Roe's severed head rests deep inside the giant devil's stomach. Suddenly, the monster's abdomen begins to churn violently. Inside the dark, fleshy cavern, the detached head twists into a grotesque smile and whispers, "That makes it the 12,039th time I've died... Sweet."
He sticks his tongue out, licking the raw devil blood, and within seconds, his entire body undergoes a hyper-accelerated regeneration, weaving flesh and bone back together.
Thrusting his hand deep into his own gullet, he pulls out a massive Desert Eagle (Deagle) pistol. Without a second thought, he pulls the trigger. BAM! The internal blast ruptures the organ from the inside out, detonating the monster's flank.
Roe vaults out of the bloody wreckage, landing on the shattered asphalt with a manic screech. "I freaking love burgers!"
Clapping his hands together, he slams his palms toward the ground and roars, "Get ready, Shiusagi!"
Invoking the Devil of Death, a colossal, abyssal rift tears open beneath the street. The void echoes with horrific, agonizing wails, sounding like a choir of the tortured—it is the literal gateway to Hell.
Out of the pitch-black chasm, thousands of spectral, rotting hands reach upward. They claw into the massive devil, anchoring themselves to its titanic frame, and violently drag the screaming behemoth down into the depths. The beast is sucked completely into the void, and the demonic rift snaps shut, leaving nothing but cracked concrete behind.
Roe grabs his head and lets out a long sigh. "Ughhh... my head is killing me, man. I need a break. As a hardworking Hunter Devil, I really hope Lady Amaya gives me some time off. What should I do tomorrow...? Hmm. I'll sleep until noon, eat a massive burger, house an entire chicken by myself, and then... I'll go get a massage! I can't even imagine it! Getting a massage from a blonde with blue eyes... Oh God, I freaking love women!"
He lets out a dramatic, overly passionate groan, completely lost in his own fantasies.
Suddenly, the air shifts. The remaining giant devils charging toward them start dropping, one by one. They don't even have time to roar. They are sliced into pieces with terrifying, incomprehensible speed.
Roe freezes in place, completely shell-shocked. He can't even process who or what is attacking.
The blood of the slaughtered monsters erupts into the air, falling back down like torrential rain. It drenches Roe from head to toe. In an instant, his messy orange hair is dyed deep red, and his entire face is completely masked by thick, warm blood.
The severed head of yet another devil crashes onto the pavement directly in front of Roe, landing with a sickening thud, its jaws locked wide open.
For a few agonizing seconds, a heavy, dead silence hangs over the battlefield.
Then, a harsh, metallic screech tears through the quiet. The unmistakable sound of heavy iron chains or rods dragging forcefully against the ruined asphalt echoes through the night. Roe squints through the haze as a female silhouette emerges.
It's Ronika.
Her expression is deadpan, her eyes burning with unadulterated rage. Striding forward with cold, deliberate steps, she asks in a voice tight with fury:
"Where is she...? Where is that infected corpse?"
Roe gapes at her, completely starstruck. "A girl?! With white hair and blue eyes? I don't believe it! A gorgeous angel just dropped straight out of the sky! I'm literally screaming right now!"
Ronika locks her eyes onto him, her expression a mix of pure disgust and cold indifference. "You... Get the hell out of my way."
Ignoring the death glare, Roe drops to his knees, clutching his heart. "Will you marry me?!"
Before the words can even leave his mouth, Roe's head is cleanly split in two chunks, collapsing onto the ruined asphalt.
Ronika, having cleaved his skull with a blindingly fast strike as she walked past, doesn't even spare him a second glance. She doesn't even break her stride. Leaving his twitching body behind, she continues marching through the debris, her iron rods dragging against the ground, completely locked onto her target.
Ronika advances, dragging her iron rods, glaring at Mario with pure disdain. "Someone here thinks they're hot stuff... Hey, old man, didn't anyone tell you last time not to overexert yourself?"
Mario turns his head slowly, locking his deadpan gaze onto her. "Ah... it's you."
Ronika: "No. I am the Grim Reaper. And I'm here to collect your soul."
Mario: "I slaughtered the Grim Reaper just a few fractions of a second ago."
Ronika bursts into a dark, mocking laughter. "Wait... that orange-haired brat is the Devil of Death? What a joke. Listen to me, I don't give a damn who you are, or who the other guy is
Out of nowhere, Clara launches a vicious ambush from the shadows, driving a heavy fist straight into Ronika's spine, followed instantly by a second blow. The sheer impact forces Ronika back several paces.
Clara smirks, wiping the blood from her face. "Cut the chatter! The old man put Jin down. Good riddance!"
