Chapter 34: Hand of Fate: The Devil's Punisher
Hunyo readied his fighting stance to fight against Kazuya who is now in his devil form and the same form he uses to fought against his father, Heihachi in the final battle. He remembers the time he experienced the retreat he had attended as he thought.
I'm just a very impatient guy who can't get through the pastor's discussions. It's complicated due to the comparisions between the topic and with the parts from the bible. I finally realizes what kind of a man I am who is fighting against a man who turns into a Devil. Just like the battle between David and Goliath.
"What are you babbling about? I'm gonna finish you here." Devil Kazuya points on Hunyo as he quickly charges towards him which Hunyo particularly blocks the move and knocks him with a right straight thrust.
Both men fight in a deadly battle but Hunyo remains to give him a upper hand against him.
"Feel the power of the Devil himself!" Devil Kazuya unleashes a burst of telekinesis to send him off in a little distance which make Hunyo get furious to see his power.
"You really did corrupt yourself to become a Devil, Kazuya. I guess your mother's blood really gave you a credit to kill somebody."
"How dare you mocking me?" Devil Kazuya becomes infuriated from his mockery and both continued to fight as Hunyo knows his devil powers are about to decreased soon as he thought.
Just a little more... his devil powers would not gonna last long...
On the way to the recreation center, Lee becomes exhausted from taking a hike.
"Going to the place is really hard to hike. I think buses or cars can get up there."
"What's wrong, Jin...?" Rhima asked in a worry and Jin sensed his father's presence and knowing they were close.
"Kazuya was there in the recreation center. I know for sure your father was there too, Rhima."
As they arrived, the trio noticed the black Land Cruiser just parked outside and knowing it's from Hunyo's.
"That's Hunyo's car..." Lee reacted shockingly until both Jin and Rhima were surprised horribly to see Hunyo and Kazuya are fighting to the death.
"It's dad..." Rhima said and seeing her father fighting against Kazuya.
"After all I was recovered from my coma, I've never seen Kazuya would turn his devil form into a different transformation." Jin muttered horribly to see his father in his current devil form.
Devil Kazuya finally unleashed his Devil's Beam from his fourth eye on the chest which Hunyo dodges the beams one by one and knocks him off with a straight kick to the face.
"Curses...!"
"Kazumi, would not be so happy to see her own son has been corrupted by his own devil powers. She maybe guilty for her actions, she regrets herself because of her family's order." Hunyo berates Kazuya for corrupting his own powers and also mentioning Kazumi.
"Don't you dare mentioning my mother about this!" Kazuya thundered angrily on Hunyo's words while in his devil form and Hunyo coldly replies as while angrily mocks him.
"Because your father had killed her, you don't even know the whole truth when you're still a kid. All you care nothing more but to avenge her death and instead of correcting the error of your father. You just made yourself corrupted from the very beginning."
"I had enough of your words!" Devil Kazuya becomes enraged as he quickly hits him with a straight punch followed by an uppercut to send him in mid-air. "Now! I'm gonna ripped you apart!"
"Dad!" Rhima cries for her father as Jin stops her while hugging at her.
"Hunyo!"
Devil Kazuya manage to fly up and hits him with a two downward punch to the ground as he finally unleashes a far more powerful Devil's Beam in his forehead, chest and his devil wings.
"Now this will be your grave! Die!" Devil Kazuya smirked evilly was ready to unleash the powerful Devil's Beam. To his surprise, the charge of the beam stopped momentarily. "What!? It supposed to be activated but...?"
"Heehee... you finally noticed... Despite how powerful you are... you can't beat me..." Hunyo said as he struggles to get up. "Your devil powers won't work in the recreation center, you hear me. Because I know a sinner like you would never understand. Take a look at your side."
Devil Kazuya see the cross is on top of the roof of the small chapel which makes him shocked horribly to his words and becomes frustrated.
"Damn you..."
"Now I remember what he meant about going to that place?" Jin said remembering what Hunyo told him last night.
Flashback:
"But Mr. Panganiban... you can't just leave Rhima and the others like this. Kazuya is far more dangerous for you to fight." Jin said worried and warns Hunyo not to fight his father which Hunyo complies.
"I chose that place because I know Kazumi would be there. I'm not like the white-clad jackal who's gone after you for your devil powers. Your father needs to teach him a lesson."
"Mr. Panganiban... but..."
"Do you know why I decided to go to the recreation center? That's the place where people who do bad things in the past to make their own redemption." Hunyo said while closing his eyes. "Unlike you from your place, it's more chaotic..."
"..."
