Lobotomy: Battle Master's Strongest Knight

With a crackling sound, the lights above the passage suddenly went out, and the entire space fell into darkness.

Hod felt the air around her gradually getting heavier, and looking around she could only see vague outlines and shadows looming in the darkness. Just as she remembered.

At this time, Hod groped and squatted in the corner, "then buried his head on his knees."

However, at this moment, a bright light appeared in front of him, and a voice came slowly:

"are you here?"

Hearing this, she stood up and said to the front: "TipherethA, I'm here."

After hearing the other party's voice, the light slowly came over, then stopped in front of the other party, and then slowly spoke:

"Who is TipherethA? I'm Lisa."

After hearing the name, she looked forward in panic as if struck by lightning.

The other person was wearing a red dress, with soft yellow hair hanging down her back and tied with a bow. However, there was a big hole in her body, which was empty and you could see the back directly.

At this moment, she looked at her name tag, which read Michelle. She was currently in the middle of a massacre at the research institute, a massacre caused by her subjective judgment.

Hod froze in place for a moment, and there was nothing in front of her except the monitor above, flashing red light, watching her returning memory through the material barrier.

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"Are you really willing to join this experiment?" A black-haired man in a white work suit looked at the timid girl in front of him and said:

"Honestly, our current situation is very unstable. The research we are conducting is against the orders of the leader. Can you really resist the persuasion of your beloved parents or friends?"

Hearing this, the girl shrank back, looked down at her clasped hands, her lips moving but she said nothing.

"Well, she's still young, it's great that she has the ambition and ability to join."

The girl heard a gentle and pleasant voice coming from behind her, and then a slender hand was placed on her head, gently soothing her.

"Well, since you said so, Carmen," the man sighed and looked at the girl.

"Welcome to the Institute, Michelle."

"Okay, since Ain has agreed, I will take you to familiarize yourself with the environment first."

The gentle voice from the back sounded again, and then it came to stand in front of Michelle, bent down and smiled.

The other person was wearing a clean white research coat with a brown shirt underneath, and a row of buttons on the chest.

Her fair skin was rosy and shiny, and her long black hair was tied into a ponytail with a headband. A few unruly strands of hair fell on her delicate face, and her mouth was gently curved. Her ruby-like eyes were curved into crescents, emitting a bright light.

"Hello, I'm Michelle." Looking at the radiant existence in front of her, Michelle lowered her head slightly and turned on her toes on the ground.

"I already know this." Carmen stepped forward, holding the other's hand, and waved to Ain behind him:

"I'll take this little guy to get familiar with it first, and I'll trouble you to take care of the affairs."

Carmen took Michelle's hand and gently pushed open the door of the institute.

Then, the two stepped into the darkness, and the pungent smell of disinfectant mixed with a hint of rusty blood hit them in the face. Michelle shuddered and held Carmen's hand tightly.

There were cracks and half a bag of paint on the wall, and although it had been cleaned, dark red bloodstains could still be vaguely seen. A few bare light bulbs hung from the gray ceiling, emitting a dim light.

The laboratories lined up on both sides exuded a strange smell, and glassware was placed on the table, filled with strange liquids and unknown substances such as squirming.

There were still traces of burning in the corner of one of the rooms, which seemed to be the remnants of an accident.

In the dead silence, the footsteps of the two echoed in the corridor. Michelle looked around nervously, only to see cobwebs all over the corners and traces of dust everywhere.

She felt a little scared. The cold and desolate atmosphere here made her feel inexplicably uneasy.

"This is our research institute. Don't mind if it's a little shabby." Carmen's face remained normal, and then she slowly asked:

"Michelle, why are you here?"

"I...I listened to your speech that time, so I want to join your team and help the people in the city."

At this point, Michelle lowered her head slightly and said timidly:

"Isn't my behavior very reckless?"

"I think you are very courageous." Carmen turned and winked at the other person, then looked back and said:

“People in the city continue to pursue the desires given to them by Yi, to the point of neglecting themselves, closing off the light and possibilities in their hearts, and finally being dragged into death by their repressed subconscious.

"But who says we can only fly to the sky with wings? If we can stand proudly like a big tree, sooner or later we will be able to touch the sky."

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"That's it." Hearing this, Michelle suddenly stopped and said to Carmen excitedly:

“I was attracted by this passage.”

"Really?" Carmen turned her head slightly and raised a sly smile. "But I also told a red-haired friend a different version. Do you want to hear it?"

"Yeah." Michelle nodded heavily upon hearing this.

"Then listen carefully," Carmen coughed a few times, then stepped forward, held Michelle's hands, looked directly into her eyes and said:

"I will conduct a psychological treatment for the entire city. Let people extract and show their true self (EGO). By then, even ordinary people with strong wills will be able to gain the power to tear apart the leader."

"Tear the leader apart..." After hearing the last two words, Michel shrank back again, remembering what Ain said.

"Our research is going against the will of the leader."

After noticing the other party's fear, Carmen stood up again and waved to the other party.

"The tearing of the leader is definitely an exaggeration, but at least people won't die in obscurity." Carmen scratched the back of her head, laughed at Michelle, and then raised her index finger.

"Let me introduce you first. My red-haired friend is called Carly. But she is now going to 'invite people' according to the list, so you may have to wait a while before you can see her.

"Don't worry too much about the safety here. Carly is very strong and she will definitely protect us." Carmen stepped forward and stroked the other person's head, comforting him:

“We can help people, whether they’re enjoying themselves in their nest or those moaning in the back alley, and we’ve taken a valuable first step.”

"Yes." Hearing this, Michelle nodded firmly and clenched his fists.

