episode_0165

“I said, let’s hold hands. Didn’t you hear?”

Apple is smiling, but the smile doesn’t seem friendly at all.

“No, no, wait a minute, I’m really confused.”

What in the world is going on?

The person I thought I had brainwashed and controlled was already free from hypnosis.

Moreover, she suddenly popped out when she saw me and Spade having sex, shouting, ‘Got you now!’

And then she suddenly proposed to hold hands.

What is this chaos?

What is this mess?

I really can’t understand it, and I can’t keep up.

So, it seems better to hold her and listen to her carefully.

“So… Spade, it’s work. Move. Capture that bitch.”

Number 13 ordered Spade behind him.

Even right after sex, Spade’s stamina should be more than enough to move and subdue that woman.

Immediately, he felt Spade moving behind him.

But the direction of that movement wasn’t towards Apple, whom Number 13 was pointing at, but towards Number 13’s back.

“Huh? Uh? Spade?”

Spade, who was stuck to his back, didn’t hesitate to twist and subdue Number 13’s arm.

Number 13 is about a head taller and bigger than Spade, but despite that, he was helplessly twisted and subdued by Spade’s slender arm.

Also, his leg was hooked and his body was forcibly pressed down, and he fell to the floor as if collapsing.

There was no way that the powerless Number 13, who couldn’t use any power, could overcome the Awakened’s magic-enhanced body, especially Spade’s strength, which was her specialty.

“Uh… what? Spade? Spade, what is this? What are you doing?”

“Did I look too easy?”

Apple approaches Number 13, who was forcibly kneeling.

Then she kicks Number 13’s chin with a *thwack*. Number 13’s face turns.

However, that face was forcibly turned back by Spade’s hand.

“I’m sorry, Number 13-nim. I thought you wouldn’t come to your senses unless I did this much.”

“…….”

Apple crouched down in front of Number 13.

The angle is such that you can glimpse the panties wrapped in stockings under Apple’s tight skirt, but I don’t feel like looking there.

Apple takes off her round glasses and unties the string that was holding her hair.

Then she became a completely different person than before.

Her usual plain impression completely disappeared, as if she had become a completely different person.

Even with that newly changed appearance, her smiling face was still the same as always. Even if her appearance changed, I could be sure that this woman was Apple just by that smile.

“So, do you still need a little more time to understand the situation?”

“…No, that’s enough. I know it perfectly now.”

Number 13 says quietly.

“In the end, you’re the enemy, right? Right, Apple?”

Apple giggled.

“You’re being too extreme. Of course, I kicked Number 13-nim’s face, but that was to help Number 13-nim understand? To show you that I really escaped your brainwashing, that it wasn’t acting or anything. And, considering what I’ve been through, wouldn’t it be okay to understand this as self-defense or a way to vent my anger?”

“You couldn’t harm me while you were brainwashed, right…”

“Yes, that’s right. Anyway, what I want to say is that I’m not Number 13-nim’s enemy. I want to be an ally if possible. So, won’t you hold hands with me?”

She says it with a smiling face as always.

What’s creepy is that her face is really the same as usual.

The face of Apple, who had been brainwashed and seemed to be being toyed with by Number 13.

It was still being shown even in the situation where she was revealing the truth to Number 13 and mocking him.

This woman is an outrageous liar.

She’s a woman who can lie as naturally as breathing without blinking an eye.

That kind of poisonous premonition comes to mind.

“So, are you going to hold hands or not?”

“Wouldn’t I be able to decide if you tell me what you’re trying to do?”

At that moment, along with the pressure pressing down on his head, Number 13’s face slammed into the floor.

Then his head was forcibly lifted again. So that he could look up at Apple as before.

Spade grabbed his head and slammed it into the floor.

“Ugh… Ah…!”

“Oh my. Spade-ssi was more violent than I thought. I can’t help it.”

“You, you bastard… what did you do to Spade…!”

Again, Number 13’s head drooped down, and again his face hit the floor.

Number 13 groans and feels pain. His nose feels hot, and he feels something flowing down.

“Oh my, you’re bleeding from your nose. Spade-ssi was a bit too much. But this is Number 13-nim’s fault. The only words allowed to you are ‘Yes’ or ‘No’, that’s all.”

“…….”

