The warriors then prepared a plan to ambush the evil Kazuki that they've been fighting for the last two weeks. Even though the majority of them still have trust issues to the real Kazuki that came with his team, Aosuke pushed them to keep on cooperating to just see what will happen.

"Damn, I came back as a hostile alien," Kazuki expressed his frustration to his team while they were guarding their post the following morning after the plan has been decided, he then looked at Hikiri who was cleaning his blade, "Hikiri, what do you think is actually going down?"

Hikiri sighed and answered that he wasn't so sure. The man then looked far ahead into the distance, once again concern can be seen from his eyes. He appeared to know even more than Natsuki does.

"Quick, wear your mark," Kyuuto reminded Kazuki of the plan. It was to make sure that the real Kazuki can be easily distinguished if the violent one appears, then if the time comes, the warrior will strive to defeat him.

Kazuki then wore a mask and red headband to differentiate himself from the impostor. And as the team stood by, they observed every subtle movement of the city outside of the newly erected beacon walls.

For hours they only saw normal movement of the possessed that they could easily purify, but by Aosuke's command, they refrained from doing so. They were tasked to keep vigilant of the possible attack.

"It's coming," Hikiri suddenly sprang up with his keen eye. The team soon followed and prepared themselves. As they nervously looked at approximately what Hikiri was focusing on, noises could be heard behind a fallen building covered by vines.

Kyuuto unsheathed his sword slowly to focus on the noise, but after a few moments had passed, they only saw a female jaeger, walking unsteadily, with her sword clearly broken. The team could figure out from the distance that she uttered the word 'help'.

Kanata instinctively jumped down to save the girl, he carried the girl by placing one of her hands on her back. Kanata then began to walk towards the team, saying to the girl that everything's gonna be alright.

"Well, it's just a false alarm, isn't it?" Kyuuto put his sword back into its cover, smiling nervously.

But Hikiri didn't flinch, he didn't even take his eyes off of the girl. Then at an instance, his eyes widened, Hikiri then whooshed down with explosive force, stabbed the girl, then kicked her until she got pushed a few dozen meters away from Kanata, crashing into a wall.

The other team members are shocked in disbelief, seeing Hikiri attacking a wounded warrior. "What the hell is wrong with you?!--" Kazuki unsheathed his sword and conjured a slight of his light element. Once again the warriors felt nervous.

Among the rubbles, shrouded by dust, the team could see the silhouette of the girl, standing up again. But the shadow somehow transformed into a more familiar form. Hikiri then told the team to get ready, as the threat they've been waiting for... finally came.

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Rin shot a flare up into the air, alarming the others. As laughs could be heard from the dust obscuring the injured jaeger Hikiri just attacked. The dust then cleared, they saw something unreal emerged from it. It was *Kazuki.

"Holy shit--- it's real..." Kazuki thought to himself. He gripped firmly onto his mask, while still digesting what's in front of him. It was himself, he felt like he was looking at a mirror.

"How can you even guess that?" *Kazuki walked away from the rubbles, adjusting his broken jaw into perfection once again. He then collected a sword from a fallen warrior nearby. Hikiri didn't answer, the team was also bewildered with what they saw.

"You are not Kazuki... stop impersonating him," Hikiri warned, while the wind blew hard around him, "I know who you are,"

*Kazuki then laughed more, he then changed into a battle stance, "I don't know what are you talking about," as he prepared to strike, the other warriors started to flank the area from every direction. Making him distinguishable from the real Kazuki.

"I see... you're trying to trick me now," *Kazuki looked around, picking a target to attack, "but sadly... I didn't come alone this time,"