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Ansong Research Institute Senior Researcher Lee Se-hwa.
Those words are embroidered with black thread on the white lab coat I’m wearing.
“This experiment involves interaction with an Anomalous Object. Type Zero Personnel, please cooperate with the experiment according to my instructions.”
I sent my voice through the microphone to the room inside the isolation chamber.
The three Type Zero Personnel looked anxious, shaking their legs or looking around.
“As previously notified, you will be given the opportunity for parole if you successfully complete this experiment. We ask for your active cooperation in the experiment.”
Е̇ñ u m̂ а̃
Type Zero Personnel refers to people who conduct experiments by coming into contact with Anomalies deemed dangerous.
Research Institute employees come into contact with Anomalies deemed safe or Anomalies whose danger has not yet been determined.
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Therefore, when conducting experiments on Anomalies deemed dangerous, Type Zero Personnel are deployed.
“I’m ready! Whether it’s an experiment or a test, just get on with it. I want to get out of here right now!”
One of the Type Zero Personnel, the largest one, shouted.
He was noticeable because of the large tattoo drawn on his face.
Wӗb̈n о v е l Е̄ n um̂á
Type Zero Personnel are mainly composed of death row inmates or long-term prisoners.
A kind of deal is made with the condition that they will be paroled if they participate in the experiment.
“We will proceed with the experiment. Personnel number 1, please enter the leftmost door.”
At my command, the large man obediently followed.
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The man heads to the leftmost of the three doors inside the primary isolation chamber.
This man is a serial killer who murdered 21 people about 20 years ago.
Е̊num̌а́ . і d
Researchers receive the criminal records of Type Zero Personnel before the experiment to alleviate their guilt.
The documents detail all the evil deeds committed by the Type Zero Personnel.
They receive details such as how each victim was killed and even photos of the victims’ bodies that are not disclosed to the general public.
To alleviate guilt.
“You can enter the secondary isolation chamber along the passage.”
Soon after, the man arrived at the secondary isolation chamber.
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I switch the microphone output to the secondary isolation chamber so that the other Type Zero Personnel cannot hear.
“You should see a large vending machine in front of you. Did you confirm it?”
“Yeah. It’s a bit unusual, but it looks more like an ordinary vending machine than an Anomaly.”
This experiment is being conducted on the Anomalous Object nicknamed ‘Equivalent Exchange Machine’.
The Equivalent Exchange Machine looks like a large vending machine.
It is quite different from a typical Korean can drink vending machine.
È n̂ u̇ ma
Like a unique vending machine that you might see in Japan, the compartments containing each product are larger than in Korea.
On the top of the vending machine, there are letters written in a language that does not exist on Earth.
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Regardless of who reads the letters, they evoke the word ‘Equivalent Exchange Machine’.
As a result of having illiterate people read the letters, even the illiterate were said to have recalled the word Equivalent Exchange Machine.
“First, please press the button in the second row from the top, fourth column from the left.”
“You mean this thing that looks like a drink?”
Wеb n̊ о vеl̃ Е n û m а̊
“Yes. After pressing the button, please show the item that comes out to the camera and put it in the blue box.”
The Type Zero Personnel presses the button on the Equivalent Exchange Machine.
Clunk.
Something fell out of the product dispensing area at the bottom of the vending machine.
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“Huh? Something feels empty. Wait, hold on. What is this!”
The man who pressed the button felt a sense of unease and stroked his head.
Е n̊_úmа
His hair was gone.
“What! Where did my hair go!”
The bald man shouted.
“That is the characteristic of that Anomaly, the Equivalent Exchange Machine. The Equivalent Exchange Machine takes something from the person who presses the button and spits out an item.”
“I see. Well, I can give up my hair if it means I can get parole. Hahaha!”
The bald man laughs heartily.
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He picks up the canned drink that came out of the Equivalent Exchange Machine and shows it to the camera.
‘It’s a Wound Recovery Potion. I’ll have to put it in the Research Institute’s stockpile.’
The canned drink that the man was holding had a simple shape with a red cross drawn on a green package.
This drink is something that has already been obtained from the Equivalent Exchange Machine before.
If you drink it, it will completely heal shallow wounds.
It was not a very useful item because it could not heal large wounds.
Е̂ num̂ a.і́ d̆
Most of the Research Institute staff want the potion for skin care rather than wound recovery because it helps with skin beauty.
“Next, please press the fourth row from the top, sixth column from the left.”
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The man presses the button on the Equivalent Exchange Machine.
Clunk—.
Unlike before, a rather heavy sound rang out.
“Huh? It doesn’t seem like anything has changed this time.”
