Chapter 797

Saekano World

"How strange...", Utaha Kasumigaoka looked at the illogical and extremely chaotic text, her brow furrowed.

Why was it so familiar? Why was there such a complex feeling of empathy?

It was as if... it were the novel she was constantly editing while writing? Deleting and adding, adding and then deleting?

Was it her imagination? Her beautiful legs, wrapped in black, trembled violently; the girl's mood was extremely unsettled.

Across the Myriad Worlds

The crowd furrowed their brows, watching SCP-3999, which could modify and warp reality on such a large scale, just to torture Talloran?

No, 3999 definitely had a purpose! Before this, they had a question: why would a Supreme Divinity be contained?

Previously, they thought it was normal for a Supreme Divinity to be contained, but now it seemed, how could 3999, which could warp the laws of the entire universe, be contained?

What would come next? An even more violent storm for Talloran? Finally making Talloran lose all hope?

On the screen, the text became even more twisted and crazy!

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3999 will be contained in SCP-2432; when 3999 is removed from SCP-2431, Item 2431 will quickly vanish, and all further testing is prohibited by the O5 Council! (Delete!)

Researcher Talloran is forcibly removed from 3999! (Delete!)

Researcher Talloran stays with 3999 forever! (Delete!)

Talloran will be terminated; Researcher Talloran must survive by all means; Researcher Talloran is placed in Item 3999; Researcher Talloran should stay as far away from 3999 as possible! (Delete!)

Researcher Talloran cannot be killed and placed in Item 3999; Researcher Talloran is not Item 3999! (Delete!)

A profound connection exists between Researcher Talloran and 3999.

Talloran's eyes were hollow, his face devoid of blood; he had experienced reality, yet he still sat here, pen in hand, his expression frantic as he waved the pen wildly, crazily negating the monster that imprisoned him!

At the same time, he was searching for a containment procedure that could imprison 3999!

"Heh... hehe ahhhh!", a raspy, whimpering roar came from Talloran's throat, like a maddened beast!

Every time he negated the opponent, or was negated by the opponent, it meant the dissipation of Talloran's life; Researcher Talloran was being toyed with and tortured over and over again!

Decades, centuries, millennia, tens of thousands of years; witnessing the tragic deaths of family and friends, that monster rewrote reality's logic at will, torturing Talloran over and over again in absurd ways; Talloran felt endless pain!

His spirit seemed to be torn apart; under the endless blows of reality, his spirit felt like a piece of paper being repeatedly crumpled by a giant hand.

His spirit was covered in cracks; Talloran felt... so tired.

He suppressed his pain; in this reality, everything was real; he clearly felt the passage of time and felt the sorrow in his heart.

The world... was so far away from him; whispering voices echoed in his ears; had someone said something? Were they doubting him? Were they insulting him? Were they mocking him?

A giant hand was dragging him into the abyss; Talloran looked back, but there was no giant hand, only the bloody reality where everything he cherished was trampled and easily destroyed.

Wailing, pain, screaming, distortion!

Talloran wanted to stop, Talloran didn't want to stop!!!

SCP-3999 is dead (Delete)

Researcher Talloran's task is to accompany Item 3999 for life from birth until death (Delete)

Talloran felt sick; accompany that monster for life? He didn't hesitate to cross it out fiercely!

He should live a happy life accompanied by friends and family, and fully enjoy the beauty of life!

3999 crossed it out without hesitation, negating the beauty Talloran hoped for.

Talloran is dead (Delete!)

A million years passed; in this million years, countless containment procedures appeared on the paper, appearing in Talloran's life—

It was still that same room, still the table, the chair, and the cot in the corner; the young man sat on the chair, motionless.

Talloran had changed nothing, Talloran had changed everything.

He gripped the pen tightly, staring hollowly at the ceiling; a moment later, he burst into sudden laughter!

"Ha... hahahahahahaha!!! ｀!"

"You want to breach containment? Well, I won't let you breach containment!!! I, Researcher Talloran, am forever loyal to the Foundation!!!"

The pain didn't kill him; in this endless Avici hell, he wantonly vented his anger and mockery!

