A Northwestern University psychologist estimated that the human brain has a memory capacity of 2.5 petabytes. That same amount would take 9000 micro SD card and would cost up to 1.5 million dollars. So if ever someone wants to buy your brain, tell them, “it’s worth one and a half million bucks.”

---Hiiro---

Suddenly a knife was thrown into me from the direction of the mysterious man, but the defense system of my suit automatically kicked in.

“Who are you?” he shouted, glaring at me with eyes above his face hidden by a mask. “Why are you with Alice?”

“Stop it, Ciel onii-chan,” the elf screamed, steeling between us. “This onii-chan saved me from that evil girl there.”

“Hello there, young ones,” a mature man about 50 years old greeted us when we looked at our enemies.

Swiftly, a knife was thrown at the old man, but it only passed through him.

“Tsk, a hologram,” the mysterious man clicked.

The old man was between the standing Android and Robyn who was on all fours transformed into her werewolf form.

“Do you really think I will show myself here?” the mature man laughed.

“What do you want?” the mysterious man asked.

“What do I want? Of course, I’m going to monologue. I’m a villain. Villains always do monologues.” The mature man replied, laughing.

“Stop this fucking nonsense. Explain to me what the hell is that girl over there,” the mysterious man yelled while pointing to a girl which looked like an android.

“Feisty one aren’t you?” the mature man replied. “Didn’t I say I’m here to monologue, err rather, I’m going to explain things, I guess?” he added. “Let me introduce myself first. My name is Dr. Albert Zhang, I was previously a surgeon from Khina.” He then looked at the female android.

Based on what he said, the girl is Ada, his daughter. When she died, he extracted her memories and transferred her to an android. However, since he lacked the resource he had only manage to extract about 1% of her memories. That’s the reason why she’s not very responsive.

“And this one here is Robyn. She’s a human turned artificial werewolf. Her limbs came from Lycaon, the previous King of Moglia.” He then looked at me. “You’re probably wondering why she suddenly attacked you, Mr. Hacker. You see, after Aria’s escape, we installed a microchip inside her brain that would allow us to control her. We can’t have the ultimate lifeform we created, such as her, to go berserk on us. You know,” he added while laughing. “Now, young ones, how about you introduce yourselves.”

“Fuck you,” the mysterious man shouted, but Dr. Albert just laughed.

“My name is Skely, and I’m from Razzia.”

“You! What the hell are you doing?” the mysterious man yelled, but I didn’t reply.

“You should do the same, you know,” Dr. Albert suggested. “Please, introduce yourself now, so we could get into fighting.”

“Tsk, I am Ciel,” the mysterious man clicked.

“And I’m Alice,” the elf yelled, raising her right hand.

“Alice? Arisa?” Dr. Albert chuckled. “You’re bad at hiding other people’s names huh.”

“Don’t bully Ciel onii-chan,” Alice interjected. “I was the one who came up with that name.”

“I see. Then, how about your dragon?” Dr. Albert asked. “Oh? Surprised? Didn’t expect me to know about that? Oh well, even if you don’t introduce her, I have a guess since there are only a few dragons who can use Shadow Morphing. Am I right, oh former ruler of Khazastan, Queen Ouroboros?”

“I didn’t expect you to know this much, Dr. Albert,” a sudden mysterious voice of a woman echoed.

“Of course, don’t underestimate my connections. I even know why your people dethroned and banished you from the country of dragons.”

While Dr. Albert and Queen Ouroboros were talking to each other, Emi’s voice popped out.

[Emi] Master, scanning complete.

“Good, how’s the result?”

[Emi] Master, the android Ada is impossible to hack. Security is too strong for your current self.

“How about Robyn’s controls?”

[Emi] Master, it is impossible for automatic hacking.

“I see. So I can only do manual hacking. Emi estimate the time for her to regain her controls?”

[Emi] Computing… Computing complete. Master, the earliest would be about 10 minutes.

“That’s too long.”

[Voice of a man] You, who the hell are you talking to?

