*The empty cave is shown, only with the presence of Gen and Eden, who stare at each other, while the sound of the wind covers all the silence present in the place*
Eden: Grandfather...
*Gen is shown with an imposing gaze, in addition to emphasizing the multiple scars he has on his body*
Eden: I'm sorry you had to go through all this grandpa, I'm really sorry
Eden: I don't need to ask you, those scars don't lie, you've been through unimaginable pain, and it's all because of me...
Eden: I spent more than a year training to become stronger, with only one wish, that you are still alive
Eden: Day after day I was eating my head, hating myself for not being strong enough to save you, and all those who have been hurt because of me
Eden: They've all had the same curse... Know
*Eden's desolate look and face shown*
Eden: Many times I wish I had died that day... And not only at that moment, in each of the opportunities I had
*Eden remembers all the times he was very close to death*
Eden: Yes... I'm sure everyone would be better off now, no one would suffer because of me...
Eden: But still... I'm sorry grandpa, but I want to live... I desire it from the bottom of my heart
Eden: I'm tired of running away from what they call life... It's time for me to take charge of my own destiny
Eden: The common good? I don't give a shit
Eden: Humility? him
Eden: The world? I don't care about all that, I'll destroy it if necessary
Eden: Have you heard it destiny?! you and your plans!
Eden: The only one who will write my story will be me, and therefore...
*Eden's body begins to give off a powerful energy as he stares at his grandfather*
Eden: Grandfather... I... I'll get you out of that hell
*Both Eden and Gen wield their sword, then launch it into the attack*
*Eden and Gen begin to exchange fast and powerful attacks with their swords, attacking and blocking consecutively, one after the other*
*Eden's frustrated face is shown as he performs his attacks, while Gen maintains a cold and serene gaze*
*Eden throws a slash with great force that knocks Gen back, then begins an exchange of attacks at high speed throughout the cave, following each other, and finding themselves again and again clashing their blades with great force*
*After one of their clashes, both retreat showing Eden a little exhausted, with a tired look and a sweaty face, while Gen remains cold and serious*
Eden: *Think* Really? How can it be so strong? He responds to each of my attacks precisely, with virtually no effort, as if he knew what he would do
Eden: *Think* And not only that, he doesn't seem to show a drop of tiredness, he seems as if he has unlimited strength, besides... It seems that he still hides an AZ up his sleeve
Eden: Looks like I'll have to use it all
Eden: Darkness Technique: Shadow
*Eden creates a shadow with his shape, but without features*
Eden: Get ready, Grandpa
*Both launch at high speed, initiating synchronized attacks, which are blocked with great skill by Gen*
*Gen blocks one attack after another with his sword, demonstrating great speed and vision*
*Gen at one point, decides to respond to the attack, cutting Eden's shadow, but when he destroys it, Eden is no longer behind it*
*Eden suddenly appears behind Gen, landing a powerful attack on him with his sword, which sends him flying, crashing into a wall*
Eden: *Agitated and tired* Damn, that technique consumes a lot of energy
*Gen is shown rising completely unharmed from the rubble*
Eden: I guessed it...
Vorathrax: Looks like you're in trouble
Eden: *Smile slightly* Something like that...
Eden: Although I still think that bigger problems await us, right?
Vorathrax: Something like this
*The spirit of Light is shown in the sword of Gen*
Eden: We will have to keep working hard
Eden: Dark Blaze
*A powerful flame is generated under Gen, which he manages to dodge with great ease*
Eden: 2
*Summoning circles appear one after another, reaching dozens of them on the ground, completely rolling Gen*
*All summoning circles are activated at once, all joining together to generate a gigantic fire explosion*
Eden: There's no way you...
*The flame is cut in half, showing Gen with worn clothes, but no injuries*
Eden: *With a forced smile* Are you with me?
Gen: *With a disturbing and distorted voice* Kill
*Eden's body is enveloped in terror and fear, as well as being frozen due to fear*
*The place begins to shake as Gen's body begins to expel a gigantic energy*
Eden: *Impacted* What is this?
*Gen's body begins to change completely, showing gigantic muscles, growing two fangs in his mouth, and changing the iris of his eye to a more feline one*
*The entire body begins to grow orange fur just like on its face, showing Gen as a human hybrid with lion-like features*
*Eden notices immense power on the outskirts of the place, perceiving Shun's overwhelming power*
Eden: *Think* Another monster...
