M-01-11-07-tear?Brazen Bull - Tearful

Obs. Level?Ⅰ

- Composed of steel plates with bluish rust and marks left by heat.

- Its appearance resembles that of an animal commonly referred to as the bull.

- Though the analysis isn't precise, the material's properties suggest it consists of an alloy of copper and zinc.

- It has another component other than steel plates; there appears to be a humanlike being inside it.

- K Corp's drones are flying around it. They appear to be filming Sinners occasionally.

- Though the reason or principle is unclear, it's thrown into a state of agitation. Because it was expected to make the battle more unfavorable for us as it went on, I suggested to the manager that the drones be destroyed first.

- The being inside constantly had a facial expression one would make while in pain.

- Its movement tends to be erratic and abrupt, possibly due to the pain caused by the heat.

- Its body is assumed to have intense heat. Whenever a Sinner was attacked by it, causalgia and burns could be observed.

- Clouds of gas assumed to be breaths or steam were observed near its head.

- It sometimes raised its body to slam a Sinner with its weight. And other times, from the head...the humanlike being emerged for an attack. Its dizzying cry left a lasting impression.

- When a Sinner was attacked by the humanlike being, they would display serious depression. The mental damage possibly caused them to be immobilized or become reluctant in combat. This effect is expected to be temporary.

- Concerned that it might render Sinners unable to further participate in battle, the manager has ordered to prioritize disabling its head. It is deemed to be an effective approach. The humanlike being could no longer be observed in battle once dealt with.

- No further discoveries to be made; the observation log is concluded.

→ Aah… It suffered for such a long time… Unable to do anything about the raging thirst, the flesh endlessly burning and searing…

→ Oi, kid's still messed up.

→ Faust will take care of it."

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T-02-11-04?Shock Centipede

Obs. Level?Ⅰ

Yeah... That centipede-ish thing, right?

They call it that, but I'm not sure if it's the right name for something clad in a big chain of steel armor.

Ah, well… I guess that's what Abnormalities are like.

Alright… Starting with appearance, it looks like a huge series of blue plates of steel connected together. Kinda like a robot.

The eyes were red… and glinted sometimes.

Sometimes… No, was it actually pretty frequent? I saw sparks bounce around its body like electricity was flowing. If it's visible to the naked eye, that's gotta mean the voltage is pretty high... It won't just sting when it touches you, that's for sure.

→ Centipede… To me, it looked more like a snake. It coiled up at kept glaring.

→ Fair point, but… Did snakes have legs where you lived? You can't call that one a snake.

→ They do, though?

→ There are legged snakes.

→ Oh, I saw 'em, too.

→ ...Am I the odd one out?

→ You're so funny, darling~

Obs. Level?Ⅱ

Haah... Electrocution was not what we should've been worrying about.

I described it as wearing some steel armor, didn't I? I've gotta correct it; rather than armor, it was more like... blades sharpened on all sides covering its body.

Imagine it stabbing, pushing... even coiling around us with that kind of body. It did a number on the Sinners.

We were all bleeding ourselves dry as we fought...

That doesn't mean it had nothing to do with electricity. It looked like it had to stop whatever it was doing and coil itself up in order to shock us.

No wonder it was like that when we first faced it...

Well, I guess that means it has one clear weakness.

Once its head was smashed in, it couldn't coil up any more... That has to mean no more electrocutions, right?

→ Excuse me, Gregor. I trusted you and charged ahead only to be fried to char. What do you have to say about this?

→ I can attest to that. Her discolored hair resembled a spoiled broccoli. I would eat no such thing as an orange broccoli even in battle.

→ ...If you have a problem with my hair, say it directly.

→ W-Whoa, there... Cool it down. Look, I'm sorry about what happened... Who could have thought breaking the head would make electricity flow througb its whole body?"

Obs. Level?Ⅲ

Did you know...? Apparently, centipedes' nerves stay active and go wild for a good while even after their heart stops beating.

This one's the same.

Seems to be some kind of final struggle... We got lax, but then the rich buddy got killed.

Faust said, 'Since nerves are activated by electric stimuli, this may be an electric problem.'

Well... She added that 'Although there is no guarantee such logic still stands with Abnormalities.' But I disagree with her there.

When we broke its head last time, I noticed something... At least, this guy has got to be following some laws that make sense. We already saw short circuits and electric currents work with it, right?

If that's the case... If we wait for it to run out of power... It'll go down on its own.

See if I'm right, will ya?"

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T-02-11-03?Drifting Fox

Obs. Level?Ⅰ

Hmm... How do I put it...

My first impression of it was, pitiful... and poor.

It looked like a huge wolf... no, fox, actually. It looked at us and growled.

On its body... old umbrellas were stuck on it. Not one, several of them.

It doesn't look like they were left by someone trying to attack it... If that were the case, the sharp parts would've been lodged into its body first.

I wonder why the handles of the umbrellas were stuck in it.

