Yamato and Thorn return to the base.
Yamato sits down on a seat, and Zina immediately begins carefully treating his wounds, while the atmosphere remains heavy with silence and anticipation.
Tiger speaks in a serious tone:
> "To carry out our plan perfectly, we must obtain two types of power: the Erasure Mark and the King's Form.
We already possess one, but the more difficult one is the King's Form."
Then he continues, staring at them sharply:
> "Zina and Yamato will be sent on a mission to kill KENZO's heir. Our current goal is to weaken our enemies as much as possible."
Thorn suddenly lifts his head and asks:
> "Where is Garo?"
Tiger replies in a heavy tone:
> "He was sent to fight one of the vampires... More than twenty vampires are currently moving among us."
All eyes turn toward Yamato, who responds in a surprised tone, as if refusing to be part of a greater scheme:
> "I don't know what you're planning... My only goal is revenge. Nothing more."
---
Elsewhere...
We see Garo lying on the ground, his body completely covered in blood.
He moves his head with difficulty and sees before him a vampire with yellow hair and black eyes, holding a darkly gleaming sword.
Garo slowly begins to rise, his eyes burning with determination. He activates his instant transmission technique and in an instant appears beside his enemy, attempting to catch him off guard... But the vampire delivers a fatal blow to his abdomen, knocking him back to the ground.
The vampire approaches to finish him off—when suddenly, his head vanishes in an instant.
Geto appears beside Garo, holding his sword, and says mockingly:
> "One of the leaders of the Black Mark... and you can't even kill a weak vampire. How do you call yourself a core warrior?"
Garo chuckles lightly, despite his pain:
> "And you too... You couldn't kill Yamato during your previous encounter."
Geto's face darkens with anger:
> "Yamato fled before I even used my Mark... But you would've died if I hadn't intervened."
Garo replies coldly:
> "What do you want?"
Geto steps closer:
> "I know you're an old friend of Nowaka Igo... We'll take some information from you."
---
At that moment, another vampire appears, his eyes gleaming with a sinister smile on his face, saying in a cold voice:
> "Die... die..."
He advances toward Geto and asks in a deadly curious tone:
> "Are you... the Ruler?"
Geto glares at him sharply, then unleashes a massive beam of light that obliterates half the area, erasing the vampire completely.
Garo, showing signs of astonishment on his face, says:
> "You... did you escape from Yamato and Thorn?"
Geto replies with a faint smile:
> "No... They were the ones who fled from Riu."
Then Geto grabs Garo, lifts him, and dashes away.
---
Meanwhile...
Zina and Yamato walk in silence, their footsteps echoing through empty streets.
Zina looks ahead and says:
> "Our next opponent... is a very powerful man named Shiryu Kenzo.
You must be careful."
The camera moves closer to reveal a massive, majestic scene: a grand palace surrounded by towering walls.
It is the Kenzo mansion—one of the royal families.
Here, Yamato's next mission awaits.