Floor 2 Documents

*“Spoiler Alert!”*This article contains **MAJOR SPOILERS**. Although all articles contain spoilers, this article will reveal **major plot twists!**

In addition to reports, there are numerous documents scattered about the abandoned building. Many documents appear to be anonymously written by ZENO researchers or ZENO patients. The names of the areas mentioned are derived from an English version of the Japanese ZENO walkthrough. Additionally, there are fan-made maps on the English guide compiled by the ZENO Wiki team.

## Floor 2 - Reference Room

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I killed my parents...They are the parents who brought me up meticulously...

I didn't kill them because I wanted to.

But by the time I was back to conscious, around became a sea of blood...

"Another self" might not be exact to describe it.

It felt like, inside me, there was something that wasn't me.

I was dominated by feelings I wouldn't control, by feelings like monsters.

I can't even do my own thing at my own will...

It's so painful...

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   **~ About memory erasure to treat ZENO ~ (Ushirono Fuyu)**

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The symptoms

* Intensive killing impulse
* Cannibal impulse, wanting to eat human flesh

Why do ZENO patients have such symptoms?

That's because this illness called ZENO can over-amplify one's emotino, making people show these two kinds of hidden inner feelings.

In other words, somethinglike the impulses to kill and to cannibalize are aggressive strong emotions that everyone has.

Even if one doesn't have ZENO, he has the possibility of being in this state

Where do these two emotions above come from?

Correct, they're built from the "past" experience - "memories".

By erasing these "memories", you can let these two feelings return to the original state or make the experiences return to zero.

From this, we can predict that this memory erasure method can relieve the symptoms of the ZENO patients, or may even curse them.

As long as using the Memory Control Device developed by me, one can spy on the objects' memories or erase a part of the memories.

Which means no matter what kind of ZENO patients, they all have the possibility to be cured.

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The onset timing of ZENO varies from person to person.

There's a saying among the researchers that people born with congenital factors have ZENO onsets.

It's said that it needs congenital factors, which are genetic factors and some triggers.

The age of onset ranges from 10s to 70s.

However, it's still unclear whether there are genomes associated with ZENO.

Now the number of patients diagnosed is 200~300.

**Cases**

* ZENO attacks while watching flowers on the roadside.
* ZENO attacks when being provoked or beaten.
* ZENO attacks when reading picture books given by parents.
* ZENO attacks when witnessing the scene of a murder or accident.
* ZENO attacks when under extreme pressure.
* ZENO attacks when breaking glass.

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There are two effective ways to treat ZENO.

One is to eat the meat of patients with the same illness.

The other is to erase all the memories of the patients.

However, the required conditions are fragmented. We still don't know how to cure it completely...

I can only feel shocked at Ushirono Fuyu and Maeno Aki who have found those ways.

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ZENO is a genetic disease.

It's unclear which chromosome causes the disease.

But throughout history,

the so-called lunatics or killers

are very likely to get this disease.

Stage Progression of ZENO Onsets

**ZENO onset**

Will be in stage 3-4 temporarily.

Most people will commit murder immediately after onset.

**After ZENO onset (Stage 1: 3 days-3 months)**

A state that isn't different from the usual state before the onset. If there's any difference, that is wanting to eat meat more than usual.

**ZENO onset (Stage 2: 3 months~)**

Will show abnormality · Want to see the splashing of blood · When cutting meat during cooking, will think of it as chopping human · Serious self-mutilation tendency · Killing small animals etc.

**ZENO onset (Stage 3: 1 year~)**

Can't help to kill. Words will also become strange.

Boast about killing people no matter the other party is listening or not.

**ZENO onset (Stage 4: the final stage)**

Become unhappy if not eat human flesh. Lose moral consciousness, view cannibalism as common sense.

Very few people reach stage 4, most people commit suicide in stage 3 because they can't bear the rebuke of conscience or the collapse of ethics.

