Teaming Up With System 225

Artificial Human (9) [Revised]

Edited by: Kuro and Lille

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"It was a failed product." Dr. Linus had watched the scene of the rampaged Ability User from the comfort of his own hideout. He had a good view of the plaza, but he couldn't see how Adam 1 was able to help the mutated monster he had created.

"It's such a loss. I was this close to achieving something greater than Adam 1."

He thought that creating Adam 1 more human-like was such a waste. Adam 1 craved emotions and human contact, but what he wanted was something emotionless, something that would heed all of his commands. That was why he was trying to create mindless weapons that would allow him to rule the world. After those weapons were created, he wanted to create something that would make him the most powerful being on this planet. He deserved this much at least, was what he thought.

"Back to the drawing board." Dr. Linus yawned before going back to the basement.

It was a good thing that Dr. Langley was preoccupied... Once the serum was safe to use, Dr. Langley would be the first one to die.

He turned one of the rooms in his area into a chamber. It was dark at all times, but there were muffled cries that could only be heard from outside the door.

There was a man chained to the chair. This time, it was a regular human with no powers. He wanted to see if there was any difference between giving his serum to an Ability User versus a normal human being. Would their reactions be the same? Or would it be different?

He wanted to change it a little bit before he administered it to this one. He felt that there needed to be something more...

It needed to be perfect, much more perfect than Adam 1.

"Shut up. Your cries are useless." He kicked the door to scare the man inside.

The man trembled as he heard the angry Dr. Linus. He had tear-stained cheeks and dried-up mucus around his nose and mouth. He was gagged with a piece of cloth, so his mouth was slightly open, making it kind of dry after a while. His skin was wounded from the friction caused by struggling in the ropes.

Actually, this man didn't even know where he was or who Dr. Linus was. He had been walking home from the public canteen one day, felt a pain at the back of his head, and he woke up here. It was completely dark and his mouth was gagged. After a while, he couldn't tell how long he had been there.

Unfortunately, he had no friends or family that would notice that he was gone. Well, a lot of people lost their friends and family during the apocalypse.

Dr. Linus walked away from the door and went back to his desk. He wanted to modify the formula just a bit before administering it to his guinea pig.

If he could create something that could take away the pain completely, it would truly create a monster.

"I will not rest until I finally become the most powerful being on this planet." His evil chuckles echoed throughout his room. Only the man locked up in the room could hear his laughter, shivering at the thought of his own demise.

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"You seem normal besides the half of your face and the extra arm coming out of your back..." One of the other researchers, named Paul, looked at the mutated Ability User in front of him. "How are you feeling? Are you still in pain?"