Just as Carmen was complimenting him, a staff member stumbled over and suddenly said:

"This experiment has failed again. We need a more suitable and unique experimental subject. Please go and check it out."

"Okay, I understand. Thank you for your hard work." Carmen said with her previous expression.

But Michelle felt that the other person's right hand was trembling slightly.

Chapter 141 Children of the Institute

"Michelle, the laboratory where you work is over there. I'm going to go take care of some business first." Carmen pointed in a direction to Michelle and said apologetically.

"Okay, I understand." Michelle nodded slightly, watched the other party leave, and slowly opened the protective door of the laboratory.

There were some utensils and instruments scattered on the ground, and uneven archival documents were piled on the crooked shelves, emitting a decaying smell.

One or two researchers were sleeping on the table, with densely packed data files in front of them. At this time, a researcher seemed to have noticed the other party, holding a stack of documents in both hands and handed it to Michelle, and then ordered:

"Give these documents to Gabriel."

"But I just arrived and I'm not familiar with the place yet." Michelle took the document and asked the other party.

"This," the middle-aged man pressed his forehead and pointed to his left side.

"You go straight from here, then turn left and turn a few corners and you will arrive.

"Wait, could you please explain it more clearly..." Before Michelle finished speaking, the middle-aged man seemed to have received some notice. He turned around to wake everyone up and quickly ran to the passage on the other side.

After watching the other person leave, Michelle sighed, turned around and walked in the direction the other person said.

But after walking for a while, Michel found himself lost and couldn't find anyone else in the laboratory.

"Are you lost?"

Just as Michelle was looking around, she heard a voice from the front. When she looked behind her, she saw a boy in a blue sweater. He had short brown hair and deep blue eyes looking at her with a kind smile on his face.

"Newcomers often get lost. Where are you going?"

How could there be such a small child? Michelle looked at the boy in front of her and wondered, then she realized what was going on.

"I'm going to send these documents to Gabriel."

"Oh, I'll take you there then." The boy gave the other person a friendly smile, then stood on tiptoe to take some documents from the other person's hand and walked forward with him.

"Um," Michelle looked at the child in front and asked, "Why is a child as young as you here?"

"Lisa and I were both orphans abandoned in the suburbs. Later, a staff member here found us and brought us here. Then Carmen adopted us."

The boy's eyes dimmed as he looked at the road ahead and said:

"We are just a few lucky ones, while other children died in the suburbs. What is the purpose of my survival and what is the meaning? I... don't understand."

An abandoned child? Michelle looked at the child in front of her and thought about it. If she had the space to do it, she would also like to touch the child's head to comfort him.

But before they had gone far, they saw several researchers rushing towards them from the front.

"Hello, what happened?" Michelle stopped and asked, but the other party seemed not to hear her. After walking around Michelle, he quickly disappeared into the shadows behind.

"There must be something wrong with the bucket experiment."

Just as Michelle was puzzled, the boy spoke slowly.

"Bucket?" Hearing this, Michelle turned to look at Enoch, wondering why it was this name.

"Yes," the boy nodded, walked in front and led Michelle, then said slowly:

"The product we are researching is called Cogito, a physical medicine that manifests the subconscious mind. However, due to the lack of a suitable carrier, the research has directly hit a bottleneck. Now everyone is very distressed."

At this moment, Michelle suddenly heard a shrill roar from a distance. She couldn't help but shrink her body, and then asked the other party:

"So...what is the carrier you are talking about?"

"It's a human," the boy turned his head to look at the other person and said slowly:

"Cogito comes from the human subconscious, so the carrier must be a human, and the person who extracts Cogito is the 'bucket'. The data we hold in our hands is the result of the lives of countless experimenters."

Hearing this, Michelle swallowed silently and found that the information in her hands had increased several times, making her breathless for a moment.

Then, the two stopped in front of a door that was cleaner and tidier than the others.

"Hello." The boy stepped forward, placed the documents against the door, and knocked twice with his free hand.

With a click, the wooden door slowly opened backwards, and a purple-haired man in a research suit walked out.

"Here is the document for you." The boy stood on tiptoe and handed the document to the other party, then turned around and said:

"If there's nothing else, I'll leave first, otherwise Lisa will be worried."

"Wait," the man named Gabriel called out to the other party, then sighed and said:

"Enoch, that experiment has killed many people. Even adults can't bear that kind of pain, let alone a child like you. You can live a carefree life with Lisa. There is no need..."

"I know," Enoch stared at the other party and said:

"I also want to live a carefree life with Lisa, but if that's the case, what's the meaning of our existence? There are many orphans like Lisa and me in the suburbs, but only a few of them can survive."

At this, Enoch raised the corners of his mouth slightly and smiled:

“I don’t know why I exist, but I really look forward to the world that Carmen tells us about.”

"Enoch," a girl in a red dress ran over quickly, the bow on her head dancing with her long hair of the same color, then stopped beside Enoch, took his hand and said:

"It's not cold now, let's watch the sunset together by the lake. You were always worried about the cold weather before, and we haven't watched it properly yet."

"Lisa," Enoch said slowly, "it's too late. It's still cold now. You will catch a cold."

"It's okay. Mr. A will come to pick us up anyway." The girl named Lisa chuckled, held the other's hand tightly and walked forward.

"I don't care about that, I just want to be with you."

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Enoch never came out after the ████th experiment. Our data comes from adults, and there is no relevant experimental data on children.

From then on, Carmen and everyone in the institute gradually became depressed. I always saw Lisa squatting in the corner crying, but I could only hide behind and watch.

The research once again reached a bottleneck, and it was not until Carmen committed suicide that we got the complete "bucket".

The research was resumed, but everyone's personalities became more extreme, and human lives became nothing more than numbers in their eyes.