"If you just go a little farther you'll find Mr. Orez. You won't need Miss Yumi to guide you anymore." Maken and Swipe pound down the corridor. "I wonder if she'll be all right?" Maken talking. "What? She's fine. She's not gonna die, anyway." "Not of her wounds." "Oh--you mean the problem of her heart. It's not for us to say now. We should be thinking about what's up ahead." "True enough." In Nyx's room. "Will you be all right? I should be going too." Yumi was about to go. "Mm. Just a little longer. Your thighs are so soft." Nyx snuggles her head in more. "You're weird." "Ha ha. Joking aside, you don't have to worry. Through those doors is a secret passage that will take you straight to Mr. Orez. Get to him before Mr. Zero does; there's something I want you to tell him. Tell him what the Amakakeru Ryuu no Hirameki really is."

In the library of the tower of Nekam Orez headquarters is, Vincent slowly gets to her feet, obviously in pain. he tries to pull his unique looking dagger from the floor, but has to stop. "I see you got your ass kicked again." "Wolf Brigade Zage." "Hm..? How do you know who I am?" "I heard of you from a little girl named Nyx." "Is that so?" "Well, you've been hanging around here for a while. Maken's long gone." "Then everything's going according to plan." "What?" Zage tosses him a folded paper. Vincent thinking, "A rough sketch of the headquarters interior. Oh did he?" "The national system is the best in the country. It's one of the reasons I work for the government. If you've gotten this far in, you won't need a guide. Splitting up is the better plan." "So you're only using Maken and the others as decoys." "Yes. Something like that. This is a war to decide the future of this nation. Nothing can come before that." "Then what about your match? The conflict between you and Maken, which you've carried on ever since the rebellion warfares you two still haven't settled? If Maken dies here, what will you do?" "Then whoever lives is the victor. You've been useful. Your fight with Maken distracted both the enemy and Maken from me. I've been able to move in the shadows." "Regrets. The present is more important than the future. The time to fight is now!" Vincent pulled the kodachi (shorter then a sword but longer then a short sword mostly very fast at blocking.) from the floor.

Back in Nyx room. "The Amakakeru Ryuu no Hirameki?" Yumi questioned her. "Yes. I saw it all in that instant. It's." "The left foot?!" "Yes. The standard move in battou-jutsu is to step into it with your right foot, so as not to cut your own leg. But Mr. Zero stepped with his left. Of course he wouldn't cut himself. At the culmination of the swing of the hand and the twist of the hips in a draw of the sword meant not to kill, the last step is taken at that one fleeting instant. That step gives his sword an instant more of acceleration and power. It changes his Godspeed battou-jutsu into the ultimate Godspeed technique Amakakeru Ryuu no Hirameki."

"So with that one step." "Yes. But it's a difficult step to take. A step taken on the edge of life and death. A measure discovered in desperation. If he had even the slightest hint of hesitation, it would be impossible." "You mean you couldn't do it?" "I couldn't. That's why I was defeated. But I think Mr. Orez will be able to break the technique. The succession technique Amakakeru Ryuu no Hirameki can't be done without that left-footed step. So if he focuses on Mr. Zero's left foot instead of his eyes or his arms, he'll know when he's about to use it." "I understand. I'll tell Lord Orez right away." "Wait a moment. I have another favor to ask of you." Nyx walked over to a drawer and opened it. "This is." Yumi had a shocked looked on her face. "The wakizashi Mr. Orez gave to me long ago. I've treasured it for these past almost six years. Please return it to him now." "Then you're?" "Mr. Orez wasn't wrong. What saved me then was this wakizashi and Mr. Orez. That's the undeniable truth. But, like Mr. Zero said, I've decided to search for the true answers myself. So I'm leaving." "I see, I think that's best." "Give my best wishes to Mr. Orez." "Even if I didn't, Lord Orez's unbeatable." Nyx turned away from Yumi talking. "No. He's not." "I know, good luck." The door closes behind her, a tear trickles down Nyx's cheek.

In his chamber, Nekam Orez sits holding the wakizashi in one hand. "I see. Nyx hm, so the Amakakeru Ryuu no Hirameki and this sword are her parting gifts to me. And I'm the only one left to fight." He stands, clenching his fist until the wakizashi splinters and breaks. "After all, who could follow my strength!?"