I disguised myself as the second personality of a beautiful girl

In 2048, the 11th District of the East Asia Communist Federation, Tokyo was rebuilt after the disaster.

It's late at night and drizzling.

Mirage 16 Research Center.

The lights in the biology laboratory are bright, and Orihara Kaede is dismantling the corpse in the sterile isolation room.

The corpse of a mutated product.

His job is to separate usable parts from the corpse, and then put some organ samples into the instrument, and colleagues outside will conduct professional analysis.

It is different from ordinary scientific research laboratories.

This place is more like a recycling bin for mutant corpses.

【Energy 0.2%】

[Current progress: 100%]

The sharp blade cut around the mutant's joints, two severely mutated forearms fell on the placement rack, and a percentage value appeared in front of Orihara Kaede's eyes.

After working in the laboratory for more than half a year, this progress bar is finally full.

Orihara Kaede's reaction was mediocre.

It seemed that nothing could cause a ripple in his heart, and he put the human-like organs and muscles into the active substance recovery device without stopping.

After he finished the work at hand, Ryo Akasaka's voice sounded from the helmet of the isolation suit:

"Mina-san... let's deal with the rest tomorrow. Orihara-kun comes over..."

Ryo Akasaka is the head of the Second Research Department. He has gold-rimmed glasses, a middle-parted head, and an elegant appearance.

At this moment, he was standing outside the sterile room, looking at him through the glass.

Orihara Kaede nodded lightly to him, which was regarded as a response.

The knife was put into the cleaning cabinet, he went into the buffer room for disinfection, ultraviolet light, blow drying, changed back into his original white coat, and left this isolated sterile area.

"Orihara-kun, it's like this..."

Ryo Akasaka holds the terminal tablet.

"There will be an assignment tomorrow. We need someone to follow the response team to the ghost-faced spider's lair to collect biological samples. One person from the first and second departments will each be sent."

Apart from the director himself, only Orihara Kaede of the Second Research Department collects mutant corpses.

This task naturally belongs to him.

Even if you need to bear certain risks.

In today's world, mutation analysts are a very rare talent.

Forensic doctors who deal with normal corpses are extremely scarce, let alone face mutants that are both weird and have low sanity. Not many people are willing to do this.

And if you want to do it, the threshold is very high.

Orihara Kaede is very talented. In just half a year of employment, his experience and skills are already comparable to those of his seniors who have been in the industry for four to five years.

He just has a weird personality, but it's not a shortcoming.

Eighteen years after the disaster, people within the city walls are gradually getting comfortable, and there are not many people working hard like this.

"time."

Orihara Kaede's voice was calm.

My mind doesn't seem to be on this.

"Response team takes action at 12pm."

Nodding, Akasaka Ryo didn't care about his indifference. Everyone in the institute was used to it and reached out to check his name on the task assignment on the tablet.

"It's time for your vm..."

The vm (vital signs detector) worn on Orihara Kaede's wrist received the message and lit up.

"Also... there is news that the headquarters will set a threshold for the evolutionary level of laboratory personnel, level two for those without direction, and level one for those with direction..."

"..."

Orihara Kaede didn't answer.

He is a first-level evolver with no direction, and happens to be an obstacle on the company's path forward.

It is difficult to increase the evolutionary level.

As for the direction...

It requires a lot of money.

This thing is quite nerve-wracking.

"If you are worried about losing control and having to spend a lot of money, then choose a strengthening potion. The future will be broader than now. If you are short of money, I can..."

"No need."

After being rejected neatly, Akasaka nodded with anticipation and left a message before leaving: "Okay, let me know if you need anything. Thank you for your hard work today..."

“…”

Orihara Kaede did not respond.

Click on the touch screen of vm on your wrist, and the task details will be projected in 3D.

After taking a brief look, he was ready to go home from get off work.

Walk to the entrance of the research center.

Look up.

High-rise buildings stand like towering trees, and shorter buildings surround the high-rise buildings. Virtually projected advertisements squeeze the remaining space between the buildings, and aircraft and drones shuttle back and forth.

It's like a cyberpunk style.

However, the 100-meter-high wall that surrounds the entire Tokyo city at the limit of the field of vision is telling...

This is a world where humanity is on the verge of doomsday.

18 years ago.

This blue planet was attacked by a swarm of meteorites. A large number of missile interceptions were of no avail, and large areas of human settlements were destroyed.

