A long time ago, there were guards that defended the six gates of the imperial palace. They stood atop the 108 styles of the South Star holy fist, and were known as the South Star six holy fists. But after the nuclear war, the South Star six holy fists collapsed. The seeds of tragedy were thus scattered throughout the world.

Rei of the South Star Waterfowl Fist!
He Was a Man Who Died For His Friends!!



"I am the star of justice, from the South Star six holy fists. I live for others, and die for others."

Kenshiro thinks that Rei was the first man in this tempest world that he could call a friend. Rei would pretend to be a woman, attracting the attention of bandits. But he would kill them using his South Star waterfowl fist, and take any food they had.

South Star waterfowl fist! Its movements have the elegance and grace of a bird on water! But it is a mercilessly lethal art of unparalleled force!

Rei first met Kenshiro, Bat and Lin in Mamiya's village. Kenshiro remembers that Rei sacrificed himself for others. First, it was for Rei's sister, Airi. Rei had told Kenshiro about Airi's veil.

The night before Airi was to get married, bandits attacked Rei's village. His parents were killed, and Airi was kidnapped. Before he died, Rei's father grabbed onto Airi's veil, and saw that the man who took Airi had seven scars on his chest.

Before he died, Rei's father told his son about what happened. Rei didn't want to believe Airi was dead, and wanted to find the man with seven scars -and kill him! Eventually, they found that Airi had been taken by the Fang clan. Rei, Kenshiro and Mamiya had to fight the clan.

Eventually, the clan was wiped out, and Airi was saved. She was taken back to Mamiya's village, where Kenshiro struck a pressure point on her to restore her sight. She was able to see her brother's face again.

Kenshiro recalls that, after saving Airi, Rei lived for him, Lin, Bat and Mamiya... he was a man who lived for justice. However, Rei had seen the death omen star. It was said that anyone who could see that star would die within a year.

As Rei hurried back to Mamiya's village, he found an injured Bat. Bat explained that the village had been attacked by the Fist King's forces. Rei hurried to the village, where Lin refused to have the mark of the Fist King burned onto her. She was about to be killed when Rei arrived, slicing apart the man about to kill Lin.

Rei found out from Lin that Airi was safe. Enraged at what Lin had gone though, Rei started to kill many of the Fist King's forces. This led to Airi being able to fight herself, as when a guy tried to capture her, she pulled out a crossbow...

...and killed him with it. Rei realized that his sister no longer lived like a doll. Airi said that Lin taught her to fight, and told her brother to fight all he wanted. Rei then confronted the captain of the Fist King's forces.

But then, the Fist King appeared. Once the Fist King found out Rei had seen the death omen star, he told him to go ahead and attack. The Fist King -whose real name was Raoh -refused to dismount from his horse, as he would not stand on the same ground as Rei. Rei tried to attack, but Raoh's fighting spiritual energy repelled Rei.

Despite the warnings from his friends, Rei was determined to defeat Raoh. He tried to use the ultimate technique of his style, the self-sacrifice offset fist.

However, Raoh saw through it, and was able to defeat Rei. Kenshiro arrived back at the village and saw that Raoh had defeated Rei.

However, Raoh had not simply killed Rei. Instead, he had struck a pressure point on him that gave him three days to live. Raoh wanted to spread the legend of the Fist King, and to create fear, giving someone three days to live would do just that.

Back in the present, Kenshiro thinks that Rei was righteous as a warrior, faithful as a brother, and compassionate as a friend. Even in his last moments, Rei was honorable to the star of justice.

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