Key.
Huh?
Raise me.
Seeing the girl speaking to me with her whole body, I was utterly speechless.
‘How did it come to this?’
Just a moment ago, I was only wandering around the slums, catching researchers selling drugs.
Thud thud thud.
Flop.
But suddenly, how am I supposed to understand the situation where a random kid I’ve never seen before lies flat on the ground, holding a sign, and stares at me?
“..?”
As I stood still, the girl, still lying down, pointed at each word on the sign one by one.
One serving.
Possible.
Me.
Raise.
The girl tapped the sign and pointed at me with her finger.
Raise.
She looked at me with eyes shining like a bird of prey.
“Doryeong! Over here, we’re done… huh, young lady! You can’t do this here! The floor is so dirty!”
After a moment of staring at each other, Uchi, who had come looking for me, approached the girl in surprise.
“I don’t know why you’re suddenly lying down, but get up first!”
“……”
As Uchi struggled to forcefully lift her, the girl squirmed and resisted for a moment.
“…If you keep lying like that, it’s going to be a problem for me too. Let’s get up and talk, whatever it is.”
At my words, the girl reluctantly got up, still keeping her gaze fixed on me.
“Huh, you don’t even listen to me… So, what’s going on, Doryeong?”
Uchi looked at the girl with a baffled expression. He glanced at the suddenly appeared girl and then whispered to me.
‘If I knew, would I be standing here like this?’
But even if he asked, I had no idea what was going on either, given the sudden turn of events.
“Do you know her?”
“…I think this is the first time I’ve seen her.”
The girl, suddenly appearing with a hood pulled low, demanded that I raise her.
Though her face was hidden, the occasional glimpses of her black and white hair made it clear she was someone I’d never seen before.
“Hmm…”
The girl kept pointing at the word “raise.” I asked her in a warm voice.
At least I should find out why she’s doing this to me.
“…Can you speak Korean?”
“……”
She paused, as if thinking.
“…A little.”
After a moment, the girl nodded and spoke.
“…Raise me. I can do one serving.”
Perhaps because she’s still young, her pronunciation was off, but she tried her best to speak clearly, asking me to raise her.
But even if she suddenly asks me to raise her, I’m at a loss…
“…First, at least take off your hood and talk.”
“……”
“I don’t know why you’re suddenly asking me to raise you, but we’ve just met, right?”
“…Yes.”
“I don’t know what you look like, your name, or who you are. It’s not right to talk about raising you.”
Did you understand?
The girl nodded at my words.
While the girl hesitantly held the edge of her hood, I began to speculate about her identity.
‘Is she a kid from the slums?’
Her appearance was cleaner than the people in the slums, so I thought she might be throwing a tantrum, asking me to raise her.
‘I’ll just refuse politely and head to the research lab’s main base.’
Luckily, since we’ve caught all the drug-selling researchers, we have plenty of time.
“……”
The girl pondered for a while.
Gulp.
She seemed to have made up her mind and grabbed the hood of her cloak.
Just as she was about to reveal her face to me.
“Uchi-nim~!!”
A doll-like figure running towards us with light footsteps caught our attention.
“Come on, let’s go together~”
“Ah! Please, just leave me alone!!”
“Aww~ You like it~”
“Ugh! Get lost!”
The researcher, holding the leash tied around his neck, ran towards Uchi and started bantering with him.
“Huh?”
“……”
The half-removed hood slipped off, revealing the girl’s face.
The researcher smiled brightly upon seeing her face, while the girl wore a disgusted expression.
“It’s the test subject.”
Compared to the researcher’s cheerful smile, the girl’s expression was like she’d just eaten something bitter.
***
Seeing the girl without her hood, I couldn’t help but be a little surprised.
The large ears on her head and the tail swishing under her cloak.
And her sharp, bird-of-prey-like eyes.
The girl, with occasional beast-like features, stood before me, resembling what you’d call a “beast-person” in fantasy.
“……”
But what surprised me wasn’t just that her appearance was between beast and human.
Among ability users, there are rare cases where their abilities are always active or their bodies are transformed from birth.
‘Countless bruises.’
From her face to her hands and neck, every part not covered by the cloak was covered in blue bruises.
Clearly, she had been abused, and combined with the mention of her being a test subject and her beast-like appearance.
‘…I think I get the situation.’
She was, as the researcher said, a test subject.
Probably related to some beast-related project.
And as far as I know, there’s only one beast-related project at Z Bio.
‘That’ main project.
“Hey~ Test Subject P-1120!! What’s going on? Did you come to save me?”
“Not her. Get lost.”
“How cold~ It seems the brainwashing’s worn off. How did you break it?”
