Translenergics And Sýrmata Pupa A Free Life Ep. 3

Translenergics And Sýrmata Pupa A Free Life
Part 3: The Missing Mother

In a laboratory, a white-skinned woman belonging to the Makriàmiti species – beings with noses similar to Rayman's, but longer and straighter, usually characterized by green skin – prepares to enter a room containing a strange fluid, transparent and gelatinous in appearance. The woman stops for a moment and, turning to the scientist next to her, asks if this will help save her daughter. The scientist nods with conviction. Determined, the woman opens the door and enters the room. She is immediately short of air; she begins to breathe heavily and tightens her shirt in an attempt to resist the temptation to escape, reminding herself that she is doing it for the good of her daughter. With her eyes closed, she finally gives in to suffocation and falls to the floor, lifeless. The scientists enthusiastically declare that the progress of the experiment has exceeded expectations, working perfectly. They have managed to create something extraordinarily lethal, with the only flaw being that in order to cross it, you need to have a truly altruistic purpose.

Meanwhile, Mariana, the Sýrmata Pupa from her group of friends, and Anney are going down a waterfall along the river, stretching the threads they have tied to the nearby trees, and the Translenergics follow them, sliding along their threads. Misofova compliments Mariana on the brilliant idea of ​​using the threads to safely descend the waterfall and see what is below. Once at the base, the boys reach the mainland and the Sýrmata destroy the threads. Not far from the river, two children in T-shirts, pants, and prehistoric leather shoes, a boy with short hair and a girl with a brown bob, play trying to catch the fish that are approaching the shore with their hands. When the girl notices the arrival of the strangers, she approaches and asks them the time. Mariana, checking her phone, shows her that it is 1:00 PM. The worried little girl tells the boy that three hours have passed since her mother was supposed to return. Mariana, worried, asks her where her mother was going. The little girl explains that her mother had gone to the supermarket to buy something to eat with the money she received the day before, but she hasn't been back since. Mariana offers to help the little girl, receiving the approval and support of her friends. The grateful little girl thanks everyone for their help.

However, a well-dressed Makriamite, with hair that touches his neck, approaches the group and warns them that they should not help the little girl. Mariana asks why, and the Makriamite says that it is illegal. Mariana, surprised, asks how it can be illegal to help someone. The Makriamite explains that it is forbidden to perform the tasks reserved for the knights of the tribe. Mariana then suggests asking the knights themselves to help the little girl, but the girl's friend intervenes, saying that the knights do not care for the poor and that once a mother lost her son and was not helped. Mariana then suggests informing the tribal chief, but the Makriamite reveals that it was the tribal chief who gave the order. Mariana insists on knowing the reason, and the Makriamite explains that the poor do not contribute to the well-being of society and that, in fact, their disappearance is an advantage. Mariana, indignant, replies that it is not right. At that moment, she notices an elderly Makriamite man fall to the ground, begging for food with visible urgency, obviously hungry. Mariana checks the bag she bought that morning, but finding nothing, counts the lumdollars she has with her and decides to buy some. She asks the Makriamite where the supermarket is, but he advises her against it. Mariana wants to know why, and if it is also illegal to buy food for the poor. The Makriamite replies that, if it were discovered that she is helping the little girl find her parents, those lumdollars could be used to save her life. Mariana, however, replies that she does not care and that she would rather die than leave the old man in difficulty. The Makriamite observes that, even if she buys him food, the old man will die anyway, since no one gives alms to the poor, and the tribal chief no longer helps them once they reach a certain age. Mariana insists that it is better to prolong his life even for just one day rather than let him die immediately. The Makriàmite points out to her that, in addition to food, the old man also needs water. Determined, Mariana asks again where the supermarket is, and finally the Makriàmite points it out to her. She and her friends go to the supermarket, where she buys some fruit but not the water, which costs 150 lmdollars. When she returns, she offers the old man a drink and gives him the fruit.

The old man thanks the young men and receives one of Eleftero's wooden water bottles, assuring him that he has more. Mariana and her friends return to the girl and Mariana turns to the Makriàmite asking him why the water costs so much, 150 lumdollars. The Makriàmite explains that according to some tribal legends, the water has soul-purifying properties, justifying its high price. Sibilla then observes that if they were discovered helping the girl, they could free themselves by selling their water bottles. Eleftero adds that fortunately he filled the bottles from the river that very morning. The Makriàmite intervenes by saying that if they intend to stay to help the girl, from now on everything they collect will go to the tribal chief. Elefthero asks if the king has no objection to this, but the Makriamite explains that they are a tribe, and since there is no rule against it, the chief has established his own rules, which only the king's intervention could change. Elefthero then asks if the members of the tribe will be forced to buy in the city, but the Makriamite answers in the negative, explaining that the chief will resell part of what he receives to the members of the tribe in exchange for lumdollars. The latter will be able to earn them by offering their skills to get jobs, while the poor remain poor because they are unable to perform well, forcing the other members to support them through taxes until they reach the age of 69. The Makriamite adds that, although the poor also attend school and continue with university, financed by the chief with food subsidies, they still are unable to improve their condition. Finally, he insinuates that poverty could be linked to genetic factors, pointing out the physical differences between rich and poor. Mariana then asks him if he feels contempt for the poor just because they are human. The Makriamite explains that the poor are not really human beings, but only appear so because of an incomplete development of the face. This detail, according to him, will become more evident with adulthood, when it will be possible to recognize that they belong to the Makriamite tribe, like the old man and all the other members of the community. He emphasizes that no one hates the poor, but that they are poor simply because they do not possess the ability to earn money. If they were able to do so, there would be no poverty.

Mariana asks the little girl if she remembers which supermarket her mother went to, since they didn't see her in the closest one. The little girl replies that it was a supermarket further away, but she doesn't know exactly where it is. The Makriàmite, offering to help them find her mother, offers to show them the village, explaining that it is called Smithia and that its inhabitants are known as Smithians. While he leads them, he shows the children, who have the little girl with them, the two schools in the village, one for the poor and one for the rich, located next to each other. Mariana watches carefully and notices that a teacher comes out of the school for the poor who, before saying goodbye to the students at the end of the lesson, reminds them of the experiment carried out in class, spitting on the floor and explaining that spit falls due to the force of gravity. From the nearby school, on the other hand, enthusiastic students come out, commenting with satisfaction on the experiments conducted in class with the test tubes, calling them extraordinary.

During the presentation of the village, the imposing hut of the tribal chief is shown, built of wood and richly decorated with gold paint. Inside there are two fruit warehouses and one for lumdollars; then the development laboratory stands out, the only modern building, whose size is close to that of the hut of the village chief, and the wooden court where the tribal chief administers justice. Not far away stands the wooden barracks of the tribe's knights, from which we see several men emerge dressed in white armor and armed with white shields adorned with a red cross.

Continuing, we come across the poor part of the village, distant and clearly separated from the richer part, where the wooden structures appear half dilapidated. In this area there is a supermarket. Mariana and her friends, together with the little girl, leave the Makriàmite to go inside. The supermarket offers goods at rock-bottom prices: mostly rotten fruit, spoiled meat and other half-eaten products. Here, the poorest Makriamites, often suffering from diseases related to the food purchased in this place, do their shopping with the little money received from the generosity of the tribal chief.

