WARNING: This document from the Second Weather Bureau is classified TOP SECRET. Unauthorized access is strictly prohibited. Violators will be monitored, located, and dealt with!
Project ID: Alpha-Joker (Black)
Special Containment Procedures: This entity cannot be contained by any known measures. Previous attempts all ended in catastrophic breaches. Multiple containment sites were destroyed. Site HN-02 was permanently lost, resulting in (data redacted).
To avoid provoking Alpha-Joker (Black) or causing misunderstandings, all Second Weather Bureau personnel below Level Beta must not interact with it without authorization. Any unauthorized communication will be forcibly terminated.
Alpha-Joker (Black) frequently approaches Gamma-425 (for Gamma-425's full file, refer to the Meteorological Bureau database). Preventing this is difficult and extremely hazardous. Her behavior aligns perfectly with the term "yandere." Updates will follow as new intelligence arrives.
Alpha-Joker (Black) lives with Gamma-425 in ██ City. The Meteorological Bureau expends vast resources to maintain a normal social environment for her.
Description: Alpha-Joker (Black) appears as a human female aged 17 to 20. Her features match typical Asian male preferences. She has a slender, average build. Data shows extremely high intelligence and understanding of human social norms. Her origin is unknown. Yet she ignores these norms when Gamma-425 is involved.
Alpha-Joker (Black) exhibits inexplicable abilities; specifics (data redacted). She evolves her powers based on environmental changes. This adaptability seems limitless. Her regeneration and resilience are astonishing. Once, after 64% bodily destruction, she annihilated a Meteorological Bureau site to return to Gamma-425.
During containment interviews, Alpha-Joker (Black) stated she cares only for Gamma-425. Other human lives mean nothing to her. (See Appendix Joker (Black)-3 for full interrogation logs.)
Alpha-Joker (Black) is extremely dangerous and cruel, especially regarding Gamma-425. The Meteorological Bureau must satisfy her control over Gamma-425 without exposure. Minimize female presence near Gamma-425 (an impossible task).
Gamma-425's innate ability to attract feminine attention led to recruitment plans into the Meteorological Bureau (data redacted) as a reserve member. This angered Alpha-Joker (Black). Though she voiced no complaint, the plan was scrapped.
"To control (data redacted), you must first control that boy. Or she'll destroy everything from psychological decay. Haven't past breaches woken you bookworms up?" — Commander ███
Appendix Joker (Black)-3 Excerpt:
███: Answer why you killed those girls.
Alpha-Joker (Black): Would you care about insects you step on?
███: Insects?... Explain how they threatened your security.
Alpha-Joker (Black): (Smiling but silent) (Note: Survivors recall the questioner visibly panicking.)
███: Answer now! Or I'll send you back to containment. No excuses!
Alpha-Joker (Black): Why suppress anger over what's solely mine? I tolerate insects near him—but pests overstepping bounds get eliminated. All of them.
███: (Data redacted)
Alpha-Joker (Black): ...Impossible. I must return now. Please don't make this difficult.
(You lack clearance for further data.)
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The Black Joker is one of only two jokers in a 54-card deck. Its face shows an ugly, evil black-and-white clown. It leers at the holder, as if controlling everything.
Urban legends say holding the Black Joker brings the bearer fortune. But it often brings random misfortune to those nearby.
Those targeted by the Black Joker never escape.
A crisp tinkling of wind chimes drifted down. Dawn was breaking. A soft white glow seeped through the window into the dim room.
The world was half-awake. The sky lightened, but the city stayed sunk in cold darkness. The chimes clinked softly in the breeze. Their sound slipped through sky-blue curtains to the bed's sleeping figure.
Her eyes opened slowly. No morning haze clouded them. Her hazel eyes were clear and calm. The early spring chill didn't bother her. She sat up smoothly.
The room, in white and cyan tones, was spotless. Almost no clutter lay about.
Right on her daily schedule, she sat motionless before the dressing table. She gazed at her mirror reflection. Her pajamas and hair were impeccably neat—unlike someone just waking.
The mirror showed her composed and calm. Clearly untouched by society's harshness, she was at her most beautiful age. She gave the impression of a reliable, mature older sister.
Most striking were her eyes. True windows to the soul, they conveyed exactly what she felt to anyone she watched.
She casually brushed her silky long hair. Her fair, delicate skin held no sickly pallor. No freckles or blemishes marred it. Anyone seeing her aura would think her a young lady free from daily worries.
In a sense, she truly never worried about such things.
Though unmoving at the mirror, in a blink, her pajamas transformed into a girls' school uniform.
Knee-high black sheer stockings hugged her legs perfectly. Beneath straight bangs, her hazel eyes sparkled with quiet amusement. Only a circular school emblem decorated her uniform.
Simple, elegant, and clean. Yet a beauty mark at her right eye's corner added subtle allure. It balanced her aura, making her less rigid than expected.
She stood, examining her ever-perfect reflection. A turn revealed her slender, curvaceous figure. She nodded in deep satisfaction.
"Then, I look forward to today as well,... Junior Li Ming."
A chilling smile of barely contained excitement spread across her face. Though beautiful, her reflection gave the illusion of facing a dangerous beast.
The student ID on the table lay open. For a moment, her name was visible: Bai Ling.