It seemed to be extremely wary of us. Not like there were a lot of Abnormalities that didn't show animosity, but... I don't think many of them stayed 'watchful' like this one.

...Mm, I'll stop here for now..."

Obs. Level?Ⅱ

The more umbrellas opened, the fiercer the fox seems to get.

In particular... it sometimes does nothing and waits, but the attack that comes after was especially poweful.

...Huh.

The fox... sometimes cries.

Looking at the sky, howling for long... as if it's laying bare some kind of sorrow into the sky.

It's not like I've talked to it, or learned anything about its past, but... every time I hear that sound, my heart aches so much.

It gets even worse when I break one of the umbrellas on its body... Like my own heart is breaking...

That's how it feels.

→ Sinclar, what you're experiencing is simple loss of sanity during battle. Do not let the Abnormality influence you.

→ But... the fox feels different from the Abnormalities we've fought... I'm sure it wasn't always hostile...

→ Do not refer to it as a fox or a dog. It's nothing more than an Abnormality. You mustn't confuse it for an animal you can find in the City.

→ Get over it, you think that fake fairy with a fat jelly bod was any easier to deal with? All we gotta do is fight and sleep as we're told. You'll end up dead trying to care about nonsense!"

Obs. Level?Ⅲ

Ah... I finally realized it.

The fox was mad at those who only give it meaningless attention before leaving.

Looking at the poor, abandoned thing on the street and giving it nothing but an umbrella...

People who gave it such meager care and think themselves as gracious benefactors for it, feeding their own ego...

That's what the fox was sad and angry about.

I, I see where it's coming from.

We have to take away the worn umbrellas on that poor child, and embrace it ourselves. We-

→ Didn't have a choice here. Seemed like something he could only snap out of after dying. (Trails of blood can be seen on the log.)

→ Although the method was rather extreme... It most certainly wasn't a condition that could be resolved in a short time otherwise.

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T-04-11-20?So That No One Will Cry

Obs. Level?Ⅰ

Well... It's a creepy-looking wood block.

It's got blood all over... and papers, too.

They weren't common, but I did see things like this in the Backstreets from time to time. What were they about, curses...? It was funny to me that some scallies actually believed that tosh.

...Gah, I guess it wasn't a total load of bollocks, seeing that thing with my eyes.

That chop of wood, that thing moves.

Could've sworn it was stiff as wood when we saw it in the mirror dungeons or whatever, like props for a horror film.

The attacks aren't much, but when you see a solid block of wood like that... fly at you at the speed it does, it does scare you a bit.

Feels like one hit could crack a bone or two.

...Well, I'm not about to sit down and let it hit me."

Obs. Level?Ⅱ

Cor, why is it so bloody sticky... (A substance that seems to be yellow glue are smidged around this part.)

I bet this bugger would've posted flyers in the Backstreets for a living if it were a human... doing nothing but that for years, I guarantee you.

It put several talismans over my body before I could notice. Dammit...

Not sure if it was those creepy pieces of paper pissing me off, but it felt a bit like the bat was working better. Whatever it was, it didn't feel like a bad thing.

Oh, and the talismans on its body moved to my bat, too. Don't know how it works, but... I guess they wrapped around it.

Anyway, this thing bugs me more the more I hit it. Some kinds of stress you gotta relieve by beating things, but this doesn't help.

→ That's something only a thug would say. You really are crude.

→...Huh? How's he holding off his anger when that comment's right up there?

→ Faust deliberately prevented him from looking at this. It would have been a waste to fill the space with useless information.

→ That's our wise bud.

→ By the way... I think I felt myself feeling stronger with more talismans on me, too. Even if they didn't annoy me or make me feel anything.

→ In that case... The talismans themselves might have some kind of effect. What if we tried attaching a lot of them on purpose?"

Obs. Level?Ⅲ

Damn it, why are you telling me to write this separately?

I could just keep writing where I was, you know... What's with the special treatment? It's narking me.

Forget it, I feel great turning that wood block into a pile of firewood, so I'll let it slide this time.

We tried getting a bunch of talismans on us like one of us suggested... but too many talismans actually weighed us down. It's weirdly tiring like some others said.

Instead... That wood block sometimes puts up its guard instead of attacking, you see...?

The little lad swung his halberd right then, and the talismans on that weapon got pulled into the wood block.

Then it turned purple...

Heh, that's when I got it. It couldn't do anything as we kept putting the papers on it, so we turned it into regular firewood.

→ Correction: the Abnormality returned to its ovate form. No experimental activities such as it actually turning into a pile of firewood or being lit on fire took place."

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F-01-11-12?Fairy Gentleman

Obs. Level?Ⅰ

Feels an awful lot like you keep making me do all the awful things... It's just a feeling, right…?

Pah, anyway... I'll write down what I know about that rotten tea-flavor jelly thingy.

If you're asking how I know it in so much detail~

...It's 'cause I got put in that gross maw of his.

I mean, as soon as our eyes met, he flew up, like swoosh~ all of a sudden and then squashed me with the mouth on its belly! Like, splorch, y'know?

