"Number 58! Ten minutes and fifteen seconds!"
A cold and robotic voice shouted out a time as a fatigued young girl, who looked no older than ten, emerged from a sealed chamber. Drenched in sweat and blood, the gaunt-looking girl had reached the limit of her pre-pubescent body. Collapsing on the cold, white ground of the facility, the girl passed out before two researchers wearing lab coats.
"Send her to the infirmary. Make sure she recovers within a day."
One of the researchers nonchalantly remarked to the other and quickly lost interest in the weakened child.
"Number 64! You're next!"
The researcher flipped his chart, and his voice bellowed towards the waiting room. A group of children, all under the age of ten, sat quietly as they waited for their turn. All of them were wearing training gear, and despite their age, wore expressions of veterans who had been through war.
