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As Herald looked for Emma, he wouldn't be able to feel her wavelength at all. It was rather strange. As he walked, he would get closer to some of the different wings of the huge mansion. A crash could be heard followed by yelling in a completely different language. Some guards came out of a room not too far away and were yelling at each other before one pulled out a huge cart from the room full of what looked like lab equipment. They were so busy yelling at each other that they didn't notice Herald and just went off in a different direction leaving that room open and heaving Herald alone again. Their wavelengths disappeared once they were out of view, hinting that that issue may have had something to do with the building itself.

Once in the room, Herald would find himself surrounded by many different shelves with boxes. One wall was empty and had a screen on it while, on the opposite side, there was an old film projector with a box next to it. Obviously the guards had been moving stuff around and left that box there it seemed since it was the only one out of place. Inside were film reels with three tapes, each having the name "Rot Projekt." and then they were numbered in order.

Once Herald started the video, a scene appeared of several people in uniform and the narrator was speaking in what seemed to be German. Luckily, there were subs at the bottom of the screen that flickered there.
"I speak of one of the Third Reich's finest works, the Rot project. For a long time now, we have wished to find a way to harness madness and use it as a power. Though most of those who end up using madness end up being consumed in it. The first part of the project was to try and create a kishin a natural way and we had multiple strong and healthy german soldiers volunteer for this project. They were both mentally and physically stable so it was predicted that they would be able to control it. In the end, all the volunteers lost it to the madness and were killed on spot." The narrator said. As he spoke, scenes were shown of some of the men who had volunteered and during the procedure where they killed a human and then ate their soul. Some of them completely lost it after eating just one soul while others lasted a bit longer. One seen showed one of them trying to kill multiple scientists that were there. "Due to the casualties and waste of good men, we needed to find a new subject and also a new way of creating kishin. Finally and idea broke through. Due to the war and bombings, many children were left for dead or orphaned due to the casualties. Those children would be relocated and brought to a lab that was made especially for the Rot project thanks to the Führer's gracious donations.
The lab is made up of multiple sections: a testing wing, five cell blocks, a training arena, and so on… Children who were left by the war would be taken and brought to the cells." the man said as the footage showed the gigantic lab and showing some of the children in small cells. "Once all five cell blocks were full, some cells holding multiple children, the experimentation would begin. One of our scientists developed a way to create a kishin without the normal method. An artificial kishin. We didn't stop at that idea though, we made up ways to create artificial demons, witches, and many others but these theories had to be tested first. Several days in, more than half of cell block one failed in the experimentations, losing it to madness or becoming mindless. The mindless ones were obedient so, instead of killing them, we decided to put them to good use in the war. They were referred to as soldiers. Any others were either shot or died from the tests." Different experiments were shown on screen, some children were just laying strapped to a table and being covered in shots until their small bodies began becoming deformed. Some ended up losing their limbs while others just lost any life in their eyes and became mindless killing machines, some were strong enough to get loose of their restraints and, at first, try and kill the scientists but were quickly apprehended.
"These constant tests would continue, but one child in cell block 1 suddenly showed some promise. His body accepted the tests without any critical damage to his body or losing any key mental abilities. He was placed into a cell separate to the others and was saved for further tests as we continued. In the end, four children, one from each cell block, managed to somehow pass our first set of tests while the others either died or became our soldiers. The five that passed were moved to one cell block together while the others stayed in the other four." The cells packed with demon eyed children with awful mutations were shown. They looked dead and yet they weren't. Then it shifted to showing the five children that passed. Two were girls, three were boys. It didn't appear that the tests effected them that much, though instead of looking scared and frightened like a lot of them appeared to be earlier, they looked void of emotion but still had some sort of life in their eyes that made them different from the others. One appeared to be in his early teens and was the oldest, with the black and white color, it was hard to make out the children's hair color but this boy definitely had black hair. His arm appeared strange, looking more like an animals than a humans. The other two boys of the group had brighter color hair and were much scrawnier than the oldest. The two girls had dark hair that had been cut short. The only thing showing that they were female were their uniforms, dark gowns while the boys wore dark shirts and pants. One of the girls appeared very young, the youngest out of all of them, appearing only four or five. "The children were ID'd then, the five successful ones receiving a letter and a 1 as the first two symbols in their ID while the rest were just given number codes. The ID's for the soldiers had a spell on them that was used to control and monitor them so they wouldn't try and kill each other or, worse, the successful subjects. While they were trained as soldiers, the five were trained and tested further to be something of higher ups for much more dangerous missions." the man said before the image of the five children was cut to a white screen. It was up to Herald to decide if he wanted to continue playing them and learn more about the Project.

"Several new experiments were added on to the five successful subjects, now known as the Eins." the man said a few seconds after the video started. "The experiments pushed them farther into their transformations. Two were picked for being the ones to become kishin and the other three were chosen to be artificial demons. "Several times, mental correction was needed to get the subjects to not fight the changes. After a few times, they eventually snapped and submitted to our experiments. Experiment No. B1-02 ended up failing one of the tests to become a kishin and ended up becoming a sort of artificial chimera. He appeared to be unstable at first but showed a lot of potential as a powerful subject despite failing the Artificial test. Experiment No. V1-00 was the successful artificial demon, using fear as his madness. He was able to control the madness and make it submit to him instead of the opposite way around. The other three were also successful, becoming an artificial Vampire, Gorgon, and Bakeneko. The Rot Project was beginning to look like a huge success their power just needed to be tested after the final experiments were over." The man explained while showing the five subjects as they went through years of tests, some of which just looked like torture and had nothing to do with what the man was talking about. One of the girls was screaming at one point as her hair suddenly came to life and snakes replaced it. The youngest subject, the girl, appeared to be holding back any screams as she lashed against her constraints. Suddenly, the whole place exploded with fire as the scientists watched behind a two way glass. The artificial chimera was shown testing his abilities, becoming a huge monster that began tearing apart some of the soldiers like they were rag dolls. Finally it showed them after the tests, they all stood there in uniform. Several of them looked just as dead as the mindless subjects did while only two still had the same look as they did when they were younger, the cat girl and the kishin who stood on opposite ends of the ground.
"The Eins were sent on multiple huge operations and sometimes went out into the battlefield to make sure the other subjects were doing alright. No matter how many casualties the other cells had, the Eins always returned with just a few scratches. When one of our scientists who specialized in psychology sat down and talked to them to see their mental development, multiple hinted of psychopathic behaviors, one saying that defeating the enemy had become a game. One of the subjects, No. M1-08, was also revealed to have a IQ of 143 which was planned to be used for strategic planning but, due to worry of free thinking, she was subjected to some more mental treatment." With that statement, the cat girl was shown chained up to a wall and being subjected to different kinds of torture, one moment she was shown being held under water, another electrocuted. There were also times were they ejected the girl with some sort of drug that caused her to hallucinate and being panicking. It showed her after the torture still chained up and looking exhausted and tired both physically and mentally. She camera was a bit farther away from her, but she seemed to know where it was and looked up at it with a sort of glare. "Once the Eins were successful, it was time to begin the experiment all over again. The Eins were going to be assigned to capture the children and bring them to the lab to start looking for another set." the man said. After a few more moments, the film stopped and one more laid there.