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Wilhelm barely holds himself together throughout this investigation but he isn't going to leave it be until all is revealed. He steels himself for the next set of clips, for the final 5 that will be shown.

Tape 11: 'Expendable'

The video is taken from Bunker 14A. Inside, a scientist records the cloning chambers from the 3rd tape. This time, a female scientist that seems to resemble Sora with, instead, blue eyes stands, wiping off some glass of a clone that looks directly like her.

Scientist 1: "What does it feel like looking at yourself in there, Dr. Kelce?"

Dr. Kelce: "At first... It was weird. It was like I was looking at my life without experiencing it. After a bit, I came to realize that these versions aren't like me anyway."

The scientist recording sounds impressed, intrigued by such an answer.

Scientist 1: "Really? What makes you different from them?"

Dr. Kelce sighs as inserted a syringe into one of the empty clone chambers, inserting it in some injection hole as she injects the fluid into the chamber.

Dr. Kelce: "Well, I am the original clone, the first of my dupes. Being the first is much better than being the last or more recent generations. The rest of my more 'recent' versions are nothing but expendables, useless compared to me. I work with the new gateway for Project Ouroboros and I siphon my blood to produce more for the project, what can they replicate?"

The scientist recording seems to agree.

Scientist 1: "That's about right of you to believe. Besides, what are a few useless clones for a project meant to test the theory of teleportation?"

Dr. Kelce: "Exactly."

She picks up a clipboard right near her on one of the desks near the chamber she is maintaining.

Dr. Kelce: "They can continue to think they're lesser whilst I am here, isn't that right Dr. Faro?

Dr. Faro: "Indeed."

He checked his watch, a silver-plated one.

Dr. Faro: "Speaking of Project Ouroboros, why don't we go now? I doubt Sub-Director Laine would want us off our task."

Dr. Kelce nodded as the feed pauses and cuts off.

After the previous tape, Outis seemingly leaves to clear her mind of the tapes. However, Wilhelm steps in to continue the investigation of these tapes. He inserts the tape into the camera, vigilant of what will be shown.

Tape 10: 'Hell On Earth'

The feed shows Donitz again, this time with his NGA squadron. Among his squad, there's Kirnov and 3 others. One of them looks identical to Shuichi with all his features, another a look-alike of Eiji, similar hair but red eyes and slightly older, and a 3rd a look-alike of Kiyotaka with brown, longer hair, lighter skin, and red eyes.

Donitz: "Where we off to, boys?"

Kirnov sighs as Shuichi's look-alike giggles.

NGA Soldier 1: "For your little fans of this collection, just doing another cleansing operation in the Murotvo Region."

Donitz turns the camera around to the front. The landscape is all hell, a burning village as soldiers patrol the area. Women are dragged out and beaten, children force to watch the brutality, men shot by squadrons. Some soldiers even look and pillage houses, stealing what could be sold or kept as a trinket. Kirnov fires a shot at a woman as she tries to flee, a bullet striking her on the back as she collapses on the spot.

Donitz: "Keeping your eye, Kirnov?"

Kirnov: "Of course. It's our job to cleanse the area."

The clip continues until they stop by an old church that all the villagers are rounded to by soldiers. They're forced inside as they block the doors from outside with old furniture and cabinets. A Captain hands Donitz a Molotov with a grin.

NGA Captain: "Do you want the pleasure of starting this party?"

Donitz smiled as he threw the Molotov with a psychotic smile. It's followed by other soldiers throwing other Molotovs at the church. The church burns as the sound of women, men, and children screaming echoes on the feed. The men laugh and celebrate with dances and chanting. Donitz takes it all in as he stretches his arms out as if being crucified.

Donitz: "WHERE'S YOUR GOD NOW?!"

He let out a psychopathic laugh as Eiji's look-alike took the camera and the feed pauses and cuts off.

Investigations continue in the secret room. Outis is questioning whether she is real internally as she inserts the next tape.

Tape 8: 'The War Room'

The camera is set inside a room with a map of both the bunker and this 'alternative' version of Hopes Peak. There are 5 people inside, 2 are commanders and 3 other scientists. Then, a man in a uniform enters the room. The group of men and women salute him.

???: "Have a seat. There's much to be discussed."

Everyone sits down. The leader sits down too.

Head Scientist 1: "So, the next series of games is planned for the next months or so, Director."

'Director': "Good to hear. So far, our operations aren't compromised yet here in the region, so you may continue the games. Say, I suppose you have the list of the next killers?

Head Scientist 2: "As of now, no. We are still deciding good candidates from the list of duplicates and their original siphons."

'Director': "Have the list ready soon."

He turned to the 2 commanders.