Misfortune never comes alone.

Extraterrestrial meteorites carry a special high-energy polymer, which appears in the shape of black crystals and is named: black crystal by a group of scientists.

Black crystals are radioactive and can cause severe genetic mutations in animals and plants, turning them into extremely dangerous mutants. In order to meet the energy needs brought about by cell division, they will devour living creatures crazily.

For a time, mutation events swept the world.

The global population has plummeted to 30% of its original size.

It is a matter of human survival. Countries in the same sector have joined forces to form political alliances to divide regions, unify currencies, integrate resources, and fight threats.

Now three political alliances, East Asia, Western Europe, and North America, dominate the world.

Japan is the 11th region of East Asia.

The arrival of natural disasters is not just disaster.

A small number of people have genetic mutations and have not lost their minds. Instead, they have more extraordinary physiques or abilities in various directions. More importantly, their bodies can withstand more powerful mutant radiation sources.

Named [Evolver].

There are some brain-evolved beings among the evolvers, and civilization has progressed rapidly for this reason. In just 18 years, new technologies have exploded, and scientific and technological problems have been overcome one after another. Many international metropolises have become hopeless cyberpunk worlds.

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At the same time, people built high walls and deployed defense lines on the edge of the city to isolate them from the intrusion of external mutants. Some even built mobile cities.

…

After the rain, the streets were filled with a faint smell of earth.

Putting away the VM bracelet in the research center, Orihara Kaede faced the heavily light-polluted night sky, stepped over puddles reflecting neon lights, and walked slowly back to his apartment.

This is a simple one-bedroom apartment.

There is no latest cutting-edge high-tech smart home. Except for slightly more advanced home appliances, the rest is not much different from what it was before the disaster.

Because this is an outer city in Tokyo, the conditions cannot be compared with those in the inner city.

pm,23:11.

Picking up a handful of water and slapping it on his face, Orihara Kaede raised his head, and a handsome face was reflected in the mirror. There was a trademark thick dark circle under the eye frame, like specially applied eye shadow, which added a touch of charm.

Mysterious color.

He doesn't wear makeup, but for a while he stayed up too late and the dark circles under his eyes never went away. Slowly, it became a signature feature.

After washing, Orihara Kaede came to the room and took off the simple pendant around her neck.

The pendant is ugly, like three ropes with their own directions intertwined together, supporting each other, tight and strong, and I don't know what the meaning is.

He reached out and touched it.

Sudden.

The pendant was like lard touching a hot pan, actually blending into his skin... If it weren't for the empty rope, one would even suspect that it had never appeared.

"..."

Orihara Kaede paused.

It feels like there is something extra inside my body.

Before he died in his previous life, someone gave him this pendant. As a result, the pendant followed him to this parallel world, and only he could see it.

I thought it would be a souvenir and I would wear it for twenty years.

Orihara Kaede has gone through a lot in these years.

From having both parents and a harmonious family, to being alone again without worries.

Living all day, like a walking corpse.

This pendant…

In later explorations, he learned that he could gain progress by contacting dead mutants or absorbing the black crystals that are the source of mutations, but the effect has not yet been discovered.

For this reason, he completed his studies ahead of schedule and entered the Mirage 16 Research Center under the recommendation of his aunt.

After more than half a year, the progress bar was successfully filled up.

Then there was a scene where the pendant melted into the body.

Now, the pendant seems to exist in Orihara Kaede's body in another form, and he can control the appearance of the cursor with his thoughts more freely and flexibly.

The pendant has full energy and can be activated once.

Although he didn't know what would happen next, the person who gave him the pendant would not harm him. That would be meaningless, so he started it without hesitation.

Immediately, Orihara Kaede's eyesight went dark.

Consciousness is instantly transferred to another corner of the world.

However, the body followed its instinct and continued what it was doing before - eyes blankly in a daze.

When the picture appeared in front of him again, he saw a curved glass, and the outside of the glass...

Standing in the distance were a group of giants in white coats who looked like scientific researchers.

"……giant?"

Orihara Kaede was slightly startled, and then realized that she had become smaller.

Or...this is not my body.

He lowered his head and looked around, and his field of vision was filled with bright red viscous fluid, like red slime, or like a pool of extremely viscous blood...?

Somewhat incomprehensible, but...

He really turned into this weird thing.