Kintovar's heart pounded in her chest. She stood face to face with this mysterious doppelganger of Roselle. She couldn't prehend the unnatural power that had brought this entity iehe girl's appearance mirrored that of her beloved creation, but there was something fually wrong about her.

  "I saw when the people dropped from the sky," the person began speaking, "and they made a hole in the barrier. The CPU captured two of them, but the others remain hidden. I am the Dark whirlwind, the Ruler of Jancito above anyone else, and whatever I say goes."

  Kintovar's brows furrowed in fusion.

  The dark whirlwind tinued. "You, in particur, seem to resemble a stist we have a 'special e' to."

  Before Kintovar could react, the dark whirlwind reached out and grabbed onto her hair. She released a surge of dark energy around her. Kintovar's body tensed, and she found herself nearly immobilized.

  "I barely move," Kintovar muttered to herself. "But I still draw my Bg-356 if it es down to it." She shifted her focus to the devi her side which could summon the on of immense power that had served her well in the past.

  The Dark Whirlwind's eyes gleamed with sinister i. "I'm going to dispose of all of you who don't know your pce," she decred.

  A beam of dark energy formed at the tip of the Dark Whirlwind's finger and shot toward Kintovar. The stist braced herself, but just before the beam could hit, her image flickered and vanished, leaving a small holographic devi her pce. The beam struck the device, shattering it into pieces.

  The Dark Whirlwind's eyes widened in surprise. She sed the rooftop, searg for any sign of Kintovar. "Clever," she muttered to herself. "They have no magical energy, so I 't detect them. But I would see if they leave the rooftop."

  Kintovar, hidden in the shadows, watched the Dark Whirlwind from her new vantage point. Her heart raced, but she knew she o stay calm. She quickly assessed her options.

  The Dark Whirlwind began to pace the rooftop. "You 't hide forever," she hissed. "I'll find you, and when I do, you'll regret ever crossing me."

  Kintovar, hidden behind a ventition shaft, clicked a button on her belt ter her skyborne bombs. They materialized in the air above the Dark Whirlwind, precisely where Kintovar had pre-determined. With a swift and, she ordered them to drop and bombard her adversary.

  The Dark Whirlwind gnced up with a smirk pying on her lips. She formed a bck aura barrier around herself. "Weak," she muttered disdainfully.

  The bombs exploded in a dazzling dispy of fire and shrapnel, but the barrier remained intact, untouched by the assault. Seizing the moment of distra, Kintovar darted forward, drawing her Bg-356. She aimed the on and fired, unleashing a giant beam of trated energy at the Dark Whirlwind.

  The beam collided with the barrier, shattering it in a burst of light and energy. Yet, the Dark Whirlwind stood unphased. She seemed almost bored. "Impressive. Your teological advas are notable, but that's the limitation of its power, isn't it?"

  Kintrowled, uo refute the truth in her enemy's words. The Bg-356 was her most powerful on, and it had failed to harm the Dark Whirlwind.

  "Defeating the headmaster and the mages was ohing," she mumbled. "But this... this is a whole different battlefield. I don’t have any data on this eo use against them…"

  Dark Whirlwind's frew taller and the darkness swirled around her, Kintovar felt an overwhelming sense of dread.

  "Tell me who you are and where the rest of your friends are," Dark Whirlwind demanded.

  Kintova struggled against the dark energy that bound her, but replied, "Before I answer your questions, I o know why you look like Roselle. She's one of my creations."

  Dark Whirlwied the name "Roselle" and seemed to remember something. She shrank back down to her previous size.

  "I see… so you are Varta Kintovar….You're a fool, just like your mother," Dark Whirlwind said with disdain. "I thought it would be your father who made it back alive, but this ges things."

  Kintovar’s looked at them with fusion. "What do you mean? Who are you?"

  But before she could receive any answers, Dark Whirlwireated, vanishing into the swirling darkness as abruptly as she had appeared, leaving Kintovar with more questions than answers.

