[Sengoku: If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I never would have believed SCP-049 Plague Doctor was afraid of lavender. I never saw that coming!]
[Vegapunk: Neither did I! It still feels strange.]
[Child Emperor: Here's a thought. Could that "Lavender" only look like a bunch of flowers, when it's actually a Containment Object?]
[Hiruzen Sarutobi: We can't rule it out, but it's highly unlikely. The SCP Foundation's videos show that it's an organization with an extremely rigid structure!]
[Even a mid-to-high-ranking figure like Dr. Kuroto can't use a Containment Object without permission.]
[The Mobile Task Force is lower-ranking. They wouldn't be authorized to use one.]
[So I think it was just an ordinary bunch of Lavender.]
[Pain: That tells us one thing! The Foundation deliberately released SCP-049 Plague Doctor. It was probably after the Flesh Heavenly Principle Orb.]
[Aizen: I agree with Pain.]
[Orochimaru: You're all overlooking something. How did the Foundation know Lavender was SCP-049 Plague Doctor's weakness?]
[Tatsumaki: Why else? Because they've studied SCP-049 Plague Doctor inside and out!]
[Orochimaru: @Tatsumaki. You've missed my point! What I mean is, how do you study a temperamental Containment Object with a conceptual-level erasure ability?]
[How did they figure it out?]
[Think about it.]
Orochimaru's comment left everyone in the livestream silent.
He was right!
How had they figured it out? Had they tested every possibility? If so, the cost would have been staggering.
At that thought...
A terrifying possibility flashed through everyone's minds.
What if the SCP Foundation really had discovered it through exhaustive testing? And then there was its cloning technology...
A chill ran through them.
Only after a long while did they recover enough to post: [@Orochimaru, are you saying they found out by sacrificing lives?!]
[But the casualties would be enormous!]
[And SCP-049 Plague Doctor isn't the only Containment Object the Foundation has!]
[If they use that method on every one of them...]
[Then...]
[Orochimaru: There may be other ways to study ordinary things. But after thinking it over, I can see only one way to study mysterious Containment Objects!]
[Keep sacrificing people until you identify a Containment Object's weakness.]
[Then use that weakness to contain it!]
[Don't forget how the SCP Foundation contained SCP-096 Shy Guy!]
[Monster King Orochi: @Orochimaru. If that's true, I admit my Monster Association is downright lovable compared with the SCP Foundation!]
[Empress: The Foundation's methods make even the Celestial Dragons look tame.]
[Orochimaru: @Monster King Orochi. @Five Elders. If I were you, I'd kill myself while I still could. Otherwise, you'll regret ever being born!]
[Monster King Orochi: I admit the SCP Foundation is powerful. But dying without a fight isn't my style!]
[Aizen: @Monster King Orochi! For the sake of the month we've spent watching this livestream together, kill yourself. Destroy your soul too, if you can.]
[Orochimaru: @Aizen. You saw it too!]
[Aizen: Of course. So have most of the people in the livestream who are about to be held accountable. They just don't want to believe it. They're clinging to false hope.]
[Miko: @Aizen. Master, what did you see?]
[Aizen: Nothing you need to worry about. Just stay out of this.]
[...]
Meanwhile, in the bedroom of Qilin's home in Tianhe City...
As soon as the Foundation's Mobile Task Force successfully contained SCP-049 Plague Doctor, a string of system notifications rang out in Jiang Chen's mind...
[Ding! Congratulations, host, on successfully containing SCP-049 Plague Doctor. You have received three Foundation bases, three senior researchers, 300 C-class researchers, and 3,000 D-Class Researchers!] [Ding! Congratulations, host, on successfully containing SCP-049 Plague Doctor. You have received three senior combat personnel, 3,000 C-class combat personnel, and 3,000 D-class combat personnel.] [Ding! Congratulations, host, on successfully containing SCP-049 Plague Doctor. You have received Conceptual Malevolent Thought Erasure, which you can grant to others by spending popularization points.] [Ding! Congratulations, host, on completing the special event: Tainted Blood! You have received a Special Great Worm Bridge, which can connect to other universes, and a special message!] [Would you like to hear it now?]
Jiang Chen heard the notifications and chose "yes" without hesitation.
At his decision, a faint voice sounded in his mind: [Don't trust... Dragon... Ball.]
[Flesh parasite... destroy!]
[Don't... hesitate. You must...]
Jiang Chen replayed the message in his mind several times. Then he sat on the bed, thought for a moment, and murmured, "Dragon Ball must mean the Dragon Ball World."
"Is the message telling me not to hesitate?"
"To destroy the Dragon Ball World outright?"
"And what's this flesh parasite?"
"Could everyone in the Dragon Ball World have been infected? That can't be right. With the Omni-King there, who could infect them?"
"Could the Sarkic Cult be behind this again?"
The message contained too little information for him to work out anything more. He still had no idea what had happened to the Dragon Ball World.
But he was certain of one thing: he could resolve it by destroying the Dragon Ball World completely.
