Overturned Tower

"To be precise...there are three normal people left."

The poor man's tired eyes with dark circles turned into an abyss: "I remember when the minister first joined four years ago... There are still five of us, right?"

"At most it was six."

Delphinium corrected.

"Traitors are not human beings."

The man with a pair of sika antlers folded his arms on his chest and snorted coldly: "Not counting the traitor, two people have been sacrificed in the past four years. Thinking about the good, at least the sacrifice rate is much lower than that of the executive department.

"In addition, there is another one. It is also our former colleague...or the former minister. He is still alive, and you may see it later."

"...was he promoted?"

Russell asked with a fluke mentality.

"He turned into a demon. Of course, I think it's because of his mental stress... and the company's final report is that he abused psychic powers."

The poor man reached out to take out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, but was glared at by delphinium, and put the pack back angrily: "That guy is now being held in the research institute and provides us with healing psionic chips. He He used to be a good guy, but after he became a devil, he was no longer him.

"If there is a chance in the future, I can show you what a demon looks like... I won't talk about it. Change the subject. You, take this."

With that said, the inferior took out a chip box the size of a USB flash drive and threw it directly to Russell.

After Russell took it, he pushed it out for inspection.

"what is this?"

He checked and asked questions.

There are four chips inside, which are red, yellow, blue and green.

Looking at the shape, it is similar to the chip used on the airship on the bad day before.

"You definitely don't know this, because this is a technology that can only be accessed by the executive department."

As the inferior said, he rolled up the sleeve of his left hand, exposing the forearm with the interface.

Only then did Russell realize that the prosthetic body of the inferior was on the left arm.

I saw the inferior inserting a chip with a blue label into the slot on his left arm—his unruly and indifferent temperament suddenly became much calmer.

"For example, this is the psychic chip made by the minister's psychic energy. As long as this chip is plugged in, I can use the minister's psychic power."

After finishing speaking, the inferior returned the chip intact.

The chip was still green, not red. That means it's not being consumed.

"If you used it just now, I would say something to you."

The delphinium beside him smiled, and seemed not angry, just joking.

But the inferior man lowered his head and replied seriously: "I understand, minister. I won't waste it like that again."

"...Psionic power, how did you burn it?"

Russell couldn't help asking.

"The essence of psychic power is memory and emotion. As long as you want...or be forced to be imprisoned, you can copy the memory of the moment when you awakened the psychic power, and the emotions that accompanied that moment, and give it to others to use."

The inferior said seriously: "But remember, you must only use the chip issued by the head office, and you can only use one psionic chip at the same time. Don't pick up those mercenary chips and use them."

"And why?"

"It's the same as those psychics in the executive department. The chips issued by the company are also processed safely. After you use them, that part of your memory and emotions will be deleted. This is to protect personal privacy, and on the other hand, In order not to cause personality disorder.

"The technology in the lower urban area is not so good, and it is also cost-effective. What they manufacture is a semi-permanent chip. After inserting the chip, it can be used continuously for several hours or even days. However, the residual memory will not be deleted completely, and It will remain in the mind deeply, even stronger than my own memory.

"You have to know that things like memory are easily deceived. That kind of memory is mixed with your own memory, and it is very easy to confuse it with your own memory, creating false memories that don't exist. Basically, as long as you use it once, you will be sure It will have negative effects, and you will go crazy after a few more uses.

"Considering human rights and privacy issues, it is up to you to make your own psychic chips and distribute them to whom. But demons have no human rights—our ability to capture demons can become our power. So capturing demons has Bonus, kill it. But if you can't capture it alive, you still have to kill it, at least you can't let the other party go.

"But even if these chips can be reimbursed, the same chip cannot be used continuously within 24 hours, otherwise it may still cause memory confusion or undesired emotions. In severe cases, the blue value will even be reduced."

As he said that, the inferior man shook his chip case: "Therefore, you usually only carry one type of each type of chip. Your four types of chips are the first-level psionic chips that every executive officer comes standard with. According to red, yellow, blue, and green The sequence is 'Juli', 'Detection Camera', 'Protection against Light Bullets', 'Quick Healing'. If there is still demand, you can apply for another level 2 chip. However, if the psionic chip exceeds level 3, you must start from Buy from internal channels at a discount...but be careful, never sell to outsiders. There is an application batch number on the unused chip, which is very simple to check.

"Used chips can be thrown away or recycled. The data and batch numbers inside have been destroyed when they exit. So don't worry about being picked up and doing bad things."

Hearing this, Russell became more and more curious.

Although he didn't know if this question could be asked...but after struggling for a long time, he still asked it.

"So," he asked, "what is the minister's psychic power?"

Hearing this, there was a moment of silence around.

"Don't call me Minister, call me Delphinium."

Delphinium sighed: "My psychic power... has many uses.

"But the memory I made into a chip has only one effect. That is, when the blue value is below the sixth level, the blue value can be temporarily increased by one level. This means that as long as the mood is appropriate, you can safely burst out higher. Level 1 psychic power."

She had a slightly false smile similar to Bad Day: "That's one of the reasons why I was pushed to the position of 'Minister of the Executive Department'. In this case, I had to volunteer for my subordinates. We have provided the chip."

"...was making chips a painful process?"

"No. To be precise, apart from recalling that memory, there is not even any burden."

Delphinium shook his head: "But it's just like my code name. Using this chip has negative effects..."

"What negative effect?"

"It will be poisoned."

Delphinium said in a soft voice: "Using it to 'safely' temporarily increase psionic energy is equivalent to ingesting a poison that puts a heavy burden on the heart. But because it is not actually ingested Therefore, it is impossible to use antidote to neutralize the toxin, and can only directly treat the symptoms of poisoning. As the time of using it increases, this poison will gradually begin to cause irreversible damage to the heart. For those who use the prosthetic heart For humans, other types of poisoning symptoms such as asthma, convulsions, vomiting, and fainting may occur.

"But the most dangerous thing about it is...it will break the subconscious constraints of experienced psykers on psychics. Just like people will instinctively not use all their power to avoid the reaction force from hurting themselves. The blue shift level shows The wall of rationality will suppress the expansion and restlessness of psionic energy.

"But if you use it so much that you get used to a higher level of psychic power, it may make your brain think that 'your blueshift is one level higher than it really is'. In an already dangerous In the shifting state, when the chip is not used, it is also possible to subconsciously burst out stronger psychic energy. But this completes the overrun - at the moment when the red shift exceeds the blue shift, it will lead to the disintegration of the original personality. That will There is an irreversible and extremely rapid demonization."

"That's why... I named myself Delphinium. That was the name I changed to myself after I became the head of the executive department."

—It is a poisonous flower, and it is a relative of the same family as Aconitum.

"You just asked me what my psychic power is... When I completed the transfer ceremony and got my real name and detailed ability of my psychic power, it was already a bit late.

"I didn't know until then that its name is [Lethal Dose of Love]. It is a poisonous psionic energy that all derived abilities have lethal side effects."

As she said so, an almost gorgeous, but not bright, and even sad smile appeared on her face.