"Alright ladies, we are done for the day. My mech will give out the results and tomorrow we will pick things up with some field training." Satomi said.
The Mecha showed the top five people in the exams.
1. Hisumi
2. Erika
3. Ambrosia
4. Orika
5. Saito
"Those who made it to the top five will not have to take tomorrow's exam. You will have the day off. Do not worry if you didn't make the list, it doesn't mean you were terrible in any sense, but these five were exceptional in terms of ability and power." Satomi said.
"Hey, hey. How was I?" Yumeji asked.
Yumeji - Combat Ability: SSS, Physique: SSS, Knowledge: D
"Eh? I'm like Uber smart! You can't say that I'm dumb!" Yumeji said.
"You scored dead last on the written exam. You're the only one with a low grade. How did you not know combining Lightning and Fire would cause a nova like reaction?" Satomi asked.
"Humph! I don't work with elements! I am purely physical." Yumeji crossed her arms.
"Not an excuse to fail." Kikyo said and stood up.
"Wh-What?! Who's side are you on exactly, Kikyo?" Yumeji asked and pouted.
I smiled at them then decided to retreat to inside of the academy. As I walked down the halls, Nagini stopped me and I looked at her. She had on a white lab coat, yellow button up shirt, black pants, and black shoes. She grabbed my wrist and smiled at me.
"Come, lab rat...I have been waiting all day for this moment." Nagini said as she dragged me to the laboratory.
"Come on...I'm tired and want to sleep." I groaned as I followed her.
We went inside of her lab and I looked around. There were a lot of science equipment inside of the place, and not any old science equipment. These wew highly advanced equipment that no normal human could make nor use. I asked myself when she had the time to set up her lab this quickly, but then I remembered she had Time Manipulation.
I watched Nagini walk to her desk and sit down on a hovering platform. She crossed one leg over the other and put her glasses on. "Alright so what do you have for me to do..? I'm only gonna expect the absolutely worst so hit me with all you've got."
"I just need you to be my assistant. I've seen you around when I used to inhabit Viper's body plus I've seen your data. You're one of the smartest amongst your peers." Nagini said.
"Inhabit Viper's body? Are you saying.."
"Yes. Viper was supposed to become the New Ruler of Science, but since I was revived...all of that was taken away from her." Nagini said.
I looked at Nagini then walked over to her desk to see what she was looking at on her computer. She looked at me then back at her monitor.
"This energy I created is called the Hyper Energy. I want you to test out this energy on yourself because I have yet to see what it can do or if it's safe to even use on others." Nagini said then held out a syringe to me.
I looked at the syringe and took it out of her hand then looked at the blue liquid inside of it. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath then exhaled and injected myself with the energy.
Nagini looked at me and blinked. She looked at her monitor then sensed a massive boost to my power.
I grunted and blue lines of energy appeared around my body. I panted as I looked at my hands and arms. I coughed and stumbled forward then fell to my knees. Nagini looked at me and stood up.
Lightning crackled around my body then a lightning circle appeared behind my back then the Raijin symbol formed inside of the circle.
"Hyper Energy is causing her to achieve higher grades of power...but she's highly unstable. I've got to stop this transformation." Nagini said then held her hand out towards me then extracted all the Hyper Energy medicine from my body, stopping my transformation.
I panted and wiped my mouth. I looked up at Nagini then noticed her purifying the medicine then putting the medicine in the tube. "Okay...that was pretty bad..."
"It made you very unstable. If I hadn't taken the medicine from your system, you would've died due to the overexertion of your body trying to adapt to the Hyper Energy." Nagini said then walked back to her desk and began to type on her keyboard.
"What the hell is Hyper Energy anyway..?" I asked and stood up.
"Hyper Energy is energy that is supposed to be better than Sacred Energy. Sacred Energy is an artificially created Divine Energy and Hyper Energy is supposed to be an upgrade to the Sacred Energy. Hyper Energy should allow the one with it to reach greater power and exceed their limits beyond their current state." Nagini said.
"I did feel like I was exceeding something. Exceeding to my death!" I said.
Nagini smiled at my remark then closed her eyes. "As funny as your remark was, I would say the experiment was halfway a success. A few tweaks and adjustments and the energy would be stable enough for anyone to use and live with it, but my plan isn't to allow someone to use it. I want to create an artificial human from scratch and have them use this Hyper Energy as their source of power."