  Dark Whirlwind echoed o time while fading into the shadows. "I'll be back, Kintovar."

  Kintovar was left in stunned silence, w how this being knew her hout her ever mentioning it. Her thoughts were interrupted when she heard a faint noise behiurning around, she was met with the sight of a CPU agent moving stealthily towards the rooftop.

  The CPU agents reached the rooftop, they fanned out, their ons at the ready. The leader of the team stepped forward and pointed his on at Kintovar.

  "The description matches perfectly," the leader said. "Varta Kintovar, you are under arrest for involvement with criminal activities. What was your meeting with the Dark Whirlwind about?!"

  Kintovar's eyes narrowed. "This is not how things are done. You 't arrest me without proper evidence."

  "Your answers are unsatisfactory," the leader snapped. "We’re taking you in."

  Kintovar smirked, her hand moving subtly to her belt. "I don’t think so."

  In an instant, she triggered her skyborne bombs. The leader's eyes widened in realization. "Oh shi—"

  The bombs went off, engulfing the rooftop in a series of explosions. When the smoke and debris settled, the CPU agents found nothing but the remnants of the bsts. Kintovar was gone.

  ne member of the CPU team, his voice shaky from the ret explosions, turo the leader. "How do we proceed from here?"

  The leader's face was stern. "We have to inform the public Varta Kintovar is norime suspe our case. She has es to the Dark Whirlwind and is involved in activities that threaten our safety."

  Anent chimed in with tenseness. "Should we issue a warrant for her arrest?"

  The leader nodded. "Yes, and increase security measures around the city. She’s dangerous and resourceful. Make sure everyone knows that Kintovar is not to be uimated."

  Meanwhile:

  The elevator doors closed with a soft whoosh.Alden, Roselle, Risebelle, Runebelle, Becky, and Sybil stood among mages. Their presence drew curious gnces and whispered versations from those around them. "Should've takeairs, huh?" Becky grinned mischievously, earning a few chuckles from the nearby mages.

  Oher hand, Sybil felt overwhelmed by the close proximity of so many people. She g to Becky for support.

  A sudden explosion rocked the eel, causing the elevator to shudder and lights to flicker. The mages inside exged armed ghe shockwaves from the bst went through the building.

  Roselle clutched onto Risebelle’s arm. "What was that? Is everyone okay?"

  Runebelle looked upwards, "I hope nothing bad happened up there to Kintovar..."

  The elevator finally reached the 5th floor. Some of the mages inside began to speak their s.

  “I-I don’t think we should go to our rooms anymore. Let’s head back to a different hotel guys.”

  Risebelle, however, stepped forward with a gre. “Hell no. We're not going down," she stated firmly. "We're going to the roof."

  The mages gasped with lost words. One of them found theirs though and stammered, "You... you 't be serious! Didn’t you feel that explosion just now?! Going to the roof is crazy!"

  Ane chimed in after, "Yeah, we should just get out of here! This hotel ain’t safe no more!"

  The third mage added on, "I'm with them, going to the roof is too risky!"

  Becky spoke , "Well, you see, we're on aor, and it's not like we just ge our minds now and magically teleport to the ground floor. We’re almost there, so, I guess the roof it is!"

  Alden chimed in, "We'll make sure you're safe up there. Just stay close to us."

  The elevator tis ast, carrying the group towards the rooftop where the mystery of the explosion awaited.

  When they arrived to onto the rooftop, their eyes sed the area, and it was immediately clear that something had occurred here. The signs of an explosion were evident in the scattered debris, scorch marks, and the remnants of a shattered door.

  Alden's gaze swept over the se. "It looks like there were more than one explosions up here," he observed. "But where's Kintovar?”

  Becky responded with her hands behind her head. “Guess the doc threw a rooftop party and didn't invite us."

