In a secret research facility in a modern day Japan secret base, a few scientist were currently discussing with each other about the sample in front of them, while constantly observing the numerous data coming from the numerous analysing devices in front of them, they kept changing their conversation subject with every new data coming out, their discussions were very much heated .
One of the topics that had them tense and muddled over for a long period of time was the origin of the said sample, if a word about the sample origin came out of this facility's walls, hell will break lose, a world war 4 might even start as a result, so even though the scientist were currently engaging in a heated discussion, the place where they were in was completely sealed away from the actual facility, their research facility was built on the premise of being secretive .
People who work on this base don't have any clue about this section, which could allow the researchers here to do as they see fit without caring about much of the so-called laws or morals, people who were gathered here are aiming for one thing and one thing only, results .
Everything else didn't matter much in their pursuit of the completion of their research, unbeknownst to all of them, the topic they were currently discussing would very much spell disastrous results, they never had imagined to be possible .
~Beeep~ ~paap~ ~beeeb~ . (Sounds of electronics and other research equipment beeping ).
So for now we are certain of the sample having four or five superpowers at most and 3 are already confirmed at least, BLACK HOLE, PSIONIC NUCLEAR REACTOR, the most weirdest discovery till this day was his vast Magic Calculation Area, something that have been confirmed thanks to his ability of using the other two simultaneously and some time even passively if needed together with the fact that he have the ability to use other types of magic as well, no doubt about it he have another special power related to that certain aspect of a normal magician, we call it INFINITY, due to the inability to do a more in-depth research about that certain aspect and the cost of doing so might lead to the sample being destroyed due to the scarce amount of information we currently have on the said aspect, it's advisable to continue with utmost caution, that's the end of my report.
Said a male researcher wearing a lab coat with a serious tone and a stern expression on his face as if he was sore about something that was mentioned in the report, perhaps .
Is there anything of importance that i need to be aware of Maglan .
As if he had been found out, the man named Maglan shrugged his shoulders a bit, but hurriedly report to the head of the research team, he cleared his throat and said :
The sample have lost its ability to communicate with others and the ability to express most of his emotions if not all of them .
Care to elaborate a bit more for the head of the Saegusa family here .
I will do my best, said the researcher named Maglan begrudgingly while gritting his teeth a bit, still looking to be bothered by something, but all that disappeared when he looked at the man seated and looking at the monitors in front of him .
A Saegusa family member is someone worthy of much respect and influence , not to mention the head of the family himself, one of the Ten Master Clans and the second most influential family, the man who initiated this project and funded it from the scratch, but even though he had this much influence, he didn't dare to appear in the facility directly and sent a hologram, this alone signified how cautious of a man he was and how dangerous will it be for him to be found to have any connections with what was happening here .
Please do proceed, said the man seated in the hologram .
The researcher named Maglan nodded then proceeded to say :
Due to the other samples failure, we found the cause was most likely related to the fact that the original body which were those samples cloned of, was dead in the first place, that resulted in the clones harboring a lot of resentment and dissatisfaction connected to the dead original body of the current samples, we opted to remove those emotions out of the equation by removing the sensory centers out of their programs, but that backfired terribly on the process of the operation .
Before doing so all of the samples tend to self destruct and those who didn't self destruct were something akin to hollowed shells with no certain value or benefit, not even an ounce of psionic energy, they were technically dead, doing what the dead people do, nothing, their vitals as a result were also decreasing on an alarming rate, leaving most of them with a short lifespan of 4 to utmost 4 weeks, then the samples will decay and disappear on its own leaving nothing but ash .
I believe that didn't happen with the new clones, is that what you are implying ?.
The guy who was questioned shifted in his place a bit uncomfortably after sensing that piercing gaze of the man in the hologram before reluctantly saying :
Yes and no .
What do you mean ? .
I would like to be the one continuing the explanation of the current situation, if your excellency didn't mind ? .
Go ahead, i hope you are able to tell me some good news since our last contact Kanemaru Takao, this might also be our last and final contact .
It has been 13 years exactly, i believe our results this time will be quite satisfactory to continue our cooperation in the future Saegusa Kouichi - san .
The man in the hologram stared piercingly in the pupil of the head of this secret research team as if trying to discern something, but even with the tensed atmosphere between the two, he still gave him the permission by signaling him with his hands as if telling him to continue taking .
After we did remove their sensory centers tho as Maglan previously said we ended up being more or less at even more disadvantage in the experiment that you gave us, 40 samples were created but only one was satisfactory created .
The results of the action we took, 39 defective product with most no other advantage other than being more sensitive to psions and able to harness a lot more of it in a way, but not one of the 39 samples was able to have the same uniqueness as the one in front of us .
They don't tend to self destruct anymore but they also lost all of their ability to sense anything or respond to anything other than a few simple orders, their lifespan is two thirds of what they normally should have, i could note the loss of feelings to be a pro but some might think otherwise, we don't know the reason to why they weren't as unique as sample number 40 and even though we tried to duplicate the results, we still weren't able to get any satisfactory results .
Your assistant previously said most, what exactly does this mean ? .
Number 40 is unique, he able to perceive and emit emotions that the others weren't able to comprehend not to mention express them, so we were forced to have him isolated from all the others and didn't indulge in any sort of communication with him other than the necessary amount, he became quite introvert and as a result of being in isolation for over 13 years .
