Yes

You and Pixie leave the New City medical centre to find it all post-apocalyptic like. You feel the presence of something greater. The old man and the young girl.

"It is reassuring to see you did nothing to embrace my little mistress for instances, dying" the old man says "My little msitress has pitied you. The leats you could go is survive such a trivia things this. Come to think of it, this is your first time seeing the New New City, isn't nt? Allow em to tell you one thing f you don't mind. Look above you"

You look up to see the whole city was folded into the inside of a ball shape. In the centre is a glowing light thing.

"As you can see, New City has been become a spherical world. Now, do you see something shining in the centre up there? That is Kagutsuchi. That is what created this Vortex World. And that is also what provides power to its inhabitants"

The girl whispers in the old man's ear.

"Oh, my little mistress, are we leaving already? Pardon e, but we must be going. Please keep up your efforts. To create rod destroy this world, the choice lies with you"

The girl and the old man have disappeared.