Mariana asks the seller about the girl's mother, and he explains that two scientists needed to speak with her and then left. Mariana thanks him and heads with the others towards the laboratory. Here, however, the knights block the passage despite Mariana insisting on the importance of the matter, specifying that she needs to speak with two scientists to find the girl's mother. At that point, one of the scientists arrives and asks for explanations. After listening to the guards' story, he agrees to let them in, explaining to Mariana that he and his colleague spoke with the girl's mother, who then left. Mariana replies that the mother has not yet returned to her daughter. The scientist observes that disappearances are quite common events, suggesting that the woman may have left to seek her fortune far from the tribe. Mariana, however, replies that the woman did not take the girl with her. The scientist replies by stating that the poor, unlike them, do not possess solid morals, underlining that criminals often come from poor families and that the worst mental illnesses affect the most destitute. However, he adds that he knows a woman who is willing to adopt the child. After a call, a corpulent Makriàmite arrives, who declares that she can manage the money intended for the child in an exceptional way, using only 20% of the total and keeping 80% until the child is an adult, at which point she will throw her out. She specifies that she will deduct from the money to be given to the child when she becomes an adult only the part spent on things of vital importance to both of them, adding that she has already prepared a room for the child in the basement, where she can sleep on cardboard. When the Makriàmite tries to hug the child, she pushes her away, saying that she only wants her mother. The scientist, displeased, advises the child to be content for the moment and promises her that in the meantime she can ask the tribe's knights to help her. Mariana, skeptical, observes that she has heard that the knights do not help the poor. Taken by surprise, the scientist denies this statement, arguing that the knights prefer to assist the poor at times when they can devote all their energy to offering truly effective help. Finally, he asks the boys why they wanted to talk to him about the little girl's problem and if they were helping her find her parents. Mariana is about to answer in the affirmative, but Eleftero interrupts her, explaining that they only accompanied the girl because she was shy and was looking for support. She was the one, he adds, who wanted to talk to him and his colleague after learning of their meeting with her mother. However, he continues, once they arrived, they were blocked and then argued too fervently for the little girl's cause.The scientist nods and asks if the little girl wants to be adopted by her friend. The Makriàmite turns to the little girl, saying that, despite her rude behavior earlier, she is ready to forgive her and is still willing to adopt her. The little girl looks at Mariana, and the latter, leaning towards her, whispers reassuringly that they will ask the tribe's knights to look for her mother and that, in parallel, they will also continue their search. In the meantime, she suggests that she stay with the lady to have a safe place to stay. The little girl, turning to the scientist, agrees to be adopted by the Makriàmite until her mother returns. The scientist agrees, hoping that over time they can develop a loving bond, and then announces that he has to take his leave to return to his work, saying goodbye to everyone. Mariana and her friends also announce that they have to go, saying goodbye to the little girl and the Makriàmite. The little girl hugs Mariana, asking her to find her mother. Mariana replies that, as she has already told her, she will warn the knights, who will do everything possible. Mariana and her friends walk away, and the Makriàmite, feeling hurt and humiliated, forcefully grabs the little girl's hand. She does so with palpable envy, since the little girl has refused her embrace to give it to Mariana instead, making her feel humiliated and offended by the bad impression she made, demonstrating, in her opinion, a lack of respect towards her.

The scientist, having concluded his discussion with the boys, heads towards his laboratory, carefully observing the experiments in progress of the other researchers. Along the way, an apprentice informs him that ten other poor people have died due to failed experiments and hands him a list of names. The scientist, taking his notebook, crosses out the names of the victims from the list of the noted poor with a red pen. As he crosses out the names, he thinks out loud, noting that the number of poor people used every day as human guinea pigs is constantly increasing. Looking over the list in his notebook, he notices with concern that the reserves are rapidly running out. Therefore, he orders the apprentice to warn the others to reduce the use of guinea pigs. The apprentice responds promptly, addressing the scientist by name, Epistimi Apsychos, and assures him that the order will be carried out immediately, before walking away.

Continuing on his journey, Epistimi meets Coactucrimen and asks him if he has become accustomed to using human guinea pigs. Coactucrimen admits that he has not yet managed to get used to it and confesses that he is dissatisfied with the modest results obtained from his project. Epistimi is curious and invites him to tell him about his project, and Coactucrimen describes his experiment: it is a device, which he calls Rejuvenator Cutis Intrae, designed for skin rejuvenation. He explains that the patient is placed on a metal bed equipped with sensors capable of monitoring biological parameters in real time, such as temperature, skin humidity and electrical signals, and the effect of the treatment. The bed is then inserted into the machine, which emits high-precision electromagnetic radiation, designed to penetrate specific layers of the skin. This innovative treatment uses carefully calibrated radiation to interact with the natural chromophores present in cells, such as melanin and lipids, in order to generate a controlled photothermal reaction. Next, UV radiation is emitted at specific wavelengths to stimulate the skin’s fibroblasts, promoting the production of collagen and elastin, proteins essential for maintaining the skin’s structure and elasticity. The treatment also uses resonance waves at precise frequencies, capable of temporarily opening the chromatin, the structure that surrounds the DNA inside cells, thus making the genes linked to cellular regeneration more accessible and ready to be activated or silenced. Through the controlled use of ionizing radiation, the machine causes micro-damage in the DNA, stimulating cellular repair mechanisms. This process activates molecular pathways similar to those used by cells to respond to damage, allowing these mechanisms to be manipulated to promote enhanced regeneration. Finally, electrodes strategically placed on the bed emit microcurrents that stimulate the production of ATP, the main energy molecule of cells, improving the vitality and regenerative capacity of the skin. To complete the treatment, a system of low-intensity mechanical vibrations stimulates lymphatic drainage and improves blood circulation, facilitating the flow of nutrients to the treated areas. During the treatment, the machine applies surface cooling to prevent thermal damage and keep the skin at a safe temperature, while internal radiation does its job. In some places, the device uses jets of cold plasma, a low-temperature ionized gas, which stimulates cell regeneration without damaging surrounding tissue. However, he says he needs to work on further improving the machine's cooling system,in order to avoid serious burns and the risk of fatal accidents, as has unfortunately happened in the past. Also informing that they are considering carrying out a review of the distribution of radiation.

Epistimi acknowledges the complexity and extraordinary scope of the skin rejuvenation project, stressing that mistakes are a natural part of the process. He tries to reassure his interlocutor, arguing that the poor, as he knows, lack rationality, as demonstrated by their inability to make money and their poor academic results. He compares them to simple creatures, such as mice, ants and flies, stating that their suffering and death should not cause concern. He says that many, initially, share the same scruples, but that over time they get used to it and understand. Finally, he invites him to take the guinea pig he found the day before, waiting for hours in the designated room, and to continue his work, assuring him that progress will come. With these words, he bids him farewell and returns to his project.

