Hisoka walks inside a pharmacy to see Sogitta Gunha bandaging himself. "Bruh, how are you alive?" Hisoka asked Gunha, surprised at Hisoka's question.

"Huh? Hisoka-San! Why would you ask a question like that? No simple injuries would keep me down."

"What no!! Seriously the frog doctor said you were super bleeding internally!! How are you just sitting there in your bed bandaging yourself, when you should be laying there?!"

"Well I use guts and the wounds and pain is now filled."

"... Bruh?" Hisoka's head tilted, processing Gunha's response. Hisoka's eyes rowed, "Well can you at least tell me what happened? I heard some gossiping about two level 5's fighting and you missed the halftime show, I got no solid evidence. So... is it true?"

"Hmm, I dunno about me fighting another level 5 I'll probably ask next time if they were one... But I have to admit I battled that gutless esper who lost their way, and I had to show them real GUTS, but I wasn't alone, I met another gutsy guy who had an amazing right hand, dragons came out his GUTS! And I had to hold off the gutless entity with all my GUTS and then boom, bow! GUTS burst everywhere and something shattered! And it was a GIRL!! And GUTS was restored in the end."

"..... what? Uhh... never mind."

"Also if I remember some strange coating suddenly appeared upon the ground everywhere."

"What?! For real!" Blinking big eyelashes flapped a sudden Hisoka spring to Gunha's face . "Do you remember where that was?" Hisoka asked desperately.

"What was that Hisoka you're skipping events again?!" A chestnut bun suddenly sticks out, a very attractive invader woman seizing the conversation. "I was looking for Hamasaki-san, Jeong-Min and Grace-San, but you can easily go and add yourself to the list." Her greenish blue eyes pierced at Hisoka with an intimidating death stare. "Coming in on Sogitta-san while he's resting and recovering it's rude to bother patients! Her glasses shine as she drags Hisoka who begs for mercy.

"No! No! I'm sorry!" Hisoka cried out.

"No it's okay, I'm okay," Gunha eagerly egress from his hospital bed and swiped his red color jacket that simply adjusted to his shoulders as if he was a superhero. "I can never let my comrades down. I have to be there to support them with all the GUTS in the world."

"Oh you mean how you skip school?!"

"Eh?!" Gunha felt immense pressure as Mrs. Haru head shot up cartoonishly big with flames in her eyes, "I don't care if you're the 7th rank level 5! From where I come from we snap Tokiwadai's ace neck trying to play that card, I don't care if principal Kai spoils you, you won't be skipping my math class!!"

A short wavy dark brown hair boy cringes while passing by the noisy gutsy room, staring at the next as his dark grey eyes locked onto the room.

He enters inside with flowers and an get well soon card. "Hey Kuroko... how's your hand." The boy asked a girl with tawny hair tied into two natural curly pigtails, tied in place by a red bow each side. forming an faint smile.

"Wut?! You?!! What are you doing here?! No how you get in here?! Yuichiro-USOTSUKIIIIII!! I know you're not level zero! Usotsuki! Usotsuki! Usotsuki!!"

"The door was unlocked," Zack calmly opened the door and sighed.

"Oh..." Kuroko pigtails stopped cartoonishly wiggling as the two stare at one another with a moment of silence. Kuroko immediately broke it by shouting, "Usotsuki!! You can't fool me, you unlock it!!"

"Come on give me a damn break! I mean... it really was unlocked!" Zack protested with a cartoonish cry.

"Usotsuki! Nice try!" Kuroko suddenly teleports to the side of Zack and then teleports to the left side of him then behind him. She began to sniff him pressuring him more. "You smell... normal like you've been around Uiharu all day..." Kuroko and Zack cartoonishly stared at each other once more in silence until Kuroko broke it by strangling Zack. "What the hell did you do to Uiharu? Yuichiro-Usotsuki!!"

Zack yanks her away by accidentally grabbing her wounded hand. "Whaaa!" Kuroko cried.

"Sorry!" Zack panicked free Kuroko from his grip, immediately following up an apologetic gesture.

"Oh trying to go with the weak points aye!! Something assassins train to do! I knew it!! I saw you talking to that ape, you two must be working together to mess with Onee-Sama and Uiharu! I won't let you!!"

"Oh yeah, about Uiharu... I came to ask you if something happened to Uiharu?"

"What do you mean?" Kuroko snaps out of her detective mode with a concerned look.

"Well not exactly... it's just she's been real close lately and saying things she normally wouldn't, I'm having doubts did I betray her or something?" Zack thought puzzled.

"Well it can only mean you would be up to something that would worry her which is suspicious. But I have a hunch on the matter." Kuroko explains tending to her bandage hand. Zack analyzes Kuroko's appearance and sighs it was obvious that Kuroko was the corporate behind Uiharu's stress.

"So that's what this is about." Zack smiles heading out. "Thanks."

"Wut? I didn't tell you anything!! Yuichiro-Usotsuki!!"

Zack stepped out and smiled as he approached the outdoors. "I understand now you forgot my promise."

Uiharu was making her way to the meeting Akira Takahasi had secretly advised.

"Just as expected from the detective prince. I'm glad he discovered something about the current missing espers." Uiharu said with red cheeks, "I can't believe I'm going to meet Takahasi Akira."

