Rei, a man hired to fight for the Fang clan. For some reason, this mysterious master of the South Star waterfowl fist betrayed the Fang clan, and fought with Kenshiro to defend Mamiya's village. However, Rei says he is staking his life on finding a man with seven scars. What is the secret of the blood-stained veil he carries? And what is Rei's objective?

Sinners!
Thy Name Is The Fang Clan!!

Pel is barking at something, so Bat and Lin follow him. They follow Pel into a building, where the village elder is baking a cake. He tells them it has been a long time since he made a cake, but the village finally has food to spare. The cake is for Mamiya, as it's her birthday today.

Lin thinks that the birthday cake is amazing. Outside, Mamiya is looking for her brother, Ko. She asks Kenshiro and Rei if they've seen him, and Rei says he left the village by himself some time ago.

Ko is on his way back to the village, having found something he knows Mamiya likes. As he rides through a canyon, a massive boulder is dropped down on him, but he just about manages to avoid being crushed. But then a second boulder is dropped, and this time, Kemada and a couple of other Fangs leap out behind it.

Ko ends up crashing, as the Fang clan approach him. Kemada says a little lamb has wandered away from its flock, and thinks they should kill him. The two Fangs start to walk up to Ko, but he thinks Kemada must be their boss. He pulls out a knife, and throws it right into Kemada's head.

Ko thinks he's got him, only for Kemada to pull the knife out, apparently not harmed by the attack. Kemada is instead very angry that he dared to aim at his precious face, and tells his brothers to get him.

Later on, some villagers raise the alarm: Ko has been captured by the Fang clan. The Fang clan arrive at the village, and Kemada says he'll teach them a lesson for spilling the blood of his brothers.

If they spill even a drop of their clan's blood, he and his clan will repay them by killing every man, woman and child in the village. He then pulls a sword out, and stabs it into Ko's chest.

Some of the villagers say to open the gate, so they can save Ko. But Mamiya says she won't allow anyone to go out and help him, as that's what the Fang clan want. All it'll do is give them more sacrifices. It's Ko's fault that he got captured, and Ko understands why she's taking this action. Kenshiro looks at Mamiya, and then starts to walk forward.

But Rei stops him, and says it's useless -if he goes now, the Fangs will just kill Ko, then escape on their machines. In a world where the weak die young, what Mamiya just said is correct. Kemada then calls out to Kenshiro and Rei, and says they're the ones who spilled his brother's blood. He tells them to watch closely, as this is his payback. He slices Ko, killing him.

He say the Fang clan always takes its revenge, and then takes the pendant Ko was wearing. As the Fang clan leave, Kemada says this is just the beginning -they're not going to leave a single one of them alive. The villagers rush out to Ko, but he's dead. They bring his body back into the village.

As they do, Lin notices a small bag drop from Ko's corpse, which she picks up. Ko's body is taken inside, where the villagers mourn him. Lin passes the elder the bag, which contains some strawberries. The elder says Ko went to get these for the birthday cake.

Upon hearing this, Mamiya turns around and leaves the room. Rei thinks Mamiya is cool enough to not even blink when one of her own people is killed, which makes her a good leader. However, the villagers says she's taking this the worst of all -Ko was Mamiya's only brother.

Lin puts the strawberries on the cake, and starts singing happy birthday to Mamiya. Outside, Mamiya goes to her parent's graves, and tells them that she has to make a new gravestone -Ko is on his way to them now. The elder appears, and tells her it's alright for her to cry at a time like this. Mamiya says this is no time for crying, it's her duty to protect the lives of everyone here. The elder says she's a strong woman, and then leaves.

Mamiya wonders how long this fighting will go on for, and begins to cry, admitting that she's not as strong as people say she is. Kenshiro and Rei are watching, as as Kenshiro walks off, he thinks that he'll never forgive the Fang clan.

Later on, Ko's funeral takes place. As the villagers mourn, Kenshiro heads out of the village. Beyond the village, a lone Fang clan member is watching the funeral, and tells them to burn.

