this answer what happen to MC friend in early chapter before returning as "B" citizen with different personality. he get mind
break reconfiguration treatment
imagine the cliche plot twist of "lowell IS his father"
i dont think that cliche will work here. MC and his mother lives were as normal as it can be for the father to be the mastermind. the timeline also dont fit, since his father is caught by the police after the law reformed not before (while his mother taken very recently), nor he still existing now but hide his job/identity.