The Savior Comes From the North!!

Kenshiro finds his own grave marker. Zorba and Zarji appear, and asks him if he came here to confirm Kenshiro's death -not realizing they are talking to Kenshiro. They mock him for coming here, wishing for a miracle, but a miracle will not happen -Kenshiro is dead, and the North Star divine fist has perished from this world. They tell him to die, and leap up.

But their scythes hit the grave, causing it to shatter. They try to attack, but Kenshiro hits pressure points on them, and kills them both. Kenshiro then walks away.

The next morning, Kenshiro infiltrates one of the celestial emperor's fortresses, and starts wrecking the place. Many soldiers go to try and stop him, but he hits their pressure points and kills them.

Meanwhile, Rihaku suddenly wakes up. He says his blood is boiling, and thinks something is about to happen. He asks the two guys with him if something has happened, and they say nothing out of the ordinary has occurred. But one then mentions that some horse-like tracks were found in the western desert. But according to the reconnaissance squad, the tracks were too big for a horse. Rihaku thinks this could be a miracle...

At the capital, a soldier informs Jako that area G has been destroyed. They aren't sure if it was the North Star army who did this, as nothing was left behind -it seemed like just one man instantly destroyed it. This report makes Jako nervous, and he screams that it's too dark -he needs more light!

In another village, Bat and Lin look around the place. They want to destroy this town, which is under the emperor's control. But then someone runs up to the villagers and says hundreds of refugees have appeared here. Outside the town, the emperor's soldiers are trying to stop the refugees from coming in. One of the soldiers tells them to go away, as this town is in the area controlled by celestial imperial army's security forces -and they aren't going to let them enter.

One grabs the soldier and begs for help. The soldier is about to kill him, only to then notice that the guy has the imperial army emblem on his collar. He asks the guy for more details on what happened. The guy says that their area was taken by one man.

A soldier runs off and reports to Bask about the fact that area J5 has been reported as destroyed. Bask says he already knew about that, and J5 isn't the only one that has been destroyed. There have been other areas that have been destroyed by someone, so clearly something strange is going on. As he gets up, he says this area is going to be different. As long as he, Lord Bask, is here, nothing will happen.

He strikes the pillar behind the soldier with some lightning-fast hits, causing it to crumble. Another soldier then runs in, and reports that the leaders of the North Star army, Lin and Bat, have infiltrated their area. But their lieutenant is after them now.

In the village, Bat and Lin run away from Barona, the lieutenant. He throws a weapon at Bat, which wraps around his neck and causes him to fall.

Barona is pleased, as these guys have a huge bounty on them. But he's not so happy when he realizes they aren't Bat and Lin -the woman says she tried to explain he had the wrong people. Barona complains that now he can't get any reward, just as Bask appears and asks what's wrong.

Barona admits that he's made a mistake again. But Bask says not to worry -they'll take the woman and have her executed in public as Lin. Later on, the execution is ready to start in a packed stadium.

Barona yells out to the crowd that the execution of Lin, leader of the North Star army, shall now begin. In the crowd, the real Bat and Lin appear, and see what's going on. One of the North Star army members appears, and tells them that he'd heard they'd been captured. He thinks Bask is using the woman down there as a fake, and is having her executed as an example.

Bask says it doesn't matter who gets executed, and he doesn't care how many other "Lins" appear. He'll just keep the executions going, so the rebels can see the futility of defying the celestial emperor. Barona gets ready to swing his axe. Bat and Lin know they have to do something.

Bask gives the order to begin. Bat and Lin are about to run down, but someone tells them to wait. They are surrounded by the celestial emperor's forces, if they go out now, they'll both die. Bat says he and Lin can't just watch this and do nothing. Lin says she can't watch someone else die in her place, and would rather reveal herself and die gracefully in battle.

The two are about to go, but get stopped again, this time by Rihaku. Rihaku says that the woman down there will be saved. Bat asks how, as there are so many guards down there, but Rihaku says there is only one man who can do it... and they all know who that man is.

There is then some commotion inside one of the stadium's tunnels. A soldier stumbles out of it, but then explodes.

Several other solders run down the tunnel, but are heard screaming seconds later. Another solider waits at the entrance, asking everyone what happened. He then notices a guy on a horse. The horse crushes him.

Bat and Lin think this is a dream, as they watch Kenshiro appear, who is riding the Black King. Rihaku says the cries from the bottom of their hearts have awakened the man of miracles.

Bask asks Kenshiro where he came from, and what he's doing here. Kenshiro says he's from the north, and he's here to bring them their deaths. Some guards surround him.

One tries to attack, but Kenshiro breaks his spear, and moves on.

Bask sees that this guy is facing all of his underlings without batting an eye. He realizes this guy must be the one who's destroying all of the areas under the emperor's control. Kenshiro asks him what he's going to do about it, so he gets ready to fight. But then Barona then comes over, and says he'll crush Kenshiro.

Kenshiro places his hand in front of of Barona's mouth, and tells him his breath stinks. Barona tries to attack, but Kenshiro hits him on the head, with so much force that he crashes through the ground face-first.

The other guards decide to back off, but Bask doesn't run. He thinks Kenshiro is more than just a fool, and asks him what his name is. Kenshiro tells him even if he knew his name, he won't get to live to tell anyone. Bask removes his cape, and asks if he really thinks he can defeat him. He goes into a stance, and tells Kenshiro that if he thinks he's at the same level as that Barona idiot, he'll regret that mistake. Bask then leaps forward:

KAZAN GOKUAKU SO

(Huashan Prison Clenching Claw)

Kenshiro moves out of the way at the last moment, as Bask ends up grabbing onto a wall. He still uses his technique, which has his rapidly spin around, and he rips a chunk out of the wall. Bask stops his technique, and asks Kenshiro how was that.

Kenshiro calls in an interesting technique, and tells him to try it once more. Bask thinks he's a fool, as this time he'll rip his intestines out. He leaps forward, using the same move again, and grabs onto Kenshiro.

He attempts to spin... only to be horrified when he realizes he can't. Kenshiro asks him what's wrong, isn't he supposed to spin? He decides to help him out, and starts spinning him...

...before throwing him high up into the air. As Bask comes back down, Kenshiro punches him multiple times, then strikes a pressure point on his forehead. Bask asks him if he's some kind of monster.

Kenshiro says he's just a man. As Bask falls, he splits in half. The remaining soldiers realize they're done for, as everyone in the stadium decides to attack them. The villagers want all of the celestial emperor's troops kicked out of their town!

With the villagers doing all of the fighting, Kenshiro doesn't have to do any more. He then turns around, and sees Bat, Lin and Rihaku waiting for him. He recognizes them straight away. Bat tells Lin to go first.

But she says she shouldn't go first, and tells Bat to show him. She leads Bat forward and tells Ken to look at Bat. She pulls Bat's collar down, revealing a large wound that is cut across his neck and chest.

Lin says Bat has countless scars all over his body, scars he got from saving her. Bat tells Ken that he wanted Lin to be able to see him again. Kenshiro tells Bat that he has become a real man.

Bat cries after hearing Ken's words. As the three reunite, Rihaku says there may be hope again in this century's end.

NEXT EPISODE PREVIEW

Lin and Bat have been reunited with Kenshiro. But one man still stands before them. Next time, on Fist of the North Star 2: "The Mysterious Bounty Hunter, Ein! Kenshiro's Head is Mine!!"