The child had already blown out the candles and cut the first piece of cake. He turned around and found that Kudo was staring at him.

After hesitating for a moment, the child, encouraged by his parents, walked towards him holding a small piece of cake.

"Brother, today is my birthday, please have some cake!" The child handed the cake in his hand to Kudo, put his hands behind his back, and told him cheerfully.

ah……?

"Brother, even if you have a very serious illness, you must try your best to live!" The child grabbed the corner of his clothes with sympathy in his eyes. He seriously wanted to persuade this poor brother to live well.

Because when I saw this brother just now, I felt like he was about to leave this world.

Kudo was a little amused and confused. This child treated him as a cancer patient who had just finished chemotherapy.

So he lowered his eyes and thanked the child in a gentle voice.

As for why I don’t explain it, it’s probably because I find it troublesome.

——

After only spending half a day in the hospital, Kudo was taken home by the experimenter. With gauze wrapped around his neck and a small bald head, he really looked like a cancer patient.

Although he only stayed in the hospital for half a day, being taken out really suited Kudo's wishes. He would rather stay in his own narrow and tiny cage than look at the white area that was not much different from that in a laboratory.

When he returned to the laboratory, he was stopped by the experimenters. The originally indifferent experimenters now had bright smiles on their faces. One of them told him, "Number One, the experiment was successful~"

Oh, it worked?

Kudo nodded with a numb face. He had known about this for a long time. After getting those questions, he knew clearly whether this experiment would be successful or not.

Another experimenter also smiled and said, "Number One, today is your birthday. And the experiment happened to be successful. Let's take you out for a meal."

Ah... today is his birthday?

Kudo tilted his head in confusion. If they hadn't mentioned it, he would have forgotten it.

In fact, he had already seen through their current purpose.

It's simply because he is their first successful case, and an extraordinary think tank is extremely useful to an organization - which also means that this group of people is likely to rise because of his talents.

His attitude determines the interests of this group of people.

That's all.

Thinking back to the cause of his hospitalization, Kudo asked, "Where's 01? I want to tell her the good news first."

This was certainly not good news for him - it showed that he had completely degenerated into a laboratory product, but now he still had to give these people an illusion.

A false illusion that you have feelings for them.

As for looking for 01, it was because she was the culprit that caused him to go to the hospital, and he was afraid that the woman would be targeted by this group of people.

Thinking of this, Kudo looked up at them, waiting for an answer.

But the group of people hesitated for a while, and then told him: "01 was captured and taken back to the special team next door."

...No, that's not right.

Kudo observed their expressions and denied it decisively.

He noticed that the group had some mud stuck between their fingernails and a little mud on the soles of their shoes.

But how could researchers who have been doing experiments in the laboratory get covered in mud?

Combined with their hesitant behavior, Kudo suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.