"Oh Kazari-San!" A man with brushy hair wearing a blue jacket & blue pants, he had the appeal of a protagonist-like look.

"Yamato-San!"

"Howdy howdy!" Seiji waves.

"Uh? Huh?" Uiharu tilted her head lost at Seiji's greetings.

"It's hi in Texas, uhh I saw some young fellas welcoming me with such words."

"Oh! That's right! Zack... I mean Yuichiro told me that you were visiting somewhere overseas."

"Yeah American was quite interesting, but actually I'm happy to be around people who speak Japanese again. Well is the daihaseisai festival still ongoing? I'm hoping to catch Yuichiro for at least one event."

"Oh well his previous event happened an hour ago, there should be recorded footage."

"Oh that's disappointing... well don't bother, I'm not interested. I wanted to see him perform with my own eyes. It's more of a guardian's desire to be there." Seiji confirms scratching his head. "Oh by the way, can you give this to Yuichiro, he asked for this a week ago but didn't keep updated if he'd needed it now. Gosh darn, I really hate bringing myself to doing this... well I'm sure he'll understand."

"Oh... okay." Uiharu agreed taking the handled. "Uiharu felt what was inside and already had a feeling for what it was. "Wait a minute is this-." Uiharu was interrupted when a worn out blonde hair with reddish dye side swept bangs, shallow blue eyes that exposed her stress, pale sweaty white skin, with an damaged P.E uniform. Her shirt suddenly sliced open, she quickly covered herself with her track jacket.

She began to breathe heavily, her sight began to turn red, voices stabbed her mind. The walls to her mentality about to shatter.

"Hey are you okay?" Uiharu asked quickly tending to the unfortunate girl's aid with both arms assisting covering and keeping her lifted.

"Yeah." Uiharu's comfort tranquil the girl's mental breakdown.

"Can I get a name, and what happened?" Uiharu asked in a consequential tone.

"I'm sure it's fine Kazari-San this is the Daihaseisai Festival after all we shouldn't assume she was attacked?" Seiji quotes justifying in hopes to quell the tension.

The blonde hair girl red bangs notices the judgement armband and smiles, "UFOS!!"

"UFOS?" Uiharu glance at every direction but saw nothing. 

"I managed to escape but before I did, I recorded the whole thing." The girl draws out the key showing Uiharu. "I didn't know what was going on, and I had no intentions on filming anything. But I saw this cool looking ufo tech... and next thing I know, I was attacked!"

"By who?"

"I got them all recorded with this! The weirdos said something like TARDY, I think they called themselves that of some sort. Those jerks faces are all in this footage! You probably should direct me to Anti-Skill."

"That should be great. I'll send this to Akira Takahasi immediately." Uiharu confirms.

The blonde hair girl panicked and saids, "There's no time they're after me as we speak! I just want to bring this to the closest Anti-Skill office!"

"Well... there's a faculty nearby. There's no one there either so you'll be able to change clothes too." Uiharu confirms.

"Thank you!"

"Should I do something as well?" Seiji asked anxiously. Seiji couldn't see Uiharu's eyes. But she suddenly smiles.

"It's fine! I'll meet with Yuichiro when I'm through, I'll catch up. He should be in district 7." Uiharu informed with a nod.

"Uhh sure?"  Seiji hasten leaving the girl with blonde hair with red bangs in Uiharu's care who couldn't help but smile.

Meanwhile Jeong-Min runs within the crowd, "I see that's your plan. Running between all these people she must have studied the time of day and place most people will be out during the Daihaseisai Festival... not just to act on the moment of exposure but to hide as well. You probably would have gotten away if it's just any other individual, but you're just buying time. It's inevitable I will find you."

Masato ran as fast as he could from the shadow of Tedashii right behind his trail. Masato successfully scurry inside his secret lab. Tedashii sighs dejected following Masato's muddy footsteps.

Inside Tedashii finds the lab to be more of a puzzled, "Wow... I could have sworn I followed your every foot? So why the hell did I lose sight of him?" Tedashii studies the wall structure and notices some odd shapes within them as if they were walls. "Wow a morphing lab, it seems like they had something nice until it probably went to shit. I gotta admit I'm kinda jealous his lab looks better than mine."

"Somebody's there? Hey you help!!"

"Tch," Tedashii heard some noises within the wall, and he followed up by touching it with his Nano gear metal glove. "Invade!

Invade 12%   100%!!"

The wall morphed open in a single touch with Tedashii's instant calculations. Tedashii enters inside to see young esper students trapped in cages. It was dark inside that Tedashii's identity couldn't be recognized by the prison espers.

"There's a lot of espers here, it's kinda hard to count." Tedashii scans the area.

"You gotta help us!" A young boy cried out. "That lunatic made us fight each other until some weird metal appeared.

Tedashii used X-ray vision to identify the esper just as clear as his tech everything began to make sense. "You're Fumihiro Yamamoto."

"That's right you gotta help us! We're all scared." Fumihiro beg.

"I want to go home!" Another boy cried out.

"And you're Eiichi Itō," Tedashii confirms I would like to ask what the hell is happening here but now is not the best time. "Have you seen a young girl with beautiful blue eyes that shine as a reflection among the light?" Tedashii blushed, halting to his detail question before sighing and continuing. "Nice artificial flowers that are not from Academy City? She should be new if she's here, No she's definitely here! You all can't miss her."

