02 Journey of Torture





The Gray Ravens are assigned to a group operation to defeat a special Corrupted named the “Iron Maiden” to acquire more information on the Ascendants. As the team is on the move to deploy their Iso-Devices, the Commandant receives a connection request from a Construct named “Tifa” who was part of a squad whose commandant was KIA. It was found that Tifa had taken off her Inver-Device and was given a “power” from an enemy while the rest of her squad became Corrupted. The Gray Ravens eventually confront Tifa after the Cerberus Squad failed to defeat her.



Lee takes an attack in Liv’s place before dealing the finishing blow to Tifa and the team is rescued afterward by Chrome from the Strike Hawks. A girl in white appears after both squads have left on their transport craft. She laments about how her sister has forgotten her.





The Gray Ravens transport Tifa’s body back to their base to look through her M.I.N.D. for any possible information on the Ascendants. In her past as a Construct, Tifa was originally part of the Suzaku squad. She was not confident in her strength and was heavily dependent on her commandant to the point of eventually developing feelings for them. When her commandant is killed in battle, Roland appears to give Tifa the power of the Punishing Virus and modifies her body. He places her through a series of trials to ascertain if she has what it takes to become an Ascendant.

With her newfound power, she realizes how weak humans truly are and how different things could have been with her commandant if she had this power earlier. Tifa goes on a rampage, killing the other construct squads before being found by Kamui from the Strike Hawks.