# Season 1
# 1 - Chapter One: Alkaid Roars
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**[00:39] ---**
"Lian Tong Temple"
**[00:58] ---**
Kanyo!
**[01:00] ---**
Hang in there, Kanyo!
**[01:01] ---**
T-Taito...
**[01:03] ---**
What on earth happened?!
How many of them are there?!
**[01:07] ---**
O-One...
**[01:08] ---**
One?!
**[01:37] ---**
The Xian Jia Lan Wu...
**[01:39] ---**
At last, the sword of the ruler
of the world is mine...
**[01:49] ---**
Damn you...
**[01:51] ---**
Just what the hell do you think you're doing
while others are trying to enjoy the night?!
**[01:57] ---**
You piece of scum! You'll pay for this!
**[02:02] ---**
What?!
**[02:03] ---**
Those who stand in the way shall be cut down.
**[02:09] ---**
Not bad.
**[02:11] ---**
I can see how you managed
to storm this place all by yourself!
**[02:13] ---**
My objective is the conqueror's
sword, the Xian Jia Lan Wu.
**[02:17] ---**
It is only proper that I obtain it on my own.
**[02:20] ---**
Enough of your nonsense!
**[02:22] ---**
I won't even let you have a single rock!
**[02:33] ---**
Don't underestimate me!
**[02:45] ---**
You made me use my right arm. Impressive.
**[02:53] ---**
Damn...
**[02:55] ---**
Don't touch the sword!
**[03:05] ---**
D-damn you!
**[03:07] ---**
I will overlook your insolence.
**[03:09] ---**
Now leave the Xian Jia Lan Wu and begone.
**[03:11] ---**
Like hell I will! Now I'm *really* mad!
**[03:13] ---**
You're going down now! I swear it!
**[03:17] ---**
Fool. That is the sword
of the chosen conqueror.
**[03:21] ---**
A measly insect cannot possibly draw it.
**[03:23] ---**
Shut up!
**[03:31] ---**
Th-that's...!
**[03:43] ---**
What is this sword?!
**[03:45] ---**
What?! You've chosen the Alkaid,
Xian Jia Lan Wu?!
**[03:49] ---**
No! That's not possible!
**[03:53] ---**
My meeting the Alkaid here
was also destined by the stars!
**[03:56] ---**
Alkaid? What the hell are you talking about?!
**[03:59] ---**
You shall fall before my cause!
**[04:01] ---**
The hell with that, mustache freak!
**[04:20] ---**
What was that shock wave just now?!
Was that bastard holding back before?!
**[04:33] ---**
Die!
**[04:43] ---**
Although the Alkaid, you are but a boy.
**[04:46] ---**
Your unsheathing of the sword poses little--
**[04:48] ---**
What?!
**[04:53] ---**
I- I'm not finished yet...
Not until I avenge my friends...!
**[05:04] ---**
Boy... You still intend to beleaguer me?!
**[06:02] ---**
Fall, Alkaid!
**[06:17] ---**
Lord Keiro! Welcome back!
**[06:23] ---**
Oh! Look, men!
**[06:26] ---**
At long last, the Xian Jia Lan Wu
is in our Lord Keiro's possession!
**[06:49] ---**
*I'll never say good-bye
to our prime forever*
**[06:58] ---**
*And I feel like dumb,
I don't know why*
**[07:07] ---**
*I'll never say good-bye
'cos I can't forget her*°
**[07:16] ---**
*But I feel like dumb,
I don't know why*
**[07:25] ---**
*Try to scream*
**[07:28] ---**
*Shattered dreams are
made of stone and desperation*
**[07:37] ---**
*Broken hearts blown in a
freezing wind during winterlong*
**[07:42] ---**
*Unspoken words floating on
freezing wind during winterlong*
**[07:52] ---**
*During winterlong*
**[08:08] ---**
In the heavens are seven stars.
They are the stars of the Big Dipper.
**[08:13] ---**
The seven stars:
**[08:14] ---**
In other words, the heroes
who are the Dipper Bearers;
**[08:17] ---**
the karma in place since Creation;
**[08:19] ---**
the transmigration of the wild gods;
**[08:21] ---**
the tales of warriors.
**[08:23] ---**
And, just as in this world
there are yin and yang,
**[08:27] ---**
so too are there the opposite poles
of Dubhe and Alkaid in the Big Dipper.
**[08:30] ---**
These two are "wild stars" that hold
complete sway over the land.
**[08:37] ---**
"Chapter One: Alkaid Roars"
**[08:59] ---**
Found some!
**[09:01] ---**
Hang in there, Taito!
**[09:13] ---**
Master Sonnei. Senior Soei.
**[09:15] ---**
Be at ease.
**[09:16] ---**
We've been so busy with
the funerals the past few days
**[09:19] ---**
that we haven't had time to see you.
**[09:21] ---**
I thank you again in my son's place, Ryuko.
**[09:25] ---**
No, it was only dumb luck
that I happened upon him.
**[09:28] ---**
It seems my terrible sense of
direction *can* be useful.
**[09:32] ---**
No, it was in both of your destinies.
**[09:35] ---**
You mean the karma of the stars?
**[09:37] ---**
They say fools are tough,
but it's a relief that he's all right
**[09:40] ---**
and that we didn't
have to give him a funeral.
**[09:43] ---**
Please forgive me. If only I had
arrived a little sooner...
**[09:48] ---**
Don't say that.
**[09:48] ---**
Had I not gone to Emei Shan
for moon viewing that night...
**[09:52] ---**
It was I who invited you
to that moon viewing.
**[09:55] ---**
Still, it's unbelievable to think that someone
single-handedly managed to take on
**[10:00] ---**
the renowned warriors of the Qing Long Platoon
*and* the armed priests of Lian Tong Temple...
**[10:03] ---**
Not even the Alkaid was a match for him...
**[10:06] ---**
What did you just say, Master Sonnei?
**[10:10] ---**
Taito! Taito!
**[10:13] ---**
Taito!
**[10:14] ---**
Hello, Master Sonnei!
**[10:17] ---**
You're always in such high spirits, Laila.
**[10:19] ---**
Not at all. My dumb brother
makes me cry every day.
**[10:26] ---**
Is he still not...?
**[10:27] ---**
He'll be fine now.
His wounds have nearly healed.
**[10:30] ---**
Really?! In that case...
**[10:32] ---**
...get up already!
**[10:37] ---**
Good morning, dumb brother!
**[10:39] ---**
What the hell, Laila?! What's the big idea?!
What's the big idea?!
**[10:43] ---**
Why did you say that twice?
**[10:44] ---**
Shut up! I'm gonna hit you for that!
**[10:47] ---**
My dumb brother's mad now!
**[10:49] ---**
You can't get away from me! Get back here!
**[10:52] ---**
Who is she?
**[10:54] ---**
Taito's younger sister. My daughter.
**[11:00] ---**
Stop, Laila! Get back here!
**[11:04] ---**
Sorry! Forgive me!
**[11:10] ---**
Wh-what? What are you looking at?
**[11:41] ---**
Kanyo's sword...
**[11:45] ---**
In my eyes, Lian Tong Temple
was my home; Tai Shan my garden.
**[11:49] ---**
And the priests and the Qing Long Platoon
members were my irreplaceable friends.
**[11:54] ---**
And now they're all...
**[11:58] ---**
Damn it!
**[11:59] ---**
Taito!
**[12:04] ---**
Taito! Stop it!
**[12:12] ---**
Taito! That's not cool at all!
Lashing out like that is pathetic!
**[12:17] ---**
What?!
**[12:18] ---**
You're completely wrong if you think
you're the only one who's sad!
**[12:22] ---**
We're the lucky ones.
**[12:24] ---**
Those people can't even
feel sadness anymore!
**[12:28] ---**
I'm glad you didn't die.
**[12:30] ---**
Just being able to feel that makes me happy.
**[12:36] ---**
Laila. I'm strong, aren't I?
**[12:41] ---**
Then why did I lose?!
**[12:44] ---**
H-how... How should I know?!
**[12:51] ---**
Medicinal herbs...
**[12:58] ---**
Men don't care how other people feel at all!
**[13:00] ---**
They're so hopeless!
**[13:02] ---**
Stupid Taito!
**[13:22] ---**
Why am I unable to draw it?
**[13:27] ---**
Is that Alkaid boy still alive?
**[13:31] ---**
Very well. If you will not choose me,
**[13:35] ---**
then I will take the land by force.
**[13:37] ---**
Come, Shimei.
**[13:41] ---**
Impressive, Lord Keiro, that you can
even detect the presence of a dead person.
**[13:47] ---**
Go.
**[13:48] ---**
Leave the Alkaid's destruction to me.
**[13:57] ---**
Absolutely no one shall stand
in my way to domination!
**[14:02] ---**
The Xian Jia Lan Wu?!
**[14:04] ---**
That's the symbol of the
emperor of our Xian Empire!
**[14:08] ---**
Indeed, it is the sword of conquerors.
**[14:10] ---**
He who draws the Xian Jia
Lan Wu will rule the world.
**[14:14] ---**
Shouldn't it be in the
emperor's possession then?
**[14:17] ---**
A false one is.
**[14:18] ---**
The real one was
kept here at the Lian Tong Temple.
**[14:22] ---**
Why is that?
**[14:24] ---**
Because the current emperor couldn't draw it.
**[14:27] ---**
He couldn't?!
**[14:29] ---**
Being unable to unsheathe the sword of rulers
would place his position as emperor at risk.
**[14:33] ---**
So he secretly left it in our hands.
**[14:39] ---**
Just how many lives were lost
for one measly sword?!
**[14:43] ---**
Then the bandit's intent
was to steal the Xian Jia Lan Wu...
**[14:47] ---**
Just who was he?
**[14:49] ---**
Someone saw troops in the mountains.
**[14:52] ---**
They carried black flags that said
"Wolf" and red flags that said "Xian"...
**[14:55] ---**
That can't be! Red "Xian"
flags are carried by...!
**[14:58] ---**
Yes. The main imperial army.
**[15:02] ---**
Such foolishness. Stealing the sword
won't amount to anything.
**[15:06] ---**
Huh?
**[15:08] ---**
It chooses its own master.
**[15:11] ---**
The fact is that the current emperor
wasn't chosen by the sword.
**[15:15] ---**
The sword's master has already been decided.
**[15:40] ---**
He'll pay for this. That
mustached bastard will pay...
**[15:47] ---**
I understand how he feels. But...
**[15:52] ---**
Okay!
**[15:57] ---**
Hey! Taito!
**[16:04] ---**
That was dangerous!
**[16:06] ---**
What's the big idea, Laila?!
What's the big idea, Laila?!
**[16:09] ---**
Why did you say that twice?
**[16:10] ---**
Shut up! It's a habit of mine!
**[16:14] ---**
Hey, Taito. I know you feel angry,
but I don't want to see you like this!
**[16:18] ---**
Wh-what brought that on?
**[16:21] ---**
It's not like you!
**[16:22] ---**
You need to always
be cheerful and in high spirits!
**[16:30] ---**
Laila. Thanks for the herbs.
**[16:34] ---**
Now if only there was
a medicine for curing stupidity.
**[16:38] ---**
Stupidity causes other
people so much trouble!
**[16:40] ---**
Quit calling me stupid.
**[16:42] ---**
Even if we're not related by blood,
I still am your older brother.
**[16:44] ---**
Thank goodness that we
aren't related by blood!
**[16:48] ---**
Hey! Are you insulting me?!
**[17:08] ---**
Whoops, that was close.
Looks like he has some skill.
**[17:12] ---**
But not nearly enough.
The Alkaid is no trifling thing like that.
**[17:17] ---**
Isn't that right?
**[17:21] ---**
Guess I'll lay a trap.
**[17:36] ---**
It looks like it's going to rain.
Just after I did the laundry, too...
**[17:40] ---**
Hello, young lady.
**[17:42] ---**
Who's there?!
**[17:43] ---**
My boss left me with an
errand to take care of.
**[17:48] ---**
Can't say I care myself, though.
**[17:51] ---**
What business do you have with me?!
**[17:53] ---**
I only want to see what the Alkaid's
capable of when he's serious.
**[17:57] ---**
The Alkaid?!
**[17:58] ---**
If he disappoints me,
I'll exterminate him.
**[18:00] ---**
That's it, basically.
**[18:09] ---**
That was Laila!
**[18:10] ---**
Laila!
**[18:11] ---**
Laila! What happened?!
**[18:19] ---**
Did something happen, Laila?
**[18:21] ---**
S-stay away... Taito...
**[18:24] ---**
What? I can't h--
**[18:30] ---**
L- Laila?
**[18:31] ---**
N-no... M-my body's moving on its own...
**[18:34] ---**
You show yourself, Alkaid.
**[18:38] ---**
The girl is my marionette.
**[18:41] ---**
What?!
**[18:42] ---**
Now, then. Let's see the power of the Alkaid.
**[18:47] ---**
"Alkaid"? What the hell is that, anyway?!
**[18:50] ---**
What? You don't know?
**[18:52] ---**
S-stop this!
**[18:55] ---**
"Everyone knows but he himself," huh...
**[18:57] ---**
Alkaid is a conqueror's star;
a sinful star that cuts down all
**[19:02] ---**
with its tremendous power
and guides the world to turmoil.
**[19:05] ---**
What?!
**[19:06] ---**
You were born bearing Alkaid's karma.
**[19:09] ---**
You have a pattern on your body, right?
**[19:12] ---**
And there's another star that Alkaid
clashes with for domination: Dubhe.
**[19:16] ---**
My boss Keiro, in other words.
**[19:19] ---**
Damn you! Don't tell me you're that
mustached bastard's henchman?!
**[19:26] ---**
M-my body!
**[19:29] ---**
Easy! All too easy, Alkaid!
**[19:32] ---**
I thought you were lacking
somewhat, but not *this* much!
**[19:39] ---**
Taito!
**[19:44] ---**
I'll tell you what you lack.
**[19:47] ---**
Ambition, resolve, authority,
knowledge, skepticism...
**[19:52] ---**
...and hate!
**[19:56] ---**
What are you doing, you pervert?!
**[19:58] ---**
You're one strong-willed cutie-pie!
You might just be my type!
**[20:03] ---**
D-damn you! Get away from Laila!
**[20:12] ---**
There are some people out there
**[20:14] ---**
who get angrier from their
friends' pain than their own.
**[20:19] ---**
Is this where the heart is?
**[20:24] ---**
Stop it, damn you! Stop it!
**[20:27] ---**
Sure, I'll stop. Instead...
**[20:32] ---**
Laila!
**[20:34] ---**
What did you do?!
**[20:35] ---**
She's going to strangle herself
**[20:37] ---**
and rip her flesh and shatter
her bones in doing so...
**[20:40] ---**
This will be a real sight!
**[20:44] ---**
That's a good look. Just how I like it!
**[20:48] ---**
Damn you! I swear I'll get you for this!
**[20:51] ---**
How empty that sounds!
**[20:53] ---**
What can you possibly do now?
**[20:56] ---**
Taito...
**[20:58] ---**
You're powerless.
**[21:00] ---**
That's right. You're powerless!
**[21:03] ---**
Just as you couldn't save your friends,
**[21:05] ---**
so too will you watch
your own dear sister die!
**[21:24] ---**
This is...!
**[21:26] ---**
What is this menacing energy?!
**[21:30] ---**
Taito...
**[21:37] ---**
See, you *do* have it in ya.
**[21:41] ---**
That's it.
**[21:43] ---**
That's the hate you were lacking!
**[21:48] ---**
How many centuries has it been
**[21:50] ---**
since the stars of Alkaid
and Dubhe have appeared?
**[21:54] ---**
This is exciting!
