【Before Battles】
- Hooded Man: Look how far you’ve pushed me...I shall finish you here.
- Armstrong: Shun! Ikki!...Damn! I can’t move!
Hooded Man raised his hand, gathering an ominous dark energy in the palm. After shapeshifting for a while, the energy eventually turned into a giant mouth, targeting at the paralyzed Ikki, Armstrong and Shun.
A pleasant music sounded while a golden light shone before Armstrong, revealing a graceful lady. The lady, holding a harp-sickle weapon, unleashed a massive amount of light element and made an elemental shield to protect them.
- Armstrong: ...Persephone!
- Persephone: Wheeze...Finally free from Shaka’s Six Ways. You manipulative cunning creature, I won’t let you hurt them anymore!
【After Battles】
- Hooded Man: Another trouble...Hehehe, then I’ll switch my target to those two guys over there!
- Armstrong: Those are...Seiya and Shiryu! Crap! It’s too late——Ikki!
- Ikki: I...I won’t let anyone hut my pals!
- Hooded Man: Impossible...You won’t stand a chance against me without your Cloth...Ready to be swallowed by despair...like all your friends!
- Ikki: I will take you down...Burn, my Cosmo! I must keep them safe whatever it takes! AHHHH——!
- Armstrong: Ikki’s power is...growing exponentially!
- Hooded Man: ...I did underestimate you. Then try this!
The hooded man vaporized himself into a purple haze; then the haze turned into several blade, stabbing into Ikki.
- Ikki: URGH——!
- Ikki: “Damn it. It won’t stop bleeding. Soon I’ll go down before defeating him...It was so close——Huh?”
- Ikki: Shaka, what are you——
- Shaka: I must return the favour, for you set me free from brainwash!
Shake fought alongside Ikki and ignited his Cosmo. As the tide was turned, the purple haze of the hooded man started fading.
- Hooded Man: Humph! This isn’t gonna end well for me… Hehehe! If I’m going down, you two will be coming with me! Go to the void!
The hooded man surged his power to cause an explosion, filling the temple with thick purple smoke. Waking up from coma by the deafening noise, Shun’s heart sank when he saw Ikki and Shaka wrapped up by the purple smoke.
- Shun: Bro...brother!
- Ikki: Farewell!
Shun was too late to save Ikki. Witnessing Ikki’s disappearance, Shun knelt down on the floor with his tears rolling down his face...