Mash-up Anime World: Creating the SCP Foundation to Contain Anomalies

Under Shoko's gaze, the sharp scalpel plunged directly into her ear socket.

The sight alone was enough to make anyone scream but Shoko forced herself to sit still, not even trembling. Strangely, although the sharp scalpel entered her body, it did not cut through her flesh, there was no blood at all.

Shoko looked into Haruto's eyes.

The once endlessly gentle irises now shimmered with radiant colors, as brilliant as a rainbow.

With a barely audible sound—

Haruto withdrew the scalpel and casually tossed it into the Kamui dimension.

Under the power of the Root-Mystic Eyes of Death Perception, cutting death lines and cutting flesh were two completely different things.

Ordinarily, Haruto wouldn't even need a scalpel.

A simple swipe of his fingernail would be enough to sever the death lines. But since this was Shoko, Haruto wanted to ensure absolute precision, so he used a tool.

And judging by the results, it was a complete success.

Shoko didn't notice any strange changes in her body. Instead, she kept staring at Haruto's eyes.

As the mesmerizing rainbow colors faded, Shoko felt a trace of disappointment.

Only when she noticed Haruto smiling playfully at her did she snap back to reality. Her face instantly turned bright red as she hastily averted her gaze.

Seeing Shoko's adorable reaction, Haruto's mood lifted even further.

From the Kamui dimension, Haruto retrieved a capsule and handed it to Shoko.

Haruto: 'This is the complementary medicine. Once you take it, your hearing will be restored.'

Seeing Haruto's signed message, Shoko's eyes widened in shock. Never before had anyone given her such a certain promise.

With slightly trembling hands, she took the capsule.

Shoko looked at the capsule in her palm, then back at Haruto.

Nishimiya Shoko: 'This must be something really valuable, right? Giving it to me… wouldn't that be a waste? I… I don't deserve it.'

Hearing this, Haruto's expression darkened.

Seeing Haruto frown, Shoko immediately panicked, not knowing what to do.

Haruto: 'Of course you deserve it. You are the most wonderful Shoko in the world.'

Shoko froze.

A moment later, though she had cried herself dry before, tears once again flooded her eyes.

Sobbing, Shoko placed the capsule in her mouth and swallowed it. In just a few moments, Shoko's world was filled with clear sounds.

She momentarily forgot to cry as she listened in wonder to the noises around her.

Her own breathing, her sobs, her sniffles—

Sounds that had once been faint and distant, or completely absent, now reached her ears with astonishing clarity.

"How is it? You can hear now, right?"

Haruto asked with a smile.

Shoko heard Haruto's voice—

For the first time, she could clearly understand the meaning of spoken words. Even with a hearing aid, she had never experienced such clarity before.

And now, there was nothing in her ears.

The next moment, Shoko burst into tears and threw herself into Haruto's arms.

"Th-thank you! Th-thank you!"

Between sobs, Shoko did her best to express her gratitude, though her words were still a bit clumsy.

It was clear that she would need time to adjust before she could speak fluently. After all, simply gaining hearing didn't mean she could immediately perfect her speech.

That would take time and practice.

But one thing was certain, before long, Shoko would return to normal. She would be able to speak properly and communicate freely with others.

The scars on her body had been healed.

And the wounds in her heart, far deeper than any physical ailment, were slowly being erased in the warmth of Haruto's embrace.

Hearing Shoko's heartfelt gratitude, Haruto thought to himself—

For something as trivial as a universal cure-all (SCP-500), this was more than worth it. Later, Haruto took Shoko back home.

The moment Nishimiya Yaeko (her mother) saw her daughter being brought back by a stranger, she panicked.

Yaeko rushed forward, pulling Shoko into her arms, anxiously checking her from head to toe for any injuries. At the same time, she shot Haruto a wary, defensive glare.

Like a mother cat protecting her kitten, she bristled in full alert.

"Mama, no need. Big brother is a good person."

Shoko did her best to speak clearly.

And compared to before, her pronunciation was drastically improved.

Now that she could hear, she could calibrate her speech. Though still not completely fluent, it was leagues beyond what it had been.

Hearing her daughter's voice, Yaeko's eyes widened in shock.

"Shoko… your speech has improved…"

Just as she was about to continue speaking, Mrs. Yaeko quickly stopped and began using sign language.

However, Shoko reached out and pressed down on her mother's hands.

