After about two hours since the fight against the Z-Model OBSIDIAN, everyone from Lukas' group ended up in the TEMPUS headquarters as they were waiting in the meeting room, though they were waiting alongside the TEMPUS members. However Henya was mostly sitting, awaiting patiently for Lukas to return so that she could explain everything as she ended up trusting Melody and Lukas the most.

Flayon was mostly fanboying over the TEMPUS group as it was partially his dream to meet them face to face, talking to them as it was mostly Altare who was talking to him. Dropscythe was mainly talking to Axel because Axel wanted to ask him some questions about certain things. Though the rest wasn't really talkative as Zentreya returned first, making Altare stop his conversation and walk up to her.

Altare: "Zentreya. Where's Zai and Misaki?"

Zentreya: "I told them to come here. They should be here shortly if they aren't already."

Zentreya them removed her visor to reveal her face and hair.

Altare: "I see, well then, in that case I think we should-"

But then the doors opened to reveal Lukas and Zai walking in, though everyone else in the room could feel slight tension between them. Most of them aren't aware of the predicament that has been going on between the two besides Henya and Melody as they didn't mention anything about it. 

Altare: "Glad to see you back Zai."

Sonzai: "Whatever..."

Zai was clearly not in a good mood, still having bruises on his face while also having his clothes still dirty, it was clear that he wasn't himself. Yet Altare then looked at Lukas.

Altare: "You must be Lukas Misaki, the Omni Magician right?"

Lukas: "Y-Yeah... It's a pleasure to meet you.."

He was about to go for a handshake when he suddenly felt the stinging pain from his arm, making him flinch. Altare noticed that his clothing was singed by his right arm, though the fact he wasn't moving it much made it clear that he was injured.

Altare: "I was informed on what happened. I'm Regis Altare, leader of TEMPUS. I assume that Yagoo allowed you to come all the way out here to help?"

Lukas: "Yes... Mister Tanigo allowed me to..."

Altare: "I knew you were getting involved at some point, but I wasn't expecting this soon judging by Yagoo and Enma's statements. We'll get you patched up as soon as we can alright?"

Lukas mainly nodded as Henya realized what Altare said earlier about Lukas.

Henya: "Wait... You're the Omni Magician dayo!?"

Lukas: "Y-Yeah... Sorry for not informing you..."

Henya: "No no! I just never thought I would get to meet one face to face. You must've been really tough to face against one of the Z-Models and live..."

Zentreya: "Z-Model? Is it that android back at the construction site?"

Henya: "Yes..."

Altare: "Alright, we brought you here so we can get some answers alright? We don't want to cause any trouble. All we want to do is expose Atlas for who they really are. Tell us everything you know."

Henya was nervous a bit, though Melody walked up to her, putting her hand on her shoulder.

Melody: "Don't worry, we aren't like the Atlas goons~"

Henya: "Yeah... Okay..."

Henya breathed in and out slowly, readying herself to explain as everyone was beginning to listen in.

Henya: "Where do I start?"

Altare: "Why was Atlas after you?"

Henya: "I was a foothold in their operations as some of their tech wouldn't have been achieved through normal means. I was used as a form of intelligence, yet they constantly ran tests on me. Once I saw my opportunity to escape, I did... dayo."

Dropscythe: "What tests were those bastards running?"

Henya: "To see how smart I really was... Over time, I failed some of their tests on purpose, hoping that they would've let me go.... but I was wrong..."

Zentreya: "You mentioned the Z-Models. What about those?"

Henya: "The Z-Models are designed based on schematics and blueprints... related to an android known as Zentreya... Wait, you have the same name..."

Zentreya's eyes widened for a moment, narrowing this time as she asked a personal question.

Zentreya: "Who commissioned them? I know they wouldn't do this from the higher ups' minds."

Henya: "They didn't really mention much... However during one of the tests they were doing on some of the Z-Models... I do remember one name... Someone named Malware..."

This time it wasn't just Zentreya who was shocked by this information, but Melody as well as they were both surprised, but for different reasons. Zentreya because of her history with Malware and what has happened in her future, though she hasn't really mentioned much on what exactly happened. Yet for Melody, it was because Malware was the one who helped her get out and be a free willed independent AI. So for Malware to be somewhat of an evil person, Melody couldn't believe it.

Though it was clear that both Zentreya and Melody looked at each other for a moment, like as if they knew what Henya was talking about.

