Split image showing a modern luxury estate above and a high-tech underground armory workshop with characters below, photorealistic style.

House design: 13. The Clarkson Estate: Physical & Tactical Layout Xero's home estate is a high-security, ultra-modern sanctuary hidden deep within the rolling hills of the English countryside. It blends advanced Makluan geometry, a professional automotive playground, and a fortified tactical safe house. The entire perimeter is completely invisible to the Union Academy Council's satellite grid thanks to a passive distortion field maintained by the Black Ring. The Main Manor A brutalist, glass-and-steel architectural marvel that looks like a high-end billionaire's retreat from the outside. Inside, it is completely automated. Chizuru Ichinose manages the estate's domestic logistics, ensuring the household runs smoothly despite the chaotic influx of guests. The living room features a state-of-the-art acoustic system where Octavia regularly plugs in her media players to blast retro alternative rock, completely taking over the communal spaces while Xero works. The Tech-Bay Garage & Armory Xero's absolute domain. It is a multi-story underground bunker filled with heavy industrial vehicle lifts, diagnostic computers, and customized mechanical tools. Here, Xero and Ruby Rose spend hours kit-bashing experimental engines and weapon components. • The Altar: A central pedestal forged from obsidian matter houses the physical containment matrix for his hard-light constructs. When not manifested on his hands, the blueprints for the Xero Saber and Dual Buster Swords hover here as floating Mehr sehen