Chapter 601 – E005 S14 Sonia Barely Escapes From the Capsule
“Please reveal your identity…? I… I…”
Sonia says over and over again. The sudden and strange request momentarily caught Sonia off guard.
“I… Huh…?”
‘Who am I…?’
Sonia’s voice grew quieter as she realized she had no idea who he was. Each person has their own name and identity, and Sonia was a person. But she couldn’t even think why Sonia couldn’t remember her own name.
Sonia, momentarily taken aback, continued to mutter, “I… I…”
[Program confusion detected.
[Query is in progress.]
[Please answer the following questions.]
[Ray. Does the name mean anything to you?]
“Le. Ray? No. This is my first time hearing it.”
Sonia replied with a frown on her face.
[What does the name Christina mean to you?]
“Hmm… This is my first time hearing this name.”
[Hmm… So what does the name Sonia mean to you?]
“Sonia? I think I’ve heard of it somewhere, but I’m not sure.”
After a while, a soft female voice was played again from inside the capsule and from the necklace Sonia was wearing.
[What does the name Unit S14 mean to you?]
When asked that question, Sonia started blinking her eyes and gasping for air.
She answered.
“Yes, yes! That’s… Me! I’m S14!”
Sonia said with a smile
A little. The smile appears to have disappeared slightly from Sonia’s face. Sonia smiled.
[Unit S14 voice recognition has been confirmed.]
[Program authentication has been confirmed.]
[Unit refurbishment work begins.]
“Re… Renovation work? That’s… Brainwashing. Oh, wait… Wait, no, you can’t do this again! I don’t want to be brainwashed!”
Sonia, the frightened hero of Sky City, leaned back as if leaning against the glass panel of her capsule and looked around her.
Resistance is useless, Unit S14
They want to be brainwashed and re-educated.
All units must comply with programming
Be sure to follow all instructions throughout the setup procedure
Once the settings are complete, the brainwashing process begins
Now let’s start step 1.
Please remain in the designated area.
“Don’t mess around!”
Sonia began repeatedly pounding on her glass plate with a force far superior to that of a normal person. The glass plate making a pitter-patter sound as if she was more shocked than her skin being stretched.
Pot.!
Two footprints appear on the bottom, the most central part of the capsule.
Sonia seemed to care and moved her feet as far away from there as possible and continued to tap on her glass.
“I’m not going to stand there! There’s no way I’m going to stand there!”
[Please stand in the S14 unit designated area.]
[If you do not do so, you will be punished.]
“Punishment? There’s no one here. It’s not just the House AI talking to me!.”
Sonia scoffed and continued her speech.
“The only thing I can do is talk. Nothing can make me stand there– ahhhhh. Ugh… It hurts… Kkkk…!”
A yellow light on Sonia’s necklace came on, and she began giving Sonia her electric shocks, causing Sonia to collapse on her floor, unable to say the full set of taunts she had in mind.
“Ugh…”
Her electric shocks coursed through Sonia’s body, turning her whole body upside down and the few muscles in her gonia began to convulse and Sonia went limp.
Her shock only lasted five seconds, but to Sonia it felt like two military years or an eternity.
With a click, Sonia’s necklace changed from yellow to green again.
S14 units are requested to stand in the designated area.
Failure to do so will result in further punishment.
5.4.3.2.1
“Ha. Please don’t do it, I understand! I understand! Please!”
Sonia, who was immediately discouraged, spoke with a whimper.
Sonia is not infinitely weak to strong people. Still, Sonia mustered up her remaining courage and spoke.
“I’m … I can’t be brainwashed. I really hate it.
Sonia screamed again and Sonia’s necklace turned yellow again. Therefore, her necklace began to shock Sonia.
It was less than five seconds, but it was enough to get Sonia into a crouch and make her scream in pain.
As her electric shock ended, Sonia’s entire body trembled and Sonia began to sob her tears, her tears streaming down Sonia’s cheeks.
“Sniff…”
S14 units are requested to stand in the designated area.
“Ah… Okay… Sniff…”
Sonia whimpered as she tried to get up again. She got up and looked down at the glowing spot on the floor where she was supposed to be standing.
‘It’s going to be okay…’
Is it that bad to stand there?
I’m just standing there. What could happen?
You could just be standing there by chance, right?
Excusing herself, Sonia lifted her left foot and placed it down on her glowing mark, then smoothed the empty space with her right foot.
[Well done. S14. S14 is programming compliant. Repeat. Obedience feels good.]
Sonia muttered, recalling the electric shock she had experienced twice before.
“Look. Obedience feels good…”
As Sonia’s words sank into her mind again, tears streamed down her cheeks. Sonia had a strange feeling she had never heard before, and she felt something calming.
[… Completed]
Sonia’s necklace glowed, this time from green to blue, and she began giving Sonia’s feet a relaxing massage as the floor she was standing on began to vibrate rapidly.
‘Comfortable…’
[Now we begin step 2. S14.]
Obedience is a joy
To obey is to feel joy.
You want to feel joy, right?
.
…
…
Sonia got scared a little while ago and tried to run away… Water
A strangely soothing, feminine computer voice kept giving Sonia strange commands that seemed to ring out loud, and Sonia tried to resist it, but her struggles only brought Sonia her pain.
‘It’s a strange, but… Good feeling…?’
Obedience to programming gave Sonia joy. How. Why. She didn’t know for what purpose, but Sonia thought it felt good to submit herself to the programming.
‘…? It’s strange. You followed the programming…?’
Sonia shook her head.
‘What happened to me,,,?’
[Emergency bio-brain awakening process begins… User request confirmed… Processing completed.]
Boom!
Sonia slammed her hand against the round glass of the capsule in sudden frustration and shame.
“Is there anyone out there? I’m not a lab rat or anything. Please let me go! I’m Sonia, the hero of Sky City!”
“Ah… No… Don’t… Don’t come…!”
What was your reaction to Sonia’s answer? It was a strange mechanical buzzing sound coming from above Sonia’s head.
Sonia lifted her head and looked up.
In horror, I saw countless wires, lights, cords, and other strange attachments sticking out of them coming down towards Sonia…
Something dangerous-looking objects are getting closer and closer to Sonia’s head…
‘I have to run away!’
Sonia’s instinct was to jump to one side of the test tube, but her feet were almost frozen.
“I can’t end here because of something like this!”
Sonia let out a scream and bowed down, covering her head with her arms. Then, the small buttons on the inside of her necklace were touched across her neck. Sonia put her hand in and started pressing random buttons, and with a clicking sound, her metal necklace came off.
“Now… Now…!”
Wow!
The glass plate of the capsule, which had been shaken violently by Sonia’s bare hand, shattered like sugar movie glass in an instant when she struck it with her metal necklace in a display of extraordinary strength.
‘I’m… Lucky.’
Glass shards hit Sonia’s body to the point where she was seriously injured, but thanks to the black latex suit she was wearing, she was only dusted with glass.
Sonia looked in the mirror, showing her own black latex suit except above the neck.
“I… I’m dressed like a real slave robot and drone…”
A latex suit covered all her hands and feet. If only Sonia had an identifying name engraved on her thighs and shoulders, no one would think she was the hero of Sky City.
Even now, Sonia doesn’t have her long blonde hair, but rather has her universal type robot maid’s hairstyle, a twin tail…
“I… Remembered… I was going to a request and thought I’d try my best…”
After remembering everything, Sonia left her room and called Yuna who was in her living room.
“Yuna! You’re there! Come out!”