Hakka: "Who's Malware?"

Henya: "I don't know... As far as I know, it is someone that mister Hardway knows..."

Lukas: "Mister Hardway...? The current head of Atlas Corporation..?"

Henya: "Yes... From Malware, Hardway got the things he needed to work on them. He needed me for most of the thinking process... Most of the Z-Models, or Zentreya Models were a failure as some of them had unstable balances and incompatible requirements. Yet only two have managed to become successful..."

Zaion: "The two that were successful? What do they do now and what are they?"

Henya: "The two Z-Models were designed for combat... The one that you fought Lukas was known as Z-Model OBSIDIAN... An agile combat bot designed for close quarter combat, while also being able to control some AI that belonged to Atlas... The other one is not seen much around as that one is rather like a last result kind of ordeal..."

Zentreya: "OBSIDIAN was able to block my high frequency blade, which can cut through any metal with ease. Why is that?"

Henya: "OBSIDIAN is made out of a rare mineral that was supposed to be only found by the Supernatural... A strong obsidian based mineral that is mostly found around active volcanoes... Hardway was able to get his hands on it because of using me for certain exploits... The mineral is known as Atlantite..."

Lukas: "Atlantite..?"

Altare: "That is a particular mineral that is only supposed to be found near the underwater city of Atlantis, at least the ruins portion of it... But why would it appear from active volcanoes..?"

Henya: "No clue dayo... It was a mystery to most of Atlas' researchers as well..."

Zentreya: "OBSIDIAN mentioned the mineral to be one of the strongest minerals on the planet. Is that true?"

Axel: "Look, think of it this way. Atlantite can be quite heavy as no one could put a proper weight limit to scale. Its smooth texture makes it hard to break at times, which is why Atlanteans would utilize their underwater Magics to get it right as most of Atlantis that is still intact is made out of Atlantite. Yet if utilized into weapons, it can definitely cut or break through most forms of defences with ease due to the mineral being exposed to Atlantean Magics for so long."

Zentreya: "Is it that durable?"

Axel: "It is. I once fought some Atlanteans that utilized some Atlantite weapons and no matter how hard I tried, there's no way I could break through it without using some of my actual strength."

Zentreya: "I see. Yet when it comes to OBSIDIAN, how was it that you were able to create the metal?"

Henya: "The engineers and the ones who were making that particular Z-Model worked about a few months refining the minerals into the metal plating that OBSIDIAN has."

Lukas: "When Zai and I fought OBSIDIAN... Our attacks did nothing to her..."

Henya: "The only way to break or cut through the metal is with precision, but a very high concentration of precision. You need one central point the whole time to pierce through her defences..."

Sonzai: "Do you know where they've been making these Z-Models?"

Henya: "Underneath the city..."

Altare: "They've had a secret base underneath their own city this entire time...?"

Lukas: "I thought it was just a myth... I was told by my parents before that Atlas has plenty of secrets that even the government doesn't know about... but I didn't know it was true until now..."

Sonzai: "Then what the fuck are we waiting for? Let's go and say hello."

As Zai was about to walk away, Lukas immediately got in front of him.

Lukas: "I advise against that Zai. With your condition, I won't let you go."

Sonzai: "I advise you to move Lukas."

Lukas: "I will not. You have lashed out at me and put yourself at risk so many times that I don't think you're currently able to control yourself. Is this what your Magic does to you?"

Zai gritted his teeth as his fists were clenched. Everyone was confused on what to do in this situation as they weren't sure if they should step in or not.

Sonzai: "Move out of the way, now."

Lukas: "You need rest."

Sonzai: "I'm fine."

Lukas: "No you're not."

The two were having an intense stare down as they both weren't moving at all, not even flinching. Zai's Mana Aura was flowing as it was in a red colour, though Lukas' was a pitch black close to a purple as his was flowing as well. It was clear that it was going to evolve into something more bloody if this wasn't stopped. But the others couldn't do anything in this situation as everyone doesn't know how to act around Zai when he's like this.

Lukas: "You need to understand where your limits are Zai."

Sonzai: "You don't know what it's like, do you?"

Lukas: "I don't, but it doesn't mean that you can just push others aside for a fear you can't control!"

Sonzai: "What I can or can't control is none of your fucking business!"

Lukas: "It is when you're not yourself!"