**[22:12] ---**
*In those days,
you believed in more dreams*
**[22:23] ---**
*than could fit in your little hands*
**[22:31] ---**
*Don't look like that,
don't give in*°
**[22:42] ---**
*Even inside me you're shining brightly now*
**[22:52] ---**
*Please notice*
**[22:56] ---**
*You can stay your more
honest, open self*
**[23:02] ---**
*I'll be by your side
and act as a signpost*
**[23:12] ---**
*So we can just walk beneath
this great big sky together*
**[23:22] ---**
*because you aren't alone*
**[23:33] ---**
*The star awakes and takes action!*
**[23:36] ---**
*Sir Taito appears to be reacting to my star!*
**[23:39] ---**
*My father always said he didn't
want Taito to awaken.*
**[23:44] ---**
*He wanted him to live
peacefully as a normal person.*
**[23:47] ---**
*You'll destroy yourself, Sir Taito!*
**[23:49] ---**
*Is the party finally starting?*
**[23:52] ---**
*Those harboring the stars meet,
their destinies intertwining.*
**[23:56] ---**
*On Hero Tales, "Chapter Two:
The Karma of Mizar."*
**[24:12] ---**
"See you next time!"
**[24:12] ---**
*My star is resonating!*
# 2 - Chapter Two: The Karma of Mizar
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**[00:13] ---**
Taito...
**[00:18] ---**
See, you *do* have it in ya.
**[00:24] ---**
What is this menacing energy?
**[00:27] ---**
That's it. That's the hate you were lacking!
**[00:35] ---**
How many centuries has it been
**[00:37] ---**
since the stars of Alkaid
and Dubhe have appeared?
**[00:40] ---**
This is exciting!
**[00:48] ---**
Ryuko!
**[00:49] ---**
Senior Soei! Let's go!
**[00:56] ---**
So the star has become active...
**[01:12] ---**
*I'll never say good-bye
to our prime forever*
**[01:21] ---**
*And I feel like dumb,
I don't know why*
**[01:30] ---**
*I'll never say good-bye
'cos I can't forget her*°
**[01:39] ---**
*But I feel like dumb,
I don't know why*
**[01:48] ---**
*Try to scream*
**[01:51] ---**
*Shattered dreams are
made of stone and desperation*
**[02:00] ---**
*Broken hearts blown in a
freezing wind during winterlong*
**[02:05] ---**
*Unspoken words floating on
freezing wind during winterlong*
**[02:15] ---**
*During winterlong*
**[02:48] ---**
Scary!
**[03:01] ---**
Not bad.
**[03:02] ---**
Even after just awakening the Alkaid
has tremendous destructive power.
**[03:06] ---**
However...
**[03:12] ---**
You've still got a long way to go
to stand up to my boss Keiro,
**[03:16] ---**
who bears the karma of Dubhe--!
**[03:22] ---**
He's fast! Has he improved
in this short of a time?
**[03:37] ---**
"Chapter Two: The Karma of Mizar"
**[03:46] ---**
Wh-what?!
**[03:49] ---**
T- Taito! Laila!
**[03:56] ---**
My star is resonating!
**[03:59] ---**
Don't tell me that pattern is...!
**[04:01] ---**
Yes, the pattern of Alkaid.
**[04:04] ---**
Taito bears the karma of the star Alkaid.
**[04:08] ---**
Oh, wonderful! Is the party finally starting?
**[04:18] ---**
Senior Soei, get Lady Laila!
**[04:20] ---**
Sir Taito appears to be reacting to my star!
**[04:23] ---**
Understood!
**[04:28] ---**
Laila! Laila!
**[04:31] ---**
What on earth?!
**[04:34] ---**
He's avoiding her...
**[04:36] ---**
Despite losing himself to his anger,
he seeks to prevent injury to Laila.
**[04:44] ---**
N-now you've done it...!
**[04:50] ---**
Laila! Say something, Laila!
**[04:54] ---**
Father...
**[04:56] ---**
Laila...
**[04:56] ---**
Wh-where am I? Wh-where is Taito?
**[05:02] ---**
Taito!
**[05:08] ---**
T- Taito...
**[05:10] ---**
Consumed by the star's power,
he has lost all control.
**[05:13] ---**
What I feared has finally come to pass...
**[05:16] ---**
Don't tell me that power is...
**[05:18] ---**
If so, you'll destroy yourself, Sir Taito!
**[05:25] ---**
You leave me no choice.
**[05:36] ---**
Don't die, now!
**[05:44] ---**
What?!
**[05:50] ---**
M-monster...
**[05:56] ---**
What are you doing, Taito?!
**[05:59] ---**
Laila!
**[06:00] ---**
You're in danger, Lady Laila! Get away!
**[06:07] ---**
You're always causing everyone trouble...
**[06:14] ---**
Please...
**[06:15] ---**
...go back to normal, you stupid brother!
**[06:35] ---**
Oww!
**[06:37] ---**
What's the big idea, Laila?!
What's the big idea, Laila?!
**[06:40] ---**
Why did you say that twice?!
**[06:42] ---**
What is this?!
**[06:44] ---**
Why am I covered in blood?!
Why am I covered in blood?! Why?!
**[06:47] ---**
Quit repeating yourself!
**[06:50] ---**
That... can't be...
**[06:55] ---**
So she stopped the Alkaid...
**[07:07] ---**
Why do I have to do this by myself?
**[07:11] ---**
Did I *really* do this?!
**[07:23] ---**
Thank you for trying to stop Taito, umm...
**[07:28] ---**
I am Ryuko, an ascetic monk
from the Tong You Temple.
**[07:31] ---**
I was sent here by Head Priest Ryusho.
**[07:35] ---**
Then you came all the way from the capital?!
**[07:37] ---**
Never did I expect something
like this awaited me.
**[07:40] ---**
Perhaps this is also the karma of the stars.
**[07:42] ---**
Karma of the stars?
**[07:44] ---**
In this world there are people who are born
**[07:46] ---**
bearing the karma of the stars
as ordained by the heavens.
**[07:50] ---**
I, as well as Sir Taito,
bear the karma of the stars.
**[07:54] ---**
My father always said
**[07:57] ---**
he didn't want Taito to awaken.
**[08:00] ---**
He wanted him to live
peacefully as a normal person.
**[08:05] ---**
So this is what he meant...
**[08:08] ---**
In the heavens are seven stars.
They are the stars of the Big Dipper.
**[08:13] ---**
The seven stars:
**[08:14] ---**
In other words, the heroes
who are the Dipper Bearers;
**[08:17] ---**
the karma in place since Creation;
**[08:19] ---**
the transmigration of the wild gods;
**[08:21] ---**
the tales of warriors.
**[08:22] ---**
And, just as in this world
there are yin and yang,
**[08:25] ---**
so too are there the opposite poles
of Dubhe and Alkaid in the Big Dipper.
**[08:29] ---**
These two are "wild stars" that
hold complete sway over the land.
**[08:33] ---**
That's from the Tale of the Big Dipper.
**[08:36] ---**
Indeed.
**[08:37] ---**
The Dipper Bearers are seven heroes
**[08:39] ---**
born in turbulent times
who will lead the people.
**[08:43] ---**
It is said that each possesses the pattern
of a star in the Big Dipper upon their bodies.
**[08:48] ---**
Five of the Dipper Bearers; Megrez,
Merak, Alioth, Phecda, and Mizar,
**[08:53] ---**
are known as the Five Divine Warriors.
**[08:56] ---**
And the stars of Alkaid and Dubhe
are known as the Two Celestial Deities.
**[09:01] ---**
Two Celestial Deities...
**[09:03] ---**
And I'm this Alkaid of yours?
**[09:06] ---**
What a joke!
**[09:07] ---**
Taito!
**[09:08] ---**
Sheesh. Even after everything you did...
**[09:11] ---**
I don't know if I should
call you carefree or stupid...
**[09:13] ---**
What did you say?!
**[09:16] ---**
Ryuko, was it?! Are you
trying to pick a fight?!
**[09:20] ---**
Knock it off, Taito.
**[09:22] ---**
The Two Celestial Deities are sinful
stars that bring turmoil to the land.
**[09:27] ---**
And it is the karma of the Five Divine Warriors
to act as breakwaters for that turmoil.
**[09:32] ---**
So what?!
**[09:33] ---**
I also bear a star.
**[09:36] ---**
The star of Mizar. I am one
of the Five Divine Warriors.
**[09:40] ---**
So?!
**[09:41] ---**
I don't care about any of this
stupid "karma" stuff! I'm me!
**[09:45] ---**
I don't take orders or
directions from anyone!
**[09:50] ---**
No one can defy karma bestowed by the stars
in the heavens; it is a heavenly mandate.
**[09:55] ---**
You are no exception, Taito.
**[10:00] ---**
Grandpa Son...
**[10:21] ---**
Lord Keiro of the Xian Empire,
**[10:23] ---**
staying here on his way home
from crushing a rebellion...
**[10:26] ---**
Frightening.
**[10:31] ---**
I see. So he survived.
**[10:34] ---**
Even the Mizar of the Five
Divine Warriors showed up.
**[10:38] ---**
My best clothes went to waste as a result.
**[10:43] ---**
So, what now? Devouring each other
is what the Alkaid and Dubhe do.
**[10:48] ---**
For you--
**[10:49] ---**
Forget about him.
**[10:50] ---**
The heavens have ordered that he should live.
**[10:52] ---**
You're going to forget about him?
**[10:54] ---**
But, Shimei. What *you
*do is your own business.
**[10:58] ---**
I see. I get your drift.
**[11:02] ---**
Alkaid... Just how much of an
obstacle will you be in my path?
**[11:19] ---**
It's cheap! Come and get some!
**[11:23] ---**
Plucked this very morning!
**[11:27] ---**
It's Taito!
**[11:28] ---**
Good morning, Taito!
**[11:30] ---**
Let's play!
**[11:31] ---**
Morning! Let's go fishing
some other time, okay?
**[11:35] ---**
Yeah!
**[11:35] ---**
We'll hold you to that!
**[11:37] ---**
Wait for me!
**[11:39] ---**
The people of Tai Shan certainly are strong.
**[11:42] ---**
The town is already so lively
after being burned down...
**[11:44] ---**
Did you think it would be gloomier
and wearier because it's a town for refugees?
**[11:49] ---**
No, that isn't what I...
**[11:51] ---**
You're a straightforward person, Ryuko.
**[11:54] ---**
Dad and Grandpa Son built
this town for refugees.
**[11:58] ---**
Don't nitpick about it.
**[11:59] ---**
That wasn't my intent.
**[12:00] ---**
I respect them both from
the bottom of my heart.
**[12:03] ---**
Good, then.
**[12:05] ---**
These people are my friends. My family.
**[12:31] ---**
We'll be back again, Kanyo... Everyone...
**[12:40] ---**
This many Qing Long Platoon members
and ascetic monks in one night...
**[12:44] ---**
Because they're friends...
Because they're family...
**[12:49] ---**
That mustached bastard will pay!
**[12:53] ---**
As leader of the Qing Long
Platoon, I order you...
**[12:56] ---**
Father!
**[12:58] ---**
Don't even *think* about getting revenge.
**[13:01] ---**
The Qing Long Platoon is the self-defense
force that protects Tai Shan.
**[13:04] ---**
I will not allow it to launch
an attack of its own!
**[13:07] ---**
You can't be serious!
You want us to just accept it?!
**[13:10] ---**
You want us to accept defeat
with our tail between our legs?!
**[13:12] ---**
Be quiet!
**[13:14] ---**
Nothing comes from anger and hatred.
**[13:17] ---**
Do you understand, Taito?
**[13:27] ---**
What do you say we train?
We haven't in a while.
**[13:50] ---**
*He's fast! Is it because he's awoken?!*
**[14:00] ---**
I'm leaving your change of clothes here!
**[14:05] ---**
This feels great!
**[14:14] ---**
Taito.
**[14:15] ---**
Huh?
**[14:16] ---**
I'm hoping that you will someday take over
as leader of the Qing Long Platoon.
**[14:21] ---**
Yep, I plan to!
**[14:23] ---**
What brought that on all of a sudden?
You're acting weird, Dad.
**[14:28] ---**
I see.
**[14:41] ---**
Hey, Dad.
**[14:42] ---**
Yes?
**[14:43] ---**
Do you know a man named Keiro?
**[14:46] ---**
Keiro?
**[14:47] ---**
Do you mean General Keiro of the Xian Empire?
**[14:51] ---**
*An imperial general?!*
**[14:56] ---**
--What about him--?
**[14:57] ---**
--Gimme money, Dad! Money!
**[14:59] ---**
Money?
**[15:00] ---**
I'm going to the capital!
**[15:01] ---**
I'm going to kick the crap
out of Keiro, that mustached freak!
**[15:11] ---**
That's crazy!
**[15:12] ---**
It's sheer stupidity!
**[15:13] ---**
Well, he *is* stupid!
**[15:15] ---**
It *is* quite like Taito.
**[15:17] ---**
Actually, I want to visit the capital too!
**[15:21] ---**
How can you be so carefree?
**[15:23] ---**
To think that an imperial
general set Tai Shan ablaze
**[15:25] ---**
and attacked Lian Tong Temple...
**[15:28] ---**
Could the emperor have sent him?
**[15:29] ---**
No, Keiro was likely acting on his own.
**[15:33] ---**
The Xian Jia Lan Wu
is the proof of imperial status;
**[15:35] ---**
he probably stole it in order
to take the throne for himself.
**[15:38] ---**
You can't be serious. A general
wanting to become emperor?
**[15:42] ---**
What if he was the Dubhe,
one of the Two Celestial Deities?
**[15:47] ---**
What?!
**[15:48] ---**
Impossible! I heard that the Alkaid
and Dubhe never appear at the same time!
**[15:53] ---**
There is no doubt about it.
**[15:59] ---**
Because of their tremendous power,
the Alkaid and the Dubhe
**[16:03] ---**
can prove to be either very
fortunate or very unfortunate.
**[16:06] ---**
And fighting each other
is the karma of the two stars.
**[16:11] ---**
You're saying I should let Taito go?
**[16:14] ---**
If the stars destine it so.
**[16:16] ---**
Personally, I don't want to let him.
**[16:26] ---**
Ryuko. I actually asked you
to the Lian Tong Temple
**[16:30] ---**
so that I could ask you
to be Taito's watchdog.
**[16:34] ---**
Watchdog?
**[16:36] ---**
Although the Alkaid, he is still a child.
**[16:39] ---**
As one of the Five Divine Warriors,
would you be willing
**[16:43] ---**
to show him the way and keep him
from straying from his path?
**[16:46] ---**
If such is my karma. However...
**[16:52] ---**
The Five Divine Warriors are breakwaters.
**[16:54] ---**
My karma is to prevent the two stars from
colliding and bringing disturbance to the land.
**[16:59] ---**
Even if it means defeating Sir Taito!
**[17:15] ---**
If I lose, I have to forget
about the mustached bastard
**[17:18] ---**
and live here in Tai Shan
for the rest of my life?
**[17:23] ---**
Sounds good to me!
**[17:26] ---**
My thanks.
**[17:29] ---**
Here I come! Ryuko,
an ascetic monk
**[17:31] ---**
of the Liu Jia sect's Tong You Temple
who uses the Eight Great Styles!
**[17:35] ---**
That's not fair! Weapons are allowed?!
**[17:38] ---**
There are no fights in
this world on fair terms.
**[17:42] ---**
The Dipper Bearers all carry
weapons that match their attributes.
**[17:47] ---**
As the Mizar, this Luo Chuan Staff
acts as arm and leg to me!
**[17:50] ---**
Oh, that so?
**[17:58] ---**
I am Taito, a freeloader of the
Liu Jia sect's Lian Tong Temple
**[18:00] ---**
and also a user of the Eight Great Styles!
**[18:02] ---**
My fists are my weapon!
**[18:15] ---**
Th-that shock wave...
**[18:18] ---**
Energy Manipulation.
**[18:19] ---**
A secret Eight Great Styles technique
**[18:22] ---**
in which you control the energy flowing
in your body and place it into your weapon.
**[18:28] ---**
Last time it was a tree branch,
but today it is the Luo Chuan Staff.
**[18:32] ---**
I'll knock you out in one blow!
**[18:46] ---**
*So he can use Energy Manipulation?!*
**[18:50] ---**
Wh-who are you knocking out now?!
