Nora: …
This is not right! This shouldn't be the reaction!
Did I really do something wrong
A few minutes after the treatment was completed, the poor subject on the test bench finally woke up and was able to complain to Nora about the atrocities committed by Researcher Robert.
What made Nora dumbfounded was that this guy actually said he did it voluntarily
"Yes." The experimenter smiled bitterly with gratitude, "Thank you. But I volunteered to participate in this experiment. Although the process is painful, I really need this money to support my family."
"I've already said it." Varian helped the unconscious researcher Robert to his chair, "How could our Church do such an illegal thing as kidnapping innocent people as experimental subjects!"
"No!" Although Nora felt a little powerless, she still insisted, "You can't just use living people for experiments! What about the ethical issues in this regard?"
Varian: ...
Compared to this, you have ethical problems in becoming a superhuman, right? After your chromosomes were contaminated by the magic potion, you have already begun to deviate from the human category!
"Well, this is of course supervised by the Scientific Ethics Committee." Varian coughed and explained.
Suddenly he remembered something and turned to ask the experimenter, "That's not right. Why did you scream just now? Didn't Robert give you anesthesia before implanting the robot?"
"This..." The experimenter hesitated, and Varian immediately realized that there was a problem. His expression was stern:
"If they are trying to embezzle funds and conduct clinical trials without anesthesia, that would definitely be against humanitarianism. I will order the termination of Robert's project..."
"No, please wait!" The experimenter quickly turned over, fell to his knees on the ground, and burst into tears. "Please don't blame this priest. I asked not to use anesthesia!"
A few minutes later, based on the statements of the experimenters and the explanation of researcher Robert who had already woken up, Varian and Nora finally understood the whole story.
This experimenter had recently moved his family from the outer city to the inner city and bought a house of less than 30 square meters in the suburbs. In order to repay the high monthly mortgage payment, he signed up for the Vatican's scientific experiment.
Each experiment required general anesthesia, and if it was calculated as one general anesthesia per day, the cost of the drug for one month was about 18 silver marks. After learning about this, the experimenters asked Robert to let them go through the experiment without anesthesia, and the saved drug funds would be converted to him.
This is of course strictly prohibited by the institute's regulations. Because the research funds for each project, including the money for purchasing instruments and drugs, are all pre-listed. It doesn't mean that if you don't buy anesthetics, this money will be discounted to you.
However, Researcher Robert also knew his difficulties. He had two children to raise and the monthly mortgage was a huge expense. Even though he had a stable income from participating in experiments, his daily life was very difficult. Therefore, he agreed to wait until the end of the month, resell the unused anesthetics on the black market, and then hand over the cash to him.