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As the years went on, Ansem the Wise became worried that the darkness of people's hearts would one day swallow his beloved home. In order to understand and counter it, Ansem began conducting simple psychological tests on Xehanort as a start. Ansem also hoped that this would unlock Xehanort's hidden memories, and his apprentice showed interest in the plan. However, the more he probed, the more he became worried about Xehanort's well-being and his possibly superhuman abilities. Even so, Ansem eventually constructed a large laboratory in the basement of his castle, encouraged by Ienzo. <ref>''''[[Secret Ansem Report]]:'''"Spured on by my youngest apprentice Ienzo, I constructed a massive laboratory in the basement of my castle."</ref> One of Ansem's experiment subjects was known as [[Subject X]], an imprisoned amnesiac girl who could only recall three facts of her life. Unknown to him, [[Braig]] secretly released Subject X, <ref>'''''Secret Reports''', '''[[Subject X]]:''' "One day, a man took me away from there. I could not see him in the darkness, except for he wore an eyepatch."</ref> making Ansem order all experiments cease, as he feared that they had caused her disappearance <ref>'''''[[Kingdom Hearts III]]''', '''Ansem the Wise:''' "Her disappearance is ''why'' I stopped the experiments!"</ref> due to the experimentation snowballing out of control. <ref>''''Secret Ansem Reports:'''"What have I done? My experiments in researching the darkness in the heart, which started with simple psychological testing has snowballed out of control."</ref> Unknown to Ansem, Xehanort believed that he had hidden Subject X from him. <ref>''''Secret Reports''', '''[[Terra-Xehanort|Xehanort]]:''' "Had "wise" master Ansem hidden her away?"</ref>Still, Ansem sank into despair over his error in experimenting on Xehanort.

[[Gummi Ship]] travel was now possible, thanks to Xehanort opening the door in Ansem's basement, and a ruler of another world, King [[Mickey Mouse]], soon arrived. The two rulers became great friends, conversing over many subjects, and their companionship began to heal Ansem's heart.{{storylink|Secret Ansem Report 2}} Around this time, Xehanort had continued the experiments in secret, accidentally creating [[Heartless]]{{storylink|Ansem's Report 3}} and presented his work in the hopes of praise. However, Ansem forbade an further experimentation with the Heartless as they threatened the stability of the worlds. <ref>''''' Kingdom Hearts II'', Ansem the Wise:''' "I forbid it! Forget this talk of doors and the hearts of worlds. That place must not be defiled."</ref> Ansem even accepted the boys [[Isa]] and [[Lea]] on as new apprentices.{{storylink|Secret Report 6}} King Mickey eventually advised Ansem the Wise to review the research data; Ansem discovered the [[Ansem Reports]], penned under his name, but written by Xehanort. Ansem began to see that the damage he had done had become irreversible.