Nico Vorgeil

Name: Nico Vorgeil

Gender: Male

Birthday: July 10

Age: “Old man” (describes himself as an old geezer; has been active for at least 50 years)

Height: “Used to be 180 cm before my back started hurting”

Weight: “Never weighed myself. No point.”

Hobbies:

Was into rock music when he was young

Loves coffee, a habit influenced by his wife Ichiko

Favorite Food: Japanese-style okonomiyaki, a leftover-fridge dish his wife often cooked

Favorite Smell: Cigarette smoke (he says he has never smoked himself)

Ability: UNFORGETTABLE (Negator of “forgetting,” also called “Unforget”)

Affiliation: Union (Round Table Seat VIII; head of the Union research lab)

Occupation: Scientist, engineer, doctor, data analyst, and support specialist

Family: Wife – Ichiko (deceased); Daughter – Mico Vorgeil

Voice Actor (CV): Koji Yusa

Nico Vorgeil is a veteran Negator and scientist who has been a Round Table member for at least 50 years.

He designs and maintains the Union’s weapons, equipment, and medical infrastructure, while also acting as a walking database and battlefield support.

Within the Union, he serves as head of the research lab, often referred to as “Nico Lab,” and commands a team of talented but eccentric scientists.

His inventions range from everyday support tools, like the Union’s red ties, to high-end combat suits and life-saving medical devices.

Despite his foul mouth and bizarre behavior, Nico is indispensable to the Union’s operations and to the survival of its members.

His character mixes mad-scientist energy with tragic emotional depth stemming from his ability and the loss of his wife.

Nico is an elderly man with wild silver hair spiked up by a red bandana-like strip that is actually the Union’s standard red tie, repurposed as a hairband.

He has prominent dark circles under his eyes, which, combined with his perpetually creepy grin, make him look both exhausted and unhinged.

There are two plug sockets on each temple, used to directly connect his brain to his machines and the Union database.

He frequently fiddles with his dentures, adding to his unhealthy, overworked appearance.

He wears a suit with the sleeves and pant legs rolled up, the jacket open over a bare chest, giving him an unkempt, “I’ve got no time for formality” look.

The Union emblem is embedded directly into the center of his chest and on the back of his right hand.

Nico always keeps three floating black spheres with him, known as Psycho Pod Berries or Psycho Pods, and usually sits cross-legged or in a crouch on the largest one to move around.

When napping, he uses an eye mask decorated with cartoonishly closed eyes.

Nico’s personality is loud, abrasive, and gleefully eccentric, perfectly matching his mad-scientist aesthetic.

He casually jams plugs into his own head, rolls his eyes back white, and talks to his machines like they’re unruly pets.

Some Round Table members call him a “crazy old geezer,” and they are not wrong.

However, beneath the chaos, he is sharp, pragmatic, and intensely committed to his work and to solving problems with science.

His speech is rough and blunt, but his explanations are clear and precise, fitting his role as the team’s rational analyst.

He handles combat analysis, situational breakdowns, and battlefield command when needed, all while keeping up a running snarky commentary.

Nico is also surprisingly battle-hardened, with experience “above Tatiana and below Andy” in terms of combat readiness.

He fights primarily at range but can adapt to close-quarters combat, even replicating Shen Xiang’s martial arts techniques using his perfect memory.

Underneath his abrasive exterior lies a deep, unresolved grief and guilt connected to his wife Ichiko and his own ability.

His refusal to let go of science, even when betrayed by supernatural forces, shows both his stubbornness and his integrity.

Nico has been with the Union since at least 50 years prior to the main timeline.

During that era, he was responsible for dissecting and torturing Andy when Andy had been captured, gathering data on Andy’s immortal body and weaknesses.

In the present timeline, Nico supports the Round Table in multiple ways: medical care, equipment development, information analysis, and strategic support.

He is the one who plugs into the Union’s “database” to search records and analyze changes in the world’s rules whenever a penalty rewrites reality.

As the prophesied Ragnarok approaches, Nico becomes vulnerable to his own regrets and the memory of his wife’s death.

The UMA Ghost tempts him with an offer: if Nico hands over Andy’s soul, Ghost will resurrect Ichiko.

In a moment of weakness, Nico accepts and betrays the Union, siding with Ruin and opposing Andy and Fuuko Izumo.

