[FF7] Those things after marriage

"I'm your wise and powerful boss." The red-haired man chuckled, and said in Esther's familiar tone: "Haven't we been working together for five years? Why did you suddenly ask this question?"

Because you're nothing like the 'Lance' I know.

Esther frowned, but looked blankly at the red-haired man.

Although it seems that there are many little secrets, the Lance she knows has always been an ordinary frivolous and good person, and has no connection with the high-level Shinra... Therefore, it should not have anything to do with this Shinra mansion... let alone You should know these confidential things.

"Hey, Esther, let me teach you a little knowledge." Seeing Esther's frown, Lance was in the mood to speak, and he touched Esther like a kind big brother Then he said to her in the same tone as a big brother next door telling a story: "People are creatures that don't always have only one side. The side you see is real, but you can't deny that you haven't seen it." The past side just doesn’t exist.”

"So, it's better not to say things like 'You are not such a person' or 'I know anyone who would not do this kind of thing'. Not only will it reflect your own superficiality, but it will also make people who hear it It’s sad—after all, we’ve known each other for so long and don’t know what kind of person the other person is, it’s really hurtful.”

"Human beings are inherently multifaceted."

Just as Lance was unilaterally 'teaching', the two of them had already walked to the top of the stairs unknowingly.

The stairway is a long suspended corridor, and the corridor below is full of huge tanks and pipes of different thicknesses.The pipes are connected with or connected to the tank to go elsewhere, or come in from all directions and get entangled.

To be honest, Esther has only seen this kind of scene in some research rooms of Shinra headquarters - but what she saw was the wreckage destroyed by the explosion, not so complete - and it is not as creepy as these .

At the end of the corridor is a metal door that looks a little old-the style is undoubtedly produced by Shinra.I don't know how Lance did it. He opened them in a few strokes even though he didn't have a key.

There are still many passages behind the door.Although the light is not very bright, you can still see the closed metal gate at the end of each passage.

Without the slightest hesitation, Lance led Esther directly through a passage on the left.

Lance also opened the door in a way Esther didn't know.This time behind the gate, there are huge culture tanks neatly arranged on the left and right sides.The light green liquid in the museum glowed with faint fluorescence, and the people soaked in the liquid were all human...or, in other words, humanoid creatures.

"Wow!"

Esther felt that her stomach was rebelling - it was not that she had never seen a corpse, but this was the first time she had seen a corpse that only made people think of cruelty.When she thought that these alien-like corpses were once alive and kicking like herself, she felt a chill run up her spine.

She thought of the researcher's diary. Although she felt cruel when she read it, only when she saw it intuitively could she truly appreciate the cruelty and... inhumanity in it.

And she herself has worked for such a company for five years.

Esther's heart seemed to fall into an ice cave.

Although I know that Shinra has done a lot of cruel things, killing people to silence people, killing people to steal goods and so on.

But she never expected it to be so inhumane.

This has exceeded the bottom line of normal people's tolerance too much.

"These are all experimental subjects from back then, but they are all failures rather than experimental subjects. The experimental subjects that successfully survived a stage were taken to other places by them—ah, there were also some experimental subjects that escaped accidentally, Except for those who were executed, the remaining ones probably still exist somewhere under this Nibelheim."

Lance saw a few broken jars in the corner, and added something to Esther.

"So you'd better not run around by yourself - in case something happens, I may not be able to do anything about it."

Esther didn't speak, just covering her mouth to suppress her rebellious stomach had dragged down most of her energy.

If you can't even bear these things, what will you do next, and Sephiroth's life experience... how will she face it?

Lance didn't stay here for long, and he didn't even set his eyes on these culture tanks except for a few glances.Walking to the other end of the room, he opened the third door after entering.

This room is much brighter than the previous room.There are many metal cabinets lined up among them. Papers are scattered everywhere on the ground and on the table, and there are also messy piles of papers in the cabinets that have not been closed in time.

This kind of paper Esther is very familiar with.This is Shinra's special document paper specification. Whether it is a report, a plan, or a form, all of them are paper of this specification.

Although I don't know what happened, I can see that people were in a hurry when they left here. Someone took some documents from the cabinet in a panic, and no one cared to pick up the things that fell on the ground because of the panic, so even more Many documents were left here intact.

From this, it can be seen that something unpleasant must have happened that year... Or, some accident happened.

Lance picked up a document that was on the table, looked at it a few times, then put it back with a sneer.

