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 on the table, Joseph fatly

"Speed up his treatment."

"S-speed up his treatment?"

assistant replied in a flustered manner. For the treatment to

However.

getting their

put, it was a waster of

opinion that is

off, Joseph shouted in annoyance.

was his hope. Nothing could happen

to give him his shots. We can't

***

more tests, the guard that was in charge of me escorted me towards somewhere

Clank—!

you did but don't

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

was too exhausted to properly

in six hours

of disgust, the guard turned around and smashed

Clank—!

finally decided to stand up. My mind had sobered up enough for me to think

"Hm?"

blinking a couple of times, I realized that I was in a different room from before. To my surprise, it was much bigger and more luxurious than my

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

Yes.

A bathtub.

state of my body, a bathtub wasn't something I could

I didn't

I never hid my bracelet and just swallowed it, I sighed in

'Fortunately, I was cautious.'

not done this, my bracelet would've

"huuu..."

the bed, I

'Sucess!'

mind, I clenched my

have successfully gotten

Monarch's indifference to erase my emotions, I reproduced something that closely resembled one of

of

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

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

done this

doing some calculations beforehand, I purposely consumed

didn't want Joseph to think that I

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.

be. This was a necessary step I needed to

I was fully healed

***

then, another

Ziiiiii—! Ziiiii—!

arms hovered above 876's head. Strapped on a metal table, a red laser scanned his body from top

unable to

the laser beam continuously moved up and down. Shockingly, although slow, 876's injuries were showing signs of healing. Slowly but surely, his burnt skins

"How are the results?"

seems to be alright, professor. He may be able to recover

huh?" Joseph scratched his nose. "Any

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

technology had advanced to levels where they could pretty much treat most injuries, they weren't perfect.

given him the

circumstances, Joseph switched the

"Yes."

"How many grams?"

the those from 2mg

test its

Click—! Click—!

up to 876 and removing the restraints off of him, Joseph helped him

"Alright."

Joseph nodded

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