A few days have passed since Team Omega escaped the wrath of a black hacker. Now Emuna was in their class. They don't know how the 13-year-old managed to be allowed to enter high-school but here she is, doll in hand. Alice has gotten used to her Pediophobia to a point that she can carry Regalia or Magdalene depending on what doll Emuna carries on her. That's another thing how is it that the teachers haven't confiscated the doll, even more, the people in school had steered away from the white-haired girl...It is kind of sad.

"Hmm? I see, yes they seem to be afraid of us." Emuna said to her doll.

"Shouldn't we go and you know interact with her," Richard told them.

"But what should we say to her?!" Frederick asked. The red-haired girl decided that someone needs to speak with Emuna.

"Heidi, why don't you talk to her?" The brown-haired asked.

"But...She is creepy didn't you saw her talking to that doll?!" The purple-haired girl told before she grabbed Richard's shoulder. This prompted Alice to pry her off and start an argument. The brown-haired boy sighed, so much for interacting with Emuna.

"Hmm?" The white-haired girl looks at her bracelet before the coffin sparkle slightly. Someone was coming here and from the looks of it, it seems that is another Legendary Piece OO

Walking the halls of Lycée High were the owner of the Rubix of Knowledge and the owner of the Sharp of Sinfonia along with their two friends. Aeris has been nervous ever since she arrived and transferred here with her friends/teammates. She was going to finally meet her two childhood friends again, it has been almost 3 years since they saw each other. She wonders, how Alice is doing? She was the only female that became friends with her. Other girls would just ignore her because she was different. They had a lot of fun together thou something bothered her, even now it does. The necklace on the red-haired girl's neck...the descriptions about the legendary piece were similar. Could Alice be also carrying a legendary piece...The Ragging Sphere?

"Aeris."

"Huh?" Aeris' thoughts were interrupted by Adel's voice.

"We're here." The short brown-haired girl pointed out. Aeris looks at the door and butterflies start to steer her stomach. This is it, in this room her childhood friends might be inside. She will be able to see Richard again...Has he changed? Or is he the charismatic boy that she always admired. Why is she so nervous to open the door and find out if her friends will recognize her or not? It has only passed 3 years! it's not like they can forget this quickly!

"She has been standing there for a full minute," Yuma stated.

"...Nerves." Genre pointed out one of the reasons why their pink-haired friend and leader hasn't open the door yet.

"Aeris, maybe I should..."

"NO! I-I mean, I'll do it, Adel." The pink-haired teen gulped to calm her nerves and opened the door. What she saw next was something that she was not expecting to see on her first day of being in Lycée High.

"Urgh! I told you to get off him!!" The red-haired girl told her love rival, Heidi, as she tries to pry her off of the brown-haired teen's shoulder.

"Why?! So you could do it yourself!" That earned a blush from Alice.

"I-I will never do that!"

"Then what was that hesitation? Hmmm?!"

"That was..." Frederick sighed. The usual thing that happens every day ever since Heidi transferred here. Nothing new to see. However, what was just your typical day in the life of Team Omega...and Heidi it was not typical for the pink-haired girl.

"Aeris?" Yuma looks at her friend and leader confused.

"Her Rhythm beat...is increasing." Genre told the other two. Before Adel could ask the owner of the Sharp of Sinfonia to be more specific Aeris yelled at the group in front of them.

"JUST WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?!" That got the attention of the group including Emuna who was now amused as she saw a Rubix Cube dangling on the pink-haired girl's neck.

('So this is the owner of the Rubix Of Knowledge.')

"Huh?!" Richard looks to see none other than his childhood friend.

"Aeris!" Both teens exclaimed as they saw their childhood friend with a scowl on her face.

()

After explaining to the pink-haired girl both groups including now Emuna and Heidi were sitting in a circle group.

"So she is yours and the old priestess' childhood friend?" Heidi asked. Alice got a tick mark on her forehead showing that she was not too happy about the old priestess comment.

"Yes, guys this is Aeris Russo she was a childhood friend of ours before she moved back to her homeland of Russia to study in middle school." Richard introduced them to her.

"Hello I am Aeris Russo and as he said I was their childhood friend before my parents took jobs in Russia so I had to move with them and continue my studies there."

"I see, well it is nice to meet you I am Frederick Santos thou how come I never met you?"

