Everyone was gathered in the hall. Code: Antithese let them talk before she made a small brief of the world they were currently in.

"Aw, you look like you're having fun with your big brother!" Minerva smiled and pinched Mad Paradox's cheek. She looked at Overmind and put her palms together. "Thank you for taking care of my love!"

"Of course, he's a good kid!" Overmind laughed at it while Mad Paradox smacked him with his Dynamo.

Behind them were Bloody Queen and Fatal Phantom, hugging each other when they met. "I missed you so much! How are you?" Bloody Queen asked and broke the hug.

"Good," Fatal Phantom smiled and looked at the kid behind Bloody Queen. The kid noticed he was being stared at, so he turned around to leave.

Bloody Queen grabbed Liberator's hand before he walked away. She introduced him and dragged him to stand between them. "He's a bit shy."

"What do you mean a bit? He literally hid himself in the corner before!" Celestia said with a concerned look and formed a smile on Liberator's face with his thumbs.

Slap!

Liberator slapped Celestia's hands and hid himself behind Bloody Queen. "Aw, sweetie, you did it. He's embarrassed now," Overmind commented as grabbed Celestia's shoulder. "Just put him as the center of attention if you want to tease him."

"...Sweetie? I've never imagined Add saying that ever," Bluhen laughed and looked at Overmind with a smile. "It doesn't suit you."

"It suits Laby–Radiant Soul! Aw, sweetie~!" Radiant Soul laughed and imitated Overmind, making him laugh in either happiness or out of insanity.

Clap! Clap!

Code: Antithese clapped her hands to gain everyone's attention. "Welcome to Elrios of this timeline. I've heard several things from Doom Bringer. We're having days off for one week. You may do whatever you like."

The people who didn't hangout around the town were gathered in Code: Antithese's office. There was her personal lounge in the room next to her office. It had sofas and a coffee table, along with a dispenser to make her own coffee or tea and various snacks. Dius Aer never thought he would be invited to this room and it made him somewhat happy.

"Oh, aren't you an introvert?" Code: Antithese asked and looked at Liberator, who preferred to look out the window from the corner instead of joining the group.

He gripped his weapon in front of him and looked away from everyone. "He's mute. I'll do the talking," the weapon–Clamor–spoke in his place.

Code: Antithese smiled and shook her head. "There's no need. I'll say it for everyone," she said with confidence before moving her hands to make a sign language.

"I understand you. Don't be shy."

Liberator's eyes widened in surprise. He barely met people that knew sign language, but here he was, in front of a stranger he never met before. Still with concerned feelings, he finally replied with sign language.

"I don't have much to say, but I'll help with something."

Code: Antithese nodded, feeling satisfied with the reply, even though Liberator was still in the corner. "We're already suspecting a certain someone. Who's on the same timeline as Lord Azoth?" Code: Antithese asked as she crossed her leg while sitting on the sofa. "Also we only have a few people here. Feel free to use names."

"Uh… Us," Code: Esencia raised her hand and smiled.

"The potion effect isn't world wide, though. How did this one reach specific people when everyone lives in different places?" Furious Blade asked. He remembered very well everyone gathered to Code: Antithese's office not just by changing rooms.

"Ah, In case you didn't know, Prophetess' ability is world wide. She can choose the people, so I'm sure she helped Doom Bringer with that," Code: Antithese explained.

Now everyone was looking at Code: Esencia and waiting for her explanation. "Alright, I'll start with Elsword here. Hopefully everyone had the same order of El Gang members."

Genesis was the typical Elsword everyone met; a blunt noisy kid who never thought of his words before saying it. But Genesis found out the power of El would be the best choice to protect everything. He began to date Lord Azoth, but as the time went, he started losing his memory and feelings. By the time he fully used El power, he lost everything but his body, and now he's in a state where he was a living weapon, only receiving orders and doing what he thought was right.

