At Southern Cross, Shin tells his army that, in the name of the South Star holy fist, they are to kill the man with seven scars. As the army cheers, Shin says that Yuria belongs to him... he won't let Kenshiro have her back.

Life or Death!?
Beyond the Wasteland Lies the First Circle of Hell!

Kenshiro's group are driving through a desert. A woman riding a motorcycle goes past them, which Bat isn't pleased about. He tries to go after her, but she gets away. Bat tells Lin he can't catch her up in this broken-down jeep.

Later on, the woman's bike has broken down. Bat stops his car and goes to take a look, but she immediately draws a crossbow. Bat is ready to surrender...

...but after she looks at Lin and Kenshiro, she says they don't look like bad people. Bat says they're not, and then tells her he's good with machines. He starts messing around with her bike, and says this is simple. He soon has it fixed, and says she can thank him with just a little food or water.

The woman, Jennifer, tells them to follow her to her village. Kenshiro's group follow her back, and as they do, Joker has been watching them.

As Southern Cross, Wolf leads his forces out of the city. They want to be the ones who kill Kenshiro, and as they head out on bikes and trucks, Shin watches them. Balcom tells him the men in this army were chosen and trained to think of nothing but fighting. He's sure they'll be able to kill the man with seven scars. Shin says he can now see Kenshiro... buried and suffering in the deepest pit of hell.

Jennifer asks Kenshiro's group where they're going. Bat says they're going to Southern Cross. Jennifer asks where that is, and another villager says it's where King's palace is. Bat asks him where that is.

The guy explains that a while ago, King's army came around to all the surrounding villages, to take their young to help build the palace at Southern Cross. Not a single person ever returned, and all the old names for places have been changed -who knows where Southern Cross could be.

Just then, Wolf's army arrive at the village. Wolf says they made it here first, and he and his army start attacking the villagers.

One of the gang asks Wolf how can they find the guy they're after, and Wolf says they'll just knock the entire village to the ground. They bring out a wrecking ball.

They start smashing buildings to pieces with it, as Wolf tells everyone to keep smashing things until they find the man with seven scars. Kenshiro then appears, and tells them to stop -the man they're looking for is right here. Wolf says he came here to kill him.

Two armored trucks drive towards Kenshiro. He rips his jacket and shirt off, and then stops the two vehicles with just his hands.

The wrecking ball is deployed, but Kenshiro sees it and jumps out of the way. This leads to the two armored trucks being smashed, whilst Kenshiro chops the wrecking ball, slicing it in half.

One of the pieces crashes into the vehicle, destroying it. Wolf tells his men to kill Kenshiro, and they all charge forward. Kenshiro starts hitting some pressure points on them.

They continue running, even though Kenshiro is behind them. Wolf asks them where they're going and tells them to come back, but Kenshiro explains that they're already dead. The men start exploding.

HOKUTO SENLEN KYAKU

(North Star Thousand Chained Kick)

Nearby, Joker tells Gorath that Wolf has reached his limit. Gorath says he and his Thunder Army will add a lot more scars to Kenshiro's body. He and his army head down towards the village. Meanwhile, Wolf pulls out a flamethrower, and says he'll burn Kenshiro to a cinder.

Gorath's forces then attack, and start killing villagers. Jennifer, Bat and Lin run for it, but Gorath approaches them. Jennifer spins around and shoots him, but he deflects her arrow by using his gauntlet to block it.

He bashes her out of the way, and then captures Bat and Lin.

Wolf blasts away with his flamethrower, but Kenshiro jumps over the flames and performs a North Star technique on him. Kenshiro asks him if he has any last words, and all Wolf can ask is what has he done to him? Kenshiro jumps away.

HOKUTO ZANKAI KEN

(North Star Remorse Fist)

Jennifer stumbles over and says that Bat and Lin were taken. Ken asks her if she's alright, and she says she is, but tells him to go and save them. She says they were headed north, so Ken gets on a bike and heads off. Meanwhile, at Southern Cross, Yuria is playing her harp.

Saki comes over and says that she's heard the man with seven scars has appeared in a nearby village. She thinks it must be Kenshiro, and tells Yuria she should get out of here. She thinks they should go and meet Kenshiro. Meanwhile, Kenshiro heads out into a desert. Gorath has tied Bat and Lin to a cross, which has been placed on the back of his vehicle. Bat asks how could he do this to them?

Gorath tells him to keep crying, and then someone tells him the man with seven scars has appeared. Gorath tells everyone to stop, as Kenshiro does the same. Gorath tells him every member of his army are former speed racers, and fighting in wide-open country is easy for them. He asks Kenshiro if he can keep up with their mach 1 speed, and then orders everyone to get him.

His gang deploy spikes onto the front of their motorcycles, and charge forward. Kenshiro leaps up to avoid two of them, but then another one flies by him.

He gets cut, and another biker heads towards him, but he hits pressure points on his shoulders.

This causes his shoulders and then head to blow apart, and he crashes into another biker. Kenshiro quickly makes short work of all the others, but Gorath has a secret weapon: a tank. Gorath tells Kenshiro his true battle begins now.

He says he searched all over the world and found this, the last tank. Can the North Star divine fist beat this? He decides he no longer needs his hostages, and shoves his vehicle towards Kenshiro.

Kenshiro stops it with just two fingers. Gorath climbs aboard the tank, and orders the driver to go forward. The tank fires, and Kenshiro takes Bat and Lin out of the way just in time.

Kenshiro tells the two to not move from here. He then leaps back out into the open, and the tank fires at him. It seems like a direct hit, but Kenshiro is seen walking through the explosion. Gorath has the tank go forward.

Kenshiro lets it roll up to him, and then punches through a window. This takes the driver out, and with the tank immobile, he starts kicking it...

...and punching it, over and over. It starts to get heavily dented, and the instruments inside begin to explode. Gorath gets out of the tank...

...but the moment he does, Kenshiro hits pressure points on his head. Kenshiro tells him he's finished, as he's pressed the pressure point known as tei-kaku. It means Gorath no longer has control over his body. As Gorath falls back down into the tank, Kenshiro tells him to die inside his precious iron coffin. He leaps away from the tank, which explodes seconds later.

At Southern Cross, Yuria is playing her harp, but Shin can tell something is different. He goes over to "Yuria" and removes a cloth from her head, revealing a different woman. He demands to know where Yuria is.

Elsewhere, two people are trying to leave the city. The guards say they can't, as nobody is allowed out of this city. However, they see one of the people is Lady Yuria. Yuria tells them she has orders from Lord King, who told her to evacuate from here for a while. The guards say they haven't heard about any orders like that, and even she can't be allowed to pass.

Saki pulls out a gun and tells them to let them through. The guards are about to comply, but then a car drives up. Shin tells Yuria she can go if she wants, but he'll kill her decoy if she does.

The woman tells Yuria to go, but Shin starts to choke her. Shin asks Yuria what she's going to do, and Yuria gets Saki to put the gun down.

Shin laughs and says the war has only just begun. His armies will keep on attacking Kenshiro, and he will never be able to even set one foot upon the soil of Southern Cross!

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Shin's great armies fly across the wastelands after Kenshiro! Can even the North Star divine fist fend off their aerial attack? Next time, on Fist of the North Star: "Villains! Ready Your One-Way Tickets to Death!!"

Kenshiro: You are already dead.