There seemed to be a problem here, one caused by Alexa, what was it? Alexa wasn't sure, she was pretty sure that she hadn't nomed either of the [Humans] that Meli-Meli had brought forth, they seemed mostly complete after all.

  “[Notice, host has indeed not….*sigh* nomed those Humans, there are no records of their blueprints.]”

  See? Even Main Core was of that opinion.

  "So it seems Miss Melissandra is of the opinion that you are responsible for this." The Medicci person said, turning to Alexa.

  "Well, she is wrong. Alexa did nothing wrong. Nothing Alexa does is ever wrong after all," Alexa said, nodding at her own wisdom.

  “[....*Sigh*]”

  "That may be so," The Medicci person said smiling at her, something was amiss, this one only ever smiled when they were going to do something weird, "But then again, yours is the [Fate] of a [Protagonist Candidate] so yours is one to struggle against hardship."

  What? Alexa didn't want hardships! She wanted fun! And tasty things! No wait… "Are hardships tasty?" This was important to Alexa, she wouldn't mind a few hardships if they were tasty.

  "Some people say that they are the best seasoning ever," The Medicci person said nodding at Alexa, "[And so, the next chapters rolls out…]"

  The Medicci person started speaking, using that weird tone of voice that sounded like they were speaking several persons at the same time. Also, they seemed to speak in a weird nguage that Alexa was somehow able to understand.

  "Main Core? What nguage is that? Why does it sound like that?" Alexa sent to Main Core.

  “[No nguage is being speak at the moment, SuperVilin Designation: The Theater Master is transmiting data straight into the Counsciousness Stream.]”

  Well, he was talking, so that meant that it was a nguage. So Alexa decred.

  "[The re-encounter between the Protagonist candidate and the first childhood friend, will friendship bloom once more? Or will tragedy strike…Lights….Set…Action!]" The Theater person spoke, and when they said lights, the light coming from outside seemed to dim; Alexa could see An, Glory, the Spears teacher, and the other kids running out of the hall; as soon as they walked past the door, it closed behind them.

  When the theater person said Set, the doors into this hall closed and Alexa could hear the locks settling in, how was she even capable of hearing that? Alexa was not sure, but she got the strong impression that they were now locked.

  And finally when he said Action, all the [Humans] that Meli-Meli had brought with her started running straight at Alexa and the Medicci person.

  "How should Alexa go about-" Alexa said turning to the Medicci person, she needed to know the new rules about combat after all.

  "I wish you the best of luck, I need to make sure the other students are safe," The Medicci person said as his figure started to turn transparent he was walking into one of the cracks within reality that his other selves had ripped open. "I am sure your…[Brother] will help you things turn for the worst, and should he don't help you… You'll be fine, or not. That will depend on how much of a [Protagonist] you are…"

  What? He was going to leave her alone? Against those things?

  "I am looking forward to reading your tale, Alexa." The Theater Person said as the other forms of the Theater Master let go of the cracks, and they closed; as soon as the crack closed behind the Theater Person, his presence vanished entirely.

  “[Notice, detected new subtype of Mana wavelenghts. Estimated use, teleportation, manipution of space, bending of rules of physics.]"

  Alexa noted it! But thanks! Alexa learned so much!

  "....Do you want to swap?" The Mean one sent to Alexa, it was the first time that one of them had actually spoken to her directly instead of mere commentary.

  "We can't. She is wearing the choker, and they didn't disable it. Besides, we are being watched at the moment." The naggy one also chimed in.

  "Will this stop Alexa from using her Core Powers?" Alexa instead said aloud. At this moment only she, Meli-Meli and the horde of [Humans] that got maniputed by Meli-Meli were on the hall.

  “[No, it wouldn’t be much of a show if it did would it?]” The speakers…No…The [Box-Shaped entity] spoke back at Alexa, the voice was distorted like it had been on the test scenarios. But Alexa could identify it, she knew now who was speaking to her.

  "...Will you remove it?" Alexa said, flexing her arms and legs; they had called it warming up. Some exercises to prime her muscles, Alexa, of course, didn't need it. She was always combat-ready.

  "[No, can't do, the school will notice, not that they can do anything about it. But they will nag at me for abusing my authority if I remove it. They are already nagging about how those zombies got in.]" The [Box Shaped Entity] answered Alexa, "[Even though it was a human error. The stupid idiots didn't pay the two-factor authenticator, so when one of them got mind controlled, their security was as good as gone.]"

  "Why are you using that voice?" Alexa asked as she started the process to change her body; this one wasn't as strong and developed as the naggy one; she had less amount of body to put on modifications, unlike Alexandra Saintsworths, who was built for close-quarter combat, after all.

  “[I mean, isn’t it nostalgic for you? Stuck in a cell fighting against a horde of enemies? Or did you like more the 1 v 1 tests?]" The [Square shaped entity] mocked her, "But fine…is this better?"

