We open on a peaceful sunny afternoon.
Ren, a young boy with wild hair and sharp eyes, lounges lazily on a hilltop next to his rusty bicycle. He gazes at the bright blue sky, daydreaming.
From the house behind him, his mentor, shira, calls out: "Ren! Could you take these ench books down to the blacksmith?"
Ren hops up, ready to help.
He notices Shira's exhausted face and smiles:
"You rest, old man. I'll handle it."
Shira chuckles and waves him off.
Before leaving, Ren glances across the landscape.
His eyes catch something strange
a massive wall in the distance... and above it, floating in the sky: a glowing red orb.
It pulses like a heartbeat
thump, thump
matching Ren's own chest.
Ren smirks, shrugs it off, and rides down the hill.
Arriving at the forge, he meets souta, the blacksmith's son
his best friend.
They chat, laugh, and ren delivers the books.
Curious, ren asks:
"Why is there a wall? Why are we so far from the city?"
The blacksmith's face grows serious:
"It's better you don't know, kid."
Ren remembers asking shira the same question before... but never getting an answer.
Shrugging it off, Ren and souta talk about dreams.
Souta says with pride:
"I'm gonna be a strong exorcist someday. Beat down every demon out there."
Kai, not fully understanding, shouts:
"Yeah, me too!"
Later, as Ren rides home, he stops
Admiring the beauty of his little hill town bathed in the sunset.
Then shock.
A yellow beam of light shoots striking Ren's house.
Ren drops his bike and sprints home, heart pounding.
He sees the wreckage
and an exorcist, cloaked in holy robes, gripping shira's bleeding neck.
The exorcist sneers:
"A demon child raised by a Red Exorcist, huh? How hilarious."
Shira's eyes snap open sharp and furious.
With a flash, he rips his hand free from the enemy's grip, blood splattering.
He drops low, spins, and kicks the exorcist square in the chest
launching him into a wall, cracking the stone.
Another exorcist lunges forward with a silver blade.
Shira pulls out a red-twisted dagger from under his coat.
They clash
Sparks flying as dagger meets sword
clang! clang! clang!
Their weapons scrape violently, lighting up the darkening sky.
Shira ducks under a slice, twists the dagger, and slashes the exorcist's thigh
Blood sprays out the exorcist screams and stumbles.
The third exorcist raises his hand, summoning a holy spear made of golden light.
With one furious move
he hurls it toward Shira.
Shira's eyes burn red for a moment
He grabs Ren, shielding him
but he knows he can't dodge while protecting the boy.
The blacksmith and souta pull up in a truck, doors open.
Ren is thrown inside
but he fights back, screaming:
"What's happening?! Who are they?!"
Souta, bleeding and desperate shouts:
"They're exorcists They want to kill us
Ren's mind shatters.
Why why why
Another holy weapon crashes into the truck.
Shira hands Ren his scarf — a blood-stained token —
then knocks him out with a heavy hand.
The blacksmith throws a weapon into the back seat:
"Take it, boy. Survive."
Before the truck speeds off,
Shira turns back
his coat whipping in the wind
He looked at the blacksmith and said "it's time"
The blacksmith charged up said "let's go"
Shira turned into his mode full of red seishin
and charges toward the exorcists for one final stand.
Holy red cross began
The screen fades out to Ren's unconscious face, holding the scarf tightly