Chapter 71: Test Subject
—Test Subject 001-P. Ability transplant complete. No signs of rejection.
The first thing Test Subject 001-P—who would later be known as Parsha—ever saw was the multitude of gazes staring at her as she floated inside a glass chamber.
—What should we do? Since this is the first case without rejection, should we monitor a bit longer, or...
—Continue the experiment.
And among all those gazes, the one she remembered most vividly was the pair of eyes belonging to a woman who looked at her with satisfaction.
—There’s no shortage of test subjects anyway.
The woman who granted her power and a mission, and reminded her of that reason again and again. Eyes she could never forget, no matter how hard she tried.
Even after she'd narrowly escaped that gaze, it would sometimes appear in her dreams, constricting her with its spine-chilling intensity.
Whenever she remembered it, Parsha would wake up screaming without even realizing it.
“Hiiik!”
Just like now.
“Haa, haa....”