“……”
The girl frowned at the researcher’s friendly tone, growling and baring her teeth threateningly.
Thud.
Grrr?
The situation seemed like it could escalate into a fight at any moment.
I pulled the hood back over the girl’s head and looked at the researcher.
“Researcher. I think we need to hear the whole story.”
“Ah.”
Are you two just going to keep talking among yourselves?
Perhaps sensing our gazes, the researcher quickly nodded in agreement.
“First… where should I start?”
Seeing him rub his neck, it seemed there were parts he couldn’t explain.
In that case, it might be better to just ask what I wanted to know.
“Who is she?”
“Are you talking about Test Subject P-1120? Just as I called her, she’s a test subject.”
“What kind of test subject?”
“Well, she’s a test subject for our experiments.”
This part seems like he can’t talk about it.
Well, that’s fine. I already knew he couldn’t talk about some things.
“What about the brainwashing?”
“Hmm… don’t get mad? We brainwash useful test subjects. To keep them from rebelling against us or to prevent them from being attacked.”
Looking at the test subject’s current state, it seems the brainwashing has worn off.
“You’re saying you made a child into a test subject and even brainwashed her…?”
Uchi glared at the researcher with a serious tone, unlike his usual self.
‘Calm down.’
I patted his trembling shoulder and continued questioning.
“Why is she here?”
“Uh… she was a bodyguard. And uh… kidnapping people…?”
“Kidnapping people?!”
Unable to hold back, Uchi stepped forward and grabbed the researcher by the collar.
“Gasp…”
“You made a child kidnap innocent people?!”
“Gasp… not just innocent people… but also drug addicts… usually… gasp… we catch drug addicts…”
Since they’re too drugged to resist…
The researcher answered Uchi’s questions while gasping for breath.
“The kidnapped people are used as test subjects for other experiments, right? Correct?”
“Yes…”
Well, that’s to be expected.
From the perspective of illegal experiments, test subjects are always in short supply.
After experimenting with drugs, if they can be reused, they’ll probably reuse them.
“What?! How can people do such things?!”
“Gasp…! S-sorry…!!”
“Uchi, that’s enough.”
“Doryeong! But…!!”
There’s still information we need to get, so what are you doing?
And seeing how he’s kind of enjoying this, my eyes are rotting in real-time.
‘Please stop, for the love of God.’
“…Tch.”
Perhaps my desperate plea worked. Uchi clicked his tongue but let go of the researcher’s collar.
“Researcher. I think we need to visit your research lab.”
I also lowered my voice to match the situation.
“Can you guide us?”
“…Yes…”
Good.
I turned to the girl, who was expressing her dissatisfaction with her whole body.
She looked at me with protesting eyes.
‘Hmm. What should I do? Should I take her with me?’
Seeing her beast-like appearance, she’s most likely a test subject involved in that main project.
Even if I’m hiding my identity now, if it’s discovered later that I took her, fighting Z Bio would be inevitable…
“Take me too.”
“It’s dangerous.”
Whether I can handle it or not.
That’s the question.
“I’m strong.”
“Can you do one serving?”
At my words, she glanced at the abandoned building next to us.
She briefly let go of her hand and took a stance…
“Huff.”
KABOOM!!!
In an instant, her hand transformed into a beast-like form and smashed into the wall, creating a hole big enough for two adults to easily pass through.
“I can do one serving.”
‘…If she’s like this, I can’t refuse.’
As long as there’s no connection to Eclipse, it should be fine, right?
As long as we don’t do any terrorism together, it should be okay.
I smiled under my mask and gave her a warm wink.
“Shall we go blow up the research lab?”
“Okay.”
And so, the temporary party to destroy the research lab was formed.
***
KABOOM!!! KABOOM!!!
“Ahh, crazy!!”
“Someone stop that thing!!!”
“How are we supposed to stop that project test subject?! Did you get a C in Korean?!”
“What the hell, you jerk?!”
Inside the research lab, which was being blown to pieces.
Watching the researchers running around in chaos, I smiled in satisfaction.
“How about breaking that wall next?”
“Got it.”
KABOOM!!!
Clap clap clap!
Good job! My girl!
As I clapped, the girl got even more excited and started destroying the building.
“We have nothing to do.”
Uchi, who was initially anxious, was now watching while eating snacks he’d brought from somewhere.
“Sigh… seeing them struggle in a life-or-death situation… I’m so jealous…”
The researcher tied up with a rope watched his colleagues running away from the girl, swallowing his saliva.
“Ahhh!!! Someone stop those crazy humans!!”
Faced with the sudden disaster, the researchers screamed in tears.
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