Chapter 67: Words about Adam
Adam reopened it countless times.
Finally, after the Rabbit Team was completely wiped out, the remaining employees forcibly sent away their leader at the height of his power.
Just as a personality card is overlaid on a terminal, after a sinner dies, all that remains is the sinner's own corpse.
As usual, after the leader died, all that was left was the corpse and—a tuner's personality card.
Looking at Honglu's body, which had been brought in by an employee, and the card, X fell into deep thought.
Who would dare use this?
Should we use it to suppress the R&D department's core again, or to launch another attack on the company's leader?
And... noticing Adam in the corner of his eye about to finish his work, X made a urging sound to get back to work.
"Adam, your work isn't finished yet. Where are you going?"
Unlike in the game, there are no specified energy collection targets here, so in theory, you can indeed go home after sending the tuner home.
But how can we stop working overtime after collecting only such a small amount of energy? You have to stand up straight, Adam!
With Adam as the perfect substitute to look after the current hellish scroll, X has time to visit his chosen worker—Rimbaud.
If his idea succeeds, the Cultural Heritage Protection Association will no longer be able to cause trouble.
To those guys who believe that a certain number of civilian staff dying will decrease the counter, I ask you, what if the civilian staff were already dead from the start? Would the counter still decrease?
The more X thought about it, the more he felt that a bright future was beckoning him.
However... before he goes there, he has to revive Honglu first.
*
Rimbaud had woken up and was staring blankly at the doorway. He wasn't dead, but his supernatural abilities had completely disappeared, and he was trapped in this room.
The door to the room was firmly locked. Based on his current physical condition, he probably couldn't even beat a healthy ordinary person, let alone break down the door.
Even though Lambo didn't hear any unlocking sound, the door was opened from the outside.
Sure enough, it was the young man who commanded the monster, who looked almost exactly like Adam.
He didn't bring any strange items this time, and the tall apple "princess" didn't come with him either. Instead, a long-haired young man who seemed like a completely different person took her place.
He looked completely different from his previous mental state, just like this man and Adam.
X pushed open the door and saw Rimbaud staring at him expressionlessly, a stark contrast to his demeanor when he first met Rimbaud and when he attacked Nakahara Chuuya. Was this the real Rimbaud?
"You're already awake. That's perfect."
X sat down in the chair opposite Rimbaud, ready to have a proper discussion about his plans.
Why did you spare my life?
The former intelligence agent spoke first. Rimbaud knew that in that situation, if the man on the other side hadn't held back, he would have been killed by Thorns.
That peculiar pain felt like a double blow to both the body and the soul; even the most evil superpowers couldn't bring such agony.
"I'm very interested in your special abilities. Would you like to work for me?"
This was actually a routine inquiry, because even if Rimbaud refused, X would still make him work for him, the kind of forced execution.
"Do I have the right to say no?" The long-haired man looked listless, but showed no intention of refusing. "However, my superpower has disappeared."
“Oh, that,” the golden-eyed young man, who was clearly interested in his superpower, waved his hand dismissively after hearing that the superpower had disappeared. “It’s okay, it was just suppressed. Your superpower is still there, but there’s something I want to know the exact situation.”
The black-haired youth took a notebook from the large pocket of the white coat, intending to inquire about the specific limitations of Rimbaud's supernatural abilities.
"Li Xiang said you can only use one superpower that you've read at a time?"
“Yes,” Rimbaud said, there was no need to lie anymore, “is there anything you need me to do? Like Mr. Adam did.”
Have you ever tried controlling two superhuman beings at once?
"I tried, but it failed."
It's true; when he was studying under his teacher Baudelaire, the teacher also tried to enhance his supernatural abilities.
No matter how Rimbaud tried, he could only command one person. In the end, even his teacher gave up and instead focused on improving Rimbaud's ability to use the subspace.
"Come and test the data with me first."
*
It seems that the strength of supernatural abilities is not classified according to virtues or traits. Rimbaud's caution is only level three, and even his self-discipline is not at its maximum.
Courage and Justice are both at level 5, but Courage dropped to 20 points due to low health...
Why not try the Happiness Machine?
What if his special ability changes after all the stats are raised to 100?
The Happiness Machine happens to be in the training department, let's give it a try.
The long-haired man, who was forcibly conscripted, suffered inhumane treatment under the instruction that "you must be happy." Rimbaud's already pale face became even more bloodless.
The devilish man looked at the machine that was measuring the values with a satisfied expression.
"Try your supernatural ability again now."
