Toki! Are You an
Angel or a Devil!!

As the sandstorm clears, a bunch of traveling merchants are making their way across the desert. A young boy, Yuu, hears the sound of a dog barking, and rushes off to check it out. He soon finds Lin lying down unconscious.

Elsewhere, Kenshiro is thinking about what happened to Gertz. It was apparently Toki who killed him, but Kenshiro still can't believe that Toki would experiment on humans. He wonders if something happened to Toki, but still believes in him.

At Toki's fortress, Goum and his unit present a new dummy to their master. Goum says he's sure Toki will be satisfied with this one, as he was a heavy-wright champion boxer. However the boxer rips his chains apart, and punches down some of Goum's men.

Another man tries to attack him, but gets hit by an uppercut. The boxer says he let himself be captured so that he could kill Toki. Goum asks Toki if he likes the boxer's destructive power, and Toki says he does.

The boxer says he can't let Toki's reign of terror continue, so now he's going to kill him. Toki tells him not to waste his strength, but the boxer charges and says that his punch has been clocked at 200 kilometers per hour -it can smash a one-ton stone! He goes to punch Toki, but Toki moves out of the way at the last moment. His chair is destroyed, but he leaps over the boxer unharmed.

The boxer turns around and goes to do another punch, but Toki also strikes. He avoids the boxer's attack, and hits a pressure point on his head. The boxer realizes that he can't move.

Toki is impressed with the boxer's muscles, and says he looks like he's also healthy... he should be his greatest experimental dummy yet. He has him strapped down to a table, and tells him that he's going to find a new pressure point.

He presses down hard on a pressure point, and tells the boxer that if he's successful, his punch's speed will be doubled. However, he is not successful, as the boxer's shoulder bulges up and explodes, killing him. Toki says it looks like that wasn't the right one.

He says this dummy is useless now, and tells some of his men to dispose of it. He says he needs a stronger dummy, and asks about Kenshiro. Goum says that it has been reported that Kenshiro is heading this way, and should be arriving in the town of Gobia soon. Goum also says that Habu's unit is hunting for dummies in that town. Toki tells Goum to also go to that town, and also tells him to kill Kenshiro, should he resist.

Lin finally finds Ken... but as soon as she does, he catches fire! He yells out...

However this was all a nightmare she was having. She wakes up and sees that Pel is with her. Yuu says that she's in their camp, and introduces himself. He says Pel is really the one who saved her, as if he hadn't kept barking, she would have been in real trouble.

Meanwhile, in Gobia, Habu and his unit enter a bar. Habu asks everyone in there if they'd like to challenge the man behind him. If anyone can beat Gyuki, they'll receive a month's worth of food. Nobody seems interested, but Habu then notices someone in the corner, and thinks he looks strong.

Habu doesn't realize he's speaking to Kenshiro. Habu asks him if he wants to try, whilst Gyuki asks him if he's a coward. Kenshiro says he doesn't need food, but he'll play for their lives instead. Habu thinks this guy sure talks big, but how does he expect to win with such skinny muscles?

He has a box brought over, as Gyuki tells Kenshiro to take his best shot. Kenshiro sees that they're going to be arm wrestling, and tells baldy to get on with it.

Gyuki says he'll snap his arm off. Habu then ups the stakes by pressing a button on the box, which brings out two spinning buzzsaws on either side. Gyuki says that his strength has been increased several times by having a pressure point pressed. Kenshiro immediately thinks it must have been Toki.

Gyuki asks Kenshiro if the sight of the saws is making him scared. Kenshiro says nothing, and Gyuki tells them to begin. Gyuki immediately seems to be winning, and has Kenshiro's arm right next to one of the saws. He thinks this match is over.

Kenshiro casually asks him if that's all he's got, and decides they should get going. He easily turns things back to his favor, and Gyuki can't do anything about it. Habu asks him what's wrong, and Gyuki says he can't move Kenshiro's arm. The match continues.

Gyuki still can't move Kenshiro's arm, and is now in danger of having his own arm sliced by a buzzsaw. The amount of pressure on his arm keeps building up and up until it snaps, leaving him screaming in pain.

Kenshiro tells him that he shouldn't overestimate his own strength. Habu says it looks like Kenshiro is pretty strong, but Gyuki then gets in his face, crying over how much it hurts. Habu calls him an idiot and tells him to get away, before smashing him in the face with his staff.