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Since the discovery of the disease "ZENO", the state has been deliberately hiding the existence of this illness.

Patients are gathered in this state-owned facility for management.

It's said that the victims of ZENO are over 1000.

All the criminals were fabricated and hidden by the state and not made public.

However, there's still no way to stop the rumors about ZENO.

Now there's an urban legend like "cannibalism virus."

Some esoteric doctrine believers regard ZENO patients as apostles of GOD and worship them as angels.

They believe they can go to heaven if they are eaten by ZENO patients.

ZENO is the general term of Emotional Severe Acute Mental Illness.

And is also one of the mental illnesses that don't have definite treatment.

The main symptom of this illness the can be diagnosed now is a thing like "arousing a strong impulse to kill".

The cause and timing of the onset are unknown.

Most patients answered "One day, feelings like foreign matters poured into my heart".

Therefore, it was given a common name "ZENO (Foreignness)".

The instance the illness attacks, the patients' spirit will be dominated by an irresistible strong impulse to kill, and are unable to think of other things except killing.

In fact, 99% of patients commit homicide at the time of onset.

Besides killing impulse, another symptom of dramatic improvement in physical fitness has also been confirmed.

Not only basic physical strength and whole-body muscle strength, but also sensory organs are much more sensitive compared to the general average value.

## Floor 2 - Laboratory

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There's almost no cure for the illness called ZENO. Although there are four cured cases, they do not apply to all cases...Though ZENO is a mental illness...It can also reshape the body and activate all cells, creating a tough body. "Isn't it possible to apply this element to help people with disabilities and those who are partially paralyzed?"

This point has also been found attention...

In the end...there is still no solution.

Almost all the patients feel hopeless for themselves and end their own lives...

Tired...already.

What's the benefit for the state to study ZENO? Why does the state spend a lot of money to develop the treatment of ZENO? There were times when I held such questionings...

One day I suddenly realized...if this illness can be induced, can it become the strongest biochemical weapon? I — have developed a fear of working here. The term of the employment contracts here is one year. In the meantime, you cannot leave this facility.

ZENO patients' ability of body regeneration is extraordinary. Even if given a fatal injury, they can recover bit by bit, and resurrect.

Although it's unknown why there is such a regenerative ability, according to the investigation, it's probably because it removes the limits of the brain.

It's thought that it's also the reason why the five senses such as muscle strength, hearing, and vision become stronger.

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How many people have challenged the illness called ZENO so far, and how many people have been defeated by it...

As a result, even in the 2Xth century, it's still unclear why this illness attacks...

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No...no no...

No matter what, it can't be cured...No...

No...

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When An Emergency Happens

In [redacted] riots, etc.

We prepared door switchgear in the following places.

All staff should go and check.

Switch gear Installation locations

* Director's Office - Bottom Right of the Desk
* 1F Stairs Right

## Floor 2 - Director's Office

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Those patients can't even communicate when sedatives aren't given regularly...

Their faces when they are calm are so different from those when they are crazy, that they don't seem to be the same person.

When they are calm, they will also read book and feel guilty for what they have done.

But when they are crazy, they're like wild animals...

Which is their true feelings?

I have no idea.

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Date O/X

That young master of the Ushirono family, made sarcastic remarks to me again today.

He seems to be popular among the female workers...

How envious...

Date O/V

There's something wrong with the planned financing.

Although I've been running it, the number has clearly dropped...

Date O/N

It seems that Ushirono and [redacted] had a quarrel.

They seemed to be childhood friends...

But after that thing happened, everything has changed.

Date O/S

I forgot the operation manual of Emergency Closure Function in the laboratory...

What should I do?

I'd better pick it up tomorrow...

Date O/Q

They key to the laboratory was stolen by someone!

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[redacted] of the meeting

Dang it!!

Who hid the key to the laboratory!

It's a room that shall never be seen by the patients!

What will happen if they see it!!

It must be the one out of these four!!