Sonzai: "You don't know the real me!"

Lukas: "I don't, but I ain't letting you go out there and cause harm to others! You told me earlier today that you killed your own family, what's that about?"

Everyone else in the room was surprised to hear about this, except for Altare as he was technically the only one who knew about it.

Sonzai: "You watch your mouth Lukas, or I'll-"

Lukas: "You'll what? You going to kill me? You had no one really to talk to about this, did you?"

Sonzai: "Shut up... Shut up!"

Zai without warning immediately punched Lukas in the side of his face, landing a clean hit to his left cheek as he was sent to the ground with a heavy bruise. Zai was infuriated as he was about to walk towards Lukas, only to be grabbed from behind by Altare.

Altare: "Stop this right now!"

Altare was holding him in an armlock over his head as Zai continuously tried to break free.

Sonzai: "Let go!"

Altare kept struggling to keep him down as he managed to somehow keep him in place. 

Altare: "Zentreya!"

Zentreya immediately got the idea as she quickly got to them as she immediately chopping Zai's neck to knock him out. As soon as Zai was unconscious, Altare made sure to put him down as gently as possible as he sighed.

Altare: "Damn it... Should've known this would happen..."

Axel: "Altare.... What do you mean?"

Altare: "Zai has been up for a few weeks without sleep. With the lack of sleep, combined with the mental stress that was on him, his mental state was slowly breaking down. With his mind not in the right state, his Magic would cause him to become unstable and more violent. If left out of control, he could potentially go berserk...."

Everyone in the room was surprised to hear about this as this was the first time they heard about something like this. Lukas knew that there was something off about him but this... This was the proof that Zai was hurting himself without him even knowing it...

We then cut to the Atlas main headquarters as Hardway was in his office, looking down at the city as he just listened in to a full report from OBSIDIAN.

Hardway: "So you failed to accomplish the task?"

OBSIDIAN: "They have proven to be more difficult than what the data has on them. I was about to win when I was interrupted by an intruder. Zentreya."

???: "Oh~? You got intercepted by Zen~?"

Suddenly a voice came from the front doors of the office as an individual walked on in. It was Malware in a strange static form, like as if she wasn't there at all, but was at the same time. Some could say that she was appearing as a hologram, but some would beg to differ as she can still do things.

Hardway: "Malware. You didn't inform me about the original Model being around."

Malware: "To be honest, I didn't know she existed in this timeline in the first place~"

Hardway: "Timeline?"

Malware: "Oops~ Said a bit too much but that's not important~ What's important is the valuable data OBSIDIAN here collected~ I didn't expect the Omni Magician to improve so quickly~"

Hardway then turned to Malware as his eyes were narrowed.

Hardway: "You knew this the whole time? What are you gaining by using my products?"

Malware: "Information is quite important you know~? I didn't know much about the Omni Magician and Void really dislikes them~ So I wanted to know more about what they could do personally~ And yet, OBSIDIAN here as metal plating that was created from pure Atlantite~! You have a possible gold mine here Hardway~"

Hardway: "I intend on doing what is best for the people of Humanity. The police filed some reports on the damages done at one of the construction sites. It wouldn't happen to be you is it?"

Malware: "You ordered OBSIDIAN here to bring the two in~ But since you failed, I had to override her coding for a moment to get her out of there. She may be coded for combat, but Zen is a whole other story~ You haven't reached that breakthrough yet. I would recommend you improve your Z-Models' coding if you want to best an android like Zen~ Also, Void mentions that he'll be sending a gift sometime soon~"

Hardway: "I'll be looking forward to it."

Malware: "Very well then. Ta ta~"

She then does a two finger salute as she simply disappears. Hardway turned to OBSIDIAN as he had a serious expression.

Hardway: "I want you to handle an operation for me. The information will be delivered to you within your databanks."

OBSIDIAN: "Understood boss."

OBSIDIAN then stood up as she left the office. Hardway knew that Malware is up to something, but he wouldn't know and wouldn't question as they both work for the High Society. He is aware that Malware can be a bit chaotic at times, maybe childish even at some points, but as far as Void had mentioned, she is something no one should mess with unless they got a death wish. Coming from someone like Void means high praise, at least to his logic.

Hardway: "I think I should have a talk with the Misaki family sometime..."

He thinks to himself as he looks down at the city again, coming up with a new idea in mind....