'Director': "Commanders Sykes and Erast, how goes our current operations in the area?"

Commander Sykes: "So far, no issues."

Commander Erast: "Agreed. The deportation operations are running smoothly, as are the current cleansing operations."

The director nodded.

'Director': "Good. And I have heard that the research bay is still researching the necessary tech for Project Ouroboros."

Everyone nods. The director then gets up.

'Director': "That is all for now. Keep up our operations here. Hail the Generation."

Everyone performs a Nazi-esque salute.

Council: "Hail the Generation!"

The footage then pauses and cuts off.

The deeper the investigation goes, the deeper the whole extends. So much info is in these tapes that it starts to conflict on whether or not it is reality or just an alternative. And the next clip will decide if it continues or reveals something new.

Tape 7: ‘The Succor Of Violence'

The camera faces toward Donitz, the exact identical to Syobai. He sits on a chair, simply sharpening a bloodied knife while Johann's decapitated head sits right on the desk right next to him. He is grim, smiling with psychopathic intent.

"This is one of the few times I ever record myself, to talk about who I am."

He giggled as he stopped sharpening it and felt the blade.

"I'll start by introducing myself. I am, or once was, known as DN10C, aka Rein Donitz. I am the siphoned 'clone' of a bastard named 'Syobai Hashimoto', an Easterner who worked as some hitman years ago. Freelance, really. Apparently, he was brought here to Bunker 14A to be tested in a project codenamed 'Telos 1'. All I can say is that it was meant to test the psyche of the human mind under suspicion and stressing factors. Interesting shit, weird theories."

He stabbed the knife into the desk.

"Yet I am not here to talk about that. I'm here to talk about one thing my original siphon and I shared in common: the emphasis for violence. I've seen Syobai's performance in Test Run 3 so far in the 'Killing Games' Experiment. I have to admit, he kills well as he used to be. But, we are different beyond any levels. He kills just to live, just to see the light of another day. I kill because there's something so... refreshing about it. I live knowing that I am descendant to a damn failure of society, to someone who deserves his fate. Yet, I proved that I could be different from him, mostly by killing. And I've come to realize that killing is the only way to relieve the reality of me being as PUNY as him, as puny as a damn fool that was bottom of the food chain."

He takes the knife and slices a piece of flesh from Johann's fresh skin and bites into it.

"Killing is, simply, the only thing that allows us to prove ourselves stronger than the powers that be. And so, this little 'entry', as I'll put it, is a message to you, siphon. If you find it, then let my words sink in. If you truly wish to rid yourself of the shame you came from, join us. We can cleanse the world with our own bloodied hands, ripe from the corpses!"

He laughs maniacally before looking to the camera.

"Otherwise... You can join people like Johann here. He died, crying like the little BITCH he was."

He laughs as the feed pauses like the prior and cuts off.

Outis and the group in the room still downstairs in the room, viewing the footage of the next clip.

Tape 5: 'Identities'

A camera records a group of 8 'patients'. 2 soldiers stand in as guards while a scientist stands on patrol. Each prisoner is called up to take a documenting photo.

Scientist: "Raymond Haight, please stand forth."

The first patient approaches. He is exactly identical to Mikado, albeit slightly browner and shorter hair. His photo is taken and he is then taken away somewhere in Bunker 14A. Then it's the 2nd.

Scientist: "Lisa Raeleigh. Please stand forth."

A girl refuses to move. She looks exactly like Kanata. The scientist sighs.

Scientist: "Lisa Raeleigh, please stand forth for siphon documenting."

The girl refuses. The scientist signals the soldiers to move her by force by the gestures of his hand. One of them approaches her.

NGA Soldier 1: "He said move, you bitch!"

He punches her in the face before dragging her by the blonde, long hair of hers. Scientist sighs.

Scientist: "Russo, try not to use much violence against them. I promise you'll have your fair share after documentation.

The soldier nodded. Her photo is taken and she is then dragged away as she begs them, sobbing in fear and distraught.

Lisa: "P-Please! Don't h-hurt me, I BEG OF YOU!"

The rest gain their photos as the clip continues. Their names and identical looks are of the following:

- Robert Cromwell Sr., an identical to Byakuya except his hair is slightly more straightened

- Albrecht Somerville, an identical to Mondo except the hair is black and shorter, suave hair

- Liliane Doyle, an identical to Reima but slightly shorter and a little older age, likely in her mid 30's

- Juniper Smith, an identical to Kirigiri with all her features

- Sebastian Korber, an identical to Eiji but with red eyes and darker hair

- Nera Jenkins, the final patient and the near-identical of Junko but slightly smaller in height and with darker hair color

After Jenkins's documentation, the feed pauses and cuts off.