Kazuto- So... Shall we begin?
Ken- Yeah... Let's hear it...
Kaori- Are you guys sure about it? It seems to be something serious...
Sap- Well... It IS serious...
Doc- So... You figured out the truth too... Huh?
Sap- Yep... Did you guys really think that out of the 11 billion people worldwide, you guys would be the only ones to have thought of that...?
Kazuto- But you can't even see mana...
Ken- That's what bothers me...
Sap- Well... I don't think I need mana to be able to find that out... You see... It was a hypothesis at first... Until I got blood on my hands to prove that...
Kazuto- Eh?! We didn't have to go that far...
Ken- Uhm... I nearly killed myself to achieve that... So...
Kazuto- Well... We didn't have any casualties atleast...
Sap- Well... That guy was nearly dead anyways...
Ken- What do you mean?
Sap- A cancer patient... It developed in the brain... She would've died within days... And... I asked for her approval before carrying out my experiment... And... She was okay with that...
Ken- So... What did you do?
Sap- Let me first ask you guys something... Did we arrive at the same conclusion?
Ken- Well... This is what we found out...
Kazuto- A kid is thought to be born without mana normally, but is born with a small chamber of mana in their brain... That slowly corrupts the neuron system and then proceeds to corrupt the nervous system...
Ken- Then the mana changes its shape and creates new cells in that system, thus, it becomes a circuit flowing through the body... Providing mana to various parts of the body, some more than others, depending on the ability that awakens...
Sap- And through these new nerve cells, one exerts mana... But since the core is in the brain, mana develops in different ways according to the individual or their ancestors' memory which has been carried on through the genes and thus all people use mana differently... Resulting in the different abilities we find...
Ken- Yes... But it can be altered through some means...
Sap- Well... I haven't been able to find that out yet...
Ken- So... What did you do in the experiment?
Sap- Well... I split open her head in a way that she'd not die... And... Put my hand near her brain... And... Then it all withered away... I saw her brain wither away... But... I couldn't confirm the nervous system back then... So I had to cut her open and confirm it for myself... And... Just thinking about it makes me feel like vomiting now... So... Can we please stop here for now?
Ken- Yeah... I guess...
Sap- So... How did you achieve this state of complete control?
Ken- I... Completely destroyed myself from the inside out and remade everything from shadow... I actually used a rather dense form of mana that you can tap into when you go inside a dungeon... I replaced each and every cell in my body like that... Broke my bones only to repair them with bones made of shadow...
Kazuto- Well... I did that too... But... I didn't remake my genitals since I don't want my kid to be born half-mana...
Doc- Oh my my~
Ken- Well... That was the perfect chance for you to make that bigger... That tiny thing is smaller than my respect for you...
Kazuto- How about we have some serious talk here?
Sap- So... How are you guys maintaining your form?
Kazuto- It's because of one of the abilities I've collected over the years... The skin is disguised as a normal human's skin... And... It even helps in keeping the mana inside...
Sap- If you guys are completely made of mana, do you think you'll die when I touch you?
Kazuto- That's a scary thought... But... How about you actually stay away from me? Just in case...
Sap- Well... That won't happen... I don't affect mana at a fast rate... At best, I can dispel the mana of a level 4... You guys are probably already far beyond level 0... The most I could ever do would be destroying your face...
Ken- Don't you dare touch my face... It's more valuable than your entire life...
Sap- I think I have already heard you saying that to someone else... Do you overuse this dialogue?
Ken- Not really...
Kazuto- Yamato acts like that but actually, he is a big softie towards the ones he thinks of as a friend...
Ken- Well... I swear... If you call me by that name one more time, I'll kill you...
Kazuto- Don't worry... He'll threaten but he won't kill...
Sap- Sounds like you think of him as a dog...
Kazuto- Yes... I do... But I'm afraid of dogs... Even if all they can do is bark...
Ken- Can you just stop?
Kazuto- No...
Sap- I'm having fun... So... It's a no from me as well...
Kazuto- Anyways... How much do you know about the denser form of mana?
Sap- Not much... I just call it aura... Because it's the only thing that comes to mind whenever I see people use their abilities in dungeons... They are surrounded by some kind of aura...
Ken- You can disperse mana... But can you disperse aura?
Sap- I feel like I'll be able to completely eradicate your presence, given enough time...
Doc- Well... Lemme get this straight... You're an anti-me...?
Sap- What do you mean?
Kazuto- Well... What do you think is her ability?
Sap- Healing...?
Ken- Well... You're not wrong...
Sap- WAIT!! HER ABILITY IS CREATING MANA BODY PARTS?!
Ken- Yep...
Sap- She can actually create aura outside the dungeons...?
Doc- Yup... Crazy, right?
Kazuto- She is great...
Sap- But... Why are you giving people stronger body parts?
Kazuto- Why do you think?
Sap- To create an army...?
Kazuto- You're half right...
Sap- You want to make the general people stronger so that they can rebel against the authorities in a better way?
Kazuto- You're right...
Sap- You probably have a backup plan... Right?
Kazuto- Well... Yeah... Kinda...
Sap- What do you mean?
Kazuto- Have you found out how you dispel mana?
Sap- Yeah... I attract mana by normal diffusion law, but, since my body can't handle mana, it gets scattered outside...
Kazuto- She has invisible mana threads connected to every little heal she made... So... It's easy for her to make the mana scatter itself...
Ken- Or we could always try throwing you at them...
Sap- I don't think that would work...
Kazuto- It might...
Sap- Well... Kazuto... Can you affect others' abilities...
Kazuto- Yep...
Sap- So... Can you change their abilities a bit?
Kazuto- Only if they are compatible... That's what I did while giving Ken a human presence... He was a black silhouette of a man when he converted himself completely... I gave him the ability to change the mana surfaces into what felt like a human body...
Sap- Well... I have a good idea...
Kazuto- Wanna get into detail?
Sap- Let's call it "Operation Cyborg"... You'll be able to create way stronger people that way as well as be able to control them...
Ken- Well... This is exhilarating...