After a brief round of tests, Kanou Akihiro's calm report came over the speaker.
"Your strength increases with emotional fluctuations, but that growing strength suppresses your emotions in turn. It isn't damage to any one region. Your entire brain is undergoing unknown changes."
"Perhaps, like your body, your brain is undergoing some kind of mutation. You may become an entirely new organism... perhaps... something that can no longer simply be defined as an organism."
"For now, emotional indifference caused by physiological changes may be the most appropriate diagnosis."
After hearing those words in the training grounds, Louis's ice-crystal eyes shifted slightly, soon returning to ordinary black pupils. The crystallization of his body rapidly receded as well.
"Sounds like an inborn shackle." Louis raised his head and looked toward the loudspeaker in the training grounds.
"You could put it that way. I originally intended to spend a great deal of time studying this change in you, but unfortunately, my intuition tells me there would be no point."
Kanou Akihiro's voice came through again.
"There really wouldn't." Louis straightened his clothes and headed toward the exit, memories of being experimented on flashing through his mind.
The moment he stepped outside, he saw a familiar figure sitting quietly above him to the right. Perhaps because of her height, she always preferred appearing in high places so she could look down on others.
"I'll keep our agreement. You don't need to rush me." Louis merely glanced at her, showing little interest.
"Right now, I'm more concerned about your condition." Eto's voice had lost its former slyness, becoming so level it was almost indifferent. She did not seem bothered by his evasion of his promise.
"..." Louis stopped and looked at her quietly. He could not even summon the urge to mock her, and simply