Another Art of Assassination!
The Source Star Imperial Fist Is the Name!!

At the emperor's fortress, slaves and made to push around the massive turbine. An alarm goes off, and the guards tell everyone to bow -Lord Jako is going to speak. Over the speakers, Jako says it's too dark, and the celestial emperor seeks light. He tells the slaves that they will work to encase this capital with light!

The guards tell the slaves that the rest of their lives will be devoted to the celestial emperor. They start whipping the slaves and get them back to work. Meanwhile, Jako finds out that Geira's area has also fallen. A solider reports that most of the west has now fallen to the North Star army. Jako knows this means Kenshiro.

Jako refers to Kenshiro as a dark force, who steals the celestial emperor's light. He wants something done about him, and then comes up with a plan. If he could lure Kenshiro out, he could get him killed. He thinks about how he's going to do it.

At Mamiya's village, Mamiya prays in front of Rei's grave. She thinks that it has been a long time since Rei left them, but it seemed that an age of hardship was over, and light had returned to them. But she thinks that the world is about to be taken over by darkness again, and there's no telling when the fighting will reach here. She hopes Rei will watch over her village.

Airi then comes over, and says that she's heard a rumor: Kenshiro is on the way, and that's not all -it's said that Lin and Bat are leading the North Star army. Mamiya is surprised that the children are now fighting... she thinks that they're carrying on Rei's spirit.

Airi says they're supposed to be close by, and suggests they go an tell the village elder. Nearby, the elder is carving the faces of many warriors -including Raoh, Shin, Rei and more -into the rock. Another man, Solia, walks into the cave.

Solia reads out the names of the warriors, saying that they are warriors of the North Star and South Star. The elder says they they were all amazing men, and it is their duty to pass down their legends.

Solia says that the celestial emperor is angry. The North Star and South Star are to be wiped out from this world. He fires an energy projectile into the carvings, destroying them. He then asks the elder if he is the leader of this village, and he says he is. Solia says he'll start with him.

As Mamiya and Airi arrive at the cave, they see a bright flash of purple light, and then hear a scream. They run inside, only to find the elder dead, and Solia standing over him. Solia says that henceforth, the history of the North Star and South Star must never be spoken, and no mercy will be shown to those who dare utter their names.

Mamiya asks why this must be. Solia says that only his own star will shine in the heavens. The North Star is nothing but the warriors who serve the celestial emperor. For the North Star to rebel, there will be severe punishment. It is now the age of the celestial emperor, and the Gento kouken (Source Star imperial fist) style!

Outside the village, the North Star army marches by. Lin sees Mamiya's village, and wonders how everyone is doing there. Bat says they need to focus on taking the west area down first, but once they're done, they can go and visit Mamiya.

However they then see some smoke coming from the village. Lin suggests they go to the village now, but Bat says the prisoners they want to save in the west area are due to be executed soon. Kenshiro says he'll go to Mamiya's village, whilst they go to the west area. Bat says they'll come back here as soon as they've toppled the area.

Kenshiro and the Black King head down of the cliff, and towards Mamiya's village. Nearby, Ein has been watching, and thinks Kenshiro is sticking his nose in where it doesn't belong. But he will at least get to see what he's really made of. In Mamiya's village, the emperor's forces have begun their attack, killing several villagers.

Airi thinks they have no choice but to leave the village. Mamiya says she can't, as this is Rei's resting place, and he was the man who staked his life for her -she can't abandon it. She opens up a secret compartment on Rei's grave, revealing her old weapons. She says she'd swore never to use these again.

But she knows she has to fight again. They then avoid a wrecking ball, which smashes through part of the grave. A soldier says he's not letting either of them run.

Mamiya hesitates, as the soldier says her weapons won't work, she can try if she wants. He beckons her to attack.

Meanwhile, the North Star army have already taken over the area, and what's left of the emperor's forces there retreat. The prisoners are all freed, but someone tells Bat about a couple of prisoners in a special underground cell.

Back at Mamiya's village, the soldier tries to attack, but then someone grabs his weapon: Kenshiro. Kenshiro tells Mamiya she had given up fighting, so why is she holding a weapon?

The solider gets frustrated that he's being ignored, and demands for Kenshiro to let go. Kenshiro does, but throws the wrecking ball back with such force...

...that the soldier ends up having his arm torn off. Kenshiro tells the other soldiers to leave this village immediately, otherwise, he'll take them on. He wants to know why they attacked this village.

