Esc!ape - 6
I was a little flustered. Breaking out of the containment room was all well and good, but I hadn't thought about what came next. As I walked a bit and marveled at the incredible sight of the Welfare Team, how could I have known someone would talk to me? Well, I am an abnormality...
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The employee who spoke to me was an office worker. Yup, there's definitely a big difference between them and management... I thought as I looked at his clothes. And I pondered.
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'If there are no witnesses, is it assassination?'
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Should I knock him out with the back of my hand... no, the back of my fist. Of course, the manager is probably watching, so it's not assassination...
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As I was lost in these thoughts, he unexpectedly said,
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"Are you the manager assigned to the Welfare Team?"
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What...?
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M-Manager? Definitely not? Absolutely not? I'm an abnormality? I don't even have a Welfare Team manager armband?
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I was momentarily taken aback by the unexpected words but answered,
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"Y-Yeah!! That's right! I'm the newly assigned manager, Mi... I mean, Faust...!"
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I did it...! I said it-!! I said I'm a manager. But usually, if you hesitate like this, they don't sus...
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"I see..."
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I started to seriously wonder if this person was messing with me. But seeing the convinced look on his face, I dismissed the thought.
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....He's just not a suspicious person.
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"Isn't it strangely noisy around here?"
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"Ah, that's because... an abnormality escaped, you know..."
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Is this guy really an office worker? Why is he so calm? The office workers I saw in the game were always screaming or getting hit with suppression bullets, so this felt really weird. Right, these people are real... they were real people.
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"I think it's the new abnormality that just came in."
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That's probably me...
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It's definitely me...
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"R-Really? Shouldn't we evacuate?"
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"Nah... the managers will probably take care of it."
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The office worker said that and stared at me silently. I pointed at myself with my hand.
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"....."
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While we were doing this nonsense, I heard the distant murmur of people... no, several people running towards us.
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"Are they finally coming to suppress it..."
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They're always so late, he continued.
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"Seriously?"
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"Huh?"
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Coming to suppress the new abnormality = coming to suppress me.
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"Is something wrong...?"
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"Hey, um... office worker...dude."
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"Yes."
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"Haha... It was short, but playing staff with you was fun, I guess."
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"Huh?"
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With those words, I quickly ran in the opposite direction of the approaching footsteps. Then I hurriedly took the elevator down and ran to Central Command. I'm sorry to the office worker, but I'm in a big hurry.
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"Ahaha-☆"
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Not even a full day since I became an abnormality, since I became Mika, and I'm already screwed... I thought as I ran. Maybe I should have just stayed quietly in the containment room... I added a tinge of regret.
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As I was running for a bit,
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Swish
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Something grazed my cheek... well, actually it was my bread bag, but anyway, I looked at the weapon that grazed my bread bag and loudly embedded itself in the wall.
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It was full of red... with eyes... there's no need to even describe it, it's Mimicry... My jaw dropped. It's totally gross in real life. As I was freaking out, the person who seemed to be Mimicry's owner started to speak.
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"Command Team Leader Joshua, abnormality O-01-25 detected in Central Command. Requesting backup."
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"Joshua...?"
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I've heard the name Joshua a lot. Well, it's a name that comes to mind when you think of Lobotomy Corporation employees! And usually, an employee with that name...
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"We will suppress it perfectly, Manager."
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"Maybe I shouldn't stop..."
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I can't stop. I started running again, backing away.
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Is this what being an abnormality is like?
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At first, it was just the employee named Joshua behind me, but more kept appearing. No, the employees are terrifying. Plus, they're all carrying menacing weapons. I'm just a fragile, smiling... girl... yeah, I'm a pretty girl now.
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If I keep running like this, I'll get suppressed. They're many, and I'm one... if there's a way,
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"Wait-! You guys! Can you prove the truth of someone who has reached paradise?!"
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I stopped running and spoke to them.
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"What's that all about..."
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Joshua, who was at the front, spoke when I suddenly stopped and talked. I took a deep breath and shouted at them,
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"If you believe a swimsuit is underwear, then it's underwear. So if you believe I, an abnormality, am a manager, then I'm a manager!☆"
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I pointed at myself as I spoke. Of course, it was nonsense. There's no way we could have a proper conversation here. Seeing some of the employees taken aback, I just turned and ran.
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Thank you, Hanako-!
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I thought as I ran. My containment room is in the Welfare Team, this is Central Command... if I mess up even a little, I could get beaten from both sides...
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"In that case-! I'll just go anywhere-!"
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Since it's Mika's body, I think I can take a few hits... but I can't accept it. The thought of those weapons touching my body is just too much. I shook my head, horrified at the mere thought.
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Then I stopped running and opened the containment room door right in front of me...
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"No time for that, I'll just break it-!!!"
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Covering science and technology with Mika's strong physical abilities. What a perfect plan... With that, I broke the containment room door and went inside. Who knows what's in there.
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