Bluhen was a sarcastic angel. He was still sarcastic, but since he grew up with the El Gang, he started to be overly happy, probably going insane with how ridiculous the people act to protect the El. Even so, he didn't hate them at all. Maybe he became ignorant like the others, which was probably bad. He tried to stop Genesis from using the El power, but he failed, so he just laughed at everything now.

Lord Azoth had the same problem as other Aishas; losing her power because of a ring. But instead of trying to get her power back, she wanted to do a different kind of magic that she previously had. She tried using potions to store her magical power for both offensive and defensive purposes. She had several potions that were safe to use by her friends. Since Genesis lost all his memory, she "kind of" broke up with him because their past memories were meaningless to him in the end.

"Wait right there!" Timoria folded her arms and stared at Code: Esencia. "Isn't it too good of a coincidence that Elsword lost his memories? Maybe he helped Aisha spread her potions before he lost his memories… or Aisha was using him, since she can leave him anytime."

Code: Esencia was startled when she heard that. The thought of her own comrade making potions for fun made her feel like a bad person, but she couldn't deny it either. Oz Sorcerer defended Lord Azoth, saying she heard Lord Azoth never did such things and she just believed it without any evidence. Code: Esencia continued her story for more clues they could get.

Daybreaker was a caring elf. Even when she dated Rage Hearts because she reminded him of his fiancee and actually falling for each other, she still cared for everyone around her.

Rage Hearts was a bit complicated at first because he had a short temper. He would flame people randomly and apologize when he calmed down. But ever since he dated Daybreaker, he began to be able to control his temper.

Code: Esencia was like any other Nasods with no emotion. She was one of the few Nasods that could speak and her voice was very monotone like an actual robot. Her bond with El Gang activated her emotion core, slowly learning the feelings of living beings.

Adrestia came back from her duty in Velder Knights. She also used the same El power, but unlike Genesis, she refused to be controlled by it, using the El power to her favor. She felt lonely when her brother didn't feel like the brother she used to know anymore. Apparently Lord Azoth felt the same, so they got close. They got too close, eventually dating each other.

Dominator came to steal Code: Esencia's core, but obviously he failed because Code: Esencia won't let her core get stolen that easily. His goal changed when he saw Devi. He simply wanted to be happy, so he tried to hit on her instead. And it actually worked. Who would've known?

Comet Crusader was like a lost child, trying to find his father and failing. He got into El Gang as a gloomy boy. Luckily Bluhen's overly happy behavior managed to cheer him up, giving him ideas to not think about everything too much and just go along with it.

Devi came with more or less the same reason as Comet Crusader; finding her older brother. She focused on her dark power, which might be useful when they had a lot of holy power on their side already. But Dominator was always in her way when she focused her training, but guess what, she liked it. She needed a distraction to relax and it turned out both of them strayed from their goal to be with each other.

They made an alliance with demons, Nihilida and Tyrannus. Nihilida still had her memories, but not the feelings she had. By following Tyrannus, she felt like she still had her life. On the other hand, Tyrannus was still trying to make Nihilida smile again. Maybe he couldn't be all she needed, so he reached El Gang members to be her friends.

Prime Operator came because Bluhen loved her "children", which were her robots to assist her in battle. She was banished from her world, Heaven, because she played around too much. Her creations came to use in El Gang and Comet Crusader would praise her a lot, giving her the appreciation she needed.

Radiant Soul, who obviously had the same vibe as Bluhen, came close with the angel. They played around a lot like kids, even hanging out with the other kids in a park. The angel would go as far as saying "I found this cheerful kid so I brought her to the gang", since luring her was so easy.

Morpheus was a delusional kid, making it easier to bring him around. Bluhen even tricked him a lot of stuff about how the El Masters praised the Moon Master, which was supposed to be Morpheus' big brother. Radiant Soul felt bad with how Morpheus turned out to be, so she wanted to bring Morpheus to the gang… to play around.