Coactucrimen heads to the waiting room, where he meets the young guinea pig, a woman in her twenties with wavy orange hair. In a polite tone, he invites her to follow him to test the machine. The woman, visibly worried, asks him if there are any risks. He, a little nervous, replies that he has already conducted experiments on animals without any problems and adds that, if there had been dangers, she would not have been chosen for the advertisement. The woman, reassured, admits that she still feels anxious, since she has never done an advertisement showing the effects of scientific equipment. Coactucrimen, trying to reassure her, tells her that it is a normal reaction and invites her to sit on a stretcher, asking her to wait for him. He goes away to get a glass of water and, once he returns, offers it to her. The woman drinks and, when asked how she feels, admits that her anxiety has not diminished, but declares that she is determined to face her fear. Coactucrimen, eager to put her at ease, suggests that she lie down on the stretcher to relax and offers to accompany her personally to the laboratory. The woman thanks him and lies down on the stretcher. Coactucrimen, increasingly nervous, confides in her that he wants her to feel as comfortable as possible during the publicity of the invention, and asks her why he found her sleeping on the street the day before. The woman says that she lost everything in a fire: clothes, shoes and house, and that she is left with only the leather dress she is wearing. Coactucrimen says he is sorry, and anxiously tells her that, with the money she will earn, she can buy everything back, but he worries that, if the experiment were to fail, she could suffer burns, as has happened to others in the past. As the woman is led to the laboratory, she tells Coactucrimen that, being an adult and aware of not having a developed face, she considers herself ugly. However, she notices that many of the people employed by the scientists share her genetic defect, which makes her feel more at ease. Coactucrimen tells her that he is happy that she feels more at peace and assures her that she is not ugly, pointing out that humans are similar to her. The woman replies that, compared to humans and Makriamite children, she has a slightly longer nose and the part between her nose and mouth is a little wider. Coactucrimen replies that this difference is barely noticeable and does not make her ugly, just as it does not make the others present ugly, adding that only recently has there been a significant increase in people with that genome among the people employed by the scientists. During the journey, the woman confides in Coactucrimen that she has heard rumors that those who enter the lab disappear forever, and that this has made her anxious. However, seeing his generosity and concern for her well-being,now she feels more serene. Coactucrimen, starting to sweat, tells her that the rumors that are circulating are always absurd. When they reach the machine, he opens it and brings out a metal bed, inviting the woman to lie down and informing her that, once she comes out, she will be a different person. The woman obeys, and Coactucrimen puts the bed into the machine, but just as he is about to press the button, he hesitates. Looking around to make sure no one is there, he brings the woman out and, nervously, tells her that she must leave immediately, or she will be forced to be a guinea pig for his untested and dangerous experiment. Opening a trap door, he tells her to get out and continue straight to the exit. The woman does so, and Coactucrimen orders her not to reveal what has happened to anyone, warning her that otherwise she would get into trouble. Immediately after, he closes the trap door, inserts a mannequin covered in animal flesh into the machine and activates it. When the machine completes the process, he takes the bed out and the mannequin emerges with the burned flesh. Coactucrimen takes his notebook and writes down the name of the escaped woman, Tocoauransiaca, describing the failed experiment, which caused third-degree burns on the guinea pig. He then places the mannequin and the burned flesh in a bag.

Meanwhile, Mariana and her companions meet with the knights to tell them about the little girl's problem. The knight at the secretary's office asks the girl's name. Mariana says she doesn't know it, but shows her mother's photo. Seeing that the woman is poor, the knight grimaces in annoyance and, in a disinterested tone, assures that he and the other knights will take care of finding the mother, inviting Mariana to tell the little girl not to be afraid. Soon after, a woman approaches and tells them that she has lost her daughter. The knight, worried, takes the woman's hands and reassures her, then orders his men to send ten knights to look for the girl. Mariana asks if they can also send knights for the girl's mother, but the knight replies that they will take care of that later. Mariana and her friends leave, and Sibilla suggests that it would be better to find a place to stay before it gets dark, advising them to get some lumdollars to pay for the accommodation. Mariana says she has some lumdollars and that, based on the price, she could pay. Sibilla agrees, and the boys ask the villagers who to turn to, but the villagers, not knowing, cannot help them.

They meet the Makriàmite again, who had previously acted as their guide, and ask him for information. The Makriàmite admits that he was distracted and forgot to show them the hotels, explaining that they belong to the village chief and that they should go to him. However, since it is past the time for visits to the village chief, he says that they need to speak to his rental agent. He warns them that, although they will speak to the rental agent, they must go to the village chief tomorrow, advising him to go on the morning when he has fewer guests. The Makriàmite takes them to see the hotels and points out to them, in the center, the switchboard where the rental agent is located. The boys head toward him, who greets them and introduces his role. Mariana asks how much a room for nine people in a hotel costs. The agent, so short that he has to stand on a swivel chair to see the guests, explains that he can only offer one day's rent and that they must then go to the village chief to confirm their stay. She also explains that they do not have rooms for nine people, but that they can accommodate six at most, and that they can sleep more people per bed, thus managing to fit nine people. She finally states that, for new guests, the first day costs ten times less, and that the price for the room for six is ​​150 lumdollars. Mariana takes the lumdollars from her bag and pays the clerk. Misofova intervenes, saying that she does not know the rent costs in the city, but that she is sure that renting in a modern house would cost less than 1000 lumdollars per day, also offering more services. The clerk warns that, in order to live in the village, it is necessary to accept the costs and asks Mariana in which hotel she wants to stay. Mariana says that any is fine and receives the key to room 18 of the hotel located behind the switchboard.

Mariana and her friends enter the hotel, where a porter welcomes them, providing them with a website to see photos of the rooms and reviews. He explains that to book a room, they must contact the rental clerk and then the village chief. Mariana shows them the key, assuring them that they have already gone to the switchboard. The porter takes them to the room and asks for a tip. Mariana takes out 10 lumdollars and offers them to her, but the porter, dissatisfied, says that this is not enough. Mariana offers various amounts until she reaches 50 lumdollars, satisfying him, but saddened by having spent all her money on just one night in the hotel. After the porter leaves, Sibilla explains to Mariana that the tip is usually voluntary and not mandatory, unless the village chief imposes the payment of tips in his hotels. Mariana, however, downplays the incident and adds that the next day, before meeting the village chief, she will take more lumdollars from the backpack they left in their house in their village.