How exactly were you able to know for certain that he was "different" than the other test subjects .
Bring the record of number 40 first year .
At the order of the head researcher, a monitor tab suddenly appeared in the tablet he had and he directly put it in front of the hologram eyes .
In the hologram there was a little child a one year old child who should have been still crawling, but the kid in the captured video wasn't he was in fact standing steadily on the ground unmoving staring at the play things in front of him with a deadpan expression that of an adult with his purple like amethyst eyes and strand of white hair, the said guy in the hologram for the first time since this conversation started made a reaction, his cheeks winced a bit suddenly at witnessing those amethyst like eyes, they were glowing, but that wasn't what triggered his reaction, no, more importantly there were a lot of tears in the eyes of the child in front of him, adding to his deadpan like expression made the scene unfolding illogical no it should be said to make the scene appear to be completely weird .
The video then was cut off, the last thing the camera captured was the child looking directly to it as his tears began to pour from his eyes .
Yes as you could have already anticipated the camera broke after capturing the last frame, no it is more appropriate to say he destroyed it, weird enough when questioned about why he cried, he said that he didn't know, he shouldn't be able to lie or more likely he can't even lie, so the only possible explanation was that what he said was the truth, he didn't know why he did cry, but that at least provided us with the proof that he still able to feel bits of emotions, which till this day we can't actually figured why was he able to do so, Maglan tried to come up with a way to test a hypothesis we have about this being the work of the magic calculation center, but i declined that chance since it might result in dooming the only successful sample we had, that's why he keep on sulking like that don't mind him, his vitals are more than stable, his strength is unconfirmed, since the facility isn't able to accommodate such tests and it might blow away the secrecy of the whole operation if we took drastic measures, but from the test we have made, i had no doubt that he is a unique monster like existence even among monsters .
But that could only mean he is a Strategic-Class Magician !!!!! .
At this point the composed Saegusa family head completely lost his composure and even stood up from his seated position with a quite shocked expression all over his face, but a few seconds later he readjusted his glasses and sat back down but his body was somewhat trembling as he confronted the researcher in front of him with one question :
Are you completely certain ? .
The researcher nodded with a serious face as if indicating that he was dead serious .
The moment he nodded, he sensed a sudden psionic eruption in the air and turned his head to see the fallen body of his assistant accompanied by the screams of his fellow subordinates and the easy-going voice of the Saegusa family head saying :
If you have said that you would consider the thought, you might have ended just like him, it will be pleasurable to continue working with you, doctor, i'm looking forward to the future results you will achieve from here on out, i will be sure to prepare a new and more appropriate facility for you and your team, mind show me number 40 progress and explain a bit more about his abilities .
The still bit shaken doctor nodded his head involuntarily and with a shaking voice and finger ordered his team to do as they were told before he collapsed on the ground, unable to support himself standing any more .
BLACK HOLE ( unfinished ) : Superpower Belong to Number 40 AKA the cloned of sample of ( Yotsuba Ryuu ) : age 13 years old : the superpower allow him to absorb psions near him disturbing most magic sequence from coming near him, current diameter of the area in effect is 30 meters, the superpower allow him to also interact with psionic energy around him without need of a sequence, data still incomplete.
PSIONIC NUCLEAR REACTOR ( unfinished ) : Superpower Belong to Number 40 AKA the cloned of sample of ( Yotsuba Ryuu ) : age 13 years old : the individual have a huge amount of psionic energy allow him to directly and forcefully impact Eidos forcing the appearance of phenomena, it also allow him to forcefully interact with physical beings and structures forcefully without the need to use a certain magical sequence, his reserve of psions are near infinite, to the point every psion depending device working in the facility is connected to him and the sample still have a huge amount at his disposal which required to be mostly sealed not to cause a psionic storm if he was to misuse his connection to psion, data still incomplete .
INFINITY ( unfinished ) : Superpower Belong to Number 40 AKA the cloned of sample of ( Yotsuba Ryuu ) : age 13 years old :No known effects of this superpower other than the fact that it allowed him to control other types of magic without straining his conscious by much, mostly believed to be a great mutation caused by the cloning process, he is believed to be the only one with such a strange aspect, no other data available .
Silence was apperant in the scene for quite some time before it was broken by the berating voice of the man in the hologram saying with quite anger :
What is wrong with you, did you go insane, is Yotsuba family name is that easy to mention and without any caution too, do you know whose son was that guy is ? Remove that part immediately, i will be coming to the facility tomorrow morning to make sure of everything myself, delete the log of this call .
And he directly cut off the line, the other subordinates hurried to support the still laying down on the ground head researcher, but he stopped them and ordered them to remove all the logs not only this one, before helping himself up on his own .
He then looked at Maglan, his long lasted friend and coworker with a bit of remorse, a new guy suddenly asked the researcher next to him in a whispering yet audible voice, whose son of the Yotsuba family was the original body .
If you don't want to die like Maglan, you better keep that question in your heart, but since i know as a magic researcher you won't be able to contain your curiosity, i might as well tell you but these next words you will either have to take them with you to the grave, or if you did spread them you might be digging your grave unknowingly .
Number 40 is the clone of Yotsuba Ryuu son of the current head of the first influential family of the Ten Master Clans Yotsuba Maya AKA Queen of Night .