"Mom, I can hear."

These words instantly made Mrs. Yaeko feel as if she had found a priceless treasure. She was so overwhelmed with joy that she became incoherent.

After a long moment of excitement and confirmation, Mrs. Yaeko was finally certain, her daughter could truly hear.

Overcome with emotion, she hugged Shoko tightly, tears streaming down her face.

Feeling her mother's happiness, Shoko felt even more joyful than when she had first regained her hearing.

More than her own hearing, she wanted her mother to be happy.

It was only after a long while that Mrs. Yaeko finally managed to collect herself from the overwhelming joy.

At this moment, she noticed the young man standing nearby.

"I'm so sorry, I truly apologize! I was too worried about my daughter and acted rudely," Mrs. Yaeko repeatedly apologized.

Haruto quickly waved his hand, signaling that it was fine.

He fully understood Mrs. Yaeko's emotions.

To her, Shoko was her entire world.

In the original story, although this mother appeared cold, strict, and seemingly indifferent to Shoko's feelings, her love for her daughter was boundless.

When Shoko was three years old, she suffered hearing loss due to an eardrum infection.

Since she was still in the early stages of speech development, her father's family couldn't accept that she was different from other children.

Shoko's father, along with her grandparents, blamed Mrs. Yaeko, accusing her of concealing an illness before marriage, which supposedly led to their child's hearing impairment.

Not only did they hurl cruel words at her, but they even claimed that Shoko's condition was a punishment for sins committed in a past life, saying that was why she was born unable to hear.

Mrs. Yaeko had endured their earlier insults, but these words finally broke her, leaving her in tears.

She couldn't understand how people related to Shoko by blood could say such heartless things.

After that, she resolutely divorced Shoko's father and told his family never to deny the existence of her precious daughter.

From then on, she single-handedly raised Shoko through hardships.

It was only after the divorce that she discovered she was pregnant again and later gave birth to Shoko's younger sister, Yuzuru Nishimiya.

A mother like her, willing to do anything for her daughter, Haruto completely understood her.

So, being glared at by her a few times was nothing.

Then, Haruto explained,

"Shoko's school organized a summer camp. During one of the activities, there was a landslide. Shoko was caught in it. Although she suffered only minor physical injuries, a small rock lodged into her ear canal."

"Given that she already had hearing impairments, the situation was critical, and we couldn't reach you in time."

"With no choice but to act quickly, we performed an unauthorized emergency procedure to save her."

"Although the surgery was successful, not only removing the rock but also fully restoring her hearing—the procedure was technically illegal as it was done without guardian consent… So I brought Shoko here to apologize in person."

Hearing this, Mrs. Yaeko's body trembled slightly. Her daughter had been through a life-threatening crisis?

The next moment, Mrs. Yaeko attempted to kneel before Haruto. However, he was quick to react and immediately supported her.

"Thank you for saving Shoko. I… I don't know how to thank you. This is all the money I have…"

As she spoke, she took out a bank card from her bag.

But Haruto pushed it back.

"Mrs. Yaeko, the procedure was unauthorized, done solely to save a life. We can't accept any money for it."

"Honestly, the fact that you're not suing us is already a huge relief for our hospital."

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Yaeko shook her head vigorously.

"How could I ever sue Shoko's savior?"

After some back and forth, Haruto firmly declined Mrs. Yaeko's modest savings.

Privately, Haruto winked at Shoko.

Shoko understood and nodded slightly.

Of course, the landslide and illegal surgery were completely made up.

Shoko's memories had not been erased, she still retained knowledge of the SCP Foundation facility.

The reason was simple: Shoko insisted on repaying the favor no matter what.

Unable to refuse her, Haruto eventually had her sign a contract, telling her that if she truly wanted to repay the favor, she should study hard, enter Starry Sea Academy, and later join the Foundation.

Shoko readily agreed.

Thus, they came up with the landslide story to deceive Mrs. Yaeko.

As for the hot spring inn, it had indeed been sealed off to deal with the aftermath of the Broken Tongue entity, and the official report also cited a landslide.

"Are you really sure you don't need any other form of gratitude?"

Before leaving, Mrs. Yaeko asked somewhat uneasily.

Haruto waved his hand.

"No need, no need. That said, the hospital is actually short on nurses. If you really feel the need to repay the favor, you could apply for a job here, working at the hospital could count as a way of showing gratitude, haha."