  Sybil, oher hand, remained on edge, darting around the rooftop nervously.

  Roselle's sharp eyes caught something in a er of the rooftop. Her instincts led her to a small, intricate device. It was a trag device. The device had a blinking light indig it was still active.

  Roselle picked it up and tur over in her hands. "Hey, look what I found," Roselle excimed, holding up the trag device for the others to see. "I think this belongs to Dr.Kintovar. She must have dropped it here."

  Alden's eyes widened. “Is that what I think it is, Roselle? The fact that it is here means that Kintovar was here, and she might still be nearby."

  Risebelle snatched the device out of Roselle's hand. "Let me see that”.

  Roselle raised her hands in protest, "Risebelle, you shouldn't do that!"

  Ign her sister's warning, Risebelle examihe device, turning it over and pressing a lot of random buttons. After a few moments, she scowled. "This thing is too plicated. One of you figure it out". Risebelle threw it aside like it was trash.

  Roselle's jaw dropped so low it seemed like it might hit the ground. "Risebelle! That's important!"

  Runebelle caught the device with a gloomy face. She began shaking it around, trying to figure the device out.

  "Wait, that's not how it works!" Roselle excimed.

  Runebelle's frown deepened further. "I 't figure this out," she mumbled.

  Alden stepped forward, taking the device gently from Runebelle's hands. "Let's not break it, alright?" He examihe device carefully, his analytical mind quickly dising its purpose. "This looks like a sophisticated tracker….”

  Risebelle's eyes suddenly lit up with realization. "Oh, wait. I remember now why that tool's pretty plicated..."

  Just when spoke, the device buzzed to life in Alden's hands. Lights flickered, and a soft hum emanated from within the gadget. Alden's brow furrowed in fusion at the sudden activity. "What's going on?" he murmured.

  Before anyone could answer, a feminine robotic speech came from the device itself. "Kintovar's voiot detected. Access denied."

  Roselle blinked in surprise. "Did that thing just talk?"

  "Yeah," Risebelle replied. “Kintovar mentioned she made some of her tech voice-activated to me before. Looks like this one o hear her’s to work properly."

  Alden sighed in frustration. "Great. So we have a tracker, but we 't use it Kintovar being present…."

  Risebelle stepped forward with her own analytical mind at work. "We o find a way to unlock it," she said. "We have to figure out how to override it. Fortunately,” Risebelle smirked, "Runebelle and I have learned a very unique magical ability."

  Alden's eyebrows shot up in amazement. "You have magical abilities?" he excimed. It was an ued revetion, given that Roselle, Risebelle, and Runebelle didn't possess the typical magical abilities found in this world.

  Risebelle nodded. "It's not the kind of magiages use," she expined. "What we use is a hag magical ability. We use it to manipute teology and systems. You remember that, right Roselle? When we had to disable the maractors in the mystical forest and thwarting the headmaster's pns."

  Roselle’s mind drifted back to the stronghold of the mages in the mystical forest. The memory was vivid: t magical devices leeg the life force from the forest itself. The headmaster's pn was insidious, draining the forest to fuel his own dark ambitions.

  Risebelle and Runebelle had discovered their unique magical ability during that situation. With their hag magic, they had mao manipute the maractors, destroying them and thwarting the headmaster’s pns.

  "Yeah, I remember," Roselle said, snapping back to the present. "You two were amazing back then! We wouldn’t have saved the forest without you."

  Risebelle’s smirk widened. "Well, let’s see if we do it again."

  Runebelle stepped forward. "Let's get to work," she said, though her sadness persisted.

  Risebelle and Runebelle focused their magical hag abilities orag device, attempting to override its security protocols and identify Kintovar's location; however, in doing so, they were met with a powerful terforce which pushed them back, thwarting their efforts.

  Risebelle looked bewildered and frustrated. "But why?!" she shouted aloud. Their magical hag had proven effective in the past, but now, it wasn’t w.