The next day, the boys return to their village to get money and collect fruit and water to take with them to the other village. When they return to the village near the waterfall, they find the children playing, trying to catch fish from the river. Misofova turns to the children, telling them that they always find them in the river. The girl replies that the river is their favorite place to play and that on those days they want to catch different types of fish, then asks Mariana if she has found her mother. Mariana replies that she has not, explaining that she asked the knights to look for her. The girl, doubtful, replies that they are not really looking for her, since no one has asked around about her mother. Mariana reassures the girl, saying that they will continue looking for her after speaking to the village chief. The girl, surprised to know that they are going to the village chief, asks if she can join them to ask for help in finding her mother. Mariana agrees, and the girl, grateful, thanks her. Afterwards, the boy ties a small rope around her, found tied to a tree, and pushes her into the river. The girl resurfaces, her face sticking out of the water, while her friend laughs; however, she claims that she does not find the situation funny. Some knights, noticing the scene, scold her, saying that it is illegal to wash in the river, as well as dangerous to enter. The girl replies that she is not washing and that she does not believe it is illegal to fall into the river. The knights insist that she return to the shore immediately, accusing her of dirtying the water. The girl, swimming and with the help of her friend who pulls the rope, manages to return to land. As she unties herself from the rope, the knights complain that she has contaminated the water, saying that she will spread her germs to anyone who uses it. The girl defends herself by saying that she has nothing to wash herself with. Mariana then asks her if the woman who adopted her allows her to wash herself. The corpulent Makriàmite, intervening, clarifies that she has not adopted the girl, explaining that this would entail obligations that she is not willing to shoulder. She adds that, if the child wants to return to her mother, once she is found, it would be impossible to proceed with a "de-adoption". She emphasizes that the child is simply a guest in her home, and that she manages the state funds received as a clause for hospitality, allocating 80% of them to the child when she leaves or when she turns 18, net of the expenses incurred for their common benefit. The child asks how much money she has saved corresponding to 80%, and the Makriàmite answers that, in fact, that month she had to subtract from the 80% the costs of the boxes in which she sleeps and the cleaning done for a fee in her room before her arrival. She also specifies that she spent a considerable amount to buy the boxes in the city.Sibilla remarks that the cartoons shouldn't be so expensive, and the Makriàmite, feigning displeasure, claims to have been deceived, but insists that 80% of the savings went to cover the expenses related to the arrival of the child. The child's friend, suspicious, whispers to his friend that he believes that the Makriàmite is taking advantage of her situation to steal her money. The Makriàmite, irritated, turns to him and, after calling him rude, threatens him, saying that if he ever sees his parents, he will convince them to punish him. The child, in response, makes a face at her, causing her even more anger, while Mariana asks her friends and the child if they can start heading towards the village chief. The friends and the child agree and set off.

Arriving at the village chief's hut, Mariana knocks on the door and, having obtained permission to enter, they find themselves in front of the village chief: a corpulent and green Makriàmite, barefoot, with a too-tight T-shirt that leaves his enormous belly exposed, and a bib around his neck, sitting on a throne and surrounded by a large amount of fruit that he is devouring. Misofova, seeing all that fruit, asks if it would not be possible to donate some of it to alleviate poverty in the village. The village chief, however, replies that he distributes the amount of lumdollars necessary to live with dignity, only to those who demonstrate, with competence and rationality, that they deserve it and can be useful to the community. Misofova expresses her disappointment at the fact that the poorest members of the village are forced to eat rotten fruit, while they are obliged to hand over to him everything they collect. The village chief replies that it is necessary to incentivize those who are intelligent and useful, rewarding them with more resources than others. He also adds that they too will have to collect fruit from the forest to deliver to him, otherwise they will be expelled from the village. Misofova, while stating that she will do so in order to stay and fulfill a commitment she has made in the village, warns that, once her commitments are completed, she will leave and never return. The village chief, continuing to eat, replies that her absence will certainly not be a problem and asks the young people if they have come only to disturb his breakfast or if they have something important to tell him. Mariana intervenes, explaining that they have rented a room in a hotel, but that her consent is needed to stay there. The village chief states that 25,000 lumdollars are needed for a month. Misofova replies that a week will be enough, but the village chief declares that he does not rent for such short periods. Misofova, determined, states that in that case they will not buy anything and will sleep in the open. The village chief, finally, offers a week for 9,000 lumdollars. Mariana and the others accept the proposal, splitting the expense and paying the village chief.

Meanwhile, the little girl who is with them asks the village chief for help in finding her mother, explaining that she has disappeared and that, although the knights claim to be looking for her, they are actually doing nothing for her. The village chief tells the little girl that the knights are doing their job perfectly and that, if she does not see them, it does not mean that they are not taking care of the matter. Then, in a stern tone, he asks her how she dared to enter his house, impregnating it with her bad smell, even though it is illegal for poor people to set foot in his abode. He chases her away, telling her to be ashamed and adding that, if he ever meets her on the street, he will not offer her help or listen to her, even if she needs it.

The boys and the girl leave the village chief's house, and Misofova, indignant, comments that, in her opinion, the village chief eats by preventing the hungry from being fed and does not respect those who, because of his own rules, are disadvantaged to the point of not even being able to wash. She concludes by saying that now they also have to buy some boxes to collect the food intended for an arrogant village chief. While they go to buy the boxes, Mariana reflects on the sad reality of being born poor in this village, where they are treated badly and marginalized, without any possibility of redemption or understanding. After buying the boxes, they all set off into the woods together to collect the fruit intended for the village chief. During the harvest, they see Tocoauransiaca fleeing into the forest, chased by some knights. Mariana decides to help her, and the others follow her. Eleftero suggests that Mariana use the energy threads to reach the knights and transmit energy to the threads, so as to stop them. Mariana, infusing a lot of energy into the threads, manages to tie up the knights, dragging them away from the fleeing woman.

After a while, the woman stops, exhausted. When the boys and the girl reach her, the woman gets scared, but Mariana reassures her, telling her not to worry: they don't want to hurt her. The girl asks the woman why the knights were chasing her. The woman explains that she was hired under false pretenses to be a guinea pig in a dangerous experiment in the village laboratory. She states that after managing to escape, she found herself chased by the knights, convinced that they had to arrest her, probably deceived by some scientist who lied to them to achieve this goal. The girl, worried, asks if her mother was also taken there and if she is still alive. Tocoauransiaca says she doesn't know, but adds that, if she had been sent there, she could be dead or still being used as a guinea pig until her death. The girl then begs Mariana to go to the laboratory to find out if the scientists are hiding her there. Mariana agrees, but Elefthero says that someone must take the collected fruits to the king to avoid being chased away. He suggests that Mariana take care of them, while he and the others help the little girl. Mariana, however, insists on helping the little girl personally, and Elefthero assures her that she can join them later. At this point, Introvertefila offers to take the fruits to the village chief, on the condition that she can tie strings to someone to reach them later. Mariana agrees, allowing her to tie the strings to her arm. After everyone has given her the fruits, Introvertefila heads towards the king, while the others head to the laboratory.

Meanwhile, the village chief, busy eating fruit and listening to the citizens, is interrupted by the arrival of some knights, who tell him that they have an urgent message. The village chief orders everyone to leave and listens to the knights, who tell how, while chasing a fugitive from the laboratory, they were suddenly dragged away from the woman by an invisible force. The village chief asks if there was anyone else nearby besides them, and the knights answer that they only saw some boys and a girl picking fruit. Intrigued, the chief asks them if they know where the boys come from and if those young people are human or belong to another species. The knights admit that they don't know, so he orders them to find someone who can give him the information requested. Just then, Introvertefila arrives with the fruit. The chief, realizing that she and her friends are the boys his knights are talking about, informs them that he has changed his mind. Then, taking the fruit offered to him by the girl, he asks her directly where she and her friends come from and what species they are. Introvertefila replies that they come from Severpoli and belong to the Energetic species. The village chief, satisfied, thanks her and tells her that she can go, wishing her a good day. Introvertefila thanks and says goodbye to the village chief.

