Taroli (staring into the darkness, his eye narrows, voice like a whisper):
"We will take from this world... what it stole from us without permission."
Dair (remains silent, breathing fast, eyes widened)
Taroli (lowers his head slightly, tone sad but sharp):
"This world's page is stained with the blood of innocents... it's time to rewrite it."
Taroli (raises his head, a faint smile on his face):
"I won't ask for justice... I'll snatch it."
---
Dair (heartbeat racing):
"What guilt do the innocents bear for our actions?"
Taroli (calm voice, lowering his head):
"And what guilt do we bear for the world's actions?"
Dair (bold yet afraid):
"Our plan will leave many victims behind."
Taroli (mocking smile):
"Ha ha ha... we are the victims, not them.
Did you see how King Hamura treated you like a slave? Did you see the cruelty in his heart, the inescapable one?"
Dair (eyes narrowing, whispering):
"I'd rather be a slave... than a killer."
Taroli (cold-blooded):
"This world... where the line between right and wrong fades, and I find myself alone amidst the ruins of a meaningless life."
---
Days pass, and Dair became a different person—someone else—after harsh training.
Back to present after flashback
Dair, still spinning his palm in a circle,
A violet portal opens.
Dair (talking to himself):
"This ability... if I lose focus, it will drain the Shin from my blood.
But for you, my leader... I will sacrifice."
Ten (raising his eyebrows, eyes trembling, mouth wide):
"Are you aiming for something terrifying?"
Rin, shocked, mouth wide open in amazement.
Kazuma (narrowing his eyes):
"What are you up to? What's your goal?
I have to attack before he completes his plan."
Kazuma floats slightly off the ground.
Ten (yelling in worry):
"Don't go!"
Kazuma moves at a speed that raises thick dust,
He pulls his left fist backward, then thrusts it forward.
Dair, eyes closed, calm.
Kazuma, to the right of the portal, his fist heading toward Dair's face.
Ten (sweating, tense):
"Not a hair moved... is he planning something?"
BOOM!
Kazuma lands a strong invisible punch, making Dair stagger back.
But Kazuma also recoils—his own cheek shows signs of the hit.
Rin (placing her left palm and analyzing):
"It's like he's using a hidden technique..."
Ten (muttering to himself):
"What... just happened?"
Kazuma (smiling confidently despite the hit, eyes gleaming):
"It's just a coincidence."
---
He rushes like an arrow, tightening his left fist, shouting:
"Haaaaaaah!"
Dair, still calm with eyes closed.
Kazuma aims another punch at his face.
Ten and Rin watch.
BOOM!
Another punch lands on Kazuma's cheek.
He retreats again, mark visible on his left cheek.
Kazuma (spits in style):
"Seems you're using another kind of trickery."
Ten (focused on the portal):
"Since he activated it... he's different."
Rin (nervous and focused):
"Come on, boy, throw another punch so I can figure it out."
Kazuma preps his body to sprint.
Ten (calling out):
"Wait! Don't rush!"
Kazuma stops.
Ten (raises his left hand):
"You, girl, come here."
Kazuma (squinting mockingly):
"Forget that brat."
Ten:
"She'll help us a lot."
Rin arrives.
Ten (calmly):
"Did you figure anything out?"
Rin:
"I just need one more move from this boy."
Kazuma (with a sharp glare):
"My name is Kazuma! And do you think you're grown-up, you tiny brat?"
Ten (placing his hands on both their heads, laughing):
"Heh... calm down, this isn't the time for a fight."
---
Rin (raising a finger):
"You just attack... so we can reach a result."
Ten stands behind Kazuma.
Rin, eyes closed, stands behind Ten.
Kazuma laughs with excitement, eyes shining, bends his right leg back, left ready to launch.
Kazuma (eyes burning with excitement):
"This is what I want... I'll beat you senseless!"
Rin's icy aura surrounds her whole body.
Kazuma's silver hair flutters as he runs, silver eyes glowing with determination.
Kazuma (mouth open, shouting loudly):
"Here comes... the new hero!"
Ten, using his second and third fingers, charges a fireball between them.
Kazuma jumps, pulls his left leg back, aims it forward.
Just as it's about to hit, he feels an invisible strike on his ankle.