Taking advantage of the time Lance put down, Esther quickly glanced at the words on the document.

Comparison of the pros and cons of the experimental records of the G project and the S project.

Something that makes people feel uncomfortable just looking at it.

Esther didn't read the content carefully, and was pulled away by Lance.Passing through the room full of documents, and through the corridor, they finally stood in front of the fourth door.

"Stand back a little." The red-haired man pushed Esther back before he walked forward and opened the door at the end of the corridor.

As soon as the door was opened, there was an unpleasant smell.Esther couldn't help but took a few steps back, and didn't stop until she felt the taste was gone.At this time, she was already quite a distance away from the fourth door, which was so far away that she could no longer see clearly what was going on inside the door.

But seeing Lance walking in, she gritted her teeth and walked in.

And just walked to the door, Esther understood the source of the uncomfortable smell.

This room is the same

In a similar room in the research room of the Shinra Building, there were more than a dozen corpses.

Different from ordinary corpses, these corpses have all turned into corpse wax, and still retain their appearance when they died.

Although the air was already circulating when Esther came in, judging from the condition of the corpse, it must have been closed for a long time.

The corpses here are in different shapes, some are sitting on their own chairs lying on the table as if sleeping, and some are sitting on the chairs with their hands stretched upwards.But most of them still maintained the posture of fleeing.

It's just that none of them managed to leave in the end.

From the clothes on them, it can be seen that these people are the researchers who worked here at that time—perhaps among these people, there is the owner of the diary.

"Those who try to replace the responsibilities of the planet with their own power will eventually be punished."

Lance looked at the corpses and smiled ironically.

"No matter how strong a human being is, it is still only a human being."

Esther didn't speak, but just looked down at the corpses on the ground that kept crawling forward.

Although these people were pitiful, she couldn't feel any sympathy when she saw those things before.

These people are not innocent.

If she sympathized with these people, who would pity those who were used for experiments?

All of this can only be said to be retribution for evil.

People who do bad things will eventually be punished by "evil".

"These people are unimportant people, so they were left in the end. The real managers like Hojo left long ago." The red-haired man shrugged. "These people probably don't know what happened until they die. If they are confused, they will die, and they will only become stupid ghosts after death."

Lance walked to the end of the laboratory. There was a door here, which was obviously different from the previous door.

It was bigger and thicker, with the Shinra logo on the metal surface.It can be understood at a glance that it is the last checkpoint guarding the important room.

"Finally... came here." Lance said while standing in front of the gate.

He stared blankly at the door for a long time, as if he was thinking about something, or missing something.After a while, I waved to Esther.

"Come on, here lies the origin of Sephiroth."

Esther pinched the corner of her clothes, wiped off the moisture in her palms, and then took another step, and stood in front of the gate with Lance.Her heart beat involuntarily, and the hairs on her back exploded.

She was nervous, nervous about what she was about to see.

Although it is still unclear what is behind the door, she can vaguely sense that it may change the lives of her and Sephiroth in the future.

Moreover, she didn't know what the result of this change would be.

It may lead to a bright future for the two of them, or it may lead to the abyss.

But now, she has no way out.

If she and Sephiroth continue like this, sooner or later they will come to a dead end.Whether they like it or not, there will always be someone who makes them have to go to a dead end.

After all, Sephiroth has such a past, and as his wife, she has the same heart as him, and she will not feel better if he has an accident.

So... if Sephiroth, who has been burdened with too many things, can't move forward at this time, she can only take this step.

So no matter what Lance's purpose is, she can only choose to move forward with him.

The heavy metal door made a muffled sound and slowly opened inwards, revealing a short flight of stairs in front of Esther.Both sides of the stairs are covered with Shinra's characteristic metal tanks. This room is not spacious to the two sides, but the length is amazing.You can't see the end from above, and you can't see the bottom from below.At the end of the stairs is a huge tank, which looks a bit like a culture tank, but not exactly the same.Moreover, there was something strange in front of the jar—it looked like some kind of metal statue of a woman, but the many tubes attached to her body made her understand that it was not just a simple statue.

The red-haired man strode forward, stood in front of the unknown female statue, then turned his head to look at Esther behind him, and said with a complex expression that Esther could not fully understand:

"Welcome to...the place where it all began."

The author has something to say: Hurry up and fix the bug... _(:з」∠)_Today’s update is here.

The two names Randy and Lance are always confusing to me [Hey] It's also quite spelled.

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