The Fist King burns with ambition to rule the century's end! Shuren of the Flame, a man of the five chariot stars, now stands in his way.

Raoh: I see. Your flame isn't strong enough to turn my ambition to ash!

The Five Chariot Stars Approach Kenshiro!
Fudou, Who Are You!!

Raoh tells his men that the flame army oppose them. He orders for them to be wiped out, so they charge. Shuren's army prepare themselves.

The two armies clash. but Raoh's army is larger in number. Soon, Shuren's army has been defeated. A solider reports to the Fist King that whilst they've had heavy losses, the flame army has been destroyed.

Raoh thinks he would like to meet this last general of the South Star six holy fists. Elsewhere, Kenshiro's group have entered another town. The villagers are quite surprised at Fudou, whilst Bat moans that he's not a little kid -he wants to be let down! Fudou laughs and tells him not to worry about that, but Bat tells him to stop laughing -it's making them fall off of him!

They then see a guy chasing after a chicken. Fudou puts Bat and Lin down, and says he'll catch it. Bat thinks he's crazy, but he tells him to watch. Fudou starts chasing after the chicken, causing the entire village to rumble with each step he takes.

He corners the chicken up against a wall, and makes a dive for it. But the chicken jumps over him at the last moment, leading to him crashing through the wall.

He then sneezes, causing him to blow away more of the wall. A piece of wood ends up hitting the chicken.

Fudou says he caught it, and the chicken gets returned to its rightful owner. The guy explains he has been rounding up chickens for his daughter. His daughter has been ill for a long time, and never gets out of bed. He wants to give her plenty of eggs so she can get her stamina back, and is hoping good nutrition might do the trick. He says that it's only a little further to his home, so he should make it back by tomorrow.

As a thank you, he gives each of them an egg. That's all he has at the moment, but he says for them to share and eat them. He then says goodbye to them all, and leaves with his cart.

Bat starts juggling his egg, and says how generous that guy was. But he then drops his egg, and it breaks on the floor. As he cries about what a waste it was -you don't get to eat eggs these days -Fudou hands over his own to him. Lin thinks he shouldn't do this, as it was Bat's own fault his egg broke.

Bat asks him if this is really alright, but Fudou says it's fine. Bat takes the egg and tells Fudou he'll live long. Nearby, somebody whistles, and Fudou sees two guys standing in an alley. Fudou starts to walk towards them, telling the others that nature calls.

As he walks, an old man sees the star tattoo on his arm, and says it's the five chariot stars. He sees this as a bad omen, and asks the heavens for help. Bat and Lin wonder if Fudou is some kind of bad guy.

Fudou finds out about what happened with Shuren and his army. Fudou sees that even Shuren's determination couldn't stop the Fist King. The men say that Lord Rihaku is now concerned that the Fist King may eventually reach the last general. Fudou thinks that he won't let Huey and Shuren's deaths be in vain. Elsewhere, the chicken farmer is out in the wasteland.

But he soon has to stop when a gang of men surround him. Their leader, Kogure, simply orders his men to get him. One of them strikes the farmer down. Later on, Kenshiro's group walk through the desert. Bat isn't pleased this big guy is still following them, but Lin tells him he's being rude. Bat says the guy is one of the chariot stars -who knows what he'll do? Lin disagrees, as he doesn't look like a bad person to her.

Kenshiro then beckons them to stop. They see the wrecked cart of the chicken farmer nearby, and as they approach, they see that the farmer himself has been struck down.

He's still alive, but says he can't make it back to his village... he can't see his daughter, and she's waiting for him. He then passes away.

Kenshiro notices some smoke nearby. The smoke is from a fire that Kogure's gang have lit up, and they are enjoying the chickens they've cooked. It's been a long time since they've been able to eat something like this!

The gang want to run wild, and Kogure says this is the best way to live a decent life in the century's end: steal other people's stuff. He tells everyone that if you work hard, good things will come to you! Kenshiro approaches two of the gang, and asks them if they're the ones who killed the man with the chickens. One guy says he was the one who personally did it, and one stab was all it took. They think they scored big with this. Kenshiro asks them if that chicken tastes good. The killer tells him to shut up -of course it's good!

Kenshiro grabs him by the head, then pushes a chicken bone through him with such force it bursts out of the back of his head. He says that the chicken carried a man's hopes, it's not for scum like them. For that, he can pay for it with his life. He then punches him in the face...

