The five Vessels arrived at the area that the Tareans targeted. More people had been petrified and they just arrived in time to hear that Macera ordered the Gargonemas to destroy the petrified victims immediately. But the Vessels were able to prevent that before it could happen. They transformed and began fighting off the Gargonemas attempting to kill the petrified humans. When the Seitengers managed to finish off all of the Gargonemas, Macera started shooting light beams towards them. Just like before, SeitenWater and SeitenLight were able to deflect it with their combined powers. However, the Triske Monster already anticipated this and so it was able to cast a light beam attack more powerful than the previous one that could immediately pulverize anything that the beam would hit. The Seitengers managed to evade the first attack but not the second one wherein SeitenWater's ice barrier couldn't even deflect it. The second attack that hit the team destroyed the barrier and disabled their armors, injuring them in the process. Macera was about to hit a third beam to the injured Vessels when Eichirou's Celestial Shifter emanated a bright blue glow that even distracted the Triske Monster and unable to comprehend what was going on.
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Hideoki and Genma, together with the latter's daughter Kanako, were able to watch the ongoing battle from a certain distance. The three of them were surprised to see another Vessel awakening the spirit of another Elemental Guide just right after Shuichi awakened his own. Genma and Kanako noted that such feat had never happened before in the history of the Vessels. Hideoki couldn't help feeling proud for his son who had achieved such a thing even though the Vessels had just began their training in Reikarajutsu. The Mizuhashi family's head nodded as he recalled his conversation with Helen before who commented that the current chosen Vessels could surpass the previously chosen Vessels before them in terms of the growth of their respective Hasureiki.
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While the monster was distracted, it was a different case for Eichirou. He could see things around him clearly despite the bright light emanating from his Shifter. That was why he was able to discern a glowing orb floating a little above him and slowly coming down until it stopped in front of the photographer. Even though he was hesitating, he took that glowing orb and soon after, it morphed into a shape similar to that of the Spirit Power Medallions. He was right when he guessed that it was indeed his own Guardian Medallion, and the spirit of the Elemental Guide inside of it was called the Whirling Walrus of the Sea named Waliver. When Eichirou asked why the Elemental Guide decided to show itself to him, the spirit responded by showing him a childhood memory that featured him together with his mother when she was still alive. It was the time when he finally knew what he wanted to do in his life and what dream he decided to pursue even with the image of the famous Mizuhashi Mariko linked to him and would be usually used as an obstacle for him. But he wasn't deterred by that. In fact, he used that as his medium to fulfill both his own dream and that of his father's ― which was to let Mariko still live on through his works as he made a name to himself unique to him. It was his determination to never let the memories destroy his own dream that finally made Waliver decide to show itself and fight together with the currently chosen Vessel of the Heavenly Water Spirit Guardians' Powers. Using that newfound power, SeitenWater singlehandedly defeated Macera, undoing the spell put on to the petrified victims and allowing them to move again. But soon after, Macera's scattered dark energy gathered and made the monster turn giant, into its second and strongest form. It didn't take long for the Seitengers to summon their Grand Vessel Spirits and had the five animal mechs combine to form SeitenOh. They tried fighting the monster using the regular means but Macera's flashing light attack kept on distracting and had already petrified both of SeitenOh's legs. Though the robot could still stand, it was in a pinch since the Seitengers couldn't move it from its position to attack. SeitenFire soon suggested using the power of SeitenWater's Elemental Guide. Waliver agreed and the blue warrior soon summoned it. The said Elemental Guide transformed into a halberd and combined with SeitenOh to form SeitenOh Waliver. With the weapon taller than the robot, and SeitenEarth estimated the distance between SeitenOh Waliver and Macera, the Seitengers took this as an opportunity to soon cast their finishing attack using the Waliver Halberd called "Sea Walrus Soul Divide". This attack sliced Macera into two and got detroyed before it could even do anything to attack the Seitengers again.
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Hideoki saw Haruna just watching the battle on a safer place that Eichirou told her. The woman said an apology to the man with regarda to her attitude towards his son and even to Mariko's memories who accepted it wholeheartedly since he was able to tell that she was indeed sincere about it. Haruna asked the former historian about Eichirou's alter ego but Hideoki was mum when it comes to the issue and she respected that somehow. But when she asked about the real reason why Mariko died, Hideoki didn't hesitate to tell her that she died because it was her choice "in order to protect the people who were destined to fulfill an ancient mission".
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Both Haruna and Eichirou agreed to do the photo exhibit and the fashion show in one location since both artists were dedicating it to one person who had always become their inspiration to pursue their dreams. The owner of the building where the two exhibit held happened to be a former historian named Taiga Tatsuya in which, to Eichirou's surprise, was someone that his father knew. A lot of important people and dignitaries attended the event, especially those who still admire and adore the works of Mizuhashi Mariko even though she was gone for a long time now. The other Vessels also made an appearance to the public as a sign of showing their support to the son of their guardian and at the same time, their friend.
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After the exhibit, Hideoki and Eichirou went to Mariko's grave and paid respect to the woman who made them continue to hold on to their dreams even if she wasn't there with them anymore. But in the middle of it, they both felt something weird about the place. Eichirou, in particular, kept on hearing water ripples despite the fact that there wasn't any puddle around the area. When he concentrated further, he could hear his mother's voice from those ripples calling him and warning him, as well. Around the same time, Itsuki heard the voice that was from his dream while he was at the rooftop of the building ― the one that belonged to an older woman from before. When he turned around, he saw a transparent vision of a beautiful woman wearing a long white dress whom he had never met before.
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Writer's note: The reason I put it here like this for now is because I still don't have time to fully update the whole full version of the 5th episode. So I did it this way. But slowly, I'm writing the rest of the episode's full version. This will, I think at some point, serve as an outline for me to write this. This way, you will also have a gist of what happened on the rest of the episode for now. I have narrated versions of Episodes 6-8 and I'm about to start writing narrated versions of the rest of the episodes, starting on Episode 9. For now, while I'm focused on writing another story, I'll do it like this. Thank you for reading!
