Chapter 41

[Log Three]

[Mrs. Blackwood occasionally lets me return home. Seeing my wife and daughter is my greatest solace now.]

[Yet I dread those visits too. My bloodstained hands feel like they’d only taint their purity.]

[What drove me to this point?]

[If I could turn back time, I’d steer clear of that world entirely.]

[Log Three] (It seems duplicated in the original, but perhaps a continuation.)

[You can’t hide the truth forever. My odd behavior raised suspicions at home; my wife even checked my old workplace and learned I’d quit long ago.]

[I know one lie breeds more, but I was cornered.]

[For the first time, I argued with my wife, not out of anger, but fear of her discovering my deeds.]

[Regret and guilt consumed me. I desperately wanted to wrap up these experiments and reclaim a normal life.]

[Back in the lab this time, I sped up the work.]

[Learning from the last failure, I edited and recombined genes from both sides to boost compatibility.]

[After some time, progress surged. I successfully merged extracted Vile Gaze genes with a subject.]

[The hybrid held stable, retaining human form with some Vile Gaze traits, unlike the prior monster flop.]

[This breakthrough thrilled me; success meant freedom from Mrs. Blackwood’s pact.]

[But I’d observe the subject longer to confirm.]