...causing his head to explode. The other guy wonders if Kenshiro is a debt collector or something, but then offers him some chicken. He says that Lord Kogure has the rest, so he should go and get him. Kenshiro hits him, and he lands in the fire, alerting the rest of the gang.

Kogure asks what's going on, and the guy points to Kenshiro. As soon as he does this, his head explodes, and Kogure immediately knows it was the North Star divine fist... which means this guy must be Kenshiro! The gang are uneasy about this, as they know Kenshiro is the man who defeated King, and also crushed Souther's empire.

But some of them are happy about it -they've heard that if they beat him, they get to join the main unit of the Fist King's forces. Which would mean they could get all the food they could eat, do whatever they want, and not have to wander around this desert anymore! Kenshiro thinks that's a pathetic dream, but he's sure they'll all wake up once they've landed in hell. Kogure orders his men to attack, so a large group of them run towards Kenshiro.

They have him completely surrounded, so Kogure orders them to finish Kenshiro off. But they suddenly stop moving, then all get blasted back and blown apart. Kenshiro tells Kogure that he's next.

Kogure tells his three underlings -Guzuri, Jira and Naburi -they'll go now, using their Taizan-ryu shisoku ken (Taishan-style four coil fist). They start rapidly running around Kenshiro, and then all leap upwards together.

They drop down and attack, but as Kenshiro dodges their moves, he can't hit back -as soon as he tries to hit one, another is there trying to hit him. Kogure's gang keep up the pressure.

As they continue to strike, Fudou thinks that the gang's movements are calculated and coordinated carefully -this won't be easy for even the North Star divine fist. The gang say that they've survived in this savage world with this art, and tell Kenshiro this is the end. They all leap towards Kenshiro...

...but he gets out of the way by leaping up, and then strikes a pressure point on the back of Kogure's neck. Kenshiro says he could see that Kogure was the one giving the signals to the rest of his gang on when they should attack. He has just hit the keisetsu pressure point, which means Kogure won't even be able to blink now.

Kenshiro asks the rest of the gang what's wrong -can't they fight without instructions? They ask why he's doing this, he doesn't even know the name of that farmer they killed -what's he so angry about?! Kenshiro says it was because he was a man with no name, who only wanted a little bit of happiness. He can't forgive them for taking it away from him. The gang jump forward, with Jira leading the attack, but Kenshiro hits a pressure point on his head, and then quickly strikes the other two.

They crash into Kogure, and Kenshiro tells them their movements are forever uncoordinated -but they can at least die together. As soon as he says this, they explode. Bat then tells Ken to look out, as Fudou leaps down. But Fudou lands on a guy hiding, and gets another guy with a bow to reveal himself.

The guy takes aim at him, but is too scared to fire. Fudou doesn't hesitate though, and cuts him in half with a single chop:

GOSHA SANGA ZAN

(Five Chariot Mountain Slash)

Kenshiro realizes this guy is a martial artist, and Bat wants to know who he is. Fudo gets down on one knee and says he is here to bring Kenshiro in. He had chosen to be anonymous so he could observe him closely, and asks for forgiveness. He finally introduces himself to the group, saying he is Fudou of the Mountain, and says that the last general of the South Star six holy fists awaits Kenshiro.

At the South Star capital, Rihaku says he has left Kenshiro to the Mountain. Only the Fist King remains, and Tou says that the Fist King is still not aware of where the South Star capital is. But his forces continue to advance, and someday, they are going to come here. Rihaku says they must stop him, but the Wind and the Flame have already fallen. Which means there is only one left: the man of the Cloud. Tou knows who he means: Juza.

At Juza's castle, Juza sits at the edge of a cliff. Someone comes up to him and says he's received a letter from some guy called Rihaku of the Ocean. Juza opens the note, which states for him to make his move: stop the Fist King's advance.

Juza thinks this is stupid, and throws the note up into the air, where it splits into pieces.

Juza says he's free, he doesn't care about that boring stuff. He's a cloud, that's endlessly free. He doesn't care about that South Star garbage...

NEXT EPISODE PREVIEW

Kenshiro heads towards the South Star! But one of the five chariot starts denies his destiny! Next time, on Fist of the North Star: "The Crisis is Near! Ken, Destiny Awaits at the the South Star Capital!!"

Kenshiro: The North Star code... I will uphold it.