Six months later…

Flying over and then invading through one of the windows of Hirotomo's large mansion, Metal Hirotome advances through the hallways to his room.

MH: no need to scare you, I didn't come to kill you

Hirotomo: if you didn't come to kill me, then what did you come for?!

MH: do you remember my attack on your dinosaur test planet? I wanted them so I could bring something else back, like… hybrid dinosaurs.

Hirotomo: hybrids? That would be very advanced, but… I was already… I was already starting some research with that.

MH: you're very smart Hirotomo, but you're weak, you need strength, and I know how to give it to you, in fact… You'll be doing it yourself for me.

Metal Hirotome's finger turns into a needle, he holds Hirotomo in place and injects a liquid into his arm.

MH: Don't worry, I won't be killing you or anything like that, on the contrary, I'll teach you a few things about Vitalis

Hirotomo: If you're not killing me, what are you doing?

MH: By releasing a latent potential within you, but of course, this body you're in now has a limit, it's not that big, but in the future, you'll get a new body, I've preserved one for you. It will only reappear in a few years, along with a small group, there will be two bodies, actually.

Hirotomo: I don't care about the future, anyway, my experiments with hybrid dinosaurs started with mutant dinosaurs, one that was even less similar to the ones that existed years ago. Even with the lack of some DNA codes, I could take ancestors more similar than frogs and add them to what was missing.

MH: I see, well, I don't need that, you're going to start an experiment with a hybrid dinosaur, from now on and if you don't, I'll obviously kill you or if that's the case... Your wife, I would kill her, since I think you know that I can't kill you.

Hirotomo: I was going to talk about that, I know very well that you can't kill me, but my wife... I'll do what you ask, but don't hurt her, okay?!

MH: Okay, okay, another thing! Call Mikael and his group, send them to the test planet, a disease is starting to form there, it could spread and kill you, which would be bad, this disease would kill both dinosaurs and humans. Since Mikael's group is made up of strong people and a vaccine that will bring more resistance to the disease.

Hirotomo: And how do you know about this disease?

MH: I'm informed about what's happening on that island.

There is a knock on the door, Metal Hirotome activates a camouflage while hiding, Tatsuko enters the room.

Tatsuko: Here is your breakfast

Hirotomo: Thank you, you can leave now

Tatsuko: Okay

The woman leaves, when she closes the door Metal Hirotome deactivates the camouflage.

Hirotomo: Anyway, about this disease, it's a type of virus, I wonder, I can increase this retardant you made myself, can I see? While I evaluate this, I wait for Mikael's group to arrive.

MH: Great, you're being very cooperative

Hirotomo: I really don't want you to harm my wife

MH: Besides that, going back to something I was saying, you know the story of the third great extinction, caused by a group of people. I need you to meet two of these people, after all, I made sure to keep them alive, but after the chaos of the meteors, I haven't been able to find them in 66 million years, since the destruction made information take too long to travel. Only recently has technology started to dissipate news faster, so maybe I'll find them now, or if not, they'll start acting soon.

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Hirotomo: I don't want to hear about it {He gets up and picks up a phone} I'll call Mikael and the others now, you can leave the retarders in my lab and I'll see what I can do.

A week later…

Mikael and his friends arrive at Hirotomo's mansion, entering and being guided by Tatsuko to his room.

Mikael: Are you calling us again? Another rescue mission? Unfortunately that robotic being escaped, we're becoming heroes, but I still don't like having to save everyone.

Hirotomo: huh, now you're basically going to save the universe

Tamao: wow, so much responsibility, isn't there anyone else available, right?

Hirotomo: wanting to run away from responsibility? Anyway, there isn't, you know, there aren't many people as strong as you, or capable of controlling Vitalis

Riley: uh! We're really advanced, and we'll be like that for a long time!

Hirotomo: Well, the problem this time is that a disease is developing in dinosaurs and it is potentially transmissible to humans as well, and it is highly deadly, meaning we have to find a cure before a new extinction happens.

Mikael: Uh... That's pretty serious, but if this disease is also transmissible to humans, wouldn't sending us there kill us?

Hirotomo: Well, in addition to the control you have over Vitalis, I will provide some disease retardants. I need you to come back here with the disease in your veins. Me and some other doctors will collect your blood and find a cure.

Mikael: That makes sense, you really thought of everything, huh

They leave the room and go to a large hall, where Tatsuko is bringing a table with wheels to the center, Otome appears, putting on gloves while Mikael and his friends sit down.

Hirotomo: She will inject you with the retardants, other than that…

Otome approaches Joana with a checkered device.

Otome: When this device beeps, it will indicate that you are already contaminated. At that moment, you will be able to return to this mansion, and there will also be suits that you must wear before coming into contact with any other human after being contaminated.