"I can barely see anything right now how would I know?" The boy complained as his anxiety grew.

"Okay." Tedashii March onward rooting the esper's doubts."

"Why aren't you getting us out?" The esper cried.

"Yeah," Tedashii ensures distancing himself from the cage.

"Then where are you going?!"

"Making space so I don't get trumped." Tedashii hacked the system letting all the espers out that ran out. "Tedashii heads to the next floor. Most of the espers he passed by were delinquent espers who did wrong over many reasons. Manly Tardy's main targets.

"What about us!" A esper delinquent ask anxiously.

"You poor pieces of shit can stay right where you belong." Tedashii responded with a cold tone. "But don't worry, I'll call Judgment and Anti-Skill later to transfer you onward to the proper cell."

"You bastard!! I'll kill you when this is over! Whoever you are!!" The delinquent yank on his cell bar.

Tedashii smiled ruthlessly, Tedashii enter another room, growling more impatient. "Now... Where the hell are you Jun'ichi! If you don't show yourself I'll hack this entire place!"

"You can if you want but it's already too late." Masato sudden voice confidentiality echo through speakers. "Just make your way to the hidden layer underground. You can take the elevator or you can take the stairs if you don't trust me."

"The elevator is much faster. And besides a hacker can't be stopped by electronic transportation." Tedashii reinsure entering the elevator.

"How long are you going to keep running like a coward!" Tedashii shouts. Tedashii emerges from the elevator, with his coilgun in his hand. "This is a dead end Jun'ichi."

"Yeah I know, I'm sorry... " Masato agreed near a pc with a huge incubator. Tedashii face to face with the long searched Li Mei inside. He points his coilgun at the glass. "I don't think so. Unless you're fine with taking Xiaodan-Chan's life."

Tedashii let go his aim and pointed the direction at Mr. Jun'ichi. "What the hell happened to you?! You used to be a teacher that our entire class cared about! You said you wanted to be a scientist to help level zeroes, weren't these your words? I guess all you damn adults are the same."

"I know..." Masato saids shamefully gazing at Li Mei's condition. "Well I guess this is checkmate. If Jeong-Min catches Mara then you win... but I doubt Mara will give up. You can't do anything because the systems aren't on. So why don't I just tell you my story... But first, take a good look Hamasaki-Kun."

Tedashii's failed to hide his astonishing impress smile at the sight above the incubator. Material that continues to move unstably. "What the hell is that?"

"I probably could answer this with a lesson from our days in class."

"Quit joking around!!" Tedashii irritating demanded returning his disgusted peering towards his former teacher.

"No I'm really serious. What's the material, or (tissue) between a eukaryotic organism's cells?" Masato waited for Tedashii to answer who ignored him with a glare. Masato shook his head and tried to get his attention but Tedashii continued to give him a death stare.

"Continue or I'll kill you." Tedashii said in a cold tone.

Masato sighs and saids, "A matrix... The structure of connective tissues is an extracellular matrix. Fingernails and toenails grow from matrices. It is found in various connective tissues. It is generally used as a jelly-like structure instead of cytoplasm in connective tissue."

"So it's like the level six shift, you're trying to create clones or something?"

"Sort of, expect what if instead of making clones, I created a artificial being made out of a certain non existent material."

"Non existent material?" Tedashii suddenly reminisce train of thought with Hisoka and the gang.

"Yup! There's an urban legend about metal which doesn't exist naturally in this world?"

"Yes Shadow Metal in "Nonexistent Metal!" It is rumored to be metal which doesn't exist naturally in the world. When hundreds of esper abilities clash a metal is created which doesn't naturally exist."

"It doesn't exist... I see."

"Seriously are you kidding me? But that's a urban legend." Tedashii quelled annoyed at such an asinine theory.

"But it is real Hamasaki-Kun. Take a look." Masato pulls out a chip of metal and flicks it to Tedashii. Tedashii catches the strange metal coating.

"Damn it really is."  Tedashii smirk impressed with Masato's discovery. "I guess you really have been making progress as an scientist."

"Hmph, I knew you'll be impressed. That was why I abducted the victims before the daihaseisai festival. I  gotten a lot of people involved in my illegal experiments but I didn't have much an choice. But we'll I don't have the physical strength to obtain well you know.. the victims. That is why I relied on an already troublesome dropout delinquents, But I didn't know Grace-San was involved...

"Seeing her like this, another victim! I couldn't stop now, No! This was the right thing to do. Even if I didn't want this. Hahaha, really Hamasaki-Kun you have to believe me! I really didn't want this I swear! This is the board of directors fault! Everything is their fault!! That's why they need to die, all of them!"

"Wait you don't mean?!" Tedashii bellowed tinglingly flustered.

"That's right." Masato confirms with an nod and gesture. "The way to stop all this sadness is the massacre of the board of directors!"

"You want to slay the government of Academy City? Are you insane? You'll never get past the board of directors. While some work among the light there are some that are doing what you are doing right now! And unlike you, They have fire power, even wielding the level 5's at their disposal! Do you really think you have what it takes? No do you really think it's worth it? Not every board of director deserves to die!" Tedashii swipes his arm protesting.

