Chapter 10: Rhima and Operation Lightning
Jang-geum was furious after learning his terrorism plans were thwarted again by Hunyo and his group and the cities within Metro Manila was saved.
"Damn this Filipino man... he just ruined my plans for the second time! I'm gonna make him pay for this!"
He continues to curse in his Korean language towards Hunyo and his efforts to save the Metro from terrorism and wanted to face him with his mercenary group.
At the night of the forest both Jin and Rhima personally confronted each other because of their current relationship which was damaged due to their six months of separation as strong winds are waving around the trees and grasses within the Yakushima Island.
"I haven't seen you in a while, Rhima."
"You haven't changed, Jin. Didn't I tell you not to speak with me?" Rhima said coldly towards him.
"Do you like that guy who called you?" Jin coldly points about Rhima's cellphone being contacted by Kyun-bin which she responds to his question.
"No, Jin... what about it?"
"..."
"When Krelian told me that Kyun-bin had a crush on me, I would reject his romantic advances. I don't give my heart to someone else. My heart belongs to someone that I knew." Rhima said sadly as she finally opens up about how she rejected Kyun-bin's romantic advances when she learns about him who had a crush on her at first sight. Jin realizes that Rhima has been thinking of him the whole time during their separation and soon became emotional to see him as she kneels down crying. "Because of your broken promise, you broke my heart completely and I thought that you would be showing up here in the real world. Until you bothered me so much because you're being so desperate and distress to think you need my help. It was your fault... for making my whole life being in ruin."
Because of this, Jin soon comforts her because he had wanted to see her as he promised but was ruined because he is unable to go to the real world due to the bombing incident in Silveria Corporation that causes the broken link between their respective worlds as he sits while putting both hands on her shoulder.
"I'm sorry, Rhima... for not showing myself to see you and I broke your heart. I knew you're still have me."
"..."
"Even Xiao knows that she has feelings for me too. But I don't reciprocate my feelings to her. Am I not good enough for you?"
"No, Jin... When you came here to rescue me from those soldiers. I knew that you came here for me. I'm also sorry for deceiving you with my male disguise. I do this because I won't be recognized by a lot of people in your world including you." Rhima cried while lowering her head.
"Mother was right, Rhima. You did the right thing to pose someone because my father Kazuya wanted to capture you." Jin said as he finally apologizes for his actions earlier. "I'm also sorry for my horrible actions to you earlier. I felt stupid to think that you tried to court my mother from your disguise. But I was wrong that she just wanted to chat with you after she had easily recognized you. Can you forgive me?"
With the song "More Days with You" was played, Rhima nods, finally accepting his apology. Jin finally hugged her, reuniting with her at last as she was crying over him while he comforts her while closing his eyes. His mother Jun had watched them both and seemingly accepts their current relationship and she looked at the night sky in which she wanted to save Kazuya from evil.
The next day, Hunyo is about to go to the sport meetings for the UAAP at the Rizal Memorial Stadium referring about the inclusion of Karate. As soon as he looked in the mirror, it was Jang-geum who's about to pursue him.
"That no good bastard..."
With that he drove straight with his 2015 Land Cruiser as Jang-geum drove a 2016 Hyundai Tucson causing a car chase. As the initial background song of "Devil" is played.
They are now driving at the faster speed while also avoiding the motorcycles knowing about the road accidents. The music ends when they had stopped chasing each other into the bridge of the Bonifacio Drive and soon confronting each other.
"You no good Filipino snout! You disrupt all of my plans and now I'm going to kill you!"
"I had a meeting to attend too and you disrupt it." Hunyo said and seeing Jang-geum's mercenaries are about to corner him. "You got some nerve to bring your cronies with you."
"You're such a cheeky talker too. Your friends won't saving you."
Hunyo eventually brought scores on the mercenaries until the authorities had arrive to aid him. Hunyo then being pinned by Jang-geum into the steel part of the bridge while choking him until he counters by making a low blow on him and lands a powerful punch to his face.
"Nice try... you can't get away this time."
Suddenly, Jang-geum uses a flash grenade to blind them so that he can escape from his car.
"I will meet you again. So that I will settle the score with you."
