Journey down

After Henry left the Chief's Office, Eta remained and looked at the photo stand on his desk. It was a group photo of Henry, Rhea, Leon, Pit, Juno, Alia, Anita, Joe and him.

Eta, "They all have grown. If only you all were here to watch that", as he looked at Joe and Anita in it.

Eta then looked at Henry in the picture. Henry was happier during those days. Henry's smile warmed Eta's heart whenever he looked at it.

Eta felt the same warm looking at it once again.

Eta, "If only you smiled like that again!"

Meanwhile, Henry was in the corridor on the way to the exit. He was contemplating back when Ignos paused the time.

Henry, "A Rein. So, I am one too?"

Ignos, "Finally, you've got it!"

Henry looked to his right side. Ignos stood there leaning on the wall.

Henry tried to punch with his right hand using an uppercut, but Alter stopped him.

Ignos, "See, I am not here to harm you!"

Henry grinding his teeth in anger as he kept trying to land that punch.

Alter took form on the right half of Henry.

Alter, "What is it that you want, Master?"

Ignos, "Nothing much. I just wanted to invite him to the Rein Devil Throne Tournament*. Since he is the 26th Rein!"

Immediately, Henry, "I will be there!"

Ignos laughed, "Like the prophecy said! Only 5 more Reins to find."

Ignos waved his right hand, "See you at the Tournament then!" as he disappeared into the darkness.

Alter, "If we were the Rein. Then what is Zyn?"

Henry, "Zyn's gift controls space. He awakened it like Dad did."

Henry proceeded to walk forward, asserting control of his body.

As Henry walked out of the Golden Valley and reached the entry port, a figure watched him from atop the Golden Valley.

A white-haired man with a black cloak kept giving away an ominous black aura. It was Zyn.

Zyn, "Good Luck with that, Henry!" as he folded his hand across watching Henry.

Zyn closed his eyes and sensed Rhea's aura inside the Golden Valley with Leon and Pit.

Zyn, "Wait a little longer. I will return. I promise. If I don't go, I'll lose everything." and he vanished into thin air.

Eta sensed Zyn's presence appear and disappear after a while.

Eta said to himself, "Honestly, you both keep sacrificing everything you've. I. I miss the times back then", as he remembered some memories of them happy being together.

Rhea felt like a familiar breeze hit her, then smiled softly. Rhea stood there for a while.

Leon and Pit kept talking and walking ahead till they noticed Rhea wasn't with them. Leon looked back and saw Rhea just standing there and smiling.

Leon, "What is it, Rhea?"

Rhea looked at Leon with the same smile, "It's nothing", and she caught up to them.

Meanwhile, Henry looked down from the Golden Valley at the Ocean.

Henry, "I will beat you," Alter then took control of his right side.

Alter, "And it will be fair and square!" Henry then took back control.

Henry then jumped down, flying away far away from there.

Meanwhile, somewhere far-far away in Nightstrive, A Woman wearing a cloak and a scarf to cover her face was about to reach Nightstrive. It was a windy night.

Nightstrive is a bustling city of androids and few humans, with their creator, Dr. Strive. Skyscrapers dominate the skyline, with some small buildings scattered throughout. The Androids resemble humans, but their eyes turn red in light.

The woman said to herself, "Finally, I can put an end to this."

12 Androids stood at the entrance expecting her presence not as a friend but as a threat to Nightstrive.

Out of the Androids, one of them looked like Rhea, but a younger version.

Android[Old lady], "State your business for coming here!"

The woman stopped and looked at the Android[Old Lady] and the other Androids. That was when she noticed Android[Rhea] and was stunned.

The woman, "Y-You are that child. Back then. H-How? What are you doing here?"

The Androids got confused and looked around to see who she meant, and they understood who.

The Android[Old Lady], "So you saw the older version of her? The last time we saw her, it was when the Doctor said she was a defect and threw her to the wastelands. She is R634 and this is R635"

The woman, "That's good then!"

R635, "What's good?"

The woman looked at her, and her flaming aura grew immensely, "That you are not that girl, or I would have felt guilty destroying you into pieces."

A man jumped between them and interrupted them before it could escalate any worse. At first glance, he resembled Eta because of his beard, but the woman immediately recognized that he wasn't Eta because he wore a formal coat. However, the Androids didn't realize this and continued to mistake him for Eta. The man's presence intimidated them, and they quickly fled the scene without hesitation.

The impersonator, "Wasn't that my best entrance?"

The woman, "Who are you?"

He was confused about how she couldn't say it was Eta, after a faint laugh, "Can't you just say it is me, Anita?"

Anita, "No!" and took off her scarf.

He gave the faint laugh again, "You got me!" and a green gooey slime reverting him to a man with mushroom-cut black hair and kept smiling.

He said, "I thought I acted the part of Eta pretty well!? Wrong I am, again!"

Anita felt like she had seen him before in a wanted poster. His name was Kenny called "The Shapeshifter".

Anita, "Kenny!"

Kenny, "Yes, That's me!"

Anita, "Why did you come to help me?"

Kenny, "Big Bro called you an ally." He then walked horizontally on a wall like it was normal.

Kenny, "So, here I am!"

Anita, "Can I see this "Big Bro" of yours?"

Kenny, "That was why I came here to bring you to him. He said he knows why you are here he said!"

Anita clenched her fist, "What I'm here FOR?! How does he know?"

Kenny, "Ask him yourself. I don't have the details of anything he knows. I just follow his decisions without any questions. He hasn't been wrong once, that much I can say!"

Anita compared his Big Bro's gift to Han[the General] and felt they could be similar.

After 4 hours, both Anita and Henry arrived at their intended destination. Both destinations were to a skyscraper but in 2 different places, one on Sunrise and the other on Nightstrive. Both for their reasons, their determination unwavering.

Kenny, "This is our HQ! We are here in Nightstrive because Big Bro made a trade alliance with the Androids, and they agreed. Big Bro is the GREATEST!"

Anita, "Holy Lord! Have you ever made a sentence without your Big Bro? It is annoying."

Kenny looked sad, "He is the reason. The reason I have made it this far."

Anita let out a deep sigh. She then opened the door and entered, and Kenny followed after her.

Henry, on the other hand, just stood there. One of Rasvol's slaves[A female slave] came to him and greeted him, then showed him the way in.

Henry headed in.

As he did, the slave, "Master Rasvol had been expecting you coming here now!"

Although they had different reasons, they used the O-pass to reach their goal. And the devil feeds off that.