Rimbaud stared into thought as he looked at the three supernatural beings that had simultaneously manifested their abilities.
What his teacher couldn't handle in almost ten years, this man solved in ten minutes? Maybe even less than ten minutes.
"Only three? That's a bit few..."
The devil is still there, making dissatisfied noises.
Teacher, what kind of place did he come to?
However, out of a spy's instinct, he still noted down the machine that could enhance superpowers through surgery. Such a thing, if left outside, might even cause a frenzy among superpowered individuals from various countries.
Who wouldn't want their superpowers to become even stronger?
"Since this works, you can come to work with me tomorrow and practice your level."
By the time I reach EX, it should be about the same. Maybe it will be less than I expected, but it's good to have something to replace it.
Great, that solves a major problem. It's time to go back and see what the Asian Contemporary Class has accomplished.
The young man in the white robe, having finally finished his work, slumped in his chair. His long hair, the same color as his clothes, was now somewhat disheveled, and his golden eyes stared at "himself" who had just entered the monitoring room.
"Abram just contacted me."
Adam suddenly said something incredible.
Does your construction department have its own little group without me? You all contact each other, but I know nothing about it. Don't tell me there's an Abel in the group.
“He wants you to come to him, no, he wants you to come back, back to Carmen.”
Where is Abram?
"As far as I know, he has been locked up."
X rubbed his ears in confusion. Had he heard something strange? Who was locked up?
Adam offered no explanation and continued, "With someone else, someone you also know."
X doesn't know many people in this world, so why would he be locked up so easily?
Hmm... X pondered for a moment.
"Charon?"
Gregor.
The two spoke in unison, but in different ways.
The air fell into an unnatural silence. After a long pause, X asked, "Why was Gregor locked up so casually? Is it discrimination against insects?"
Adam continued, "As for the exact location, he didn't know either."
"Should I go find it?"
Adam nodded.
“I will temporarily take your place,” two identical golden eyes met, “You may leave now.”
Why are you making it sound like I was fired?
But... the world is so big, where is he supposed to find one?
"Is there a general area?"
The world map in the monitoring room came online again, this time in Germany.
*
This trip is different from the past; it's a direct teleportation.
This is why X was standing on an unfamiliar street late at night. He was not alone when he was suddenly asked to cover his shift. Fortunately, Li Xiang, who was still in Benjamin's state, was with him, along with three personality cards of unknown meaning.
He did try to get his box back, and it turned out that supernatural abilities and mirror technology were completely different.
In other words, even if Li Xiang suddenly dies on the spot, the resurrected Li Xiang will still be the same person in front of you, not the original Li Xiang.
The other sinners, who were supposed to be employees, were detained by Adam and allowed to carry only one box.
Is this some new type of structural test? I'm looking at myself, is this for real?
Moreover... this place always gave him a strange feeling.
"Long time no see, Dante." The boy's voice came from behind, and it sounded somewhat familiar.
X was a beat slow to realize that this was a call to him, after all, there was another Dante in this world.
Demian, wearing a blue scarf, stood there quietly.
Seeing the young man's current attire, the boy shook his head and changed his address, saying, "Now I should call you by a different name."
Just call me X.
Demian closed his eyes, his voice as gentle as ever: "The stars told me your purpose in coming here."
“This world has accepted us in another form,” he said, opening his eyes and looking at the suitcase next to X, “just like him.”
"However, an anomaly also followed... The person you are looking for is also part of the anomaly."
Before Demian could finish speaking, the sound from the loudspeaker on the roadside drowned out his voice.
It was a somewhat frenzied female voice: "Ah! Faust has seen you! You've finally abandoned your mask! Please wait here for a moment..."
She was clearly no longer in front of the radio when she finished speaking.
"N Company's Faust?"
Demian nodded in agreement.
"Those who should have appeared have disappeared, while uninvited guests have appeared one after another. The stars have deviated from their orbits one after another. And you will find what you need here."
"This place has been completely covered by the resonance between a certain person and the Golden Bough, thus appearing in a corner of the city... It can be said that this is N Company, the nest of nails and hammers."
"What happened to the original residents of this place?"
“Look,” the boy with the blue scarf stretched out his hand, but even though it was air, his palm was blocked as if it were touching a transparent glass window, unable to move forward even an inch. “This is a huge glass window, this is a world that has been isolated.”
Is this why Abram himself couldn't leave?
And Gregor...
"Could it be that Hermann is here too?"
He didn't realize he had spoken aloud, but Demian answered.
"The root of the mutation lies in her hands."
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