Zenatori blinked and awoke in another world. He felt his body, and everything was still intact, including his uniform. He looked over the horizon and saw a spiraling pit of darkness, breaking into the boundless plane. He looked beneath him and saw a black field. Pure darkness leads to nothing but that spiral of eternity. 

He patted around his body, and all his wounds were healed. He could only think.
"What, is this..?" in pure shock.

A dark voice resonated in his mind and said.
"You are alive, Sakatoro Zenatori."

Zenatori sprang back and looked over timidly. 
"Is that, God..? But they said I am alive?" he thought subtly.

"Your soul resonates, your physical body has yet to cease," the enigmatic voice said.

Zenatori could only keep his mouth open. This was clearly beyond his comprehension.
"So you know what I'm thinking? Where am I?" Zenatori yelled out. 

It was silent. It was deafening. The voice finally called out.

"Divine Nirvana."

After hearing those words, Zenatori could only feel uneasy. Every time the being readied itself to speak, it always made the sounds of echoing souls.
"Then how do I get back home?" he yelled out.

"You have yet to falter, and I shall grant you the strength."

Zenatori felt his vision fading.

"What are you? Wait, I'm back to my thoughts again? What's happening?"

In a near instant, Zenatori's vision flashed dark. He awoke yet again. Zenatori stood back up and felt throbbing in his head.

"I had an insane dream. It's already fuzzy... What even was that..."

Zenatori opened his eyes and saw a figure. It was Akari. She looked at Zenatori and said.
"It seems you've survived."

Zenatori felt his body, and it hit with an instant burning sensation. There were small cuts on his lips, scratches all over his body, and the sealed slash on his stomach.
"Ahh-" he quietly let out.

The wounds still lingered. He wimpily stood up and said.
"Have you called Hayoku?"

Akari put his arm over her shoulder.

"Yes. He's gonna be here in a minute-"

Akari paused herself. This feeling she felt wasn't normal. She heard cracking come from above the ceiling tiles. It was then a crash. Something broke through the ceiling and consequently crashed onto the floor. Dust and sediment flew through the air, and chunks of concrete skidded across the floor. As the dust began to settle, a young voice called out.

"Where is this, Sakatoro Zenatori?"

Zenatori rose from his despair, and he and Akari looked back. 

"What the-" Akari let out.

The figure was another automorph, but was perfectly capable of speech. To add on, it was far too humanoid to be a regular automorph. It still had the reddish, hardened scales for its skin, but other than that, it had no other physical abnormalities.

Akari said to Zenatori.
"I checked its isotonic force. It has so much that it's hard for me to see it without overstimulating myself. Given the fact that it's perfectly capable of speech, it's very possible that it can manipulate isotonic force just like humans. We need to hurry out of here-"

The being suddenly chuckled.

"Don't even think about leaving. I will kill you both in an instant."

The two of them froze. What could they do in this situation? Zenatori shakingly repositioned himself, then let out a sigh. 
"What is it you want?" he said.

The beast grinned.
"I want to see what makes you so special. Why does Father have such an infatuation with you?!"

 Zenatori confuses his thoughts together.
"Is it getting mad..? Who's this Father?"

"Look out."

In a flash of speed, Zenatori is instantly blitzed before he could perceive the moment. Zenatori felt something behind him and attempted to strike, but it meant nothing. It was effortlessly woven, and the automorph struck Zenatori so hard that blood spat from his nose and mouth, and he flew across the room.

Akari yelled out.
"Kaigen Series: Blinding Aurora!" 

The automorph briefly processed the moment.
"It seems this girl is capable of the kaigen series of moves. All the kaigen series uses isotonic force to manifest your syneji into reality. The syneji is located inside the soul, and the kaigen series allows her to bring it forth. That's quite remarkable for such a young girl. However, it means nothing when I am simply superior."

An icy calm flew through the room and blew through the air, imprinting icicles on everything nearby with the cold. The automorph simply skidded back and chuckled.
"That's a cool party trick. By reinforcing my body with isotonic force, it's quite easy to nullify the effect of someone's isotonic force when their refinement is much lower than yours," he said aloud.

Akari frowned and thought.
"The absolute kaigen series move I did earlier drained a lot of the strength out of my isotonic force. I'm still unable to perform it due to risk of reactionary fatigue. Even then, it's likely it won't do anything."

As she looked around herself, she said aloud.

"So what is your goal here?"

The automorph lunged through the air, crackling through the gale as it went through. Before Akari knew it, he was already behind her. He looked down upon her.

"As I said, I want Zenatori."

He looked over and saw a figure running towards him.
"Huh?"

Zenatori stood up and looked at the beast. He tried to keep his mind clear and knew he couldn't falter.
"My absence will be the reason Akari dies! I have to stop sitting on the sidelines and actually try! There is no more time!!!"

Zenatori suddenly remembered a moment from earlier. It was when that girl asked him that question.
"Are you a good person?"

Does saving Akari make Zenatori a good person? Or is this just his destined role in the grand operation? There was no time to worry about those matters.

He hurled a strike at the beast and felt the crackling power within him. The deep grey energy channeled through his body as he finally manifested it into reality. His fist connected with its skin and resulted in the instant exertion of all his isotonic force.

The strike echoed through the factory and knocked all the lights out, swinging the lamps. The floor beneath the beast was leveled, and the force uplifted the ceiling above. Dust and sediment flew across the factory, and Akari flew back as a result of the strike.

As she flew back, she thought.
"Did he just instinctively channel isotonic energy to reinforce the power of his strike?!"

As the dust settled, a chuckle was heard. The beast laughingly looked at Zenatori and said.
"Now that was impressive!"

Zenatori noticed that his fist was still in the same position since he hit the beast. His strike left it unfazed. Zenatori looked up and saw the beast, and could only let a tear out. This wasn't like anything Zenatori felt; unlike the beast before, Zenatori had the risk of Akari dying with him. He could only feel at an all-time low.

"I'm gonna die. I don't wanna die! Someone, please..."

The automorph then grabbed Zenatori's knuckles and lightly squeezed them, but his raw strength was so overpowering that all the bones in Zenatori's hand shattered. Zenatori screamed in pain, and the automorph grabbed his neck, strangling him.
"I'm tired of your pleas."

Akari rushed forward in a desperate attempt, but the Automorph looked deeply at her and said.
"Kaigen Series: Blizzard Well."

Akari is instantly flung back as a blast of ice forces her through the air. She attempts to reinforce her isotonic force to stop it, but the effects are far too powerful. She flies across the factory and slams herself into the wall, crumbling against the concrete.

The grip on Zenatori's neck tightens, and his eyes flutter.
"Is this the end?"

Suddenly, the doors flew open, and the force caused the automorph to release Zenatori. The two of them skidded back, and Zenatori hit against the wall.

"Just as I was about to finish this," the automorph said as the dust began to settle.

A man in a sleek black suit walked through it calmly, but his presence was the complete opposite. He held his coffee cup in one hand and began his graceful entrance while taking a small sip. The ground beneath him shuddered as the awakened world welcomed entrance. The automorph looked over and saw a confident grin form on Akari's face. He recognized the man was nothing like these two kids.
"So who exactly are you?"

As his footsteps echoed, Zenatori shakingly rose his head to see what was around him. His golden yellow hair flowed through the air, as each strand forced itself onto such tremendous weight. 

"Excuse my manners, I should have introduced myself. My name is Tsuyo Hayoku, you likely know me as the King of the Futatabi."

The beast suddenly froze.

"King of the Futatabi..?"

The divine intervention has arrived.