One of the soldiers tells him to take a guess. Kenshiro says it looks like he's wasting his breath, and tells them to come at him. However, Solia appears, and tells his men to wait. They're no match for Kenshiro.

Mamiya and Airi say that Solia is the one who killed the village elder. Solia says he knew that if he attacked the village Kenshiro is closely tied to, it'd lure him out. Kenshiro is angered that Solia did all this just to find him. Solia removes his cape, and says this is a village that is fond of the North Star. He introduces himself as Solia, of the purple light.

He says that the traitorous North Star must be destroyed, and tells Kenshiro he'll fall to his Source Star imperial fist. He says he'll show his style's true essence, and uses a technique that blows holes into the ground. Kenshiro tells him to come at him.

Solia raises his arms up, and unleashes several projectiles, which slice into Kenshiro:

GENTO RYURIN KOUZAN!

(Source Star Flowing Ring Light Slash!)

Solia says there is no escaping from his attack, and throws out another projectile blast, which blows off one of Kenshiro's shoulder pads.

Solia then sends out many projectile rings, which blast Kenshiro back. Solia says that the Source Star imperial fist destroys its opponent on the cellular level. Using the fighting spiritual energy as a blade, its incision leaves only vapor, or freezes the skin like ice. It'll obliterate Kenshiro from this world!

At the underground cell, the two prisoners, Hazu and Gill, are counting the number of times a drop of water keeps dripping. Hazu thinks they're at 18,650,765. But Gill thinks it's 18,650,767. Hazu thinks he must have dozed off. Gill really didn't want it to come to this, and wish he'd been born a weakling, so he could have died off long ago. Hazu agrees with his brother, and says that some twist of fate gave them abnormally strong bodies. Gill says a normal guy wouldn't have been able to last being locked up like this for a single day.

Bat is then introduced to the prisoners. Hazu and Gill wonder if he's just come here to see if they were dead. The guy with Bat says that these are Hazu and Gill, are are also known as the Harn brothers -and they're criminals with 750 convictions. Hazu thinks he's seen one of them somewhere before, and Bat asks if he means him. Hazu remembers that he's seen Bat's face on a wanted poster. Gill realizes this is the Bat who's with the North Star army. Bat thinks that they can't just leave them here, and says they'll save them.

Gill wonders how he'll get them out of this concrete, as even he and his brother can't break it. A little later on, the North Star army moves out. Lin asks Bat what they're going to do with the Harn brothers, but even he doesn't know yet.

He thinks they're interesting guys though, so they may come in handy. At the back, Hazu and Gill are being dragged along by a truck, something they aren't very happy about.

Back at Mamiya's village, Solia says that the Source Star is the ultimate style, which even surpasses the North Star. He tells Kenshiro that the North Star shall perish here. Kenshiro stands back up, and says he'll remember Solia's name... but he can save his preaching for the devils in hell. Solia thinks he talks big, and goes into a stance:

GENTO KOUKEN: HA NO RIN

(Source Star Imperial Fist: Ring of Destruction)



HOKUTO WA MESSEZU!

(The North Star will never fall!)

The two go to strike each other, but Kenshiro's attack blows Solia's arm apart, which shocks everyone present.

Despite losing an arm, Solia immediately goes back on the offensive, and slices Kenshiro's chest. He tells Kenshiro to die with this final blow!

Kenshiro grabs Solia's arm, and then strikes a pressure point on his neck. He then barrages him with punches.

Solia falls, but gets back up. He tells Kenshiro he is impressive, but the celestial emperor won't forgive the North Star. The generals of the Source Star have already risen, and the Source Star will slaughter the North Star, no matter what. Solia then explodes.

Ein has been watching, and thinks that this is just going to raise Kenshiro's bounty even higher... his cute little woman is going to love this. Back in the village, Kenshiro thinks about what Solia said. As Mamiya and Airi tend to Rei's grave, Mamiya tells Ken that they finally meet again, when this quiet village is caught up in a new battle.

She says that the village elder, and so many other lives have been taken. Kenshiro thinks about the celestial emperor being so determined to destroy the North Star. He vows to deliver death to the celestial emperor. Meanwhile, at the emperor's capital...

Four men meet, and one of them says that the purple light has faded. The golden light says that Solia fell in his mission to eliminate the North Star, which was an order directly from the emperor. He then says that the 2,000 year history of the North Star shall be annihilated by them, of the Source Star imperial fist.

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The strongest general of the Source Star imperial fist, the golden general Falco, is finally ont he move! Next time, on Fist of the North Star 2: "The Celestial Emperor's Rage! Falco, Obliterate the North Star from Earth!!"