“A voice? No, is this telepathy?”

[Voice of a man] So you also know about telepathy? This is Ciel. I’ve been listening to you ever since you introduced yourself. Why the fuck are you talking to yourself? Are you crazy?

[Hiiro] I’m trying to hack Ada and Robyn.

[Ciel] Hacking? I never thought Razzia have someone capable of doing that. So? Can you do it?

[Hiiro] Sorry, but it’s impossible to hack Ada, however, I can manually hack Robyn but it would take me about 10 minutes to do it.

[Ciel] Then why the hell didn’t you just do it while Oro is talking with that bastard?

[Hiiro] I can’t, he’ll notice my movements. It will also leave me defenseless. That’s why I tried automatic hacking at first. How about it? Can you protect me and buy about 10 minutes?

[Ciel] Huh? You expect me to fight with those two alone? It was hard just fighting with that fucking robot.

[Hiiro] How about that elf with you?

[Ciel] Are you fucking crazy? Do you expect a kid to fight with them?

[Hiiro] A kid? I thought she’s already 22 year’s old?

[Ciel] You’re fucking clueless aren’t you? Twenty-two is still considered a kid in Gapan? Do you really think she’s a legal loli?

[Hiiro] Oh. I’m sorry. We have no choice then. Let’s fight them while we wait for reinforcements.

[Ciel] Tsk. Easier said than done. Oi, Oro we’re done talking.

“I never thought you know this much about me, Dr. Albert. If only we aren’t enemies we could be friends,” Oro said.

“We can still be friends you know. How about it? Want to join my revenge?” Dr. Albert replied.

“I’m sorry but I have to decline,” Oro responded.

“That’s too bad then,” Dr. Albert said, signaling his allies for battle. “Give me a good fight.”

***

---Ciel---

“Ne ne Ciel onii-chan, you were losing to that Android earlier aren’t you?” Alice asked.

“W-what? I was not.”

“You’re right Alice. We were losing against that android,” Oro intervened.

“S-shut up, you stupid dragon”

“Ahem, this mature and beautiful elf shall help you with this fight,” Alice declared while puffing out her chest.

“N-no, I don’t need your help.”

“Oh, really? Say that while looking directly into my eyes,” Alice said looking at my pupils.

“I… I… I give up. Ok. Ok, I need your help. Happy now?”

“Yatta. Same as always Ciel onii-chan?” Alice asked.

“Yeah, yeah, same as always.”

***

---Hiiro---

“I can’t believe I would fight Robyn in this situation.”

Honestly, I predicted I’ll fight her sooner or later but that’s in sparring match and not like this.

“I’m having second thoughts about my chances of winning.”

Since before I was concentrating in programming Zero, aside from hacking and sneaking, the only offensive spells I know are low to mid-tier magic, which have little to no effect against Robyn’s resistance against such spells.

However, there was one spell that I learned from Satrillo that I can use. The spell he used when he fought Emily during the trial. The spell where he suddenly blinks; teleportation.

When Albert signaled the start of the battle, Robyn quickly leaped towards me attempting to claw me. However, I blocked her using my left hand against her wrist. Suddenly, she disappeared and reappeared to my left side. But that was part of my plan. Robyn didn’t actually blink there. I made her go there using teleportation magic. Since she didn’t expect that move, it left her in a defenseless state which I immediately used to punch her, throwing her far away from me.

Normally, my punches wouldn’t even make a scratch on her enormous defense. However, using Zero, I’ve increased my strength and agility to the point where I could somewhat damage her.

In an instant, I appeared in front of the standing Robyn using teleportation magic and kicked her. The force propelled her forward at an outstanding speed crashing into a wall.

As a mage, I am weak against close combat specialists. That was what I learned with my fight with Lucie. I could try fighting for a moment, however, in the long run, I won’t last long. Especially when I’m fighting against an agile opponent like Robyn. The spell I currently know is just too slow. That’s why I decided to create a technique against such enemies. That is combining teleportation magic and my knowledge of Kali. I call this: Flash Kali.

