death of hope

Chapter 1034 "Psionic Storm" (107) Information Trading

New Sapporo Psionic Research Institute

Deep underground,

Area B14;

Having just finished a spiral CT and MRI scan, "Genius Zero" clutched his head, experiencing waves of headache, tinnitus, nausea, and vomiting.
Neurosurgeon Dr. Joseph smiled and told her that she needed to undergo surgery to remove a malignant glioma in her brain.
Yuna expressed her fear, and Dr. Joseph's top student, Dr. Lane Elsson, associate chief of neurosurgery, tried to comfort her.

"Good girl, don't be afraid. Bitter medicine is good for the disease. You will see the light at the end of the tunnel. Your brain and spinal cord will be healthy, and your headaches and epilepsy will be relieved."

"Okay... I'll bear with it a little longer..." Yuna nodded pitifully. What else could she do?

·
The doctors had barely left when her favorite Tetsuya-kun followed them in.

Her boyfriend, with dark circles under his eyes and a weary, exhausted look, sat by the hospital bed and said to her in a hoarse voice:

"I'm sorry... I've made you suffer. I haven't been coming as often lately, not because I've forgotten you, but because I've been planning some things, some important things..."

I know you're in pain... but... but, Yuna... everything I... everything I did... was for you...

Promise me you'll cooperate with the doctor's treatment and listen to them... No matter what, you have to endure it...

"Can... you still trust me...?" her boyfriend asked, holding her hand.

"Of course!" Yuna blurted out without hesitation, kissing the other's cheek;

"I love you! Tetsuya-kun!"

"Yuna..."

Her boyfriend's tired face suddenly lit up with excitement, but only for a moment. His expression quickly returned to normal, and his voice became barely audible.

"I...I love it too..."

Yuna had no idea how guilty the man in front of her felt, how worried he was about the uncertain future, and how afraid he was of not being able to keep his promise. All of this made him unable to look her in the eye and unable to finish his sentence.

·
Leaving the ward (the cage), closing the multiple isolation doors, and finally removing the mask that identified him as 'Tetsuya Yamagami,' psionic security expert Leon Vilnius muttered to himself:
"Yuna... I'll definitely get you out of here..."

That afternoon, Yuna went back into the operating room (laboratory), led by Dr. Joseph and Dr. Lane, along with a large research team.
Another minimally invasive craniotomy was performed to remove part of the brain tissue, implant a chip and electrodes, and replace the skull damaged by drilling with 'synthetic bone cement'.

Yuna Jinguji's beautiful head was wrapped in gauze like a mummy.
Whether due to brain damage from the surgery or electrolyte imbalance caused by strong sedatives, Zero convulsed violently again, foaming at the mouth, his nerve signals in complete disarray.
Zero's healing factor makes her incredibly difficult to kill; this ability is like a curse, one she cannot escape. Listening to the blonde girl's agonizing screams of agony, the psionic experts remained unmoved. After all, who cares about the feelings of a lab rat in a cage?

The research team indifferently handed her over to a nurse (a lab assistant), changed their clothes, and went out to a meeting.

Even with the pain pump at its maximum dose, the deep-seated pain did not subside at all. After multiple electric shocks and injections, Zero's epileptic symptoms gradually disappeared, and he fell into a light coma, in a semi-conscious state.
·
In her dream, a beautiful housewife wearing a floral apron sang a lullaby, rocked the cradle, and spoke softly to her.

"SARA, you are a piece of flesh that fell from your mother's body. Look, your mother has a long cut on her belly; she had to be born via C-section to give birth to you~"

In her dream, Yuna struggled to ask the housewife about her identity, but could only whimper like a baby biting a pacifier.

Without any warning, the beautiful dream suddenly turned into a nightmare.
The flames outside the window resembled a nuclear explosion. The housewife's beautiful face began to burn; her fair skin curled and peeled away, her eyeballs melted into two streaks of gelatinous tears, her lips melted to reveal gleaming white teeth, and finally only charred bones remained. The jaw of her skull still opened and closed, repeating that name:

“SARA…SARA…”

·
In a state of collapse and despair, Talent Zero suddenly awoke, his body damp and sticky, his hospital gown and sheets soaked with sweat.
She tried to get up, but found that her hands and feet were tightly bound to the hospital bed frame with leather straps, making her look like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered in a meat processing plant, fearful and helpless.

She cried out for help from doctors and nurses, but no one responded. All she could hear was the beeping of the life (psychic) ​​monitoring equipment in the ward (laboratory).

Whether awake or asleep, it seems that only endless nightmares await her.

None of the doctor's promises came true.

Only a hellish despair.

·
Meanwhile, in the director's office at the upper level of the Psionic Research Institute, an encrypted video communication was underway.

Dr. Joseph H.D. Dane took off his worn white lab coat and Crocs, and put on a Pierre Cardin suit and tie, along with custom-made Burruti shoes.
As a scholar who doesn't care much about details, the reason he dresses up carefully is because the other party is of high status, and dressing well is a sign of respect.

Joseph's image was transmitted intact, but the other party remained mysterious. On the screen, the other party's face was pixelated, and his voice was blurred by AI.

“Your intelligence is very valuable, Doctor. In return, I will help you make connections with Mr. Maximilian, the CEO of the McMillan Group.”

"I am extremely grateful!"

Joseph, his old face creased with delight, bowed humbly to the camera.
"Other councilors always talk nonsense, but when it comes to integrity, you're the best!"

"Hahaha~" The other person's smile became somewhat eerie after being processed by AI audio;

"I'm always quite generous to allies, but as for enemies..."

"They must be completely wiped out!" Joseph added in support of the other party;

"Your enemy is my enemy, Your Excellency Senator."

·
The blurry, pixelated figures on the screen covered their mouths and laughed.

"You old rascal, you're really quick-witted! You've even learned to answer first. Those guys say you don't have high emotional intelligence, but you're quite good at coming up with clever lines!"

“They’re right,”

Joseph lowered his head and said humbly;
"I'm just a pedantic old scholar, only thinking about doing academic research and winning the Nobel Prize. I'm a complete novice when it comes to interpersonal relationships."

The figure on the screen shrugged: "I'm a pretty ordinary person, I'm not interested in the Nobel Prize or anything like that. What I care about now is..."
First, it's the ballot; second, it's the ballot; third, it's the ballot that's causing all the trouble!

"Understood!" Joseph, abandoning his haughty scholarly demeanor, began to fawn over him.

"Your people will definitely win by a landslide in this new Sapporo governor election!"

"Haha, thank you, I appreciate your kind words~"