That would do it.
With that in mind, Jiang Chen sent Dr. Calvin a message: "Start holding every faction accountable. Broadcast the whole thing."
"Don't let anyone off."
"No matter who they are, bring them all back as test subjects!"
"Yes, Chairman," Dr. Calvin replied respectfully. He ended the call and began carrying out the plan to hold the factions accountable.
"Hello, everyone. I'm Dr. Calvin, head of an SCP Foundation base!"
As planned, Dr. Calvin appeared on the livestream and addressed the audience. "After review and approval, I have been authorized to announce the status of SCP-049 Plague Doctor's containment!"
"After the Mobile Task Force brought Containment Object SCP-049 back to the Foundation, it was transferred to a base, where a doctor and the task force are guarding it!"
Dr. Calvin paused before continuing, "To prevent SCP-049 Plague Doctor from escaping again..."
"After review and approval, the Foundation has decided to reinforce its containment using SCP-, SCP-, and SCP-!"
"This will reduce SCP-049 Plague Doctor's chance of escape to a once-in-ten-thousand-years occurrence."
"As for SCP-049's creation, SCP-049-2 Flesh Heavenly Principle Orb, it has been handed over to a doctor in charge of the base for research!"
"The aim is to determine its properties."
"So that it can be contained!"
The livestream audience breathed a sigh of relief at Dr. Calvin's words, though they couldn't help grumbling to themselves.
Come on, we already know.
Your SCP Foundation released SCP-049 Plague Doctor on purpose.
You can drop the official act.
It's pointless!
Just get to the point!
Everyone knew Dr. Calvin's announcement about SCP-049 Plague Doctor's containment was only a secondary reason for his appearance.
What mattered most was how the Foundation would hold the factions that had ignored its warning and sent people into the Demon Slayer World to investigate accountable.
It wasn't just those organizations that wanted to know.
Ordinary viewers also wanted to see how the SCP Foundation would deal with those factions.
If all it did was condemn them, then the next time something like this happened, they too would ignore the warning and send people to investigate!
But now, the SCP Foundation's way of holding them accountable was utterly ruthless...
That would be another matter entirely.
While the viewers harbored their own plans, Dr. Calvin began announcing the penalties!
Targets for Accountability in the Ninja World: Madara Uchiha, Black Zetsu, and Danzo!
Under the watchful eyes of the livestream audience, Dr. Calvin took a deep breath and pulled out a document bearing the Foundation's emblem!
After holding it up to the camera, he said, "Certain factions in the Super God Universe ignored the SCP Foundation's warning and entered the Demon Slayer World without authorization to investigate."
"This has had serious consequences."
"Therefore, after review and approval, the Foundation has decided that all organizations and individuals who entered the Demon Slayer World without authorization to explore..."
"Will be assigned to assist with research on the Flesh Heavenly Principle Orb!"
"Until the properties of the Containment Object known as the Flesh Heavenly Principle Orb have been fully determined, everyone involved must obey the orders of the doctor in charge of the SCP Foundation base without exception."
"In the event of noncompliance, the Foundation reserves the right to extend their term of service indefinitely!"
Everyone watching the livestream froze at Dr. Calvin's announcement.
They had never imagined the SCP Foundation's punishment would be so severe. It intended to make the organizations and individuals who had broken its rules...
Assist a base doctor in researching the Flesh Heavenly Principle Orb.
Then some viewers remembered what Orochimaru had said earlier in the livestream. It clicked at once. This wasn't "assisting with research" at all!
They were going to be test subjects!
Everyone had watched the Flesh Heavenly Principle Orb come into being.
Though they didn't know exactly what made it so uncanny, its creation alone told them it was far more disturbing than the three Containment Objects that had appeared before it.
If the three Containment Objects that had appeared before—
Whether SCP-173 Little Peanut, SCP-096 Shy Guy, or SCP-049 Plague Doctor—could kill someone in an instant.
With the Flesh Heavenly Principle Orb, death might not come even if you begged for it.
No wonder Orochimaru and Aizen had urged Monster King Orochi to kill himself. They had seen this coming!
The ordinary viewers shuddered at the SCP Foundation's decision, grateful that they hadn't let greed get the better of them...
And gone to investigate the Demon Slayer World.
They swore never to defy the SCP Foundation again.
The factions facing punishment, meanwhile, had become hysterical with fear. They knew what made the Flesh Heavenly Principle Orb so terrifying...
And they regretted everything.
They wanted to slap themselves.
How had they let wishful thinking drive them into the Demon Slayer World? They hadn't found a thing and had lost people in the process...
Now they were going to be test subjects in research on the Flesh Heavenly Principle Orb.
How could they have been so foolish?
At the thought of what awaited them, some wanted to kill themselves on the spot. The only thing holding them back was a sliver of hope...
Perhaps the SCP Foundation was only bluffing.
It didn't have the coordinates to their worlds. Without those coordinates, however powerful the SCP Foundation was, it couldn't possibly find them.
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