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8:00 a.m. Xiaoyuyin Rhine Life Branch - the transportation station of the outlying base of the Balrog Experiment.

"As a genius in scientific research, you should know what this experiment means, Miss Ekaanta..." Holding a black umbrella, Filin in a white and turquoise dress calmly looked at The girl guarding a small film slowly spoke.

She is Kelsey, and she came here to accept Rosemary according to the agreement reached with Ekaanta, and she also learned a little about the experiment that Ekaanta was in charge of.

"Of course I know, otherwise I wouldn't have given her to you."

Eka Anta glanced helplessly at Rosemary, who was holding onto her tightly. He couldn't put her by his side. The danger was too great. Although he could restrict Rosemary now, the restrictions had already been lifted. Weakened every day.

Although Rosemary is harmless, has a very kind nature and really regards herself as a relative, Ekaanta must be responsible for everyone, including Rosemary...

She believes that Kelsey will take good care of Rosemary, and that is where Rosemary should go. After all, she is just a passerby and will leave eventually, and Rhine Life is not Rosemary's home after all.

"...Is that so?" She closed her eyes, and then there was a trace of regret in her eyes. Kelsey saw the determination in Ekaanta's eyes. Unless she suffered a major change, she would not be on Rhodes. island.

Moreover, with such a high-risk experiment, I am afraid that the name of Ekaanta will no longer exist in the academic world in the future.

"Where is your right arm?" Kelsey, who had noticed the abnormality early, asked casually. The last time she saw Ekaanta, she still had two arms, but now she has lost one.

She didn't think there would be any accidents in Ekaanta under the protection of Rhine's life.

"This, don't mention it again..."

Gently glanced at Rosemary, and looked at the girl whose ears drooped as if she was feeling guilty, Ekaanta glanced at Kelsey a little bit afraid, and the other party also understood what happened.

"...Forget it, I understand, I will take good care of this child."

Reminiscent of the detailed description in the file sent by Ekaanta, Kelsey sighed slightly, then approached Rosemary and stretched out her hand, but Rosemary directly dodged back, dodging Kelsey's hand.

Just like that, Kelsey's hand was hanging in the air. After a few unsuccessful attempts, Kelsey retracted her head and looked at Ekaanta calmly, as if asking what to do.

And Ekaanta took a step back, and sent Rosemary out from under the coat, and Kelsey also stretched out her hand, just when Rosemary was about to repeat the old trick.

Ekaanta said softly: "Go, get out of here, and never come back."

Without the slightest emotion, the love of the past disappeared. Ekaanta understood the harm her words had done to Rosemary, but this was a necessary sacrifice.

Sure enough, upon hearing the words, Rosemary's body trembled for a bit, and then she stopped avoiding. Kelsey gently held her arm, and the slowly falling raindrops did not know whether it was rain or tears.

Ekaanta couldn't bear it, but she turned her head and left firmly, but she couldn't help the inner suffering and looked back at Rosemary while walking.

After walking a few more steps, recalling bits and pieces of the past, Ekaanta cried.

She wanted to leave here and forget about Rosemary, because the helplessness, the torment, and the pain tormented her. She didn't want Rosemary to go, but her reason told her that Rosemary had to leave.

But...reason is just reason after all.

click-

The umbrella fell off and heard Rosemary's cry. Ekaanta couldn't bear the torment in his heart anymore, dropped the umbrella and ran in the heavy rain, and came to Kelsey, like a man who had lost the most important thing Like a child, she held Rosemary and cried.

A year of companionship, how can it be said that you can let go of it?

"Woooooo, Rosemary, it's my mother's fault, I can't take you with me all the time, woooooooooo..."

Tears dripped down together with the rain, but how much emotion does it contain?Mother's helplessness, sadness, suffering, pain, responsibility, reluctance...

Ekaanta hugged Rosemary tightly. She was very reluctant to let go of her child. After a year of getting along, she has already become close as flesh and blood.

"Mom..." Rosemary also cried out, hiding in Ekaanta's arms, sobbing softly like an abandoned stray cat.

Kelsey looked at this scene and remained silent. She thought of Amiya and the Tower of Babel...

This land is never short of tragedies, nor is it short of tears. This land is ruthless, but it is also tender. The ties between people will not be broken by life and death, and the years can't explain everything.