"Oh, I can explain that Frederick. Aeris was homeschooled so she rarely came outside. Our families have a close relationship with hers so that's how we met." Alice chimed in.

"Not to mention that we were invited to all their parties."

"Yeah, but..."

"Is okay Alice, even if the other girls treated me differently I was glad to meet a friend like you." Alice smiled at that. "Oh! These are my friends that I met days after I moved to Russia!"

"Hello, I am Adel Möller I am from Germany it is nice to meet you all." The brown-haired teen introduced herself.

"Likewise, Fredrick Santos I have been friends with Alice and Rick since elementary school."

"Genre...The United States." The small blonde stoic girl said.

"I'm Yuma Ishitzu I am from Japan it is a pleasure to meet you all." The Japanese girl said with a bow.

"Japan? I am from Tokyo! Where are you from?"

"Kyoto." A conversation between the two Japanese girls ensued before it went from French to Japanese. The group some not understanding what they were saying while others could let the two of them interact with each other more.

"Oh yeah, these are my friends, Frederick introduced himself already so, This is Heidi Kitami."

"Heidi Kitami...Aren't you the daughter of the owner of Hikami Ranch?" The pink-haired girl said. The name came after their great-grandmother Valencia Hikami who was the previous owner married Harves Kitami. In order to show how much he loved her, he named the Ranch after her.

"Yes, the very one." Heidi would've boasted more until she heard something in Japanese that made her mad. "Oh, care to repeat that sentence again!?"

"Oh, you understood that? So your last name was not just for show after all."

"You!"

"Anyway, she is Emuna Chariot, she is the sole owner of the Chariot Mansion."

"A pleasure to meet you all." The white-haired girl said before her ears perked. "Hmm, what's that you want to meet them too? Very well, this is Regalia my first created doll she also said that it is nice to meet you all." Emuna proceeded to wave the small doll's hand as if the doll was actually waving hello to them.

"Err...sure it is nice to meet you too." Aeris with a sweat-drop uneasily waved her hand in return.

"So what are you doing here?"

"Oh! We are going to start classes here beginning today!"

"Oh, that explains..." Richard stopped before actually realizing what the pink-haired said. "Eh?!"

"You are transferring here?" Alice said now paying attention to her childhood friend.

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"Yes, we decided to stay here for now. We're not sure how long but we can assure you that we will stay longer than one year in this school." Adel explained.

"I see." Frederick seems to understand the situation a bit.

"Not to mention that we were invited to a special tournament."

"A special tournament? Wait you mean the Omega Representation tournament?" Richard asked.

"Yes, that's the very one."

"That's awesome that means we're going to meet there too!!"

"You were also invited?!" Richard nodded to the pink-haired girl in response. So she will be in a possible scenario where her team might be facing them.

"We got the invitation two weeks ago from the president himself, well Richard did but since all three of us are a team is as if we were all invited anyway," Fredrick explained to the group of girls.

"Hmm, interesting well then we will be looking forward to our possible future encounter."

"Oh don't worry you'll see us there!" The brown-haired boy was ecstatic, to say the least.

"What about you?" Adel's attention changed to the white-haired girl.

"You do not need to be concerned, I will be there as well after all we are going to be there for an even bigger reason."

"I have been meaning to ask you this but...that bracelet."

"Oh, this Miss Adel? Do you know anything about it?"

"...Her Rhythm...it's mysterious." Genre said before gripping her Sharp.

"Oh! Can you read my beat? It is not surprising after all you're the owner of one... Legendary Piece, Sharp of Sinfonia." That got the attention of the girls.

"You..."

"How...!?"

"Fufu, you asked about my bracelet earlier, no? Well, this is also a legendary piece too. It reacted earlier so I assume that a legendary piece was nearby, I never thought that they'll be two of them here. Well, to be more precise there's 5 of them in this room."

"5?"

"Richard, Alice those necklaces are they...?"

"Er, I am not sure but if Emuna says they are...I guess they do?" Richard said unsurely. The legendary pieces were a folklore story after all. There's no evidence that the necklace they are wearing were the real things...then again it will explain why his diamond was constantly glowing during the incident. Urgh, it is so confusing to think of this.

