30 minutes before...
"Ouch, duh... My back..."
Let go of the backpack hanging behind him, sharp blades that crushed and stabbed Linc's back viciously. released, and he groaned in increasing pain.
Linc instantly changed the flower mask on his face into a demon mask. Because he was afraid, he might die from the stab wound to his back sooner or later.
Humans are too fragile.
"Argh... Many of Platrina's album books were torn... Luckily the photo album book wasn't too damaged unless it was crumbed..."
Checking the albums in his bag ignoring the constant pain running down his back, Linc sighed in pain.
In these few days, his fragile body had suffered various kinds of damage from the lower to the higher levels. Linc could only hope, he wouldn't die suddenly of a heart attack due to the scars they had left on his body.
"[Ding! Special mission completed.]"
."[Successfully reached the 29th floor.]"
"[Reward: "Skill Hore Hurricane.]"
....
Looking at the short notice that popped up in his mind. Linc shook his head that was dizzy from the crowding of skill knowledge, and he immediately took a close look at his surroundings.
Dark.
After that, darkness was everywhere.
Linc tapped the dead helmet light a few times, and finally the Light came back on.
He looked at his surroundings using the lighting....
Linc is looking for someone.
"[Special mission: Go to the 29th floor and find someone who lives in a dark room. He might be able to help you.]"
"[Additional prize: Some information that can really help clear up your confusion.]
Recalling what the system told him. Linc stood up from his place, and started walking around this super large VIP room slowly.
He opened the bathroom door...
There's no one there.
He went to the kitchen area...
Still nothing.
He opened the bedroom door...
He... Found it.
Squinted sharply. Linc walked slowly towards the large, pure white mattress, and he suddenly dropped his knife on the floor.
"Ahhhh!!!!"
The screams of a manly man came straight out from under the bed. Linc took back his knife in a very slow motion.
Linc could hear that the hiding person was breathing heavily.
In the silent darkness like this, the sound of such hasty breathing, was very clearly heard by him.
"Go out."
Still no answer.
Breathing helplessly. Linc came out of the bedroom, and returned in a few moments.
He took out a bottle of Vodka from the kitchen, and turned it into a Molotov cocktail.
He hates playing hide and seek.
Especially when his back still hurts. This really made him very angry.
"I'm out! I'm out! Please don't burn me to death!"
Could hear the pleading tone of the man. Linc saw a thin man with a pair of glasses on his face, come out from under the bed shivering with fear.
"Name?"
"Anton!"
"Profession?"
"Professor Psychology, Natlany University!"
"Next profession?"
".... Site workers-21..."
"Very nice."
Can hear direct explanations without the need for small talk at all. Linc relaxed a little, and he put away the Molotov cocktail in his hand.
Unbeknownst to him, his current appearance was truly extremely intimidating, to the point that he did not need to speak cruelly to the other party.
A tall man wearing a demon mask smiled broadly in the dark darkness, a Molotov cocktail in his left hand, and the light of a match in his right.
And, that's not all.
The part that scared he the most was, it was the body odor on his body.
Blood.
A very thick stench of blood.
Anton didn't need to think, how twisted the person in front of him was and how did he get the blood stuck to his body.
In the world of psychology, all beings who have intelligence can be negotiated, and talk to each other in several ways.
However, some are not.
Met crazy people, be grateful.
They are still in the category of being able to discuss peacefully.
Meet a murderous maniac, then say goodbye to this world first.
Wait a minute, is this person in front of him the type of killer who often tortures his victims first? Is it too late to kill yourself?
Anton's facial expression changed into various forms in the darkness of the night. All the bad thoughts hit his brain one after another.
"Do you know Luna?"
"Eh, ah, eh? Y-Yeah! You mean the sleeping princess who was on the shipwrecked island near the west of the island? If it was her, I might know!"
"Tell me the details."
Took a chair nearby and sat down while enduring the pain in his back. Linc looked at him with a piercing gaze behind the demon mask he was wearing.
Of course when he saw Anton being hesitating, he couldn't help but sigh once more.
"It's a very simple choice, explain or die here."
Hear the uncompromising tone of the devil. Anton swallowed his saliva, and he started to open his mouth honestly.
Luna Amarilylis, or commonly called the "sleeping princess" by the caretakers at the tower, was the white-haired girl with blue eyes whom Linc had always known.
The story begins when Cordina started coming to Site-21 ten years ago, and he started a project called "Astral" which required staff to collect live samples continuously into it.
Anton himself doesn't really know about this project because he was only recruited 3 years ago. However, according to rumors circulating from insiders, the live samples they were referring to were "humans." and "Transfusion."
This is a direct violation of the code of medical ethics, which composes the law of their behavior.
Many people don't want to talk about it anymore. But not long after the project started, exactly 4 years later, the people in research started to make big waves in the world, with a creation they made.
Prototype key master, and also Chip Vassal, which is a kind of mind control device, disguised as a tool for thinking reasoning processes.
His older sister, Rugcius, was one of the researchers directly paired by the vassal chip in the first wave. She told him, that this thing could control other people's thoughts remotely and wouldn't allow anyone to betray him.
On average, researchers and employees who inhabit site-21 have been paired by chip vassals when they just joined there, and come to work accident contracts like it or not.
That place, was starting to get really weird.
Site-21 is a research site for various marine species biology specifically on the island of martid, which has considerable attraction. Many people can go in and out of there at will to see the progress they are making, and provide genuine support to the wider community.
But ever since staff members and researchers wore chip vassals and went to secret documents, it had begun to become a closed place to the public.
Anton, he was recruited by his sister to work there with teary eyes. That, was the first time, he had seen his sister pleading in such a pitiful tone.
He sensed that something was wrong with his sister current workplace. So, he decided to join.
In summary, because of the tacit connection his older sister used to protect him. Anton is assigned to a small island, with a tall lighthouse with no lights, to treat a special patient.
Yes, it is Luna.
He is responsible for checking Luna's psychology every week, testing whether her mental condition is okay or not.
In fact, it is a very easy job. It's almost free.
Luna spent the whole day sleeping soundly without doing any activity at all. This causes Anton to be able to gather some information quite easily, in the 3 years he has worked there.
"In summary, you are the spy sent by your sister right?"
"Yeah, I can't refuse it. Even though she really annoying at times and her face keeps asking to be hit, she still my sister. I can't bear to see her suffer."
saw Anton clenching his fist tightly. Linc felt that Anton wasn't a bad person at all.
"Continue."