Four Linked Punches of Fury!
Jagi, Wait for Me in Hell!!

Jagi pulls out his shotgun, and is glad Kenshiro has appeared at last. He has waited for this day to come, and points the gun at Kenshiro. Kenshiro tells him he sees that he still relies on those toys. He then tells him to hurry up and choose the place where he'll die.

Jagi tells him to shut up -he's not the man he once knew. He then tells him to follow him. Back at Mamiya's village, Lin is watching the sunset when she feels something. She thinks something is happening to Ken, and wonders what it could be.

Meanwhile, Jagi takes Kenshiro to the top of the building. He says that nobody will disturb them here, so now he feels free to kill him to his heart's content. Kenshiro thinks this is a change for Jagi, as he used to specialize in sneak attacks. Jagi laughs, and asks if he thought he'd really beaten him that time. He tells Kenshiro to think back, and carefully think about what happened back then...

Some men rush towards where Jagi his, and deliver terrible news: Kenshiro has been named as the successor to the North Star divine fist! Jagi thinks that's impossible, and asks them what his brothers have said about this. The men tell him that his brothers have said nothing.

Jagi tells them to move, and runs off to Ryuken's dojo. He opens the doors, and finds his two other brothers waiting inside. He asks them why they haven't said anything.

His two other brothers -Raoh and Toki -remain silent.

Jagi says Kenshiro is their younger brother, and he's also the least experienced. Doesn't having a guy like Kenshiro being named the successor make them angry? Raoh and Toki still don't say anything, so Jagi asks them if they get it -the North Star divine fist is only passed down to one son. Only one of them can have all of its secrets, and he knows what happens to those who don't become the successor! You can't train in the art, or even say you're a member of the school anymore! Some men have their fists shattered, others have their memories completely erased -that's the fate for everyone who's tried and failed in the pursuit of the North Star divine fist in its 2,000 year history!

Raoh and Toki still remain silent, so Jagi screams out in rage, then punches the door. He thinks they're both cowards, but he refuses to accept this. He's not going to let his inferior younger brother shatter his fists! He storms off to find Kenshiro. As he leaves, Raoh says that he won't be able to defeat Kenshiro. But Kenshiro won't be able to bring himself to kill Jagi.

Raoh stands up, and says that their father's choice of a successor was a mistake... the 2,000 history of the North Star divine fist will soon be over. Elsewhere, Kenshiro is training, and thinking about what Ryuken told him. Ryuken said the reason the North Star divine fist is only passed to one son is because it's an unbeatable assassination art. It must never be misused, as if it is passed on to the wrong person, the world would be destroyed. Kenshiro then realizes he's not alone, and suddenly has a gun thrust into his face.

Jagi has arrived, and knocks him into a chair. He tells Kenshiro that he still has some time -he should go and apologize to their father, and give up being the successor. There is no way the younger brother could ever be the successor -isn't he right? He thinks the choice Ryuken made was stupid, what with them around. Kenshiro just stares at him.

Jagi doesn't like that look, and batters Kenshiro with his gun. Kenshiro asks him why he uses things like needles and guns, why doesn't he just fight with his fists? Jagi tells him to shut up, as he doesn't consider his fists being the only way to fight. He starts repeatedly hitting Kenshiro with his gun, and tells him that strength is all that matters -it doesn't matter how you win, as long as you win! To him winning is everything, and once he's the successor, the North Star divine fist school will be even stronger!

Kenshiro suddenly grabs him by the face, and tells him to stop this now. He tosses him aside, but Jagi gets back up and says he's going to kill him!

But suddenly something happens to one of his legs, causing him to slip. Kenshiro then punches him hard in the face.

He then starts rapidly punching him, and sends him into a wall. Part of Jagi's head bulges up, but it doesn't explode.

Kenshiro leaps onto him, knocking him down, and prepares to finish him off with the Hokuto hachimon kudan (North Star eight agonies nine breaks). But he stops his fist just before Jagi's head.