Eden: *Think* I knew it from the first time I saw you, you weren't a normal guy, you went beyond all the limits of logic, even so, you're more human than you think, pink hair
Eden: *Think* Still, I think I have more important things to worry about
*Gen is shown with a very imposing aura and her body covered by orange fur*
Eden: What...
*Gen grabs Eden's face with great force, dragging him on the ground for many yards, then throwing him straight into a wall*
*Eden impacts with the miro and spits out a lot of blood, by the time he realizes Gen is in front of him throwing a powerful kick in the chest*
*Gen's kick cracks the entire cave, breaking all the nearby stones into pieces, as well as breaking Eden's chest into several pieces*
*Eden completely weakened, begins to receive a powerful and forceful siege suddenly from Gen, causing him to bleed more and more after each attack, showing himself very weakened*
Eden: *Think* Is it really worth it?
As each blow undid it, a voice rose again from deep within...
Vorathrax: What are you talking about?
Eden: *Think* Why do I have to go through all this? Why can't he just be happy?
Vorathrax: I once heard a human say...
Vorathrax: That sadness and pain are signs that you are alive
Vorathrax: What if the world were always happiness... would be unbearably false
Vorathrax: He said that... when you fail, and you fail... Success, when it comes, you really feel it. As if the soul were burning... not for glory, but for having resisted
*Gen is shown mercilessly beating Eden, while Eden's bones are heard breaking, as well as splattering blood and seeing pieces of skin fly*
*Eden continues his conversation with Vorathrax showing himself to be fragile and vulnerable*
Eden: Life is a complex thing, don't you think?
Vorathrax: *With a soft tone* Yes... it is
Eden: You know... You're not as bad as you pretend to be either
*Vorathrax is speechless at Eden's comment*
*For the first time, Vorathrax's spectral silhouette takes on a more human form. His eyes widen, surprised*
Eden: If we get out of this... I'd like to meet you for real, Vorathrax...
*Eden's innocent smile stained by his own blood is shown*
Eden: *Think* Cold... all I feel is... cold...
Eden: *Think* Am I going to die? Really?
*An overwhelming and dark energy invades Eden's entire body as a voice resonates in Eden's head*
Vorathrax: I'm sorry, but I won't let you die
Eden: You...
Vorathrax: I'm no good, I'm not good for you either. However, if you die, I will too...
Vorathrax: And I...
*The silhouette of Vorathrax is shown terrified and subdued, in the presence of 3 very powerful demons who observe him with contempt and superiority*
Vorathrax: I can't fall yet... not now
*Gen realizes the great power that is being born from Eden's body, so he tries to deliver a fatal blow with his sword, but it is expelled by the great power of Eden*
Shun is shown at peace after his victory over Puppet, but his tranquility is interrupted by a slight laugh*
Shun: *Surprised* What?
Puppet: It looks like I lost...
Shun: How are you still alive?
Puppet: Who knows... however, I'm no longer in a position to fight... I feel like every drop of my energy fades away...
Puppet: Still... I still have something to do
Shun: What are you talking about?
Puppet: Come on...
*Puppet interrupts his dialogue, to spit out a huge amount of blood*
Puppet: Let's play one last time... Shun
Shun: What the hell are you talking about?
Puppet: Will you make it in time to save your apprentice from imminent death, or will you fail him again?
Shun: Space Technique
*The portal breaks in an instant*
Shun: How?
Puppet: Welcome to my big show, called: An Explosive Love
Puppet: Tik Tak Mr. Shun
*Puppet begins to fade in the wind, while Shun moves at high speed in the direction of the cave*
*All the light in the place is consumed, and then explodes along with a twisted cry of pain that shakes everyone who hears it*
*Eden's body is shown covered in a dense purple and terrifying aura, showing a monstrous silhouette*
*The silhouette is composed of two horns, completely red eyes, torn skin, four large fangs, a disturbing smile and an aura never seen before*
Narrator: In these moments, where Eden completely loses control in himself, a supernatural power consumes and controls him, granting him an unimaginable power, which is impossible to calculate
Narrator: This state is known as: 痛みの悪魔 (The Demon of Pain)
*As the cry of Eden echoes throughout the place, thousands of explosives are displayed with a one-minute countdown*
Vorathrax: It can't be...
*The spirit of Eden is shown covered in a dark and dense mist*
Vorathrax: *Think* This isn't like the other times, this time it's not me... this time, he... Has been consumed by my power
Vorathrax: *Think* It doesn't make any sense, he shouldn't be able to take it in... he doesn't...
Eden: *Whispers in a disturbing voice* I'll kill them... I'll kill them all...
Vorathrax: Eden!