"And what about Hisashi Kaneshiro?!" Masato protested, "That same man that we met at the Halftime show! The one's man hand you shook, I knew him before time, he's an monster who also funded the dark may project! That project has caused a great deal of deaths to plenty of children! If only you knew Hamasaki-Kun how terrifying the faces of those poor children! Compare to him I'm a saint! I haven't kill anyone here!"

"Not yet!" Tedashii shouts, "The Daihaseisai Festival is one of the biggest events in Academy City, and because of that it's ideal time most if not all the board of directors would be present. You gather shadow Metal through the experiments instead of the festival. You probably realize if you knew about the theory, Academy City would too, with high possibilities of competition. You couldn't afford the risk of exposure. That's why you made TARDY take such risks."

"Well once my experiment comes together it will take on its program role becoming the manslaughting ultimate life form, others will be afraid after Xiaodan-san's disappearance, resulting in a smaller percentage of casualties, anti-skill will be armed and can defend themselves, most families will have evacuated by then."

"What about Li Mei huh? You think she'll be able to live with this? Being the cause of so many deaths!!"

"I'm afraid... Xiaodan-San wouldn't live to regret the experience... I need to push the next step with shadow metal transformation. I have everything I need but I need, a strong AIM that can cloak the shadow metal's clothing into form to be someone... no something else. Unfortunately now looking at it now it was always going to be her in the end. Now everything depends on Grace-San and Jeong-Min-San."

"You think you know everything! You just got it all figure out! But here I am trying to stop you, Masato Jun'ichi you speak of experimental victim children like you were one of them. Not everyone is a victim here, I choose to participate in the Dark May Project!" Tedashii confirms rising his arm into the air, green light emitted from Tedashii, as his body cloaks himself the clothes he's wearing and his vector malice in tungsten matter. Attaching his Coilgun on his back Tedashii finished the process, standing in front of him with nano gear armor.

"No way... Hamasaki-Kun?!"

"I'm Code Vader! Are you ready Jun'ichi I'm going to invade your cruel formula!"

"Very well..." Masato saids snapping his fingers, visuals of himself appear all around the entire building.

"Tch," Tedashii, annoyed, stared at his hand that showed his battery percentage. "I can't do too much, or I'll drain it all in one attack..."

Bus driver stopped at a red light and sighs, "Little miss, you've been very unfortunate today, it's been a red light one after another." The bus driver rear window reflected a scarlet red hair girl who wasn't even paying attention. "Huh?" A huge pile of students overwhelming a boy shove himself through the crowd.

Akahana got herself a look and saw Tedashii swarming through the crowd, "Tedashii!" Akahana leap excitedly. She points and waves her arm around.

"He's coming this way, you want me to open the door for him? Well okay."

He opens the door and the boy springs in, "quickly close the door!" The unruly neck length reddish brown hair and reddish-brown eyes. Attaining in-person sight, Akahana's bright smile dropped. "

"Oh mr. Takahashi! What are you doing here dear lad?" The bus driver asked.

"My apologies, I made the wrong turn. I didn't think someone like me would be that thrilling to see." Akira said, scratching his head. His hair was wildly pulled, his now dirty P.E clothing was damaged, and kissed lipstick were stuck all around his cheek. "Hey kind sir, here's a tip if you don't let the other passengers inside and another if you drop me off first." The bus driver was in disbelief at the two ten-thousand yen tips.

"Sorry missed, Takahashi is a very important brilliant man he has important matters to attend to. So where to?"

"Well I wouldn't say I'm important, but if I get to where I need, we'll all be heroes. To district 7" Akira confirms.

Akahana stood there annoyed, "... You're not Tedashii..."

"Oh you're the girl from the halftime show. Good seeing you again, but it's not an good time. There's an dire situation I have to attend to."

"...Sure you are having a great deal to do!" An Akahana said, pointing at Akira's kissed mark.

"Ha... Ha.... Very funny... wait you're serious? ... Well yeah that embarrassed situation as well."

Akira looked at Akahana's P.E clothing; black shirt, black shorts, white track jacket, socks and tennis shoes, "Well look at you, you seem to have had it easy. Or have you started your events yet?"

Akahana remains silent with a pout paying no attention to Akira she mumbles to herself about putting on P.E clothes to impress a certain someone while kicking her feet into the air unconsciously.

Akira remained awkwardly silent for a second but smiled. "You know I met only a few people that don't get excited to see me. Isamu Akihiro, the rest of Anti-Skill and people who genuinely hate me. Hmm... now that I think about it, weren't you with that Uhh... Hamasaki-San kid? Well I noticed you too seem close, like someone that wouldn't let go from his sight. Did something happen?"

Akira finally got Akahana's attention, who swift her head at him when she heard the words Hamasaki-San. "... You are referring to Tedashii Hamasaki? Free from error; in accordance with fact or truth?"

"Uh... yeah that is correct I figure it was odd because I never thought I'll see you alone."

"... I was with Tedashii all of the entire period of twenty-four hours as a unit of time, reckoned from one midnight to the next, corresponding to a rotation of the earth on its axis but last night in a condition of body and mind that typically recurs for several hours every night, in which the nervous system is relatively inactive, the eyes closed, the postural muscles relaxed, and consciousness practically suspended... When I awaken, Tedashii ceases to exist in the space that can be occupied or where something can be done, especially viewed in terms of whether there is enough... I inspect the events Tedashii is participating in but he failed to attend and deal with as appropriate; missed today's matches."