He doesn't strike him, and instead tells him to go -he doesn't deserve to be the successor. Jagi calls him a fool, as that was his last chance to kill him. He'll make him pay for this, and tells him to listen -he will kill him!

Back in the present, Kenshiro sees that for what happened in the past, Jagi took his name and made so many people suffer, just to lure him here. Jagi says that's right, and he killed anyone he didn't like. Kenshiro pulls out an arrow, and asks him if he knows what this is. He reminds him that he took control of children to try and kill him. This arrow is full of the anger and anguish of those children.

Jagi remembers that kid he's talking about, but just thinks Kenshiro is as soft as ever. He might have killed a brat or two, but so what? That lives of that garbage can't compare to the pain he feels! He takes his helmet off, and tells Kenshiro to look at this. He reveals his face, which has a metal plate placed down on it. He says that with every twinge of pain from this wound, his hatred for him only grew. He devoted his life to getting revenge.

He tells Kenshiro to prepare to die, as the only reason he won back in the past was because he slipped. He wants to give Kenshiro a face like he now has. Kenshiro explains to him that when they fought, he'd hit a pressure point that caused him to lose control of his legs -he didn't randomly slip. Kenshiro then tells him he regrets the pity he'd shown him, which let him live until now. He goes into a stance, and says that he'll now wipe that regret away.

Jagi says he'll give him a taste of living hell. He puts his helmet back on, and then says he doesn't need to use his gun anymore. He tosses it aside.

Jagi then goes into his own stance, and tells Kenshiro he'll now shoe him the true nature of the North Star divine fist. Kenshiro remains in place.

HOKUTO RAKAN GEKI

(North Star Arhat Attack)

Jagi asks Kenshiro if he can dodge his strikes when they're this fast. He runs over to Kenshiro and strikes at him rapidly, but Kenshiro avoids them all. Jagi continues to use the technique, but then spits out some needles. However, Kenshiro is able to catch them all.

Kenshiro then hits back, with a punch so fast that Jagi can't avoid it. He then starts punching him rapidly, and whilst Jagi blocks, he eventually gets knocked back.

Jagi immediately looks at his shotgun. Kenshiro tells him to go ahead and use it, he shouldn't hold back. Jagi takes the shotgun and calls him a fool -winning is what matters! You can use anything, so long as you win. Kenshiro asks him if he can kill him with a gun. Jagi tells him he won't be able to escape this at point-blank range.

He's about to pull the trigger when something strange happens -he suddenly points the gun at himself! Kenshiro tells him his should let go quickly, before he pulls the trigger. Jagi has to strike a pressure point on his own arm, which lets him drop the gun.

Jagi thinks that this cruelty and intensity Kenshiro is displaying... he's not the Kenshiro he once knew. He wonders how this happened, and what made Kenshiro like this. Kenshiro says he's drawn the blood of countless enemies up to this day. And also from rivals, that he wished to call his friends... the blood of those friends is what changed him.

Jagi wonders who he's talking about, then thinks he must mean Shin. He backs off towards some pipes, as Kenshiro tells him his life is at an end. Jagi thinks they'll see about that, and tells him he's still too soft. He punches the pipes.

This sends gasoline everywhere, and it soon covers the entire roof. Jagi asks him why he thinks he chose this heliport -the gasoline was his ace in the hole. No matter where he runs now, the fire will catch him. And as they're 200 meters off the ground, he'll have nowhere to run. Jagi lights up a match, and says he's never once forgotten the pain of his face. Now it's Kenshiro's turn to taste a bit of that pain.

He tells Kenshiro to die, and drops the match onto the gasoline. As it starts to catch fire, Kenshiro tells him he doesn't have seem to have figured it out yet -he's the one who's going to die. Jagi laughs and tells him to talk big whilst he can. But before he burns to a crisp, he has something funny to tell him. It's about that Shin guy -does he know who it was that turned him over to evil? Jagi reveals that it was him...