When Ghost steals Fuuko’s soul, Andy heads to Nico’s lab to reclaim it, where Nico confronts him as an enemy.

The two battle in the lab in a fierce clash of science and immortality, with Nico using his Psycho Pods and memorized techniques.

Despite his power and perfect memory, Nico is ultimately defeated by Andy.

Immediately after, Ghost possesses Nico’s body, intending to use him as a vessel.

However, Nico’s rage at being betrayed and his unshakeable pride in science allow him to briefly wrestle back his consciousness.

Realizing he has been tricked and that Ichiko will not be brought back, Nico chooses a final act of defiance.

He tells Andy to cut him down along with Ghost, sacrificing himself so that the threat can be destroyed.

In a subsequent loop of the world, Nico reappears in a younger body, before his Negator ability has awakened.

Because he is not yet a Negator, he cannot sit at the Round Table or participate in Quests, but he still supports the organization through his scientific genius.

Negator Ability: UNFORGETTABLE (Unforget)

Nico is the Negator of “forgetting,” possessing the ability called UNFORGETTABLE (also known as “Unforget”).

It is a self-targeting, forced-activation ability that prevents him from forgetting any event that occurs after its manifestation.

Once something happens to Nico or around him, he remembers it in perfect, painful detail forever, whether he wants to or not.

This includes trauma, grief, and every agonizing moment, all burned into his memory with absolute clarity.

Notably, memories from before the ability awakened are excluded from this effect.

Those older memories fade over time like a normal person’s, overshadowed by newer, indelible experiences.

This creates a cruel paradox: Nico remembers every new event perfectly, but his most precious, older memories slowly erode.

Because his ability awakened just before his wife Ichiko’s death, his later memories overwrote the earlier ones.

As a result, the only thing he can clearly remember of Ichiko is her face at the moment of death, not the warmth of their life together.

This tragedy sits at the core of his character, driving his bitterness, his obsession with science, and his vulnerability to Ghost’s promise.

His Unforgettable memory also makes him extraordinarily dangerous:

He can perfectly recall and reproduce complex combat techniques and data, as seen when he replicates techniques used by Shen Xiang in close combat.

Combat Skills and Fighting Style

Nico primarily fights using his Psycho Pod Berries, small black floating orbs he controls via brainwaves.

He prefers long-range combat, using the Pods for bombardment, slicing attacks, and flexible battlefield control.

Despite his age and support role, Nico is surprisingly capable at close range.

His perfect memory, technical knowledge of anatomy, and understanding of Negator abilities give him a tactical edge.

He can coordinate multiple Pods at once, attacking, defending, and moving simultaneously.

His style emphasizes positioning, analysis, and relentless pressure, befitting a scientist who treats combat like a data-driven experiment.

Nico’s signature weapons are multiple floating black spheres called Psycho Pod Berries or Psycho Pods.

He controls them by reading and directing them with his brainwaves, often enhancing the connection using the plugs in his head.

These Psycho Pods are extremely versatile:

Ranged Attacks:

The Pods fire laser-like heat beams capable of burning through targets at range.

Nico can aim them from multiple directions to pin enemies down or force them into traps.

Beam Cutter:

By firing beams between two Pods, Nico creates a beam cutter, a slicing line of energy that can cut through opponents or obstacles.

This allows him to perform wide-area or precise dissection-style attacks.

Mobility Platform:

Nico uses the largest Pod as a floating seat, riding it while either cross-legged or in a crouched squat.

This lets him move freely in three dimensions and fight comfortably in aerial combat.

Information Link:

The Pods can extend cables or plugs into Nico’s head, linking his brain directly to the Union’s information storage.

Through this, he searches, analyzes, and cross-references massive amounts of data in real time.

Medical Tools:

In emergencies, the Pods can deploy mechanical arms and devices, turning into portable medical units for on-site treatment.

Nico uses them for surgeries, stabilization, and quick field medicine.

Communication System:

The Pods also serve as remote communication hubs, allowing Nico to share information with his lab members.

The Nico Lab team exchanges data and status updates through these devices.

The Pods do not seem to be the source of his ability, but rather tools enhanced by his genius and his brain-based control.

They highlight how Nico fuses science, technology, and his Negator gift into a single, fluid combat and support system.