Turning around and leaving space for the mother and daughter, Kelsey looked at the vast rainwater alone, but thinking seemed useless. She didn't want to be infected by this kind of emotion that affected her thinking.

After a long time, the two separated.

Standing in the rain, Ekaanta forced a smile and apologized with red eyes: "I'm sorry, Dr. Kelsey, for wasting your time again. This time, Rosemary is officially entrusted to you."

"Please, be sure to treat her well."

Deeply stated her only request, she believed that Kelsey's behavior would not let her down.

"Well, I will." This time I held Rosemary's hand without any hindrance, but Rosemary still looked deeply at Ekaanta, her eyes still full of reluctance.

Kelsey couldn't promise anything else, but at least being kind to this kid could.

"Remember to pick me up, Mom." Rosemary looked at Eka Anka's figure standing in the rain, and made her only request.

She is a good child and will not make any demands, but she must insist on this matter alone.

"...Well, I will." If given the chance.

Standing in the rain, like a world away from Rosemary, Ekaanta choked up, and then said her promise, if she really had a chance.

Then she will take Rosemary to Rhodes Island, and by the way, she can bring Hemer, White-faced Owl, Dorothy, Muirsesth, Kristen, Selea and the others.

The premise is that there is a chance...

Waving goodbye, looking at the backs of the two people going away, Eka Anta cried again. She covered her head in the rain, finally sighed, picked up the umbrella with her remaining arm, and walked back to the Balrog experiment room with her body wet. base.

At least there are still people waiting for him, and there are still lives that need to be saved by himself.

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[You dealt with the military, for Rhine's life, you injected yourself with a high-purity source stone solution, for the experimental subject that had nothing to do with you, and this time you sent Rosemary away, for her safety. 】

[How many more things will you do?You don't know it yourself, but you understand that what you need is to follow the path in your heart and do what you think is right. 】

【Whether it is the health of the body, the integrity of the body, or...】

[Own life. 】

Rumbling--

The dull thunder roared in the dark night sky, Ekaanta didn't know how many rains he had experienced, it seemed that every time the rain came, he was doomed to lose something.

"Inject the origin stone solution again, increase the stimulation of the skin surface, and add a sedative." Calmly performing the operation, Ekaanta's mechanical prosthetics adjusted the high-purity origin stone solution, and then assisted them with the assistance of other doctors. Injected into the child on the operating table.

As if feeling the injection of the origin stone, the child on the operating table began to resist physically, but was unable to move due to the sedative.

The child's entire arm was crystallized by the origin stone, and he was in pain with swollen veins and twitching constantly.

wipe--

The sharp scalpel sliced ​​through the child's artery without hesitation, and the blood rushed and took away his life at the same time, and the blood picked up Ekaanta's cheek.

Ekaanta didn't blink, just recorded the data, and then rejected a proposal from the military.

Words can no longer shut up the military, so I can only take practical actions to tell them that their ideas are unrealistic.

It seems cruel to kill the child, but it is also to prevent him from watching his body gradually turn into stone and finally explode when he is awake. Directly killing the experimental subject is what Eka Anta can give in this laboratory. Their greatest tenderness.

"Code name: Experimental subject KH0000083 died, and the plan to control the surface of the Origin Stone body was rejected."

Indifferently reporting the situation to the headset, Ekaanta took off the blood-stained gloves on her hands. The 83 on the number means that she has personally executed the lives of 83 experimental questions.

These experimental subjects were all orphans recruited by the military. Ekaanta couldn't keep them, so he could only choose to sacrifice them to protect the orphans from Rhine Life behind him.

Every time I saw their eyes full of desire to survive, and the tone and words that asked me if I could survive, it was obvious that Ekaanta had forgotten them as much as possible.

But every night, all these things haunt me like ghosts...

Looking at the water in the sink, Ekaanta seemed to see infinite blood, but the next moment it was calm water.

tick-tock-

The sound of running water made her cry out for blood.

"Ouch..." I couldn't help covering my mouth, and retched, Eka Anta was almost unable to look at the blood. Originally, the meaning of her seeing the blood was to save lives, but now she turned into a butcher.

The hot blood was a symbol of the life he had taken, which made Ekaanta sick, and the psychiatrists also thought that he was starting to have psychological problems.

Ekaanta understands that there is a high probability that he is suffering from hemophobia.

Oh, how ridiculous this is, the genius scholar and attending doctor in Columbia will soon be unable to hold a scalpel.

