"Don't even think about it," Raizen warned Anrui one more time when he was about to grab the meteorite again, "didn't you see?! It changed us... the only way to stop it is to discard it!!"

"You don't understand!! This... these are our powers now..." Anrui raised his right hand and it transformed into another swarm of bugs, "we are meant to bear this power!!" Anrui grew more unhinged, he swiped his hand and threw the various swarms of insects towards Raizen and Yuukai.

Immediately after that, Anrui leapt forward and grabbed the stone, despite it transforming his hands into other animal parts, in some moments his hands were even unable to grab said stone because it turned into swarms of bats. But in the end Anrui was able to grab the meteorite by focusing on his powers and turned his hands into giant crab claws. He tried to stand and escape from the two, but Raizen also swung his hand and suddenly the door disappeared. The three then seemingly teleported into an unknown dungeon.

"Place... that stone.... back!!" he screamed, while pulling Anrui towards him with his new but yet uncontrollable space bending abilities, "Yuukai---help me!!" he turned his head back to his comrade, but Yuukai was so confused that he just sat there doing nothing, "Yuukai!!" he yelled once again.

Yuukai then tried to concentrate, he then tried to do the same as Raizen, by swinging his arms forward. Also with Raizen's power, the room shifted once again into another place. They moved into a cave, while the sky turned the weather and daylight really quickly as if they were traveling through time and space at the same time. It all happened while Anrui was shifting through various forms and his body disintegrated.

The stone then shakes, trembling the three trying to control it. But then without warning, it exploded into countless pieces, completely obliterated. Bringing them back to the chamber and destroying it. Raizen, Yuukai, and Anrui were thrown a few meters from the altar.

Yuukai opened his eyes and realized that that was what he saw when he held the stone prior. He was looking at the future. But before he was able to comprehend what happened, he fainted, as soon as he saw Anrui woke up.

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"After that, we were separated, only to 'meet' again when he was able to control our minds. That was when Volkus first got into Kurouzu's body," Raizen ended his story. He explained that even after centuries, he and Yuukai had not been able to determine where the meteorite came from, and have given up since. They were focused on the future, to delay and prepare Volkus' reappearance.

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"Anrui's mind bending abilities is very strong, and his ability to transform makes him undetectable, unless he's back on his original body. This is what I'm waiting for, the perfect opportunity to strike, the time when Anrui doesn't use others' faces, so that we can try to stop him," Yuukai added. His eyes were shimmering, he was fixated staring the table.

"He used his original form again after centuries, right? That means my friend is in danger..." Kentarou thought, "send me to the Mainland, I have to fight with them. And I mean--truly fight with them," he clenched his fists, remembering what had happened between him and Aotori before.

There was silence for a few moments, then Yuukai replied, "I'm afraid I can't do that yet, Kentarou. Your probation is still on-going, and it would be unfair if we release you before its period ends. Besides..." he paused, making Kentarou worried, "as you already heard, I can see the past and future... I hope you understand how powerful that is," Yuukai ended his sentence coldly.

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In the Mainland, chaos ensued with Karito, the possessed, and the warriors. War occurred between the three, but something weird happened. The dark clouds swirled above them all, oddly greenish in color. Meanwhile Aotori was still in the building they were before, seeing the war happened but unable to take any move. Especially Ishigaki and Kyuuto who saw Yusuke among the darkness.

"We have to move!!" Aosuke snapped his teammates, they then moved out onto the top of a clocktower nearby to get a better vantage point, then the building they were in was destroyed in a swift. Meanwhile Kyuuto was still distracted by the sights of Yusuke in the distance. His mind was racing with the memories of him and his brother, how they trained together to be the best fighter they could be.

Seeing Yusuke piloting Koori's body triggered anger in Kyuuto, and his ring emanated soft light again, just like when he fought Kotetsu in his demon form. He then froze for a moment, remembering what he and Kurouzu already pieced together, that Yusuke perhaps the one spearheaded the curse in the first place.

"We have to choose, look around you, Kyuuto. Karito is still a huge problem, Kanata still needs to be saved, there's too many things to focus on right now, let's avoid him for now," Kurouzu whispered, "Yamisuke wouldn't mobilize his army for nothing, you are his target. Yusuke's motive is still hard to guess,"

What Kurouzu said made sense, Kyuuto thought. With Yusuke still some distance away from them, he must make a decision quickly. He then turned to the others, "Karito is our target, we have to help Kanata first. Let the warriors fight the darkness for now, as for Yusuke... we'll deal with him later," Kyuuto finally delivered his commands, the rest of Aotori nodded.

While Aotori spread to distract and attack Karito, Kyuuto paused for a moment to see Yusuke once more, as this was his first time seeing him. Once, their eyes met, and despite Yusuke wearing his mask, Kyuuto could sense he was grinning widely inside it.