only then did it seem to understand, finally opening.

Machines really do listen better after you hit them.

And the moment the isolation room door opened, what I saw was...

"What... what is this..."

The hallway, which had boasted its cleanliness with pure white wallpaper.

It was a scene of utter chaos.

What looked like fragments of countless human bodies were scattered throughout the hallway, along with the corpses of non-human creatures.

Among them, the one who was just staring at me with a bewildered expression, yes. The one standing behind the bald man...

"Ha... haha... What on earth happened here..."

I see the familiar red-haired woman. Her name was Evangeline, wasn't it?

What used to be called Evangeline was holding a notebook, just like when we first met.

...Though the crucial hand wasn't there anymore.

I see the familiar green-haired man. His name was Justin, wasn't it?

He was the one who found me first, I remember.

What used to be called Justin was looking at something, just like when we first met.

...Though the crucial eyes weren't there anymore.

"..."

Still, these were the first people I met in this Lobotomy place. I never imagined we'd part ways like this.

"...I was going to apologize, if I ever got to see you all again."

Now, it looks like I can't even apologize.

But even though I should be feeling nauseous looking at the brutally torn corpses, my mind was strangely calm.

As if it was all too familiar.

...What am I saying? There's no way this could be familiar.

"...What the hell. What happened here? Where's the team leader?"

Just as I was feeling gloomy, I heard a voice from somewhere.

A very... familiar voice.

"Huh? You're O-01-39, the 'Little Girl'. Why are you out again? It hasn't been long since we put you back in."
"Um... those traces, you didn't make them, did you? That would be kind of scary..."

It was Evangeline and Justin, who were just lying there as corpses.

...Thankfully, it must be someone else.

I quickly shook off my thoughts and answered the two.

"I came out because I kept hearing strange noises from outside my isolation room."
"I see, good thing it wasn't you... But why are you kneeling there?"
"Ah, that's..."
"There's nothing but a wall in front of you, what were you doing?"

...Huh? There's nothing in front?

That's ridiculous. In front of me, the green-haired man was sitting-

"...Huh?"

Suddenly, a chill ran down my spine.

The countless corpses that were in the hallway had disappeared.

As if they had never existed in the first place.