[Lobotomy] Why am I an Abnormality?

Admi!nistrator - 8

Manager X felt like his head was about to explode. Why? Because—the new abnormality was making a fuss, no, a huge freaking fuss. Had it caused a major problem? Not exactly. Then, did it go around tearing people apart? Nope, not that either...

"But still—"

The containment cell door... was it really something that could be broken with bare hands? Was the Qliphoth Suppressor even working in the first place?

"Yes, Manager."

"...Did I just say that out loud?"

"No. But I'm a competent AI. I can read your thoughts."

Angela said with a slight smile.

"Right—"

X, unable to deny it, just accepted it.

The manager stared at the screen with a blank expression. As soon as he looked, he discovered yet another bizarre behavior from the abnormality. It was picking up a bread bag from the floor, making holes for the eyes, and wearing it on its head. What was the intention behind it? He racked his brain to understand, but nothing came to mind. It was probably his fault for even trying to understand an abnormality.

After broadcasting a suppression order to the high-ranking employees in the company, he felt somewhat relieved, but the escaped entity, O-01-25, was wearing the bread bag and casually chatting with the office workers. Had the office workers gone mad? Or were they being brainwashed? The manager pondered for a moment.

He considered firing a termination round at the office worker who was conversing with the abnormality (he couldn't hear the details, but judging by their mouths opening and closing, they seemed to be talking), but he hesitated, unsure how the situation might change.

So far, there hadn't been an abnormality that would go berserk if someone died right in front of it... or had there? He scratched his head slightly. But this abnormality felt... exceptional. Suddenly breaking down the door with a punch and escaping, casually chatting with the office workers—

Definitely a type he'd never seen before.

"..."

What should he do?

After dealing with several WAW and ALEPH-class abnormalities, he thought he had a good grasp of them, but maybe he was sorely mistaken.

"...The employees will handle it."

His employees, the high-ranking ones, had become strong enough to fight ALEPH-class abnormalities, so he felt somewhat reassured after ordering them to suppress O-01-25. Then, he remembered.

He still had to meet today's energy quota, just like before. No matter how much this abnormality was driving him crazy, work had to be done. The manager held his complicated head and was assigning abnormality work to other employees as usual when—

Static.

"Damn it—Manager, reporting the situation. We chased the new abnormality with other employees to suppress it, but... it ran away from us and ended up breaking into the Queen of Hatred's containment cell."