The Colonel has all of God's Army standing to attention, as he explains that a single rat has invaded their sacred land and he must be destroyed! SGT. Mad takes charge of the troops and leads them on a search to find Kenshiro. One Captain takes a unit out to the city where Kenshiro was last seen, and the first place they visit is that bar. The Captain threatens to kill Johnny since he was seen with Kenshiro before, but he doesn't do it when he is given a free bottle of booze.



After they leave Bat jumps up from under the bar and thanks Johnny for his help. He just wants him to get out and stay out and he advises him to go and tell Kenshiro to also leave, as God's Army are extremely dangerous. Meanwhile, the unit sent to the city has had no luck in finding Kenshiro. The Captain decides that they must change tactics and instead of going to him, he will come to them. And to do that, he orders to to have a woman captured.



The family of three try to run but the husband and wife are quickly caught and tied to posts, leaving the other townsfolk to keep the daughter from also suffering from the same fate. The Captain shouts out that he will start killing people if Kenshiro doesn't appear, even if it means killing everyone in the entire town. Bat sees what has happened and rushes off to tell Ken.



Ken wakes up from a nightmare he was having about Shin defeating him and taking Yuria. Lin asks him what is wrong, but he says he is fine. The two of them had been hiding out away from the city, but they then see Bat on his way back to them at top speed. Back in the town, the Captain still sees no sign of the man with seven scars and so says that it is time to start the killings, although he finds it a pity to waste such fine bait.



The man begs for this to stop and tells the Captain that it doesn't matter what happens to him, just spare his wife...and so the Captain does exactly that and kills the man with his sword. The Captain's sword is then sliced into pieces and as he demands to know who did it, Kenshiro appears and walks towards him. He tells the Captain that now that he is here, he can let the woman go.



The Captain agrees to this and uses a knife to cut her ropes, and as she checks on her dead husband...he stabs her! As the little girl starts screaming and everyone else is shocked, the Captain then orders his men to surround Kenshiro and attack. Naturally, things do not go well as their swords are not match for the power of Hokuto Shinken.



Soon the entire unit and nothing more than a bunch of exploded body parts, thanks to the Hokuto Kyapuu Zan technique. With only the Captain left Kenshiro taunts him into attacking and he does, only to end up getting kicked in the chin. This sends him flying back but Kenshiro does not do anything else. The Captain believes that Kenshiro is sparing him and he says that he was just following orders before running to his jeep and driving off.



As he departs he calls Ken a fool for letting him go but of course, that is when the effect of Hokuto Shinken takes place and his head explodes, which leads to his jeep crashing and exploding. But it has not been a total victory as one little girl is now an orphan, and is screaming in shock of her parent's deaths.



Kenshiro presses on one of her pressure points and it puts her to sleep -he tells the women with her that she will be fine. Lin then runs over and offers some aid and says that the girl now has nowhere to go, and that she is also just like her, as her parents were also murdered right before her eyes.



The noises of bikes and cars can be heard and people flee in panic as they see that more troops from God's Army are on the way. But these are not just any troops -it is the unit of SGT. Mad, the strongest unit in the force. Johnny says he wants no further involvement and turns to leave, but Kenshiro asks him to take care of Bat and Lin for a while whilst he deals with God's Army. He reluctantly agrees and soon Kenshiro is alone to take on Mad and his troops.



Mad gets his troops to throw grenades at Ken, but he leaps back to avoid them. As he does this, a huge wrecking ball appears out of nowhere and hits him in the back -Kenshiro has been defeated!



SGT Mad tells him that the essence of guerilla warfare is to attack from behind, and he then has his men put clasps on his ankles. They attach these to a jeep and drive off, tugging Kenshiro with them. Back at the Johnny's place, Bat and Lin notice how he isn't as grumpy now he is petting Pel and giving the puppy something to drink.



A guy then walks in to tell them the terrible news: Kenshiro has been captured by God's Army. Johnny knew this would happen as SGT Mad is meant to be one of the strongest members of God's Army, and is said to have killed over 500 men by himself. Bat and Lin immediately decide to go and rescue him, but Johnny tells them to wait here and show faith in Kenshiro. They would most likely only get in the way if they try to help. Meanwhile Kenshiro is put in chains and several of the soldiers use him as a human punching bag.



After taking several hits Kenshiro coolly asks if that was it. One of the soldiers rushes in to attack, but Ken kicks him away and tells the other that their attacks have had no effect on him at all, and he deliberately let himself be captured so he could be taken here to kill their leader. He then busts out of his chains and jumps back down.



The army guys think he is an idiot for trying to take them all on at once. But as they charge, Ken soundly defeats them all and goes as far as using their own weapons against them.


HOKUTO RENKAN KUMITE


(North Star Linked Ring Grapple)



SGT Mad releases a wrecking ball at Kenshiro, but it doesn't work this time as Ken kicks it into pieces. Mad kills the last few of his men for hesitating to attack, and strikes them down with his poison covered knives. These blades were coated in the poison of deadly desert scorpions. He throws two of them at Ken, but he dodges them. Not put off, Mad throws his two remaining weapons and this time...



...one of them hits Kenshiro in the leg. Mad tells him that the poisons will spread through his body and paralyze him, and he starts to attack Ken with a rapid assault of lunges. Ken just dodges them all but Mad is sure that the poison will wear him down soon. Ken gets behind Mad, and the latter spins round and stabs at him again. But Ken once again avoids it.



Kenshiro gets behind Mad and hits one of his pressure points, saying that Hokuto Shinken allows him to resist any such poisons with ease. Mad can't believe it but to make things worse he then finds out that he no longer has control over his own body. He starts to walk backwards towards a tank of water. When he reaches it he is forced to bend over backwards and his head is put into it. Ken then says that if he doesn't tell him where the leader of God's Army is, he will be drowned.



Mad does not put up much of a fight and points Kenshiro in the direction of a tower -that is where his superior is, but he warns that he cannot be beaten. Kenshiro starts to head towards the tower, but Mad gets up and tells Ken he is an idiot to not have killed him when he had the chance. However, he is already dead and just as he is about to attack Ken his body explodes.



Kenshiro makes his way to the tower and reaches the bottom of it. Inside, the Colonel swears to his God that he will kill Kenshiro, as that is his command. Back in the city, the little girl, Lima, has woken up, and whilst most people are pleased Lin has gone outside by herself as she is worried. What will be the fate of Kenshiro?


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Kenshiro Vs. Colonel! Find out who will win in the next episode, "Strike the Hidden Power Point! No Requiem for the Wicked".

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