The EYE

Tsunozaki Aiko

Katsuyoshi Kentaro

Kamuro Masaki

Katsuragi Yahiko †

Kihara Yuiichiro †

Sebastian Caine †

Frank Turner †

Michael Griffin †

Suzushina Yuriko

Kojima Mayu

**The EYE** is an Academy City-based research Organization whose primary goal is *"perceive all truth of the world and eventually dominate it"*. It was founded by Kihara Eiichiro's father, Kihara Yuiichiro after his discovery of magic. Leading him down a path of constant searching for ways to use the power of magic and combine it with science to form a new world where science and magic will co-exist and reach a new age.

It has been a long standing rival of CERBERUS, because of the latter's constant meddling in The EYE's plans. Being direct culprits to the start of the Academy City Civil War, and the Great War to further their own goals and experiments.

After the events of the **Angel Riser Project**, Eiichiro and his team raided the Underground City where The EYE's headquarters are. Killing all of the original members except for Hazakura, who defected to CERBERUS' side. She eventually took on the role of General Director of The EYE and is under the direct control of CERBERUS through Kana.

## Principle

They are an unofficial group of rogue scientists who has greater plans than sticking to Academy City, being aware of the concept known as Magic and wants to combine science and magic together to do two things: bring the world into a new age of Science and Magic coexistence, and perceive the truth of the world and dominate it.

They are known as The EYE for two reasons: because they are always watching their intended targets, and because the eye represents their vision of perceiving the truth of the world.

Like the other organizations, they seem to have a subordinate organization of grunts to do menial tasks for them. They are used to assist them in missions, be their gofers, conceal their operations, and destroy evidence, which probably includes collecting the corpses of the dead members of the original EYE members. They also created the mercenary group, IDEAL, to do their dirty work. Even having them to spark the fires of war in different parts of the World and using them for their experimentation and to fulfill their own main goal.

After their defeat and the subsequent murder of the original members, the current members have destroyed all evidence of their existence as well as all of their research and data. The current members only act as a research team for CERBERUS. Acting as a command center, Information warfare team, tracer and forensic investigators, mass producers of Casting Assistant Devices for ARANEA and essentially becoming the brains of the CERBERUS group.

## Notable Current Members

     Tsunozaki Aiko
     Hashimoto Akuto
     Katsuhiko Kentaro
     Kamuro Masaki

## Technology

### Operation Orb

The **Operation Orb** (*演算宝珠 Enzan Hōju, lit. Operation Sphere)* is a small, red-purplish orb composed of a certain amount of human souls that can dissolves the boundaries between Science and Magic and provide it's user with certain abilities. It is the recreation of the Philosopher's Stone and was discovered by Kihara Yuiichiro after he discovered what Eiichiro did to maintain his existence after becoming a Magician-Esper Hybrid. It is not the **False** **Philosopher's Stone** *(偽・賢者の石 Nise Kenja no Ishi, lit. Red Stone Replica)* that was created by Nicole Sion Eltnam. Although the procedure in which it was created by acquiring a large mass of human souls is the same, the process in which it was made differs from one another. It is a core component in the Casting Assistant Device and the Angel Core of Subject-KM\_077, both technologies would not have been possible if it weren't for the Operation Orb.

At the final battle between Kihara Eiichiro and Kihara Yuiichiro, the latter implanted the Operation Orb into his own body. This gave Yuiichiro back his youthful appearance and provided him with Biological Immortality, regenerating any damages done to his body and all illnesses that plagued him prior to the insertion of the Operation Orb have been fully cured. He has also shown to manifest red crackling wings that seem to have the look of energy yet also has an artificial feeling to it, as if the wings were made of polygons and computer generated.

The Operation Orb can also produce a special kind of radiation. That which had an effect on the invisible serum that Professor Sebastian Caine made to replicate the effects of Hagakura Sayaka's esper power, allowing him to switch from visible and invisible. It also had the effect of turning Amelia into a special human, one that is scientific, yet completely illogical to be scientific at all. It is unknown what the radiation of the Operation Orb truly does, but it has shown to improve scientific inventions and magical formula as well as mutate humans into special humans. The Operation Orb project and research data was later destroyed by the new incarnation of The EYE, and the original Operation Orb used by Yuiichiro was permanently destroyed when he was killed.

### Casting Assistant Device

The **Casting Assistant Device** *(術式補助演算機 Jutsushiki Hojo Enzan-ki , lit. Operative Auxiliary Computing Machine)* is a machine invented by Frank Turner, an american scientist who had been obsessed over magic since he discovered it. With the help of Yuiichiro's Operation Orb, Frank was able to recreate the effects of magic using scientific principles. However it should be noted that this isn't real magic, rather it is just AIM Diffusion Fields being converted into a series of mathematical sequences that have effects similar to magic. The "magic" in question still follows under the laws of science.

*Example: If a real magician casts a fire ignition spell, the fire wouldn't be bound by physics such as needing oxygen to survive or water to be put out. However the "spell" to ignite fire using the Casting Assistant Device would still be affected by variables such as oxygen or water.*

The process of "spell casting" actually utilizes the AIM Diffusion Field Signals, in which it is absorbed into the Operation Orb for conversion. The Operation Orb does most of the processing and converting, turning AIM Signals into Electrical Signals. In which the Electric Signals activate pre-installed "magic sequences" within the CAD and converts the sequence into electrical signals as well. In which it will be transferred into the body through the nervous system to the brain, where the Personal Reality is. By this point, the Esper doing the "spell casting" is able to cast "spells" depending on what sequence that was added into their Personal Realities as if they had an Esper Power.

*Esper - AIM Field Signals inserted into CAD - AIM Field Signals absorbed into Operation Orb within CAD - Operation Orb converts AIM Field Signals into Electric Signals - Electric Signals activate the Activation Sequence - Activation Sequence sent back into Esper as electrical signals via nervous system into the Personal Reality - Spell Output.*

As the Espers of ARANEA who primarily uses the CAD as alternatives to Esper Powers, their mental calculation is restricted to that of Level 0 or Level 1. Which is why the CAD's also has a built-in Calculation Assistance Device. As the AIM Field picks up on the intent of the esper that's doing the "spell casting", the absorbed AIM Field will have information regarding the intention of the "caster". The Calculation Assistance Device within the CAD will then do all the necessary calculation for the "spell" to work. When a "spell" is unable to be cast, the sequence that was once transferred to the Personal Reality will disintegrate and revert back to being AIM Field Signals.

The Casting Assistant Device are divided into two categories: Generalized and Specialized. Generalized CAD's are able to hold more than one "magic sequence", allowing the user to have more variety in their arsenal. The Generalized Casting Assistant Device is the most commonly used amongst the members of ARANEA. The Specialized CAD's can only hold up to three kinds of sequences, however it's speed and versatility in using one "spell" is great enough to match or even surpass the "spells" of the Generalized CAD depending on the user. The most notable user of the Specialized CAD is Katsuhiko Miho.