Nico is the Union’s chief scientist, engineer, and doctor, essentially the organization’s technical backbone.

His work covers equipment development, artifact maintenance, medical care, and monitoring of world changes caused by penalties.

Known contributions include:

Artifact Maintenance:

He checks and maintains ancient artifacts used by Negators, such as the equipment used by Phil.

Union Red Ties:

Nico developed the red ties worn by Union members as standard equipment.

These ties allow unlimited use of public transportation worldwide and provide automatic translation and interpretation for multiple languages, including alien languages.

Specialized Combat Suits:

He designed custom suits for Round Table members, such as:

A robot suit durable enough to survive the demolition of a skyscraper with dynamite.

A high-performance spherical armored suit for high-risk missions.

Data and Patch Analysis:

When UMAs add new “Rules” to the world, penalties rewrite reality.

Nico uses his brain-link and lab resources to detect and analyze these “patches”—the changes applied to the world—figuring out what was altered.

Medical Support:

Nico regularly treats injured Negators, stabilizes them in the field, and manages their long-term physical maintenance.

His medical skills are on par with his engineering genius.

Strategic Analysis and Command:

During missions, he explains phenomena, interprets enemy abilities, and coordinates responses.

His ability to quickly understand new threats makes him a vital tactician.

Even among a cast of superpowered fighters, Nico stands out not because of physical might, but because of the sheer scale of his scientific and technical impact.

Nico leads a team of scientists often collectively referred to as the “Nico Lab Members” or “Nico Lab.”

He calls them “geezers” and “idiots,” but acknowledges that his six main subordinates are “decently usable morons,” which is high praise by his standards.

These members are not Negators, which makes them especially useful when the world’s rules are altered.

Because their memories and knowledge shift with reality, Nico can compare their present understanding with existing data to identify what has changed after a penalty.

They casually plug cables directly into their own heads to link with Nico’s systems, proving they are almost as eccentric as their boss.

Among the lab members, six stand out as the core team:

Mico Vorgeil

Mico Vorgeil is Nico’s biological daughter, a scientist who calls herself “Attishi” in a quirky first-person style.

She wears a bandana, keeps her tongue sticking out, and has a distinct punk-like look that mirrors Nico’s rebellious vibe.

She is second only to Nico in scientific ability and is considered the top of the Nico Lab Members.

Mico is an unabashed father-fan—essentially a hardcore Nico fangirl who admires him deeply both as a father and as a scientist.

In bonus manga content, Mico shows off her own inventions, proving she has strong creative talent of her own.

Her stated “type” is “someone smarter than Daddy (Nico),” which is a very high bar.

Bow

Bow is a man with slicked-back hair, sideburns, and glasses, projecting a serious, slightly uptight air.

He is ranked just below Mico in scientific ability.

Bow seems to have a mild crush on Mico, but his feelings are complicated.

Instead of channeling his motivation into improving himself, he often feels annoyed and jealous because Mico constantly holds the permanent No. 2 spot in the lab, directly under Nico.

This mix of half-hearted effort and simmering frustration gives him a slightly comedic, loser-in-love vibe.

Zack

Zack is a scientist who always wears a full-face helmet.

He once suffered from a severe respiratory disease, which nearly killed him.

Nico saved his life, presumably with advanced medical technology, allowing his condition to stabilize.

Even after recovering, Zack continues to wear Nico-made helmets, likely for both practical reasons and gratitude.

Bau

Bau is an older man with a monocle over his right eye, giving him a classic scholar look.

He is Bow’s father and was a classmate of Nico in their younger days.

This makes Bau one of the few people who has known Nico since before his current elderly appearance and long tenure with the Union.

His presence hints that Nico has been a genius troublemaker since his youth.

Lang

Lang is a man with dreadlocks wrapped in a bandana, radiating a laid-back, delinquent-like aura.

He is notorious for being constantly hung over and habitually late.

Despite his terrible lifestyle, his actual work performance is very high; he completes tasks quickly once he gets started.

This makes him the classic “irresponsible genius” type.

Potcho

Potcho is a slightly obese, bald man who usually hangs around with Lang.

He is Lang’s junior and drinking buddy, just as much of a chronic hangover case as Lang.

Together, Lang and Potcho form a comedic duo of messy but capable scientists.

Even though they look like slackers, they have enough talent to earn Nico’s reluctant approval.

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