Everyone is shocked ... again ... except Soma ... again … especially Kota and Alisa, "What! No way! Holy-what! Oh!" they both said respectively.

Sapphire may not say anything, but he is way more shocked than Kota and Alisa combined. "Now, now, calm down, this one won't prey on you. I promised." Sasaki reassured everyone, but not much.

"As you know, all Aragami all share a trait known as 'Bias'" everyone is now focused on Sasaki's explanation, "An Aragami unique tendency for a predatory behavior ... That's the same thing our God Arc uses, isn't that right?" Alisa said, Sapphire remembered now, "That's correct, I'm sure that common sense for you Gods Eaters." Sasaki said.

"It is?" Sapphire thought to himself, Kota turns to Soma and ask "... Did you? ..." Soma said yes, "Of course!"

"This Aragami's Bias seems to be directed at other Aragami of a higher order, we humans don't even fall to the category of food, as far as she's concern …" Sasaki explains thoroughly, "It's a common misconception ... Aragami aren't born with characteristics of other life-forms. Rather, they evolve at a breakneck pace through devouring."

Then Sapphire suddenly said, "As a result of that, their diverse evolutionary potential is condensed into a very short period of time ..."

Everyone looks at him, jaw-dropped ... except Soma, "... What? ..." Sapphire simply said, "So that's what makes an Aragami what it is!" Sasaki continues like nothing happen, everyone is back at their normal state."You mean this child ..." Sakuya said incompletely, "Right, just like humankind, they temporarily got stuck in a dead end in their process of evolution, and she's an Aragami evolving much like a human." Sasaki said then Soma question him, "A human-like ... Aragami, you mean?"

"Yes! Based on an examination I conducted earlier ... The equivalent of her cranial nerves and synapses seem to be functioning exactly like a human! Clearly, she's got an incredible capacity to learn … Quite an intriguing specimen!" Sasaki said clearly excited, then Kota raise his hand, "Doc!" everyone looks towards him, "Yes, Kota?"

"I think I got most of what you said ... actually, it was mostly way over my head ..." "Me too ..." Sapphire thought. "Um ... What does she mean when she says 'Food' or 'I'm ready to eat'?" Kota asks, and then the Aragami girl shouted, "Food!"

This make Kota says, "... It sounds pretty ominous coming from her ..." Sasaki explains, "Like I said, the Bias of an Aragami basically dictates that it will not partake of any being similar to itself, that said, in times of dire hunger - just now, for instance - she's likely to gobbled up anything, no matter how unpleasant it may taste." That statement just shocked everyone in the room, except Soma, geez what could scare this guy?

Not paying attention to the shocking reaction, Sasaki continues, "But that's an exception to the rules ..." Everyone turn to their normal state, except Sapphire, who took a while to regain his composure, "As you know, 'Aragami', is just a nickname, but there has been examples of multiple entities adopting the design of what we humans envision to as 'The Gods' ... these have been spotted worldwide."

He continues, "What thought processes led them to adopt such a mode of life?" he question, "By what processes did they come to worship gods? Don't you find that intriguing?"

"And this Aragami child here, who has completely assumed a form of a human form, is even a rarer case." He stops for a while, "Oh … but I digress, Well, I think that should do it for this study group. One last thing, -if you wouldn't mind, I like to keep this a secret between all of us ... Are we agreed?"

He looks at all of the group, in which he is disagreed by Sakuya, "But ... we have to report it to the advisor and the director ..." Sasaki said, "Sakuya ..." then he walks closer to Sakuya, "You're an exalted Gods Eater, and protector of humankind ... And yet you intend to tell the superiors that I smuggled an Aragami into the Den, the headquarters at the battlefront?"

Sakuya replies, "Well, no ... But why exactly did you do it?" Sasaki then get even closer to Sakuya, that man clearly doesn't know 'Personal Space'. "Didn't I tell you? It's for research ... She's merely the subject of an important personal research project, that's all"

"That sounds so suspicious ..." Sapphire thought as he observes the scene, "Don't worry. I made sure this room had its own communications infrastructure and security system, it's not rigged cameras or anything. Now, I'm sure you wouldn't want anyone prying needlessly into your private affairs either, would you?"

Sasaki stopped, Sakuya was surprised, and then he looks towards Sapphire with a grin, "Oh by the way ... You and I are accomplices in all of this." Aragami girl then said, "Ready to eat!"

"I like you to be her friend. You, too, Soma ... please look after her." Soma was pretty mad, "Don't be ridiculous! She may be good at imitating humans ... but she's still a monster." he then walks out of the room, Sakuya as well, Kota then glanced at the Aragami girl, it looks like she was sad.

"Now then will the human turn into a god … or a god into a human? Let the race begin!" Sasaki said to himself, clearly he was not aware the presence of three people who still haven't left the room, that is Kota, Sapphire and Alisa.

"Uh ... Doc ... Who are you talking to?" Sapphire asks confusedly, Sasaki then answered shortly, "No one in particular ..."

Sapphire just nod his head, "Okay ..." Then Sasaki resumes his research, while Sapphire and Alisa talks about medic skills. "I sometimes notice that when you heal a teammate, you seem focused."

Sapphire nod his head, "Yeah I always do that, you know, focus is a hundred percent on the mission." he said so with a grin in his face, Alisa sweat dropped, "... Though you tell a joke right after that ... which resulted an attack from the Aragami ... always ..." Sapphire's face turn blank, "Err ... Okay, that would be thirty-five percent then ..."

Alisa cheers him up, "So you say ... but at least you completed the mission, which seems to be one hundred to me ..." Sapphire smiles again, "Oh ... You are so sweet ..." he kiss her cheeks, Alisa blushed. They know that Sasaki always busy with his research, but this time Sasaki actually relaxing at his seat, and guess what? The two lovebirds didn't realize Sasaki is watching them.

"Ah... young love..." he whispered, and then gets back to his work. Sapphire and Alisa keeps on talking and eventually the day ends when Sasaki said, "Okay, you lovebirds time to stop your … amorous romance and rest for tomorrow." Both were blushing and were also surprised at that statement, partially because he just blurted it out … then when they started to leave.

"Oh, and Sapphire … you better rest as much as you can, because tomorrow, you're work is going to be VERY hard!" Sasaki said. Sapphire sweat dropped, partly because of tomorrow, and the way Sasaki said it with a big grin on his face, Alisa sweat dropped when she heard this as well, feeling sorry for his boyfriend, "Um ... Sure ..." Sapphire replies.

Author's Note:

So I have a question for the people reading this. Do you guys like it? And why? And enjoy the new chapter!