Hunyo became angered when he had escaped from getting arrested as one of the agents from the Manila Police District is actually a Filipino-Chinese.
"Thanks for the rescue. I'm about to get killed if we ended up in this messy river to the Manila Bay."
"You're Mr. Jun Panganiban... the legendary street vigilante. Thank goodness that we rescued you from our main primary suspect."
"I supposed to go to the UAAP meeting and I think they're trying to ruin my job."
"I'm Police Superintendent, Reagan Sy. I wish if there's a new administration it will be a war against crime." Reagan finally introduced himself as both shake hands and Hunyo had thought.
I wonder what happened to my daughter in the World of Tekken, it has been a few days since we're trying to stop Jang-geum from causing terrorism in the Metro.
The next day, Jin receives a call from Lars and it reveals that they're going to the Yakushima Island to find them as Rhima watches him.
"So they're going to your island home."
"Yeah. Why Rhima, you don't know of how we'd get through this island?" Jin said finally tells her about how they through this island.
"..."
"Your mind is always deep, Rhima. That's why you were not so focused." Jin said calmly and tells her. "I parked my motorcycle on the port and we went on the boat leads to the Yakushima Island."
"I never knew this is your home. I easily found out when I located on the device given to me by Rei." Rhima said nicely as Jin finally reveals to her of how he is able to control his devil powers.
"Rhima, do you know why I easily controlled my devil powers? And how I mixed it up with my moves. When I defeated Azazel and ended up in a comatose a few days, this is how I learned how to control my inner devil power. You already seen how I beat those soldiers when I mixed it with my devil powers."
"You even showed your devil self, Jin. Even you ruined my disguise." Rhima commented badly over Jin who is now showing his third eye on his forehead as his eyes became red, making her freak out over his appearance upon seeing him. "Aaagh! You're trying to freak me out with your devil look!"
"Calm down... I just wanted to show this to you because I also used this when I saved you from that bastard from DIRGE who almost raped you." Jin tries to calm Rhima down and soon retorts while pointing out himself. "First you freaked out about the devil markings on both my forehead and chest and now this... You're being threatened upon seeing me using the power of the Devil himself."
"I'm not threatened... it's just because you've changed." Rhima said and noticing how Jin is able to control his devil powers as the third eye on his forehead disappears while both his eyes are back to normal brown.
"I was wondering why are you here in my world? It is unexpected to see some people in the real world would travel here."
"My dad tells me to go to your world to restore the balance between your world and my world. That is the reason you can't visit me in the real world for extra three months. I was accompanied by my uncle Roddy until we got separated when we arrived here." Rhima explained to Jin of how she travelled to his world. "What about you? I easily figured that you mixed your moves with your devil form moves to fight them off, you seem to be fighting against G Corporation by now."
"The truth is... Lars and I... we both made an alliance for Operation Lightning. It was a plan to eliminate Kazuya to bring peace for the whole world. I need to atone for the global war and destruction that I started." Jin said finally tells her about his main alliance with Lars until Jun visits to see them.
"You seem to wait for the boat to arrive, my son and you too, Rhima-san."
"Yeah..."
"Rhima, do you want to speak to your father? I'm able to project myself in a spiritual form using my ki. I guess that you're the only one can utilize ki that you can't control." Jun said knowing of her feats as a Psychic-Assassin which she responds shockingly.
"How did you know that, Mrs. Kazama...?"
"I told her everything about your powers, Rhima... because my mother is also a Psychic." Jin replies and Jun goes to see her and she put her palm on her chest.
"I had no intention to purify you, Rhima. Touch my palm so that you can concentrate on your power to connect yourself in the real world."
"My mother is able to project herself to the real world as a spiritual form. I'm sure your father can see you, Rhima." Jin said convincing her to use her power to connect it with Jun's which she reluctantly accepts.
"Okay... if that's what she says."
Rhima then touches both of her hands on Jun's palm where she crosses her heart as they are covered in both blue and yellow ki as Rhima concentrates herself by closing her eyes while Jin watches in how they can connect to the real world in which both had succeed.
