"All men, assemble! Lord King has ordered it!"
ARMED BUGGY FORCE COMMANDER
HYDRA
DEMOLITION FORCES COMMANDER
WOLF
BLACKBIRD COMMANDER
MAHARI
A Man Lives to Fight!
The Door to the Showdown Finally Opens!
At Southern Cross, Shin's armies have all gathered together. As Shin tells them well done, Generalissimo Balcom appears. He tells the troops that the time to prove their strength has finally come. As they already know, Kenshiro, the master of the North Star divine fist, and the man with seven scars on his chest, has returned. Kenshiro seeks Lord King, and they must not allow anybody to oppose them. They must send Kenshiro to hell.
But they must also not underestimate Kenshiro's power. They've already sent several practitioners of the South Star holy fist after him, but they were all defeated. The first person Kenshiro faced was Zeed. Kenshiro killed Zeed when he used the Hokuto hyakuretsu ken (North Star hundred crack fist) on him.
Next, Kenshiro encountered Spade. After breaking his arms, Kenshiro killed Spade by using the Hokuto zankai ken (North Star remorse fist) on him. This technique gave Spade just seven seconds to live, and once his time was up, he was blown apart.
Kenshiro then fought Club. Club attacked with his claws, but Kenshiro used the goshi retsu dan (five fingered explosive bullet) technique, which blew Club's hands apart.
Balcom explains that the North Star divine fist has Kenshiro concentrate all of his energy, and then strike any of the 708 pressure points on a human body. This causes the body to explode from within. Kenshiro is the only inheritor of the North Star divine fist, and even Heart, the so called martial artist killer, was no match for him. When Kenshiro fought Heart, his first attack didn't work -Heart's rubber-like body cushioned him from any attack.
However, Kenshiro turned the tables when he used the Hokuto ju hazan (North Star softness ripping slash) technique on him. Heart died seconds later. Balcom then says that even the telepathic leader of God's Army, the Colonel, couldn't win. He confronted Kenshiro, but Kenshiro overcame him...
...and used the Hokuto kaikotsu ken (North Star bone crushing fist) technique. The Colonel was blown apart as a result of this attack. Balcom says Kenshiro next went up against the personification of Satan, Devil Rebirth, who had been freed by Jackal, the leader of a gang called the Warriors.
During the fight, Kenshiro blew apart Devil Rebirth's hands, then used the Hokuto shichishi seiten (North Star seven star points of death) against him. Devil Rebirth was defeated.
Balcom says according to Kenshiro, a normal person can only use 30% of their body's potential strength. The secret of the North Star divine fist is tapping the other 70%. Balcom says it's now over for Kenshiro, as once they rise to fight him, there will be no sanctuary on Earth for the North Star divine fist. Shin then stands up, and says there are two stars in the heavens: the North Star and the South Star. But the assassination arts don't need two stars, and the one that will light this world will be his South Star holy fist! Nearby, Saki has been listening in. She wonders if this man with seven scars could have something to do with Yuria.
She starts to walk off, but somebody grabs her, but then lets go. It's Joker, who asks her what she's doing here. Saki claims she was doing nothing, and runs off.
She goes to Yuria, and says she has a change of clothes for her. Yuria thanks her, and then says it sounds like there's a lot of excitement in the main hall. Saki says the hall is full of scary people, who are planning something, something about killing a man with seven scars. When Yuria hears this, she says Ken's name. Saki asks who Ken is, and Yuria explains that Kenshiro is her fiance... someone more dear to her than life itself.
Sometime ago, Shin confronted Kenshiro. The two clashed, but it was Shin who won the fight. Kenshiro was left heavily injured.
Shin wanted to get Yuria to say that she loved him, and when she wouldn't, he decided to kill Kenshiro with a South Star holy fist method of execution. He started stabbing into Kenshiro's chest. Yuria begged him to stop, but he told her she was the only one who could stop this execution.
Kenshiro told Yuria to live, for his sake. Yuria eventually screamed out that she loved Shin, and Shin spared Kenshiro. However, Kenshiro was left in the desert, and could only watch as Shin took Yuria away.
Yuria tells Saki that Shin then fought battle after battle, expanding his influence. Anyone who tried to fight him was killed without mercy.
Shin told Yuria he won again, and that the reason he kept fighting was for her. Yuria could only shake her head, but it didn't stop Shin from continuing his conquest.
Attacking more villages and capturing slaves, Shin gained more and more power.
Yuria says that Shin took the name of King for himself. As painful was it was for her to do, she had to stay with him. He told her that soon, he would present her with a shining city as a gift, and everything in it will belong to her. She would become a queen, and everyone would bow before her. Shin believed this would make her feelings about him change. The two later arrived in the new city, Southern Cross, but Yuria told Shin he didn't understand anything. What she wanted was Kenshiro.
Yuria tells Saki that her feelings still haven't changed. She remembers the promise that she made to Kenshiro, about how she must live on. Saki is reduced to tears over this story, and says she feels so sorry for her.
Elsewhere, Kenshiro's group have had to take shelter from a sandstorm. Bat asks Ken if he has any idea as to where Southern Cross could be. Kenshiro remains silent.
At Southern Cross, Balcom tells everyone they'll bury the North Star divine fist in darkness, and send Kenshiro to hell. Shin says that Yuria belongs to him, and he'll never let Kenshiro have her back.
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