During a late-night experiment, Nako accidentally spills a concentrated batch of the potion onto a pile of discarded, low-level magical cores. Instead of dissolving, the cores fuse together into a —a shapeshifting creature driven entirely by the desire to consume magical energy from living hosts.
who have been "fragmented" and are currently wandering the halls in a daze.
The monster escapes the lab, and Nako realizes it has a unique, dangerous trait: every time it captures someone, it uses the "Instant Fragment" magic to drain them of their willpower in seconds, leaving them blissfully incapacitated while it grows stronger. During a late-night experiment, Nako accidentally spills a
to "Ver. 1.02," adding a containment field specifically designed to trap high-density lust energy.
Nako must navigate the different sectors of the Institute to recapture the monster before the board of directors finds out. Along the way, she has to: The monster escapes the lab, and Nako realizes
The story culminates in the deep basement of the Institute, where the monster has begun to create a "Fragment Hive." Nako must decide whether to destroy the creature and lose her research or find a way to purify it back into its base components.
Nako is a brilliant but scatterbrained alchemist working at the , a facility dedicated to researching "High-Efficiency Magic." Her latest project is a potion designed to instantly extract the essence of a person's magical potential—colloquially known as the "Instant Fragment." Nako must navigate the different sectors of the
to resist the monster's instant-drain aura.