Is it really normal to contain these anomalies?

As she spoke, she pushed open the rusty iron door...

The sun is coming in...

It turns out that the world outside is so beautiful...

"Ain? You're here?"

The sound, softer than the breeze, blew into his earlobe.

And the moment she saw that figure, even X, who had never met her before, was slightly stunned...

Chapter 136 Questioning

What kind of woman is this?

X doesn't know how to describe it in words.

He only saw that the hair, which was slightly tinged with light green, was shimmering slightly under the sunlight...

And the next second, as if realizing that he was in shock, the pupils as pure as red agate kept approaching him, and the slightly playful breath spoke again in his ear.

"What's wrong, Ain, is there mud on my face?"

What a nice view...

If angels really existed in this world, X would definitely believe without hesitation that the person before him was their incarnation.

She seemed to be the most beautiful thing in the world. Even though she was wearing the simplest white coat like them, it was completely unable to conceal her heart-stirring warmth....

.........

'yes....'

'warmth....'

This was the first time X felt this way.

This warmth was like a flame that never went out. At this moment, even just by seeing this tiny flickering flame, X's dark heart as a city dweller was illuminated a little bit...

But... when he was about to come into contact with the flame, Ain (?) still inevitably chose to escape.

His sight shifted away from the 'warmth' in front of him...

Even X himself didn't know why he did this. He could clearly feel that everything the woman in front of him showed was out of his sincere kindness...

But this body still did it on its own, without him having to do anything...

"Ain?"

The woman was of course surprised by his unusual behavior, so she called out the name of her junior again in a low voice.

But X remained silent. He was no longer willing to look her in the eyes and let the atmosphere develop in an awkward direction.

"Don't worry, Carmen, this guy is probably confused from sleeping. He will be fine in a few hours..."

Only Gabriel, who was standing by, couldn't stand the delicate atmosphere anymore and started to smooth things over in his own way.

"is it?"

Carmen tilted her head doubtfully, but after thinking for a few seconds she was relieved.

After all, she now has a more exciting surprise to present to everyone.

"Okay! Let's not talk about this anymore..."

The woman suddenly took a few steps back mysteriously, then while the little guy behind her wasn't paying attention, she suddenly turned around...

"Ding-dang! Let us warmly welcome the new member of our institute—Ms. Michelle!"

"Wow! Sister Carmen! I'm not ready!"

Carmen's laughter and the little guy's frightened cries were heard by everyone else present at the same time.

It was not until then that everyone noticed that there was a little kid who had been hiding behind Carmen, holding onto her white coat.

Well...actually this little girl named Michelle doesn't look like she would qualify as a 'lady'.

After all, this new member of Carmen's group looked very young, a head younger than everyone else present, so much so that her face, which hadn't yet fully grown, even had a hint of childishness...

But Carmen didn't think so. She was now rubbing the brown hair of the little girl in front of her.

"Come, Michelle, say hello to everyone..."

"Hmm..." Michelle had no room to resist at all. She could only lower her head slightly and said under such semi-forced situation, "Um... Hello everyone, I'm Michelle..."

"Wow! So cute!!"

Ilia was the first one to rush over and join Carmen's "torture". She did not hide her excitement at all and gently pinched the little guy's cheek with her fingers.

Only a few men at the scene remained rational, especially Gabriel, who immediately raised his question half-jokingly.

"Carmen, are you kidnapping children? We don't have much research funding, and I can't let you spend it on these things until we find a boss."

"Kidnap...kidnapping?! How could you think that? Am I that kind of person?!"

Hearing this, Carmen's face suddenly became angry, but when she looked down at the little girl in front of her, the anger in her mouth disappeared with a "puff puff puff".

Well, at least Michelle did still look like a minor...she had no power to refute that.

"But she's really excellent!" Carmen was still unconvinced. She muttered softly, "I can guarantee that her talent is definitely not inferior to any of us!"

Of course...

Of course, X agreed with this statement.

After all, as expected, he still knew who she was.

She shouldn't be called Michelle, because not long ago she was a Sephirah in the training department of Lobotomy Corporation - HOD (small version)...

Finally saw the cause of everything here, but X now didn't know how to express his doubts.

After all, the little guy's eyes are now wandering around the dilapidated buildings nearby in a panic. It seems that this miniature HOD is also unable to adapt to the nearby environment.

"Hey! Ain!" Carmen suddenly came to his side. "What about you? What do you think? She would be an excellent member of the institute, right?"

