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Finally, the Seven Warriors Attack Ken!!

At his fortress, an Asura called Gamon akes aim at a rat. He says that the man who killed the third supreme leader, Han, was Kenshiro. He fires a poison needle at the rat, killing it, and says that if he defeats Kenshiro, it'll mean he's stronger than Han. It would make him the third supreme leader of Asura!

One of his men warns him that Kenshiro is supposed to be an extremely strong martial artist, but Gamon says he won't lose. He sits down and says they'll be smart about this, as his main principle is to win without effort. He's heard there's some roughneck around here called Rock, and decides to make use of him. He gets up, and orders his men to go and attack some villages, starting with the nearby ones.

At his village, Rock and his men are seeing to their horses. Johann runs up to Rock, and says he wants to join Raoh's army. Rock takes his weapon from him, and tells him he's still too young. Johann says he wants to fight with them, and help out the village. But Rock says no way, as if he died, his mother would be sad. Johann begs for him to reconsider, but then a villager runs up and says they've got trouble.

The villager reveals that the town in the western desert was attacked by Asuras. Rock's group head out there, but find that it has already been destroyed, and the villagers are all missing. They wonder where the villagers could have gone.

Rock then dives out of the way, as a poison needle is shot at him. Gamon and his men appear, and Gamon asks Rock if he sees this.

He reveals that some of his men have taken some of the villagers hostage. If they want them back safe, then they must eliminate Kenshiro! Franco takes aim at Gamon, but Rock tells him to stop.

Gamon says that if they try anything stupid, then the villagers will die. He wants to hear their answer, so Rock says he understands -they'll defeat Kenshiro! In return, he wants Gamon to not lay a finger on any of the villagers. Gamon says they have one day, and then a giant plume of dust rises up...

...once it clears away, Gamon and his men are gone. Rock says this is fine, as Kenshiro had no business coming here anyway. He pulls out a knife, and says that Kenshiro will die, for the villager's sake.

Later on, Kenshiro walks through a canyon. He senses something, and tilts his head, just as a knife goes flying past him. Rock appears, and says they've been looking for him. Kenshiro says he thought he didn't want to see him again, but Rock says that he has no choice. But this time will be the last time he sees him!

Rock throws a grenade down, which Kenshiro jumps away from. It explodes, but Kenshiro has taken cover behind a rock. He looks up...

...only to find that Rock is gone. José and Wayne then throw some more grenades, so Kenshiro has to back off from his hiding place.

He starts to run, but then comes across a bed of bamboo spikes in the ground. As they shoot upwards, Kenshiro jumps over them.

Kenshiro continues on, but then Lopez appears, and uses his whips. Kenshiro jumps over them, and avoids getting hit. Nearby, Johann is amazed at how Rock fights, and decides he's going to help out. But some explosions are enough to scare him away.

Kenshiro runs to the edge of a cliff. Rock charges forward on his horse, and then leaps off of it. As the horse jumps, Kenshiro ducks.

Rock dives down with a knife, but Kenshiro avoids his attack, and gets behind him. Rock tries to attack him again, but Kenshiro grabs his wrist.

Kenshiro goes to punch him, but stops his fist just before Rock's face. Kenshiro says that those who try to defeat him will answer to his fist, but he doesn't want to kill him. Rock asks why not, so Kenshiro says that what's in Rock's eyes is not a look to kill, it's just a look of sadness. Rock tells him to not talk as if he understands him, and tries to attack again. But Kenshiro dodges out of the way.

Kenshiro then jumps down the cliff, but as he does, Rock whistles. This is a signal for his guys to push a load of rocks down the cliff.

The rocks fall down and pile over Kenshiro. Rock thinks he's defeated Kenshiro, so now the village can be saved. Gamon and his men appear, and Gamon laughs that they didn't even wait to let them join in.

Rock tells him to keep his promise, and return the villagers. Gamon says he'll show them to his secret fortress, as it's where the villagers are. He orders two of his men to stay behind and find Kenshiro's body, whilst he and everyone else pile into a truck. As the truck drives off, Rock's group follow it.

The two guys left behind call Rock's group a bunch of fools -Gamon's going to kill them all once they get to the fortress. Nearby, Johann has heard everything, and decides he must get to Rock. But he trips up, and the noise alerts the Asuras. They realize he's overheard them, so he has to die.