"Really? ... hmm?" Akira thought to himself and smiled. "How very suspicious. First of all you two shouldn't be spending no time in the same dorm room at night. I'm sure your school made arrangements that all roommates would be the same gender or alone."

"Huh?" Akahana panicked by his sudden confrontation. Akira showed no mercy with a daring looked. She felt against the back corner helpless to reveal her secret; that she sucks her thumb when sleeping. A sweat drops from her forehead as she prepares to change the subject.

But then again. Akira thought to himself ignoring Akahana's explanation as she tried hard to explain herself with a big vocabulary as well as her odd way of speaking.

"If Hamasaki-San's disappearance matches my plans which I hope for certain I'm wrong. Then he'll be in some serious trouble. He'll be my lead suspect. However I really don't have time, I have to go with my plans and tell the team otherwise even if I discover the identities I won't have the capability to defend myself."

The bus stopped and opened. "It's ashamed that I can't help you as much, however as a detective I'll investigate and give him a call as well. Huh?" Akira was surprised to see Akahana squeeze by heading out the bus. "Wait!" Akira reach his hand for her attention, but Akahana was already gone. "I... was just teasing you about that last comment... hmm, she's pretty cute." Akira added with a smirk.

Akahana, scurry away from the bus stop. She stopped and took a few deep breaths. "... droids don't drain their physical or mental resources; tire out! This fabric is not benefiting my ambition or effort; an aim or desired result." Akahana touched her wet head and looked at the sweaty hands. "... I'm OVERHEATING!! PROCESSING! PROCESSING!!" Akahana swung her arms around in fear but paused and tried remembering a certain moment in her life that changed.

"You're human aren't you?!"

"And that's more than enough isn't it?! You eat, you desire, you have your own preferences! Weather you're 30% even 1% human, I would still be right here. If you're hurt that will hurt me mentally! So for crying out loud, have some damn value in yourself!"

"... It seems like I've fail to remember existing or occurring before in time or order
until she felt something bumming her from behind. It was a cylindrical machine specifically designed like a metal container with rollers, exhaust vents on its back, and colored beige. "... It's Minato Tomohiro!" Akahana confirms. She quickly looks away from the cleaning bot. "... What are you doing here?" The cleaning bot remains silent as it is only a cleaning bot. It started to move on to cleaning other areas but Akahana tilted her head for a second and then followed the machine.

Uiharu sighs and saids, "I'm definitely late now. But I'm sure they'll be okay for now. I'll get there as soon as possible!" Uiharu summons a strong sense of courage. Uiharu got embarrassed over doing that in front of the girl next to her and quickly came to her senses. "So you're Mara Grace. You don't look like you're from Japan?" Uiharu asked, studying the girl's looks.

"No! I'm actually from America." Mara confirms with one more giggle.

"I see. You must be home sick?"

"Not really. Also thank you. But I also feel bad that I ended up taking that Mr. Yamato guy's jacket.

"He'll be alright though I'm sure he'll be coming for that jacket back I'm sure of it." Uiharu admits with a chuckle. "Well you're in for some luck!" Uiharu points at the judgement office building. "Oh yeah can I have a look at the recorded footage?"

"Umm sure." Uiharu opened up her hand being handed Mara's key. Mara had a warm smile but smiled viciously within her thoughts.

"This is great. I've found the biggest fool outta judgement. I don't have to be concerned for Akira Takahasi and those psycho vigilantes, all she has to do is bring it inside. Seeing her energetic pure face pisses me off this fool definitely reminds me of her damn I hate you... that's okay goodie good girl just head inside place the key and so we can send all the data to our project, the key should have all the data from the daihaseisai festival events but to we need the secret data of Academy City's secret. Well just a little more I'll figure out Well at least I can figure out mr. Jun'ichi big plan that'll change my life is this so-called hero."

"So what are you doing with this card?" Uiharu asks with a different tone. "This is something pretty expensive and serious tech to have just to be filming for the daihaseisai festival."

"Excuse me." Mara tense up puzzled. Her eyes shrink being tested.

"This is a Source Rob Key." It's illegal to have these as hackers tend to use these to steal social security codes and hack bank accounts. These are also only made in Academy City. Well that's the name these things have after judgement confiscated one not too long ago."

"What are you talking about?" Mara shouts irritated. "That looks exactly like an SD card!"

"Yeah they exactly do, the creators who place these for sale within the dark web, designed to be sold to steal data from the buyers. Sorry I'm a professional when it comes to the computer technician."

"You're... a hacker?" But..."

"Don't bother." Uiharu quickly notes as she puts down the briefcase and raises her hand out and says, "I'm a esper! You've already said it looks exactly like a SD card you already sold yourself." Uiharu makes space between herself and Mara. Mara grit her teeth watching Uiharu pull a phone out. She took her USB cord and connected it to the key."

"What are you doing!?" Mara panicked. "You really think you can pull that off with a phone? That takes advanced skill of hac-" Mara stunned mid-sentenced as the key lit up blue.

"I'm going to upload this straight to my phone and send this to Judgement headquarters."

