"Inject another three milliliters... confirm body function... OK, no risk of collapse, inject another milliliter..."
Dr. Maki stared at the data on the screen.
"Well, that's it. How are you doing, kid?"
"That is incredible!"
Sin Mal, who emerged from the experimental booth, said very confidently and immediately used her ability to control the test mercury next to her.
In Sin Mal's hands, a small mercury ball instantly stretched into a classic clock with intricate patterns.
Sin Mal's ability to control Honkai energy is also one of the best in the orphanage.
"Who's next?"
"Let Seele go."
Seele raised her hand and volunteered.
"Seele...?"
Tian Shi always felt that letting Seele go up was a bit unlucky.
After all, Seele fell into the Quantum Sea during this experiment.
"See, Seele will do her best!"
As if sensing Tian Shi's hesitation, Seele gathered the courage to continue.
"No, better ask Seele why you're so anxious"
Tian Shi, possessed by the instrument, asked with some confusion.
"Because, as the owner of the stigmata, Seele will definitely be able to help Alliance Leader brother."
"I'd rather you didn't get involved in this matter"
Tian Shi sighed.
"Have you caused the Alliance Leader any trouble?"
"It's not really trouble, but before we start the experiment, how about you introduce her to me?"
"Eh?"
A trace of guilt flashed across Seele's face.
"Uh... Alliance Leader brother, what you're talking about is..."
"It's just another you, you don't think you're hiding it well, do you?"
Tian Shi sighed slightly.
"The Seele I know wouldn't fall asleep with a book in her hands, nor would she secretly pour food she doesn't like onto Sin Mal's plate, nor would she secretly replace canned tomatoes with canned peppers..."
"Ugg…"
Seele shrank her head, but then her expression changed.
"Seriously, Brother, are you not paying too much attention to me?"
Seele's pupils changed from blue to red, and a crazy, yandere smile appeared on her face.
"So, Brother, which Seele do you like better?"
Dark Seele approached the machine with a happy look on her face and then asked a fatal question.
(Wait, wait! What are you asking?)
Seele in her consciousness was completely panicked.
"If you break the machine, go and copy the homework Reanna gave you yesterday one hundred times."
Tian Shi, of course, was too lazy to answer such a dangerous question.
"Onii-sama, your subject-changing threats are really boring."
Although she said that, Dark Seele shrank her head in disappointment.
She really couldn't stand copying.
"So, you asked me to come out because you wanted me to perform the experiment?"
"Well, your ability to control Honkai energy should be better than Seele's, right?"
Although Seele was born with a stigmata, due to her personality, her ability to control Honkai energy is not very strong right now.
"After all, Seele is a crybaby."
Dark Seele stretched her muscles indifferently.
"Don't worry, I'm much stronger than my other self when it comes to controlling power."
Dark Seele said as she lay down in the experimental booth and closed her eyes.
"You can start, Dr. Maki."
"I understand."
Dr. Maki, seeing Seele's change in personality, hesitated for a moment and nodded.
"Begin injecting Honkai energy."
"The initial injection showed no abnormalities, so I will add three milliliters."
"No abnormalities. "
"Add three milliliters."
"There is a slight fluctuation, but it is still within the normal range. "
"Add... add one milliliter."
"Increase…"
Dr. Maki stared at the screen that reflected Seele's vital signs.
"Up to this point..."
"I didn't expect our first face-to-face conversation to be here."
Seele was a little stunned looking at the girl in front of her who looked exactly like her except for the color of her pupils.
"Hey, hey, why are you so stunned?"
Dark Seele seemed very dissatisfied with Seele's boring expression.
"Hmm... this is..."
Seele recovered a bit and looked around.
She found herself and the other person in a vast white space.
In this space, there are only three things.
Her, her inner personality, and a box on which her inner personality was lazily leaning.
"Where are we?"
"In your stigmata space, idiot, or should I say my host, my other self? Of course, if you don't understand it, consider it a consciousness space."