*Chains completely wrap around Vorathrax's body preventing him from moving*
*Alongside Vorathrax's surprise, a voice echoes in Eden's mind*
Unknown 64: What do you think you do?
Vorathrax: *Completely shocked* It can't be... What the hell are you doing here?
Stranger 64: Why do you look so surprised? Have you forgotten?
Unknown 64: I have power over all of you, after all I am your father
*Vorathrax is shown terrified of what is happening*
Vorathrax: What the hell have you done to Eden?
Stranger 64: What You Should Have Done, Give Him the Power He Desires
Vorathrax: He won't stand it!
Unknown 64: What a disappointment... In these years of exile, you have only become weaker
Stranger 64: Do you care about a human now?
*The chains begin to crush Vorathrax more and more*
Unknown 64: Just look at it...
*The mist fades to show the face of madness in Eden that laughs uncontrollably while fighting Gen*
Stranger 64: If only you had given him the power he so desperately needed, he wouldn't have suffered so much
Vorathrax: Damn wretch
*Eden with his voice distorted and marked by madness begins to laugh uncontrollably, making it resonate throughout the place*
*After this Eden throws and connects a powerful direct blow to Gen, who manages to block him, but the force is so great, that he shoots several meters backwards, destroying everything in his path*
Vorathrax: Eden, stop!
*Eden does not listen, he only shows a smile full of madness, showing that he has no control of himself*
Stranger 64: He can't hear you, right now it's just pain and nothing else
*From a distance, the explosives continue their countdown: 00:43... 00:42...*
Vorathrax: If you don't stop this now, he might die, and not only that, he'll kill his grandfather!
Stranger 64: So what if he does...?
Unknown 64: Don't you understand? I'm just giving him the power that he wanted so much, right now he's capable of doing everything he's wanted, everything
Vorathrax: *Think* Yes, this continues, like this...
*Eden is shown delivering blow after blow to Gen, demonstrating far superior strength, providing a great beating to Gen*
Vorathrax: *Think* I can't allow it, he can't go through this again...
Stranger 64: Do you know what I find funny?
Stranger 64: The boy keeps fighting, he still wants to deny it, he wants to resist the magnificent power I'm giving him
Unknown 64: But it's only a matter of time...
*Eden is shown being consumed by darkness and madness while a shadow in his form coldly watches him*
Eden: Stop! I can't go on! And--I can't do this, I... I'm not like that...
Shadow Eden: What are you talking about? Of course you are, after all, I'm you... You, it's me. We're both the same
Eden: That's not true! I never...
Shadow Eden: You never What?
Shadow Eden: Have you forgotten? Have you forgotten who you really are?
Shadow Eden: Have you forgotten how many people have died because of your weakness? Have you forgotten their faces? Have you forgotten all those who have died because of you? Have you forgotten
Shadow Eden: You're no good, you're just destruction, you're death
*Eden's empty face is shown, as his body trembles and darkness begins to envelop him*
Shadow Eden: Face it once and for all, let the power consume you, join me, and we will be unstoppable, together no one will stop us, we will save as many as you want
Shadow Eden: if you join me, we can destroy everything you want to eliminate, Black Lights, the demons, Kai, Ryu, the 12 families, everyone will be able to pay for their sins
*After each word, darkness consumes more and more as a ruthless fight of Gen and Eden is shown*
00:10... 00:09... 00:08...
Shadow Eden: With me you will not cry again, you will recover everything you love
Eden: Y-yo
Just as darkness was about to consume completely, a few words resonate in Eden's mind*
Gen: You've become stronger, Eden
*Vorathrax's chains are broken at the same time, as the demon that Eden had become, shows a human face for the first time*
Eden: A... to... grandfather...
*The mask of darkness that covered Eden's face is completely broken, revealing Eden's illuminated and innocent face*
*Unknown 64's control fades completely next to him*
Unknown 64: It can't be...
Vorathrax: Eden...
Gen: I love you
*Gen smiles sincerely, completely breaking Eden, who loses all his strength*
Shun: That damn one! I have to hurry, if not...
*Everything freezes, right at the small sound of a spark, signaling 00:00 in the countdown, showing Eden running towards his grandfather, Shun in desperation and Puppet's last cell vanishing into thin air*
*A breeze of wind circulates through the place in a calm way, only to be interrupted an instant later by a gigantic roar*
*Explosives are activated at high speed, completely destroying the cave, generating an explosion of great power and magnitude*
Shun is shown completely frozen and paralyzed by what he has just witnessed.
Shun: Eden!