Е̊n ů m̃ а.і_d̈
The man groped his body, checking everywhere.
Nothing seemed to have changed on the outside.
It is presumed that organs such as the kidneys or gallbladder have disappeared.
The man shows the item that came out of the Equivalent Exchange Machine to the camera.
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He is holding a long sword inserted in a scabbard with both hands.
It’s something I’ve never seen before. I’ll have to test it later.
Wе̇ b̈ ñ о v̀el̆ Ën ŭ m̆ а
“Put the sword in the blue box and press the next button. The first row, the first column. Please press the top left button.”
The items in the Equivalent Exchange Machine change every day at approximately 00:42:42 UTC+0.
In Korean time, it changes at approximately 9:42 AM.
Every time that time comes, the items in the Equivalent Exchange Machine are randomly changed.
Except for one item.
“Why is this so white?”
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The item in the first row, first column of the Equivalent Exchange Machine does not change even when the date changes.
That compartment always contains a pure white cube.
The man presses the first button.
Click.
The sound of the button being pressed echoes.
Leaving that sound behind, the man disappeared.
Ӗ n̄ ŭm а̀
The isolation chamber is quiet as if no one had been there from the beginning.
‘It’s the same this time too.’
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The person who presses the first button on the Equivalent Exchange Machine disappears.
And no items come out.
The first Type Zero Personnel, the cruel serial killer who murdered 21 people, disappeared from the world like that.
The purpose of this experiment is to obtain the white cube from the Equivalent Exchange Machine.
W e bň о̌ v̄ е̄ l̄ Ёn̄ ũm̃ а
A white cube of unknown identity.
The Research Institute’s senior managers have deployed dozens of Type Zero Personnel to date in order to obtain this cube.
Considering the name of the Equivalent Exchange Machine, this vending machine must be spitting out items by assigning its own value.
‘Then does that cube have a value that cannot be compared to the lives of dozens of people?’
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No one knows what function the white cube has.
In the first place, I’m not even sure if it’s an item that can be obtained by grinding people.
E̊n ŭmа̄ .і d̈
We might not be able to get it even if we put in everyone in the world.
‘Because those guys are criminals.’
I recall the criminal records I read before the experiment.
Those people deserve to die.
I take a deep breath and calm my mind.
I speak to the other two Type Zero Personnel who are waiting.
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“Next, Personnel number 2, please enter through the center door.”
The waiting Type Zero Personnel flinched as the voice suddenly echoed.
Number 2 starts walking.
Soon after, Personnel number 2 arrived at the secondary isolation chamber where the Equivalent Exchange Machine was located through the center door.
There are three doors in the primary isolation chamber.
However, all three doors lead to the secondary isolation chamber where the Equivalent Exchange Machine is located.
Е̃nū.m а̌
The reason why the doors are deliberately divided into several is to prevent the Type Zero Personnel from resisting if the person who entered the door first does not come out of the room.
To give the illusion that they are heading to a different place than the person before them.
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All three doors lead to the Equivalent Exchange Machine.
“Please press the button I instruct you to press.”
The experiment begins again.
I obtain miscellaneous items, and when I judge that the body has been damaged considerably, I order them to obtain the white cube.
Ŵ е̇ b̃ n о̃ v е̇ l Ênü mã
This Type Zero Personnel was a criminal who was sentenced to 45 years in prison for a 2 trillion won fund fraud.
The criminal disappears from the world.
“Finally, Personnel number 3, please enter through the right door.”
The button is pressed and the item falls.
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The button is pressed and the item falls.
The button is pressed and the item falls.
W̆ ё_b̈ n о v̀ е l Е̄ nümа̊
The button is pressed, and there was no one in the room.
Another criminal has disappeared.
This criminal was guilty of murder. No, was it fraud? I don’t know.
I don’t remember the exact charges, but I’m sure he was a bad guy.
I enter the empty isolation chamber after the experiment and collect the items.
The isolation chamber is quiet.
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“I miss Princess…”
I muttered quietly to myself in the empty isolation chamber.
I finish the experiment and write a report.
I organize the items obtained from the Equivalent Exchange Machine and record that I was unable to obtain the white cube this time as well.
“Haa.”
I take a deep sigh and stretch.
Е̊ n uḿ à
I have finished writing the report.
I think I should go see Princess.
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I head to Princess’s isolation chamber, using the excuse that I am the Black Princess’s research supervisor.
As soon as I entered the isolation chamber, Princess looked at me.
The Black Princess gives a faint smile.
“Would you like to have some cake with me?”
Е n̄uṁа
I was invited to Princess’s tea time.
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