On the shattered asphalt, Jin lies motionless in a pool of blood, a combat knife driven cleanly through his heart.
Remaining completely stoic, Mario pulls out a glass bottle filled with thick, crimson blood. He uncorks it and splashes it directly over Roe's severed head. The moment the blood coats his face, Roe instantly regenerates, snapping awake and shouting like a lunatic, "Where is she?! Where is my beautiful angel?!"
The three dangerous Hunter Devils—Mario, Clara, and Roe—align themselves, forming a lethal front against Ronika.
Ronika spits blood onto the concrete, whispering with venomous disgust, "What a bunch of miserable hounds these Hunter Devils are..."
Roe glares at her, his twisted grin widening as he cracks his knuckles. "Man... I can't wait to get to know you better!"
Ronika lets out a cold, defiant smirk. "You guys are pathetic. Three against one? It might not seem fair to anyone else, but for me, slaughtering things like you is just another Tuesday."
Clara opens her jaw to snap back, but Mario swiftly jams his hand over her mouth. "Don't utter a single negative word! Her blades absorb negative emotions to fuel their power."
Clara stifles her voice, her expression twisting into pure rage. Casually lighting a cigarette, Mario glares at Ronika. "Good try, Zade. I knew from the moment I met you that you were the weakest of the five Conquerors Grade. There is only one true powerhouse among you... the rest are just dead weight. You are nothing but a burden to Tasaku."
Hearing that name, Ronika completely snaps. A towering wave of wrath consumes her, her mind momentarily drifting into the ghosts of her past.
Seizing the lapse in her focus, Mario blitzes forward and drives a heavy fist straight into her throat, sending her flying back. Before she can even recover her footing, Clara closes the distance like a thunderbolt, unleashing her devastating combo:
She slams a fist into Ronika's torso [Fraction 1-2], followed instantly by two crushing strikes directly to her heart and skull [Fraction 3-4]. With a sweeping kick, she forces Ronika to her knees, finalizing the assault with a brutal boot to the head [Fraction 5-6]!
Ronika sways, on the verge of collapsing onto the concrete. Yet, pushing through the agonizing trauma, her eyes lock onto Jin's lifeless body.
Her resolve shatters its limits. Instantly, her dual blades ignite with sinister, purple flames.
She spins like a manic top, generating a cataclysmic vortex of purple fire that cleaves and incinerates everything in a 360-degree radius! Clara tries to leap back, but she isn't fast enough. A deep laceration slashes across her throat—a strike so microscopically sharp that it splits her very cells in half.
Clara stumbles back in absolute shock, desperately clutching her heavily bleeding neck.
NIGHT
CLARA collapses to the ground. Dust kicks up around her. Her hands clutch her neck, but blood gushes violently through her fingers, staining the dirt.
Nearby, RONIKA stands tall, her breathing heavy but resolute. She glares at MARIO, her voice cutting through the chaos.
RONIKA (defiant) We were never a burden to Akos! And we never will be. For years, Akos has been trying to share this weight with everyone... so he wouldn't have to carry it all alone!
Mario pauses. A low, mocking chuckle escapes his throat, growing into a cynical laugh.
MARIO (laughing) Hahaha... Your words carry truth, Ronika. But look at what they are actually up against. The most powerful creatures in the history of this planet. That isn't called "sharing the weight." That's called picking up crumbs.
Suddenly, a blood-curdling screech tears through the air.
ROE (roaring) MAKA!!!
Instantly, the sky bleeds into pitch black. Light dies.
From the shadows, a towering, monstrous silhouette manifests: THE DEATH DEVIL. Its massive, dark form looms over Ronika, reaching down with a spectral hand to rip the soul from her body.
Without a flinch, Ronika moves. Flash of steel. In a blur of blinding speed, she slices clean through the giant entity, cutting the Death Devil in half.
But there is no time to breathe. Roe lunges at her, his eyes wild.
ROE (DEATH CHAIN!)
Massive, rusted chains erupt from the darkness, obliterating everything in their path, tearing the ground to shreds. They whip toward Ronika, but she doesn't stop. She charges straight through the destruction, locking her target on Roe.
Suddenly, Mario blurs into motion. He intercepts her mid-dash.
With brutal, explosive force, Mario delivers a devastating kick straight to Ronika's stomach.
The impact echoes like a thunderclap. Ronika is blasted backward, her boots skidding across the dirt as she forces herself to a halt meters away.
Roe snaps his wrists, sending his rusted chains whipping through the air directly at Ronika. From above, Mario drops like a meteor, aiming a lethal diving kick at her.
