In the living room, party hats bobbing, music thumping, and everyone's in full-on celebration mode. Prof busting out breakdance moves, Aiko's riffing on her guitar, and Fabricia's knocking back her 25th beer while dancing Samba. The air is contaminated with pure joy and happiness. Then, out of the blue, Joe decides to poke his wine glass with a fork.

Joe: Today we are formally celebrating the entrance of our newest member, as the leader of the ESON group, Prof is more than welcome at our house. CHEERS

Everyone then holds a glass of wine in their hands and drinks(except Fabricia who keeps drinking beer) Prof then goes to the center of the room and says

Prof: I am very grateful for everything you guys have been doing for me, even though I lost my memories, all of you saw me as a teammate, and because of that I am glad to be part of this team, but if there is someone that I should be thankful, It’s you, Aiko

Prof then points at Aiko and she looks back at him with a flustered expression but she rapidly recomposes herself and puts a cocky expression on her face, while also doing a thumbs up in Prof’s direction

Aiko: You can always count on me

2 hours pass by and at this point everyone is drunk, except Joe, of course, Fabricia is crying on Joe’s shoulders for no reason at all, and Joe is comforting her by headpating her head, at the center of the room now are Prof and Aiko playing video games.

Aiko: Y-you know, I’m the best at video games

Prof: Let’s see about that

And for the first time, Aiko lost a battle of “aquatic fighters”, she screams and throws the controller away, she keeps screaming and complaining about how she got perfected in the game, as she screams, Prof looks at her and laughs a little. After hours of fun, each one of them decides to go to their respective rooms and sleeps

* ƥ

Now it’s morning, Joe is cooking breakfast, as he cooks, Prof sits at the table to eat. As Prof watches Joe cooking he says

Prof: Aiko told me about what happened in the last CC, I’m sorry that I couldn’t come with you guys

Joe: No problem, in the end, we won that battle, it was rough, I won’t lie to you about that, but still, we got a lot of money from it

Prof: Is that so? Good

Prof: I still have a question, the distortion was able to manipulate emotions and minds, how you didn’t fall to that?

Joe: I have a lot of stories kiddo, the war is just one of them.

As Joe keeps talking, Prof feels this intense heat emanating from him, like he's got some sort of crazy aura going on. It freaks Professor out a bit, but he can't quite put his finger on why. It's like Joe's got this special vibe that even messes with Professor's circuits. Joe's definitely special

Joe: But don’t worry kid, you’re family and I always protect the family. Well, go upstairs and call Fabricia for me, please

Prof gets up, still a little in shock. He goes upstairs and is face to face with Fabricia’s door, The door has a really big “KEEP OUT” sign.

Prof: That’s so in character

When Prof is about to knock at Fabricia’s door, he hears an explosion, the explosion is so strong that the shockwaves destroy all windows of the base

Prof: Wh-what was that?

Prof then runs downstairs and looks in the direction of the kitchen, Joe is staring at a hole that once was a window, and a gigantic explosion is seen by them, Aiko then wakes up and goes to see too. Joe then goes to the living room and turns on the TV.

News: An explosion occurred at the center of Neo Polis, we still don’t know the reason of it- what is that…

The TV shows now a distorted and corrupted Santa Claus, he is identical to the one that Prof, Joe, and Fabricia fought… but how he is in the real world? Something is wrong. Joe runs to the kitchen but Prof is no longer there.

NEWS: SOMETHING HAPPENED, SOMEONE ARRIVED AT THE SCENE

The POV changes to Prof’s POV

Prof: Gotta kill, SLASH THEM ALL

As Prof screams, the cloud that once had a beautiful golden color is now red, and electricity emanates from his body. The completely dark body is illuminated by all the energy he produces while looking at Santa. Santa Claus then looks at him and laughs, after this, Santa proceeds to ignore Prof and keeps exploding things in the surroundings. Prof won't let that slide.

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Prof: You fat pig, I’ll crush you

(that’s a reference btw)

Prof then runs towards Santa, grabs his face, and smashes it into the ground. As Santa tries to do something against Prof he keeps forcing his face on the ground. An equation appears in Prof’s hand

The surroundings are destroyed, and cars and trucks fly away from the shockwave of the strength that Prof is doing

Prof: I KILLED YOU ONCE, I’LL DO IT AGAIN IF NEEDED

As Prof keeps forcing Santa’s face into the ground Santa becomes a regular human. Prof then starts shaking he lets the human go and hits his head saying

Prof: NO, NOT AGAIN, I WON’T KILL SOMEONE AGAIN.

As he hits his head, someone appears in the distance, It looks like a policeman, but his uniform from regular police officer from Neo Polis, he wears a red cape and black uniform with red parts on it, while also wearing a red police hat written “Number 1” and a red and black mask on his face

???: Hey, who are you? are you with us or against us?

Prof keeps shaking when he suddenly looks directly at the mysterious figure

Prof: Threat identified

Prof then flies against the mysterious figure but he dodges and gives Prof an Elbow strike right into Prof’s face, he also kicks Prof away with ease

Prof keeps attacking the figure but with no success, the figure dodges again and again

???: Your attacks lack discipline, I can see right through you like you were a kid’s book.

when suddenly he places his hand on Prof’s chest, the hand starts glowing with a red light and then shoots Prof away, going sky-high

???: Tsc, what’s with this guy?