**[18:53] ---**
*He's channeling his energy not through
a weapon, but his own body...*
**[18:57] ---**
Foolishness!
**[18:58] ---**
Don't underestimate me!
**[19:26] ---**
Father.
**[19:28] ---**
Laila?
**[19:29] ---**
Listen, Father. I have a favor to ask.
**[19:32] ---**
I have a favor to ask of you as well.
**[19:46] ---**
Never did I expect you
to stop it with your bare hands...
**[19:49] ---**
I want to have another fight with you...
**[19:52] ---**
Yes...
**[19:54] ---**
A draw doesn't count as a loss, right?
**[19:58] ---**
I'm going to the capital.
**[20:18] ---**
Do you still have business with me?
**[20:20] ---**
I will accompany you to the capital.
**[20:25] ---**
I'm your watchdog.
**[20:26] ---**
After all, if I let you go now,
there's no telling what trouble you'll cause.
**[20:31] ---**
Do whatever you want.
**[20:34] ---**
What are you doing, Laila?!
**[20:35] ---**
Ha! You couldn't steal a march
on me in a hundred years!
**[20:39] ---**
I'm coming too!
**[20:41] ---**
Huh?!
**[20:42] ---**
I can't just let you go!
**[20:44] ---**
You're stupid and slow and
reckless and voracious!
**[20:47] ---**
Men are so hopeless!
**[20:50] ---**
U-umm, I'm a man too...
**[20:54] ---**
You think you can say whatever you want...!
**[20:57] ---**
This has nothing to do with
you, Laila! Get out of here!
**[21:02] ---**
Money. Were you planning
on traveling flat-broke?
**[21:05] ---**
Who's going to sew your ripped clothes?
**[21:09] ---**
And this is from Father.
**[21:12] ---**
He says he'll let you borrow it,
so make sure you bring it back.
**[21:16] ---**
Now that it's decided, let's go!
**[21:20] ---**
Hey! Don't act bossy! Don't act bossy!
**[21:25] ---**
I guess the karma of the
stars cannot be bent...
**[21:28] ---**
Even though we're not connected
by blood, Taito is still my son.
**[21:32] ---**
I wanted to stop him.
**[21:33] ---**
I've put you through a lot
with Taito and now Laila...
**[21:38] ---**
There was no choice.
**[21:40] ---**
Laila has the ability to quiet
the Alkaid inside Taito.
**[21:44] ---**
No one can defy heavenly mandate or karma.
**[21:48] ---**
But, Taito.
**[21:50] ---**
It is your will and strength that
determine your own destiny...
**[22:12] ---**
*chiisana te no hira ni
norikiranai hodo no*
**[22:23] ---**
*yume o shinjiteta ano koro*
**[22:31] ---**
*sonna kao shinaide makenaide*
**[22:42] ---**
*ima boku no naka demo
kimi wa kagayaiteiru yo*
**[22:52] ---**
*nee kizuite yo*
**[22:56] ---**
*motto sunao na kimi no mama de ii*
**[23:02] ---**
*boku ga soba de
michishirube ni naru kara*
**[23:12] ---**
*kono hiroi sora no shita
issho ni arukeba ii*
**[23:22] ---**
*hitori ja nai kara*
**[23:33] ---**
*The journey brings us face-to-face
with a heartless reality.*
**[23:36] ---**
*Only the rotten bastards get to survive
while the innocent people die?!*
**[23:41] ---**
*That's a load of crap!*
**[23:42] ---**
*If you cannot at least control
the flow of your own energy,*
**[23:45] ---**
*you do not stand a chance.*
**[23:47] ---**
*Taito, huh? I'll be sure to remember you!*
**[23:49] ---**
*I absolutely refuse to abandon
you now! I refuse to!*
**[23:53] ---**
*As the people face a crisis,
the friendship between the two blazes up!*
**[23:57] ---**
*On Hero Tales, "Chapter Three:
The Pledge of Energy Manipulation."*
**[24:12] ---**
"See you next time!"
**[24:13] ---**
*There's no time to explain
the situation to small fries!*
# 3 - Chapter Three: The Pledge of Energy...
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**[00:41] ---**
*I'll never say good-bye
to our prime forever*
**[00:50] ---**
*And I feel like dumb,
I don't know why*
**[00:59] ---**
*I'll never say good-bye
'cos I can't forget her*°
**[01:08] ---**
*But I feel like dumb,
I don't know why*
**[01:17] ---**
*Try to scream*
**[01:20] ---**
*Shattered dreams are
made of stone and desperation*
**[01:29] ---**
*Broken hearts blown in a
freezing wind during winterlong*
**[01:34] ---**
*Unspoken words floating on
freezing wind during winterlong*
**[01:44] ---**
*During winterlong*
**[02:09] ---**
What's taking you guys so long?!
Why do you have to walk so slow?!
**[02:12] ---**
What are you getting mad for, Taito?
**[02:15] ---**
It's going to be a long journey;
we'll get exhausted if we start rushing now.
**[02:18] ---**
Shut up! What if that
mustached bastard gets away
**[02:21] ---**
while you're sitting around
saying stuff like that?!
**[02:24] ---**
Please calm down, Sir Taito.
**[02:27] ---**
We're talking about
a general of the Xian Empire.
**[02:30] ---**
Just where would he run away to?
**[02:32] ---**
Wh-where? Well...
**[02:35] ---**
S-some place I don't know!
**[02:37] ---**
Now you're just being defiant.
**[02:40] ---**
Something wrong with that?!
Something wrong with that?!
**[02:42] ---**
Don't repeat yourself!
**[02:43] ---**
There is nothing to fear.
We will find Keiro at the capital.
**[02:48] ---**
Especially if that is the karma of the stars.
**[02:52] ---**
However, I do not think you can
defeat Keiro at your current strength.
**[02:56] ---**
What?!
**[02:58] ---**
H-hey, wait! I only lost because
he caught me off guard!
**[03:02] ---**
In a real fight, I'd beat that guy easy!
**[03:04] ---**
Would you be willing to hear me out?
**[03:07] ---**
We can hurry ahead after that if you'd like.
**[03:11] ---**
And as long as we're here,
let's wash off the sweat of the road!
**[03:15] ---**
"Chapter Three: The Pledge
of Energy Manipulation"
**[03:32] ---**
So, what do you have to tell me?
**[03:35] ---**
Do you know the Eight Great Styles?
**[03:39] ---**
Of course I do!
**[03:41] ---**
Then please name the eight parts.
**[03:45] ---**
Okay! The fist. The staff. Rope, bow,
**[03:49] ---**
spear, sword. And then there's...
**[03:53] ---**
Huh? That's only six.
**[03:55] ---**
Come to think of it, yeah.
You would expect there to be eight...
**[03:59] ---**
It isn't surprising that you don't know.
**[04:01] ---**
The remaining two are known
as Energy Manipulation.
**[04:04] ---**
Energy Manipulation?
**[04:06] ---**
Yes. Technically, there *are* two types of it,
**[04:10] ---**
but one has died out because no one uses it.
**[04:14] ---**
Hold on! I don't wanna hear you
spout off trivia you know!
**[04:18] ---**
What does that have to do with me not
being able to beat that mustached bastard?!
**[04:27] ---**
W-wow...!
**[04:31] ---**
*This* is Energy Manipulation.
**[04:33] ---**
That wasn't much, given
that this is just cloth, but...
**[04:39] ---**
Rumor has it Keiro is the greatest
Energy Manipulation user alive.
**[04:45] ---**
If you cannot at least control the flow of
your own energy,
**[04:49] ---**
you do not stand a chance.
**[04:51] ---**
That is what I am trying to say.
**[04:56] ---**
Energy Manipulation!
Energy Manipulation!
**[04:59] ---**
He is so dumb...
**[05:06] ---**
Wow! What a big boat!
**[05:11] ---**
*It's the Wo Jin Squad... To think that
they've come to such a rural port...*
**[05:26] ---**
Wow!
**[05:27] ---**
This is amazing, Taito!
Look at all the shops and buildings!
**[05:31] ---**
Look at how imposing that rock is!
**[05:35] ---**
Yeah. But...
**[05:37] ---**
there's something
exhausted and weak about this place.
**[05:40] ---**
Yeah, now that you mention it...
**[05:42] ---**
I've heard that imperial officials
continually exploit this town
**[05:47] ---**
to fill their own pockets.
**[05:50] ---**
Perhaps that is one reason why.
**[05:52] ---**
Officials?!
**[05:53] ---**
Now I see!
**[05:55] ---**
The Qing Long guys *did* talk about
**[05:59] ---**
how officials have been doing whatever
they please in the capital and in the country
**[06:02] ---**
ever since the new child emperor
acceded to the throne...
**[06:07] ---**
Damn it!
**[06:08] ---**
That mustached bastard,
the kid emperor, the officials!
**[06:13] ---**
The empire is nothing but a bunch of ass--
**[06:15] ---**
Taito! Not so loud!
**[06:18] ---**
I will search for lodging for the night.
**[06:21] ---**
Why don't you two enjoy yourselves
and have a look around the boat?
**[06:26] ---**
You don't mind?!
**[06:27] ---**
You're so understanding, Ryuko!
**[06:29] ---**
Okay, see you later!
**[06:31] ---**
Absolutely not!
**[06:32] ---**
There's no way at all?!
**[06:34] ---**
C'mon, just for a minute!
Let us see the inside of the boat!
**[06:37] ---**
Stubborn kid!
**[06:39] ---**
The likes of you would never
be allowed on the Dou Ya,
**[06:42] ---**
the ship of the glorious Wo Jin Squad!
**[06:44] ---**
Wo Jin Squad, Floating Pod, whatever!
**[06:47] ---**
Just c'mon! Please?!
**[06:49] ---**
Taito...
**[06:56] ---**
Are you okay?! Little Sister Laila!
**[06:59] ---**
Curses! Your sickness will just not go away!
**[07:04] ---**
Listen, Big Brother...
I have just one favor to ask...
**[07:09] ---**
What is it?! Tell me!
**[07:10] ---**
I want to see the inside of that ship...
**[07:15] ---**
Just once, before I die...
**[07:17] ---**
Okay! I understand!
**[07:19] ---**
I will ask that nice Mr. Sailor for you now!
**[07:23] ---**
So... Are we still not allowed on?
**[07:26] ---**
Of course you aren't!
**[07:29] ---**
Damn cheapskate.
**[07:31] ---**
My acting was perfect, too...
**[07:34] ---**
Sir Taito. Lady Laila.
**[07:37] ---**
I've found lodging.
**[07:40] ---**
This place?!
**[07:42] ---**
Ryuko! There were better places than this!
**[07:46] ---**
When it comes to lodging, staying
out of the night dew is all that matters.
**[07:50] ---**
What do *you* people want?!
**[07:54] ---**
These are my two companions
I mentioned, Ma'am.
**[07:58] ---**
We would like to stay the night.
**[08:01] ---**
Oh. I see.
**[08:04] ---**
Oh, yes.
**[08:05] ---**
It looks like tonight will be chilly
from the rain, so I left you an extra blanket.
**[08:11] ---**
Thank you very much.
**[08:13] ---**
Is she... a nice person?
**[08:16] ---**
I guess so...?
**[08:24] ---**
To think that Sir Koyo, the head of the world-
renowned Wo Jin Squad would stay here!
**[08:30] ---**
Working even in such a rural
port town has its benefits!
**[08:36] ---**
Don't be silly.
**[08:38] ---**
You're guaranteed to make it big
when you return to the capital, Sir Oen.
**[08:44] ---**
I should have come to see you much sooner.
**[08:48] ---**
Just as I would expect
from the Sir Koyo who leads
**[08:51] ---**
the great warriors of the Wo Jin
Squad at such a young age!
**[08:53] ---**
You're quite a flatterer!
**[08:55] ---**
It is not flattery.
**[08:57] ---**
We water bandits must read
the tide of the times to make a living.
**[09:02] ---**
If a military officer is the next to conquer
the capital, it will be Lord Keiro.
**[09:07] ---**
And if it is a civilian...
**[09:12] ---**
What a delightful night!
**[09:13] ---**
Hey! Bring even more food for Sir Koyo!
**[09:18] ---**
Of course!
**[09:21] ---**
Now then, Sir Oen.
**[09:23] ---**
Allow me to entertain you with a trick.
**[09:31] ---**
Please forgive my crudeness.
**[09:33] ---**
No, splendidly done!
**[09:35] ---**
Did you see that, Korin?
**[09:38] ---**
The great Koyo of the Wo Jin Squad
humbly performed a trick for me.
**[09:42] ---**
Yes!
**[09:43] ---**
To think a renowned master
would lower himself that much!
**[09:48] ---**
I guess it's because those
with power cannot be ignored.
**[09:52] ---**
Indeed.
**[09:53] ---**
I will need much money
once I return to the capital.
**[09:57] ---**
I need to squeeze as much money out of
these people as I can while I'm in this town...
**[10:18] ---**
Can't sleep?
**[10:21] ---**
If you want to practice your martial arts,
**[10:24] ---**
you can avoid the rain in the backyard.
**[10:27] ---**
Use it as you please.
**[10:29] ---**
I guess she *is* nice after all?
**[10:38] ---**
*Energy Manipulation begins with being
conscious of the flow of energy in the body.*
**[10:43] ---**
*Gather that energy in the right hand...*
**[10:46] ---**
*...and instantly release it into a weapon!*
**[10:54] ---**
Huh? That's weird.
**[10:57] ---**
Again!
**[11:00] ---**
Huh?
**[11:01] ---**
Transfer the energy into the weapon only.
**[11:04] ---**
You are pouring the energy into
your own body instead of your weapon.
**[11:10] ---**
The secret to Energy Manipulation is in
how you transfer the energy to the weapon.
**[11:14] ---**
B-but how am I supposed to
transfer energy into this?
**[11:19] ---**
Learning it is the only way
you can beat Keiro!
**[11:23] ---**
That mustached bastard...
**[11:26] ---**
Again!
**[11:30] ---**
*You've already used Energy
Manipulation, Sir Taito.*
**[11:34] ---**
*If you stay unawakened,
the land will remain at peace.*
**[11:39] ---**
*But will the karma of the stars
allow it to be that way?*
**[11:52] ---**
Whoa, there are so many of 'em!
**[11:54] ---**
I'd expect no less from the Xuan Lang
Platoon, led by Imperial General Keiro!
**[12:00] ---**
The big man sleeps nice and sound in town
**[12:02] ---**
while the poor subordinates
live in the freezing cold...
**[12:04] ---**
That's so sad!
**[12:07] ---**
Well, guess I'll go prowl
around the weapons depot!
**[12:15] ---**
Taito! Get up! Get up!
**[12:20] ---**
I said get up!
**[12:22] ---**
Oww!
**[12:24] ---**
We can't leave town?
**[12:26] ---**
The river has swelled due to the rain.
**[12:29] ---**
We're stuck until the water recedes.
**[12:33] ---**
Oh...
**[12:34] ---**
Well, I can just consider it a good
chance to get in some training!
**[12:37] ---**
What are you talking about, dumb brother?
**[12:40] ---**
All you've done is sleep
and snore and nothing else!
**[12:43] ---**
Shut up!
**[12:46] ---**
I'm coming in.
**[12:48] ---**
Hello, Ma'am. Do you need something?
**[12:51] ---**
It's hard to see from any
other room than this.
**[13:02] ---**
Pardon my manners.
Shall I bring you some more tea?
**[13:06] ---**
O-okay...
**[13:09] ---**
That rock is called the "Holy Bear."
**[13:13] ---**
It's the guardian deity of this town.
**[13:17] ---**
It was because of the great bear's presence
**[13:21] ---**
that our town hasn't suffered very much
**[13:23] ---**
even during times of war and famine.
**[13:27] ---**
But the officials from the capital have
forbidden us from worshipping anything
**[13:31] ---**
other than what the empire decrees.
**[13:36] ---**
That's terrible!
**[13:37] ---**
At this rate, something
bad is certain to happen.
**[13:42] ---**
Something dreadful...
**[13:46] ---**
Then you guys should kick those
officials out! Stand up to them!