He spits a bit from the pain.
He balances with his hands, flips into the air.
Mid-flip, he preps a right punch towards Dair's face—
But again, an invisible hit, this time on his right arm.
Kazuma (closing his left eye, whispering):
"How do I beat him...?"
Kazuma stands up, performs a bullfighter-style move.
He plants his left hand into the ground and jumps high into the air.
Mid-air flip, head down.
Kazuma (shouting):
"The end of villains... is always brutal!"
He descends, left fist forward, body tearing through the air.
Ten forms a Rasengan-like ball between his fingers.
Behind Kazuma, Rin's ice arrows are coming down from the sky, hidden behind him.
---
Back to flashback
Kazuma, Rin, and Ten planned all of this.
Rin (tense and warning):
"Looks like Dair doesn't block the hits... he opens a very small portal that returns the hit with the same force and direction.
It's like... you're punching yourself."
Kazuma (puts his finger on his lips):
"But isn't that your technique, sensei? The one that reflects attacks?"
Ten (laughs nervously, scratching the back of his head):
"But that technique is temporary. It can't be used twice in one fight."
Kazuma (raises his left brow):
"Why? Any reason?"
Ten (raises his right second finger):
"In Shin rules, every hit has its own law. I chose for mine to work only once in a fight."
Ten:
"The only solution... is to enter that portal.
And you, Kazuma, will go in."
Kazuma (pointing to himself, nervous):
"Me?"
Ten (confident smile):
"Don't worry. We'll lay down the path for you."
Rin (smiling softly):
"We're counting on you."
---
Back to present
Kazuma (shouting, his fist hungry for a hit):
"This is your end, Dair!"
Kazuma gets close, ready to strike.
Ten's fireball is like a falling meteor, igniting sand behind it.
Dair hides the portal... disappears.
Kazuma (shouting with thrill):
"Death to you!"
Kazuma vanishes too.
At the same moment, Dair opens the portal behind himself.
Ten lifts his fingers.
Rin shifts her hands to the right, revealing the arrows now change course—
From above to the right, aiming away from Dair.
Kazuma (appears behind Dair, yelling):
"Haaaaaaaaaaah!!"
He enters the portal.
Dair clenches his teeth, eyes wide in fear and shock.
Kazuma exits the portal like lightning, diving down like a meteor of rage,
His left fist blazing with energy.
Wind howls around him, the air bursts as his punch flies upward into Dair's chin—
Like a meteor crashing into a tower.
Dair feels a quake in his face, a tremble.
His body flies up.
Ten lowers his fingers, sending his fiery meteor ball toward Dair.
Dair (smiling in despair, thinking):
"Sorry, master... I'm weak... death is my fate."
Dair stretches his body.
Rin's arrows circle in the sky, creating a ring—like a portal.
Rin lowers her raised hands, launching the arrows toward Dair.
They fly like daggers, ready to sli
ce him.
Dair (final smile):
"Thank you, master... I won't forget you even after death."
The arrows and fireball hit Dair.
An arrow pierces his heart. Dair coughs blood.
A huge explosion shakes the sky, the area trembles.
Thick smoke fills the blast zone...
[The scene begins in silence...]
The camera moves slowly across the room… Cracked walls, a lone candle flickering, deadly stillness.
Taroli (sitting on the throne, leg over leg, head tilted, eyes to the ground)
Inner voice (whispers, sorrowful)
"Alas... he was defeated… and died… but he died with honor."
We see his left cheek... a single tear slides down slowly, breaking on the edge of his cold lips.
Taroli (softly, as if speaking to himself... or to Dair's spirit)
"I told you… this world shows no mercy to the kind…"
[The camera zooms in on Taroli's face]
His right eye glows faintly... the second tear trails slowly down his cheek...
Taroli (rising slowly, walking toward the shattered window)
"Dair… you were the voice of reason… and now, reason is dead."
The wind howls, curtains dance like ghosts.
Taroli (raises his hand toward the dark sky)
"This world wrote its history in blood… and now I… hold the pen."
[The candle suddenly bursts, the room starts to tremble lightly]
Taroli (low voice, but deep and resolute)
"I will not ask for justice… I will create it.