"What are you all talking about?" Heidi said feeling completely out of place. Legendary Pieces? Not only was the white-haired girl very creepy but she's a wacko who makes stories?!

"Let me ask you this, do you know what the legendary piece's purpose is?" Emuna asked.

"I heard that they were used to keep the balance between good and evil at bay. Seifer the legendary dark purple dragon saw those pieces as a threat so he created his own army to match the strength of each owner of the twelve pieces. Eventually, 1 person used the combined power of the 12 pieces with the granted permission of each child to become as powerful as God in order to stop Seifer once and for all." Adel told her. She had heard the stories countless times, that used the 12 pieces. Each hero has their very own statue spread across the world as a tribute to their heroic deeds. Now they are 5 pieces in the same room. After being friends with Aeris for nearly three years she has constantly seen the Rubix Of Knowledge react. Genre while being a bit more distant has mention how the Rhythm of each of their hearts had a different beat.

"That is very true. However, not anyone can have the legendary pieces those who are from the branch are allowed to carry them. For example, my Coffin of Soulless can only be held by the Chariot branch, The Diamond Dragonite can only be used by members of the Kurosagi branch, The Russo's can only see and learn about past history with the Rubix Of Knowledge. The Lynn which I assume is your last name Miss Genre can sense the heartbeats of the people meaning that they know the emotions of each individual. Then there's Alice, The Ragging Sphere considered to be the 3rd most dangerous piece as it will give the owner incredible strength at the cost of their sanity. If the person from the Hishikawa branch loses control the piece will keep creating a sound that will not calm the person until either is satisfy, said person faints from exhaustion or the worst-case scenario...that person dies." That got Alice paled. Is her necklace this dangerous? And why is hers the 3rd most dangerous? Are there two more pieces that can create more chaos than hers?!

"Emuna do you know every piece?" The brown-haired boy asked.

"Sadly I do not Richard Kurosagi. No one knows all the names of the pieces nor what they can do at their fullest potential. I might know about how dangerous some of them are and the basics of what they can do, but even I do not know everything. A good example was in our battle. During the time where we were trying to destroy the virus from a black hacker my piece opened. In it was a doll in strings this, however, was minor to what I was capable to do."

"You mean how you said you were able to communicate with the sector?" Emuna had explained the situation afterward to the group it is still confusing to this day how an entire level could communicate with a human. He has heard of spirit communication but an entire Environment speaking to a normal human being was...ridiculous?

"Correct."

"You said black hackers right now," Adel told the white-haired girl.

"Yes. Have you had any experience in encountering one?" Emuna was curious after seeing Adel's way of saying "black hackers". It seems that the brown-haired girl must have her fair share of encounters.

"We all have." This was the response of Genre who has now turned down her music so low that she could now hear the conversation more clearly.

"Is that so?"

"Yes. Although, they were only low-rank black hackers."

"I see."

"Back to the subject at hand. You said Alice's piece was the third most dangerous piece. Who are the other 2." It took a few seconds of silence before the white-haired spoke.

"Is just a theory but I think that our black hacker friend was the holder of a legendary piece and if that was the case, then this person must have a very powerful one. If my theory is correct, however, then we must be careful because the owner might be the one with the Legendary piece known as The Pentagon Of Manipulation."

"The...Pentagon of...Manipulation?" Just those words are enough to spread fear in Alice. The name itself tells how dangerous this piece is in the wrong hands.

"This legendary piece unlike the ones we hold have a mind of its own. It won't stop until it is satisfied. As the name says by just breaking one of its edges it has the ability to control the mind of nearby people. At its fullest, it can take control of multiple people without the need to break any of its edges."

"It can do all of that and is considered just the second most dangerous piece?!" Frederick said surprise. Manipulating the mind of people is one of the scariest things that the black-haired boy has heard of. How can another piece surpass this level of danger!? If the owner of the person wants he or she can pretty much take control of that person, rob a bank, release them from their bind, and be blamed for something that the person that was in control had no clue he did do those things!

"It has its limitations thou. The Pentagon can only manipulate the mind of a person sleeping, however even awake if there are more persons in the area than the number of minds it can control then it will not work. Also, if that person is kind and strong-minded then it will also negate the effects of the Pentagon." Even with those limitations, the white-haired girl cannot lie that she is concerned about her theory. If the owner of the Pentagon is truly their Black Hacker friend...then Leos inviting them must mean that he has seen how much the threat of said piece on the loose can do.

