The Moment of Devouring (V)

"Your name is Pachi?"

After hearing Ms. 6's somewhat neurotic answer, Dr. Cynthia naturally furrowed her brow and repeated the question as she looked at her.

"Your name in the records isn't this."

"In the records... my name isn't Pachi?"

Ms. 6 repeated it unconsciously, her gaze growing more and more confused.

"It told me my name was Pachi... No, I told myself..."

These symptoms made it seem like she'd suffered severe mental trauma!

Faced with Ms. 6's obviously abnormal reaction, Fu Qian silently offered his assessment.

Cynthia didn't interrupt her either. She simply listened while making notes in the file in her hands.

At that moment, Ms. 6 was once again painfully scratching at her head. Several streaks of blood had even appeared on her fair face.

"No matter who told you, do you remember the name in your file?"

After making some notes, Dr. Cynthia finally stopped writing, closed the file in her hands, and tapped it.

"...I remember."

After staring at the tabletop for a full half minute, Ms. 6 finally managed to speak.

"What is it?"

"My name is... Kuraki Eiko—"

As she reached the end of the sentence, Ms. 6's tone grew more resolute, and her speech quickened.

"I've figured it out. My name is Kuraki Eiko. Pachi... That voice in the testing room wanted me to believe my name was Pachi!"

"Is that why you attacked the other test subjects?"

Neither agreeing nor disagreeing with her, Cynthia continued asking questions in an even tone.

Attacked the other test subjects...

At Cynthia's reminder, Ms. 6, Kuraki Eiko, quickly recalled what she'd just done.

"...Even I can't quite understand my actions at the time. It was like I'd been bewitched. I just felt that something dangerous was in there, that something was affecting me, and I