"Mara!" Mara flinched, nervously glancing around but failed to spot a tackled by Jeong-Min who made it in time and pin Mara face to the ground.

"Damn you!!" Mara shouts but could barely get her voice out.

"Not bad, flower girl," Jeong-Min complemented, "Those some cute flowers by the way."

"Oh thank you? ... " Uiharu said blushing, "No wait a minute! Who are you?!" Uiharu demands switching up simultaneously.

"You can say an ally, I can take that key from you, if you want." Jeong-Min assist.

"No thanks, this will go directly to Anti-Skill officials."

"Damn it-it's really over..." Mara complains until everyone along with her becomes silent of a cylindrical machine with brushes underneath roll by. It shifted and twirled, the odd cleaning machine didn't bother to task itself on what to clean rather it ignored its AI programming, it was as if it had a mind of its own.

A sudden scarlet hair girl approached stolen the three girls' attention, "...Minato there's a large great deal of comparative darkness and coolness caused by shelter from direct sunlight. It seems you are slacking from your duties. Hmm? What are you two engaging in beating and scolding?"

"What?" Jeong-Min was puzzled of the certain girl's appearance.

"Wait you're that girl, from the halftime show... with Hamasaki-San? Hey you help me tell these girls there's a big mistake here." Mara desperately beg, still pinned down.

"Oh please, that's not gonna work. You're embarrassing yourself at this point." Jeong-Min mocks strengthening her submission.

"... You people are causing suffering pain to her." Akahana unawarely defends.

"No she's bad!" Uiharu quickly defused the misunderstanding. "I'm from judgement Uiharu flash her armband. She didn't want to get Akahana involved so she thought up something quickly. "We need your assistance. Do you see this phone?" Uiharu shows Akahana the phone attached to the key.

"We need you to hurry and speak to anti-skill. It's something really bad. If you don't want no one to get hurt then is it possible you can report it?"

Akahana nods, "... I do not want no one, to be harmed." Akahana got close to and Uiharu passed her a fake key that obviously wasn't the real one, one that could get  Akahana outta this situation. Akahana smiled and turned away but before she left she noticed a telekinetic interference. "I express regret for something that I've rudely invaded." Akahana said randomly speaking to Uiharu.

"Huh what? You don't need to apologize, but this conversation is sort of private..."

"Oh you are in the division judgement!" Akahana pointed out exactly. "I am looking for someone, a boy with brown wavy threadlike strands growing from the skin of his scarp, a nice smile. Oh and your partner whom one knows and with whom one has a bond of mutual affection, typically exclusive of sexual or family relations." Akahana pointed at Uiharu's phone that was attached to the key, "I've happened by chance, unintentionally, and  unexpectedly, connected to belonging to, or associated friend. I have a rather bothersome ability, Datamine."

"Datemine?" Uiharu questions hearing a familiar name. Suddenly Akahana dropped to the ground. Mara and Uiharu stood there puzzled as Akahana vibrating on the ground. Drool spilled out her mouth, her eyes beams up as if Akahana was suffering a stroke.

"Data Mine security alert! Virus detected in OIG! OIG Orihime 1 is damaged by 77% further damage to the system will result in device lockup and corrupt data, prevention firewalls portal call active, ABA-Alpha, 90011777325... processing, processing, processing.... processing has failed, data will now be copied to the source file's data... apply the data programing, recorded data of all the participants of the daihaseisai festival sent!"

Tedashii in his nano suit crafted four flags and launched them at all the Masato copies images, and the electric ring distrib the program shutting down Masato tricks. Every stall trick was quickly shut down by Tedashii's intelligence.

"Impossible!" Masato said, shaking, "You solve so many puzzles so quick, I knew you were smartest child in the class but this is mind blowing." Tedashii flies breaking distance and punching Masato. Masato hit the wall and nearly passed out.

"It's over Jun'ichi, I don't want to kill you! So put this pathetic scheme to rest already." Tedashii's helmet dissolved to share eye to eye contact.

Suddenly an enormous power surge between Tedashii and Masato.

"Damn?!" Tedashii hesitantly stepped back.

"It seems Mara did it!" Masato said smiling before laughing into madness, "Bwahahahahaha yes finally at last! The manslaughter begins thus anew! You should leave now Hamasaki-Kun."

"Damn it! Jeong-Min!"

The shadow metal that changed to a different form floated into the air into one place, the metal cloaking even from Tedashii's hand discovered being placed into one place, it attached itself to Li Mei's body and swallowed her whole.

Tedashii soars to Li Mei trying to reach his hand to her. "Li Mei...uhg." Tedashii felt a spear of metal stabbing him. "Bgg..." Once the body of shadow metal releases Tedashii spits out a great deal of blood. It quickly formed a sharp blade aiming for Tedashii's neck. He quickly uses shadow bodied as levage to leap away from it. "Tch... damn!" Tedashii spit out some more blood and felt the wound his hand was over. His vision went blurry. "Damn it." Tedashii punch the ground to bring himself back to his senses. "Was that an esper ability?"

Tedashii remembers Masato demonstration at the halftime as it all came back to him.

"RAM." Tedashii comments, looking back at Jun'ichi, Radar-absorbing materials, special class of polymer that convert radar electromagnetic energy to some other form of energy, heat and thereby improve the stealth of military aircraft."

