Attack the Bloody Cross!!
Secret Technique: Softness Ripping Slash

The army of Lord Heart go on alert -they are to kill the man with seven scars, and decide to kill anyone who looks suspicious. They move out and start searching, but drive past the building Kenshiro, Bat and Lin are hiding in. Ken asks Lin why she came after him. She says she missed him... she missed him so much.

Having hid in a truck, Lin left her village behind. But she explains that along the way, the truck was attacked, and she was taken to Dorado.

Bat tells Ken it'll be more fun with three of them instead of just two. He then asks about the other people that were kidnapped with Lin. Lin says that they're in a small building, located in a valley just outside the city. They get taken from there to be used as slaves at other places. Bat thinks they'll be worked until they die, at which point more people are brought in to replace them. Kenshiro asks how many there are, and Lin says about 30. Despite Bat's objections, Ken decides he'll go and save them, and sees that the sun is rising.

Elsewhere, some of Heart's forces decide to go and have a drink, having failed to find Kenshiro. One guy tells the bartender to hurry up, and punches him when he takes too long.

Another guy starts threatening the bartender, when someone calls out for him to stop. Heart has appeared, and says that they're letting one man make fools out of them -how pathetic.

He tells the bartender to carry on, and if there's any trouble, be sure to tell him. He says people like him are valuable workers, and asks him to be good enough to get him a drink. The bartender goes to get him one, but Heart notices that he has put his hand on some broken glass. His hand has a cut, causing it to bleed. The bartender says he'll get that cleaned up at once, but Heart only has one thing to say:

ITEYO!

(It hurts!)

After crushing the guy's head, Heart starts going on a rampage through the bar, repeatedly screaming that it hurts. His troops realize he's become enraged again.

They run off, as they know Lord Heart goes nuts once he sees his own blood. They decide to throw their clubs at him all at once, in an attempt to knock him out. They throw their clubs, which successfully hit their target.

However the clubs get stuck in Heart's body, and he is able to launch them back out of himself. They hit his own guys, but he just laughs and asks them if they forgot how soft and thick his body is. He's gone and done it again... but he does so hate the sight of blood.

Kenshiro's group arrive at the outpost where Lin had been taken before. Ken asks how many guards are there, and Lin says there are 10 men -they take turns sleeping. Ken tells Bat and Lin to stay here. A few moments later, two of the guards notice something: a giant boulder heading right towards them.

They get out of the way just in time, as the boulder smashes through a fence and smacks the side of a building. More men run out to see what's happened, but find Kenshiro waiting for them. He asks them if this is everybody.

They tell him to die and charge, but Kenshiro dives right in and takes four of them out in an instant.

HOKUTO SHI HOU ZAN

(North Star Four Way Slash)

The four explode, as Kenshiro moves towards the others. Bat sees this and decides he's going to help. Lin warns him Ken told them to stay here, but Bat heads down. Lin follows him, and the two see that nobody is around.

Believing that Ken must have killed everyone, the pair head inside and find the prisoners. Bat says he'll have them free in a second, and starts trying to pick the lock. However the noise wakes up a guard, who gets up and finds them.

He's about to strike Bat and Lin, but suddenly falls over dead. A rock pops out of the back of his head, having being thrown into his skull with great force.

Kenshiro appears, and says he thought he'd told them not to move. As Lin apologizes, Bat claims he just wanted Lin to see him in action. Kenshiro goes up to the bars, and rips them open.

The prisoners start to run out, as Bat says this was a piece of cake for them. He explains that the average human only uses 30% of their strength, but the North Star divine fist allows you to tap the other 70%. He then notices everyone has gone, so he rushes outside. Outside, everyone is happy to be free, and to see the sun again. Bat says to heck with the sun -he just wants to see some food, as he starts looting the bodies of the guys Kenshiro killed.

As everyone thanks Kenshiro, Bat says there's no need for it. They need to get out of here fast, so the group move out. As they do, Kenshiro turns around, and sees that the flag on this outpost carries the crest of the Bloody Cross... and the man who uses that crest is...

Elsewhere, Yuria thinks about Ken, and she is happy that he is still alive. Somewhere, he must be feeling this same glittering sunrise. Just knowing that makes her feel glad.

King then walks over, and tells her to look at this: these beautiful jewels. He is the only person capable of gathering treasures such as these, whilst she is the only woman worthy of them. Yuria shakes her head, and asks how many people had to die for these jewels to be gathered. King asks her if she isn't pleased.

Yuria says she doesn't find those jewels beautiful. To her, all she can see is people's suffering, sadness, anger and tears. She walks past King, leaving him frustrated.

He drops the tray and tells her that might makes right. He crushes one of the jewels, and says that in his bare hands, even a diamond cracks to pieces. But why won't Yuria open her heart to him?