But Talloran was also sorrowful, because he knew that in this million years, he hadn't found any containment procedure effective against 3999.

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【The Batman Who Laughs: "Goodness, a million years, a million years of torture, and he can endure this much? As expected, he has a little bit of stress resistance, hahahahahahaha."】

【Jogo: "You call this a little bit of stress resistance?! This is the legendary Stress-Resistant King!"】

【Mikoto Misaka: "A million years... in such a million years, wouldn't one truly break down? Even though you haven't even seen hope, just like that idiot."】

【Bright: "Yes, after all, the Foundation's constant motto is: We contain, we control, we protect."】

【Anti-Spiral: "And that so-called Supreme Divinity directly modified all reality, making everything Talloran experienced real; he wouldn't even have the thought that all of this was fake."】

【Aqua: "Something's wrong, very wrong! Why does that Supreme Divinity have to stare at Talloran and not let go?! Is it bored and has nothing to do? Why not just crush Talloran to death?! Why play these word games? Do all Supreme Divinities like this style?"】

【Kazuma Satou: "...?! Aqua, did you just use your brain to think?!"】

【Aqua: "..?! What do you mean, Kazuma!"】

【Class-B Personnel: "The definition of a Supreme Divinity is an existence that cannot be understood; it's possible for it to do anything. The only thing we can understand is Talloran."】

【Madoka Kaname: "Even if Talloran really defeated 3999, is it really worth it? Suffering such torture, losing family..."】

【Homura Akemi: "... Madoka, did you know all along?"】

Across the Myriad Worlds

In the eyes of the crowd, Talloran's figure gradually overlapped with several figures that had appeared before.

Touma Kamijou, the boy who never retreated after billions of times, and the Doctor who escaped the Repentance Compass after 4.5 billion years for his lover.

But they were different; the 4.5 billion years the Doctor experienced were 4.5 billion years of non-overlapping despair.

He only realized the despair of the quantity at the moment he realized the truth, rather than the exhaustion of empathy.

His journey was long, but it constantly refreshed the stored despair.

Touma's struggle always revolved around cherishing the lives of others; that boy was a natural protagonist.

For him, every death strengthened his protection!

Miracles and hope were things he already possessed.

And Talloran? He wasn't a protagonist; he was just an ordinary person, breaking down, losing control, over and over...

And, they seemed to gradually understand something?

In that world, the narrative layer that was constantly mentioned...

The Foundation

An unknown land of nothingness

The gentle young man chuckled.

Not being able to defeat a Supreme Divinity? He didn't understand that at all!

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After Talloran laughed loudly and provoked it wantonly, nothing happened around him; it was quiet.

There was no shattering of the universe, nor did any real phenomenon appear that caused him such heart-wrenching pain that he couldn't speak.

Researcher Talloran gripped the pen in his hand, trembling continuously.

As a Level 3 Foundation employee, he wouldn't think he had won... there was only one possibility.

Talloran slowly opened his arms, a look of both crying and laughing on his face.

"Come on."

A new cycle began—!

The universe was destroyed, the universe was reshaped—

The Foundation

Talloran was imprisoned in the containment facility, and a document appeared in his hand, Item Number 3999, Item Class Keter.

The most feasible plan for containing Item 3999 was determined to be Researcher Talloran, the focus of 3999, severing all contact with his own self; Researcher Talloran must meditate at least twice a week, clearing his mind of any negative thoughts.

Once the action fails, Researcher Talloran will be quickly shot in the head; if 3999 prevents this action, all distress signals sent by the subject will be ignored! (Delete)

Talloran was in the midst of it, feeling the loneliness of severing all self-connection, constantly clearing his mind in the limited time...

This was the containment measure for 3999, Talloran thought, using the pen in his hand, constantly fighting with words.

3999 will be contained by the Cide couple on Column Road 4; they are a happy family. Mr. Cide is a successful person with a successful career and a happy family; he believes in science and never fears ghosts or gods.

Mr. Cide loves his wife and also loves his work; he has served as a Global Occult Coalition director for many years.

By the way, the Cide couple also has a cute son; Mr. Cide once said, my son is the best, his name is Talloran! (Delete)