When they reach the lab, Mariana expresses her fear that they will not be allowed inside like the previous time. Eleftero, however, says he has an idea, although he recognizes that it will not be entirely legal. However, he emphasizes that, since it is a good cause, it is right to proceed. Mariana then asks him to reveal his plan, and Eleftero reveals his intention to take complete control of one of the scientists through wires and to obtain, from the inside, some uniforms to infiltrate the lab. Anney creates the wires and, once they are introduced into the lab, takes complete control of a scientist. Using her new puppet, she makes him tear his uniform at the leg, then makes him ask another scientist where the spare uniforms are, claiming that he needs them because his is damaged and he does not remember the room where to find them. The other scientist, unaware, accompanies the controlled colleague to the spare uniforms room and, as soon as he leaves, Anney moves her puppet and makes him hide nine uniforms inside his own, holding the bulge so as not to make the uniforms fall. Anney moves the scientist by making him leave the room, under the shocked eyes of all his colleagues because of the bulge, and then from the laboratory to bring him closer to her group so that he can deliver the uniforms to her and her friends. Anney, finally, makes the scientist return to the uniforms room, destroys the strings while she puts on the scientist uniform along with the others. To appear even more like a scientist, Mariana takes fake plastic glasses without lenses from her bag and puts them on.

The boys enter the laboratory, surrounded by scientists. Inside, they witness a disturbing scene: several scientists lead poor people into their laboratories, closing behind them armored doors covered with sound-absorbing panels, which lock automatically. Mariana blocks one of these doors with her foot, carefully observing the scene inside. The walls are covered with wood fibers, and a scientist gives a suit and glasses to a poor man, ordering him to put them on. The man, once dressed, is completely covered by the suit, except for his eyes, protected by glasses. The scientist, with disturbing calm, takes a flamethrower. The man, terrified, retreats, but the scientist reassures him that it is safe. However, after increasing the device to a higher level, he activates it and the man begins to burn. Desperate screams fill the room as he runs, chased by the flames of the flamethrower, continuously pointed at him by the scientist, until he dies. Mariana, anguished, watches helplessly at the bloody scene. The scientist, with cold efficiency, activates the fire alarm system, putting out the flames, then collects the body in a black bag and prepares to leave the room. Mariana closes the door and walks away, but continues to follow the scientist to find out how they dispose of the bodies.

The scientist carries the bag to a basement, where the contents are dumped near skeletons and other corpses. Mariana, hidden behind the stairs, waits for the scientist to come out so she can enter. Once inside, she is shocked by the amount of skeletons and bodies piled up, many of which show obvious signs of an excruciatingly painful death. Mariana's heart tightens at the thought of the suffering those people had to endure. Tears cloud her eyes as, with a lost look, she looks around the room. Her attention stops on a desk, on which lies a book. She opens it, discovering that it is a photo album. She flips through the pages, and her gaze falls on a familiar face: among them, she recognizes the one that could be the child's mother. Comparing the image with a photo she has with her, she finds confirmation that it is indeed her. This reveals that the woman has been, or still is, in the lab. Suddenly, Mariana hears footsteps approaching: they are the scientists. With a quick gesture she closes the album and heads for the exit, making sure not to attract attention. She passes the two men who enter and heads down the stairs.

Back in the corridor, she carefully observes the people she meets, hoping to find the child's mother and bring her some good news. As she walks, she sees Epistimi heading towards a staircase on the left of the corridor and decides to follow him. Going up, they find themselves in an elevated corridor from which it is possible to see the rooms below, where scientists and guinea pigs are busy with experiments. Including a sort of transparent, empty gelatinous chamber, observed with satisfaction by Epistimi. Mariana, disgusted at the idea of ​​witnessing the cruelties of the rooms below, decides to walk away, but Epistimi, noticing something unusual in her face, stops her and, as soon as she turns around, asks her if she is a new scientist. Mariana nods, but he looks at her suspiciously, saying that it is strange, since she does not look like a Makriamite at all. He takes off her glasses and tells her that a simple pair of fake glasses is not enough to make her look like a scientist. He then goes on to reveal that he has already understood that it is the girl he had seen the day before and points out that she does not even have an identification card. He emphasizes that, being the head of the research laboratory, he knows well who works there and immediately notices when something is wrong. Mariana then asks him the reason for all the cruel actions against the poor. The scientist explains to her that they have to test the effects of their machinery and that they need Makriàmite guinea pigs to obtain a more realistic evaluation of the effects on the most evolved living beings. For this reason, he adds, they have decided to choose the worst among them, the poor, who he considers representatives of uselessness, ignorance and parasitism. The scientist goes on to explain that in the laboratory they conduct research of all kinds, but especially in the military field, such as the creation of defense tools against nightmares and military equipment. He concludes by saying that it all started a few years ago, when the brother of the village chief was killed by the neighboring tribe of Tamatiastokefalí, an event that pushed them to focus on scientific development, taking advantage of the brilliant minds within it, with a special emphasis on the military aspect. He then reveals to Mariana that the greatest discovery of the laboratory is his Vacuoaërocubus, commonly called the empty air cube. Although it still requires some refinements to eliminate the obstacles to the entry of the magical air, once completed it will allow anyone to extort any confession, since otherwise they would be locked inside, destined to die of asphyxiation. He explains that to create this gelatinous chamber he used a magical air found in a cave. He informs that this air is not like normal air, since although it is invisible, it is perceptible: it moves slowly and resembles a bubble.It absorbs the normal air it encounters and simultaneously expels a part of the air contained within it. The magical air was placed in a large wooden warehouse with a removable roof, filling it with normal air to occupy all the space in the room; then, the whole thing was gelatinized, thus creating a gelatinous air cube with magical air faces and normal air inside. After removing the warehouse's roof, the cube was transferred to the laboratory thanks to the latter's retractable roof. Finally, he tells Mariana that, having seen everything that happens inside the laboratory, she now knows too much information, and that, with great regret, she will be used for experiments until her death, specifying that it might not take long. Then, he orders the scientists to capture her.

Two scientists approach Mariana, but with her invisible threads, she ties them by the leg and pushes them away, running away. Epistimi orders to take the Sýrmata Pupa, and the scientists start to follow her. As she runs, Mariana calls the others with a group call, warning them that she has been discovered and that she is leaving the laboratory. She advises them to leave immediately, since the scientists, having discovered the presence of intruders, might be more suspicious and notice them too. Eleftero reassures her, telling her not to worry, and that they are about to leave too. After the call ends, Mariana charges her threads with energy and hits the scientists chasing her, making them fall and managing to escape. She then hides behind a house, watching the door of the laboratory to wait for her companions. Some scientists come out, looking around, and she stops watching, only resuming after a few minutes, not seeing them there anymore. Shortly after, her friends arrive and she calls them to make themselves noticed. When they reach him, Elefthero suggests that they take off their uniforms and leave. The little girl suggests that they go to the river, and Elefthero agrees.

After taking off their uniforms, they head towards the river where the little girl asks Mariana how she was discovered. She then explains that the only problem they had was when a scientist, seeing that she was a little girl, realized that she was not a scientist. Then Eleftero had to tell him that she was his daughter. The scientist, suspicious, told Eleftero that she did not look like a Makriamite, and he replied that her face was not yet developed. The scientist finally accepted the explanation, saying that he did not know that scientists with that genetic defect existed. Mariana says that the scientist they had spoken to the other day recognized her. She also explains that this man is the head of the facility and asks them if they have discovered anything. Eleftero replies that he has not found anything and adds that they tried to observe what was happening inside a laboratory, but the door was armored and could not be opened from the outside. Then he asks in turn if Mariana has discovered anything. Mariana reports that she saw, as the woman from the forest had already told her, that the scientists conduct experiments in their laboratories, explaining that they then transport the bodies to a basement. She also reveals that she found an album in the basement with photos of the poor who arrived at the facility, including that of the girl's mother. The girl, worried, asks if her mother is okay, but Mariana says she doesn't know, saying that she tried to find her to check on her condition, but without success. The girl then says that she will return. Mariana suggests that it is better to warn the knights. Eleftero expresses concern that, if the scientists recognized her, they might have reported her to the knights for something she did not do. Mariana replies that she will report the scientists to the heroes and that, once the truth is known, nothing will happen to her.