Dark Seele waved her hand, took out an apple, and threw it.
"Do you want a fruit to calm your nerves?"
"Um... thank you"
Seele took the fruit and subconsciously said thank you, wiped the apple with her sleeve, and then took a bite.
"How spicy! "
Tears immediately welled up in Seele's eyes.
"Why do apples taste spicy?"
"Because I like it."
Dark Seele smiled as she looked at Seele, whose face was flushed from the spicy food.
"How about it? It's still very exciting, right?"
"I don't like it."
"If you can't accept this kind of thing, you won't grow up"
Dark Seele took out another apple in her hand and tossed it up and down for fun.
"This has nothing to do with not growing up, right?"
Seele retorted tearfully.
"I think it's related."
Dark Seele shrugged.
"By the way, how is the situation outside now?"
Seele suddenly remembered that it was not time to argue.
Shouldn't the other party be performing an experiment?
"It's just a few milliliters of Honkai energy, they're not a problem for me."
Dark Seele yawned and then pointed to the box she was leaning on.
"And this thing is quite active."
"What is this box?"
When Dark Seele pointed, Seele realized that if that was her own stigmata space, why was there a box there?
Seele unconsciously wanted to reach out and open the box out of curiosity.
However, Dark Seele immediately grabbed her hand, with a strangely serious expression on her face.
"Stop, Seele, don't open it. You can't control what's in this box yet, and, in a way, this is not for you."
"Eh?"
Seele showed a perplexed look on her face.
"Do you know the origin of stigmata?"
"Origin?"
Although Seele knew that what she carried in her body was called stigmata, as for its origin... Seele really didn't know much.
"The special anti-Honkai power that Dr. MEI, the most outstanding scientist of the pre-civilization, transcribed human genetics expressed in the body as stigmata."
The serious expression on Dark Seele's face made Seele shrink her neck.
"Pre-civilization?"
"Don't worry about that; if we talk about this, it will never end. Let's talk about the box and me first."
Dark Seele pointed to the box and then looked at herself.
"I am the memory recorded in the stigmata, and this box is the stigmata in your body. Or, to be more precise, this box is the stigmata itself, and its content is power."
"So?"
Seele still looked confused.
"Seele, you should know that the stigmata in your body are not common stigmata."
"Uh..."
Seele stared at the inner personality in front of her for a while, then nodded.
"Your gaze is inexplicably irritating."
Dark Seele pouted.
"Inside this box, in addition to powers that far exceed those of common stigmata, there are also relics of past civilizations: technology and knowledge far beyond our era, such as weapon blueprints, special equipment, and methods to combat the Honkai. Well, I don't understand any of these things, even though I was born from these stigmata."
Dark Seele sighed.
"In short, this box is what is called Pandora's Box nowadays. Although it is a good thing, if you open it now, Seele, you will only be devoured by the power it contains and will not be able to inherit the technology or knowledge it contains."
Seele looked at the box in front of her and couldn't help but step back.
Could this common-looking box be so dangerous?
But then, Seele remembered something else.
Just now her other self said that the things here "are not prepared for me."
"Prepared... for whom?"
"How am I supposed to know? As much as I want to say it, I more or less know who it's for."
Dark Seele looked a little puzzled.
"If everything goes as expected, it might be... Brother-sama?"
"Alliance Leader brother?"
Seele showed uncertainty on her face.
"It's just a guess."
Dark Seele showed a strange expression on her face.
"The name Tian Shi seems to be engraved on the stigmata."
"Engraved?"
"Ah, it has nothing to do with me, my memories are the same as yours. This record comes from the stigmata's own memories; although they are similar to mine, they are the memories that have flowed through human genes for tens of thousands of years, from birth to the present."
Dark Seele scratched her face and tried her hardest to remember.
"Perhaps... I think Dr. Mei, the creator of the stigmata, mentioned this name. My memory of the stigmata is quite vague, but I saw my brother's."