"I...."

X didn't know how to respond, after all, he didn't even know what the research institute was doing.

But just like what happened before, a series of words that even he himself could not understand poured out of his mouth.

Ain (?) skipped over Carmen and his words hit Michelle directly.

"Your name is Michelle, right..."

"Ah...hmm!" The little girl never expected that the coldest-looking man in front of her would ignore Sister Carmen's words and ask her directly.

"Do you know what our experiment is?"

"I..." She hesitated for a few seconds, but still gave her answer firmly, "Yes! I know, we have to save everyone..."

But Ain would not be deceived by such empty words, he just continued to question.

"Are you aware that we are disobeying the leader's orders?"

"!!" When the girl heard the man in front of her mention the leader, her body trembled unconsciously.

After all, it is the embodiment of the highest order in the city. To disobey the leader is to be an enemy of the entire city.

As a resident of the nest, Michelle should have understood the consequences of being an enemy of the city from the countless rumors and stories she had heard from the back alleys and even the Wings of the World since she was a child.

From now on, your life will be lived in fear, the entire city will be homeless, and countless killers will hunt you down at all times...

You will never be able to return to your original peaceful, happy life...

Chapter 137 Sliding into the Abyss Step by Step

"me...."

She is very smart, but she is not so clever when faced with this kind of thing.

Just like now, in response to Ain's question, she stuttered and couldn't utter a complete sentence.

But Ain did not stop talking because of the girl's embarrassment. On the contrary, his tone became more serious and sharp.

"If your beloved family or precious friends, under the influence of the leader, use sweet words to persuade you, do you really think you can refuse them?!"

“I…I!!”

Michelle's face had turned red at this time, but before she could finish her words, Ain's cold words completely shattered her.

"You can't answer anything, only Carmen has said a lot of good things for you on the phone!"

"That's enough! She's still so young, it's already amazing that she can join us!"

For the first time, Carmen hated the aggressive personality of her junior so much.

But now, she could only take the time to teach Ain a lesson, and then she hurried over to comfort Michelle, whose tears were already welling up in her eyes.

"Senior Ain, you're really going too far!"

Next, she could only let the good-tempered Illya teach this junior (?) who was still standing there indifferently a lesson.

"It's only our first meeting, how can you ask such a question directly?"

"Besides, we're already in the suburbs. Leaders generally don't care much about suburban affairs. It's not as scary as you say..."

"Besides, we are thinking about the city. The leader will definitely understand us..."

It turns out that Illya showed her talent for teaching people as the director of the Lobotomy Corporation's Control Department at this time.

But this time, X didn't feel sad about it, but cheered Illya on in his heart.

'Yes, I think so too!'

"I get annoyed when I think about this guy scolding people for my appearance. Ms. HOD is obviously a good person and she works very hard for everyone..."

"Hey! Bastard! Is that you? You didn't come out earlier, you didn't come out later, you came out now, you lectured Miss HOD for no reason, and finally threw all the dirty water on me!"

X cursed in his sea of consciousness.

After all, there is more than one consciousness in this body, so he naturally thought that it was Bai Yu who was controlling the body.

Bullying such a lovely Miss HOD is truly despicable!

'nerve...'

Only a slightly speechless thought floated through his mind.

In the sea of consciousness, Bai Yu finally walked out, but he was helpless at this moment.

"Brother....you haven't realized yet that we are now in Miss HOD's memory?"

'? '

What a useful question mark...

Everything is self-evident.

After a few seconds here, X finally understood the current situation. After all, they were indeed dragged into this world by the monster incarnated by HOD...

"...." The supervisor's consciousness was silent for a moment, "But since it's neither you nor me, then who is controlling this body now?"

"Who else could it be?" Bai Yu sighed. "It's the Ain in Ms. HOD's memory..."

Yes....

Compared to X, 'X', who had once fought through Lobotomy Corporation, clearly understood the current situation better.

Now they have to face...

It is a fixed script, everything that has already happened.

No matter what they want, the plot will only develop towards the ending in their memory.

"Look carefully, X, these memories..."

Bai Yu suddenly realized something, and he looked up from his sea of consciousness...

The outside world is now speeding up like a kaleidoscope.

Many people whom X had not even had the chance to meet joined his and Carmen's research institute one after another.

Not only did he adopt those two Sephirahs who looked very much like the Central Headquarters—Lisa and Enoch of Tiphereth....