"That's correct but this RAM has a little touch to it. Jun'ichi comments looking back at the crowd, true I emitted RAM but that's only to absorb the energy field, an esper such as yourself emitted a diffusion field known as AIM. That doll is an esper as well."

The crowd started speaking boldly there and were completely puzzled. "No way and esper ability?"

"Though going far to say it's an esper is a little too exaggerating you see espers must also have a personal reality, not having neither of the other and you're not considered an esper whatsoever. But as you all can see it is capable of absorbing the idealization and with that being said because it doesn't have its own personal reality then it can theoretically act as any of the students of academy city's 80% percent students." Everyone began to clap as he Jun'ichi bowed, thanking his audience.

"Hamasaki-Kun you doubted me, how I would defeat the board of directors who even have level 5's by their side. This will put those kids' nightmares to rest! Academy City has created an cyborg for the emergency event when all Level 5 Espers would rebel against Academy City, in which case she would suppress them by using their abilities or copying other espers' abilities. However unlike its original this one is more of an shallow of the original. Controlled by their high bio electric! And I'm the only one that has the key to copy it, even if I die it wouldn't stop at achieving the objective! This weapon comes to life as an AIM burst. Tedashii this is Rensa- No Shadow Rensa!!"

Shadow-like being began to materialize, cloaking Li Mei entirely. White hair sprouts out, red eyes shine and beam at Tedashii, a naked girl appears before Code Vader with a malicious smile.

"Rensa?"

"What's going on?! What did you do!" Jeong-Min shouts.

"I didn't do anything," Uiharu panicked. "Things only got worse as the cleaning bots drove up slamming into Jeong-Min. Jeong-Min knocked down giving Mara her freedom to attack Uiharu. Mara got a hold of her baseball bat smacking Uiharu, the key fling from her gasp in an pinch.

Mara, proceeded up with her baseball bat and said, "Well it was a nice try nerd, but being a goodie good only get you so far!" Mara swung her bat while Uiharu was down but it stopped mid balance. Mara was surprised a boy suddenly appeared before her. "What the?"

"A kind person will never be alone." Zack appeared holding a firm grip of Mara's bat.

"How... Now where did you come from?" Mara asked but Zack's responses lead to a mighty punch. Zack uppercut Mara who flung still holding a grip of the key in her hand. Mara rolled and spring herself back on her feet and sprints.

Zack was about to follow when Uiharu called for him, "Zack... I'm sorry..."

"What?!" Zack quickly went to her aid holding her up with one arm while her body lay still layed on the ground.

"On September the 14th I couldn't do anything..." Uiharu cried, "I watched helplessly as Shirai-San was shot and said her last words... but someone helped her not by my power but someone else. I was so mad at myself... so mad, that when I saw you in danger I thought to myself this time, this time I'm not going to watch. I don't want you to get hurt because of me... Again!"

"Why are you crying for someone like me? My existence itself is dangerous, there will be nothing I can do about the fact I'm a disgrace to the balance of this world and as long as I exist others will suffer. So well it was my decision... Remember if I hadn't stepped in all those that defend me, even you will get hurt, so I'll step up for not just those I must replay but... to ask whether the devil of science or god, why was I chosen to have these curse eyes. You're not useless, you're the strongest person I know."

Jeong-Min blushed avoiding eye contact from the two. "Geez get a room after this crap is over, look." Jeong-Min pointed to Akahana who was breathing heavily, "I don't know what happened to her but I'm going after Mara, maybe that can help, but I'm not sure if I can save her."

"You're from the Oda Clan." Zack confirms.

"Wait how do you know that?" Jeong-Min asks with her guard up.

"Well... you're dressed like a ninja..."

"Touché..." Jeong-Min replied annoyed.

"But no I've had an encounter with the Oda clan before, you're clan lost your way."

"And I'll restore it!"

"With what cost?"

"Tch! Right now I have to save Li Mei Xiaodan is currently my only objective."

"Okay, So the big problem is that someone is endangered than I want in. I want to save Li Mei Xiaodan." Zack nods.

"Tch are you serious? Why does everyone want to get in my way?!" Jeong-Min said, annoyed. She sighs and gives in. "But you have to listen strictly to me, I need you to help chinpoko."

"Chinpoko? ... Chinpoko? You what never mind! What about her?" Zack pointed at Akahana, approaching her, "Hey you okay little one?" Zack said, tending to Akahana's aid with Uiharu.

"I dunno about that girl's situation, but she was just fine until she came here she said something about her esper ability, connecting to her friend, but I didn't really get what she was saying before she collapsed."

"Go after that girl, me and Uiharu figure out what to do here." Zack directs.

"Hey! I said I'll call the orders here, Tch but that's what I was going to say anyway... Just hurry up!" Jeong-Min hopped away to the trees to pursue Mara.

"Shadow Rensa in simulation processing  processing  processing artificial intelligence is in processing proceed to update Shadow Rensa with the Tree Diagram's Data... Proceed to Active Data Mine's cloud data....00.2% having difficulties transferring data proceed the other route..."

"Data Mine?" Zack have you ever met this girl?

"Uhh... no but it seems you're right, like it's dangerous to leave her unguard." Zack agrees.