"I'm still suspecting Lord Azoth," Dius Aer said after all the explanation he heard. Code: Esencia just chuckled at it, not sure how to reply to that.

"Why do you keep pushing us? How about you?" Genesis finally spoke and stared at Code: Antithese.

Code: Antithese smiled and nodded her head. "My turn then. El Gang order is very different here."

Knight Emperor was one of the best investigators in Velder. While he didn't do as professional as the others, he had a special ability to detect something the others couldn't with their eyes. He rescued Code: Antithese, who was trapped in a capsule in Altera Village. She had nowhere to go, so she was with him for a while.

Flame Lord was just a police officer. She lived with her brother and was surprised when she found Code: Antithese in their house. After hearing Knight Emperor's explanation, she let her live together with them. They had no other family members in this world of crime anyway. There was nothing to lose to invite strangers to their house.

After getting the help from the siblings, Code: Antithese improved herself to be stronger, eventually able to stand by herself. She wanted to change the world, so she studied more to make her own detective agency. She did make the world more peaceful, even though her method was somewhat cruel.

Their first case was domestic violence of two demons, Iblis and Anular. It wasn't even an abuse… according to them. Iblis just had the tendency to destroy stuff and Anular could do nothing but follow her as her servant.

Then they met Opferung, a fallen angel who was trying to destroy everything. He was dangerous, but in Iblis' eyes, it was a beautiful sight to see an angel destroying God's creation. She fell for him, and for Opferung, he got some parts of the attention he needed. Even Code: Antithese's praise was like gold to him.

The agency recruited more people; Aether Sage, Prophetess, Nova Imperator, Doom Bringer, Tempest Burster, Eternity Winner, and Celestia. More people were needed to improve the agency, after all. Code: Antithese prevented everyone from working alone, so she paired them all.

Aether Sage was in search of the ring that stole her magical power, like any other Aishas. She tried searching by going on a journey, but it didn't work, so maybe she could find it by being in a detective agency. She was paired with Knight Emperor to help him with the investigation. And of course, because of this, they're a thing now.

Prophetess was just a bored musician. She could play at the diner and get money, but nobody really listened to her music. She figured out she needed an extra job where she wasn't good at, so she could learn something new. She was paired with Celestia, who knew the universe more than the world. Both of them couldn't do much at first, but Code: Antithese never yelled. They were still learning while having fun. No, no dating here, just besties having fun together.

Nova Imperator was a sole survivor of an incident that happened a few years back. He finally recovered with a lot of upgrades on his Nasod arm. He was paired up with Tempest Burster, who was sent from Heaven to help Elrios with its high crime rate. They were usually sent to dangerous missions. And of course, just like Knight Emperor and Aether Sage, these two started dating as well.

Surya was in search of her missing brother. Unlike the others, she was in charge to help anyone in an incident along with Eternity Winner. Her healing ability was rare and her martial arts skill was useful to fight back the culprit–if they found any. Eternity Winner still needed basic common sense because she had the mind of a kid. She still had ways to go to be an actual detective. They played together a lot in their free time, like friendly siblings would do.

Flame Lord was paired with Doom Bringer, a guy who was trying to go back to the past and stealing Eve's core for research. Code: Antithese managed to… "dictate" him, so he won't do anything physical to her ever again. Despite his goals, he trolled around too much, making it the most unprofessional investigation of all time. How surprising, Flame Lord found it cute, and now they're dating.

"Hey, wait a minute!" Clamor–which was Liberator's sickle–shouted at that new information. "Did Doom Bringer ever get through space and time?"

"He didn't, unless he did outside my watch," Code: Antithese replied with a smile. She leaned her back on the sofa and patted Dius Aer's head. "And Chung is our newest member. He joined 3 months ago as an intern after a case."

"Hm… they have the potential time and space traveler, but not the potion maker. We have the potion maker, but not the time and space traveler," Code: Esencia nodded her head. She narrowed her eyes at Furious Blade and Timoria. "You guys got the whole time and space travelers! And how come you never get an answer from Twilight?!"