"Eh? You can't create a artificial human out of nothing." I said.
"Do you realize who you are speaking to? I am the Science Goddess, the Ruler of Science. Anything relating to science I can do with my eyes close and my limbs tied. I just need help testing what I make because everything I made in the past only benefitted us Demigods...I have never really made anything for humans so you'll be the first to experience these things." Nagini said.
I looked at Nagini's monitor and back at her. "Mmm...I just feel like things are going to go terribly wrong. Look what happened to Hazuki." I said.
"HA! They call that a perfect clone of you? Well I guess since you used to be a guy, but he has none of your personality traits. He merely has your old looks and a abilities. Nothing about him is special." Nagini scoffed and her stomach growled.
I looked at her then smiled a bit. "There is a venting machine nearby. I can get us some snacks while we work on your little experiments."
Nagini looked at me and smiled then closed her eyes. "You by far are my favorite little lab rat. I'll allow it. Just don't be too long."
"I won't." I smiled then hurried out of the lab then headed straight to the venting machine.
I used my lightning to summon my wallet and pulled out my card. I placed my face of the card against the scanner. I got snacks and a few drinks for me and Nagini then used my lightning to summon a bag so I could put the snacks inside. I walked back into the lab and walked to Nagini's desk then set her portion on her desk. She thanked me then pointed to another desk that was for me so I could sit down and do whatever there.
I watched Nagini closely as she worked with different chemicals and energies to perfect the Hyper Energy. She was extremely focused and determined to perfect the energy. "Nagini, I have a question."
"Yes?" She replied and set the beacon down then looked at me, crossing her arms.
"Why did the Ruler of Death kill you? You two were best friends correct?" I asked.
Nagini closed her eyes and sighed softly. "It is actually a long story, but I will tell you what I can remember. Long ago in the Old World, I was in Siberia working with the Ruler of Frost to uncover the secrets of the legendary gems that could change the fate of humanity. The Gems had different properties. The Gem we found was the Gem of Knowledge. Before I became the Ruler of Science, I only knew the basics of magic and science. I worked under a woman named Dr. Ashikaga and she knew more than me about the power of these Gems."
"Dr. Ashikaga..? Is that one of Orishi's family members?" I asked.
"Yes. Her name was Maruno Ashikaga. She is the founder of the Divine Foundation...and the founder of a well known organization you knew as Judgement. Judgement in the Old World and Judgement in the New Era are two different entities now. Judgement was used to bring peace to the world instead of causing the world to go into shambles. Anyway, after finding the Gem of Knowledge, I went straight to Dr. Ashikaga to uncover its secrets. Sadly during the experiments, we were attacked by the Original Overlord and the Overlord of Thunder because the Gems were too powerful...We couldn't allow the Overlords to obtain such power. They went on a full onslaught, killing Dr. Ashikaga. I was enraged at their actions and consumed the power of the Gem of Knowledge and became the Ruler of Science." Nagini said and kept projecting the images of her memories out using her magic.
I watched Nagini battle against the Original Ruler and the Ruler of Thunder. Nagini had enough power to take on the two Overlords at the same time and I looked amazed.
"I had forced the Original Overlord and her ally to flee and had to find a way to revive Dr. Ashikaga. I made a medicine that could cure death, but in doing so she wasn't able to be the same. She was revived as the Ruler of Death because she also had the Gem of Death with her." Nagini explained.
"What happened? What caused you and her to fight and her causing you to experience Irreversible Death?" I asked.
"I held too much power. As the Ruler of Science, I was able to have Physical Godhood without being artificial. I was able to adapt to any magic and make it my own. I could wield any scientific power, any biologic ability. Anything scientific you can think of, I had. I grew even stronger than the First Ruler...which resulted in me being too dangerous to live. Maruno had to kill me to stop me. Irreversible Death was the only thing that could kill me." Nagini said.
I looked at her then stood up and walked towards her. "I'm sorry for your past. I probably shouldn't have asked..."
"No, you're fine. Questions of my past would soon arise. I'd rather it be now than later and have everything be a fuss. Now if you have no other questions, I would like to continue with the projects and have you out of here by tonight so you can rest. I have some important things for us to do tomorrow that requires your full attention." Nagini said.
I nodded and threw away my trash. "Alright, let's get these projects done."