That's the only possibility.

But why can't we find out the criminal?!

Who's lying?!

Talk properly! Dang it!!

In the first place, it was a mistake to be assigned as the director here.

[torn page] Chief Cabinet Secretary asked me [torn page] himself, [torn page] there was no mistake about [torn page] on course.

[torn page] on like this, then, I'll get [torn page]

[torn page] o! Dang it!!!

The following are messages on four different sticky notes:

* I've been staying in the research lab the whole time...So I didn't see such a thing. Speaking of it, when I got out of the research lab, I saw A walking towards Director's Office.
* At that time, I had an appointment with T and was on my way to the canteen!! I'm not lying!!! It's real!!!
* I saw T got in A's room. Then I kept walking and saw K walking towards Director's Office.
* I was walking towards A's room. Then I happen to see S getting out of the room...

*There is a map of floor two hanging on the wall in the top right of the director's room.*

## Floor 2 - Tomino's Room

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Hmph...

Those young people are extremely frivolous. Especially Ushirono and Maeno, the theories they put forward can't be right at all...!

And, as for Maeno...he seems to have a humble origin...

Really, contemptible.

It's been half a year since I came here.

Those researchers here are a bunch of crazy people.

Although their abilities are genius and have abundant ideas, they'll do whatever they can to cure this illness...

Ushirono looks decent at first glance, in fact, he's not...

That guy is the scariest. It's horrible here...

I want to go home soon, and meet my children.

## Floor 2 - Asano's Room

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I've had enough of Tomino!!!

He watched videos using loud volume again!!!

The walls are thin, bastard!!!

And nearly all of them are splatter movies!!!

I can't even go to the toilet!!!

Ushirono is really a troublesome man. Because he holds a strong hatred for [redacted] he disturbs the surroundings, and also likes to lecture others.

Because he has a brilliant mind, all my plans were rejected. It's good that [redacted] is kinder than him.

After his little sister died, his mind is becoming more and more strange.

Isn't that guy a ZENO patient?

## Floor 2 - Seono's Room

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Today, I shall give my love letter to Lord Ushirono...

That cool eyes...

That unassuming attitude...

They are all my ideal type...

Ahh...Lord Ushirono...

I can't work anymore without drinking alcohol.

Being in this state that is similar to a semi-prison together with those inexplicable patients, I can't even keep a normal mind to continue research!!

I'm afraid!!! Afraid!!! Afraid!!!

I'M AFRAID!!! LET ME OUT!!!

## Floor 2 - Kureono's Room

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That guy who became my neighbor, the one named Ushirono...

He's really terrible.

Although he's a handsome guy. And is popular among the nurses. But no one knows his true colors.

There were also some inhumane things he did that would make me think of "Isn't he a ZENO patient?"

He is strange...

## Floor 2 - Ushirono's Room

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   **Memory Control Device Instruction Manual**

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First, it is necessary to connect the "Intracerebral Connector" which is connected to the computer between the observer and the object.

The first thing to do when starting up the Memory Control Device is to read the memories in the object's brain.

* Make sure to conduct this experiment under supervision of the third party who operates the computer.

**Select the time of memory**

A · Childhood

B · Middle

C · Recent

Choose the time of memory to access.

Under the occassions where memory needs to be erased for the experiment, you need to select A [childhood part]. In adition, ABC three options will appear on the system.

Each patient's brain structure of memory is different. In order to hack into the brain more easily, the system must first be reconfigured for the object's brain.

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Today I also sedated the sample and carried out the experiment but with no success. What is missing?

Today I also sedated the sample, this time I tried to erase the middle memories. The experiement was carried out, but it wasn't successful.

The sedative was injected, the memories of the later period were erased. But still failed. I can't figure out the terms of success at all.

Did the memory erasure way go wrong...? Is there no other therapy...?

Only that method, I definitely don't want to try. My pride does not allow.

[two pages filled with the words "not allow"]