One of them attacks, but Johann avoids his strike. However, the other one smacks him around a few times. The Asura go to finish him off...

...only for their heads to then explode. Kenshiro appears, but Johann thinks he's an enemy.

However, he then collapses. When he wakes up, he tells him he'll have to beat him after he saves Rock. He tries to run off, but his leg is injured, and he falls. Kenshiro offers him some soup, and promises it hasn't been poisoned.

Johann drinks it, but says he can't deceive him. He's Rock's right hand! Kenshiro asks if that's so, but Johann tells him he wouldn't understand the sadness Rock feels as he fights. He picks up some dirt and tells Kenshiro to look at it -Rock had once told him that the blood of the villagers has soaked into the dirt of this land. Even when Rock was a child, his fight had already begun...

Rock talks to a crying young Asura, who doesn't want to fight any longer. Rock tells him to come and live here in his village, as he won't have to fight here. But then another Asura walks up, and has been looking for the kid. He tells Rock that in this land, those who don't want to fight are just trash, just like him and his father. Rock says they aren't trash, both he and his father take pride in not fighting. Rock's mother then runs up.

She asks the Asura to forgive them all for what Rock just said. The Asura responds by stabbing her with a spear, killing her. The Asura asks Rock if he's angry, and tells him to fight back.

As Rock doesn't move, the Asura calls him a coward, and leaves with the kid. Back in the present, Johann says that Rock had sworn deep down that one day, he'd bring down the whole Land of Asura.

Johann says Rock had waited so long for the legendary Raoh to arrive. He says there's no time left, and tries to get up, but falls back down again. Kenshiro tells him to get some sleep, and walks off. He sees the tracks left by Gamon's truck, and starts to follow them.

At Gamon's fortress, Rock's group have been taken to the villagers. But Gamon and his men have surrounded them, and Gamon says he can't let word get out that Rock was the one who killed Kenshiro. Rock laughs and asks him if he honestly thought that they'd trust him. Their goal was to learn where the villagers were, and he tells Gamon to look.

Gamon sees that, outside the cage, many other villagers have appeared, and are armed with weapons. Gamon asks them if they can defeat the Asuras, and quickly fires poison needles everywhere.

The villagers outside the cage all get hit by the needles, and are killed. Gamon's other men then all circle around the ones inside the cage, and then leap up.

They stack up on top of one another, becoming like centipedes. Gamon orders his forces to kill them all, and they begin their attack on the villagers.

Rock notices two children clinging to their mother, and it reminds him of his own mother. He tells Gamon that this is enough -if he must kill someone, just kill him, and release everyone else. He bows down and asks for at least the women and children to be spared. One of the centipedes grabs him...

...and stabs through his shoulder. Rock still asks Gamon to at least promise him he won't kill everyone, but Gamon says perhaps he'll consider it after he's dead. Another centipede goes to kill Rock, but Kenshiro then appears, and kicks it down.

He kicks the other one holding Rock, as the centipedes all turn their attention on Kenshiro. Gamon sees Kenshiro is still alive, and says he'll have to take care of him first.

The centipedes attack, but Kenshiro uses a spinning kick to knock them all down. Kenshiro asks Gamon if he's some kind of crayfish, so Gamon tells Kenshiro to take this: koga tetsujo shi (armor fang piercing line thorn).

Gamon sends out many poison needles out, but Kenshiro tells him to die from his own poison. He uses his fighting spirit energy to blast all of the needles back the way they came from.

Gamon gets hit by them, and is killed. Rock tells Kenshiro that he has saved many lives, and thanks for for it. Kenshiro tells him to value his own life -if he died, what would happen to these villagers?

He also asks what would happen to the blood of his mother, which is soaked into the dirt. Kenshiro then walks off. Later on, Rock's group head back home, and find Johann.

Rock asks how he got hurt, and Johann explains that he was attacked by some Asuras, but Kenshiro saved him. Rock puts him on his horse, and says that it looks like this land finally has a new hope. He admits he's not the one to carry out Raoh's legend, it's Kenshiro who'll do it.

NEXT EPISODE PREVIEW

Kenshiro and Hyoh's past is now revealed! And there lies the shadow of the first supreme leader of Asura! Next time, on Fist of the North Star 2: "Rock's Message of Death! Kenshiro, Hang on to Your Friend's Life!!"