"I'll watch her from here." Uiharu said holding Akahana's head up.

"Tch damn... poor girl, what idiot just has someone with the power of the tree diagram just out and open doing whatever they please?" Zack cursed.

"Then that means the guardian must be out there fighting to save her!" Uiharu claims, "That girl is right."

An enormous wave of energy burst far away, Zack and Uiharu stared at the light from afar.

"Late to the party but it seems the final battle has begun." Zack confirms.

"Zack... will you."

"Yes I will." Zack saids quickly and awkwardly.

"I didn't even finish!" Uiharu cried out. "Here." Uiharu shows Zack the briefcase and he holds it feeling his weight. "This is... hmph bout time." Zack touched the briefcase case, phantom noise ring his eyes turned yellow and teleported and equip an Black trench coat worn like a cape, white gloves, slim matching black pants masquerade mask.

"One more thing." Uiharu said blushing, Zack eyes lid up, reverting back to his gray eyes. Zack got excited following up getting closer to her. He closed his eyes and shut his mouth in a kiss peek only to feel Uiharu's warm hands.

"Wait this is..." Zack opened his eyes to see himself holding hands with Uiharu.

"It's Thermal Hand!" Uiharu smiles proudly. "I know it's a level 1, I know it isn't much but knowing you, you know how to use powers to their full potential, at least with that I'll feel like I'm fighting besides you. Wait why you look so disappointed?"

"It's nothing," Zack cried out.

Tedashii materialized his helmet, Shadow Rensa conjured up the same AIM Energy that Li Mei conjured up shooting radiation aura balls like bullets. "Tedashii flies rapidly invading the aura shots. Tedashii holds up his coilgun collecting vectors. Tedashii's eyes shot up in fear when he saw Shadow Rensa hopping onto rebar and using aero hand to propel the bar with her onboard.

He stops midway performing a backflip and shooting his coilgun blast at the same time. But Shadow Rensa sliced through it with her iron sand that vibrates like a chainsaw.

"Impossible!!" Tedashii panicked. "Multi-Esper powers but how?!" Shadow Rensa kicks Tedashii and tried to follow up, slicing him. Tedashii quickly switched weapons holding up his vector malice, the two clashed left to right but Shadow Rensa was faster. The clashed like sword fight favor Tedashii's vector malice by collecting the vectors from off the continuous vibration of the iron sand sword. Shadow Rensa performs a backflip and Tedashii can feel the intense power surging from her hands.

"No way that Energy?!" Tedashii leaps and generated a proton shield.

"That's right! It's Fifth Direct! Go Shadow Rensa!" Masato chants, and Shadow Rensa follow up shooting a force that was impossible to comprehend. The blast went through Tedashii's defense as he couldn't tell what even happened.

Beaten on the ground Tedashii watches, Shadow Rensa charges up one more attack. "I refuse to die here." Tedashii said, awaiting Shadow Rensa's attack. But suddenly Zack teleports in front of Tedashii, copying Shadow Rensa's attack with the same exact attack, Fifth Direct. The collision cancels the attacks.

"What the?" Tedashii and Masato said at the same time.

Tedashii recovered, puzzle he lifts his vector malice. Zack appears before Tedashii. He glances and observe the situation. "Hey you okay?" Zack asks Tedashii whose identity was sealed under his armor.

"... Uhh yeah?" Tedashii said to Zack whose identity was sealed by his vigilante outfit. The two awkwardly stared at each other for a brief moment before Tedashii spoke again. "I could have stopped that attack by the way." Tedashii said feeling like he had to make himself feel tough.

"I'm surprised because I wasn't even sure I could. You must be that chinpoko... right?" (What a weird name)

"Now hold on a minute, don't tell me that damn foreigner put some bullshit to your head... wait you know who she is? ... wait then who the hell are you?!"

"You probably should get outta here while you still can whatever that girl is seem dangerous."

"Wut... no... you should get outta here." (I can't believe this bastard giving me the basic citizen act, that's som bull shit f*** this guy.) "Uhh, what you some "O" clan guy are whatever?

"I'm here to save Li Mei Xiaodan, it's the only way to save everyone." Zack confirms.

"Wait so you know her..." (OH I SEE HOW IT IS!! Wait, why do I feel some type of way about that? Damn IT!!) "Listen, I was going to save her first so butt off this my show man!"

Suddenly Shadow Rensa burst out Pyrokinesis firing at both of them.

"Hey! LOOK OUT!" Tedashii and Zack said to each other. The explosion erupts from Pyrokinesis and Masato is surprised to see both their own attacks piercing Shadow Rensa. She quickly performed a backflip tanking the damage.

(Even for Academy City I never seen such advanced armor... SO COOL!!")
(He Thinks He's So F*#*ing COOL timing his esper ability to strike this enemy. God damn it I'll show him... whatever you just did I'll show you I can invade her so just watch!")

"Joker. And you are?" Zack asked

"Code Vader." Tedashii trades info. "Hey you can stay around just don't get In my way."

"I was going to say the same, and by the way I'll be calling you Tech."

"Tch whatever."

Vol 2 Near Its Final moments the final battle begins!

Guest Characters
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Zack Yoshikage - A Certain Unknown Actor
Seiji Yamato - A Certain Unknown Actor