Some time ago, Jagi had found Shin. He asks him why a man like him should have to give up, and that he must also know how weak Kenshiro is at heart. Kenshiro isn't someone who'll survive in this age, which means Yuria will fall into somebody else's hands. He doesn't think Shin should just accept that, and tells him to take Yuria -this is an age where the devil smiles upon them all. Shin's eyes widened...

Back in the present, Kenshiro realizes it was Jagi who turned Shin. Jagi laughs and asks how does he like that -does it hurt? He wants Kenshiro to say his name, and then declares he's Lord Jagi, the successor to the North Star divine fist! All Kenshiro can think of is that, because of Jagi, that Shin... and Yuria...

Kenshiro loses himself to rage, and after ripping his jacket and shirt apart, he strikes the ground with a single punch. The ground cracks up, causing part of the roof to collapses. Both Kenshiro and Jagi drop down.

Jagi pulls himself out of the rubble, and thinks Kenshiro's a monster. He sees that Kenshiro has also survived, Kenshiro tells Jagi to say his name. Jagi runs off to try and find a weapon, but Kenshiro tells him running away isn't going to save him now. This is where he's chosen to die. Kenshiro approaches him...

...but Jagi suddenly turns around, and cuts Kenshiro's face with a quick swipe. Jagi tries to attack again, but Kenshiro gets out of the way. However, he's realized that technique Jagi has just used: the South Star holy fist!

Jagi says he's not the man Kenshiro once knew, either. Kenshiro may have been able to dodge his North Star divine fist, but not his South Star holy fist! He tells him he'll rip his face off this time, but Kenshiro wants to know where he learnt this. Jagi asks why he should tell a man who's about to die? He charges forward, but Kenshiro easily catches his hand between his elbow and knee.

Kenshiro then kicks him in the face, knocking him down. He tells Jagi he won't be able to kill him with such slow South Star holy fist moves. Jagi doesn't think he could know that much about the South Star holy fist.

Kenshiro tells him he's going to let him taste the hell of anger and misery that his plots have inflicted on four people. Jagi charges again, telling him to shut up. But Kenshiro starts kicking him, and says this is for Shin.

Jagi gets launched into a wall, and then drops down onto the floor. Kenshiro tells Jagi that his South Star holy fist doesn't even compare with Shin's. Jagi runs up to a pillar and rips it out of the ground. He then smashes it over Kenshiro, but it does nothing to him.

He starts bashing Kenshiro over and over with what's left of the pillar, until he tires himself out. Kenshiro thinks Jagi must have forgotten even the basic principles of the North Star divine fist -anger can make flesh as hard as steel armor. And the fist he's about to feel... he starts battering Jagi with punches.

Kenshiro says that was for Yuria. Jagi is knocked down again, but happens to see another weapon: a spear. He grabs it, but the moment he touches it, he cries out in pain. He realizes Kenshiro used a secret technique: sui ei kou (sobering sharp hole).

Kenshiro says that's right, he's struck the ryu-gan pressure point on his chest. Jagi's body will now feel as if it is covered with bare nerves. He pokes Jagi, and this puts him into great amounts of pain. He then pulls out the arrow, and tells him that the third punishment is for those two young brothers.

Despite Jagi's objections, Kenshiro plunges the arrow into his chest. Kenshiro then says that the last one... is for a man from whom he'd taken everything. This is his rage!

Kenshiro lands one final punch onto Jagi's face, which shatters his helmet. Jagi is sent crashing through another pillar.

The plate on Jagi's head breaks apart, as his head bulges out and partially explodes. Kenshiro thinks an ugly death befits a monster like Jagi, and that in a few seconds, his body will vanish from the Earth. He then says that it's over. Jagi calls him a fool if he thinks this is over -his journey to hell has only just begun! He asks him if he's forgotten that he still has two other brothers.

He says he can only imagine the hell waiting for Kenshiro, but then his body blows apart. But Kenshiro is in shock over the fact that his other two brothers are still alive!

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