[Location: Esphor-4, Science Pillar University, Underground Base]

[10:30 AM, January 1, 2831, CE]

In the room, you could see 5 people talking as the hologram of Ephesus-6 rotated in the middle of the room. As the talk became more intense, they talked more about the original than the fake one that they should have been talking about. The man in black noticed this, so he spoke up to let them know they strayed from their real reason for this meeting.

"Ok, we should stop talking about the original. We are here to talk about the fake one that the higher echelons are trying to mass produce" the man in black said as he took the attention of the other 4, Hearing what the man in black said, they stopped talking and started listening first.

"I'm sorry about that. When it comes to that 'Thing', I kind of got into it, due to the fact that its melodies are still ringing in my mind" Seraphina said as she scratched her head with her tongue out. It was because of the melodies that they have been ringing in her mind ever since her first time fighting one, which is actually understandable for a person who has survived a fight with Thatthing. It was stated that the melodies are always peaceful, always angry, always happy, and any form of emotion you could think of, that's what the melodies are, that Seraphina hearing a culmination of emotions of entire existence.

With this, the man in black understood that Seraphina is hearing melodies of the entire existence, even now, although it's been almost countless amounts of samsara since the last original appeared, so the man in black said.

"It's ok, being entranced to its melodies is always the result when you hear it after all" the man in black said with understanding as Evelyn, Roland, and Philip also nodded with understanding as the three of them also always heard the same thing in their minds ever since their very first encounter, and after that, they always heard it.

"So about the fake one, tell me of your experience when fighting it" the man in black said as he looked at others as Phillip spoke up.

"Well, we already told you that it's not similar to the original, and it has a weakness. It's weakness is its ovary. It uses Essence, and it also has voices that sing. The way I hear it, though, from it's song is only pain. Maybe it uses Essence users as a base to create those fakes. It also does not have a job. It's more into destruction. Yet nonetheless, it's weak. Multiple Essence users could defeat it on their own" Phillip made his own deductions about the fake one that the higher echelons were trying to mass produce. Hearing this, the man in black wrote it down on the paper he had in his hands as a note.

"Is there anything you could think of that might help us defeat them easily?" the man in black asked as he looked at everyone in the room as Roland spoke up.

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"It's essence is connected to somewhere possible, a form of connection through essence, so when I felt it, I made sure to make him blind and erase his memory of whoever is behind controlling the fakes, but I only erased a part of his memory due to him protecting himself before my essence fully erased his memories" Roland said as he spoke of his part of the story as he tried to blind and erase the one controlling the fakes so he could protect their secret society and identities from the higher echelons.

"I also had another. These things bodies are made up of a new processed biometal called 'CytoSteel'. It was infused with essence, making it more versatile than already, which is making them quiet trouble because these types of metal multiply fast, so making mass production might be easy for them" Evelyn said as he talked about what he found after they killed a fake and tried experimenting with it, making him find out the nature of this new metal. Hearing this made the man in black write it down in his notes.

"Can you send me the files of what you found out after the meeting?" the man in black said, asking Evelyn if he could have the files of his research so he could give them to their research department for them to learn more about it.

"Consider it done" Evelyn said with no problems, as he didn't mind giving the research he had worked on to the man in black. They all looked at each other, and the man in black asked one more time.

"Is there any more information that you got that we might need to go in deeper?" the man in black said, as the whole room is silent, they have no more information to give to the man in black. Seeing this, the man in black finished their meeting.

"If there's none, then the meeting shall end, and you are now allowed to leave the underground base" The man in black said as he disappeared from his position, yet this does not surprise the 4 of them because they can also do it.

"So what will you do for today, Evelyn?" Roland asked Evelyn, who stretched his body. Hearing what Roland just said, he looked at Roland and said.

"I'll be going to school for now. I still need to teach my daughters and my students" Evelyn said as he looked at Roland, as Seraphina, but as she had heard school.

"School? Do you teach at Science Pillar University?" Seraphina asked Evelyn with shining eyes.

"Yes, is there any problem with it?" Evelyn said as he looked at Seraphina, who seemed to want to go to school.

"Can I go with you? I want to see the school that Commander is teaching" Seraphina said, as she really wants to visit school to fulfill her childhood dream of going to school, but she suddenly got pulled by Phillip at the back of her baggy clothes, surprising Seraphina.

"Hey Phillip Wang, let go of me. Hey, hey, please, I want to visit it. Roland Hellspring, please help me here. Please stop Phillip Wang" Seraphina said, begging Roland to help her, but Roland did not help but just sighed while Evelyn smiled at this.

"Then both of us will go first, Evelyn and Roland. See you in the next meeting or mission" Phillip said as he pulled the struggling Seraphina as both of them disappeared from their positions. Seeing this, Roland looked at Evelyn and also said his goodbyes.

"Then I'll also go now. Let's meet next time again" Roland said as he disappeared from his position, leaving only Evelyn in the room.

Evelyn also disappeared from the room and appeared at the front of the university office room and entered.