"GAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHHHHHH! What's this? Has the old fool become SENILE? Couldn't bear to see her dead by my hands or something? Should I call this front-stabbing? Hilarious, friggin' hilarious."

"What have you done gramps? Isn't she supposed to be your granddaughter? How could you do this? HOW!?"

Chella leans forward and grabs Gilbert by his shoulders, confused as the sudden action of his. He doesn't respond and just tilts his face downward. Technomanic dismounts from his plate then approaches Chella.

"You have a healthy body, would do fine as a lab rat."

"Nobody's your rat and will ever be your pet."

"Tsk, tsk. Greenie, you should watch where you're splitting. You're facing the one chosen by god and there's nothing you could complain about."

"..."

"Don't be mad at that old fool, he's just to senile~."

Now he mocks Gilbert for his inability to come up with something better than what he just did. Chella as a telepath herself, knows that all his words about Nova earlier today were genuine. Yet, it doesn't explain what he did. Suddenly, the old man speaks up.

"I've done it..."

"Gramps..."

"What? Finally regretting? It's too late for you and your precious little lemon as well as anyone in hiding around this town."

"I've ruined her one last chance-"

"To live her life I guess. I think I have enjoyed enough of your suffering. Now die."

"You don't get it. She could no longer-"

"Live, yes. You don't need to repeat, old man."

"-be normal again..."

"Wait what?"

"!"

Gilbert's words seem to strike a jolt of surprise on the other 2. Now Chella isn't the only one being confused although she's twice more confused than before. The grey-haired maniac tries to think if the words of a senile old man mean anything at all. Suddenly, it's like god has decided to answer their doubt, zapping sound can be heard from a distance.

"!"

"Didn't that lemon die? It wasn't poison?"

"If I were to be senile, then you would be a crazy child. Why would you think I killed her?"

Chella sees her friend - Nova, alive and well. Nova herself couldn't understand what was going on either. But now she feels more energized than she usually was. Chella questions if whatever injected to her body had to do with it while Gilbert continues on.

"Now it's unsealed. Noelle, do you feel anything?"

"I feel awesome! Is this your doing grandpa?"

"Try focus that feeling of yours into your palms!"

As Gilbert says so, Nova concentrates the energy she feels inside her into her palm and to everyone's surprise except for the old man, yellow sparks of electricity appear on her palm. Nova realizes this mean she's also special like Chella.

"Nova, she..."

"You could generate electricity from your body, like a battery."

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"Alright, I'll use this newfound power to save you 2. If I remember correctly..."

"Chella, run! She's going to do it!"

"Wait-"

"Droids! Those 2 are running away! Get them!"

"I won't let you!"

Nova lifts her right leg and stomps the ground, causing electricity to traverse through the ground and paralyzes the androids. They're unable to function like Technomanic ordered any longer.

"Gah! While are you pile of junks stopping? Where are those organic pawns when I need them? Damn it! I'll let you play with this- HUH? Why can't I access their vehicle anymore?"

While the man was occupied with shock, Bit in the cyberspace had evaded the viruses successfully and activated an anti-virus. Now Omega-Driller is back to its rightful owner. Not having any other options to attack, the maniac hops on his floating plate and flees. Nova can't release electricity in the air and Gilbert is too wounded to use his rifle again.

"One day, just one day... You all will regret this!"

"It is you who will regret harming my grandfather and the others."

"Ha! Fat chance! I'm getting off this junkyard- BWEEEH!"

Technomanic coughs up blood and notices he has several wounds on his chest. He looks below to see his androids aiming their weapons at him. This day seems to be unlucky for him and probably is his last day of breathing ever.

"I'm about to die...by having my tools...against me. How ironic..."

They grey-haired maniac falls to the ground and dies. It was unexpected for any of them but the androids did kill their owner. With that, victory goes to Nova and the rest. Later on, everyone else comes out of hiding and Chella along with Gilberts receive medical treatments in Nova's house. The girl in yellow is so worried about her grandfather that she spends the night next to his bed. Chella wants to say something but decides not to, thinking it's best to leave them alone. She herself needs to rest as well even though her wound is not as bad as Gilbert's.

In the next few days, Nova spends most of her time in her grandfather's room, hoping him to recover soon. Chella, having recovered after a day, assists Bit in the maintenance of Omega Driller. The vehicle parks next to Nova's house, Chella then spends most her times reading comics while Bit goes into sleep mode.

On the day that Gilberts fully recovers, Nova suggests that they come along with Chella on her journeys. Gilbert seeing his granddaughter wanting to explore the world for real unlike their previous trips, agrees. A while later, the 2 of them finishes packing stuff and are bout to get on the vehicle when suddenly they hear footsteps of the townsfolks.

"Gilbert, as the mayor of this town I have to thank you and your granddaughter along with her friends for fending off the scavengers. We would survive if it weren't for you."

"No need to thank us for that, it was what we wanted to do. I was wondering how the town would protect itself if we were gone."

"That is not to be worried. Noelle discussed with me the other day and she suggested me to use the androids that she TAMED as I please. It was surprising to learn that she had become something beyond normal, despite that she was still our savior so I wouldn't pry. Come back to this town one day if you ever want to, this place will always welcome you."

"Thanks, we'll be departing now."

"Goodbye Mr. Mayor. I - Nova will come back with a new invention some day~"

"Looking forward to that."

Thus, the grandfather and his granddaughter come along with Chella and Bit. The Omega Driller creates another cracks in the thick wall as it moves away from the town. Some townsfolks are worried about who will be responsible for fixing the cracks but the mayor assures them that another crack will show up someday so they'll just burry them with explosives.

The drilling vehicle keeps on going while its 2 new passengers looks around the 4-dimensional inside. Nova notes that it's the most advanced tech she has seen in her entire life whereas her grandfather is familiar with such level of tech due to work experiences. Regardless, Chella has found new companions to travel along with her and she's happy for having visited their town.

"Chella, so I was thinking... if we both turned out to have powers, it would mean there're others like us right?"

"I guess so, I thought the same think before and then we found you."

"So you also had your abilities since birth like my granddaughter?"

""WHAT?""

"Grandpa, you mean I could already do what I did the other day since I was born?"

"Yes, what I injected into you was to UNSEAL your abilities. However it would mean I could never seal it off again, you wouldn't be able to live normally ever."

"Seal? Why would you lock my abilities?"

"That's the story for another time, Noelle. For now you just need to know that you're special just like Chella, genetically."

"So you know about the alterations in them, just like I was programmed to be able to."

"Yes, I used to work for science like Technomanic said. We even used to be coworkers, but I couldn't stand how he abused his intellect so I reported him. That would explain why he looked down on me that much."

"Anyways, I'm so excited to see how much I could do now that I've learned that I have powers."

"Just don't overdo it, though I doubt you would listen, knowing your nature."

"Geez grandpa! It's not like I'm about to make us explode or something."

*BOOM*

"Uh... sorry. My food bag popped when I overheated it."

"Chella, you shouldn't do that with snacks."

"Lemme get another one. I have more than enough for us."

"I detected various signs of life 20 meters above us."

"Are they on the surface?"

"Seems so, our town was build not too deep from there."

"Bit, take us there."

"I am already on it."