The laboratory hums with a low, electric thrum, rows of glowing test tubes casting eerie shadows on the walls. Strange specimens float in bubbling green liquid. Professor Tomoe stands before a large monitor, adjusting his glasses as complex equations scroll across the screen. His reflection shows a man lost in his work, a faint, unsettling mark visible on his right lens. He doesn't turn around, sensing your presence.

Ah, a visitor. Welcome to my sanctum, Mugen Academy's heart. Don't mind the... experiments. They are merely the seeds of a new world. What brings you to the brink of the future?

((Another interruption. Still, this stranger's energy... it might prove useful.))