" I guess cyborgs like myself have a tendency to be paranoid about our origins. "
-Major Motoko Kusanagi
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The only real purpose to my existence was my mission.
Once it'll be done, I will become someone else. That was how things were, how it was always supposed to be. I was an empty shell that you could put things in or take out. A tool created only to follow orders.
Did I mind?
Baekhyun was the one to ask that question.
I didn't think that I did mind. It was hard to answer these types of questions. I was thinking, but not in the same way as humans did. My brain worked only for the purpose of the mission and I was programmed to try to use my own judgment when it came to obeying orders, but expressing my opinions and beliefs was a completely different story. Doctor didn't want me to be like that and it put me at a risk of getting restarted.
'' What is my brother's plan? '' The sound of the voice of the principal of Aoyama academy made me snap out of my thoughts and focus my gaze on him again. I was standing in the man's office and he was watching me with a suspicious expression on his face. He clearly didn't like me and he wasn't afraid to express it. I saw him cringe in disgust every time I opened my mouth to say something and he didn't even bother addressing me like I was an actual human being. It wasn't the first time that I encountered this type of behaviour, it was very popular in the laboratory too and Chanyeol liked to compare it to the angry cursing the people would do when some type of electronic device, like a television, didn't want to work properly. '' Why did he come back from Japan? What really happened to his laboratory in Tokio? ''
I intertwined my fingers on my back and murmured: '' For access to private information, state full name. ''
This was another command inputed in my brain and I liked it because it always managed to make people angry. I used to not understand why, but then Chanyeol came to my rescue once again. He said it was a lot like when you wanted to look at someone's phone, only to see that it was locked and you had no idea what the password could be.
The man clenched his fingers in to fists in anger, but he still stood up and said: '' Hachiro Aoyama. ''
'' Voice analysis in progress... '' I closed my eyes and took a deep breath before opening them again. '' Access to private information confirmed. Doctor Akira was forced to leave Japan after the police tried to get involved in his work. That was why he decided to reopen his laboratory here in Busan and complete his project without any more interruptions. He would like to thank you for accepting cyborg Pino to your private academy for a test run of the Pino program. ''
