Deep in the most secret underground of Yuanshi Heavy Industry, the walls of the secret room are covered with blue fluorescent tubes. The complex equipment and medicine bottles are reflected by the cold metal with a weak and eerie light, which makes people feel depressed and uneasy.
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In the center of the secret room, a special electric chair stood quietly, and a man with a pale face and empty eyes was restrained on it. He was originally a non-royal hybrid from the upper three families, with great potential and future, but fate
But it pushed him into this endless darkness.
Herzog used complex plastic surgery to make him and "Tachibana Masamune" look strikingly similar in appearance and physique, as if the two were really twin brothers.
But beneath this almost identical appearance, what is hidden is a completely twisted soul, as well as a "Kagemusha" and personality "vessel" that are about to be given a new destiny.
"It's time to take the last step." Herzog, wearing a white lab coat, looked at the "container" indifferently, which looked exactly like himself now, and suddenly laughed silently and ferociously.
I saw him slowly walking towards the electric chair, holding a syringe filled with lavender liquid in his hand, gently lifting the substitute's chin, and inserting the needle into the vein of his neck. His movements were smooth and precise, as if he had done all this before.
Countless times.
This drug is the result of many years of research by Herzog. It can temporarily weaken the function of the brain's prefrontal lobe, making an individual's sense of self-identity blurred. Supplemented by traditional pontine splitting surgery, it can create a completely blank
The prototype of personality.
At the same time, the various neuropeptides in the drug will guide the brain into a highly plastic state, creating conditions for the implantation of new memories and identities. Although it has the drawback of making the user lose their voice, it is not suitable for the position.
For everyone who has high authority and does not need to fight head-on, this is nothing.
However, Herzog knew very well that in order for this stand-in to truly "live", physical transformation alone was far from enough. What was more important was psychological recognition and acceptance.
Ordinary hypnosis is only equivalent to inputting key frames such as the start frame and end frame of the animation. An animation that is limited to the surface, fragmented, and discontinuous. The ordinary frames in the middle are completely false memories filled by the brain.
Limited reliability and logic.
Herzog's technology not only does not have these problems, it can even give birth to unprecedented new thinking talents, which are different from conventional hypnosis methods.
What he pursues is "the shaping of a complete personality" - a new existence that covers the original personality and can maintain behavioral consistency and logic in any situation, thereby avoiding the common memory fragmentation and logic in ordinary hypnosis techniques.
Logical confusion problem.
This will be a set of operating systems that operate independently. Deeper control is enough to make the "container" believe from the bottom of his heart that he is another person, thus creating a "container" that is no different from the ontology, and even surpasses the ontology in some aspects.
Shadow Warrior".
In order to achieve this goal, Herzog skillfully used two psychological media: mirrors and Noh masks. This is because human beings' dependence on and identification with self-image is deeply rooted, so he used the principle of the mirror test to use mirrors to achieve this goal.
Reflection deepens the hypnotic effect.
In front of a huge full-length mirror, Herzog gently placed the mask on the face of the "vessel". The pure and flawless mask, without any expression or features, was like a piece of white paper waiting to be written on, indicating that it was about to be written on.
Reinvented self-awareness.
As the effect of the nerve inhibitor gradually appeared, the man fell into a deep state of "selflessness", and his eyes became empty and blurred. Herzog began his creation - on the Noh mask, with a
A special kind of paint and brush strokes outline the facial features that Tachibana Masamune should have.
From the deep eyes to the resolute chin, every detail is strived to be precise, as if he is drawing a portrait for the soul that is about to awaken. The movement of writing seems so leisurely, but also reveals a kind of heart-stopping coldness.
feeling.
At the same time, Herzog also pressed the play button on a tape recorder nearby, and carefully arranged sounds echoed in the secret room. They were about the identity, memory, habits and even the identity, memory, habits and even the identity of Tachibana Masamune, the head of the eight Snake Qi families.
A detailed description of the emotional response.
These voices are like a trickle, slowly seeping into the subconscious of the subjects. From childhood experiences to family history, from political skills to personal preferences, every detail strives to be true and detailed, circulating in the mind of the "container"
Play and gradually build a new self-awareness system.
During this process, Herzog released his unexceptional word spirit and hypnosis, deepening this influence. As the input of memory and the drawing of the mask were synchronized, the reflection of "Tachibana Masamune" in the mirror also began to occur.
Changes, as if his self-awareness is gradually awakening as the mask takes shape.
When the last stroke came down, Tachibana Masamune on the Noh mask came to life, as if he could walk out of the mask at any time, and the reflection in the mirror, the sad and lamentable "container", also completely completed the transformation from "selflessness" to "being".
"I" transformation.
His eyes were no longer confused, but shone with Tachibana Masamune's unique determination and wisdom, as if he was the head of the Snake Qihachi family, rather than a manipulated puppet.
This new "Tachibana Masamune" not only possesses the memory and identity of Tachibana Masamune, but also has the way of thinking and behavior expected by Herzog, and can operate independently in this complex world with his original apparent identity.
