Underground Office

The so-called free-activity time meant exactly what it sounded like.

The so-called free activity time meant exactly what it said.

Apart from his regular classes and the occasional free time he was granted, Hogni Zed

Apart from teaching his regular classes and occasionally being granted free time,

would be confined entirely to this sealed teaching building.

Hogney Zede was completely confined to this sealed Teaching Building,

The school would provide, as far as possible, his three meals a day, anything needed for his experiments, and all necessities of daily life.

The school would do its best to provide his three meals a day, anything needed for experiments, and all his daily necessities.

His time outside is strictly restricted. Is the academy treating him like a usable prisoner? Just how dangerous is this guy for the administration to make such a decision?

His time outside is strictly restricted. Does the academy treat him like some kind of useful prisoner? Just how dangerous is this guy for the academy to make such a decision?

Yi Chen sensed an even greater danger hidden within Teacher Zed,

Yi Chen sensed even more of the danger hidden within Teacher Zed,

but he felt no fear at all and had no intention of escaping. Instead, he grew even more curious and looked forward to the physical training.

but he felt no fear or desire to escape at all. Instead, he grew even more curious and looked forward to the Physical Training.

Because during class,

After all, in class,

he had personally witnessed Teacher Zed dissect nearly every part of his body and even expose his internal organs... Actions that would have been enough to kill an ordinary person a hundred times were mere child's play to Zed.

he had personally witnessed Teacher Zed slice open nearly every part of his body and even expose his internal organs... An act that would have been enough to kill someone a hundred times was nothing more than child's play to Zede.

Moreover,

Moreover,

he seemed capable of ultra-fast, targeted self-healing.

he seemed capable of extremely fast, targeted self-healing,

For example, once he no longer needed to display a severed body part, it would immediately heal. As for parts that still needed to be displayed, he left the wounds open and could even actively stop the bleeding and interfere with his own circulation.

For example, once he no longer needed to display certain incisions, they would immediately heal. As for the parts that still needed to be displayed, he kept the wounds open and could even actively stop the blood flow and interfere with his circulation.

Every inch of his body was completely under his control.

Every inch of his body was completely under his control.

If Yi Chen could learn something real from him, it would surely greatly benefit his physical growth.

If Yi Chen could learn something truly useful from him, it would surely greatly aid his physical growth.

Before following Zed to his "office,"

Before following Zede to his "office,"

Yi Chen looked at the classroom piled with corpses. "What should we do with these corpses?"

Yi Chen looked at the classroom piled high with corpses. "What should we do with these corpses?"

"Don't worry.

"Don't worry.

They were created specifically for use in class.

They were created specifically for use in class.

Their bodies were injected with a special preservative, and all of them had a shelf life of at least three months.

Their bodies had been injected with a special preservative, giving them a shelf life of at least three months.

We'll need them for next week's lessons anyway, so just leave them in the classroom."

In any case, we'll need them for next week's class too, so just leave them in the classroom."

"Understood."

"Understood."

Following Zed, they descended the narrow stairs through the sealed teaching building... The staircase even extended below the first floor, leading deeper underground.

Following Zede, Yi Chen descended the narrow stairs through the sealed Teaching Building... The stairs extended even below the first floor, leading toward an even deeper place.

Click~ A hidden door opened.

Click~ A concealed door opened.

Beneath it was another small lift that led even farther down.

There was actually a small elevator beyond it, leading even deeper underground.

"We're still going down?"

"Do we still have to go down?"

"That's right~ After I got into trouble, my title was stripped from me, and my original office was renovated. Those people at the academy specially built me an underground office."

"That's right~ Ever since I got into trouble, my title was stripped from me and my original office was renovated. Those people at the academy specially built an Underground office for me."

"Mr. Zed, were you a professor at the academy before?"

"Mr. Zede, were you a professor at the academy before?"

"I barely managed to become an associate professor. I'm not very good at dealing with people or writing... To be honest, I don't really like teaching students either.

"I only barely managed to qualify as an associate professor, since I'm not very good at dealing with people or writing... Actually, I don't really like teaching students either.

It's just that when I display and cut open my body in front of you newcomers, the surprise on your faces gives me a sense of spiritual satisfaction.

It's just that displaying and cutting open my body in front of newcomers like you, and seeing your astonishment, gives me a kind of spiritual satisfaction.

That may have a lot to do with the strange structure of my hypothalamus.

It may have a lot to do with the strange structure of my hypothalamus.

That's why I chose to come here to teach."

That's why I chose to teach here."

"Oh..."

"Oh..."