“Still, I made you bleed from your nose, so I’ll tell you that much. Spade-ssi just listened to my ‘persuasion’ a little. My persuasion that 『Number 13-nim is dangerous, so please help me do something about him as a hero of justice.』”

Apple is smiling happily, putting her fingers together.

It’s a suspicious smile at first glance.

I can’t trust anything this woman says, who only tells lies when she opens her mouth.

In addition, Number 13, who knows Spade’s personality quite well, thinks that her behavior is quite out of character.

And even now, Spade’s eyes, which are slightly visible, are soulless and dead, unlike her usual passionate and emotionally burning appearance.

Number 13 knows her like that very well.

He knows because he has made her that way.

“You… brainwashed Spade.”

Just like he did.

Apple also brainwashed Spade and made her fall.

There are various ways to do it. Number 13 always carries brainwashing drugs, and he has hidden spare brainwashing drugs in this 7th Unit base just in case.

And it wouldn’t have been difficult to take the brainwashing drug out of Number 13’s discarded clothes pocket, or to secretly steal the brainwashing drug he had put in the drawer while he was away.

That’s what he thought, but the answer that came back to Apple was negative.

“No, Number 13-nim. I didn’t use your drug.”

“What… then how…”

“I told you. Spade-ssi just listened to my persuasion. …I just met Spade-ssi several times for him.”

In the first place.

Hypnosis and brainwashing are not just means for Number 13 and Dorothy.

There are various forms of brainwashing in the world.

Number 13 used drugs to induce the other person’s thoughts a bit extremely, but usually, people are brainwashed through pseudo-religions or education in dictatorships.

Also, if you broaden the scope a little more, general religious events, teachings at school, education from parents, and so-called gaslighting are also close to brainwashing in a broad sense.

Brainwashing and hypnosis are not just about using drugs.

“I’ve always been good at reading people’s thoughts and feelings. I was trained to be that way. …And when I make good use of that talent, it’s surprisingly easy to induce the other person’s thoughts in the way I want.”

Not only that, but Apple explained that if you add some actions to increase suggestibility, the effect increases exponentially.

For example, rubbing your arm during a conversation, or habitually tapping a cup at the beginning of a conversation to make a sound of a certain rhythm.

There are other more complicated procedures, but she doesn’t seem to want to explain them all.

“Spade-ssi told me that you were suspicious and often came to my room. I had plenty of time to be alone and the time to set up the surroundings in advance.”

“…….”

“And Number 13-nim. Similar to Spade-ssi, I saw Number 13-nim often too. We talked a lot, didn’t we? You often drank the coffee I gave you.”

“……!”

Number 13’s thoughts turn to a certain possibility.

And as if to prove his thoughts, Apple reached out her finger to him.

Even if Number 13 tried to resist, he couldn’t overcome Spade’s power pressing him down.

As it was, Apple’s fingertip touched Number 13’s forehead.

“Your answer was too late, Number 13-nim. So, I have no choice but to forcibly ‘persuade’ you. What a pity.”

“Wait…!!”

Number 13 tried to stop her by saying wait, but it was no use.

More than that, Number 13’s head was spinning with what she had done, and his consciousness began to fade.

Even during that time, Apple’s voice was heard quietly.

“Just sleep for a while. When you wake up, you’ll be my faithful servant. Please become a good subordinate who devotes all your loyalty to me. It seems like we’ll be able to be together for a long, long time.”

No… no.

If I lose consciousness like this… it’s over. It’s over.

A sense of crisis assails him, but there was no way to reverse the collapsing consciousness.

His whole body feels lethargic and his eyelids feel heavy.

-Don’t resist and accept it.

Apple’s voice was heard again. If you don’t resist… it becomes easier….

‘No… No….’

It was right before Number 13’s consciousness was almost cut off.

“Stop!!”

*Kwaang!!*

The door of the room where Number 13 and Apple were, the locked door, was forcibly opened, half broken.

Visible beyond the opened door was Rahe’s figure, who had one foot out as if she had kicked the door open.

“That’s far enough, Apple! Put your hands up and surrender quietly! There’s no escape for you!!”

She was a hero with light greenish hair, whom I was seeing for the first time in this 7th Unit.

‘Who…’

And unfortunately.

At the same time as the appearance of the two, Number 13’s consciousness also reached its limit.

His consciousness and vision fall into the darkness….