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"Welcome to the world, Tachibana Masamune!"
Herzog nodded with satisfaction and patted the other party on the shoulder, with unconcealable excitement in his voice: "You will continue to lead the Sheqi family with a new attitude, and I, as the 'King General',
Control everything in the dark to achieve our ultimate goal."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! At this moment, a rapid ringtone broke the tranquility of the secret room. Herzog calmly gave the newly awakened "Tachibana Masamune" a shot of calm.
agent, and answered the phone at the same time, only to hear a slightly hesitant voice from the source on the other side:
"Dad? I want to return to R-Ben in a few days later... It's not about the mission. The A-level mission has ended, and the assessment rating is excellent... It's because I plan to practice kendo with my new friends in Binhai City. Previously
I mentioned it before..."
"New friend? That Chu Zihang?" Herzog replied in his usual Tachibana Masamune tone: "Zhisheng, I remember you told me yesterday that you wanted to investigate an alchemy tool called 'Murasame'
, I'm already paying attention... Is this checking for your friend?"
"When do you plan to come back specifically? Well, your assistant Ying will book the air tickets when the time comes. I just need to prepare the welcome ceremony...I will send the information on the Executive Bureau's missions these days...this
Don't worry, the main thing is to train your ability to handle affairs..."
"Be safe over there in China...if you have time, buy me a tea set as a collection. It won't be too expensive." He hung up the phone with a smile, and then looked at the person who had obviously heard the content of the call.
Kagemusha: "If it were you, what would you do next?"
The Kagemusha shook his body, pulled out the sedative syringe from his neck, then unlocked the electric chair, stood up, and planned to pace around while thinking about this issue.
However, neither Herzog nor this new "Tachibana Masamune" noticed that in a dark corner, a hidden pinhole camera was staring at the room from beginning to end, recording everything
image.
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Almost at the same time, in Binhai City, on a summer afternoon, the sun poured down on every inch of Shilan Middle School like molten gold, coating the campus with a dazzling golden color, but also bringing an indescribable sultry heat.
At this moment, when school is over, near the campus wall, the cries of vendors, the honking of cars, and the cheers from the basketball court in the distance are mixed together, making people feel the vitality here.
The surrounding students were either in groups, discussing their holiday plans enthusiastically; or they were alone, walking quickly towards the waiting parents outside the school gate, their faces filled with the joy of returning home, while Lu Mingfei, who was in the second grade of junior high school, seemed to be
The lone figure in this lively scene naturally reveals a certain sense of isolation.
"Ouch, this weather is as hot as a steamer. Shilan Middle School is really considerate. For fear that our students will have too much fun during the holidays, they have to give us a compulsory make-up lesson package in the summer, which is euphemistically called 'consolidating learning achievements'.
In fact, it is squeezing our happy time."
Lu Mingfei, carrying a slightly heavy schoolbag, squeezed out from the crowd after school. He wiped the sweat from his forehead and muttered, but his steps were not slow at all. The mineral water bottle in his hand was used as a fan.
He waved wildly, trying to dispel the sweltering heat around him.
He deliberately chose a remote path that was rarely used by people, just to avoid the groups of classmates who were chatting and laughing. They always seemed to find all kinds of fun during the holidays, but without friends, he could only fight with the Internet cafe.
companion.
"Fortunately, the homework was not too much. The teacher was probably afraid that we would faint from heat stroke, so he gave us a chance to breathe. After school, it was my little free world. The games and animations in the Internet cafe were waiting for me to pamper them.
Woolen cloth!"
Lu Mingfei comforted himself, thinking about his "great cause" tonight at the Internet cafe he often went to. To him, studying this matter was like eating a bowl of white rice that was neither salty nor bland. He would never starve to death.
, and can’t taste anything.
The shadow of the final exam has just dissipated, and the results were announced yesterday. On Lu Mingfei's report card, the scores in each subject were firmly in the lower middle range. In his own words, he was "as steady as an old dog, not even a hair."
No waves”.
Lu Mingfei felt like he had a mirror in his mind. His results were not great, but they were not so bad that they were shocking. His performance was quite stable. Just like him, he was mediocre and somewhat ordinary.
Stubborn.
However, according to the family's practice, as soon as the results of the major and minor exams came out, my aunt couldn't stop her eloquent mouth. It was like a machine gun firing, loud and fast, and she wished the whole neighborhood knew that a "genius boy" was born in her family.
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"Look at our Mingze, how serious he is in his studies... This time he ranked tenth in the class in the math test, and his ranking has improved by two places! Even the teacher said that if he adds a little more firepower, he will definitely become a great person in the future! What about you?
He only knows how to eat and sleep at home, he is just like a lazy pig, he is not even willing to run errands..."
She could always find countless reasons to praise Lu Mingze, from his academic performance to his hobbies, as if her son was born just to prove how failed Lu Mingfei was.
To be continued...