Outside of the Rizal Memorial Stadium, Hunyo was relieved that all of the staff of the UAAP are agreeing to include Karate as well as the incident happened to him. He soon sensed another spirit. To his shock, it was his daughter Rhima... much like how he sees Jun.
"Rhima... you're okay. How are you in the World of Tekken?"
"I'm okay... only a few of them had recognized me including both Jin and his mom. You made a wrong timing to go to their place, dad." Rhima grunted as Hunyo was surprised and knowing she is also in a spiritual form.
"What do you mean, wrong timing?"
"Jin's father Kazuya had been targetting me following my arrival here in their world and I felt that he planned this because he wants me to keep away from Jin." Rhima said noting about Kazuya's plot. "He had already send his soldiers to get me but Nina had rescued me first before Jin came."
"That devil bastard hasn't changed a single bit." Hunyo commented coldly over Kazuya's plans and Rhima asks him.
"Did you caught the culprit, dad? You seem pretty stress."
"Jang-geum is still on the loose. Me and my friends are already thwarted all of his plot to terrorize the Metro. But today, this guy begins to ruin my job reputation by causing a car chase and to fight off his mercenaries at the Bonifacio Drive. Thanks to one of the agents of the MPD, they allow me to get through this stadium to meet the officials of the UAAP to include Karate."
"..."
"Rhima... Jang-geum is just like Kazuya in terms of terrorizing cities. He already been terrorizing the Asian countries and now he just tried to do it in the Metro. In Kazuya's case, he's terrorizing many people around the globe. Whatever his plans about capturing you, you need to outsmart him completely." Hunyo said telling him the different comparision between Jang-geum and Kazuya.
"Okay, dad... and make sure you apprehend that bomber."
With this Rhima soon disappears in a white light and Hunyo watches her.
Rhima eventually opens her eyes and knowing she is able to control her powers when Jun uses her ki.
"Are you saying that Nina had rescued you, Rhima?" Jun wondered in confusion.
"Yes... why?" Rhima answered as Jin sighs and speaks to her.
"Nina do this because she knows you were the target. Because she is the top commander of the G Corporation soldiers under Kazuya after he had recruited her. She knows because she had previously worked for me."
The trio then sees the boat where both Lars and Roderick are here to fetch them.
"Rhima... you're all right." Roderick eventually hugged Rhima as a reunion as Lars came to see them as both him and Jin made a fist bumped while showing their respective lightning on their fists.
"It's been a while, Rhima... I'd never expect to see you in our world."
Rhima nods and Jun wanted to give her something for her since they are about to depart to the island.
"Rhima, take this necklace. It is the same necklace you had previously worn before my son had ruined it. This blue amulet pendant with many colorful swirls that can regulate your ki. You might able to control your powers while you wear it. You are able to utilize a powerful ki like mine because I'm a Psychic."
"Thank you, Mrs. Kazama..." Rhima thanked Jun for giving the necklace and she tells her son.
"Jin, look after her."
"Yeah. Got it."
"If things goes difficult, Jin. I will be here to help." Jun said and decided to aid her son since he is now looking after Rhima.
As the boat finally sails back. Jun watches them leaving the island as two white birds are perching on her as she thought.
I must guide them with this power so that I can protect them both.
Trivia:
*Jin's personal conversation with Rhima is a blend between Younger Toguro and Genkai in YuYu Hakusho and both Seiya Kou and Usagi Tsukino in Sailor Moon Sailor Stars.
*The car chase between Hunyo and Jang-geum is a reference to the initial car chase during the beginning of the song "Devil" by Super Junior where Lee Dong Hae chases the car drove by a female Devil before they collided during their confrontation.
*Reagan Sy makes an appearance for this chapter and he is based on Korean actor Park Eun-seok who played Logan Lee in the infamous 2020 Korean drama, Penthouse.
*When Jin inhibits his devil powers while he showed it to Rhima as a prank, it was one of his win animations in the game which is "This is the power of the Devil himself."
*When Jun's palm had put on Rhima's chest before she touches her palm on both hands in a cross heart formation, it was her gesture from her Rage Art.
*Both Lars and Jin had a fist bump upon meeting each other, it was their unique intro in the game where both are about to spar each other.