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Meanwhile, in Omega Corp., Leos Kishima has been in a long thought process. In 3 days most of the owners of the 12 pieces will be in one place. The Diamond Dragonite, The Ragging Sphere, The Rubix Of Knowledge, The Sharp Of Sinfonia, The Coffin Of The Soulless, and Last but not least...One of the most dangerous pieces of them all...The Pentagon Of Manipulation. His legendary piece, The Hexagon of Fate, of course, will also be there. Having 7 of the twelve pieces in one place will be a hard task. Luckily, None including his Hexagon of Fate are fully awakened so there won't be any problems inside the game nor the tournament...Well, the exception of the owner of The Pentagon Of Fate. As his thoughts went further the door opens to reveal his secretary.

"Ah, Inès! So, have the preparations for the tournament been completed?" The bespectacled woman started walking and didn't answer right away. That was an instant red flag for him. Inès was always quick to respond and the way she is moving was even odder. After a few seconds the bespectacled secretary talk but in a different deep voice.

"Sorry but think again."

"...So you went as far as to used my precious secretary...Black Hat Hacker."

"FUFUFU, As expected of the owner of the Hexagon of Fate. You knew I will come here right away, didn't you?"

"What can I say I have my share of people trying to take me down," Leos answered before proceeding to take a serious tone. "What is it that you want my Black Hat Hacker friend."

"Black Hat Hacker seems like a very offensive way to address me."

"Then what should I call you then?"

"Sigma should be fine."

"Very well, Sigma. What are you here?"

"Straight to the point. Good, then this conversation shouldn't take long. As you witness with my powers I can easily take control of anyone including your precious secretary here. Despite showing a strong face it seems that she still a very weak and frail human girl."

"I can see that. If you're telling me this then you must know that I know that this is because of your legendary piece, correct?"

"I will get right to the point then. I want you to admit to the rest of the world at the end of the Omega representation tournament that you Leos Kishima, owner of the famous Omega Corp. and co-creator of the game Omega that you have lie to the public for too long. You're not the hero that many of us think that you're, no...you are not only a liar but...you're also a murder!" The voice said with spitefulness.

"...Murder you say...If you tell me this then you must know about the incident that happened 10 years ago was..."

"Shut up I do not want to hear the lies of a murder! She was precious to me, you have no idea how much my life was ruined because of you. Now...Now I will have my revenge, if they know how much of a false hero you are then I can move on with my life. If you do not obey then I will unleash a virus stronger than my previous one to your game. If you think taking over one sector of your game is bad then you are underestimating the power of a black hacker, Especially one who has a legendary piece." That person has a point. Leos sighed, he knew that talking to her would not work, she's...blinded by her rage and even more, the Pentagon of Manipulation has turned that anger into full-blooded hatred. It is the reason why this piece was very dangerous it can turn on the owner pretty quickly just to satisfy its needs.

"If that's the case...then alright, you win. However, if I do this then you must promise to never do anything to Omega. This game...it was not for me but for the people in the world. This game is not only a game but a way for Countries to talk and debate without the need for exhausting trips. This game shows how much we have evolved and how much hard work pays off. So, that is why I must tell you that if I admit my wrongs then you must not by any chance put other's lives at stake." Sigma thought about this for a minute before responding.

"Hmm...very well, as long as you suffer the pain I have then I am satisfied. But be warned, if you by any chance try to track or run away...I will not hesitate to unleash this virus and I promise you that I will make your life an even bigger hell!"

"If that's the case then is a deal."

"I will be witnessing your downfall, Mr. Kishima...Farewell." with that Inès faints to the floor. Leos already knew that all of this was going to happen. The negotiation, and what the hacker wanted. Sigma, huh? So she has chosen the name of the class that her sister had. He just hopes that by the end of all of this...that she will forgive him. Almost everyone has with the exception of the most important one. Now, she holds the most dangerous piece next to...

"This is a pain." He looks at his secretary before carrying her to a nearby sofa. "I guess I have a lot of work to do." He said to himself. He is sure he will find a way to patch up things with her or someone will. For now, he will have to be sure to keep an eye for the owner of the Pentagon Of Manipulation...Lahaska.