Human Reconstruction Programme

The Human Reconstruction Programme is a programme established by the government 18 years before the story took place.

As stated by Fujiko Sakurako, the true goal of this programme is to gather orphans with exceptional abilities to be developed as governmental tools for whatever purposes the government deemed fit. The children were taken to an institution known only as Meursault and their original identities supplanted by numbers.

The programme was based on a new drug accidentally developed by a Japanese pharmaceutical company that was engaged in brain function research in the mid-90s. The government focused on that research and launched the Human Reconstruction Programme. Pharmaceutical companies, neuroscience research institutions and state-of-the-art medical organisations were involved in this programme. The plan itself was terminated 11 years ago.

The Plan
A total of 14 children (all of whom were test subjects) were gathered in Meursault, which is the place they were brought to. Vast amounts of research funds were poured into Meursault and many talented researchers were brought there as well. However, the new drug was only effective on developing children under the age of seven and was not permissible for use on a regular person's body and mind. The bodies and minds of many subjects were ruined, and most died.

In the end, the Human Reconstruction Programme resulted in failure and was discontinued 11 years ago. By the end of the experiment, only two children survived (Yukito Tadashi and Izumi Hirabayashi). However, two children escaped by starting a fire and disabling the security systems.

Trivia
● Unlike the other children at the institution, Yukito volunteered to participate in the programme.