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-Babylon Medical Research Institute.
-January 18, 1518.
Unlike the facility on the moon, Sky Island's medical research institute had no facilities specifically intended for "live experimentation."
Of course, it was a medical research institute, so ordinary clinical trials were still possible.
Ever since acquiring Germa's Lineage Factor technology, Sephiroth had tried to study it to some extent.
But his talent for medicine and biology was genuinely limited, and focusing primarily on electromagnetism already took up a considerable amount of his energy.
For now, he could only "reproduce" some of the basic Lineage Factor techniques by copying the procedures exactly.
Although cheating with the Memory Crystal had given Sephiroth a knowledge base comparable to that of a professional researcher, he still lacked the necessary intuition in this field.
He had tried recruiting Kureha and Crocus, but neither attempt had succeeded.
Even his attempt to recruit Chopper had been rejected by Kureha.
Through Emotion Absorption, Sephiroth sensed that she did not trust someone so calculating with her furry kid.
-I don't think I'm all that calculating, though?
After the guard knight saluted Sephiroth, he and Baby 5 passed through the gate.
Whenever he was on Sky Island, Baby 5 inevitably attached herself to his side.
Sephiroth certainly had no objections. He was more than happy to have a cute maid beside him.
Whenever he went out, Baby 5 also expressed her wish to accompany him. As long as he was traveling in his capacity as the "Great Angel," Sephiroth took her along whenever possible.
Dressed like a scientist in a white lab coat, Sephiroth walked with Baby 5 following behind in her maid outfit.
After several minutes on foot along a long, tree-lined avenue, they entered a dark brown building.
Baby 5 had only been on