**[13:51] ---**
Old lady! Are you here?! Old lady!
**[13:55] ---**
What?!
**[13:56] ---**
That great bear has sat there for centuries!
**[14:00] ---**
Rain like this can't do anything to it!
**[14:03] ---**
This is no time for denial!
**[14:05] ---**
The town will be destroyed
once the bear falls!
**[14:09] ---**
But where can we flee to in this rain?
**[14:13] ---**
Are you saying this is
the great bear's wrath?
**[14:17] ---**
Wh-what should we do?
**[14:18] ---**
There's nothing *to* do.
We must evacuate immediately too.
**[14:23] ---**
But what about all the townspeople?!
**[14:25] ---**
A place to run to... A place where
the townspeople can also escape to...
**[14:30] ---**
That's it!
**[14:32] ---**
The lives of the townspeople are on the line!
**[14:34] ---**
Please!
**[14:35] ---**
I said no!
**[14:37] ---**
I don't care if some rocks
fall or not; I can't let anyone past here!
**[14:41] ---**
Then we'll talk to your boss directly!
**[14:44] ---**
Please! Let us see him!
**[14:46] ---**
The boss would never bother
with the likes of you!
**[14:49] ---**
Now get the hell out before you get hurt!
**[14:52] ---**
Damn you!
**[14:58] ---**
How dare you...!
**[15:00] ---**
There's no time to explain
the situation to small fries!
**[15:02] ---**
Just let me see your boss!
**[15:04] ---**
Like hell we will, you brat!
**[15:05] ---**
What are you doing?
**[15:07] ---**
That many people ganging up on a kid
will ruin the name of the Wo Jin Squad.
**[15:11] ---**
B-but, Boss...!
**[15:13] ---**
I'm telling you to leave!
**[15:17] ---**
You're the head of this ship?
**[15:19] ---**
I'm Koyo. And you are...?
**[15:22] ---**
I'm Taito.
**[15:23] ---**
Apparently this rain is going to cause
that big rock to fall onto the town!
**[15:28] ---**
Please! Let the townspeople
seek shelter on your ship!
**[15:32] ---**
Please! There's no time left!
**[15:34] ---**
Move aside! Move aside!
**[15:40] ---**
Sorry to keep you waiting, Sir Koyo!
**[15:42] ---**
Oh, Sir Oen. You've
certainly arrived quickly.
**[15:45] ---**
Yes. It's a race against time, you see.
**[15:49] ---**
Now, then! Carry my treasure
onto the ship!
**[15:51] ---**
No dawdling!
**[15:54] ---**
We truly appreciate the help, Sir Koyo!
**[15:58] ---**
Someday I will reward you handsomely!
**[16:00] ---**
Those words alone honor me.
**[16:05] ---**
Wha--?! Hold on!
Let the townspeople get on too!
**[16:10] ---**
Who is this runt, Sir Koyo?
**[16:14] ---**
Apparently, he wants me to let the people
of that town board my ship as well...
**[16:19] ---**
Don't be stupid! The ship is at full
capacity now that we're onboard!
**[16:24] ---**
What happens to the lowly
commoners is of no concern to me!
**[16:27] ---**
What did you say?!
**[16:28] ---**
Isn't that what you would want anyway?
**[16:30] ---**
Being crushed by the very
thing you believe in...
**[16:40] ---**
Taito! Where are you going?!
**[16:46] ---**
Just look, Sir Koyo!
**[16:48] ---**
This treasure is my pride and joy!
**[16:50] ---**
It is the symbol of my power!
**[16:53] ---**
Yes. But it's odd.
**[16:56] ---**
I don't see the valuable
Holy Bear Jewel anywhere...
**[16:58] ---**
Holy Bear... Jewel?
**[17:01] ---**
Yes. According to our investigations,
**[17:04] ---**
it was hidden here by a previous official.
**[17:08] ---**
Don't tell me you haven't
dug it up yet, Sir Oen?!
**[17:13] ---**
Hurry! Hurry!
**[17:15] ---**
We really must thank Koyo!
**[17:18] ---**
Absolutely!
**[17:20] ---**
To think that such a treasure
was sleeping beneath
**[17:23] ---**
the very mansion we live in!
**[17:27] ---**
It's raining much more
heavily than we expected.
**[17:31] ---**
Hey! Girl!
**[17:32] ---**
Hurry them up. There's no time to waste.
**[17:41] ---**
This is a load of crap!
**[17:43] ---**
Only the rotten bastards get to survive
while the innocent people die?!
**[17:48] ---**
That's a load of crap!
**[17:51] ---**
So don't fall, old bear!
Hold on just a little longer!
**[17:58] ---**
I said stop!
**[18:01] ---**
Sir Taito.
**[18:02] ---**
You really are as unfathomably
stupid as Laila says.
**[18:07] ---**
Ryuko!
**[18:08] ---**
Did you really think you could
stop this all by yourself?
**[18:14] ---**
Look hard! Whoever
finds it will get a reward!
**[18:19] ---**
Treasure! Treasure! *My* treasure!
**[18:23] ---**
You done, Ryuko?!
**[18:26] ---**
All finished, Sir Taito!
**[18:28] ---**
That should hold now.
**[18:31] ---**
Assuming the rain doesn't
get heavier, anyway...
**[18:37] ---**
Ryuko!
**[18:42] ---**
S-Sir Taito!
**[18:50] ---**
Sir Taito! Please let go! I will be fine!
**[18:55] ---**
Forget it! Not even you can get away
clean from a fall from this height!
**[19:00] ---**
But at this rate, we'll both be killed!
**[19:03] ---**
Please let go!
**[19:05] ---**
Let go of me!
**[19:08] ---**
Let go, Taito!
**[19:09] ---**
I refuse to!
**[19:11] ---**
You may be my watchdog...
**[19:13] ---**
but you told me we would
go to the capital together!
**[19:17] ---**
We're comrades!
**[19:19] ---**
Besides, you came all the way
out here to help me!
**[19:24] ---**
So I absolutely refuse to abandon you now!
**[19:28] ---**
I refuse to!
**[19:30] ---**
T- Taito...
**[19:34] ---**
The Alkaid pattern!
**[19:46] ---**
I thank you...
**[19:47] ---**
Don't be stupid. It was nothing!
**[20:07] ---**
The rock!
**[20:08] ---**
Great bear!
**[20:09] ---**
Sir Oen! The rock...!
**[20:11] ---**
What?!
**[20:28] ---**
I'm sorry we couldn't protect the town...
**[20:31] ---**
Don't be silly. You did very well.
**[20:34] ---**
The houses and buildings
may have been demolished,
**[20:38] ---**
but everyone is still alive.
**[20:40] ---**
We will simply treasure the
great bear in its new form now.
**[20:46] ---**
But why did the head of that ship
suddenly decide to help everyone?
**[20:52] ---**
Who knows...
**[21:00] ---**
To think he would go back to be crushed
while looking for a treasure that doesn't exist!
**[21:03] ---**
It's too bad the guy had to be so greedy!
**[21:06] ---**
Coming to this rural port was worth it!
**[21:10] ---**
The only issue was that the Holy Bear
came down sooner than anticipated.
**[21:14] ---**
That boy's actions cancelled it out.
**[21:18] ---**
Taito, huh? I'll be sure to remember you!
**[21:26] ---**
At last, we can head for the capital again!
**[21:28] ---**
What are you talking about?
We were only stuck there for one day.
**[21:33] ---**
Shut up! That was a long day!
**[21:36] ---**
Come. Let's not dawdle, Taito.
**[21:40] ---**
Wait, Ryuko!
**[21:42] ---**
Just "Taito" instead of "Sir Taito"?
**[21:46] ---**
What happened to reaching
the capital as quickly as possible?
**[21:49] ---**
You're one to talk!
**[21:54] ---**
Well, whatever.
**[21:57] ---**
Wait for me!
**[22:12] ---**
*In those days,
you believed in more dreams*
**[22:23] ---**
*than could fit in your little hands*
**[22:31] ---**
*Don't look like that,
don't give in*
**[22:42] ---**
*Even inside me you're shining brightly now*
**[22:52] ---**
*Please notice*
**[22:56] ---**
*You can stay your more
honest, open self*
**[23:02] ---**
*I'll be by your side
and act as a signpost*
**[23:12] ---**
*So we can just walk beneath
this great big sky together*
**[23:22] ---**
*because you aren't alone*
**[23:33] ---**
*The stars begin to move.
Led by karma, they meet.*
**[23:38] ---**
*Five Divine Warriors? I dunno
what you're talking about!*
**[23:41] ---**
*I'm only trying to do what my master said!*
**[23:43] ---**
*I don't know why,
but I smell stupidity in the air.*
**[23:47] ---**
*If you are to join the Dubhe,
then I will destroy you with all my might.*
**[23:53] ---**
*The boy with the Phecda pattern...
Is he friend or foe?*
**[23:58] ---**
*On Hero Tales,
"Chapter Four: Divine Warrior."*
**[24:12] ---**
"See you next time!"
**[24:13] ---**
*Stay away from Laila!*
# 4 - Chapter Four: Divine Warrior
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**[00:15] ---**
What's wrong, Laila?!
**[00:21] ---**
This is bad...
**[00:25] ---**
Yes.
**[00:27] ---**
What on earth happened here?!
**[00:45] ---**
*I'll never say good-bye
to our prime forever*
**[00:54] ---**
*And I feel like dumb,
I don't know why*
**[01:03] ---**
*I'll never say good-bye
'cos I can't forget her*°
**[01:12] ---**
*But I feel like dumb,
I don't know why*
**[01:21] ---**
*Try to scream*
**[01:24] ---**
*Shattered dreams are
made of stone and desperation*
**[01:33] ---**
*Broken hearts blown in a
freezing wind during winterlong*
**[01:38] ---**
*Unspoken words floating on
freezing wind during winterlong*
**[01:48] ---**
*During winterlong*
**[02:17] ---**
What was that?
**[02:18] ---**
That way!
**[02:24] ---**
I'm so happy to run into
you two in a place like this!
**[02:28] ---**
'Cause now we have a gift
to take back to Eiretsu!
**[02:31] ---**
It's okay, Linlin. I'm here.
**[02:35] ---**
There's nothing to be afraid of.
**[02:38] ---**
Now close your eyes.
**[02:42] ---**
Yeah, we'll finish this
while her eyes are shut.
**[02:48] ---**
I *am* a member of the Zhang Jin Squad!
**[02:50] ---**
I won't go down without a fight!
**[02:52] ---**
There is no Zhang Jin Squad anymore!
**[03:02] ---**
Ouch! What the hell are you doing?!
Butt out, you outsiders!
**[03:07] ---**
I dunno what's going on,
but quit harassing weaker people!
**[03:11] ---**
You guys seem much more
like the bad guys here!
**[03:14] ---**
Bad guys? How so?!
**[03:17] ---**
What do you mean, "How so?"
**[03:22] ---**
Doing this sort of thing
*does* give off "bad guy" vibes...
**[03:40] ---**
Wh-who are these guys?!
**[03:43] ---**
That just leaves you!
**[03:50] ---**
What the...?
**[03:57] ---**
Get outta here!
You guys don't stand a chance!
**[04:01] ---**
Hosei!
**[04:02] ---**
He caught my arrow with his bare hands.
**[04:05] ---**
Take my advice and get outta here!
**[04:07] ---**
Damn! We'll get you for this next time!
**[04:14] ---**
Sh-she's cute...!
**[04:23] ---**
What's your probl--?!
**[04:26] ---**
You're not from around here!
Where are you from?
**[04:29] ---**
How old are you? Do you have
a boyfriend? You don't, do you?
**[04:33] ---**
I'm Hosei! What's your name?
**[04:36] ---**
L- Laila...
**[04:38] ---**
Laila, huh? That's a cute name!
**[04:41] ---**
Stay away from Laila!
**[04:44] ---**
You're annoying!
**[04:57] ---**
What was all that?
**[04:59] ---**
I dunno what's going on,
but I smell stupidity in the air.
**[05:03] ---**
Hey, Chinjo.
**[05:04] ---**
Can I open my eyes now?
**[05:07] ---**
Yes, it's okay now, Linlin.
**[05:16] ---**
Could he be...?
**[05:19] ---**
"Chapter Four: Divine Warrior"
**[05:25] ---**
Thank you. You were a great help.
**[05:28] ---**
My name is Chinjo. She's Linlin.
**[05:33] ---**
I am Ryuko. She's Laila.
**[05:37] ---**
And the one stuffing his face
with sweet buns is Taito.
**[05:41] ---**
We're on a journey to the capital.
**[05:44] ---**
This place seems quite different
from the last time I was here...
**[05:49] ---**
Yes, this was originally
a prosperous posting town.
**[05:54] ---**
The town's prosperity was supported by
the Zhang Jin Squad, the self defense force.
**[05:58] ---**
The previous leader passed
away three years ago,
**[06:02] ---**
and he had no male heirs.
**[06:05] ---**
So there was a fight over succession?
**[06:08] ---**
Yes. A man named Eiretsu
was the leader's right hand man.
**[06:12] ---**
Linlin here is the leader's daughter.
**[06:16] ---**
Get outta there!
**[06:17] ---**
What about government officials?
**[06:18] ---**
If there *were* officials, there would be
no need for a self defense force.
**[06:23] ---**
I'm an orphan. I owe
the leader for taking me in.
**[06:28] ---**
Linlin is an orphan as well now.
**[06:32] ---**
I want to change this town back to a place
where she can live without worry.
**[06:37] ---**
And for my friends who
were killed by Eiretsu.
**[06:41] ---**
For your friends...
**[06:43] ---**
Taito...
**[06:45] ---**
How many of 'em are there?
Where are they?!
**[06:49] ---**
Good grief. I guess it's too late
to tell you to stay out of this.
**[06:53] ---**
Not that I plan to stop you, though.
**[06:57] ---**
Old man! Booze!
**[06:59] ---**
I- I have no alcohol for the likes of you!
**[07:04] ---**
What did you say?!
**[07:05] ---**
Hey! Quit it!
**[07:08] ---**
You...!
**[07:09] ---**
Eiretsu! These are the guys!
**[07:12] ---**
*You're* Eiretsu?!
**[07:15] ---**
Oh? I hear you paid my men
a nice favor earlier.
**[07:20] ---**
You look well, Chinjo.
**[07:24] ---**
Old man! Drinks and food, now!
**[07:27] ---**
What the hell?! You have a big
attitude for someone who's weak!
**[07:30] ---**
That's 'cause I'm here.
**[07:39] ---**
You! You're that jerk with the bow!
**[07:42] ---**
Meeting twice like this
is more than just coincidence!
**[07:45] ---**
C'mon, Laila! Won't you come to my place?
**[07:49] ---**
You can eat all you want, too!
**[07:52] ---**
What the hell are you saying?!
We teamed up with *them* just now!
**[07:56] ---**
Huh?
**[07:57] ---**
So you can leave now! Shoo! Shoo!
**[08:00] ---**
Wait, are you Laila's man or something?!
**[08:03] ---**
Man?
**[08:04] ---**
You idiot! She's my sister!
**[08:07] ---**
Y-you're her brother?
**[08:13] ---**
You look nothing alike!
**[08:14] ---**
-Even if we don't, I'm still her brother!
**[08:17] ---**
Chinjo! Linlin!
**[08:20] ---**
You're all right!
**[08:23] ---**
I was worried when I heard
you went to visit the leader's grave.
**[08:27] ---**
We'll put you in some graves too!
**[08:35] ---**
I think I'll pass. Don't want my bow
to get broken again and all!
**[08:40] ---**
This alcohol is terrible.
**[08:46] ---**
If you change your mind,
I'll be in the mansion up the road!
**[08:52] ---**
Get close to Laila again and you'll be sorry!
**[08:56] ---**
Who is that archer?
**[08:58] ---**
A drifter Eiretsu recently
hired as a bodyguard.
**[09:05] ---**
What's the matter?
**[09:06] ---**
Oh, I'm just a little
curious about something...
**[09:09] ---**
Curious?
**[09:25] ---**
Be quiet!