Meanwhile, the Translenergic Teen arrives in the village, and Mariana and her friends, seeing him, chaotically inform him that strange things are happening in the village and that he must intervene. He imposes silence and asks Epistimi, who appears behind him, to explain what happened. Epistimi claims that Mariana tried to dominate him with her strings, but Mariana denies it and claims that the scientists are conducting experiments on the poor people of the village. Epistimi firmly rejects the accusations, claiming that Mariana is inventing crimes against him in an attempt to deflect her responsibilities. Mariana, on the other hand, firmly denies it, stating that the scientist is accusing her only because she discovered the truth, just like it happened to another woman who escaped from the laboratory. The teen asks where this woman is, but Mariana claims she does not know. At this point, the teen orders her to hold out her hands to him while he prepares to put the handcuffs on her. Mariana bursts into tears, protesting her innocence, and her friends defend her, claiming that she is telling the truth. The scientist retorts that they are only defending her because they are her friends and do not know the truth of the matter. The teen tells Mariana that the judge will decide her innocence, insisting that she offer him her hands. Eleftero intervenes, asking Introvertefila to create some threads. She obeys, and once they are created, Eleftero takes control of the threads, directing them towards the teen, who, using his energy, tries to push them back towards Eleftero, blocking them. Eleftero then incites his friends to push the threads towards the teen, and they obey. As the threads attach themselves to the teen, Eleftero completely dominates him, and asks his friends if someone can tie the group up with the threads, so that he can then jump into the river to escape and later use the threads to grab onto anything they might encounter. Anney wraps the threads around herself and her friends, informing Eleftero after doing so.

The friends in front of the river, move forward, pushing the others who move backwards, and throw themselves into the river, making the others fall too. Anney pulls the strings upwards to prevent the friends who have thrown themselves from hitting their heads on the bottom, and the little girl also throws herself into the river, following the others. Mariana, meanwhile, sees the usual rare fish in front of her and faints. While fainting, she has a vision of the little girl's mother, then of one of the skeletons in the laboratory, and finally of the photo album in the basement. Afterwards, the images transform: she sees the little girl's mother who turns into a skeleton. Then, among the corpses in the basement, a skeleton takes the shape of the little girl's mother. A flash light illuminates the scene, revealing a photo that is being taken. Finally, the album with the photographs of the basement appears: the people portrayed are all skeletons, and the pages begin to turn by themselves. Anney and some of her friends slowly emerge from the river, leaning to one side. With a firm gesture, Anney corrects their position, pushing the lines to the left, causing everyone to resurface. She then stops pushing, and they let themselves be carried by the current, with only their heads sticking out of the water. The little girl, finding herself behind them, cries out in desperation for help. Without hesitation, Anney extends part of the lines that bind her and her friends and pulls her towards her, bringing her to safety near the group. Gently, she tells her to hold on, and the little girl clings to her with all her strength. Meanwhile, Eleftero notices Mariana unconscious and, worried, anxiously asks if something has happened to her. Anney reassures him, explaining that Mariana has no damage to her head, but she probably swallowed too much water. Quickly, Anney extends the lines to a nearby tree, tying them to it, and pushes the whole group towards the bank.

Once safe, she destroys the lines, while Eleftero begins to perform cardiac massage on Mariana. After a few moments of tension, Mariana wakes up and he hugs her, happy that she is okay. Anney takes Eleftero to task, telling him that he shouldn't have attacked the teen with the wires, because by doing so he only made the situation worse, risking giving the impression that it was their group that was inclined to the improper use of wires. Being able to deduce that Mariana acted like this because of their habits, but Eleftero, responds that what's done is done, and that, if he could go back, he would make the same choice. He states that he would never allow Mariana to be locked up in that village, without knowing what suffering she could endure.

Finally, everyone sits down at the foot of the tree, deciding to eat something and sharing their fruit with the little girl. Mariana reflects on the images and wonders if the little girl's mother is dead, becoming saddened by the thought. Eleftero asks her what worries her, and she asks him if he ever thought that the little girl's mother could be dead. The little girl, upset, says that there is no certainty, and that her mother could still be alive. Mariana recounts what she saw when she fainted, hypothesizing that the photo album could contain the images of the victims of the laboratory, a suspicion reinforced by her presence in the room of the corpses. The little girl, refusing to accept this possibility, bursts into tears and accuses Mariana of talking nonsense. Seeing the little girl crying, Mariana apologizes and tries to hug her, but the little girl pushes her away, saying she does not want her comfort. The others try to console the little girl, explaining that she shouldn't hate Mariana, that she has done her best to help her from the beginning and that she certainly didn't mean to hurt her. That night, while everyone else is falling asleep, the little girl stays awake, watching the river. Mariana, seeing her awake, sits down next to her, apologizing for having expressed her thoughts without considering how upsetting they might be. The little girl reassures her, saying that she did the right thing by speaking up, because it's better not to live with illusions. She confides that she hoped to see her mother again and grow up with her by her side. Mariana, saddened, says that she is sorry that she couldn't help her. The little girl says that she is sorry that she was born poor, that she can't enjoy the same consideration reserved for the rich people in the village and that she is forced to suffer injustices that, in her opinion, will never be healed. Mariana contradicts her, assuring her that the injustices suffered by the poor will be stopped, because they will bring to light what happens in the research laboratory. The little girl, however, remains skeptical, claiming that their efforts will be in vain and that the teenager did not believe their words either, trusting instead the explanations provided by the scientist. Mariana replies that, if they present evidence, the teenager will be convinced, certain of this because it has already happened other times. The little girl, however, confesses that she does not believe in justice, convinced that it only exists for the rich, as she has already had the opportunity to observe. Mariana tries to reassure her, explaining that heroes are not like the knights of the village, and that they do not consider economic conditions, but focus only on the facts and on the compatibility between the accusations and what actually happened. The little girl, however, replies that the same can be said of the knights, but that they always demonstrate how unfounded such claims are, caring only about the rich and their families, and suspects that they also receive some reward for their work.a gift that the poor cannot afford. With that, he gets up and goes off to sleep among the others, wishing Mariana goodnight.

Mariana reflects on the fact that she understands the little girl's pain, because she too had lost all faith in others when her father died. Her thoughts take her back to happy memories with her father, to his contagious joy in the days spent together, until that tragic night when an unexpected storm caught them during a night fishing trip. While she managed to survive, her father perished. Mariana remembers the torment of those following days, thinking that her life, from that moment on, had gone increasingly adrift, increasing the deep sense of unhappiness she already felt. Finally, she thinks of Virimperio, reliving the crime he had committed, and lets herself be overwhelmed by feelings of guilt for the murder. She retires to bed, letting her emotions express themselves silently through tears, thinking that she has inflicted on Virimperio's family a loss as painful as the one she herself had suffered.