However, there are still glaring weaknesses of this technique. One, I must touch or the opponent must touch me; or in this case my suit. It’s impossible to teleport an enemy by just using a barrier.

Robyn dashed around the arena at a speed that I could barely keep track of. She then rushed in front of me and punched my stomach. Teleportation magic soon activated and she disappeared and reappeared just above me which I used to uppercut her. However, I was also thrown quite a bit.

The second weakness is that I can’t teleport force. If there’s an impact that I can’t block, I will still take damage even though I already teleported the enemy. Thankfully, Zero’s built-in defense mechanism allows me to sustain a certain amount of damage.

“Hoh. That’s one peculiar martial arts you have there, Mr. Hacker. I’m impressed.” It was Dr. Albert. He was watching our fight via his hologram.

The third weakness is that teleportation magic relies heavily on mana. Thankfully, using Zero again, I can borrow some mana from the environment. However, for this particular fight, I am fighting underground, which contains very little mana. I can only last a few more activations this time.

Robyn dashed around again, however, this time I could follow her movements. Zero’s Movement Prediction Program is finally doing its work. When she decided to attack me, I countered with a punch and she disappeared again. Quickly, I elbowed my right which is the place where I teleported her. Then, I kicked her throwing her quite a bit. Soon, I followed by teleporting just behind her and kneed her upwards. As she was flying, I teleported just above her and kicked her towards a wall.

And the last weakness, although not a weakness for this particular fight, I can only teleport one person at a time.

Looking at Robyn, she just stood like nothing happened.

“Now, Robyn’s stamina versus my mana, which will last longer.”

***

---Ciel---

“That guy is good. His opponent is blinking to different places but he seems to be able to react to it. Or is it the other way around?”

[Oro] Ciel, Alice, another missile is coming!

“On it, Black Fireball,” Alice shouted raising her right hand.

After that, the path of her fireball became devoid of light.

“Oro!”

[Oro] Shadow blades!

Soon, the shadows from Alice’s fireball raised up and form into swords that attacked Ada. However, Ada just avoided them by using her thrusters. She then rushed towards us, attempting to attack.

“Alice, set up the trap!”

“Black Firewall,” she yelled.

Shortly after, a wall of black flames emerged and consumed the light surrounding it. However, Ada just passed through that wall.

“Not on my watch, Oro.”

[Oro] Shadow Prison!

Swiftly, shadows emerged from the wall of black flames and entangled Ada.

“Alice!”

“I summon the flames from the pits of hell. Help me create this destructive spell. Annihilation comes---” Alice chanted.

“Faster!!!”

“Mo,” Alice pouted. “Black Inferno!!!”

An explosion occurred. Because it was created by Cursed Flame, the area where the explosion occurred was filled with darkness for a few seconds.

“Time to finish this. Oro!”

[Oro] Shadow Vortex!!!”

Darkness compressed at a certain point of the place consuming everything inside it before exploding again.

Seconds passed, as the smoke finally cleared, we saw, Ada still standing with just a scratch.

“Hahaha,” the hologram of Dr. Albert laughed. “Amazing, truly amazing. With all that power, to sustain that damage. This project is a success. I thank you young Ciel for testing the fighting capabilities of my daughter. I can finally have my revenge on that wretched group.”

“How the fuck do we kill this thing!”

***

---Hiiro---

Time passed, Ciel’s group and I had been fighting against Ada and Robyn. Ciel is having a hard time fighting Ada. None of their attacks seem to be not working. Same with my fight with Robyn. She’s too resilient. She always got up every time I put her down

“This is bad, the mana around this place is almost used up.”

“Excuse me for a moment,” Dr. Albert interjected stopping the fight. “I’m just going to entertain an intruder in my room. I will be back after this.”

He then disappeared.

[Emi] Master, I’m detecting a person running to this room.

“A person? Is it an enemy?”

[Emi] It is Aria, Master.