**[09:33] ---**
Huh?
**[09:35] ---**
Ryuko...?
**[09:40] ---**
No... This isn't it...
**[09:45] ---**
Neither is this...
**[09:49] ---**
Is it not here either?
**[10:05] ---**
Don't shoot.
**[10:09] ---**
You...! What do you want,
waltzing in here all by yourself?!
**[10:13] ---**
I've come to ask you something.
**[10:17] ---**
Stay away! I'll shoot!
**[10:23] ---**
What is that?!
**[10:25] ---**
I've taken the energy your body
emanates and channeled it through my own.
**[10:31] ---**
Now I'll channel my energy into you.
**[10:39] ---**
Just as I thought.
That is the pattern of Phecda.
**[10:43] ---**
What?!
**[10:44] ---**
According to lore, each
of the seven Dipper Bearers
**[10:47] ---**
carries a weapon matching his attributes.
**[10:51] ---**
And the Divine Warrior
Phecda's weapon is the bow.
**[10:55] ---**
You can't be serious!
**[10:58] ---**
You've yet to find a bow
that can withstand your energy.
**[11:03] ---**
This arrow that burst before my
very eyes this afternoon is clear proof.
**[11:07] ---**
And, these patterns we bear
are proof of it as well.
**[11:16] ---**
Why?
**[11:17] ---**
Why would one of the Five Divine Warriors
**[11:20] ---**
serve as bodyguard to a person like that?
**[11:22] ---**
Five Divine Warriors? I dunno
what you're talking about!
**[11:26] ---**
I'm only trying to do what my master said!
**[11:30] ---**
What your master said?
**[11:37] ---**
Hosei. Find your weapon.
**[11:40] ---**
A weapon worthy of you.
**[11:45] ---**
What's the matter?
What did your master tell you to do?
**[11:48] ---**
Shut up. It's none of your business!
**[11:51] ---**
Now get lost! Or else!
**[11:56] ---**
Very well. I will leave for today.
**[12:00] ---**
But please remember this:
**[12:02] ---**
The Dubhe has appeared,
as has the Alkaid, which is now active.
**[12:06] ---**
Both of the Celestial Deities have arrived.
**[12:09] ---**
If you insist on joining the Dubhe,
**[12:13] ---**
then I will destroy you with all my might.
**[12:15] ---**
Dubhe? Alkaid? I have no idea
what you're talking about!
**[12:19] ---**
You don't know?
**[12:21] ---**
That's fine, then.
Someday you will come to know.
**[12:24] ---**
Such is the karma of the stars.
**[12:39] ---**
I can't read it.
**[12:42] ---**
"Bow"
**[12:42] ---**
I can only read the character for "bow."
**[12:47] ---**
It's me, Hosei.
**[12:49] ---**
Oh, Eiretsu. Why are you here?
**[12:53] ---**
I could ask you the same thing.
**[12:56] ---**
Say, what is this?
**[13:02] ---**
A list of new weapons I'm
acquiring for the final showdown.
**[13:06] ---**
New weapons are on the way?
**[13:07] ---**
Yes. I'm putting them in here tomorrow night.
**[13:11] ---**
And then we're going to
eradicate those guys at sunup!
**[13:15] ---**
I'm counting on you too, Hosei!
**[13:17] ---**
The day after tomorrow, then? Got it.
**[13:21] ---**
By the way, what is this?
**[13:23] ---**
What about it?
**[13:25] ---**
As your bodyguard, I should know
what kind of weapons you'll be getting.
**[13:30] ---**
I use bows. This is a bow, right?
**[13:33] ---**
Yes. The Shuang Chan Bow,
a bow of peerless strength.
**[13:38] ---**
Shuang Chan Bow...
**[13:48] ---**
So the star is moving...
**[13:50] ---**
Act, led by the karma of the stars,
Divine Warrior Phecda...
**[14:01] ---**
Tonight?!
**[14:02] ---**
Yes. They're apparently going to
acquire powerful weapons.
**[14:06] ---**
They plan to launch an attack
against you at sunrise.
**[14:10] ---**
I see. So this is it...
**[14:12] ---**
In that case, et's sst ttem ooday!
**[14:17] ---**
Don't talk while you're eating!
We can't tell what you're saying!
**[14:23] ---**
I said let's just beat 'em up today then!
**[14:26] ---**
Plus, if we know weapons are coming,
**[14:28] ---**
let's snatch them too while we're at it!
**[14:31] ---**
Interesting.
**[14:33] ---**
That's good thinking,
especially coming from you, Taito.
**[14:36] ---**
Yeah?
**[14:37] ---**
We'll steal the weapons.
And then we can use them to...
**[14:41] ---**
...take care of them while they're off guard.
**[14:44] ---**
Precisely. We'll do it tonight.
**[14:49] ---**
Okay!
**[14:51] ---**
Eat up!
**[14:53] ---**
Will do!
**[14:58] ---**
Taito. Lady Laila and I will
keep them busy. Meanwhile...
**[15:03] ---**
Yeah, I know! Quit repeating
yourself! It's simple!
**[15:08] ---**
I feel uneasy whenever you say
something is simple, dumb brother.
**[15:12] ---**
Quit calling me dumb!
**[15:17] ---**
What do *you* want?!
**[15:20] ---**
Laila! What brings you out here?
**[15:24] ---**
Oh! Did you come all the way
out here to look for little ol' me?!
**[15:29] ---**
No!
**[15:30] ---**
Hey, you! Stay away from Laila!
**[15:33] ---**
Will you get off my case,
you dumb brother?!
**[15:36] ---**
Quit calling me dumb too!
**[15:38] ---**
What are you doing here?
**[15:42] ---**
It's a secret. But maybe
I can let *you* in on it, Laila!
**[15:46] ---**
Yeah, tell us!
**[15:48] ---**
I ain't tellin' *you*!
**[15:50] ---**
Quit being so cheap!
**[15:52] ---**
What's that?
**[15:55] ---**
What is that?!
**[15:56] ---**
Linlin's mansion is that way!
**[15:58] ---**
What?!
**[15:59] ---**
Why now?! I thought it was
supposed to be tomorrow morning!
**[16:03] ---**
H-hey!
**[16:05] ---**
Let's go, too!
**[16:07] ---**
Y-yeah!
**[16:13] ---**
How can this be?!
**[16:14] ---**
What's going on?!
**[16:15] ---**
I thought they were gonna attack
after they got the weapons!
**[16:27] ---**
Wh-what is this?!
**[16:28] ---**
Well, well!
**[16:30] ---**
I see you've showed up
alongside the enemy, Hosei!
**[16:34] ---**
I had figured as much.
**[16:37] ---**
What?!
**[16:38] ---**
You've seemed strange since last night,
**[16:41] ---**
so I decided to make a move.
**[16:44] ---**
As you can see,
**[16:46] ---**
the weapons arrived this afternoon.
**[16:51] ---**
We need to hurry and rescue them!
**[16:54] ---**
Chinjo and Linlin must still be inside!
**[16:58] ---**
Yeah!
**[16:59] ---**
Hold it right there.
**[17:06] ---**
What are those?!
**[17:08] ---**
These are really something!
**[17:10] ---**
How many arrows do you think
they can shoot at once?
**[17:16] ---**
Now that you understand, just sit there
and watch Chinjo and Linlin burn to death!
**[17:20] ---**
If we don't do something...!
**[17:22] ---**
Taito. I leave things here to you.
**[17:25] ---**
You're not thinking of...?!
**[17:26] ---**
In the meantime, I will rescue them.
**[17:29] ---**
Got it!
**[17:32] ---**
Fools!
**[17:40] ---**
Shoot! Shoot! Shoot more!
**[17:48] ---**
A-are they monsters?!
**[17:51] ---**
I- I can't draw it!
**[17:58] ---**
Sir Chinjo! Lady Linlin!
**[18:03] ---**
Sir Chinjo! Lady Linlin!
**[18:08] ---**
Damn! Peerless bow, my ass!
**[18:12] ---**
It's completely useless!
**[18:15] ---**
The mansion!
**[18:20] ---**
Chinjo! Linlin!
**[18:22] ---**
Ryuko!
**[18:23] ---**
They're both all right!
**[18:25] ---**
Look after them!
**[18:30] ---**
This... is the Shuang Chan Bow!
**[18:38] ---**
It's over now!
**[18:41] ---**
Laila!
**[18:42] ---**
Linlin...!
**[18:43] ---**
--Chinjo! Chinjo! Chinjo!
**[18:45] ---**
--Gotcha!
**[18:47] ---**
Well done! Now kill her!
**[18:49] ---**
Kill Linlin at once!
**[18:53] ---**
Damn it!
**[18:55] ---**
You're too late!
**[19:01] ---**
After all is said and done,
I'm the one who wins!
**[19:15] ---**
This is it... This is my weapon!
**[19:22] ---**
Go, Shuang Chan Bow!
**[19:36] ---**
Damn you!
**[19:40] ---**
Crooked bastards can't shoot straight arrows!
**[19:45] ---**
Damn!
**[19:51] ---**
Damn! It won't budge!
**[19:55] ---**
Linlin. Close your eyes, okay?
**[20:03] ---**
Okay, you can open them now.
**[20:15] ---**
Thank you.
**[20:17] ---**
You helped restore peace to the town.
**[20:20] ---**
We'll stop by again when we've
finished our business at the capital.
**[20:23] ---**
Yes. By then, I'll have made it
into the posting town it once was-
**[20:26] ---**
no, even better-
and be waiting for you.
**[20:32] ---**
Thanks, Hosei! You're a pretty good fighter!
**[20:36] ---**
Right? Aren't I, though?
**[20:38] ---**
Hearing you say that makes me happy!
**[20:43] ---**
Bye, Linlin!
**[20:45] ---**
Yeah! Thanks!
**[20:47] ---**
Well, we should be off.
**[20:54] ---**
See you later, Mister!
**[20:57] ---**
She's cute, waving so hard like that.
**[21:01] ---**
Yeah, she is.
**[21:04] ---**
Hold on! What are you doing here?!
**[21:07] ---**
You were those guys' bodyguard!
**[21:10] ---**
Getting this Shuang Chan Bow
is all I really cared about.
**[21:15] ---**
You serious?
**[21:16] ---**
Aw, don't be such a stick-in-the-mud.
**[21:18] ---**
I'd follow Laila to the ends of
the earth if I had to. Right, Laila?
**[21:25] ---**
Quit acting chummy!
**[21:28] ---**
Your arrow barely hit the target,
just so you know! Just barely!
**[21:32] ---**
Shut up!
**[21:34] ---**
I never miss a target,
you dumb brother!
**[21:38] ---**
Don't call me dumb!
**[21:40] ---**
Well, shall we go, Laila?
**[21:42] ---**
Quit acting like we're friends!
**[21:44] ---**
I would totally kick the crap
out of you right now
**[21:46] ---**
if you weren't Laila's brother!
**[21:48] ---**
I'd like to see you try!
I'd like to see you try!
**[21:50] ---**
Good grief...
**[21:51] ---**
Looks like we've gained another
idiot. Men are so hopeless.
**[21:56] ---**
Just go back home!
**[21:57] ---**
You're in no position to tell me that!
**[22:12] ---**
*chiisana te no hira ni
norikiranai hodo no*
**[22:23] ---**
*yume o shinjiteta ano koro*
**[22:31] ---**
*sonna kao shinaide makenaide*
**[22:42] ---**
*ima boku no naka demo
kimi wa kagayaiteiru yo*
**[22:52] ---**
*nee kizuite yo*
**[22:56] ---**
*motto sunao na kimi no mama de ii*
**[23:02] ---**
*boku ga soba de
michishirube ni naru kara*
**[23:12] ---**
*kono hiroi sora no shita
issho ni arukeba ii*
**[23:22] ---**
*hitori ja nai kara*
**[23:33] ---**
*Must the weak turn to
crime in order to survive?*
**[23:37] ---**
*Just give yourself up
and come out, you damn thief!*
**[23:40] ---**
*These kids have always
lived on their own, haven't they?*
**[23:42] ---**
*I sympathize with their situation.
But that doesn't mean--*
**[23:45] ---**
*Only someone who's
never starved could say that.*
**[23:48] ---**
*Now, then. I guess it's
time to make my move.*
**[23:51] ---**
*You! You're not getting away now!*
**[23:54] ---**
*Is it strength they seek? Or a bond?*
**[23:58] ---**
*On Hero Tales,
"Chapter Five: Ailing Empire."*
**[24:12] ---**
"See you next time!"
**[24:12] ---**
*I hate it when people bully weaker people!*
# 5 - Chapter Five: Ailing Empire
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GYGG7GD4Y/hero-tales)
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**[00:21] ---**
Lord Keiro has returned!
**[00:37] ---**
I have returned.
**[00:39] ---**
Welcome back.
**[00:40] ---**
It looks like your manliness
has gained quite a bit of polish, Keiro.
**[00:48] ---**
They were quite tough,
despite being bandits.
**[00:51] ---**
Don't play innocent!
**[00:52] ---**
Why have I heard reports of you
attacking Lian Tong Temple?!
**[00:55] ---**
I had no choice; the bandits
in Tai Shan had fled into the temple.
**[00:59] ---**
What?
**[01:00] ---**
Subduing rebels was the duty
given to me by His Majesty.
**[01:07] ---**
I...
**[01:10] ---**
I shall take my leave now.
**[01:17] ---**
Why don't you pay Lady Taki a visit?
**[01:21] ---**
You've not seen your daughter
in some time, after all.
**[01:35] ---**
Do you think Tokaku suspects?
**[01:37] ---**
Never mind him.
**[01:38] ---**
The plan will need to be
revised a little, however.
**[01:42] ---**
Yes. We will need to reformulate
the plan from square one,
**[01:46] ---**
given that you can't unsheathe
the Xian Jia Lan Wu--
**[01:50] ---**
My apologies.
**[01:51] ---**
No matter.
**[01:53] ---**
Even without the Xian Jia Lan Wu,
**[01:55] ---**
I will not be shaken from
my path to domination.
**[02:11] ---**
*I'll never say good-bye
to our prime forever*
**[02:20] ---**
*And I feel like dumb,
I don't know why*
**[02:29] ---**
*I'll never say good-bye
'cos I can't forget her*°
**[02:38] ---**
*But I feel like dumb,
I don't know why*
**[02:47] ---**
*Try to scream*
**[02:50] ---**
*Shattered dreams are
made of stone and desperation*
**[02:59] ---**
*Broken hearts blown in a
freezing wind during winterlong*
**[03:04] ---**
*Unspoken words floating on
freezing wind during winterlong*
**[03:14] ---**
*During winterlong*
**[03:28] ---**
"Chapter Five: Ailing Empire"
**[03:57] ---**
Oh! Incredible!
**[04:00] ---**
Don't gawk at everything. It's disgraceful.
**[04:03] ---**
This *is* the biggest city in Jing Province.
**[04:06] ---**
Wow! You know a lot, Hosei!
**[04:09] ---**
Well, I *have* spent a long time on
the road because of my master's orders.
**[04:13] ---**
I've accomplished my objective now, though,
**[04:18] ---**
so I guess I'll have to report back...
**[04:20] ---**
Oh, man. I don't wanna go back there...
**[04:24] ---**
What's your master like?
**[04:28] ---**
A dumb ol' hag.
**[04:30] ---**
She's a horrible old lady
with a terrible, twisted personality!
**[04:34] ---**
She's a monster! She works
tender boys like a slave driver
**[04:37] ---**
morning, noon, and night
while simply saying, "It's training!"
**[04:42] ---**
She sounds intense...
**[04:44] ---**
Yeah! I'm just a poor little boy!
**[04:48] ---**
Let me cry my eyes out
pressed against your chest, Laila!
**[04:52] ---**
I'm hungry!
**[04:54] ---**
Oh, Laila!
**[04:55] ---**
What are you doing?
**[04:58] ---**
Why are *you* standing there?!
**[05:01] ---**
Oh, I wound up hugging a guy...
**[05:05] ---**
What are you people doing?
