Before the tournament, the guys make sure to get all the background info on everyone in the group so that they can figure out what they're really like. They're just human beings, they say, and they can't make any great leaps in the battle. The only way they can make any real progress is to mutter "before even the gods" and "before the grass and the sand and the seas" . They also have to memorize the names of all the roads in the map, so that when they open the door, they'll be able to connect all the eight roads in one place. That's right, we're in the "data files" of every single rider in the world, locked in a thick door. We're inside the "flame," the storehouse of soul, and we can use it to unite all the "eight roads" into one big, crazy, crazy place. The guys are psyched to have all the memories of the riders in the game, because that's how they can use the "power" of the flame to get the most out of this battle. They can use this power to get even more out of it.