[Lobotomy] Why am I an Abnormality?

Co?re Supp?ression - 23

Or should I say... I had a dream. I'm not usually someone who dreams a lot, and honestly, since I'm a Abnormality now, I'm not even sure if I can call this a dream. Anyway, this time, the student council president wasn't in my dream. In fact, none of the characters from Blue Archive appeared. Yeah, who appeared in this dream was...

"Malkuth...?"

Seeing that appearance, was that Elijah before she became Malkuth? With medium-length hair, a red headband, and even the chick pen, I dreamed of Malkuth as a researcher. Should I call her Elijah?

I thought about talking to her, but then I thought, "Why bother?" So I just watched Elijah work, get flustered, and be happy. As expected, pretty girls are the best. If the previous dream felt like a storm rushing in, this dream felt like it was giving me a healing time.

As I continued to quietly observe her, Elijah suddenly turned her gaze and met my eyes. Huh? I thought I wasn't being perceived, but I guess I was sorely mistaken. If there was a reason for thinking so, it was because Elijah, upon meeting my eyes, smiled brightly like sunshine and quickly ran towards me.

She's even prettier up close. Cute. Lovely. Of course, my favorite Sephirah was Hod, but Malkuth was pretty cute too, so it felt like my personal desires were being fulfilled.

I'm not sure why she smiled so brightly and ran towards me after seeing me...

"...----"

She smiled and opened her mouth to speak to me. The problem is, I can't hear her words. Why is that? I could understand the student council president in the dream. Is there some kind of condition?

As I was pondering, looking at her bright expression, I heard another familiar voice.

"You two are beings who can't understand each other... Of course it's impossible to have a conversation, right?"

"Huh...?"

...

"Why does it always cut off at the important part..."

I woke up, clutching my throbbing head. It was a really unsettling dream. It was nice that one of the main characters from Lobotomy Corporation appeared, but since it was such a brief dream, it felt somewhat empty. Also, Carmen popping up made no sense... I thought about sleeping more, but I knew I'd just keep thinking about the dream, so I got out of bed. And I looked at the containment room door in front of me. A thought suddenly occurred to me, pain is usually forgotten with more pain.

'Angela told me not to go out...'

But just checking the containment room next door wouldn't be a problem, right?! It's definitely not because I want to confirm if the Plague Doctor moved!

I don't care about the importance of promises, and it's really close and just for a moment, so it shouldn't be a big deal, right?

Having come to this strange conclusion, I really! Just went to check the next room for a moment. You know, the Plague Doctor always changes places, so I felt a bit better thinking that unpleasant guy wasn't next door anymore.

"Ahaha~"

I immediately went next door and peered through the containment room door at the being inside.

"?"

What, what is this?

"No? Why is he still here?! A day has passed, right? Isn't it time to move?"

In the next containment room, just like yesterday, was the Plague Doctor. Is this a game bug? Why is this guy still here... My face scrunched up like someone who'd eaten a lemon in real time.

Well, even though it wasn't a satisfactory exploration, no, it turned into a terrible one, as I was about to enter the containment room to keep my promise with Angela, no, to avoid Angela's threat, I heard the voice of an office worker passing by. Normally, I would have just passed it off as people having fun, but for some reason, today I felt like I had to listen.


"There's a rumor going around that the Command Team is in bad shape today... Did something happen?"

"Well, they're always in bad shape, aren't they? I'm glad I'm in the Welfare Team~"

"Is that so..."

It might have been a trivial conversation, but for some reason, it bothered me. Was it because I saw Malkuth in my dream? Since I hadn't been to the upper floors since possessing this body, I just quietly went back into the containment room.


I don't know why the Plague Doctor didn't move, but that was a minor issue. Because... a bigger problem came right after.

[Suppression work on O-01-25, Gemini of the Safety Team...]

The speaker was crackling more than usual, the outside was more chaotic than usual, this is...

"Core... Suppression, right?"

There's no way they'd make this super frail, pretty girl, Misono Mika, do suppression work unless that was the case, right? Wait a minute...

"Suppression work...?"

Haha, did my ears go bad?

Or maybe Mika's ears went bad? That must be it, right?


If not...

"...They really have to do suppression work?"