The roof of the Ushiromiya mansion and also the ceiling to the living room exploded into little particles. Ryuji Gohda looked up, covering his face from the falling rubble with his big arm cannon while Battler just had his wimpy sleeve. Maria was safe under Battler so Battler got hit the most.
Even after the particles all fell, there was still a blinding light shining brighter than the sun. That light slowly descended.
"Don't tell me, is that you..." said Ryuji Gohda.
"WHY, RYUJIIIIIIIIIIII!" boomed the voice of the Golden Witch. "I'M HORRIFICABLY DISAPPOINTED IN YOU YOUNG MAN!"
"Okay Gohda can you tone down the brightness a bit my eyes are melting here," said Battler.
"My apologies, Battler!" said Toshiro Gohda, the father of Ryuji Gohda and the true identity of the Golden Witch who was no longer shining bright and now everyone could appreciate the sight of him with golden hair and his fancy black dress!
Battler looked back towards Ryuji Gohda.
"What the fuck is he doing here?" said Ryuji Gohda.
"On the ninth twilight, the witch shall revive, and none shall be left alive," said Battler.
"Uu, and the witch is right here! Kihihihihihi!" cackled Maria and Gohdatrice spun his dress with a wide, confident grin.
"Anyway Ryuji it's true the Ushiromiyas mistreated me but we made up in the end I never would have killed them after that and you should know that well!"
Ryuji Gohda snorted.
"I don't care, Father! I'm not really doin' this for you. I'm doin' this to be remembered as the one true culprit, and obviously, that's what I am!"
"That's not necessarily the case, Ryuji Gohda," said Battler. "Because there's one final twilight to go through..."
On the tenth twilight, at journey's end, you shall attain to the power of the Golden Land's treasures, once and for the last time.
"And one of those treasures is of course the resurrection of all the lost souls!" said Gohdatrice. He twirled his pipe and a bright light shone out of it!
All the adults who'd been blown apart at lunchtime were reconstructed, Shannon and Kanon had their chests filled back in, Jessica's face was restored, Eva was taken out of that rock that impaled her, Kinzo's stomach was returned to him, Rudolf stood up after losing his duel and Dr. Nanjo was de-obliterated.
All of the deaths caused by Ryuji Gohda that day were reversed and everyone had been brought back to life! Except George but no one cared.
Ryuji Gohda stomped his foot, regaining Battler's attention.
"There's just one problem, Battler Ushiromiya!"
"What's that!"
"Don't forget the rules, boy. "There is one culprit. The culprit is a human. The culprit is responsible for all murders in the story." If everyone I killed's alive now, then that means I didn't commit any murders."
"Riiight, this story needs a culprit, and it doesn't have one any more," said Battler, and he grinned wickedly. "Guess it's time I showed you why I'm called Battler!"
Ryuji Gohda's restored his arm cannon back to the regular prosthetic arm.
"Then let's decide here and now who the culprit really is!"
Ryuji Gohda charged at Battler and slammed his fist up Battler's jaw. Battler did not flinch.
And then the two of them had a long fight and Battler won.
Ryuji Gohda had never been so thoroughly trounced in his life. Battler's fist connected with not just his flesh, but the organs inside. He struggled to sit up, but coughed up blood.
Ryuji Gohda was dead, you could say it in red! He won't be waking up and returning in any spinoffs any time soon! And so, Battler was now officially the Culprit of the Golden Witch!
