The Author's POV

Chapter 258

"Excellent!"

Joyously shouted Joseph as he stared at a small monitor before him. Extending from the monitor were multiple wires that attached themselves towards an individual. Subject 876.

"Who would've thought that patient that I had put the least hopes on would end up being the one that I have the most hope for."

Joseph was truly delighted.

Out of all the promising patients he had, 876 seemed to be the one displaying the most obvious signs of success.

At the moment, subject 876 was going through a virtual simulation. Inside of the virtual simulation, the 876 was put under multiple different trials. The trails although different were all things that would cause any sane man to feel fluctuations in their emotions. From killing civilians to committing terrorist acts, or dying in multiple different ways.

At the moment, both the MRI machine and Holter monitor were currently showing no unusual fluctuations. This meant that subject 876 was currently in the exact state Joseph was trying to achieve.

A state where the user held no emotions.

This was great news for Joseph. Especially since he had been pressed for time recently. With the higher-ups getting impatient, he knew that he needed to get results.

He had finally got something.

—Beeereeeeeep! —Beeereeeeeep!

"...Hu?"

Startling Joseph out of his thoughts was a rhythmical beeping sound coming from the holder monitor.

"What's going on?"

Rushing towards patient 876, Joseph looked at the small Holter monitor. The fluctuations were no longer constant but were now extremely erratic.

—Beeereeeeeeeeeep! —Beeereeeeeeeeeep!

With each passing second, the fluctuations became more and more erratic.

"Stop the simulation!"

Joseph turned around and shouted.

"Yes!"

Heeding his command, his assistant arrived before patient 876 and pressed on the side of the headset he was wearing. Slowly the helmet turned off.

—Beeereeeeeeeeeeeeeeep! —Beeereeeeeeeep! ! —Beeeeeeep! —Beeeeep!

Upon turning off the headset, the beeping sounds coming from the Holter monitor calmed down.

"Damn" Joseph cursed slightly. "How long was he inside of the simulation for?"

"Reporting. About 13 minutes and 45 seconds."

The assistant promptly replied.

"13 minutes and 45 seconds..." Joseph murmured to himself.

After a while, he eventually shrugged his shoulders.

"Oh, well. 876 has only been here for a week. This result is understandable."

Even though 876 had only lasted for a little bit, Joseph wasn't disheartened. Given that 876 had only been with him for about a week and was already showing signs of being the one most compatible with the serum, Joseph knew that it was best not to rush things.

"Haaa...haaa..."

Staring at 876 who was breathing heavily on the table, Joseph rubbed his chin slightly as he pondered to himself, 'Hmm...I guess it wouldn't hurt to invest a little more in him.'

If he could nurture 876 properly, who'd care about the little money he'd lose off of investing in him.

Heck, by then he would be so rich in funds that he would only consider such a minuscule amount of money as spare change.

Convincing himself that this was the right choice, Joseph looked at his assistant.

"You."

"Yes!"

who was laying

"Speed up his treatment."

"S-speed up his treatment?"

treatment to be sped-up,

However.

of the office getting their budget cut in a

put, it was a

opinion that is a

shouted in annoyance. "Treat him well, he's going to be one that's

hope. Nothing could happen

give him his shots.

***

the shots and taking a couple of more tests, the guard that was in charge of me escorted me towards

Clank—!

but don't

inside

exhausted

in six hours for your

disgust, the guard turned

Clank—!

enveloped the room. This continued for thirty minutes before I finally decided to stand up. My mind had sobered up

"Hm?"

different room from

it wasn't anything fancy, it had a lot more things than my previous room. A wardrobe, a desk, a bed,

Yes.

A bathtub.

quickly lost interest. With the current state of my body, a

I didn't

fact that I never hid my bracelet and just swallowed it, I

'Fortunately, I was cautious.'

I not done this, my bracelet would've

"huuu..."

the bed,

'Sucess!'

mind, I clenched my

have successfully

my emotions, I reproduced something that closely resembled one of the

that wouldn't react regardless of the situation presented before

the Virtual machine, the only reason I was able to do those horrifying acts was

the virtual simulation, thirteen minutes in, the effects of monarch

had done this

doing some calculations beforehand, I purposely consumed some of my

want Joseph to think that I could last long

the time I could stay in that

This was my aim.

my treatment would be. This was a necessary step I needed to take for

when I was fully healed

***

another week

Ziiiiii—! Ziiiii—!

Strapped on a metal table, a red laser scanned his body

unable to move at

of struggling. Dully staring at the ceiling, the laser beam continuously moved up and down. Shockingly, although slow, 876's injuries

"How are the results?"

He may be able to

month's time, huh?" Joseph scratched his nose. "Any way we can

we use a potion...and well, we can't really use those,

injuries, they weren't perfect. Unlike potions that

given him

accepting the circumstances, Joseph switched

"Yes."

"How many grams?"

those from 2mg to

Let's test

Click—! Click—!

restraints off of him, Joseph helped him

"Alright."

nodded his head

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