It smelled so bad… Ugh, I hate it so much.

Oh... Now that I think about it, the smell itself wasn't all that weird.

It was just too... woefully sweet, I guess? My nose almost got numbed.

Anyway, it felt really weird.

→ Hmm... Was it that foul? As for me, the smell of those... jelly-like pieces bouncing off with each attack was pretty alright.

→ It stimulated me. (Cigarette ash seeped into this segment of the note.)

→ It had strengthening properties and provided an overall mental uplift."

Obs. Level?Ⅱ

Grr... This guy really ticks me off.

I dunno if it's the wobbly body, but every move of his feels so annoying! Especially when he dodges my attacks.

It's just like dealing with bullies on the streets as a kid. Y'know, how they laugh at you like 'Haha, can't even hit me?'. This is just like that...

Hngh... I guess I got really streesed out. I'm feeling a bit dizzy, too...

I'll stop here for now. Sorry, Dante~

→ Is she drunk?

→ Impossible. There was no situation in which alcohol could have been ingested.

→ ...RIght! W-When we were fighting the Abnormality, didn't she break a huge cup or something like that? I think she's been like this since then...

→ Ah. Now that you mention it, I do remember that fatso dodging her axe and causing it to smash into a glass up."

Obs. Level?Ⅲ

Sorry~ I was a bit messy with my last log.

I asked Fau if I can erase it and write a new one, but she said I absolutely can't. Isn't she a meanie?

Anyway... It did help with figuring some stuff out, so I hope you'll show some forgivenss.

Here's what I can tell for sure: those bits of jelly that fly around as we fight boost our morale.

And, the boost gets more powerful as the battle goes on.

When someone whose morale is at its highest... I mean, like MAX! Kinda highest... breaks the glass of booze~

Bingo! That person gets super drunk right away!

Once someone got drunk, their attacks would get weaker and miss a lot more easily.

And here's the catch~ The fatty jelly fella gobbled up one of our drunk pals once, right? Then he suddenly got all weird and stumbly!

We took the chance and swept him off the floor~~

See, I was super helpful!

→ If you were just a little faster to grasp it, you certainly would have been.

→ You just gotta say yes at times like this…"

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??-??-??-?? Lobotomy E.G.O::Sunshower - Dongbaek

Obs. Level?Ⅰ

The paragraph below is a 'detailed description' found in a document left in the L Corp. branch facility located in Nest K.

...An umbrella that may have been used to stop the rain once. Now, it's too old and worn to perform that role well.

This umbrella must have been the compassion for an abandoned somebody. But it might have come across as hollow.

Hypocrisy, vanity, irresponsibility. Those are the emotions the umbrella has harbored now.

Technology liberation alliance... It is said to be a group of former researchers from various firms.

There may yet be members in the City who we haven't met.

Dongbaek seems to have been the leader of a subgroup.

As they forsook the world… the world will have forsaken them in return.

She has always been good at attracting like-minded individuals and encouraging them, so it must have been a breeze for her to gather the abandoned.

How did they accept her offer, then? I might see the answer to that question.

Her hand would have been comparable to an umbrella in a heavy rain with no shelter to be found, a warm gesture of compassion.

An invitation to comfort and warmth.

...Alas, the umbrella must be a holed one, like the one we are seeing now.

Dongbaek may have held an umbrella over them... It was only a means to further her own interests.

She knows it well herself.

Look. See how she is helplessly caught in the falling rain. She must have no intention of avoiding it.

She is simply showering herself and all others in the rain...

Like a rusted umbrella, it would seem she has chosen to be stained in rust along with everything else."

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??-??-??-?? Dongbaek E.G.O::Spicebush

Obs. Level?Ⅰ

Dongbaek was rather fond of fireworks.

It's an activity of entertainment where gunpowder is launched into the sky and blown up.

Some of us called it an aggressive hobby and teased it.

Some others joked that she might showcase a bomb in a future conference.

Of course, it was all an innocent jest.

However... Dongbaek must have yearned to see something beyond that.

As we all did,

She wished to see stars form a stream in the skies, and flowers blooming across the land.

That was all there was to it.

Now, the old League of Nine Littérateurs has fallen apart.

As I peeked into the course of her life, I saw the world fall apart in a tragedy caused by technology.

She must have been furious.

She must have been consumed with a longing, agony, sorrow, and despair.

As I was.

All of Dongbaek's emotions have now pushed through the flesh, blooming into a mass of petals.

Ahh. Are you stopping at last, Dongbaek?

Only after creating an ideal ruination where no technology remains...

Do you finally effloresce the gorgeous scenery of our hometown with your own body.

I see, now I see.

The reason you bloomed, sowing seeds of nostalgia, was to set your heart upon our new beginning.

Dongbaek... The fireworks you used to love are now being recreated on the soil, as you manage to get the buds to bloom.

...Indeed, it is no wonder you would be fond of them."