Hearing that,

Hearing this,

Yi Chen roughly understood where his eccentricity came from... Of course, "displaying his body" might only be one of his eccentricities.

Yi Chen more or less understood where the quirk came from... Of course, "displaying his body" might only be one of his quirks.

While riding the lift,

While riding the elevator,

Yi Chen glanced several times at the black cloth covering Zed's eyes.

Yi Chen glanced a few times at the black cloth covering Zede's eyes.

From the details he had noticed during class, he could more or less tell that something was wrong with Teacher Zed's eyes.

The details from class had already made it clear that there was something wrong with Teacher Zed's eyes.

Yi Chen was also quite curious how a gentleman with such powerful regenerative abilities could be blind... Even if his eyes were damaged, shouldn't they simply regenerate?

Yi Chen was also quite curious. How could a gentleman with such powerful self-healing abilities as Zede be blind... Even if his eyes were damaged, couldn't he simply heal them?

Still, it would be better to wait until they were more familiar with each other before asking such a sensitive question.

But it would be better to wait until they were more familiar with each other before asking such a sensitive question.

Just then, Little Grape's voice came through:

Just then, Little Grape's voice came through:

His eyes were taken away.

His eyes were deprived from him.

Taken away? Can't they regenerate?

Deprived? Can't they heal themselves?

*I can't sense the concept of eyes within him. That's completely different from damaged or missing eyeballs... It's as if the organ known as the "eyeball" doesn't exist in his fundamental structure as a living being.

I can't sense the concept of eyes within him. It's completely different from damaged or missing eyeballs... It's as if, in his fundamental structure as a living being, the organ known as an "eyeball" doesn't exist.

Naturally, he can't regenerate them, and there's no way to repair them.

Naturally, he can't heal himself, and there's no way to repair them.

However, judging from this human's daily movements, he has long since grown accustomed to living without grapes. His other senses can completely replace the observational function of grapes.*

However, judging from this human's daily movements, he's long since grown accustomed to life without grapes. His other senses can completely replace the observational function of grapes.

Was he born that way?

Was he born this way?

Possibly... It's also possible that they were conceptually stripped away while he was exploring the Ashen Domain.

Possibly... Or perhaps he underwent conceptual excision while exploring the Ashen Domains.

Got it.

Understood.

Clang!

Clang!

The lift descended to the very bottom.

The elevator descended to the very bottom.

Before them was only a narrow arched passage, barely wide enough for one adult to pass through.

There was only a narrow, arched passage ahead, just wide enough for one adult to pass through.

At the end stood a completely sealed iron door without any viewing window, fitted with a hydraulic valve.

At the end stood a fully sealed iron door without a single window, equipped with a hydraulic valve.

A clock-like timer was embedded in the door, with only one minute remaining.

A clock-like timer was embedded in the door, with only one minute remaining.

Every time Zed left, the clock would begin counting down.

Every time Zede left, the timer would begin counting down.

If he failed to return before the timer ran out, the entire teaching building would sound the alarm, and a large number of gentlemen would immediately come to capture and suppress him.

If he failed to return before the timer ran out, the entire Teaching Building would sound an alarm, and large numbers of gentlemen would immediately come to capture and suppress Zede.

If it was determined that he had attempted a malicious escape, he would also be executed.

If he was deemed to have escaped maliciously, he would also be executed.

Humm! The iron door opened.

Vrrr! The iron door opened.

They hurried through the last few seconds and stepped into Zed's office.

Yi Chen hurried through the door into Zede's office with only a few seconds to spare.

The hydraulic valve turned,

The hydraulic valve turned.

and three cylindrical locking mechanisms shot out from the two-meter-thick iron door, embedding themselves in the walls and locking it completely.

Three cylindrical locks shot out from the two-meter-thick iron door and sank into the walls, locking it completely.

The moment the door closed, Yi Chen even felt as if he had been completely cut off from the outside world.

The instant the door closed, Yi Chen even felt as though he had been completely cut off from the outside world.

The office was quite spacious inside,

The office was quite spacious inside,

with multiple rooms.

and contained multiple rooms,

They served as Zed's living quarters, a storage room, a corpse repository, a personal laboratory, and several rooms whose purposes were unknown.

for Zede's daily life, storage, corpse storage, personal experiments, and several rooms whose purposes were unknown.

However,

However,

every room had a "monitoring living eye."

every room contained a Surveillance Living Eye.

That was right—a living eyeball hanging in the corner of the wall, with countless nerves connected to its rear, constantly monitoring everything happening in Zed's office.

That's right. It was a living eyeball hanging in the corner of the wall, its rear connected to countless nerves, constantly monitoring everything in Zede's office.

