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!"

attendant's back straightened. Pointing at 876 who was

"Speed up his treatment."

"S-speed up his treatment?"

the treatment to

However.

extremely expensive. The news of the office getting their budget cut in a few months had already

was a

my opinion that is a

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

his hope. Nothing could

give him his shots. We can't be forgetting his

***

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

Clank—!

but don't think you're getting

thrown inside of the room. Mentally exhausted, I fell face-first on the floor

exhausted to properly formulate any

in six hours for

of disgust, the guard turned around and smashed

Clank—!

room. This continued for thirty minutes before I finally decided to stand up. My mind had sobered up enough for me to think

"Hm?"

in a different room from before. To my surprise, it

room. A wardrobe,

Yes.

A bathtub.

surprised, I quickly lost interest. With the current state of my body, a bathtub wasn't something I

I didn't hide my

bracelet and just swallowed it,

'Fortunately, I was cautious.'

not done this, my bracelet

"huuu..."

on the

'Sucess!'

my mind, I clenched

have successfully

reproduced something that closely resembled

of the situation presented

I was able to do those horrifying acts was because of Monarch's indifference. If not for it, I would've never

During the virtual simulation, thirteen minutes in, the effects of monarch indifference ran

done

wanted, doing some calculations beforehand, I

didn't want Joseph to think that I could last

had done this so that in the future, as the tests progressed he would see noticeable improvements in the time I could stay in that emotionless state. As long as I showed signs of 'improvements' he would invest more

This was my aim.

This

was fully healed could I

***

then, another

Ziiiiii—! Ziiiii—!

Strapped on a metal table,

to move at

laser beam continuously moved up and down. Shockingly, although slow, 876's injuries were showing signs of healing. Slowly

"How are the results?"

alright, professor. He may be able

his nose.

we can't really use those, so I unfortunately we

they weren't perfect. Unlike potions that could treat

you given him the

the circumstances, Joseph switched the

"Yes."

"How many grams?"

2mg to 10mg as you've

Let's test its

Click—! Click—!

the restraints off

"Alright."

him up, Joseph nodded

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