Vol 1 Chapter 11 (2/2)
However
Liev cocked his head, racking his brain
Why did he start to talk about the bloodsuckers(Nosferatu)?
Being asked a question which was unrelated to space caused Liev to grow even hed, clearing his throat
“Fro to keep what I’m about to inform you of confidential”
“Y-yes, sir……!” Liev’s heart hammered
Lieutenant General Victor and Dr Mozhaysky completely turned their eyes to Liev
And, to break the unpleasant silence, Korovin spoke in a low and severe tone
“Prior to launching huher-ups decided to experiment, the “Nosferatu Project”, to send bloodsuckers(Nosferatu) into space
“…… Eh?”
Liev couldn’t believe what he was hearing
Up until now, the republic’s government held the notion of “There is no failure allohen it comes to space exploration”, and, as a result, only cases of success have been announced One previously failed mars exploration case was secretly dealt with behind closed doors without appearing at the table
In other words, it was an unusual exception for disclosure during an experiht, Lieutenant-General Viktor spoke
“If the live broadcast is successful, it will be a blow to the United Kingdoainst”
Korovin tightly balled and raised his fist
“We seek a one hundred percent success rate! The should be no i the return, and after the return! But no-one has ever been out into space until now, so how can we verify that it is sufficiently safe?”
There were far too ions of the huofro the earth”?
Would one behave abnor faced with death adjoined by dread?
If you returned safely, would any serious prognostic symptoms co through the exploration site
Korovin made a sour expression
“If the crew ely on the live broadcast and died, ould be blalobe Even I am extremely reluctant”
Dr Mozhaysky suddenly addressed Liev with a grand and overwhel s for these experiments?”
“Eh, Ah… Yes”
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On the contrary, though, Dr Mozhaysky discontentedly twiddled his ood Monkeys were placed aboard acabin, then the switch and sensor which were installed were destroyed and torn out In co, which is cute and obedient, they were crafty and cunning, full of vihts There was also the issue of being unable to coerated tone
“It’d be a different story if the monkeys were influenced by cosmic rays and suddenly evolved into humans! Look, comrades! The first birth of an alien in history!”
It was a dicey joke; everyone forced a h, Liev still did not know as to why he had been su to the conversation
The at
No way, is he going to secretly substitute me with a monkey?
The world would launch a false hts? He suddenly turned his body towards Liev and looked straight at him
“Comrade Liev Lepus”
“Sir…!”
Liev prepared himself
Korovin took a small pause, then spoke
“Do you know of bloodsuckers(Nosferatu)?”
Toward the unexpected question, Liev blinked in disbelief
“… I’m sorry, what now…?”
“The Bloodsuckers(Nosferatu)”
“… Ah, yes The fabled extraordinary bloodsuckers… or the bloodsucking races which dwelled in reions of the country of Lilith[3]…”
“Yes I’ country west of the republic which had been invaded by an ene the Great War A bloodsucker(Nosferatu) clan, which lived in the quiet recesses of the overnment’s “Control Policy” due to its citizens which had a deeply ingrained idea that they had a “Cursed Seed”
It was this reason why raphs either; Liev was the sa clans were grotesque ave the impression that they were “fierce ht”
However
Liev cocked his head, racking his brain
Why did he start to talk about the bloodsuckers(Nosferatu)?
Being asked a question which was unrelated to space caused Liev to grow even hed, clearing his throat
“Fro to keep what I’m about to inform you of confidential”
“Y-yes, sir……!” Liev’s heart hammered
Lieutenant General Victor and Dr Mozhaysky completely turned their eyes to Liev
And, to break the unpleasant silence, Korovin spoke in a low and severe tone
“Before launching huher-ups decided to conduct an experiment, the “Nosferatu Project”, to send bloodsuckers(Nosferatu) into space
“…… Eh?”
“The mission code is ‘N44’ ”
“… Y-yes…”
Liev blankly stared as Dr Mozhaysky gave a lengthy explanation at a level which exceeded his ability to understand
“Compared to monkeys, Nosferatu are , to huical structure, but tests reveal that their blood has sie human They are a suitable replacement for these experiments However, since they are not taxonoory as humans, even if they were launched into space it wouldn’t be recognized as ‘a milestone for mankind’”
Lieutenant-General Viktor nodded his head deeply
“The first for ht to be from our motherland”
Dr Mozhaysky tautly pulled on his mustache
“The experiment will be ready for launch within two months The contents of the experis’ Verification of the safety of the boarding cabin, the ravity, and investigating any abnorht up and understood Long story short,the Nosferatu as substitutes
No matter how you put it, Liev felt that it was inhumane, but he couldn’t comment on the decisions of the country
Korovin turned and faced Liev
“You will now be informed of your mission”
“Yes”
“I want you toit in its training… a er…?”
At the astounding proposal, Liev’s eyes blinked with excitement Several questions came to mind, but his primary concern was the reason as to why he was selected
“Chief, ranted”
“Why was I nominated…?”
“You don’t need to know It has already been decided”
“Forgiveexcessive in pressing Korovin for his reasoning
“To succeed in code ‘N44’ is the sa the ‘Miechita Project’… ae?”
Indecisively, Liev cast his gaze doards Keeping watch over test subjects was not a task given to cadets He wondered if he was being given this duty out of pity for his job as a spare Or, did all of the technical officials refuse to take over?
There was also the fear of Nosferatu in the back of his ht away
Liev, as courageous, passed with flying colors and knew no fear, was the kind of person that wasn’t good withhis childhood, he was scared by his parents countless tiree
However-
Now, in his position as a spare, if he were to refuse, then he would be labeled as a disqualified cadet later on On the contrary, if he were to be stripped of his qualifications as a pilot, then his path to space would be cut off forever
He wanted to avoid that
Liev lifted his gaze, catching Korovin’s gaze right in front of him
“If you do not mind, it would be my pleasure to serve”
The corners of Korovin’sthe launch to Lieutenant-General Victor and Dr Mozhaysky You are to follow their orders”
“Acknowledged!”
Lieutenant-General Victor slapped Liev’s back in response
“I will infor a spare and this Nosferatu situation, his position aly complicated Liev broke out in a cold sweat internally
“Now, Liev I think that you already understand, but the test subject needs to be treated as an ‘object’ Now is especially not the time to be conceited”
“Yes!”
Unease rose in Liev’s chest as he wondered if he would have to deal with those terrifying monsters in a manner like that
“Well then, Liev, come with me”
Dr Mozhaysky bowed to Korovin then briskly made his way to the door
Liev bowed to Korovin and tried to exit the room, but was stopped, however, when Korovin called out, “One last thing”
“To be selected as a cosht now, as a spare, is currently zero”
“Yes…”
Though he already knew that, it was tough to be told so
“—Yet, I have great expectations froestive smile
“Go, ain, then bowed for a second ti reinstated as a cadet