T-01-23-04??Blubbering Toad

Obs. Level?Ⅰ

It wasn't the most pleasant encounter.

You might say that this would apply to facing any Abnormality in battle, but this one just...felt unusual, somehow.

It was sitting languidly still and crying strange noises, looking like it had given up on everything.

The protruding blue eyeballs were shifting around with no confidence...

Yeah. It was kinda getting on my nerves. I thought I might go crazy if I had to hear its cry any longer.

I would rather just...

→ Is that the reason you swung your mace against the orders? I find it hardly convincing.

→ Nah, I'm with her. I'd snap too if I kept listening to that bloody croak. 'Sides, we're supposed to beat those Abnormalities or whatever until they're eggs, aye? What's the problem here?

→ I, I thought so, too… I agreed it would've been better off to reduce it to an egg quickly…

→ What's clockface on about now. They're ticking an awful lot.

→ …Executive Manager asks for some respect for salvaging you tools after you gotyourselves killed in an idiotic charge.

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Obs. Level?Ⅱ

think I've learned one thing.

I don't know how it came to attack its foes with its own eyeballs, but it looks like getting hit by it drains your energy (on top of it being incredibly gross).

…Does it? Gimme a moment.

Hmm… I asked a few other Sinners about this.

In conclusion… The more times you're hit by its tongue, the deadlier the eyeball seesm to be.

I couldn't figure out further details, but I think it's safe to plan our tactics around avoiding its tongue, manager.

Which is good. It did not feel good to get hit.

→ Talk about a weirdo. It's not really tough at all, but it makes me feel all weak and drowsy~

→ Really? I, I felt a little different… Doesn't it make you more gloomy than anything?

→ Huh? How?

→ Like… Past memories popping up, or… Wanting to give up and die…

→ …Um, Faustie? Looks like our kiddie needs some mental aid?

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Obs. Level?Ⅲ

The left eye reduces health, and the right eye damages sanity.

So that's how they worked.

Well... Not like this changes the fact that it's best to avoid both.

In any case, we now know why dragging on doesn't do us any favor.

I felt like I was being dragged deeper into the swamp of gloom as the fight went on.

I suggest we make quick work of it with fast and powerful attacks, manager.

P.S. This just occurred to me...

I wonder what would've happened we just waiting until it's finished crying?

No, I'm not saying we should try it. I don't see it being efficient, either.

It's just... I remember someone doing the same for me a long time ago, and it helped me back then.

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O-06-20-02???Kqe-1j-23

Obs. Level?Ⅰ

I dunno a lot about robots or machines like this...

Wait, have I...? I might have seen this one before. It was standing still in a room back then.

Right~ That souvenir robot!

Yeah, it had a panel on its chest where you could write stuff.

This thing looks like it'll chop you in half if you dared touch its chest, though...

Come to think of it, I remember running away from the robot because it tried to take away the thing it gave me. Robot arms came out clanking just like now, too.

Reflecting on it, back in my day…

Hah, guess it goes further back, actually. People much older than me used to work with hunks of metal like that, or so I heard.

If the stories are to be believed, some were modified for combat purposes. That sure takes me back…

→ Old fart.

→ …Who wrote this?

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Obs. Level?Ⅱ

?Damn, I didn't expect this of all things to get me nostalgic.

In the Backstreets, you could sometimes find toys from ages ago.

One of them was a toy crane where you grab dolls trapped behind the glass. You move the claw using a joystick from the outside, and send it down to grab whatever's underneath.

It was pretty tight. Yep.

And here I am... Being put in the dolls' shoes after all this time.

I sure as hell didn't see this stupid machine play the crane game with us!

And when it catches something, it saws the prize along the neck…

Ugh, talk about ruined childhood memories.

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Obs. Level?Ⅲ

?Alright, I think I figured it out.

This is pretty disturbing, but... When it tried to grab us, we managed to dodge it one time.

After that big robot claw went upwards… Bah, sorry, I thought I got over it.

It came down again, holding some…machine egg thing.

When I got closer… I saw that the mechanical film was pounding to a beat.

Like a heart.

I know, this makes no sense normally. So don't comment stuff like?“a heart can't beat outside an organism's systems”?or whatever. You saw that thing move too, right?

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I have to write what we did about it in full detail, huh…

I mean, what more do I say, really. We chopped that thing off.

The claw was a pretty big bother to get around, but when we cut into that thing somehow, that tin can stopped moving! Haha, that sure gave us a breather.

…Well, it might be because the heart belonged to the robot.

It's creepy, but whatever. It's an Abnormality, yeah?

I didn't get to spare much sympathy for others during the war, and I'm definitely not wasting any on unknown freaks like that.

We've got to live.

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M-04-04-04??My Form Empties

Obs. Level?Ⅰ

story: Recording the information gained from an encounter with the entity.

This entity was first identified by the Preliminary Observation of LCC Before Team, and it was to be captured by After Team's Special Ops department.

However, it appears that we encountered it through the mirror before they could perform the task.

With the above-mentioned facts in consideration, I will describe the information gathered from Before Team's observation and our encounter with it in a comprehensive manner.

-The Abnormality is speculated to be a statue created as an idol for worship.

-The Abnormality appears to be floating in the air at all times, and shows no particular movement outside of gesturing with one hand.

-Is ■■■■ with a related Abnormality ■■■■■■; may suggest a connection of some kind, though details are unclear. [Authorization from a higher security level is required to access the data.]

-Similar to how it floats, it attacks by \levitating\ objects and sending them flying.

Concluding the report.

→ Those cleaners found it first? I thought it was their job to catch 'em and put 'em away?

→ As explained before, we stand between multiple different possibilities via refractions. After Team may have been late in this possibility, or even nonexistent.

→ (A writing seems to have been scribbled out with a pen.) Alright, I got that loud and clear.

→ Someone is unconvincing.

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Obs. Level?Ⅱ

Recording the information gained from encountering the entity in battle.

I will describe its behavior during combat.

It was always accompanied by a group of followers. Observation suggested that they were under the influence of a type of mind control. The lack of any common factors shared by all followers in terms of attire or other external features added further plausibility to the speculation.

It appears to attack using a khakkhara holding spiritual significance.The staff floated in a similar manner to the Abnormality. It looks as though the staff has its own sentience.

Also, due to an unidentified interference...most attacks proved ineffective.

Attacks to the core will not achieve much until the cause is found.

I will note progress made in a future report.

Concluding the report.

→ Wait, wait. You forgot that weird ring.

→ It…gives a strange feeling. I don't know why it comes to us, but when it sticks to the back, it feels...strange. Like a pressure is weighing down on the mind…

→ You had the time to feel all that? As for me, the hit I took while the ring was attached to me cut me in half by the waist. I can almost still feel it even now.

→ Really…? I, I don't think I got hurt that bad.

→ Hm. That does remind me of the occasion when the airborne ring returned to me at one moment. It may be the case that there is a rule behind its movement.

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Obs. Level?Ⅲ

Recording the reason for the unsuccessful attacks.

Its followers appear to be directly linked to the Abnormality.

The Abnormality will most likely not suffer meaningful damage until all followers have been defeated.

There seems to have been a kind of contractual obligation that requires the followers to protect the Abnormality.

There is another discovery to report.

After its body has been broken and the head has fallen, it started attacking its own followers at random.

Although breaking the body was an arduous task, it proved to be quite effective for its suppression.

Concluding the report.

→ It almost looked angry, the way it moved. I guess… It was lashing out at its minions for failing to protect it?

→ To think it would punish its soldiers on the front lines for errors in the operation. It's hardly surprising that a floating statue makes an incompetent commander.

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