"It will be inadvise to people who possesses the Devil Gene not to use their powers. It will be nullified once you get through the recreation center." Hunyo said and finally faces Jin. "I know for sure your father would turn into a devil and using his powers against me once we fought. His devil powers would decreased exponentially once he uses more of his devil powers."
"I see... so that's the reason you wanna go there." Jin said finally realizes Hunyo's plan.
"You would tell Rhima to follow me if she wants to. I have to return the kanzashi back to Kazumi." Hunyo said while handling Kazumi's kanzashi.
Flashback over:
"I finally understand about what your father's plans to go there, Rhima. Because he knows I have the Devil Gene just like Kazuya." Jin said plainly to Rhima and was shocked to see his plan.
"I'm going to pulverize you, Kazuya...! Mark my words, You'd expect me to be killed by you but not today!" Hunyo said as he glows in a red orange light and it surge a red orange electricity finally shows his true strength.
"What!?" Devil Kazuya was surprised and he noticed his devil powers are slowly decreasing as Hunyo quickly charges at him.
"Kazumi will be disappointed to see your corruption, Kazuya!" Hunyo yelled furiously as he lands a powerful straight punch on the gut followed by a series of punches and kicks and he continues to yell furiously. "You deserved to be punished!"
Hunyo defeats Devil Kazuya with a devastating straight thrust to the fourth eye on his chest to blasts him away in explosion. Hunyo becomes exhausted as his right fist is stained in Kazuya's blood and he finally kneeled to the ground in a worn out state making the trio to come to his aid.
"Hunyo... are you okay?" Lee said worried to his partner.
"Dad... you scared me too much..." Rhima said in relief as she looked at Jin who remains being cold and sensing his father was still alive. "What's wrong, Jin?"
"Kazuya was still alive after he was blasted from Mr. Panganiban's powerful assault. It's best we better take him out of here."
"I guess the retreat activities will be postponed after this incident." Rhima said as she saw the ads while Lee helps the weaken Hunyo up.
"You know how to drive, Lee. You can have my keys..."
"Sure..."
As the black SUV finally leave the scene, Kazuya finally arrived too late who is battered and beaten and to see them leave far away and he angered to see he was defeated as he thought.
Next time we meet again... I'm sure that I'm going to kill you with my own two hands. Just like Heihachi...
At the DIRGE main base, Arman was researching about the girl mentioned by their boss, Manuel and became frustrated to see that she was not present.
"Guess you were searching for the rogue's own experiment."
"Damn it... I want to see how she looks like. But I became frustrated because she was not on the search list." Arman said in a narcisstic manner.
"Pardon, I'm afraid that was our boss' top secret. Apparently our former comrade just went rogue when he realizes the organization's true purpose."
"Knock that out, Sasha... He was mentioning about that girl. The girl he plans to capture. I want to see how she looks like." Arman said showing his obsession.
"You're much of a possession on women. You see, she's more intellectual than her usual capability. I don't want to say any more details. I overheard our boss just barge in the party and uses some sort of a weapon that could weaken her so badly because of the experimentation on her." Sasha said telling him. "I really need a leave..."
When Sasha leaves the experimentation room, Arman becomes disappointed after knowing his boss is actually just crashed the party as he thought.
How could my boss was so intrigued by that girl? If only I was here to watch her being tortured. It would be mostly pleased for my entertainment.
At the Gas Station with some food stores and restaurants, Rhima finally cleans up her father's right fist with a cloth knowing it was stained in Kazuya's blood and Hunyo was amused to see her daughter fixes him.
"Thanks for the cleaning, Rhima." Hunyo said thankfully to his daughter as Lee warns him.
"I would warn you about facing my adoptive brother like you did today. He is far more dangerous to face him in battle. You were lucky that he didn't hit you with a beam on that hideous form of his."
"But why did you picked the recreation center as the battle ground? Dad. Don't you know some new batch of people are taking on a retreat is already scheduled?" Rhima asked but commenting on what he had chosen to fight which Hunyo sighs.
"I already tell Jin about last night, Rhima. I just advised people who inherited the Devil Gene not to use their power at the recreation center and that's what happened. Kazuya's devil powers were decreased exponentially when he was in the transformed state and the reason he is unable to unleash the laser beam from his 8 eyes."
"You won't be so lucky if you get hit by that." Jin arrives while he bought them some food for the four of them which Hunyo gives him money. "It would be the death of you if you're not careful enough."
"You're being rude, Jin. You shouldn't say that to my dad like that." Rhima said scolding him as Hunyo smirks.
"Take it easy, Rhima... He was right. If Kazuya unleashes the beam on me, I would ended up being killed. Luckily, I chose the recreation center as a battle ground. But at the cost of their schedules in their retreats."