"...?"
Seele's face showed a look of complete confusion.
After all, to save herself trouble, Dark Seele didn't tell Seele those things about the previous civilization.
"Well, anyway, the one most likely to inherit the contents of the box right now should be Brother-sama."
Dark Seele thought for a moment.
"After all, after Brother-sama's arrival, the stigmata's activity increased by three levels, which is why I can communicate with you so easily. Furthermore, this box, which was once lifeless, now actively absorbs Honkai energy."
"Right now?"
"No, it's better to say forever. My brother is the best, isn't he?"
Dark Seele showed a sickly smile.
"Uhh…"
Seele blushed a little at Dark Seele's direct words and immediately changed the subject.
"Well then, how can we get Brother-sama to open this box?"
"Hmm... this question..."
Dark Seele sat up straight and looked at the box in front of her with a thoughtful look.
"Do you want to try negative distance contact with Onii-sama?"
"Eh, hey, hey, hey?"
Seele was startled and her face quickly turned red.
"Hmm?"
Dark Seele slightly raised the corner of her mouth.
"It seems Seele is a very bad girl. She even knows what negative distance contact means."
"No, no!"
"Could it be, Seele, that you are the type to secretly flip through a physiology book under the covers while I sleep...?"
"No, no! "
How could she read a book like that?
Seele rarely flared up, her small, tearful universe exploded, and she caught Dark Seele.
"Isn't your grip quite strong?"
It took Dark Seele a little effort to break free from Seele's hand.
"I have a feeling, Seele, that you might be the type who says 'I'm sorry' with an apologetic look on your face and then kills someone."
Dark Seele complained from the bottom of her heart.
"Who told you to say that?! "
Seele retorted with her neck shrunk and her face flushed.
"But your reaction proves I'm right, doesn't it?"
Dark Seele showed a playful expression on her face.
"Tsk tsk, Seele, do you have sexual fantasies every night...?"
"No! Stop talking... Woah!"
"Tsk tsk tsk."
Dark Seele clicked her tongue as if to tease her and only stopped when Seele made a move to pounce on her again.
"Well, don't worry. It's just the two of us here. You know it, I know it, and not even God can hear it, besides, in a way, it's the first time we've had the same goal, right?"
"No, there is no goal..."
"Hmm~ Never mind, let's get back to the topic."
Dark Seele waved her hand.
"The distance contact I'm talking about doesn't necessarily mean it's reproductive. If it's just distance, the throat... Hey, Seele, why are you blushing again?"
"It's nothing. Please continue."
"It's inexplicable... Anyway, I'm not talking about simple distance contact, but something deeper: finding a way for Brother to enter our stigmata space with me and then handing him the box for him to open."
"What is the solution?"
"I don't know, so you'll have to think about it."
"…"
Looking at Dark Seele, who seemed to take it for granted that everything was normal, Seele was speechless.
"Hey, let's leave this to the professionals. If the mental aspect doesn't work, isn't this just an excuse for physical contact?"
"But, but my brother is a ghost? Sister Reanna also has a soul steel body."
"…"
"It seems... true?"
"It's incredible that you can fantasize every night."
"I already said no!"
"Alright, alright... well, my body's capacity for Honkai energy is almost at its limit. I probably need to sleep for a while for your body to recover. See you next time, bad girl Seele... my other self."
However, when Dark Seele pushed Seele away, out of the corner of her eye she saw something floating out of the box.
"Hey... Do you still know how to burp after eating?"
.......
"Are you alright, Seele?"
Reanna pulled Seele out of the experimental booth.
Dr. Maki's face showed an expression of disbelief.
"She was just injected with almost as much Honkai energy into her body as a high-level Death Warrior... and yet, there is nothing abnormal at all"
"Hmm..."
Seele opened her eyes drowsily at that moment.
"Is the experiment over?"