Joana: I understand, as Mikael said, you have already thought of everything.

Three days later…

The ship carrying Mikael's group lands on the test planet, and after a while, everyone disembarks, observing the scenery they have seen before.

Mikael: On this island again, well, if we find Kiko or something like that, I will be calm this time, after all, now I have to trust that you can take care of her, dear.

Tamao: You should have trusted me before, you animal

Mikael: Okay, okay, but I was worried, you know?

The others leave the couple behind, Nikolas leads the group into the forest, but Nikolas ends up going deeper into the forest, when Joana gets distracted by a particularly strange plant.

Joana: Look, Natalie! This plant here is very different from the current ones, it's likely that Hirotomo hadn't just reconstructed dinosaurs, but also some ancient plants. I didn't have the chance to see it properly before because of all the chaos.

Natalie: It's kind of strange that you're impressed by plants.

Riley: Leave it alone! It has its strange ways sometimes.

The three hear a roar, loud as a Tyrannosaurus Rex, but different. They realize that they have lost Nikolas. They run to try to find him, but end up going back to the beginning, seeing Tamao and Mikael, still talking in parallel.

Joana: Hey! Guys! Have you seen Nikolas?!

Tamao: Huh? No, is he with you?

Mikael: He went with you, didn't he?

Shortly after, Nikolas comes out of the forest, running without an arm, while generating a trail of blood, he has his hand on his arm as he staggers.

Nikolas: Guys! Get ready!

He tries to warn him, but before he can say anything else, a spinosaurus comes out of the forest, biting Nikolas' body horizontally, dividing his body in half. His legs fall to the ground while his eyes pop out, rolling on the ground like marbles.

Mikael's thoughts: a normal dinosaur would be incapable of doing this to someone like Nikolas, this dinosaur must be under someone's pose.

The Spinosaurus advances against the ship, jumping on it and destroying a good part of the ship, to then spit a green blast against Mikael's group, creating a cloud of dust. Soon after, the large carnivore advances against them, whipping them all with its tail, throwing them away. Nikolas, who was lying down regenerating, it's not throwing, he gets up, facing the Spinosaurus that will turn into Vitalis' dust. From the dust, a woman emerges.

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Nikolas: Why are you... doing this? {grunt}

Tatsuko: huh? Do you really want to know? You're going to tell your friends, right? Unlike Kiko, who killed no one, I'm going to kill one of you very quickly.

She snaps her fingers as her spinosaurus reappears and advances into the forest, towards where Mikael and the others fell.

Tatsuko: But there's no reason for me to tell you this, just say goodbye to the world before you die.

She summons her blade, pointing the circular part at Nikolas' face, he closes his fist and then opens it to hold the summoning of his dagger. Tatsuko flexes her right arm at the height of her jaw, while extending her left arm behind her, wielding her blade, left leg slightly flexed forward, right leg extended back. Nikolas tightly holds the scabbard of the sword's handle with both hands, which, in turn, is parallel to his right part. His legs are in the same position as Tatsuko's.

Nikolas' thoughts: I just have to stay alive until Mikael and the others take care of that dinosaur.

Tatsuko advances towards him, running while keeping her arms in the same position. When she gets close to him, she moves both arms to the right, to execute a horizontal cut. Predicting the move, Nikolas tries to attack first with a thrust aimed at her chest. She crouches and dodges the attack, hitting her own attack and making a line cut in Nikolas' abdomen, his entrails threatening to come out. He jumps back to try to heal himself, but Tatsuko grabs his leg and pulls him back to her, dragging his back across the ground. She steps on his neck, almost crushing the area. However, Nikolas moves his dagger, piercing and crossing her right leg with the blade, making her retreat. He spits and breathes with difficulty.

Tatsuko: You guys have your tricks, but our power difference is too great.

Nikolas' thoughts: I knew that, like Natalie, I should keep training, but no, I've only declined since what happened back then.

Before Nikolas could recover, Tatsuko removed the blade from her foot, regenerating almost immediately, and then quickly moved behind him, making an X on his back, then stepped on it and pressed her heels against the exposed wound. He screamed in agony as he held the ground tightly, trying to endure the pain, but his suffering soon ended when Tatsuko cut his neck and, with the tip of the blade, gave his head a light push, making it roll across the ground in front of him. With no time to rest, she began to spin her blade, creating a mirage of a circle. Tatsuko made a critical cut that hit his soul, his body shattered beneath her feet, turning to dust.

Tatsuko: {sigh} Your friends didn't arrive in time to help you, or maybe... Were you so weak that you couldn't even find time? Whatever, you were already gone.

She left the place and walked to where her Spinosaurus was facing Mikael and his friends.

Hand seal dinosaurum, used to summon dinosaurs, before I said hand seal One

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