The police officer than lights a cigarette but when he is about to smoke he feels a presence, suddenly Prof falls back right into the police officer but he dodges at the last moment, as The police officer looks at Prof, the letter “g” is written on his body with ne number 10 on it’s side

Police officer: You were supposed to be on the ground 5 seconds later. Now you got my attention

Prof then tries to punch the man but he dodges and gives an elbow strike on Prof’s neck, the attack was so strong that a huge shockwave was able to be felt. But for some reason, Prof still stands. Prof then receives a blast of energy right on his chest, he flies towards a car and smashes into it. The police officer then keeps walking towards him slowly. Prof is beaten, he can’t even move anymore, His whole energy is drained. As the police officer approaches, he sets a blast of energy concentrated on his hands but doesn’t shoot.

Police officer: Any regrets?

Prof: …

Suddenly, a familiar voice to Prof and the policeman is heard

Joe: 1, wait, he’s with me

One: Joe it's been forever, how are you, my friend?

Joe then walks towards One Friendly.

One: So, are you still on ESON? even after all those years?

Joe: Yes, I’ve never left my duty, unlike someone

One: Heh, still sharp as always

Fabricia then appears right behind Joe

Fabricia: WHAT JUST HAPPENED? And why are you here uncle one?

Joe then explains to One about Prof’s rage attacks when he notices a threat

One: I see…. I am deeply sorry, I shouldn’t have treated him like that

One then looks at Prof and says to Joe

One: But this guy…. he’s special, take good care of this soldier

Joe: I will like I always did.

One: Heh, anyways, I’m leaving now

When One is about to leave he stops and says to Joe

One: Hey Joe, a little bird told me that ESON budget went down, isn’t it? Well, take this then, think of it as compensation for the good old days.

Joe then receives a pop-up on his lens of a payment(288.500∆)

One then proceeds to leave, making a gesture of goodbye with his hands

Fabricia: BYE BYE UNCLE ONE

Joe: ….

Joe: Well. Let’s get going

Joe then proceeds to lift Prof on his shoulders and walks with him to the closest bus stop. As they are in the bus people stare at them, some afraid and others with a repulsive eye. Fabricia notices this and says

Fabricia: YOU GUYS DON’T HAVE ANYTHING BETTER TO DO? GO LOOK AT YOUR MOTHER’S @!#$@! OR SOMETHING

Everyone then averts their eyes from Fabricia and Joe, focusing mainly on their respective windows. Some time passes and they are now in the base

Joe: we’re home

Aiko then ran towards the door and said

WHO THE FUCK WAS THAT GUY AND WHAT DID HE WANTED?

Joe: I’ll explain everything, let’s just head inside

Everyone gets inside and they place Prof in Aiko’s futon in the center of the base. After some time Prof awakes, and the cloud is with its white color again, Prof then looks at Joe's direction and says…

Prof: Who…. who was that man…. he was invincible….

Joe: Oh, you’re awake, thank god, let me tell you some things

Joe then grabs a chair, sits, and starts talking

Joe: The man you fought is known as “The one who tricked death”, no one knows his true name but he calls himself “one” so everyone calls him by that name. He fought during the war too, and has a fully upgraded body, but more built for combat than health in general, He is a legend, not only in Neo Polis, but in the whole world. After the war, he joined the ESON group with me, and we became teammates and really good friends, One was also very important in Fabricia’s growth

When Joe says this Fabricia waves at Prof with a friendly face

Joe: But he left after he got an opportunity at the NPPD(Neo Polis Police Department), and became the number one officer in Neo Polis, and obviously, became rich with all of his fame and role in the police.

Prof: I see… I’m sorry to cause you guys so much trouble again

Joe: You can chill

Joe then looks at the window and it’s very dark,

Joe: Well, That’s it for today, let’s sleep guys, see you all tomorrow

Fabricia: GOODNIGHT EVERYONE

When Prof is about to leave, Aiko grabs his hand and says

Aiko: I have to examinate your body

Prof: Oh, that’s true

Prof then proceeds to take all of his clothes off, revealing a muscular and cybernetic body. For some reason, his body is all dark and looks like is made from a different material than Aiko’s synthetic body. Aiko is visibly nervous

Prof: Something wrong

Aiko: N-No, not really

Aiko then goes towards Prof's chest to examine, but for some reason, there is not a single scratch, it almost looks like his body is brand new, and never faced a battle like that before

Aiko: That’s weird, your body for some reason doesn’t have a scratch, even with my Lantern, I still can’t see a damn scratch on your body

Prof: Isn’t this common? My body regenerates like one from a human, yours doesn’t do it too?

Aiko: WHAT, THAT’S SO COOL, I WISHED MY BODY DI-

Aiko then lifts her head and is now face-to-face with Prof. Prof than looks at Aiko with a confused body expression, he doesn’t seem to understand why she stopped mid-phrase

Prof: ?

Aiko then was going to do something, but hesitates, she gets up with a bad facial expression and says

Aiko: Gn, Prof

Prof: Hey, are you okay? You don’t seem so well

Aiko: I’m okay. Just… tired, anyways get off my futon that I need to sleep

Prof: Oh right, sorry I forgot

Prof gets up and goes to his room, Aiko then sleeps on the futon with a gloomy expression, Prof is also tired so he sleeps like a rock in his room. The day ends and everyone is safe

For now