Meanwhile, inside the laboratory, Epistimi erases the names of the poor people who died in the last hours during the experiments. Another scientist, Nisiparvuli, tells him that a little girl was brought in by mistake and asks if it is possible to let her go. Epistimi asks if the little girl has anyone who might remember her. Nisiparvuli replies that she is poor and unknown to everyone. Epistimi investigates further, asking if there is anyone among the poor who knows her, but Nisiparvuli explains that the little girl was living in seclusion at home and that her mother had been brought to the laboratory the day before. He adds that a new scientist, unaware of the rule that prohibits bringing minors under 18, had found her at home, weak and fasting for a day. Epistimi, without hesitation, orders that experiments be conducted on the little girl until she dies. Nisiparvuli reminds that it is illegal to perform experiments on children and that, if discovered, the village chief would sentence them to death. Epistimi replies that if the girl were to be left free and reveal everything to the village chief, they would still be condemned. He also emphasizes that they will not be discovered, by proceeding with the experiments. Nisiparvuli objects that the girl's absence will be noted at school, but Epistimi reassures that the headmistress, his wife, will have her name removed from the register. He adds that his wife had confided in him that the girl was always alone in class and that, one day when she was absent, when his wife asked about the girl, no one even remembered her name. Finally, he orders an experiment to be performed in which the fact that the girl is still in the developmental stage may be useful, and to kill her if no experiments can be found to do with her.

Nisiparvuli, going to the little girl, suggests that she follow him, walking together along the corridor. The little girl, showing fear of being in the middle of many people, hugs his arm. He, in a reassuring voice, explains to her not to be afraid, because no matter how few or many there were, the people remained the same and would not hurt her. In the meantime, Nisiparvuli observes the rooms around them, evaluating which experiments could be less painful. The little girl curiously asks where they are going. He, with an enigmatic smile, replies that it is a surprise. Finally they reach a room, where Nisiparvuli points out a curious instrument, describing it as a sort of carousel on which she could have fun. The little girl, enthusiastic, confesses how much she loves carousels, but immediately adds that she would have liked to eat a pizza to celebrate the day in the laboratory. Admitting that she is hungry, she asks if he could offer it to her, emphasizing that he has the money. Nisiparvuli kindly agrees, recalling an experiment involving the use of a tasteless substance that, once ingested, sticks to the throat without the victim noticing, except for a strange internal sensation. Ordering pizza, he asks the girl what flavor she preferred, but she replied that any would be fine. He decides to order her a special pizza, a potato pizza with Nutella, to give her one last pleasure before the end, and then leads her to the experiment room. When the pizza arrives, Nisiparvuli pays for it and, taking a green bottle in his hand, on which a skull is drawn, prepares to add the substance. However, hesitating and sweating, he changes his mind at the last moment, putting in place of the substance in the green bottle another, contained in a blue bottle with the symbol of a clown. This substance, after a brief moment, dissolves, being absorbed by the pizza.

Nisiparvuli offers the little girl a pizza, but first he restrains her in the chair, securing her legs with irons. When the little girl, perplexed, asks him the reason for the irons, Nisiparvuli replies that it is a necessary condition for being able to eat the pizza and that, as soon as he has finished, he will free her. The little girl, curious, asks if there is a specific reason for this strange gesture, and he explains to her that it is an experiment to verify whether, despite the irons, she will still be able to enjoy the pizza or if she will feel uncomfortable. Accepting the situation, the little girl begins to eat. However, after the first bite, she begins to complain: with heavy eyes and labored breathing, she says she does not feel well, and that she feels something small in her throat. Yawning, she also confesses to feeling suddenly drowsy. Nisiparvuli, feigning surprise, asks her how this is possible and if she would like a glass of water to relieve the discomfort. She accepts and, after drinking, says she feels better, and does not understand how she could have had that problem, although she specifies that she still feels an annoying sensation in her throat. Nisiparvuli reassures her, saying that it could just be her imagination and that it will probably disappear with time. The little girl thanks him shyly for the water and the pizza, and continues to eat another piece. However, the problem returns: the difficulty breathing returns, as does the sensation of having something in her throat that is increased, accompanied by increasing tiredness. Nisiparvuli brings her some water again, and she, after drinking, confesses that she now feels two small things touching her throat, and wonders if it could be the pizza's fault, coughing worriedly. Nisiparvuli denies this possibility, claiming that the only thing she might have to recover from because of the pizza is the delicious taste of it.

At this point, the little girl bursts into tears, confessing that she is afraid and wondering in anguish what would happen if those annoying things in her throat were to stay forever. Nisiparvuli pulls the little girl's chair back and, standing in front of the little girl, asks her if she trusts him. She nods, and he assures her that there is nothing in her throat, explaining that her breathing problems are not related to the pizza, but to a simple coincidence, asking her if she is okay. The little girl, through tears, insists that before eating the pizza she was fine and that now she really feels two things stuck in her throat. Nisiparvuli replies that the pizza cannot have caused this, suggesting that it could be something else, and promises to call the doctor. He also assures her that there is nothing in her throat, explaining that otherwise you would see swelling, and adds that it could be a temporary sensation related to the problems she is facing, asking her again if she is okay. The girl nods, sobbing, and he brings her back to the table. After the third bite, the girl, breathing hard again, says she has trouble breathing again. He offers her water, but this time she refuses to drink and, as soon as she recovers, she says she feels something filling her throat, assuming it is small insects. He tries to reassure her, telling her not to worry and to keep eating, but the girl refuses, convinced that the pizza is causing her discomfort, and asks to be released because she is sleepy and wants to go to sleep. Without hesitation, the scientist forces her to eat again, stopping each time to let her breathe again, until, after the fifth bite, the girl closes her eyes and stops moving. The scientist tells her he is sorry, but that he had to kill her. When his colleagues pass by and see the scene, they congratulate him on his good work, as they prepare to take the body to the basement. Nisiparvuli says he wants to take care of the body himself, and the others agree, leaving the girl's body alone.

Nisiparvuli places her in a bag, leaving it slightly open to allow air to enter, and rushes to the car. Here the little girl comes out of the bag seeing that she is starting to move, immersed in her dreams. The scientist explains that he had fortunately created a liquid that imitated the lethal one and is sorry for the feeling of suffocation that the little girl felt. However, he clarifies that it was only an effect induced by the liquid, and that in reality the air was reaching her normally. He admits, however, that the mere thought of not being able to breathe could have caused her anxiety and actually taken her breath away, and apologizes to the little girl for this. He adds that even the things in her throat were an illusion, unlike those caused by the green liquid, and that they were only a trick to the sensory receptors, destined to vanish in a few minutes. He concludes by saying that, once awake, the little girl will no longer have those tricked receptors and will be safe in her home.

The next day, Mariana and her friends retrace the path along the riverbank, returning to the Makriamite village. Here they come across a large number of knights patrolling the village and, to avoid being discovered, they hide. However, they are noticed by the Makriamite who had guided them in the village on the first day. He reveals that the knights are looking for them everywhere, accompanied by a teenage hero. Mariana tells them what happened, including what they discovered in the laboratory, and begs the Makriamite to help them escape capture, so they can find the evidence needed to put an end to everything that is happening in the laboratory. The Makriamite, while stating that he is not completely against actions against the poor, offers to help them and offers them shelter in his home. He explains that in a few dozen minutes there will be fewer knights, as there will be the first break, making it easier to break into the laboratory. Mariana thanks him and heads with the others towards his hut.

