Emilia wakes up. The explosion didn't hit her directly because once she had felt the aura that erupted from the ground, she took Hinata and trapped her and herself in a thick cocoon made out of mist, protecting them from the damage.
Emilia: "Hinata, are you okay?"
She asks her,Hinata slowly opens her eyes, looking around amazed.
Hinata: "Is this your doing, Emilia?"
Emilia: "Pretty cool, aren't I?"
Emilia proudly replies. Emilia then dissolves the cocoon, gasping after seeing the complete destruction of her surroundings.
Everywhere they look, they see waste and fire, ripped-up ground, and no trace of life.
Emilia: "What in the world..."
Emilia says, not believing what she is seeing.Hinata, who also cannot believe what she sees, quickly comes back to her senses before running somewhere.
Hinata: "Mitsunaga-sama"She shouts, leading to Emilia also snapping back.
Emilia: "Oh shit, the others."
Emilia says, turning her lower body into mist to then fly into the air,
...
Jack wakes up, noticing the heavy huddle lying on top of him.Jack, who is unable to move at first, wraps his arms in dragon scales, pushing against the ground, lifting himself up, and the huddle on top.Jack, overwhelmed with pain and confusion, shouts as loud as he can, giving all he has to push the heavy huddle of him.
Giving all he has, he is finally able to toss it to the side, just to then let out a loud exhale before shouting out the only person in his mind, "LENNYYYY!"
...
Lenny, who is standing outside, not even having a single scratch on him, just stares at the destruction caused by the explosion.
"Kelvin... Was that me?" He asks, confused by what has happened, trying to find an answer to all of this.
Kaelvyn: "No, this was our doing."
Lenny: "I see."
Lenny had expected a response, telling him that in no way did he have anything to do with it, but now hearing the answer to what happened, his guilt grew immensely.
Jack: "Lenny..."
Lenny turns around to Jack, staring at him with eyes that have lost the will to live.
Jack: "Lenny...this isn't your doing.
"Lenny: "Stop it, Jack, this is my fault."
Jack: "Stop it, it's not—..."
Lenny: "IT ISN'T? LOOK AROUND, JACK."
Lenny shouts, interrupting Jack.
Jack, who understands how Lenny feels, knows that no words in the world can comfort him now.
Lenny: "HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE DIED BECAUSE OF MY WISH OF GETTING STRONGER? TELL ME."
Jack doesn't respond; he slowly gets closer to Lenny, whom he then takes into his arms, holding him tight onto him.
Lenny is shocked; he didn't expect Jack to react this way; he didn't expect for anyone to somehow have empathy for him.
Jack: "This is my fault; I should have never forbidden you from getting stronger."
He says, pressing Lenny at him,Lenny becomes speechless; it overwhelms him, that feeling.
The only thing he can do now is cry.
...
Ichiro: "What just happened?"
Ichiro asks Henry while they get back to the ground,
Henry: "Did you know that this would happen?"
Ichiro: "No, I did not. I was guessing something, but surely not this."
Ichiro replies, viewing the destruction around them,
Henry: "And Arashi?"
Ichiro: "I don't know; he is probably still alive, so we should get going quickly."
Henry: "Yes, let's look for the others—..."
Henry replies before stopping after noticing something in the air. It is Emilia, flying around, looking for them.
Henry: "EMILIA, WE ARE HERE."
Henry shouts, waving in her direction, trying to get Emilia to notice her, with success.
Emilia quickly lands, turning her lower body back to normal.
Emilia: "You two are alive!"
Henry: "Yes! If Ichiro hadn't warned me to fly up, who knows what would have happened with us?"
Emilia: "No, I meant you guys survived Arashi."
Ichiro: "Yeah, but he nearly got me."
Emilia laughs a little before grabbing both boys and hugging them.
Emilia: "It is good to see you two being well."
She knew that Ichiro would be able to survive and even win against Arashi, but she is still glad knowing that her fear became reality.
Ichiro: "Where are Jack and Lenny?"
Emilia: "Good question, let us look for them and finally get out of here."
Henry, Ichiro, and Emilia quickly look at each other before nodding; for them, their experience on the Mitsunaga property wasn't the best.
The trio starts to go in the opposite direction from where Emilia came from when suddenly, from the ruins of the arena, a hand arises that holds a broken katana.
It is Arashi Mitsunaga, who is more furious than before.
Arashi has only one thing in mind, and that is to kill, kill everyone that made a fool out of him, especially Ichiro Taketa and Henry Dreherg, who he thinks are responsible for his disgrace.
Arashi pulls himself from the ruins, standing on top of it, shouting in anger.
Arashi: "TAKETAAAA FUCKERRRR"
He screams before running in the direction of the three.
Emilia: "Did you guys hear that?"
She asks them, before being pushed by Ichiro, who then blocks the quick ambush by Arashi,
Ichiro: "You crazy bastard, you lost! What do you want?"
Arashi: "Shut the fuck up; I lost whenever I said that I lost."
Ichiro: "Then say that you lost, you psycho!"
Arashi: "NO"
Arashi says before attacking again, but this time it is Ichiro who is getting saved by Henry, who blocks Arashi's broken katana with his blue energy-wrapped arm.
Henry: "Ichiro, Emilia, go and find the others; I still have something to clear up with Arashi."
Ichiro hates this idea, but he also knows the situation he is in; being completely wounded, he has no other choice than to leave it all to his friend, whom he deeply trusts.
Ichiro: "Alright, but don't die."
Henry: "I'm not dying against a psycho like that."
Henry says before Ichiro and Emilia continue to run the opposite direction from where they came from,
Arashi: "What was your name again?"
Henry: "It's Henry; you better not forget it."
Arashi: "Make me not forget it, prey."
Henry chuckles before going into a fighting stance.
Arashi, who wickedly smirks like he always does, also goes into a fighting stance, wielding his broken katana.
Henry: "Let's end this here and now."