Suddenly, a streak of white light cuts through the darkness.
JIN intercepts the attack. He drives a colossal punch straight into Roe's face.
The impact triggers a violent explosion of pure, blinding white energy. The blast detonates in the shape of a massive glowing cross, illuminating the entire battlefield. The heat is so intense that Roe's clothes and skin ignite into flames.
Jin lands, his face contorted with pure rage.
JIN (furious, screaming): How dare you lay a hand on Ronika?!
Jin lunges forward, throwing another devastating punch. But through sheer instinct, Roe pulls off a miraculous dodge, slipping away from the lethal blow at the very last second.
ROE (burning, desperate) Shiusagi! DEATH!
The ground tears open once more. A jagged, terrifying portal to Hell rips through the earth. Thousands of severed, ghastly hands erupt from the abyss, clawing at the air, desperate to drag Jin down into the dark.
Jin doesn't panic. He closes his eyes and inhales sharply.
JIN Wind Levitation!
Jin forcefully inhales the surrounding atmosphere, vacuuming all the oxygen into his body. The sudden pressure change creates an upward vortex, lifting him into the air, completely out of the reaching hands of Hell.
Hovering above the chaos, Jin looks down at Ronika, his veins pulsing with raw power.
JIN (yelling): Ronika! I can feel it! I can finally unlock my full ability! Alexandra and Sora actually came through... they did it!
Roe, still engulfed in flames, roars in frustration and whips his deadly chains upward, targeting both Jin and Ronika at the same time.
Simultaneously, Ronika turns her blade toward Mario. She vanishes in a blur, launching a relentless assault. Mario moves like a ghost, dodging her blinding slashes by a hair's breadth.
Suddenly, the world stops.
A catastrophic explosion detonates in the distance. A colossal pillar of deep purple light pierces the sky, illuminating the entire ruined skyline of Tokyo.
A shockwave of dense, suffocating energy sweeps across the battlefield like a hurricane. The sheer gravity of the wind hits everyone like a concrete wall, freezing them instantly in their tracks. Nobody can move. Nobody can breathe.
Everyone stands frozen, their eyes tracking upward.
A monolithic, colossal barrier erupts from the earth, encircling the entire horizon. It sweeps across the North and South, sealing the entire area like an inescapable cage.
JIN (struggling against the pressure, yelling) What the hell just happened?! Who activated a barrier to lock us in?!
Ronika's eyes widen as she stares at the massive wall of energy.
RONIKA (whispering) Yukito... is that you?
OUTSIDE THE BARRIER - CONTINUOUS
From the inside, the barrier looks like smooth, tinted glass. From the outside, it is a swirling vortex of high-voltage electrical currents, laced through a solid, black-and-white patterned wall.
It looms massive over the city, stretching 400 to 700 meters wide and towering 900 meters into the Tokyo sky.
YUKITO stands at the base, looking up at his creation. The hum of the electrical wall vibrates through his boots.
YUKITO (to himself) I hope everything goes according to plan. No one gets in, and no one gets out. This is my duty.
Behind him, ALAS steps forward, crossing his arms with a look of deep concern.
ALAS Are you sure this thing will hold? Even from kilometers away, I felt the Universe Zone activate multiple times. That means there are incredibly powerful entities inside. They could destroy it.
YUKITO (calm, resolute) For now, leave it as it is. It's not permanent.
VIVAS shrugs, checking his gear.
VIVAS Whatever you say. You're the expert here. We're just doing our jobs. So, what's the move now?
Yukito turns and walks toward a parked car, opening the driver's side door.
YUKITO You two stay here and protect the barrier. It is 100% certain that there will be external attempts to break it down. Don't let anyone touch it.
Yukito slams the door, starts the engine, and hits the gas, speeding away into the night.
TOKYO SKYLINES - NIGHT
An aerial view reveals Tokyo engulfed in absolute chaos. Sirens wail in the distance.
On the crowded streets outside the perimeter, terrified citizens look up, holding up their phones to record videos of the sudden, monstrous wall dividing their city.
CITIZENS (O.S.) (overlapping, panicked) "What is that thing?!" ... "Is it a terrorist attack?!" ... "It's terrifying!"
DISTANT LOCATION - NIGHT
Far away from the main battle, the area is dead silent.
VALENTINA's lifeless body lies on the cold ground, surrounded by rubble.
Footsteps echo. A shadow falls over her. A STRANGE, UNKNOWN MAN steps out of the darkness. He stops, looking down at her corpse with an unreadable expression.