章 26: Dr.Gero
Almost every regular soldier who was at the RRB-HQ has escaped, or rather, they were set free by Shen. The only ones who didn't are the ones who accidentally died during the battle.
Shen has also taken in the trainee children left behind by the army. They are now on their way to the location that Shen, together with Launch's group, had agreed upon to regroup.
Shen is leading the children almost like a small battalion of an army to meet with the others.
Alongside the man, to each of his sides, there is a boy and a girl... The boy is the same brave one who had previously stepped forward on Shen's order.
Shen recalls the boy; Silver, as one of the future commanders of the RR army, who will go on to miserably lose against Goku countless times. The newly acquainted girl is also another future commander.
This girl, named Violet, had quickly distinguished herself in Shen's eyes with her sharp wit when she told him the precise location where the army's funds were kept.
Shen was impressed, wondering how a girl her age was able to find such a place. Right on the spot, his mind instantly connects the dots and recognizes her as one of the future commanders of RRA, albeit a commander who will betray the organization in their most crucial hour. Watching the anime, this act left a deep impression on Shen, enough for him to remember such a minor character.
Throughout the way to the predetermined meeting point, the pair of well-trained boy and girl; each guard his right and left, voluntarily acting like his bodyguards.
As they get closer and closer to their destination, the girl suddenly stops on her tracks. She turns toward Shen, clearly determined in whatever her intentions are.
"Sir Shen, along the way we only encountered a single corpse... This is odd, considering many soldiers should have died by your hands?.. Can you tell me, why is that?"
"I will let you guess, yourself.. How do you think that is possible?" Shen teasingly returns back the girl's question.
"There can only be two reasons for it: either you've already hidden all the bodies, but this is unlikely as you have no reason whatsoever to do so... or it could be that every soldier of the army has fled, most likely after you let them live. Why did you have to do that?"
Shen smiles, showcasing his teeth. "Then, did you want me to kill those people?" He looks at the girl while still smiling, but only sees an emotionless face in return.
The man swallows his laughter, not amused anymore. 'Weird kids!' he thinks to himself before resuming his speech.
"Letting those men live was no big deal. There is no reality in which the likes of them can retaliate against me. They also won't be able to create much chaos in the world, as I have destroyed all their armaments, not including the complex scientific weapons like robots, of course..."
"I also plan to provide the government with all of the Red Ribbon Army's internal documents. The identifiable information of their clients and personnel must be noted down in those papers. Whether any of the army associates survive this ordeal or not, it's their fate."
Days Later, elsewhere on Earth, in a snowy mountain range… Dr. Gero's Secret Lab:
[ These last few days have been very hectic... Everything has gone haywire.
I, the renowned Dr. Gero, have been forced to move from one location to another, like a stray dog... Being a scientist for a big organization should have been smooth sailing for me, but fate seems to have other ideas.
This is all because of that so-called Crane Hermit. He seems to have destroyed the RRA under a pseudonym, but I easily discovered his real identity.
Utilizing my anonymous channels, I've come to know that he wasn't much of a patron of righteousness in the past... What reason does a shady man such as him have for vanquishing the Red Ribbon Army?
Fortunately, I am always two steps ahead... Long anticipating the possibility of such an incident, I had secretly built interconnected hidden bases throughout different places.
Rustling! Rustling!
Where did it go?.. The device to monitor my son's health... Where exactly did I keep it? Through this device, I can track my son's physical condition.
I had implanted a health inspection device on him without consent. Otherwise, Gevo would have resisted. He wouldn't have agreed to have such a device in his body, giving all kinds of nonsensical reasons, such as that he is already an adult and whatnot.
Currently, I am in the main lab. I have already rummaged through all the drawers and shelves where my personal items are supposed to be kept, but I haven't been able to find the device. I had made multiple copies of it and hid them in each of my labs.
One of them was supposed to be at this place.
Oooooh! Here it is... Finally, I found it after more than half an hour of searching. It seems I had mistakenly stored it alongside my cell experiment items.
Receiving continuous signals, as usual... The chip that I had implanted on my son's heart is working fine, meaning the boy is still alive and well, sending continuous signals as it normally does.
Weird how I kept the device in this place...
In front of me are boxes full of research materials, tightly sealed experimental byproducts, tools, and classified papers from my ongoing research on cells.
This reminds me of that girl... What was her name again? Ah yes! Launch, that was her name. The results from that experiment were astonishing. She is the only successful example of artificially combining two different people into one.
There were two sisters with psychic and supernatural powers, suffering from a deadly virus. They were on their deathbed at a rural hospital. Through my Red Ribbon links, I found out about them and promptly had them brought to me.
The artificial embryo, my greatest accomplishment, had rejected my every attempt to make it absorb other living organisms. But, different from all the other failures, the result in this case was an unexpected success.
The blob-like hump of cells actually absorbed the genetic makeup of the girls, along with even their souls.
However, every other attempt after her was unsuccessful. It could have been a huge contribution to the field of science if I had been able to replicate the outcome... Alas, that will remain a dream for a long period of time.
The results from my subsequent experiments were always the same: failure.
Eventually, I had to stop the futile attempts at recreating the miracle. As time went on, it became evidently clear that the girl was just an extremely lucky case, probably a once-in-a-lifetime occurrence.
Her personality was also a headache to keep around the lab, so I kicked her out. Having already collected every crucial research sample from her body, she didn't have any more usefulness.
At least before discarding her, I had thoroughly conducted every crucial test imaginable.
My lifelong efforts... The plethora of data and samples I have collected... They aren't wasteful. They will serve a purpose. With further advancements in tech and my methodology, that already-available knowledge will surely help restart and continue the research.
Ideally, I should have disposed of her, but as much as I would like to avoid admitting it, that child grew on me... I started seeing her as my own daughter. A shameful behavior for a purely scientific individual like me.
Beside continuing my study on cells, I also need to focus on the ongoing Cyborg research.. Android 7 was a massive failure.. I must find a solution to the androids' insubordination problem. If I am not able to control my creations, everything will be pointless. A new experimental subject is needed, and maybe even a helper, for a more efficient workflow. ]
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