King then senses that Joker is nearby, and calls out to him. Joker tells him he's perceptive, and suddenly appears. King wants to know what he wants, and Joker explains that the valley prison was apparently attacked. King asks if it was the man with seven scars who did it, and Joker believes it was. King thinks that man may have escaped, if he were alone. He asks where Heart is, and Joker says Heart should be there by now. King tells Joker to also go there, and as Joker vanishes, King says that Heart is known as the martial artist killer. Kenshiro should be ready to die, and he believes this time he can give Yuria a present that'll make her happy.

As Kenshiro's' group walk through a desert, Bat says they can find a place to hide once they're in the mountains. The group continues to head on, but one man falls to his knees, and says he can't walk anymore. Lin tells him not to give up, but he says he's finished.

Kenshiro hits two pressure points on his legs, and he suddenly gets up. He says his strength has returned, and he can walk again now! Kenshiro explains that he hit one of his body's hidden pressure points, and he'll be fine.

Bat tells everyone to keep going, but Pel then starts growling at something behind them. In the distance, a large group of bikers is heading right for them.

They realize it's King's army. Ken tells Bat to take everyone to the mountains, whilst he remains behind. The group head off, whilst the bikers come to a stop before Kenshiro. He tells them he'll give them three warnings, and says they should forget about this, and leave. They can't believe what they're hearing.

Kenshiro then gives them their second warning, and says they should just tell King that they got away. They still can't believe it, so Kenshiro gives them a final warning: leave now. They start rushing towards him. Meanwhile, Bat's group are almost to safety.

Kenshiro easily defeats the army. Bat climbs up over a ledge, only to find Heart and his troops waiting for him. As the others start climbing up, Heart tells his men to punish them all.

They throw their clubs towards them. Bat falls back and tumbles into Lin, whilst everyone else gets killed when the clubs smash into them.

Heart thinks it's terrible, as he does so hate the sight of blood. He then sees that there are still two left, and tells his men to give them the rest of the clubs as a present. They throw their clubs down at Bat and Lin...

...but Kenshiro appears, and kicks the clubs down just in time. Heart says he presumes this guy must be the man with seven scars, he's found him at last.

Kenshiro sees that everyone else has been killed, and becomes enraged. Heart says what an unusual body Kenshiro has, but does he really think he can defeat his army?

Kenshiro calls them pigs, who've abandoned their human souls. He won't forgive them! Heart's army charges forward, whilst Ken runs straight towards them.

In the blink of an eye, Kenshiro starts attacking, hitting pressure points on everyone.

HOKUTO KYAPUU ZAN

(North Star Hundred Way Slash)

Kenshiro tells Heart that he's the last one. Heart laughs and leaps off the cliff, and tumbles down. He curls up and bounces off the side of the cliff, but doesn't hurt himself in doing so.

He lands next to Kenshiro, and tells him to go ahead and give it a try. Kenshiro lunges forward with a punch, which hits Heart's stomach... but then something strange happens. Ken finds that his arm is stuck in Heart's body.

Heart says that his body is like rubber, and it cushions him from any attack. So no matter what silly martial arts attack he tries, before he can reach a pressure point, he'll end up like this! He slaps Kenshiro, sending him crashing to the ground so hard that it causes it to crack.

Heart says that only Lord King's Nanto seiken (South Star holy fist) style can defeat him. Kenshiro is all too familiar with that style, and thinks back. There are two bodies in the heavens: the North Star, and the South Star. The universe is divided into two parts: male and female, positive and negative, yin and yang.

The two assassination arts are the Fist of the North Star, and the Fist of the Sound Star. Kenshiro gets back up, and realizes if this "King" practices the South Star holy fist, it must be that man... he then tells Heart that the Fist of the North Star is invincible! Heart chuckles and tells Kenshiro he just won't admit that he's lost.

On a cliff, Joker is watching. He throws a card which grazes Heart's face, causing him to bleed. When Heart realizes this, he says it hurts, and heads towards Kenshiro.

However Kenshiro kicks him in his chest. Heart tells him it's useless, whilst Kenshiro tells him he'll say it again: the Fist of the North Star is invincible! He starts rapidly kicking Heart, as Heart realizes it's doing something to his stomach. Kenshiro then goes to punch him again, and this time it works:

HOKUTO JU HAZAN

(North Star Softness Ripping Slash)

Kenshiro tells Heart that he just hit one of his pressure points... and now, he's already dead. Heart is ripped apart from the inside and then explodes, as Joker teleports away.

Bat and Lin are happy Ken has won, but Ken now knows who King really is: Shin, the man who he crawled out of the depths of hell to defeat! Kenshiro swears that he will pursue Shin to the ends of the Earth.

NEXT EPISODE PREVIEW

Kenshiro: Yuria, I swear I will save you.

At last, we will learn of Kenshiro, Yuria and Shin's true past. Next time, on Fist of the North Star: Can the Flames of Love Burn in Hell? You Are Already Dead!!

Kenshiro: I just hit one of your secret pressure points...