"That's a good question. We never asked that much," Furious Blade wondered about it himself. He told them about the El Gang–about how everyone met before and after playing with the potions.

"Okay, your turn!" Timoria pointed her finger at Oz Sorcerer and Liberator.

Oz Sorcerer forced herself to smile while Liberator just made a gesture of sealing his lips. "Hey, that's abusing!" Oz Sorcerer shouted and smacked Liberator's head with a newspaper.

Their journey started with four people as El Gang; Rune Master, Oz Sorcerer, Anemos, and Herrscher. The angel still had emotions back then. All of them would love to play with each other until Herrscher slowly fell into despair. He was just going with the flow of where he could restore the El, but Ishmael abandoned him. Anemos noticed this and tried to keep Herrscher sane, but it wasn't enough. Throughout their journey, the people around them were kinda weird, as if they were all in a cult.

They met Revenant and Code: Sariel in Altera Village. Revenant's Nasod arm was fused with Alterasia to try to break the arm. Code: Sariel used the power of El for her weapon, but it slowly broke her emotion core. Revenant was still trying to get his revenge, but luckily he was cooperative with the team. While the people there known as Ponggos were glad they were helped by El Gang, they were also praising something. Maybe there was a cult going on to destroy the El?

Next, they met Bloody Queen, who already lost her mind due to the usage of Dark El in Velder Village. This made Herrscher lose hope even more in both God's realm and humanity. Maybe there was no need to restore the El after all? Everyone seemed to lose their mind anyway. Bloody Queen knew nothing about the cult, so they continued.

While they continued their journey, they met Centurion, Apsara, and Overmind in Hamel. Although the town was severely damaged from demon invasion, the people were fine and healthy. It was at this moment that they knew the "cult" was actually the people getting help from Overmind, who was considered as a miraculous doctor.

They met Ishtar and Chevalier in Lanox Village. While they spent most of their time drinking tea, they were helpful to assist everyone in battle. Thanks to this tea party habit, the El Gang could trust the demons.

Their journey went further to Elrianode and met El masters along with Black Massacre, a gunner sent from Heaven. She seemed to understand Revenant's hatred, and so they became close to each other. By the time everyone got close, Herrscher went further away. He even tried to drag everyone to the void, but Anemos managed to stop him.

They went deeper to the demon realm and met Twins Picaro, a really old kid-like girl who loved pranking. Sadly her pranking habit was fun for Overmind, and so they were the clowns of the group.

Lastly, they met Liberator. Because of his condition, Clamor did all the talking. Liberator tended to be alone most of the time, but Bloody Queen would always approach him.

"That's about it. We don't have any time traveler nor potion maker," Oz Sorcerer shrugged with a confused look.

Code: Antithese pointed her finger at both Oz Sorcerer and Liberator. "It seems that you do. Tell me more about that cult."

"H-Huh?! Cult?! They're just Add's followers, I told you," Oz Sorcerer said with an even more confused mind. Liberator looked at Oz Sorcerer for a bit to see if she had more to say, then he faced Code: Antithese to say something in sign language.

"They're just experiments to him."

"They're just experiments to Overmind?" Code: Antithese repeated the words. She chuckled and smiled widely. "This is rather an easy case. Did you find the culprit, intern?"

"I got it!"

"Give us a hint! Which timeline is the culprit in?" Oz Sorcerer asked in curiosity.

Code: Antithese laughed and pointed her finger at Oz Sorcerer. "Yours. It's probably because it's yours, you couldn't believe your team member did it. But the next question would be… Who spread it to Twilight, when she was in another timeline?"

Oz Sorcerer and Liberator faced each other. They couldn't believe it, even if they had an idea who it was. "Add? You're suspecting Add–Overmind?!" Oz Sorcerer shouted in disbelief.

