“Okay, so what’s different about these other than their shape?” Nami asked.
“Look closely, you’ll see that in addition to the standard features found in regular nanocells, they have an increased number of nuclei. Instead of four nuclei, there are eight! And out of those eight, half of them are techno-organic. Look at where they’re located. They’re all over my cerebral cortex, connected at each side and end, making something of a nanomembrane network,” Caiden said.
“Wow,” the twins said in unison.
“Now, look over here. From the eyes, to the ganglion cells in the optic nerves connected to the brain, everything is covered in this nanodecagon network,” he said.
“This is totally insane!” Nami said excitedly.
“Yeah, the assimilation of physical objects, a custom OS for contacts; only in Caiden’s world! Where do we start?” an astonished Hitomi added.
“The key is to get started on the programming of the application. What I want to do is find a way to allow whatever I see to be converted into readable data, based on how the nanocells behave. I also want to be able to be constantly connected to my servers and the web. I got started with these two things a while ago, and I’m already close to completing them. I’ll definitely need help on developing and programming the kernel so that it can allow the app software to connect and cooperate with the hardware circuitry in the contacts,” he said.
“You installed circuitry that tiny into the lenses? How?” Nami asked.
Caiden pointed to the large controller arm connected to his lab table. “I fine-tuned that machine to weld, shape, and install circuitry from large to miniscule,” he said.
“Wow, that’s pretty awesome,” she replied.
“Well, I gotta say that programming is our specialty. And with all three of us working together, we’ll be done in no time,” Hitomi confidently declared.
“Let’s make magic,” Caiden replied.
Using the nano codec, the newly recorded data from the assimilation of the holo-watch and the gunblade, and the vast resources of the lab, the three of them spent the entire day working together to build a new tool that Caiden had started developing some time ago. They worked great as a team, bouncing ideas off each other and putting together the new system.
“Wait, what’re you gonna call this system?” Nami asked.
“Hmm, I’ve always had an idea to call it the ‘Neuro Ocular Virtual Optimization Lenses’,” Caiden replied.
“So, the NOVO Lenses?” Nami asked.
“Yup!” he replied.
“That sounds really cool!” Hitomi said.
“I know, right?” Caiden said smiling. “Well, let’s give it a go, shall we?”
“I wonder how this is gonna turn out,” Nami wondered.
“Only one way to find out,” Caiden said. He wasn't used to wearing contacts, so the irritation was evident in how often he blinked after putting them in. As his eyes adjusted, swarms of glowing data filled the lenses’ visual feed.
“Wow, this is intense,” Caiden said breathily.
He was looking around the room as if he’d never seen it before. His eyes were wide and glowing turquoise, much like how his arm and wrist did when materializing his watch and gun. It was a positive sign that the lenses were operating at full capacity, drawing on a very small fraction of his natural bioelectricity for power. There were readings for everything he could lay his eyes on; measurements, heights, weights, densities, proximities, distances. Anything that had a quantifiable value could be measured with the NOVO Lenses. There were masses of data flowing all at once, and Caiden tried to concentrate. He closed his eyes. Focus. Control the output. Visualize only the data that you want to see, he thought to himself before opening his eyes. Organizing his thoughts and thinking of what he wanted to see, the nanocells responded by working with the programming to minimize the confusion in the menu prompt. The NOVO Lenses were reading the unreadable data from his brain at an astronomically high level.
Soon after that, the readings began to drop out of the visual display until there was only the body diagnostic prompt. Caiden turned to Nami; he could see a thin blue outline around her body. A small watch icon popped onto the screen. The system loaded; it was gathering information on what he was looking at. After a half second, the data appeared on the upper right-hand corner of Caiden’s viewpoint. Her heart rate was steadily rising. He slowly examined her. As he watched her chest rise and fall, her respiratory rate elevated slightly. She put her finger to her lip; she seemed nervous. Her eyes were shifting from left to right, then measurements came in on the home screen of the OS. Height; five feet, seven inches, and one quarter. Weight; one hundred and twenty-five pounds. Arm span; sixty-six inches. Shoulder width; fifteen point three inches. He shifted his focus back to her chest; 36C.
“Caiden!” Nami yelled.
He blushed. “Sorry.”
“It’s okay, I already forgive you,” she said.
His attentive stare through the NOVO Lenses turned her on. The same carnal desire that oozed from her entire being during their very first meeting resurfaced for all but a brief few seconds. His stare down nearly flipped a coital switch within her. He noticed her body temperature had risen because of the emotional and sexual arousal. Hitomi, by sheer proximity could feel the energy, and she too, felt the effects before they both snapped back to reality.
“So, what did you see?” Hitomi asked.
“A lot. Maybe too much. I see how tall you both are. I can see the density of the walls down to the millimeter. The air quality in this very room is currently reading fifteen AQI. Your shoe size is six and a half,” he said.
“Wow, and you mean to tell me there’s even more data that you can see?” Nami asked.
“It’s kinda hard to put into words. These lenses give me data on everything I look at. I’ll need to make some adjustments in the kernel for the menu to move