Habu wants to know how agile Kenshiro is, and attacks him with his extending staff. Kenshiro dodges the strike, as Habu says that Lord Toki has given him the ability to jump much higher than any normal man. He wonders if Kenshiro can keep up with his movements, and then attacks again. Kenshiro moves out of the way, as Habu says that this monkey fist style was passed down from the forests of East Asia. He launches himself towards Kenshiro...

YAEN GASATSU KEN

(Wild Monkey Fang Fist)

Kenshiro avoids the attack, and then strikes Habu in the face, knocking him back. Habu is not down though, and leaps off the wall.

He plants his staff into the ground, and waits from above. He says this may be a waste, but now he is going to kill him. He should know that once your opponent gets above and behind you, it means your defeat. His style is based on attacking an opponent's poorly protected head, and then reveals some claws he has hidden on his arms. Kenshiro starts to walk forward, so Habu goes to attack... only to find he can't let go of his staff!

Kenshiro tells Habu that he won't be able to let go of his staff now. He'd struck a pressure point on him that has robbed him of control of his hands. Kenshiro kicks the staff over and catches it, but then smashes Habu...

...straight into a wall. He thinks Habu should have been more careful with who he'd picked a fight with, and shocks everyone when he says that his name is Kenshiro.

Outside, Goum's unit arrive. Goum tells everyone to find Kenshiro without fail, but before they can move out, someone staggers out of a bar, begging for help. Goum's unit realize the guy is one of Habu's men, but before they can find out what's wrong, his head explodes.

A couple more men run out, but they explode too. Kenshiro then walks out, carrying Habu with him. Habu asks for help, as this guy is Kenshiro. Goum introduces himself to Kenshiro, and says he's the leader of the dummy hunters. Everyone behind him were people he'd found for Lord Toki, and now Toki wants Kenshiro to be one of his dummies. He asks Kenshiro to come with them quietly, but Kenshiro tells him to forget it -he doesn't take orders from anyone. Goum says everyone here has special powers, thanks to Lord Toki's techniques -the North Star divine fist is incredible!

Kenshiro asks them if they dare defile the name of the North Star divine fist like that, and rips apart his jacket and shirt. Goum orders his casters to go forward, and several men attack Kenshiro with some spiky discs. Kenshiro destroys these weapons, and totally smashes them apart.

Goum orders everyone to get him, so most of his men charge. Kenshiro starts battering them all with punches, hitting their pressure points:

HONSHA BAKURETSU KEN

(Spinning Explosive Fist)

Most of Goum's unit are blown apart. Goum himself then goes on the attack, and uses a spear. He is able to move at super speeds...

...and is able to cut Kenshiro. Goum says that thanks to Lord Toki he can run several times faster than normal. Three of his other men appear, all holding spears. Goum tells Kenshiro that he can't dodge them all this time. They all go to strike, but Kenshiro strikes pressure points on each of them, and jumps up.

Goum's allies suddenly point their spears at him. He asks them what they're doing, but they seem to be in a trance. Kenshiro says he struck the pressure point koh-fu on each of them, and all they see now is Goum. Kenshiro tells Goum to try running away.

Goum does try to run, but realizes he can't. Kenshiro says that he forgot to mention that he'd also struck a pressure point on him too, and now he can only run at only a hundredth the speed of a normal man. Goum slowly moves away, but his men are soon on him, and stab him. The moment they do, they all explode.

Habu thinks this Kenshiro guy is just horrible. Kenshiro tells him to show him where the Village of Miracles is. Habu says he will.

Elsewhere, Rei's group have come to a stop in the middle of a desert. Bat throws some sticks to the ground, and Rei asks him what is he doing? Bat explains that this is bone divination, and maybe he can find Lin with this.

Bat says they need to go this way. Mamiya wonders if Bat's prediction is right, and Bat admits that fortune telling is a hit or miss proposition. The group drive off.

Lin asks Yuu where they're all going. Yuu says that they always travel around, looking for places with food and water. He asks Lin to come with them, as maybe they can find a clue to help her find Ken. Meanwhile, at Toki's fortress...

Toki is told that Kenshiro has killed the dummy hunters, and is meant to be coming here next. Toki finds this amusing, and thinks that Kenshiro has gotten a little better. He's certain that he'll make an excellent test subject. Toki then says that, in his hands, the North Star divine fist will be reborn, and perfected as the devil's own martial art!

NEXT EPISODE PREVIEW

Kenshiro once looked up to his brother, Toki! But has the fate of the North Star transformed him into a devil? Next time, on Fist of the North Star: "Evil One! Toki, Your Heart Has Been Corrupted!!"

Kenshiro: There are no prayers for the wicked.