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Sarah Louis · Kerrigan was floating in a gray mist.

She wanted to recall something, but all she could recall was a blank slate.

"Where am I? What am I going to do? I...... Who is it? ”

There is no reference in the void, there is no way to know if you are moving, you can't sense yourself, you don't know what state you are in, and even if you want to make a change to the status quo, you don't know where to start.

Maybe a long time had passed, or maybe it was only for a moment, and the fog on one side of Kerrigan's vision had lifted slightly, revealing a strange and familiar scene.

"Happy birthday, Sarah." "Behold, our little princess is getting prettier and prettier."

A man and a woman, two men in federal uniforms are celebrating the birthday of a little girl.

"I ...... Born in Tassanis, my parents were federal civil servants,......"

The fog obscures the scene, then dissipates again in the other direction.

"Sarah! Sarah! "Oh my God, my dear, she's such an angel!"

A runaway hovering vehicle crashed straight into the parents who were walking with the girl, and the mother hugged the girl tightly in desperation, while the father tried to block the car, but the car was frozen in the air after the girl raised her arms towards it.

"I ...... Recruited by the Federation for showing a knein ability to use spectral powers......"

The fog gathered and dispersed.

"There's something in this chest, you need to tell what it is without opening it, of course, I know, you can do it by clair, or telepathy-"

"Sir, is that what you're talking about?"

In a lecture hall, the girl held a kitten and asked the instructor with a stunned face.

"I ...... Received a high evaluation during the training of ghost users......"

The fog is surging.

"First time on a mission? Don't be nervous, so am I. "Any idea why you don't talk to your target? Because they have been brainwashed into believing that they are right. "If you talk too much, you will guess our internal intelligence."

"I think you've got a lot to say."

"Uh......"

In the cabin of the transport plane, the babbling pilot Ream touches his head in embarrassment because he is interrupted and nagging by a young girl.

"I ...... After graduating, he has carried out many missions for the Federation, and none of them missed......"

The gray-white mist suddenly trembled violently, and the next moment it completely dissipated.

The deep night sky, the occasional flickering fireworks and explosions, the shattered buildings, the blonde girl holding a large metal wall, and the bumpy cabin, and herself clutching the intercom.

"I am ......"

"[I'm your mother-]"

Click-click-click-

With a familiar sentence, the scene in front of me instantly fell apart like broken glass, revealing another layer of fog behind it.

The fog and the occasional past scene looked the same as before, but the events involved were completely different.

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"Sarah! Why are you always disobedient? ”

"I don't want you to care!"

Bang!

The woman was scolding the girl, but the fish tank next to her burst and was splashed with water, and her face was terrified.

"You...... You monster! ”

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"You are all selected by the Federation from various star sectors, and you have the talent to use 'ghost energy'," the instructor was expressionless, "I can clearly tell you that given your talents, you can only choose to serve the Federation." ”

"If not, are you going to kill all the people who refuse to serve?" Some students raised their hands to ask questions without knowing whether they were alive or dead.

"Of course not, that's a huge waste," the instructor glanced at him, "and we'll let him contribute to the Federation in other positions." ”

The trainee appears to have disappeared for a while, then reappeared and became silent.

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"It's a cat, and it's got a tumor because we've injected it with some kind of drug, you can choose to get rid of the tumor, or kill the cat." The instructor placed a cage in front of Kerrigan.

"I, I can't do it, the way I apply spectral energy doesn't include that." Kerrigan shook his head repeatedly.

"Unfortunately, after Atlas's assessment, it is believed that the strength you are currently showing does not match your ghost energy level, if you are not deliberately hiding your strength, or your potential has not been developed."

"I can try, but I can't guarantee ......"

The cat eventually died.

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"Hahaha...... I didn't expect those guys to send you to kill me, it's really retribution......"

"Instructor Ream, why did you, who taught us that we must be loyal to the Federation, choose to betray?"

In a messy safe house, the instructor is being held to the head at gunpoint by Kerrigan.

"Heh, have you forgotten the iron rule of 'don't talk to your target'? Your best option right now is to shoot me and get back to you, any communication with me could lead to you ending up with me. ”

“…… I want to know why. ”

"Heh, that's because—"

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"First mission? Don't be nervous, me too, my name is Rim, how about you? ”

"Sarah, Sarah Kerrigan, it's a pleasure to meet you, chatty Mr. Driver."

"Ah, oh~ do you mean that ban? I'm not your target, it doesn't matter, and it's counterintuitive to ask the driver to talk less, okay? ”

Inside the Chinook transport plane, the "agent on the first mission" and the "pilot on the first mission" were chatting happily, while some equipment with unknown functions in the cabin was shining cold red lights.

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"Whew...... Whew......"

Although she was only browsing the videos, Kerrigan still felt the exhaustion from her soul, and involuntarily raised her hand to hold her forehead and breathed heavily, and after a while, she came back to her senses: "My body is ......"

"[After suppressing the original personality and memory, creating a virtual personality, and instilling false memories, it is possible to use the talents of those who are not loyal enough, and this behavior is generally called 'brainwashing'. 】”

For the first time in the mist, Kerrigan's unfamiliar voice appeared, and when she looked back in surprise, she unsurprisingly saw the little "Jedi".

"[Don't try to talk to me, it's just a message here,] "Emile was expressionless, as if he was reading the manuscript that had already been written: "[If everything is normal after you go back, this message will not be seen, but with their suspicion, they will definitely brainwash you again, after all, there will be no Star Wars in the false memories they created.] 】”

Yes...... Indeed it is.

"[If you hear this message, it means that the Federation's brainwashing of you has been lifted, and then as long as you act according to that fake and unseemly memory, it will not be exposed," Amir paused: "[If you show abnormality again, although this message will not be replayed, it can still awaken your original memory, but if you go too far and are directly physically erased, it is powerless. 】”

“…… What is your purpose? Although he knew that the other party would not respond, Kerrigan still asked this biggest doubt.

"[Well, I'm guessing you're going to ask me a question about my purpose, what do I want,] Amir tilted his head, "[The answer is—]"