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

It bursts.. EP.27

[Louis from the security team is dead... The life that was barely hanging on has come to an end today.]

"What... what in the world."

The manager stared at the screen showing the interior of the company, his face filled with horror.

...And from the speakers, countless screams followed Louis' death. And then,

[The 'Forsaken Murderer' abnormality has escaped. Everyone, please be careful.]

[The 'Firebird' abnormality has broken out of containment. Let's work together to overcome this situation.]

[You shouldn't ignore the escape of the 'Judgment Bird,' no matter how bothersome it is... Please subdue it quickly.]

[The 'Meat Lantern' has escaped, Manager, please subdue it immediately!]

[Please be mindful of the escape of the 'Snow White's Apple' abnormality. You know what kind of catastrophe it leads to, Manager.]

[Manager, the 'Nothing There' abnormality has escaped. If we don't subdue it quickly, something terrible will happen.]

[Previous managers were much better at managing the abnormalities than you. 'Big and Will Be Bad Wolf' has escaped!]

[The 'King of Greed' has escaped containment. Let's subdue it before it leads to a bigger disaster.]

The endless alarms from the Sephirah, warning of abnormality escapes, threw the manager's mind into chaos.

The 'Little Girl' always caused trouble whenever it escaped.

He had planned to gather all the 'Team Leaders' and immediately recapture it if it escaped...

Given that its stats were comparable to TETH class in the previous two escapes, subduing it shouldn't be a problem.

...He thought there wouldn't be any issues with Joshua, who could single-handedly subdue the powerful 'Nothing There,' and the team leaders under his command.

What in the world was happening?

"Damn it, was it the suppression work after all?"

The manager clutched his head in belated regret but soon lifted it, regaining his composure.

"It's okay. We can still manage..."

[Manager, it's Joshua.]

Suddenly, a call came from 'Joshua,' the company's top elite employee.

The manager listened attentively to Joshua's words, expecting a hopeful report...

[The 'Nothing There' took human form immediately after escaping. Moreover, it's evading attacks and counterattacking. We need reinforcements... No, it wouldn't make a difference.]

"...Joshua?"

Joshua ended the call, perhaps to focus on the battle.

That's right.

Joshua had already realized it.

All the abnormalities had escaped, and the core members, the team leaders, were gathered in one place.

[I should have been the manager... Everyone in the Central Team is dead.]

[Are all our employees... dead? No way... They worked so hard.]

[All the employees in our department are dead, Manager. I believe they all did their best.]

The new employees guarding the departments were in disarray.

Even if they were replaceable, training and real-world experience were different.

The company had lost crucial personnel.

...Moreover, all the escaped abnormalities were significantly different from their previous states.

The 'Forsaken Murderer' had its restraints on its hands and feet released.

The 'Firebird' didn't return to its containment cell,

The 'Judgment Bird' was ceaselessly moving and ringing its scale, as if searching for something.

The 'Snow White's Apple' moved through the corridors before it could even generate all its vines.

The 'Meat Lantern' was rapidly moving throughout the company, unlike its previous stationary state.

...In its true form, devouring everything in its path.

The 'Big and Will Be Bad Wolf,' like the 'Nothing There,' was evading attacks and counterattacking.

The 'King of Greed,' which previously only moved in one direction, changed its path and advanced.

The 'Porccubus' and the 'All-Around Helper.'

All the abnormalities had escaped in ways far more troublesome than before.

[I knew this would happen. Go screw yourself, Manager.]

And in the departments where the management staff were wiped out, the office workers cursed him, their manager, while holding pistols...

"...Damn it. First, I need to hold out as long as possible."

The manager swore under his breath and began issuing orders to save the surviving management staff.

...

...

- Bang.

The manager slammed his fist on the desk in anger.

"Damn it, damn it... What is this?"

[The employees are all dead. Remember this scene well. If there's a next time, you'll have to be merciless.]

The 'Snow White's Apple' teleported to the escape route of the surviving new management staff, as if it had been waiting.

To the left of the corridor where the management staff were trapped by the 'Snow White's Apple's' vines was the 'King of Greed.'

To the right, the 'Meat Lantern' was slowly advancing, its large mouth visible.

"..."

Angela, watching everything, secretly recorded the situation with the video recording system.

Thinking, 'File name: CompanyGoesBoomWithOneTongue.MP4 should be good.'

Faced with this hopeless situation, the manager thought of one solution.

"That clock. If it's that..."

The 'Backward Clock.'

A tool-type abnormality that could be activated once a day to return all abnormalities and ordeals outside to their containment cells.

The cost was the erasure of one employee.

However, only elite employees could understand the operation manual and activate it.

"...Employee Pin. Activate the 'Backward Clock.'"

But now, with the company on the verge of destruction, there was no other choice.

This would do it.

With Employee Pin's noble sacrifice, the company would regain stability.

...

The manager wiped the sweat that was slowly forming, tense and anxiously watching the screen.

...

...

Until now, the manager had been filled with hope.

But he would soon realize.

This choice was nothing but a meaningless struggle.