Whenever he needed anything, he only had to signal the eyeball. After a while, a staff member would come down to ask for the details.

If he needed anything, he only had to signal the eyeball, and after a while, a staff member would come down to ask about the details.

What kind of office is this? It's clearly a private prison with relatively good treatment.

What kind of office is this? It's clearly a private prison with relatively good treatment.

Just how dangerous is Teacher Zed, or what terrible things has he done, for them to build an underground prison exclusively for him and monitor him around the clock?

Just how dangerous is Teacher Zed, or what terrible things did he do, for the academy to create an Underground prison like this exclusively for him and monitor him around the clock?

Upper level of the Wirstman Teaching Building—Monitoring Room

Upper Floor of Weirsterman Teaching Building—Monitoring Room

It was a room crammed with large quantities of brain tissue and neural connections, as well as countless "installed" living corpse heads.

This was a room piled high with large quantities of Brain Tissue and neural connections, while also having countless Living Corpse heads "installed" inside it.

All of these heads came from graveyards under the organization's control. They were living-corpse products with relatively well-developed brains.

All these heads came from a Cemetery under the organization's control and belonged to Living Corpse products with relatively well-developed brains.

The backs of their heads had been smashed open to create "data ports," into which neural connections had been inserted.

A "data port" had been smashed open in the backs of their heads, with neural connections inserted inside.

The other ends of those connections led to the "monitoring eyeballs" in every corner of the teaching building.

The other ends of the connections corresponded to the "surveillance eyeballs" in every corner of the Teaching Building.

The monitoring-room staff only needed to hold a magnifying glass and observe the eyeballs of the living corpse heads to obtain real-time "surveillance footage" from their pupils.

The workers in the monitoring room only needed to hold magnifying glasses and observe the Living Corpse heads' eyes to obtain real-time "surveillance footage" through their pupils.

An "improper" area like this would never appear on the surface of Zion.

An "improper" area like this would never appear in Zion's Surface Layer.

Coo, coo~

Coo coo~

Professor Chamberson had arrived here an hour ago.

Professor Chamberson had arrived an hour earlier.

He had only one purpose:

He had only one purpose:

to see whether there would be any problems when Yi Chen and Hogni Zed met for the first time.

to see whether there would be any problems during Yi Chen's first meeting with Hogney Zede.

After learning of Yi Chen's outstanding performance in class,

After learning of Yi Chen's excellent performance in class,

and seeing on the surveillance footage that the two of them had amicably ridden the lift to the office, he was basically reassured.

and seeing the two of them peacefully ride the elevator to the office in the surveillance footage, he was more or less reassured.

"How unusual, Professor Chamberson. You're actually keeping an eye on a new student, and you even introduced him to that perverted freak Zed.

"That's rare, Professor Chamberson. You're actually keeping an eye on a new student, and you even introduced this new student to that pervert Zede.

I'm a little curious. Can you tell me why?"

I'm a little curious. Could you tell me why?"

The person asking the question was the person in charge of the monitoring area—a tall woman in high heels and a black evening dress, wearing a mask decorated with a "Dark Gold Brain" pattern.

The one asking was the person in charge of the monitoring area—a tall woman wearing High Heels, a black evening dress, and a mask bearing the pattern of a Dark Gold Brain.

"No one in the entire academy can match Zed's talent in the physical domain... My student's profession is connected to intelligence, but he also wants to develop his physique.

"Zede's talent on the physical level is unmatched throughout the academy... My Student Profession is connected to intelligence, but I also want to develop physically.

I agreed with his idea,

I agreed with his idea,

but achieving the extremes of multiple attributes requires finding the best guide.

but to achieve the Multi-Attribute Limit, he had to seek out the best guide.

That's the reason."

That's the reason."

The person in charge countered, "Even if he might die because of it, and we lose an important talent, that doesn't matter?"

The person in charge asked in return, "Even if he might die because of this and you lost an important talent, that wouldn't matter?"

"Dying at Zed's hands is still much better than dying outside..."

"Dying at Zede's hands would still be far better than dying outside..."

"Interesting. I'll pay more attention to this student and do my best to prevent his death."

"Interesting. I'll pay a little more attention to this student and do my best to prevent his death."

"Thank you, Ms. Oresa."

"Thank you, Ms. Oressa."

It's the weekend today, and Little Fatty happened to be discharged from the hospital, so I'm taking him out to have some fun. That's all for this update.

It's the weekend today, and Little Afatty just happened to be discharged from the hospital. I'll take her out to have some fun, so there'll only be one update.

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