Chapter 25: The Big Bad...

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Aoi and Shiro prepared themselves with their ShotRiser alongside Aruto who took out his Zero One Driver beside Soreo who equipped his CycloneRiser, as Taiga took out his Thousandriver since they heard that Metsubojinrai is rampaging in the city!

What shocked Chifuyu and Maya was the fact that Metsubojinrai managed to obtained multiple Autonomous Rogue I.S. so they knew they had to deploy Ichika and the others as back-up...

Ichika, Rin, Houki, Laura, and Charlotte equipped their Personal I.S. and left Cecilia since she needed some space after her falling out with Raito as he too stayed in the Academy.

Both Teens had an Emotional Breakdown as Raito is experiencing an Identity Crisis accompanied by an Existential Crisis, as Cecilia is confused about who she had loved...

She hoped that "Her" Raito would soon return and sweep her off her feet like he once did, but now that the truth is out, she now harbors feelings toward a complete stranger who looks like the man he loves, while the person she truly loves is attempting to drive humanity to its extinction.

She continued to ponder until she saw a photo frame of both Raito and Cecilia at Christmas...

She looked happy and Raito looked at her in the photo...

At this moment Cecilia realized how much love Raito gave to her and she didn't want to let the love she felt for him to be a waste as she changes her clothes and deployed her Personal I.S. Blue Tears...

Raito stayed at his Dormroom the same room that he shared with Ichika for years even if he knows that it wasn't actually years...

He knew that the memories he had weren't actually his...

He knew that he isn't supposed to exist...

He knew that Cecilia isn't the actual woman he loved...

It was just memories and data that he was given by Satellite ZEA.

But he had a strong lingering feeling in his heart that made him regret what he did and said previously...

He cried knowing that the friends he made here are fake...

He knew that he was "Fake"

He realized that his existence doesn't make any difference but he soon snapped out of his stupor as he saw the same Photo Frame that Cecilia had...

A picture of both of them at Christmas...

As he stared at the picture his memories of that event resurfaced and that strong lingering feeling he felt grew stronger...

He soon ran and tried to find Cecilia but he then heard the sound of engines revving and a flight system realizing that Cecilia deployed her I.S. and flew to the others!

He then sighed in disappointment himself before running out the doors of the Academy and run to the city where Metsubojinrai was spotted!

As he finally reached the location where the battlefield will be held he hid behind in a nearby alley as he soon spotted Cecilia talking to the others...

His eyes then soon widened as he saw Metsubojinrai.Net confront them...

But there was someone new with them...

There was someone in all black that looked like Zero One's Rising Hopper...

A person with a Big Red Eye on the left side of his visor...

A person with a Big Red Eye on the left side of his visor

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Red Eye: "We will lead you Humans to your EXTINCTION!"

He said as other members of Metsubojinrai.Net took out their ForceRisers and Progrise Keys...

Both factions then glared each other before preparing to fight...

It was a "Calm Before The Storm" scene that Raito witnessed...

Chapter Ends...

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