Kenshiro then suddenly appears, and strikes several pressure points on his face. The Fang's body locks up, and Kenshiro demands to know where the Fang's main force is -he'll die if he doesn't tell him. The Fang says the others are past the mountains behind him, so Kenshiro pushes him aside and tells him not to move. He's struck a pressure point on him called shin-pukumen, and if he takes one step, he'll explode.

The Fang doesn't believe him and tries to attack, only for him to be blown apart. Kenshiro then finds another Fang taking aim at someone with a crossbow, but he stomps his head into the ground before he can shoot. Kenshiro wonders what's going on, and looks down to see some Fangs...

...approaching Rei. One of the Fangs wonders why Rei has come here alone, but Rei calls them all garbage before the power of the South Star holy fist. Kenshiro wonders what Rei's motives are, as he's a man who does nothing unless there's profit in it. So why is he here? Kemada then appears, and tells Rei not to think that the Fang clan is like any other gang of bandits. No matter how strong the enemy is, they're helpless prey before the power of an organized wolf pack!

Rei tells them all to quit talking and take their best shot -even a thousand of them couldn't beat him. Kemada says they'll show him the power of the wolf pack fist, but then two of his guys explode behind him. He turns around and sees Kenshiro standing there. Kenshiro thinks Kemada talks a lot, for a wolf.

Rei tells Ken if he's here to help, there's no need. Ken says he knows that, but asks why he's here. Rei thinks it's probably the same reason he is -looks like they're both suckers for a crying woman. Kemada doesn't get why they're acting so calm, as that's no way to look when they're about to die!

Rei asks him if he's in a hurry to die, so Kemada tells the others to kill them. The Fangs rush forward, but are no match for Rei's South Star waterfowl fist...

...or Kenshiro's North Star divine fist. Many of the Fangs are quickly killed, and as Rei takes another, larger one down...

...a smaller one leaps out of his back. But Kenshiro stops the Fang's strike with just his fingers, and then hits a pressure point on his head, killing him.

Kemada yells for the Fangs to hit them high and low, as more smaller Fangs leap out. Kenshiro jumps up into the air to deal with them...

...as Rei kills the remaining ones on the ground. Kenshiro blows apart the jumping Fangs, and Kemada realizes he's now on his own. Kenshiro asks him what he's going to do.

Since Kemada is too scared to answer, Kenshiro walks up to him, and snatches back Ko's pendant. Kemada begs to be saved, as if they kill him, his father will get mad at them. Rei laughs, and says his father must be a real villain. Kemada warns them that his father can be really scary when he gets mad.

Ken asks him if those are his last words, and then starts to throw punch after punch -but not one of them touches Kemada.

However, it's all part of a technique Kenshiro is using: Hokuto senjukai ken (North Star thousand hand destruction fist). Kenshiro strikes many pressure points on Kemada, and tells him that he has seven seconds left to live.

But he doesn't even get that long, as Rei slices him up before he can explode. Rei calls the North Star man impressive. Kenshiro says he has a question for him: it's about that blood-stained veil that he carries, and why he's looking for the man with seven scars. Rei takes the veil out, and explains that it belonged to his little sister. His sister, Airi, was to wear this for her wedding.

But the night before Airi's wedding, Rei's village was attacked by bandits. Rei was away at the time, and the bandits struck down his mother and father, before kidnapping his sister.

Rei says that, before his father died, he saw the man who took Airi. He couldn't see his face, but...

...the man had seven scars on his chest. Rei knows Airi may already be dead, but he doesn't think she is. He is sure he can hear her calling to him now. That's why he swears he'll find the man with seven scars, and then kill him!

Back at the village, the funeral continues. Mamiya is looking at her birthday cake, and sees an image of Ko. Ko tells her to try the strawberries, and then wishes her happy birthday.

Kenshiro suddenly appears, and passes her back Ko's pendant. He then leaves, saying it is a sad present. Mamiya watches him go, as he walks back outside.

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