Chap 41: Rider system
To understand more about his new body, the first captain has sent Takune away to the lab to better gauge and examine him, it will be also to test his augmentation compatibility.
The guard lead him to a thick gray metal door, it was quiet on the way there, especially when they walk through the test chamber. Takune did not want to show anyone of his true intention so early on, so he kept sillent the whole way.
He watch the henchman-henchwoman ? His mind receied information about them, modified human that no longer hold any awareness in their body, acting like a puppet than a living person. Takune wouldn't want to end up like that.
Maintaining a calm composure he walk inside the lab. The room is lit with a cold, bluish hue that casts a clinical glow with an eerie and sterile atmosphere over everything.
The walls are metallic, with a grid-like pattern that divides the space into perfect squares. Along the walls, glowing tubes of various liquids run horizontally, creating both a functional and aesthetic symmetry. The floor is a polished, reflective black, broken up by thin, glowing lines that form a perfect grid.
Large, symmetrical workstations line both sides of the lab. Each station is equipped with advanced machinery: test tubes, flasks, chemical analyzers, and various electronic devices emitting soft hums and blinking lights. Robotic arms mounted on tracks are positioned in precise intervals, each with specialized tools for handling delicate materials. The central part of the lab has a large cylindrical machine with wires and tubes running into it—clearly used for some nefarious experiment or biological enhancement.
On one side of the room, people in lab coat who he is asuming that are assistants of this lab, they moves in sync with the lab’s symmetrical setup, as if they're part of the machinery.
Large holographic screens hover above the central area, displaying streams of numbers, graphs, and data analysis in real time. The numbers scroll in perfect synchronization, and every screen seems to mirror the others, each piece of data contributing to the overall design of the lab.
Takune walk right pass all of them, no one is batting an eye at him. To them, he is nothing to their work.
Toward the end of the lab, is a broad table with papers, notes, and diagrams are scattered all across the table. Curious, Takune take a look at one, showing complex mathematical equations and chemical formulas are scribbled on sheets, even his mind struggle to understand some of it.
A digital notepad lies open, its screen showing detailed analysis of biological subjects, while a small metal contraption on the table seems to be a prototype for something dangerous.
"Vhat business you need from my lab." A voice from behind startled Takune but he made no reaction to show it as he turn to face the head doctor of this lab.
"Hi." He simply said to her, his greeting was not return but only a expecting look on the woman face. Waiting for an answer.
"I am the new augmented human of the organization." He explained.
Her eyes started to gleam with pride as she said. "Ah, ze new model augmented rider. Herrneo yes ?" Her voice got a new enthusiastic tone despite showing no facial change.
She started to guided her visitor through the state-of-the-art facility. "Tell me," she began, her voice steady but charged with energy.
"How vas your trip around mein facility ? I asumed it vas eye openingkt cha ?" She said with a joyvial tone.
She paused by a sleek console, watching as the Takune's gaze swept across the complex array of equipment. A smile widened slightly on her face, waiting for the visitor's awe to match her own sense of accomplishment.
"Yes, but i am not here for that. The first captain-" his word was vut off by the her voice.
"Ahh, cha i am aware uff ze first kaptain reqfest." Her smile drop fully, no longer sounding interested. "Fine, let us go zen."
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The room was white and gray in it's brightness, only two doors, with one he use to enter and the other is on the opposite side.
The whole room is battered in mark of combat across the floor and wall. With one window watching from high above, it's not hard to understand what purpose it has.
Upon entering, a voice coming from a mic in the corner of the room. "Phase 1, belt transformation." It said.
There Takune stand, in a full white garment outfit. Awaiting for the test to begin, before this he was given a brief instruction to his belt. Images was shown directily in his mind in detail on many subject regarding him and his augmentation. Height, weight, ability,....etc.
The one he search for and is using now is the design and instruction on his belt activation.
Taking the wind current flowing inside the chamber, Takune take one deep breath in hearing the sound of clicks around his waist, with that a metalic belt formed right on his hip.
*haaaaa*
The belt, hold the grey in it's color mixed with a greenish accent. In the middle is metal piece with two slate covering one turbine await for him to give it an order.
"Henshin." With one word, his body is engulfed in streak of green and yellow running over him.
The metal slates open, revealing the turbine that began to spin, through his word the small fan gain more speed.
A cold wind ran over his skin, however he doesn't flinch at it, the feelling is a sensation he can not describe. This isn' just wind but something else was carried along with it, small bit formed on him to create armor to his suit. From his feet, his hand,....
A black jumpsuit covered his body, boots and glove were materialize on his limb. His chest harden together to form an yellow-ish armored layer that mimic his muscular body. A helmet form over his head with a color of green and yellow, having a grass hopper look as two antenna sprout between his red spherical eyes. Darkness of the helmet covering his head, and to then activating his visual through red lenses.
A faint mechanical hum begins, growing louder, accompanied by a futuristic, electronic chime that reverberates in the air. Suddenly, with a soft whir, the eyes on the helmet pulse to life, emitting a sharp pitch of sound right as the eyes turn on with a piercing red glow.
All the transformation progress happened in a blink of an eye.