After taking several pills of psychotropic drugs and injecting the next injection of morphine, Ekaanta barely calmed down amidst the dizziness and hallucinations.

She's in a bad state, both physically and mentally.

Eka Anta is not an addict, and he will not be addicted to this kind of thing. His own toxins have developed a strong resistance, but when necessary, the injection of this kind of spiritual hallucinogen can make Eka Anta's nerves suffer. Stimulate.

She had to rely on such means to calm herself down, otherwise she would have gone crazy long ago.

Eka Anta thought he was strong enough, but when life after life, a life eager to live, a life full of innocence and even a life that had not started the journey died in his own hands, Eka Anta realized that what killing is like A bloody murderer, he is not suitable at all.

The death of one person may be a tragedy, but the death of 1 people is just a number.

But when these people are all killed by your own hands, then all this will always be a tragedy.

Because what you killed with your own hands was a child, an innocent person, the child who was still calling your sister last second, holding trust in you and a child with an innocent smile.

There is no high-sounding reason to deprive them of their lives, it is just for the benefit of the military, for the unrealistic ideas of the military...

No, here it comes again...

"Ugh—" The laborious retching made Ekaanta's stomach empty, and she would think of those children again when they were alive and when they died.

She struggled to take out the pocket watch with the photo of Rosemary and everyone in Rhine from her bosom. Erkaanta leaned against the corner with great effort. She gently stroked Rosemary's face and looked at everyone smiling in the photo. Whispering:

"Rosemary, everyone..."

No, it's so uncomfortable...

The feeling of vomiting came again, and I swayed and wanted to stand up. It was very strange, obviously I vomited in the sink, why was the floor in front of me?

"Uh-cough cough, ha..." Cold sweat continued to flow from her body. She tore off the prosthesis of her right arm and threw it aside. , this is what the military asked Eka Anta to bring.

In order to keep their mouths shut, and to avoid conflicts between the military and Serea, Ekaanta voluntarily took it and concealed the side effects.

The prosthetic limb would cause him great nerve sensitivity, so in order to avoid further discomfort, Ekaanta tore it off.

But it's not enough...

no solution anymore.

Looking at the gradually swaying figure in the pocket watch, Ekaanta knew that his nervous system had begun to become disordered due to various pressures. Due to the particularity of his body, the tranquilizers were no longer enough, and he needed a powerful sedative. Hallucinogens act as a narcotic effect...

——L|SD, the most powerful hallucinogen, and one of the few drugs that can have a calming effect on your body.

However, when Ekaanta was about to inject.

boom--

The door was opened, the needle in his hand was snatched, and the dazzling light came in, which made Ekaanta feel a little uncomfortable, and then he saw the gloomy Serena.

"Are you crazy?! This drug, do you want to die?" Looking at the nearly ten milliliters of LS|D injection in her hand, even Sereya couldn't help but wipe a cold sweat from her heart.

Serena has kept the maximum tolerance for morphine peptides in normal times. She understands the pressure that Ekaanta has faced due to her particularity, so she doesn't ask.

But this time it's really over! L|SD, ordinary people will go crazy after a single injection, but Ekaanta actually wants to use this drug to calm his nerves?

Is she really crazy? !

"Serreya?" Seeing what was coming, Ekaanta's bewildered brain instantly woke up, and he also realized the stupid thing he was going to do just now.

His five senses became sober in an instant, looking at his clean left hand and empty right arm, Ekaanta looked at the acid water on the ground and the vomit in the sink, and realized what had happened.

The injection of a large number of psychotropic substances made her semi-petrified nerves begin to affect the operation of the brain.

She must start to stop this behavior, or the consequences will be disastrous.

"You have to stop all the injections of drugs, Eka Anta, take a good rest for a while, I'll go back to deal with the military."

Looking at Eka Anta who was awake, Serena breathed a sigh of relief, which at least shows that Eka Anta will remain calm most of the time.

But this time Serena was really angry. The military went too far. They experimented twice a week. Did they really want Ekaanta to die here?

"Well, I'm going to accompany Ifrit." Taking off her dirty white coat, Ekaanta nodded, obviously she also understood that if she continued to study her mental state, she would definitely go crazy first.

She trusted Saria to take care of it all.

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"Hemer! Buy a comic book for my uncle!"

"Hemer! How about the paintings my uncle drew?"