Professor Hoffman

霍夫曼博士 ホフマン博士

A scientist who invented Zeronium and manages and maintains Gesicht. He belongs to the Europol German branch. He has a personal interest in the dreams that Gesicht (artificial intelligence) experiences. Although he appears to be a good person, he has a bad habit of speaking from a scientist's perspective, which often makes Gesicht smile wryly. However, he cares about Gesicht as more than just a technician, worrying about his stress and directly questioning his superiors when he suspects that certain measures have been secretly implemented on him, valuing him as a "friend." He is attacked by someone but is rescued by Epsilon. However, later, when leaving the venue of the European Science Forum he attended in Düsseldorf, he is once again targeted by Professor Abullah, whom he encountered. He is captured by a robot sent by the enemy and falls into a desperate situation, abandoned by the Europol higher-ups. Gesicht disregards these orders and negotiates with the enemy, saving him. When he was lamenting the "death" of his child and friend Gesicht in front of his grave, he reunites with Dr. Tenma and Kimberly, whom he last met during a meeting. As he rejoices in Atom's revival, Dr. Tenma leaves with the words, "To what extent are scientists allowed to tread?"