  The voice shifted midway and did away with the distortion, leaving only behind the cheater's voice, the blonde man who called himself her Big Brother.

  "Alexanders Saintsworth," Alexa said as her hands morphed into metallic cws; these had been designed by the mean one; she had a more flexible and average build between the three of them, Ale Saintsworths was the one built for mid-range combat." Will you come to help me if I am in danger as the Medicci person said?"

  "Hah!" Alexanders barked a ugh, "Do you want me to come? Do you want Big Brother to go and save you? I can be there in like…two minutes if I do a hot drop."

  "No," Alexa said shaking her head, the next change was coming, this time she was funneling the shift to her legs, she went ahead and integrated the design that they had got recently, the [Cat Girl Core] flexibility and style of body.

  Alexa would prove that she was also a [Weapon].

  "Of course you would answer like that," Alexa could hear the edge of amusement from Alexanders, "Tristan doesn't understand us, even if he likes to pretend. If it was up to me, I would have kicked him out of the city, but he does have his uses….Nonetheless, I expect entertainment… Don't let me down."

  Alexa didn't really care about what he wanted, as of now all that she cared about was the fact that she was alone surrounded by hostiles.

  "Terms of the test?" Alexa said that as her legs shifted internally, her muscles turned stronger, and her bones became more estic; this was the answer that Alexa had come for herself if Alexandra was the long-range fighter with a greater amount of versatility to change and build upon her body. Ale being the middle-range fighter that allowed her to go in and out with her armor…

  Then Alexa would go for pure close combat, she would depend on her small size, flexibility and ability to be the fastestest of them all.

  "Survive, terminate or subdue Test Subject MS 2. All the recording devices have been turned off, you are free to engage." Alexanders voice came from the speakers, "Test start!"

  Alexa could guess that if she still had allowed Main Core to be connected straight to the outgoing networks she would have received a message with that data, but she was not going to risk it, again.

  Instead she pushed as strongly as she could against the floor with her shifted legs, using as much of her energy as she could afford Alexa shot straight up against the ceiling, as she was flying up she took note of the amount of people that was down and their positions and builds.

  Most of the people down seemed to range around the [Young Adult] to the [Adult] stage, there were a few [Elder Stage] and [Kid Stage] here and there, but it was fair to assume that these were a minority, perhaps Meli-Meli had wanted to increase her fighting forces and so she only took the strays that got to close to her while she was recruiting?

  Alexa wasn't sure, and she didn't really care.

  "Main Core, start combat mode." Alexa commanded.

  "[Slowing down emotional response, increasing allotment of logical focus on Consciousness Stream. Reducing processing power spent on sub-minds and sub-par….Done.]"

  "Good luck Alexa," "Call us in if needed…."

  And so, the sound and buzz within Alexa's mind slowed till it was empty and lonely.

  “[Time till changes become permanent, 5 hours 43 minutes and 12 seconds.]”

  Even Main Core's voice was purely devoid of sass and emotion, Alexa didn't liked this, at all.

  "...." She knew that usually something would be said here, maybe something pretentious? Cocky? Stupid? "Let's get it over with,"

  Alexa ended up saying that as she looked at one of her cws, her face was reflected on it, her eyes were devoid of emotions, and her expression was bnk. Same as she had been the first day they…the same as the first day [It] left the Saintsworths boratory.

  "YOU WILL NEED TO GET DOWN, AND WHEN YOU DO I'LL MAKE YOU PAY FOR WHAT YOU DID TO MAMA AND PAPA!" Meli-Meli said, screeching at Alexa.

  Not that it had any effect whatsoever since Alexa was currently far away from her; at this moment, she could see the mana wavelengths attempting to tch on her, not that it worked; all the threads of Mana that attempted to tch on her went straight past her.

  Unlike how it was when Main Core was active, there was no one to tch on the threads and turn them into something useful to Alexa, perhaps Alexa had been too trusting of the idea of always having Main Core around, she would need to try and focus on fixing that…

  If her normal brain could even do that, right now, she was closer to P4 than to Alexa.

  Either way, she needed to focus on her work and not let herself be flooded by emotions, as that was something Meli-Meli could use to control and tamper with Alexa's Consciousness Stream.

  So the first thing she would do was analyze her surroundings, the make of her enemies was a wave of human flesh in the form of multiple hostile targets, "Locate the weakest link." Alexa said in the small fragment of time where she had hit the ceiling of the sports hall.

  "Target located," Alexa would first target the far end of the wave, a single spot of someone left behind on the rush. This was a sole [Human Male] who was walking while moving slowly, as if their leg wasn't working properly.

  "Hit and run," Alexa turned her body upside down, letting her legs hit the floor and then pushing with less force than she used to get here, she jumped out from the ceiling.

