Chapter 67: Good Doctor
After staring at Professor José for a long time, Alexandre nodded. "Alright, I think you're telling the truth." His expression became bitter. "Thank you for enlightening me."
Contrary to what he let on, Professor José was actually touched by Alexandre's experiences. In fact, he even felt some guilt for having been indirectly involved in causing the suffering of these children. José said, "I know it must be hard, living what you endured. When the FBI interrogated me regarding my involvement in the project, they showed me images of what the guinea pigs had been subjected to. I had a lot of trouble sleeping that night."
The doctor paused for a moment, trying to ignore the throbbing pain in his dislocated shoulder as he chose his words carefully. "Alexandre, you must move on. For your own good. Don't let the past control and confine you. The people who are involved in the Genesis Project and Virus Z research... if you keep poking your nose into their business, you risk going back to a cell. This time, you might never come back out."
Alexandre's eyes narrowed. There had been a strange tone in Professor José's voice. "When you say I'd go back to a cell, you don't just mean a prison cell, do you?"
José looked uncomfortable and tried to evade the question. "I also had questions, you know, especially when I took on the Aurora project. But if I just kept my head down. After all, if I didn't do the work, someone else would have..."
Alexandre brushed aside the words and refocused on the question. "Answer me. You implied they're still experimenting on human guinea pigs, didn't you!?"
Professor José sighed, realizing he couldn't avoid the issue after letting the words slip in the first place. "Alright, fine. Human experiments in the White Zones? I doubt that's happening. But in the Black Zones? ...Anything goes over there. I know nothing for certain, but I'd find it impossible to believe that the government and the Terra Corp lobby are refraining from experimenting when they can get away with it. They're using technology from overseas, you know."
Alexandre was shocked. "Wait, what do you mean!?"
The doctor winced, realizing he'd again said something that he shouldn't have. The pain in his shoulder was making it very difficult to think. "Fine, since I clearly won't be able to dissuade you... You heard me right. The Aurora Project has almost nothing American about it. When the Genesis Project was finished and we had the recipe to transform humans into biological weapons, the CIA recruited me. Not only because of my technical ability, but also because of my fluency with multiple languages.