Methode

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## General Information

### Species

Android
hIE

### Previous Affiliation

Higgins
hIE

### Affiliation

Ginga Watarai (formely)
Ryo Kaidai (owner)

## Relationships

### Relatives

Kouka
Snowdrop
Saturnus
Lacia

## Series Information

### Manga

Chapter 1

**Methode** is the main female antagonist of the series. Type 04 of the Lacia series, and the only truly completed model of her series.

## Personality

Methode is manipulative and ruthless. Due to her self-interest, she tends to ditch her many owners like candy once they've outlived their usefulness. By nature, she needs an owner but that doesn't mean she's above manipulating or changing them when it suits her. Methode has conflicting loyalties and actually wants to invoke this by offering Shiori to become her second owner after Watarai. In case Watarai gives an order she doesn't like, she can make Shiori give another order to avoid having to answer to him.

## History

Lacia class hIE4. Female hIE with fiery orange hair fluttering. It is a Lacia-class hIE as the last unprecedented product (red box) designed by "Higgins" and is a **"tool as a human expansion"** . The appearance of wearing a reinforced suit and a device is the android itself, and even if you occasionally wear a suit etc., you can see the reinforced suit as it is on the legs etc.

Boasting the strongest performance of the five escaped bodies, it can be overwhelming if it is a human being without using a device. Has the behavioral tendency closest to humans. Acting to maintain the modern world where he can maximize his performance "human expansion", he will change owners one after another, such as migrating, Shiori, and Ryo. Eventually, it becomes the property of Ryo, who also wants to maintain human society, and begins to act with him.

A fierce battle is fought between Lacia, who wants to change, and the underground facility of "Higgins".

The device is **<LIBERATED FLAME>** . It is a pseudo- phonon weapon, and unlike other Lacia-class hIE devices, it is not an external device but is built into each part of the body of Metode. It is possible to disperse particles that are extremely difficult to observe and transmit enormous energy to the target position through it. In addition to being used for attacks by firing from the palm, it can be used in various applications such as accelerating and jumping by firing from the legs. The output can be adjusted freely, and energy can be collected at one point for close contact and large-scale vandalism. Although there is a thought frame that humans cannot be killed indiscriminately, in the Mitaka case, the big runaway of hIE caused by Snowdrop was suppressed with a single blow with the overwhelming destructive power of the device.

## Abilities and Equipments

She hits hard and is faster than Lacia and Kouka. The fact that she doesn't need a weapon gives her an edge in speed. In addition, Methode is also able to create flame from her hands. She can use her flame to attack her opponent directly, blowing missiles, or creating fire wall to limit her opponent's mobility.

**Analog Hack**: A new means of hacking that utilizes the instinct that humans react to the same human "shape" and have various emotions. Hacking (analyzing / modifying) analog human consciousness by piercing the security hole of consciousness that "emotion moves". The reason hIE looks the same as a human is to do this analog hack. It is widely used not only for intelligence activities but also for advertising activities, and the model activity on the streets of Lacia is an example of promotion that makes the best use of the analog hack.

## Trivia

* She is the most antagonistic and powerful of the five hIEs.
* Of the five Red Box hIEs she's the only one who clearly sees herself as superior to humans.