After the last strange writhing stopped, the family portrait on the photo completely disappeared, transforming into a voluptuous and charming young woman who looked exactly like Princess Veronica.
Just as the family portrait on the photo turned into the smiling Princess Veronica, a somewhat piercing noise suddenly sounded, startling the old man dozing on the lounge chair nearby.
Following the jarring noise, he looked down at the watch on his wrist and found all six hands moving. The old man, whose eyes were crescent-shaped and who naturally wore a smile, was suddenly ecstatic and widened his eyes.
It's complete! The last condition was actually complete!
He lifted his wrist to look at the last hand that had just started moving and saw that the number displayed was 0006, causing the naturally smiling old man, or rather the Aquarius Director, to pause slightly.
0006? Wasn't this a failure?
With a puzzled look on his face, he stood up from the lounge chair, walked to the table, and sat down. The Aquarius Director opened the desk drawer, took out a thick notebook labeled "Complete Record of Experiment Numbers," and quickly began to search through it.
"0006...0006...got it!"
He glanced casually at the records above, confirming it was the item he knew of. The Aquarius Director furrowed his brows and pondered for a while, then picked up a pen, wrote a few lines, and tore the page regarding Experiment 6. He then turned to the back cover and clipped this record together with the other five records.
Target Ability: Identity substitution, memory modification
Experiment Details: Utilize the test subject's longing for a happy family to induce thoughts of substituting for others and select the carrier as a photo representing the past, memories, and experiences, to purposefully cultivate the functional anomalous object with the ability to "substitute identity" and "modify the past."
After learning of her parents' death, the test subject developed an extreme longing for family. But, after being guided to see numerous happy families, she did not develop the impulse to replace the children of others; instead, she longed even more to find her own parents.
Note: It is judged that, because her usual family environment was relatively happy, the subject did not envy others' lives but rather the fact that others had real family members. It is recommended to abandon the cultivation of the "substitution" ability and instead induce her to reject reality and develop the idea of modifying the past.
Even witnessing the process of her parents' compensation being embezzled and being evicted from the house she grew up in, the subject still did not develop thoughts of rejecting reality, nor did she hope for her parents to truly resurrect.
Note: It is judged that although the subject was very young, her will was quite firm, and she already understood the meaning of death, not believing her parents could resurrect. Also, her naturally kind nature meant she was not completely disillusioned with humanity, thus the inducement failed.
The subject activated the anomalous object, but the effect completely deviated from the target ability, shifting from identity substitution and past modification to regaining family members.
Note: The experiment was temporarily shelved, awaiting the subject's adulthood and complete mental stability with no changes, before attempting to retrieve her and look for similar qualities in test subjects.
Record 4: Completely failed!
After a follow-up visit, the subject's mind was found to be not fully stable but had once personally destroyed the anomalous object she created, and wholeheartedly denied its significance. After being repeatedly provoked by my deliberate actions, her state showed no new changes, and the likelihood of success was nearly zero.
Note: Because the subject's "family" unintentionally joined the Purification Bureau's Virgin Branch, the photo anomalous object created by the subject was in the hands of the Scarlet Hair Lady, making retrieval extremely difficult.
While preparing to sleep at night, the [Dream-Seeking Wristwatch] was suddenly activated, suggesting the test subject's psyche suffered a tremendous impact, causing a shift in her innermost desires, leading to changes in the anomalous object. The new ability happened to meet the "substitute" and "modify" criteria.
Note: Pending verification.