  Her trajectory got her to her nding spot, roughly one and a half meters away from her target; she nded using her legs to absorb the impact and roll forward; in this manner, she killed all her extra kinetic energy and got into position.

  The response from the [Humans] around her was immediate; those that had run past this point turned back as one and moved towards her with their hands stretched forward; the one that she had targeted did the same, only throwing itself to her.

  Alexa first took a half step to the side and doing a small hop she unched herself past her target, as she was moving forward she stretched her right hand up and aimed it at the neck of the [Human].

  Her cws were razor sharp, and they got purchase on the neck of the [Human]; the design of a [Human] body was many things, weird in some spots, confusing in others; why did they have two lungs, two kidneys but only one liver? Only one Heart? Only one Brain?

  Alexa couldn't understand the logic behind it, and her emotional version didn't care; the other two… weren't that smart or emotionally developed to care either. Really, from her current point of view her three personalities were quite useless,while they did help her acclimate to [Human] popuce, none of them helped her move forward her path as a [BioWeapon].

  But that would be a dilemma for another time, her cw ended ripping open the neck of the [Human], a veritable fountain of blood spread behind Alexa, it was almost comical, really. Alexa knew it would bleed out like this, she had aimed at an artery, but even while aiming for this, the amount of blood that spilled was…odd.

  "Core, analyze this sample." Alexa commanded.

  Core: Sample analyzed, no new blueprint acquired. Data is as follows:

  -Liquid: Blood.

  -Composition:

  Water.Proteins (7-8%):Albumin.Globulins.Fibrinogen.Electrolytes: Sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, chloride, and bicarbonate.Nutrients: Glucose, amino acids, lipids, and vitamins.Hormones.Waste Products: Urea, creatinine, and bilirubin.-Things of note: Blood seems to have an increased amount of adrenaline, Serotonin, Dopamine, Endorphins, and Testosterone; there is evidence of some blood thinners, such as heparin within the bloodstream.

  There is also the presence of a parasitic type of mana entity within the blood. It didn't survive probes from the Nanites, so no additional data was collected.

  This parasitic entity attempted to enter host's body, but the automated nanite defense dealt with it as it arrived, it is advised that host isn't exposed to great amounts of this. For the defenses may be overwhelmed.

  Interesting.

  "So they aren't zombies after all," The voice from the speaker said. "....is she ignoring me?"

  Alexa didn't pay attention to the voice, instead she quickly went ahead and used her left cw to get hold of one of the arms of the [Human] who had died and with her right hand she ripped it out. Her position was going to be overwhelmed soon enough, so with her bounty ready she jumped away.

  "She is ignoring me, isn't she? That is new," The voice from the speakers continued, Alexa didn't have time to deal with this, it was bad as it was that her previous emotional self had indulged that much on him, "Sapphire, can you join the call?"

  "Sure can darling," A new voice started sounding after, this one while human sounding, Alexa could detect the undertone of a synthetic voice, just like how her own voice sounded, or Main Core for that matter, "And she is busy, besides…I think she may not be quite [Human] at the moment."

  "What do you mean?" Did they notice?

  "Look at her, she is moving more mechanically, see there? She is rigid, she jumped away in a straight line to her target, instead of jumping in an arc like she has done before, no tricks or fancy movements, she went from point A to point B." The new voice said, Sapphire was it? "And that arm, instead of just leaving it, taking a bite and moving or even taking the head, she took an arm to analyze? She is decomposing it using her Nanites, isn't she? That's a very [Machine] way of doing it. A living being would have taken a bite out of it."

  "Isn't that gruesome? She is supposed to be a little girl, right?" Alexanders asked back.

  Even though Sapphire was right, her normal self would have taken a bite, and here she was, stuck to the ceiling decomposing the arm to find more data about her target, she had thought about taking a bite too, but eating the meat would be…

  "It would be less efficient, but she isn't quite human, is she? Your sister is supposed to be a BioWeapon, and her favorite meal is Biomass isn't that right?" Sapphire said through the speaker.

  "I KNEW YOU WERE A MONSTER!" Only for Meli-Meli to jump into the conversation at that point, "I WAS RIGHT!"

  Oh right, she was there…

  "Did I say something I shouldn't?" The voice of Sapphire asked; she could imagine the woman sticking her tongue out mischievously at this statement.

  "I mean, no one will believe her anyway. She is currently beled as a bad trigger that went mental after breaking her parent's minds." Alexanders said back, she could see him shrugging.

  These words only brought more fire to the eyes of Meli-Meli, and that meant that Alexa was only getting more and more into trouble. Enough as it was, and she was on a timetable…She needed to end this fast lest she risked the permanent…. consequences that would come to Ale, Alexandra, and Main Core.

  And that was another thing….why was even Main Core in danger? If he was merely a representation of her old Ai Core?