Everyone could not believe what they have just heard from Reika. It took several moments before they gained their consciousness back again and started asking questions.
"Reika needs our help", Jericho said as they were all seated at the sala. "She's having trouble with the former minions of her father."
"Yes. I assume you all know that they are back into that smuggling business?", she asked to which everyone nodded.
"Well, they are doing damage and danger not only to me but also to both worlds of monsters and human beings", she continued.
"I thought they were no longer connected with the Valdez's. So how come they pest you?", Eugene asked.
"They restored one of my father's underground laboratories which connects the two worlds together and they are using the fortune my father has left me to sustain the operation of their venture", Reika said.
"So you are angry at the them because they took and spend the fortune that is supposed to be yours? Well, in that case, we no longer need to be involved in that since it is a personal matter", Vincent said coldly.
"Actually, I no longer care for those money. I'm more worried about the threshold of the other world being opened again. Are you not anxious that what Sensui dreamt before might finally come true this time?", Reika asked.
"Why? Why do you care so much for the other world and its inhabitants? You are just human", Vincent asked her.
"Because I'm not", Reika said as she stared hard at Vincent.
"What? You mean you're a --- monster?", Eugene asked.
"Just like Dennis and Vincent and Eugene?", Alfred asked.
"No, not like Eugene. He is just half-blood monster. I'm just like Dennis", Reika said and looked at Dennis. "I'm a monster who traveled wide and far and become a human being. And just like him who was conceived by his mother, I was also conceived by Mr. Valdez's wife."
"Wow", Charlene, Jenny and Michaela gasped together.
"Why did you travel?", Eugene asked.
Reika paused for several seconds in silence before replying. She turned to Dennis and smiled, "Because I followed him here."