"Mr. Panganiban, I'll be the one to kill Kazuya. So you don't have to fight him any longer." Jin said angrily scolds him which Hunyo calmly allows him to fight his father as he jokily tells him.
"Do whatever you want, Jin. I'm sure you were vowing to kill your own father because of the Devil Gene inherited from him. If only Jun would even teach you how to learn Good Manners and Right Conduct."
"Dad!"
"Hunyo!"
"I would expect you have a smart mouth to know my mother's teachings." Jin said blushing in front of Hunyo which makes him laugh.
At the main facility of the church, Krelian is ready to take on stage for the praise and worship as he saw Claudio who is about to leave.
"So you're going out again, Claudio?" Krelian asked.
"Of course... those DIRGE members needs to be taken care of. However, I have to keep my main targets in tact." Claudio answered sarcastically.
"You mean Jin, Claudio... Rhima would be mad if you keep on doing this." Krelian said knowing of his target as Claudio flickers his hair.
"Not just milady in his side. But a friend of his would be my bait for him."
"..."
"Despite how cheerful and desperate to find him. Perhaps, it would be easy for me to deal with." Claudio said showing his sinister side.
Outside of the Panganiban residence, Jin becomes regretful to his previous actions and seeing his plan failed when he defeated Azazel as well as countless people involved in the global war he had made as he thought.
I guess putting me in a comatose state is the right thing for me to be silent. But I killed so many countless people from the war I started. I need to atone from my sins.
Jin lowers his head when he realizes his own mistakes as Rhima was behind him as he faces her.
"Rhima..."
"You're still upset for what you'd done. Dad had already told me about this." Rhima said which Jin became upset because of his previous actions.
"I know, Rhima... A few people wanted to kill me because of the global war that I had made. Even Miguel would even want to take me down personally."
"..."
"Both you and your father are doing their best to protect me from Miguel. But something on his mind that I really don't know about it." Jin said noticing of Miguel's actions.
"It's because you just turned them into your own victims. The journalist wanted to kill you while you were recovering. But your half-uncle just stopped him so that you won't be killed." Rhima said realizing of his actions. "Miguel has his reasons why he wants you to beat you down personally. Because you made his sister became as your own victim too."
"..."
"I couldn't expect someone like you became as my partner who always had many faults in his life. I can't understand why you did it...?" Rhima said sadly making Jin faces her.
"Rhima, you don't need to be upset because of me. It was my entire fault."
"Jin..."
"I'll be alright... I just wanted to repent my actions to them."
"If Miguel catches you, what will happened to you?" Rhima said worried which Jin quickly hugs her in an amorous way.
"Rhima, listen... I have face Miguel alone... despite my faults. I know you and your father are trying to protect me when I was beaten down by him. Don't worry about me, if I was spared by him, I would protect you if someone tries to harm you."
"..."
"You were worried because you don't want me to get hurt." Jin said smiling at her while cheering her up. "Cheer up, Rhima... We're gonna help your father to stop DIRGE."
"All right..." Rhima finally agrees with him as Jin kisses her softly as he thanked her.
"Thank you, Rhima... I like you so much..."
At the backyard of the residence, Kazumi was watching and she looked at the window to see Hunyo and his wife were watching Fifty Shades of Grey. Kazumi became regretful to her previous actions due to her family's orders and hearing that they're going to stop DIRGE as she thought.
Heihachi was indeed from that main base, I have to fight him for the last time. If they are trying to stop the organization, I might as well aiding Hunyo for a while.
Kazumi then finally pets her pet tiger as she continues to observe them in their home.
Trivia:
*Devil Kazuya's Rage Art was seen in this chapter but it went backfired due to the fighting ground was in the recreation center.
*Hunyo finally uses his natural strength to stop Devil Kazuya due to his devil powers are decreasing dramatically as he defeated him with just a Rage Art much like Heihachi did in the climax of the Story Mode.
*For the first time, Kazuya gains battle damage on his Tekken: Blood Vengeance attire.
*Jin finally shows his regret for his own actions in Tekken 6 which also foreshadows his involvement in Miguel's ending in Tekken 7.
*Sasha makes her debut in this chapter as she resembles the actress, Glaiza De Castro who previously portrayed Heidi in Temptation of Wife and Pirena in Encantadia 2016 TV series.
*Hunyo reveals to watch Fifty Shades of Grey with his wife, Marissa while being watched outside by Kazumi and the DVD that he watched is the same DVD he had confiscated from one of his students in the beginning of the story.
*The title of the chapter references Angemon's signature move in the anime series, Digimon Adventure and how Hunyo defeats Devil Kazuya to his moniker for being a devil slayer to vanquish the devils.