While waiting for the knights to take a break, they begin to eat some of their fruit. The Makriamite, curious, asks how long the crimes have been taking place inside the research laboratory. Mariana admits that she doesn't know for sure, but assumes that it has been a long time, based on the photo album in the basement, which contains numerous images of deceased people. Eleftero emphasizes the need to come up with a plan to get into the laboratory, warning that, if discovered, this time they could end up in prison. The boys begin to think, and Eleftero wonders how they can look like the Makriamites. Sibilla answers that they can't, but suggests covering their faces. Mariana adds that they would also need an ID card. At this point, the Makriamite offers them blank ID cards, on which each writes a made-up name, suggesting that they could use them. Eleftero decides to repeat the previous plan, this time using the ID cards, wearing a jacket, a scarf and glasses to hide their faces. Introvertefila asks how they can get what they need if they are wanted. The Makriàmite offers to buy the items for them, provided they have the necessary lumdollars. The boys give him the money and the Makriàmite buys everything they need.

Meanwhile, the break begins for the knights, and when the Makriàmite returns, the boys return to the laboratory with the girl. They put on their scientists' uniforms again, recovered thanks to a scientist dominated by threads. Eleftero warns everyone that, this time, they must stick together and that, after recording the crimes, they will have to escape. Introvertefila asks how they will explain to the scientists the heaviness of their clothes, but Eleftero replies that it will be enough to say that they are there to protect themselves during an experiment they intend to try on a guinea pig. However, once inside, things do not go as planned. One of the scientists, noticing that they have their faces covered, asks them for an explanation. Eleftero gives the previously agreed-upon reason, but the scientist insists, asking to see their faces before they can go to their laboratory to proceed with the experiment. Faced with the hesitation of the boys, the scientists gather around them to see who is hiding behind those strange scientists. The boys and the girl then reveal themselves, and the scientists attempt to capture them while one of them calls the knights, who begin to converge on the lab. The Sýrmata Pupa and Anney defend themselves and their friends, hitting the scientists and knights with their energy-filled wires. Suddenly, a little girl uses a fire hose against the scientists and knights, allowing them to escape. She also warns the poor people nearby to run away, explaining that they are being tricked and that the experiments are deadly; so, they escape with the fake scientists. Servata nods and Mariana walks away from the lab, followed by the others, until she positions herself in plain sight and shouts to the translenergic teen. Soon, they are surrounded by the knights, and the translenergic teen arrives, asking Mariana if she is there to turn herself in, while taking her hands to handcuff her. She, however, moves her hands away, saying no. The knights begin to hold the boys back, telling the teen that they want to help him. The teen thanks them, and Mariana declares that she has proof of her innocence, asking Servata to show the videos. The girl shows the photos and videos to the translenergic teen, explaining that she personally underwent an experiment. The teen scolds her for stealing the phone to bring that evidence and then asks Mariana what the photos and videos of some crimes have to do with the fact that she and her friends illegally use their wires. Mariana responds that the scientist accused them because they had discovered the crimes of the lab, just as she had told him. At that point, the teen orders the knights to leave the boys and heads towards the village chief, followed by the boys and the two girls.

Once outside, Mariana thanks the little girl who helped them and asks her if she was subjected to a non-fatal experiment and then managed to escape from the scientist who used her. She says that she was led to the laboratory by a scientist, who shortly after had an argument with a colleague, because his presence in that place was not allowed. The second scientist, taking her by the hand, led her near the door of his laboratory, explaining that she had to stay there and that, upon his return, he would tell her what to do. While she was waiting, she saw the scientist in the distance talking to another and, she says, she could not understand the strange behavior of the scientists she met, feeling scared at the same time by the crowd of people passing by in the corridor. Later, she says she underwent a strange experiment, at the end of which she fell asleep, and then woke up in the scientist's house. She explains that the latter revealed to her that he should have killed her to prevent the experiments on the poor from being discovered, but he had chosen not to do so. Pretending to eliminate her, by adding a liquid on her pizza, capable of tricking the receptors in her throat and preventing the perception of air, without affecting her breathing. However, he had explained to her that she would have to hide in his hut for a few years, so that she would be forgotten by the other scientists, since, if they found her, they would get rid of both her and him. Finally, he had promised her that he would let her live comfortably until the moment she left. She firmly states that she did not intend to remain a prisoner in the hut, nor did she want others to suffer the same atrocities that she had experienced. Explaining that, determined to put an end to the horrors, she sneaked into the laboratory and, with the phone stolen from the scientist, documented the cruel experiments done to the poor, taking photos and recording videos. Mariana asks the girl her name, and she responds that her name is Servata Esforte. Mariana tells her that now that they have the evidence, they can report the scientists to the heroes and asks her to accompany her.

They arrive at the village chief, where Epistimi is also engaged in a dialogue with him. The teen tells the chief everything, emphasizing that he received the evidence from a little girl, Servata, who is behind him. Servata clings to the teen, hiding embarrassedly behind him, and confirms his words. The village chief, feigning astonishment, sentences all the scientists in the research laboratory to life in prison. Epistimi, hearing the sentence, turns to the teen, saying that he must confess something to him. As he is about to reveal the identity of the instigator of all their actions, the chief orders a knight to kill him. The knight stabs the scientist with his sword, and the teen asks for explanations. The village chief responds that Epistimi was the chief of all the scientists and, as such, primarily responsible for their actions, therefore deserving the most severe punishment. Then the chief, pointing at her, turns to Servata, inviting her to come closer. She obeys, and he, feigning sadness for the misfortunes that have befallen her and others, promises to find her a rich family willing to adopt her. He specifies that in the meantime, he will ensure her the best hut and the best food, emphasizing his compassion for the poor and most vulnerable, and guaranteeing that he will never allow anyone to harm them again. The chief reiterates the order to arrest all the scientists in the research laboratory, and the knights ride off, followed by the translenergic teen. The scientists are captured and, seeing the Vacuoaërocubus, the teen asks what it is. Two scientists, with their hands tied and held by knights, explain that it is a project of the laboratory chief: a cube of magical air, devoid of oxygen inside, that causes the death of anyone who enters it. The teen asks how to destroy the cube, but the scientists admit that they do not know. However, they suggest that by examining the laboratory chief's documents they could discover the process of creating the cube, and then return it to the state of air. In this way, by opening the roof of the laboratory, the magical air in contact with the sun would transform into normal air. The teen, then, proposes to the knights to free them for two days, promising to imprison them himself once the task is completed. The knights agree. Eleftero approaches the teen and, offering him his hand, asks if there is no hard feelings between them. Although he still feels a little resentful, the teen accepts the handshake. In the meantime, the village chief takes the list of the heads of the research laboratory, which contains only the name of Epistimi, and crosses it out with a red pen.

EPISODE BONUS
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The Makriamite and Tamatiastokefalí tribes have always been rivals due to old disagreements between their respective village chiefs. However, the death of the brother of the Makriamite village chief was due to a tragic accident during an attempt at reconciliation. The brother of the Makriamite chief ingested a poisonous berry that transformed him into a bubble, causing him to finally explode.