**[05:07] ---**
Oh, right! Laila! Gimme money!
**[05:10] ---**
Oh, all right.
**[05:13] ---**
Here. But don't waste it.
**[05:16] ---**
Yeah, I know!
**[05:18] ---**
Sheesh. He acts like a child.
**[05:20] ---**
Run!
**[05:23] ---**
Hey, you brats!
**[05:26] ---**
Ugh! Those kids do it every time!
**[05:31] ---**
Ma'am!
**[05:32] ---**
I'll take all the sweet buns you have!
**[05:35] ---**
Sorry, there's only one left.
**[05:38] ---**
Huh?!
**[05:41] ---**
Oh, well. Gimme one, then!
**[05:45] ---**
Here you are!
**[05:48] ---**
--Down the hatch--!
**[05:48] ---**
--Hey! Coming through!
**[06:03] ---**
Looks like business is pretty good!
**[06:05] ---**
Y-yes...
**[06:07] ---**
Anyway, we're having a bit
of a money problem, you see...
**[06:12] ---**
You said the same thing yesterday...
**[06:13] ---**
Huh? You want your shop ruined again?
**[06:17] ---**
This is all I've made so far today...
**[06:23] ---**
This is it?
**[06:25] ---**
I wouldn't hold out on us if I were you!
**[06:27] ---**
You don't want your shop ruined, do you?
**[06:30] ---**
I'm telling the truth!
**[06:31] ---**
Well, whatever.
**[06:33] ---**
Let's go.
**[06:40] ---**
There you are, Mo Brothers!
**[06:42] ---**
Who the hell are you?!
**[06:44] ---**
We're going to claim the 100
silver piece bounty on your heads!
**[06:49] ---**
100 silver pieces?
**[06:50] ---**
I'm pretty sure we don't have
a bounty in these parts yet!
**[06:55] ---**
The man you killed three days ago
was a provincial official!
**[06:58] ---**
Three days ago, you say?
Do you remember, Mo Han?
**[07:02] ---**
We've killed so many that I can't recall!
**[07:05] ---**
Laugh while you can!
**[07:08] ---**
Killing officials only increases
the bounty on your heads!
**[07:15] ---**
Oh? Think you can win
five against three, do you?
**[07:20] ---**
There's more to it than just sheer numbers!
**[07:22] ---**
Charge!
**[07:24] ---**
Oh, scary! Keep your
filthy faces away from me!
**[07:32] ---**
That leaves just three of you.
**[07:36] ---**
Damn you!
**[07:40] ---**
Did you see that?
**[07:41] ---**
Yeah. These guys are skilled.
**[07:46] ---**
Let's go!
**[07:56] ---**
This is terrible! How could they do this?
**[07:59] ---**
They didn't need to kill them...
**[08:01] ---**
You're too soft. This isn't a rare sight.
**[08:05] ---**
But we can't let those people
push everyone around.
**[08:09] ---**
Don't be stupid. We can't take on
everyone like them we come across.
**[08:12] ---**
We're not on a journey to make
the world right. Right, Taito?
**[08:19] ---**
What are you doing, anyway?
**[08:21] ---**
My sweet bun...
**[08:24] ---**
Ma'am! Give me another!
**[08:25] ---**
I told you, that was the last one.
**[08:31] ---**
Thief!
**[08:32] ---**
Bastard! Get back here! Hey, you!
**[08:41] ---**
Damn kid! Get down here!
**[08:46] ---**
Why, you...
**[08:49] ---**
Fine!
**[08:50] ---**
You're going to be sorry for
mocking the great Taito!
**[09:15] ---**
You're not getting away now!
**[09:19] ---**
Now, then! What sort of
punishment shall I give you?
**[09:22] ---**
I wouldn't if I were you.
You'll get hurt.
**[09:25] ---**
Yeah, whatever. That's *my* line!
**[09:30] ---**
Wh-what is this?!
**[09:33] ---**
Told you so.
**[09:34] ---**
You!
**[09:36] ---**
Well, bye! Thanks for the gift!
**[09:38] ---**
Hey! Give that back, you! Give it back!
**[09:52] ---**
Stop laughing!
**[09:53] ---**
But it's just so...!
**[09:56] ---**
Oh, man! I'm gonna die
from laughing too much!
**[09:59] ---**
You guys...!
**[10:00] ---**
How unfortunate for you...
**[10:04] ---**
Hey, now! Ryuko!
**[10:07] ---**
Damn it!
**[10:11] ---**
Does he know where he's going?!
**[10:14] ---**
I'm guessing he does,
out of wild intuition or something...
**[10:17] ---**
I'm coming for you, damn brat!
I'm coming for you, damn brat!
**[10:20] ---**
He repeated himself again...
**[10:29] ---**
No doubt about it. It smells
like sweet buns up ahead.
**[10:33] ---**
What do you mean?
**[10:34] ---**
That brat smelled like sweet buns.
**[10:37] ---**
What are you, a dog?
**[10:38] ---**
An abandoned temple...
**[10:40] ---**
I know you're there!
**[10:42] ---**
Just give yourself up
and come out, you damn thief!
**[10:48] ---**
Well, if it isn't that
stupid guy from before!
**[10:52] ---**
I found you! You'll pay
for what you did earlier!
**[10:55] ---**
You never learn, do you? Do you
wanna wind up in another world of hurt?
**[10:58] ---**
*You're* the one who's gonna hurt!
**[11:01] ---**
Stop! Up ahead is--!
**[11:05] ---**
Taito!
**[11:09] ---**
Think he kicked the bucket?
**[11:11] ---**
Told you you'd get hurt!
**[11:15] ---**
Who said I'm hurt?
**[11:17] ---**
No way...!
**[11:20] ---**
Is that all you got?
**[11:28] ---**
Don't bully Lien!
**[11:37] ---**
Who are you?
**[11:43] ---**
That looks good!
**[11:45] ---**
Wait, wait! Don't rush,
there's enough for everyone!
**[11:49] ---**
Get in line, guys.
**[11:52] ---**
Okay!
**[11:59] ---**
My money, my sweet buns...
**[12:02] ---**
Just forget about it.
**[12:03] ---**
There's nothing that can be done;
he says it's all been used.
**[12:07] ---**
I can't believe this...
**[12:11] ---**
Here! I'm Shulan! What's your name?
**[12:16] ---**
Taito.
**[12:17] ---**
Have some too, Taito!
**[12:20] ---**
Thanks.
**[12:23] ---**
We humbly accept this!
**[12:32] ---**
Mom...
**[12:37] ---**
Thanks to you guys, I was able
to feed them until they were full.
**[12:41] ---**
Oh, uhh, no problem.
**[12:44] ---**
Do you children live by yourselves?
**[12:46] ---**
We're all orphans.
**[12:48] ---**
Orphans...
**[12:49] ---**
What about the government officials?
**[12:51] ---**
Their job is tying us up and beating us.
**[12:55] ---**
They won't help us.
**[12:56] ---**
That's because you steal.
**[12:59] ---**
Are we supposed to just starve to death?!
**[13:01] ---**
Stop. You'll wake up Shulan.
**[13:05] ---**
Anyway, I thank you.
But just forget about us.
**[13:11] ---**
These kids have always lived
on their own, haven't they?
**[13:15] ---**
I sympathize with their situation.
**[13:18] ---**
But that doesn't mean
it's all right for them to steal.
**[13:21] ---**
Only someone who's never
starved could say that.
**[13:25] ---**
What?
**[13:26] ---**
I bet you've had a pretty
nice and spoiled life...
**[13:30] ---**
You're saying I should overlook
him because he's an orphan?
**[13:33] ---**
I didn't say that.
**[13:35] ---**
I'm just saying we're in
no place to say anything.
**[13:39] ---**
Especially not certain naïve people
with a self-centered sense of justice!
**[13:43] ---**
Hosei!
**[13:50] ---**
Come on. Knock it off, you two...
**[13:52] ---**
I'm not sure this is about
someone being at fault...
**[14:20] ---**
Whoa!
**[14:21] ---**
Did you see that?!
**[14:22] ---**
Wow!
**[14:24] ---**
With proper energy control,
even iron can be cut through like paper.
**[14:29] ---**
I see...
**[14:30] ---**
Energy Manipulation is a secret
technique of the Eight Great Styles.
**[14:33] ---**
I hear General Keiro of the Xian
Empire is an accomplished user of it,
**[14:36] ---**
despite being self-taught.
**[14:38] ---**
If you can't at least do this much,
you won't even stand a chance.
**[14:43] ---**
I *am* trying to do it how you taught me...
**[14:49] ---**
...but I just can't figure out
how to transfer energy into a weapon...
**[14:55] ---**
Oh. Still no good...
**[14:57] ---**
Again?
**[14:58] ---**
Just what kind of energy control
are you doing to pull off that trick?
**[15:02] ---**
That was amazing, Taito!
**[15:04] ---**
Do it again!
**[15:06] ---**
Hold on, now! Don't push!
**[15:07] ---**
Hey! Quit pulling my hair!
**[15:09] ---**
What is he doing?
**[15:15] ---**
Taito!
**[15:16] ---**
There you are!
**[15:17] ---**
Did you forget you were
supposed to gather water?!
**[15:19] ---**
O-oops!
**[15:21] ---**
Get going!
**[15:27] ---**
Found you, you damn brat!
**[15:30] ---**
This is him, Big Bro!
This is the brat who stole my wallet!
**[15:35] ---**
Oh, he's an adorable boy!
**[15:38] ---**
You've made fools out of us Mo Brothers.
**[15:41] ---**
I hope you're ready for what you deserve.
**[15:44] ---**
You guys can't get me!
**[15:54] ---**
No way...
**[15:56] ---**
Childish tricks like this don't work on us!
**[16:07] ---**
Nuh-uh! Let's play a little more!
**[16:10] ---**
You made me mad, kid.
**[16:14] ---**
Now you're gonna pay the price.
**[16:15] ---**
Let go! Let go, dammit!
**[16:19] ---**
Lien!
**[16:20] ---**
Shulan! Run!
**[16:22] ---**
Stop bullying Lien!
**[16:25] ---**
Who's this kid?
**[16:30] ---**
Yuck. I got my clothes dirty.
**[16:33] ---**
How dare you guys...!
**[16:35] ---**
You wouldn't be in this mess now
if you hadn't screwed with us!
**[16:41] ---**
Dammit!
**[16:44] ---**
Who did that?!
**[16:45] ---**
What do you think you're doing?!
**[16:47] ---**
Huh? You his friend too?
**[16:49] ---**
Take your foot off him!
**[16:51] ---**
Huh? What did you say?
**[16:53] ---**
Take it off him, damn it!
**[16:55] ---**
Don't get the wrong idea, kid.
This brat's a thief.
**[16:59] ---**
Shut up! So are you!
**[17:02] ---**
I hate it when people bully weaker people!
**[17:07] ---**
He's...
**[17:07] ---**
...no ordinary boy, it seems.
**[17:10] ---**
Let's do the usual routine.
**[17:24] ---**
I'll start with you!
**[17:29] ---**
What's the matter, kid?
**[17:30] ---**
Now it's *my* turn!
**[17:39] ---**
Crap!
**[17:43] ---**
Ryuko!
**[17:46] ---**
Hey! Let me join the party too!
**[17:50] ---**
There's another one?!
**[17:51] ---**
Dunno what's going on,
but I'll back you up!
**[17:55] ---**
Taito!
**[17:57] ---**
Yeah! Thanks!
**[17:59] ---**
So many cutie-pies!
**[18:01] ---**
Yikes! Who is *that*?!
**[18:03] ---**
Hey, Ryuko! You can handle that one!
**[18:06] ---**
Wha--?! I don't want to either!
**[18:08] ---**
Oh, come on! I'm sure
you'll make a good match!
**[18:11] ---**
Don't be creepy!
**[18:14] ---**
You'll pay for saying that!
**[18:16] ---**
Don't get cocky, you brats!
**[18:19] ---**
Say your prayers!
**[18:22] ---**
That idiot!
**[18:23] ---**
Taito!
**[18:27] ---**
Fool!
**[18:31] ---**
Stay sharp! They're tough!
**[18:33] ---**
Idiot!
**[18:35] ---**
Do you not have the ability to learn?!
**[18:38] ---**
Don't charge at 'em all by yourself!
**[18:40] ---**
B-but...
**[18:42] ---**
Listen. Individually, they are
nothing but average martial artists.
**[18:46] ---**
But when working together,
they become somewhat dangerous foes.
**[18:50] ---**
Then what do we do?
**[18:51] ---**
There are three of us as well.
**[18:54] ---**
Fine. I'll keep 'em busy.
**[18:58] ---**
Then I will create an opening.
**[19:00] ---**
Then what about me?
**[19:01] ---**
Isn't it obvious? Finish them with one blow!
**[19:04] ---**
Leave it to me!
**[19:05] ---**
I am Ryuko, an ascetic monk of the Liu Jia Sect
Tong You Temple and user of the Eight Great Styles!
**[19:10] ---**
Here I come!
**[19:11] ---**
You won't be so lucky this time, kid!
**[19:21] ---**
Not bad, boy.
**[19:23] ---**
Whoa...
**[19:24] ---**
Big Bro! I got him!
**[19:27] ---**
Whoops! I don't think so!
**[19:34] ---**
Oh! Mo Han?!
**[19:36] ---**
Big Bro?!
**[19:37] ---**
Ryuko!
**[19:40] ---**
Now, Taito!
**[19:44] ---**
This is for the pain of the sweet bun...
**[19:47] ---**
...and for what you did to Lien!
**[20:03] ---**
A-are they monsters?
**[20:07] ---**
Lights out!
**[20:18] ---**
Hey. Are you really leaving?
**[20:20] ---**
Yeah, we have to get to the capital.
**[20:25] ---**
Then take me with you too!
**[20:28] ---**
I wanna be strong like you guys too!
**[20:31] ---**
What about the kids?
**[20:37] ---**
In that case, take them
with you to Lian Tong Temple.
**[20:41] ---**
Good idea. If you ask Master Sonnei...
**[20:44] ---**
Lian Tong Temple?
I can get strong if I go there?
**[20:49] ---**
Well, at the very least you probably
won't have to steal to survive.
**[20:57] ---**
Okay. We'll go.
**[20:59] ---**
Good. In that case, here.
**[21:03] ---**
This is the bounty from catching
those guys. Are you sure?
**[21:06] ---**
You can't travel if you're flat broke.
**[21:09] ---**
We'll write you a letter of
introduction too. Well, Laila will.
**[21:12] ---**
Hey, now...
**[21:16] ---**
Bye, big sis!
**[21:20] ---**
Take care!
**[21:22] ---**
Thanks! Let's meet again!
**[21:25] ---**
Yeah! Good luck!
**[21:47] ---**
The Alkaid boy doesn't understand at all.
**[21:50] ---**
He doesn't understand
just how big a star he is...
**[21:54] ---**
Now, then. I guess it's time to make my move.
**[22:12] ---**
*In those days,
you believed in more dreams*
**[22:23] ---**
*than could fit in your little hands*
**[22:31] ---**
*Don't look like that,
don't give in*°
**[22:42] ---**
*Even inside me you're shining brightly now*
**[22:52] ---**
*Please notice*
**[22:56] ---**
*You can stay your more
honest, open self*
**[23:02] ---**
*I'll be by your side
and act as a signpost*
**[23:12] ---**
*So we can just walk beneath
this great big sky together*
**[23:22] ---**
*because you aren't alone*
**[23:33] ---**
*An encounter brings forth
a new power in Taito.*
**[23:37] ---**
*This is Hosei's master?*
**[23:39] ---**
*Is this "inner-channel" the other type
of Energy Manipulation we don't know of?!*
**[23:43] ---**
*I did it! Praise me!*
**[23:45] ---**
*I am Hosei, Koei's best pupil!*
**[23:47] ---**
*I won't let you have
your way on this mountain!*
**[23:50] ---**
*Interesting! Using you sounds like fun!*
**[23:54] ---**
*During a short-lived reprieve,
a deep darkness creeps close!*
**[23:58] ---**
*On Hero Tales,
"Chapter Six: The Red Champion."*
**[24:12] ---**
"See you next time!"
