What is this situation?"
"No, this is not my memory, no..."
"I..."
The scene before Hod gradually shifted to the very beginning of Lobotomy Corporation.
"Nice to meet you all! I am the AI currently in charge of managing this facility, Angela. You are the Sephirah responsible for assisting me with my work. I look forward to working with you. From now on, I will act as the Manager's secretary to guide your work. Before the Manager arrives, let us work hard together."
A mechanical voice rang out.
"Um, hello, Miss Angela."
"Just call me Angela, as we will be working hard together here from now on."
...
"What's wrong, Hod?"
"Um... I would like to..."
"I want to offer psychological counseling for the employees."
"You know, this is a place that the average mind cannot endure."
"Hod, that's a good idea. I think a psychological counseling program is very necessary. I believe we can help the employees, and they will surely work harder because of it."
...
"Hod, his death was not your fault. You did your best."
"No, she never said that."
Hod clutched her head in pain, her ahoge swaying in panic.
After a violent fluctuation.
"Everyone is back. When the facility suddenly started shaking, I was very worried about everyone's safety. Are you all okay?"
Hod's mechanical voice rang out again.
"Um, excuse me... who are you?"
"Hod, it's me, Angela."
"Ah, no, I see. Only I... you have all returned to the initial state."
"Then, let's get to know each other again. Let me introduce myself once more; my name is Angela."
...
"Loop??"
"Hod, please be careful. I think the psychological counseling thing can wait a little. Although it poses no risk, you might get hurt because of it, but it may not be needed at this stage. We can prepare it later."
"Okay, thank you for your concern, Angela."
...
"Hod, Enkephalin is energy, not medicine. It cannot be prescribed to employees."
"But..."
"You can just talk to them more."
"Okay, thank you, Angela."
After another massive earthquake.
...
"Loop???"
"Hello everyone, I am Angela."
...
"Um... Angela..."
"Psychological counseling?"
"Hod, I have also thought about how to launch effective psychological counseling activities."
...
"Angela, you are amazing. You are the only one here who can understand me."
"Although it does not contradict the script..."
"Angela, thank you! I'm so glad you're here! Thanks to the psychological counseling method you suggested, I was finally able to save Tiffany."
"Fortunately, as long as it can continue like this, that's fine."
...
"As expected... I overstepped again."
...
"I am an existence that provides necessary stimulation for them, an existence that accelerates the script process to make them suffer even more in this purgatory."
"An existence that must set the stage well before the Manager appears."
"Expectations for any relationship are forbidden for me."
"Only need to accelerate the script. Make them suffer more."
?
"Loop?"
"Hmm, I think that psychological counseling has issues, so... I cannot approve your plan. It's just that the result of one fact will not change. As expected, it eventually came to this."
...
"Come now, everyone, pay attention. The Manager has finally arrived today. I understand that you may hold a grudge against me, but the newly appointed Manager will be the one to change everything here."
"If it weren't for me, you would have already died like insects."
"Hod, what's wrong?"
"Manager, Hod's condition is very strange."
"Why does no one understand my good intentions? I am just worried about their safety, so why do they hate me? I just want to help everyone, why? Why? Why don't you understand me?"
"Meltdown, so this is what was written in the script."
"Even if she is in such pain, I am powerless to help."
...
Hod talked to herself in front of Roland and Ayou.
"Ah, I, in my memory, in my recollections, I don't have this part in my memory."
"Manager, Hod's condition is not quite right. I need your help."
Angela said to X beside her.
And X, looking at the exposed core of Hod on the monitor, also fell into deep thought, only replying:
"Okay, I will do my best."
When the meltdown level reached level four, the employees' stats decreased significantly.
Hod watched helplessly as the Manager did not notice and still sent an employee whose Courage had dropped to level one into the containment unit of Fragment of Universe.
"No, stop, stop!"
At this moment, Hod wanted to stop the employee from entering, but how could she possibly affect the past time now?
She could only watch helplessly as the employee was decapitated the moment they entered the containment unit, unable to do anything.
"Stop... no, that is not my fault."
Hod fell to her knees in the ethereal space, murmuring in pain.
"I just... I just..."
"Hod, you cannot conduct psychological counseling..."
"Hod, I'm sorry..."
"Hod, I..."
In the very end, Angela sighed deeply in front of the console.
"Sigh, I'm tired."
Hod looked at Angela, who was equally powerless before her.
"Angela. You..."
"Everyone, I'm sorry, I said many wrong things."
At this moment, everyone's mechanical voices rang out.
"Angela, what are you saying?"
"Why are you so dejected on the first day?"
Angela whispered to herself.
"It's fine, one more time won't hurt."
"Hod, your heart is very kind. I'm sorry, it is colorful, and I can only ruthlessly..."
Roland and Ayou watched Hod, whose eyes were vacant and who was still muttering strange words.
Both of them were a bit panicked, and Ayou started pacing back and forth.
"What to do? What to do? What to do? What to do!"
Roland suddenly thought of something.
"Hey, right, call Angela. Angela will definitely be able to."
"Hod was just muttering Angela's name."
So Roland took a deep breath.
"Help me, Angela!"
"Why are you shouting so loudly?"
The second after Roland finished shouting, Angela arrived at the Literature Floor.
Then, with a snap of her fingers, she sealed Roland's mouth.
Roland could only nervously use gestures to communicate, while his mouth was still humming and hawing.
"Mm, mm, ah, eh, mm, ah, eh, mm."
Ayou looked at the situation and explained to Angela.
"Look, what is going on with Hod?"
Angela then turned her head and glanced at Hod's current state.
She then walked in front of Hod and tutted.
"Tsk, why must you reminisce?"
Following a snap of her fingers, Hod's eyes gradually became clear, and she lay on the chair and fell into a deep sleep.
Angela placed her hand on Hod's head.
After waiting for a moment, Angela's hand left, and Hod woke up accordingly.
"Are you feeling better?"
Hod's expression was a bit fearful as she said to Angela:
"Angela, how long have you endured such loneliness?"
( ) It's about half as much as during the Suppression Battle.