Nefarious Institute/Story

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***This article contains spoilers for*AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES - nirvanA Initiative *from this point on.Proceed with caution!***

## Nefarious Institute

### Psyncer

Kuruto Ryuki
Tama

## Details

### Persons appearing

* Tearer (briefly appeared)
* Chikara Horadori
* A Naix Member

## Chapters

**Nefarious Institute** is a dreamworld in *AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES - nirvanA Initiative* based on Chikara Horadori's dream of Horadori Institute.

It is the fifth chapter of Ryuki's Routes; Chronologically, it is the first Somnium in the game's storyline. It is a Somnium world created from Chikara Horadori's dream by the Psync System. ABIS investigated his Somnium in order to uncover the secret Chikara is hiding.

## History

Tama and Ryuki entered Chikara Horadori's Somnium and found it to be based on the Horadori Institute of Genetics lab. A number of rooms floating out in the distance were attached to the lab by long platforms. Tama and Ryuki briefly saw a figure in one room, before the walls turned opaque. Chikara ran into the room in a panic and stopped in front of a large device, which he said could combine two halves of two bodies to create a superhuman. He ran the device, creating a figure blocking the door to the hidden room. Tama explained that the figure was a "conscious anti-body," a manifestation of the subject's caution.

### Activated experimental device and Gambler's Stone Statue

Tama and Ryuki progressed through Chikara's mental locks by using the experimental device to give Tama superhuman abilities that would let her clear various obstacles. Each time they succeeded, they watched Chikara dance in a state of "epi-genetic ectasy." To prevent them from getting too close to the truth, Chikara eventually used the machine to "shuffle" his memory and change what was in the hidden room, and then split the entire main room in half and flew away. When Tama pulled the room back together, Chikara panicked again, realizing the memory in the hidden room was still something he wanted to hide.

### Activated Chikara's Stone Statue, found the link between Naix and Bats490

Tama and Ryuki used the device to finally get back the figure blocking their path, and found a statue labeled "IX" beyond it. They used the device again to combine "NA" with "IX" to create "NAIX." A person wearing a mask and a gray uniform appeared from the device's test tubes and walked towards the computer. They began typing and the Bats490 video appeared on the screen. There was a symbol on the back of their uniform along with the name "Naixatloz."

## Name

* The name "Nefarious Institute" implies that the Horadori Institute is secretly engaged in various cruel human experiments that will be mentioned later in the story.
* The name of the Somnium's achievement, "Egoism", means "Obsessed with yourself and your opinions. Never back down." This alludes to Chikara Horadori's image of an extremely selfish and ruthless evil scientist.

## Navigation

 Locations | **Tokyo**
*Chiyoda District*: Police Headquarters (Boss's Office, Psync Room, Interrogation Room) • Sunfish Pocket • Sekiba High
*Chuo District*: Horadori Institute of Genetics (Underground, Hostage Room) • Naixatloz Japan Branch (President's Office, Cathedral)
*Koto District*: Harbor Warehouse District • Date Residence
*Minato District*: Studio Dvaita • Aioen Orphanage • Ikume Shrine • Kumakura Office • Sejima Residence • Central Hospital
*Shibuya District*: Lemniscate Entertainment Offices • Yoyagi Park
*Shinagawa/Kabasaki District*: Matsushita Diner • Sagan Residence • Enda Residence • Kabasaki Chemical Plant
*Shinjuku District*: Golden Yokocho (Marble, Brahman World Cuisine) • Misetan Department Store • Tokyo National Stadium
**Side Ryuki:**
Dispossessed • Anyone Imagines • Ought to Know • Nothing to Be Done • Go • Farewell
**Komeji and Shoma Route:** Joy for Anguish • I Found Me • Past Its Ken
**Explosion Route:** Smiles for Tears • Well-Known • The Mind of God • Not All A Dream • She Was the Universe
**閭｡陜ｶ荵句､｢邱ｨ Route:** 遐ｴ邯ｻ逋ｾ蜃ｺ • All This Happened, More or Less
**Side Mizuki:**
Alone • Pass Mildly Away • End Where I Begun • Traveler • Left Behind • The Expense of Spirit
**Gen and Amame Route:** All Living Things • Of Arms and Of Man • Who's There • All That We Are
**Kizuna and Lien Route:** Bid the Soldiers Shoot • Sweet Silent Thought
**Resolution Route:** Hell • Visions • In Truth • Births • The End of Craving • Braver Than All Flowers