**[24:12] ---**
*I'm going to make my master
acknowledge my skills!*
# 6 - Chapter Six: The Red Champion
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**[00:13] ---**
Geez...
**[00:15] ---**
How did we end up coming
to an insane place like this?!
**[00:19] ---**
Quit complaining! Real men
don't cling to the past!
**[00:24] ---**
You idiot! Whose fault do you think this is?!
**[00:27] ---**
If you hadn't exaggerated so much
we'd be closer to the capital now!
**[00:31] ---**
You're too uptight, Taito. You'll never
be popular with the girls like that!
**[00:35] ---**
Right, Laila?
**[00:37] ---**
Whatever, just hurry ahead!
**[00:39] ---**
Yes, yes! Sure thing!
**[00:50] ---**
H- Hosei... How much further is it?
**[00:54] ---**
Hmm, maybe about an
hour more if we're lucky?
**[00:58] ---**
No! I wanna go back!
**[01:03] ---**
You sound so cute
when you're crying too, Laila!
**[01:06] ---**
This is no time for that!
**[01:21] ---**
*I'll never say good-bye
to our prime forever*
**[01:30] ---**
*And I feel like dumb,
I don't know why*
**[01:39] ---**
*I'll never say good-bye
'cos I can't forget her*°
**[01:48] ---**
*But I feel like dumb,
I don't know why*
**[01:57] ---**
*Try to scream*
**[02:00] ---**
*Shattered dreams are
made of stone and desperation*
**[02:09] ---**
*Broken hearts blown in a
freezing wind during winterlong*
**[02:14] ---**
*Unspoken words floating on
freezing wind during winterlong*
**[02:24] ---**
*During winterlong*
**[02:40] ---**
A shortcut to the capital?!
**[02:42] ---**
Yep! I'm from these parts,
**[02:47] ---**
so I know *all* the secret paths and shortcuts!
**[02:49] ---**
It'll be ten days quicker
than going the normal way!
**[02:52] ---**
Really?! That much?!
**[02:54] ---**
Every single morning you say,
**[02:56] ---**
"I wanna get to the capital,
I wanna get to the capital!"
**[03:00] ---**
I've started to feel bad for you!
**[03:04] ---**
Well, Laila? Have you
changed your opinion of me?!
**[03:08] ---**
Not really.
**[03:10] ---**
That cold look is irresistable too!
**[03:13] ---**
All right, Hosei!
**[03:15] ---**
Let's just take this shortcut of yours!
**[03:18] ---**
I need to hurry to the capital
**[03:19] ---**
so I can kick the crap
out of that mustached bastard!
**[03:21] ---**
Right! Just leave it to me!
**[03:24] ---**
"Chapter Six: The Red Champion"
**[03:31] ---**
What the hell?! Your so-called
shortcut was a lie,
**[03:34] ---**
and we're just heading back to your master?!
**[03:37] ---**
What a load of crap!
**[03:40] ---**
It's not my fault! You wouldn't
have come if I had told the truth!
**[03:45] ---**
And then who knows when
I would ever see Laila again!
**[03:49] ---**
Hell if I care!
**[03:50] ---**
Don't be so reproachful, Taito.
**[03:52] ---**
Given that he's obtained
the Shuang Chan Bow,
**[03:54] ---**
he's duty-bound to report to his master.
**[03:57] ---**
So?! Why do *we* have to
come along with him?!
**[04:00] ---**
Hey, Hosei.
**[04:02] ---**
You told us before, but your
master is really scary, right?
**[04:08] ---**
Yeah... She's not human.
She's a monster!
**[04:13] ---**
Stop, Hosei! Don't speak
of your master that way!
**[04:16] ---**
Easy for you to say!
You don't know her!
**[04:22] ---**
She's one seriously dangerous hag!
**[04:24] ---**
If she had found out
I got my hands on this
**[04:27] ---**
and went to the capital
without letting her know...
**[04:30] ---**
Hosei!
**[04:32] ---**
I told you to return as soon
as you obtained the bow!
**[04:38] ---**
I- I'm sorry, Master!
**[04:42] ---**
Absolutely unforgivable!
**[04:49] ---**
...is probably what'd happen.
**[04:51] ---**
Don't be silly...!
**[04:53] ---**
She's a legendary hag
in many other ways too!
**[04:56] ---**
Cracks open in the ground
when she stomps her feet!
**[04:58] ---**
Birds fall from the sky when she shouts!
**[05:01] ---**
She chops daikon radishes
with her bare hands!
**[05:03] ---**
She drinks a full bottle every night!
**[05:06] ---**
She wears heavy makeup!
**[05:07] ---**
She snores like crazy!
**[05:09] ---**
They got kind of lame at the end there...
**[05:11] ---**
But she really is serious trouble!
**[05:14] ---**
Oh! What should I do?!
**[05:17] ---**
I wish I could just run off
with you right now, Laila!
**[05:20] ---**
But if she found me she'd kill me!
**[05:23] ---**
Don't go holding Laila's hand!
**[05:26] ---**
Oh, come on, dumb brother!
**[05:28] ---**
Don't call me your brother!
**[05:30] ---**
Then I'll just call you dumb!
**[05:33] ---**
What?!
**[05:34] ---**
Who's the dumb one?! Who's the
dumb one?! Who's the dumb one?!
**[05:38] ---**
Why did you say it three times today?
**[05:46] ---**
We finally made it...
**[05:50] ---**
I don't wanna do this,
but it *is* my duty as her pupil...
**[05:54] ---**
You should check out the hag, too,
to give us something to talk about later.
**[05:59] ---**
Assuming I survive, that is.
**[06:01] ---**
I-If Hosei has to put it like that,
**[06:05] ---**
maybe she really is like a demon...
**[06:07] ---**
Yeah, right!
**[06:08] ---**
Master! I'm back!
**[06:10] ---**
Welcome back, Hosei!
**[06:13] ---**
I'm so glad you're back!
You must be exhausted!
**[06:16] ---**
Are you hurt at all?
Have you grown a little?
**[06:19] ---**
I'll make your favorite dinner
tonight! Green pepper steak!
**[06:22] ---**
Stop, Master! Stop!
**[06:25] ---**
Don't be silly!
**[06:26] ---**
My adorable pupil is finally back
after a long, arduous journey!
**[06:30] ---**
It's natural to be this ecstatic!
**[06:32] ---**
We have guests! Guests!
**[06:35] ---**
Guests?
**[06:37] ---**
Oh, my!
**[06:41] ---**
Welcome!
**[06:42] ---**
*This* is Hosei's master?
**[06:46] ---**
This is...
**[06:47] ---**
...hard to believe...
**[06:49] ---**
It's nice to meet you! I'm Koei!
**[06:53] ---**
You're Taito and Laila
from Lian Tong Temple,
**[06:56] ---**
and Ryuko from Tong You Temple, yes?
**[06:59] ---**
How do you know who we are?
**[07:02] ---**
I heard about Master Sonnei
summoning Ryuko to Lian Tong Temple
**[07:07] ---**
and the three of you
setting out on a journey.
**[07:11] ---**
Considering the karma of the stars,
it was very possible
**[07:14] ---**
that you would come across my little Hosei.
**[07:16] ---**
Oh...
**[07:18] ---**
Lady Koei, it's no wonder you're known
as "Yiyang's fount of knowledge."
**[07:22] ---**
You have my admiration.
**[07:24] ---**
Oh, you! Don't flatter me like that!
**[07:28] ---**
Say, Hosei!
**[07:30] ---**
I hope you didn't say anything
to give them the wrong idea about me!
**[07:35] ---**
I- I've told them nothing but the truth.
**[07:38] ---**
Like about how you're a tough old hag!
**[07:41] ---**
What?!
**[07:43] ---**
How can you possibly call such
a young and beautiful maiden a hag?!
**[07:47] ---**
What're you talking about?
You turn 39 this year!
**[07:51] ---**
Not so loud!
**[07:52] ---**
Whatever! You have to *paint
*your makeup on to look young!
**[07:55] ---**
What?!
**[07:56] ---**
You should watch what you say,
you pants-wetting little brat!
**[08:01] ---**
Aha! You show your true colors!
**[08:04] ---**
Your makeup is so heavy
that your disguise peels right off!
**[08:07] ---**
How dare you! Get back here!
**[08:09] ---**
They're less like master and pupil...
**[08:12] ---**
...and more like friends
who like to quarrel...
**[08:16] ---**
Honestly, now!
**[08:17] ---**
It took you long enough
to find one simple bow!
**[08:23] ---**
Shut up! You could've
given me some clues, but *no*...!
**[08:26] ---**
I can't hear you!
**[08:29] ---**
Wait, you knew where the bow was, Koei?
**[08:35] ---**
I can't hear you either!
**[08:39] ---**
She's spent years in these mountains
**[08:40] ---**
storing away every bit of
information that comes her way.
**[08:43] ---**
There's nothing she doesn't know!
**[08:46] ---**
But there'd be no fun in
telling you to go get the bow
**[08:50] ---**
from such-and-such place!
**[08:51] ---**
Don't give your pupils pointless
hard work just because it's fun!
**[08:55] ---**
I can't hear you!
**[08:58] ---**
But it's certainly a surprise to learn
**[09:00] ---**
that Lady Koei, the fount
of knowledge, is like this.
**[09:04] ---**
Ryuko. What exactly do you mean
when you say "like this"?
**[09:09] ---**
Oh, uhh, there is no deep meaning to it.
**[09:13] ---**
Please excuse my rudeness.
**[09:15] ---**
But it's hard to believe you're really
the legendary Dipper Bearers,
**[09:20] ---**
seeing you like this...
**[09:22] ---**
Yeah!
**[09:24] ---**
Even I don't know what to think!
**[09:26] ---**
Being suddenly told
you're an Alkaid or whatever
**[09:29] ---**
and a bunch of stuff
about the karma of the stars...
**[09:32] ---**
All I wanna do is kick the crap
out of that mustached bastard!
**[09:36] ---**
Mustached bastard?
**[09:37] ---**
The Dubhe. General Keiro of the Xian Empire.
**[09:41] ---**
I see.
**[09:42] ---**
Whether we want it to be or not,
**[09:45] ---**
the karma of the stars is always at work...
**[09:48] ---**
And even being pushed
around by it is karma...
**[09:53] ---**
Setting aside Hosei's Phecda,
Mizar is a nerve-wracked star.
**[09:57] ---**
Y-yes...
**[09:59] ---**
But I'm not sure you can stand up to Keiro
**[10:03] ---**
seeing as you can't fully
use Energy Manipulation.
**[10:08] ---**
You can tell?
**[10:09] ---**
Yes. The waves put off by people
who can manipulate energy
**[10:13] ---**
look different from those who can't.
**[10:15] ---**
There it is! The insight of an old hag!
**[10:19] ---**
Taito! It was some sort of
fate that brought you here!
**[10:22] ---**
If you'd like, I can teach you
the basics of Energy Manipulation!
**[10:27] ---**
Huh?! Really?!
**[10:28] ---**
That's great, Taito!
**[10:30] ---**
My master has a terrible
personality but is great at teaching!
**[10:34] ---**
You could've left out the personality part.
**[10:37] ---**
Taito. It's a very generous offer. Accept it.
**[10:41] ---**
Learning it won't let you suddenly
beat Keiro or anything, though.
**[10:46] ---**
Please teach me, Koei!
**[10:48] ---**
Okay, then!
**[10:50] ---**
We'll start in the evening,
so use this time to recharge yourself!
**[11:05] ---**
These are pretty flowers.
**[11:08] ---**
Yes. They're moth orchids.
**[11:12] ---**
Moth orchids...
**[11:13] ---**
Here you are, Your Majesty.
**[11:16] ---**
Shokaku...
**[11:18] ---**
General Keiro has returned.
Please see him.
**[11:22] ---**
What of the rebellion?
**[11:24] ---**
He crushed it, precisely as you ordered.
**[11:28] ---**
As I ordered...
**[11:30] ---**
Please come and greet him as well, Lady Taki.
**[11:33] ---**
This is a proud moment for your father.
**[11:36] ---**
Yes...
**[11:46] ---**
They're certainly close to each other.
**[11:49] ---**
The emperor of the Xian Empire on one hand
**[11:52] ---**
and the daughter of the general on the other.
**[11:54] ---**
They strike a good balance.
**[11:56] ---**
I'm sure you worked quite hard
for that balance to be struck, Lady Choka.
**[12:08] ---**
Okay, let's begin.
**[12:10] ---**
Yeah! Let's do it!
**[12:15] ---**
Act gung-ho while you still can, Taito!
**[12:18] ---**
First, try gathering energy
the way you normally do.
**[12:22] ---**
Stay calm and relax.
**[12:24] ---**
Right.
**[12:30] ---**
Oops!
**[12:33] ---**
No good. He still can't control it.
**[12:36] ---**
Ooh, you're in for a beating now!
**[12:43] ---**
Try again.
**[12:57] ---**
Looks like it's inner-channel after all.
**[13:00] ---**
Okay, this time...
**[13:03] ---**
...try concentrating your energy like this.
**[13:06] ---**
Lady Koei! He mustn't!
**[13:08] ---**
Concentrating energy while empty-handed
will be too much for his body to bear!
**[13:12] ---**
Just watch.
**[13:14] ---**
Make sure not to break the armband.
**[13:17] ---**
O-okay.
**[13:27] ---**
Don't rush. Energy Manipulation
isn't about strength.
**[13:31] ---**
Close your eyes, relax your breathing,
**[13:34] ---**
and think of your arm as a flexible tube.
**[13:37] ---**
Flexible... tube...
**[13:49] ---**
Here I come, Taito!
**[14:02] ---**
You did it!
**[14:04] ---**
Take a look at your arm!
**[14:05] ---**
K- Koei...!
**[14:08] ---**
I punched as hard as I could, too...
**[14:11] ---**
It's because you punched with
energy instead of brute strength.
**[14:14] ---**
It had no effect on your body as a result.
**[14:16] ---**
How is this possible, Lady Koei?!
**[14:18] ---**
It's simple.
**[14:20] ---**
Taito has inner-channel Energy
Manipulation, that's all.
**[14:24] ---**
Inner-channel?
**[14:26] ---**
Is this "inner-channel" the other type
of Energy Manipulation we don't know of?!
**[14:30] ---**
Yes. The Energy Manipulation
you and Hosei use
**[14:33] ---**
to transfer energy into your
weapons is "outer-channel."
**[14:36] ---**
And the one Taito demonstrated just now
**[14:38] ---**
by channeling energy through
his own body is "inner-channel."
**[14:42] ---**
You still need a lot more practice
until you can fully control it, though.
**[14:47] ---**
But you'll master it soon enough, as long
as you don't forget how it felt just now.
**[14:51] ---**
Right. Thanks, Koei!
**[14:54] ---**
What the hell?! What the hell?!
**[14:56] ---**
Why are you being so soft on Taito?!
**[14:59] ---**
There is only one way to describe
your knowledge and insight: superb!
**[15:05] ---**
Very well done, Lady Koei!
**[15:06] ---**
You're in a league all your own!
**[15:09] ---**
Oh, you two! Don't flatter me like that!
**[15:12] ---**
I did it! Praise *me*!
**[15:14] ---**
Taito. Promise me this.
**[15:18] ---**
Inner-channeling is a double-edged sword;
one wrong step and you'll hurt yourself.
**[15:22] ---**
You must always remain
calm, cool, and collected
**[15:24] ---**
and never let anger or hate control you.
**[15:28] ---**
If you can't maintain self-control,
then you aren't fit to use inner-channeling.
**[15:33] ---**
Do you understand?
**[15:35] ---**
Y-yes!
**[15:36] ---**
Oh, man!
**[15:37] ---**
You sound so submissive saying
"Yes!" like that! It's weird!
**[15:42] ---**
S-shut up! What's wrong with that?!
**[15:44] ---**
Yes. It's disgusting.
**[15:46] ---**
Don't say that so calmly!
**[15:50] ---**
Why...?