"Raven and Lu said they never had any side effects from using the potions, except that one time Prophetess and Twilight accidentally swapped timelines," Dius Aer explained as he looked at his paper. He nodded to himself, putting the paper aside to face Oz Sorcerer and Liberator. "You guys said Add was experimenting on people, but the people praised him as a miraculous doctor instead."

Code: Esencia's eyes widened in surprise as she processed Dius Aer's logic. "Overmind may be experimenting on people, but he's always keeping them safe. His experiment subjects are unharmed, just like how these potions are harmless."

"But how did it transfer to our world? You guys didn't have time travelers like us–" Furious Blade stopped his words when he could probably guess what was already happening this whole time. Metamorphy used time and space for her magic and Mad Paradox was traveling between timelines to go back to the past. "One of us met Overmind. It's not Twilight, though."

"It has to be her. She's the one giving you guys the potion," Oz Sorcerer said. She wasn't sure when Overmind met this certain someone from another timeline, but maybe he just did.

"Hm… I don't know if you guys noticed, but Mad Paradox and Overmind are oddly friendly," Clamor said and gained everyone's attention. Fatal Phantom, Bloody Queen, and Liberator were behind Minerva, Mad Paradox, and Overmind when they were in the hall. It didn't seem like Mad Paradox and Overmind met for the first time, seeing how they talked with each other.

"Mad Paradox said Twilight was sent here because the timelines were breaking. When Overmind was making potions years ago, time and space was already breaking apart because Mad Paradox was trying to go back to the past. They could meet that way," Dius Aer explained, even though he wasn't really sure with his take. There were still missing puzzle pieces in his logic. He faced Furious Blade and Timoria. "Um… How did you guys act on your first potion?"

"Wait," Code: Antithese stopped him and faced Furious Blade and Timoria. "Why don't we ask Minerva? She should know more about Mad Paradox than any of us, no?"

"Yeah, about that–" Timoria's eyes widened when she remembered her phone. She took it out, and it seemed like it was functioning. She dialed Mad Paradox's number–which was probably his Dynamo. "Ah, yeah, Add? Can I talk to Rose for a bit?"

"Hm? Hey, Lu! What's up!"

Timoria put her phone on speaker mode when she heard Minerva's voice. Everyone held their breath and stayed silent as they waited for Timoria to ask the question. "Do you remember our first potion? The genderbend one!"

"Of course I do! We're all panicking because there was a demon invasion, remember? I was in Add's lab. He got so annoyed like "Rena is an idiot" and stuff! Hahahaha, that's so cute of him!"

There was clearly something wrong with that story. Timoria didn't even need Code: Antithese or Dius Aer to explain that. "How did he know Rena got all the potions?"

There was silence until Minerva finally said something.

"Wait… I never noticed that. Well, whatever! My turn to get a strike now, talk to you later!"

And the call ended. Code: Antithese smiled and clapped his hands. "Overmind made the potions, Mad Paradox got them and gave it to Twilight. We should ask Overmind later," she chuckled, feeling satisfied with how easily that slipped from Mad Paradox's mouth, even on the first day of the potion usage. She patted Dius Aer's head. "You did well, Chung. Although this case has so many unexplained facts in it."

"W-Wait! How come we never get any of these potions when Overmind is in our timeline?!" Oz Sorcerer asked in frustration. She didn't know anything anymore, she just wanted an answer.

"Let's stop the discussion for now," Code: Antithese stood up and faced you. "Someone might want to go to the first chapter to find out what Mad Paradox actually said on their first potion day."

I don't have enough IQ to make this scene but anyway

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Code: Antithese: Oh, romance? I don't see it as an important matter

Overmind: Heh... Maybe if I keep calling you sweetie for around a year, you'll change your mind

Code: Antithese: *glances*

Twins Picaro: *throws flour from behind Code: Antithese* Gottem good!

Aether Sage: A... haha... You guys don't want to live that long, I see...