**[15:56] ---**
Thank you for the meal!
**[15:58] ---**
Whew! I'm stuffed!
You're a great cook too, Koei!
**[16:02] ---**
You can say that again.
**[16:03] ---**
You're so lucky, Hosei! You got to eat
such delicious food all this time!
**[16:09] ---**
Yeah, I guess.
I'm gonna get some fresh air.
**[16:13] ---**
Hey, Hosei!
**[16:19] ---**
Honestly, now. What is he sulking about?
**[16:22] ---**
He's sulking?
**[16:24] ---**
I praised Taito earlier,
**[16:26] ---**
so he must feel irritated
because I used to be strict with him.
**[16:31] ---**
I was only strict because
he was still a child.
**[16:34] ---**
If I hadn't taught him discipline,
**[16:36] ---**
how would he ever learn about
things like morals and manners?
**[16:39] ---**
He's such a fool...
**[16:41] ---**
Then he's also...?
**[16:43] ---**
Yes. An orphan.
**[16:46] ---**
But even simpleminded fools
like him have good sides to them.
**[16:50] ---**
I know it might be difficult,
but please continue to lend him your help.
**[16:55] ---**
Yeah! You can count on us!
**[16:59] ---**
Koei is really charming!
**[17:01] ---**
She's a little violent, but she's nice,
warmhearted, and can do anything.
**[17:07] ---**
Say, Taito.
**[17:09] ---**
Do you think our mothers were like that too?
**[17:15] ---**
I did it again...
**[17:17] ---**
That's weird. I did it so well before...
**[17:20] ---**
Maybe you need Koei to help after all?
**[17:24] ---**
It does me no good
if I need help all the time.
**[17:28] ---**
If I had had someone like her as a parent,
**[17:31] ---**
I might not have been abandoned either...
**[17:35] ---**
Taito...
**[17:36] ---**
Just kidding!
**[17:38] ---**
If that had been the case, I never
would've met you or Dad or the others!
**[17:42] ---**
Good night!
**[17:50] ---**
Are you still bent out of shape?
**[17:57] ---**
It's not like that.
**[17:59] ---**
You really are dumb.
**[18:01] ---**
Different people need to be
taught in different ways.
**[18:04] ---**
Do you fight everyone the exact same way?
**[18:08] ---**
No, but you're being way too blatant!
**[18:12] ---**
I think it's just favoritism!
**[18:14] ---**
Oh? Is there something for me
to gain by being partial to Taito?
**[18:18] ---**
No... but *he's* the Alkaid
while I'm just the Phecda...
**[18:24] ---**
What are you talking about?
**[18:26] ---**
It's true that in the Tale of the Big Dipper
**[18:28] ---**
the Alkaid, as one of the
Celestial Deities, is treated better
**[18:31] ---**
than the Phecda,
one of the Five Divine Warriors.
**[18:34] ---**
But so what?!
**[18:37] ---**
I took you in, raised you,
fed you, taught you,
**[18:41] ---**
punished you, hit you and kicked you...
**[18:44] ---**
The karma of the stars
has nothing to do with that.
**[18:48] ---**
If it doesn't, then I guess
that really does make me a loser.
**[18:53] ---**
You still think that, Hosei?!
**[18:55] ---**
Shut up! Taito isn't better than me!
**[18:59] ---**
You dumb hag!
**[19:00] ---**
H-hey! Hosei!
**[19:05] ---**
Sheesh... You're still so childish...
**[19:14] ---**
What unpleasant stars...
**[19:16] ---**
What the hell?! What the hell?!
**[19:24] ---**
Damn it!
**[19:25] ---**
If she's my master, she can at least
acknowledge me a little more!
**[19:37] ---**
Night bandits?
**[19:38] ---**
Don't tell me they're headed for us?!
**[19:43] ---**
Stop right there, you lousy bandits!
**[19:48] ---**
I am Hosei, Koei's best pupil!
**[19:50] ---**
I won't let you have
your way on this mountain!
**[19:55] ---**
*I'm going to make my master...*
**[19:59] ---**
*...acknowledge my skills!*
**[20:08] ---**
Where are you going at this hour?
**[20:13] ---**
To find my fool of a pupil.
**[20:15] ---**
He hasn't come back
since he rushed off sulking.
**[20:18] ---**
Allow me to accompany you.
It's dangerous to travel alone at night.
**[20:23] ---**
I'll be fine. This mountain
is like my backyard.
**[20:27] ---**
Besides, we'll probably
wind up lost if you come along.
**[20:31] ---**
You heard about that as well?
**[20:33] ---**
I'll be back soon.
**[20:35] ---**
He'll start sulking again if I don't
find him. He's a difficult boy.
**[20:40] ---**
Oh, yes, Ryuko.
**[20:43] ---**
Yes?
**[20:43] ---**
It's fine to shoulder
nerve-wracking burdens and all,
**[20:46] ---**
but sometimes it's also important
to follow the path you believe in.
**[20:50] ---**
Lady Koei...
**[20:51] ---**
You *do* have a life of your own.
**[21:02] ---**
That's one down! Now who's next?!
**[21:10] ---**
What?!
**[21:13] ---**
Wh-what the hell?! Take this!
**[21:22] ---**
How?!
**[21:26] ---**
Oh, my!
**[21:28] ---**
I never expected the Phecda
to waltz out here all alone like this!
**[21:35] ---**
Who are you?!
**[21:37] ---**
I am Shimei.
**[21:38] ---**
Shimei?
**[21:40] ---**
Interesting! Using *you* sounds like fun!
**[21:53] ---**
Now to show the Alkaid boy
and all his friends hell!
**[22:12] ---**
*chiisana te no hira ni
norikiranai hodo no*
**[22:23] ---**
*yume o shinjiteta ano koro*
**[22:31] ---**
*sonna kao shinaide makenaide*
**[22:42] ---**
*ima boku no naka demo
kimi wa kagayaiteiru yo*
**[22:52] ---**
*nee kizuite yo*
**[22:56] ---**
*motto sunao na kimi no mama de ii*
**[23:02] ---**
*boku ga soba de
michishirube ni naru kara*
**[23:12] ---**
*kono hiroi sora no shita
issho ni arukeba ii*
**[23:22] ---**
*hitori ja nai kara*
**[23:33] ---**
*Say, Master.*
**[23:35] ---**
*Do you think I could go to the capital
with Laila and the others?*
**[23:40] ---**
*You know pupils need
to leave the nest someday.*
**[23:44] ---**
*You still know so little about the world.*
**[23:46] ---**
*You need to learn much more.*
**[23:49] ---**
*Yeah...*
**[23:51] ---**
*Hosei. Take good care
of Taito and the others...*
**[23:56] ---**
*On Hero Tales,
"Chapter Seven: Sorrowful Phecda."*
**[24:12] ---**
"See you next time!"
**[24:12] ---**
*Master... I thank you for... for...*
# 7 - Chapter Seven: Sorrowful Phecda
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**[00:35] ---**
Not here, either...
**[00:37] ---**
Honestly! How far did ol' Hosei run off
to after getting bent out of shape?
**[00:42] ---**
He's still such a handful to deal with...
**[01:01] ---**
*I'll never say good-bye
to our prime forever*
**[01:10] ---**
*And I feel like dumb,
I don't know why*
**[01:19] ---**
*I'll never say good-bye
'cos I can't forget her*°
**[01:28] ---**
*But I feel like dumb,
I don't know why*
**[01:37] ---**
*Try to scream*
**[01:40] ---**
*Shattered dreams are
made of stone and desperation*
**[01:49] ---**
*Broken hearts blown in a
freezing wind during winterlong*
**[01:54] ---**
*Unspoken words floating on
freezing wind during winterlong*
**[02:04] ---**
*During winterlong*
**[02:26] ---**
Heya. How are you feeling?
**[02:32] ---**
You!
**[02:33] ---**
Don't be so cross!
**[02:35] ---**
I left you alive. You really
ought to be *thanking* me.
**[02:39] ---**
Like hell I will, you bastard!
**[02:42] ---**
Divine Warrior Phecda.
**[02:46] ---**
Kill the Alkaid.
**[02:48] ---**
"Chapter Seven: Sorrowful Phecda"
**[02:54] ---**
Kill the Alkaid... Kill Taito?!
**[02:57] ---**
Quit talking nonsense!
Why would I do that?!
**[03:00] ---**
Refuse and I kill you *and* your master.
**[03:04] ---**
My master?!
**[03:07] ---**
Decide quickly.
**[03:10] ---**
Kill the Alkaid and live,
or refuse and die.
**[03:15] ---**
It's a simple one-or-the-other decision
unless you're exceptionally dimwitted.
**[03:20] ---**
Yeah... It's probably simple
for anyone not as stupid as Taito...
**[03:26] ---**
My answer is this!
**[03:35] ---**
Like I'd ever take orders from you!
**[03:38] ---**
Just try and kill me
and my master, if you dare!
**[03:53] ---**
*Those guys ain't normal!
What now?! What do I do?!*
**[04:04] ---**
Watch over the place
while we're gone, Lady Laila.
**[04:06] ---**
Okay. I just hope Hosei turns up soon...
**[04:10] ---**
I'm more concerned about Lady Koei.
**[04:13] ---**
She's been in the mountains for a long time.
**[04:16] ---**
Even if she does know
the area well, it's still worrying.
**[04:18] ---**
There's no other choice.
We need to make sure she's okay.
**[04:21] ---**
We'll be back soon.
**[04:35] ---**
This feeling...
**[04:37] ---**
I see. So you're the reason for
the unpleasant appearance of the stars...
**[04:40] ---**
...Shimei.
**[04:43] ---**
It makes me happy to know
that a beautiful woman remembers me.
**[04:48] ---**
For a 40 year-old mortal,
your youthfulness is really something!
**[04:53] ---**
I'm still 39.
**[04:55] ---**
You look much worse
than you used to, though.
**[04:59] ---**
Don't be like that. This body's
just like you: it used to be a bandit.
**[05:04] ---**
But maybe I'll be more selective
the next time I get a new one.
**[05:08] ---**
Oh, yes. I ran into your pupil.
**[05:12] ---**
What did you to do Hosei?
**[05:15] ---**
I haven't done anything.
**[05:17] ---**
I only asked him to kill
the Alkaid, that's all.
**[05:20] ---**
I said I'd kill his master
if he didn't do it.
**[05:24] ---**
And his reply?
**[05:26] ---**
He told me to go ahead and try, if I dare.
**[05:35] ---**
Let me ask you this.
What do you think of the Alkaid boy?
**[05:39] ---**
Do you think he'll be good
amusement for me down the road?
**[05:43] ---**
Taito will never give in
to you, no matter what.
**[05:47] ---**
Nor will Laila, Ryuko or Hosei!
**[05:52] ---**
I see. Sounds fun.
**[06:00] ---**
What happened?
There isn't even any wind...
**[06:06] ---**
Help, Laila!
**[06:11] ---**
Damn, they're stubborn!
**[06:17] ---**
I'm saved!
**[06:20] ---**
Hey!
**[06:20] ---**
Hosei!
**[06:22] ---**
Where the heck did you go?!
**[06:23] ---**
Where is Lady Koei?!
**[06:25] ---**
My master?! What about her?!
**[06:27] ---**
You dumbass! She went into
the mountains to look for *you*!
**[06:32] ---**
She never came back,
so now *we're* here!
**[06:36] ---**
--They're all yours!
**[06:36] ---**
--H-hold on, Hosei!
**[06:43] ---**
That damn Hosei...
**[06:51] ---**
He only makes more
and more work for us.
**[06:55] ---**
Wh-what?!
**[06:56] ---**
What are you doing,
Ryuko?! Hit 'em right!
**[07:08] ---**
Wha--?! But I hit 'em squarely!
**[07:11] ---**
These are no ordinary people!
**[07:13] ---**
So it would seem!
**[07:18] ---**
*Where are you, Master?!*
**[07:24] ---**
Master!
**[07:27] ---**
Where were you?
**[07:30] ---**
You know running off and
not coming back will worry me.
**[07:34] ---**
Well, I *was* going to come back,
but then stuff happened...
**[07:38] ---**
I'm sorry, Master!
I sulked for no good reason!
**[07:43] ---**
You're so foolish.
There's no need to apologize.
**[07:46] ---**
Give me a break!
I *want* to apologize!
**[07:55] ---**
Here.
**[07:56] ---**
What are you doing?
**[07:58] ---**
Just get on. You look exhausted.
**[08:00] ---**
Maybe it's your age showing!
**[08:04] ---**
Okay, hurry up!
Taito and the others are waiting!
**[08:09] ---**
Hosei...
**[08:15] ---**
Okay, I'm counting on you...
**[08:17] ---**
Just leave it to me!
**[08:21] ---**
You're lighter than I expected, Master!
**[08:23] ---**
Of course I am! I *am* skinny!
**[08:26] ---**
I've never done something like this
before. It's kind of embarrassing.
**[08:33] ---**
Say, Master.
**[08:35] ---**
Do you think I could go to the capital
with Laila and the others?
**[08:41] ---**
What a silly question.
**[08:43] ---**
You know pupils need to
leave the nest someday.
**[08:46] ---**
You still know so little about the world.
**[08:49] ---**
You need to visit the capital
and learn much more.
**[08:52] ---**
Yeah...
**[08:53] ---**
Hosei. Take good care
of Taito and the others...
**[08:57] ---**
Wh-what brought that on all of a sudden?
**[09:01] ---**
It *was* the karma of the stars
that brought you together.
**[09:05] ---**
But there are also bonds between people.
**[09:08] ---**
Bonds...
**[09:10] ---**
You all feel it.
**[09:13] ---**
Even without the karma of the stars,
you feel something resonating between you.
**[09:19] ---**
Oh, yeah! Master! I ran into
some really tough guys earlier!
**[09:24] ---**
Every time I'd beat 'em down they'd get
right back up like it was nothing!
**[09:29] ---**
Those would be the undead...
**[09:32] ---**
Undead?!
**[09:33] ---**
Yes... People who have already died...
**[09:37] ---**
There's no way to beat
them in a normal fight...
**[09:40] ---**
Then is there no way at all?!
**[09:42] ---**
There's just one way...
**[09:45] ---**
Between the eyebrows...
**[09:47] ---**
If you strike between the eyebrows,
the undead will return to the earth...
**[09:50] ---**
Between the eyebrows?!
Got it, Master!
**[09:53] ---**
I guess you knowing everything
isn't all talk after all!
**[09:57] ---**
Of course it isn't.
**[09:59] ---**
I'm Koei... the fount of knowledge...
**[10:03] ---**
Yeah! I'm proud to have you as my master!
**[10:09] ---**
Oh, geez. You fall asleep
the one time I praise you?
**[10:16] ---**
So she finally kicked the bucket...
**[10:19] ---**
I'm surprised she lasted
that long with a wound like that...
**[10:35] ---**
Now things are going to get fun!
**[10:40] ---**
What the hell were you thinking, Hosei?!
**[10:42] ---**
Leaving us with those undead guys
and running off like that...!
**[10:46] ---**
Yes.
**[10:48] ---**
We're just lucky that they eventually
retreated for some reason.
**[10:52] ---**
Had they continued to fight us...
**[10:54] ---**
C'mon, don't be like that.
**[10:56] ---**
You're sitting here eating
breakfast safe and sound now.
**[10:59] ---**
Right, Laila?!
**[11:02] ---**
I agree with them about you
having a bad attitude!
**[11:07] ---**
She put it so harshly! She loves me!
**[11:10] ---**
No, she doesn't!
**[11:12] ---**
In any case, we're in trouble
if they attack again tonight.
**[11:16] ---**
We should take Lady Koei and leave while
the sun is still out, or something of the sort...
**[11:20] ---**
No need.
**[11:23] ---**
What do you mean?
**[11:26] ---**
I doubt you guys know,
**[11:28] ---**
but there *is* a way to kill the undead.
**[11:33] ---**
Between the eyebrows.
**[11:34] ---**
Hit here and even the strongest
undead is as good as--
**[11:36] ---**
You're wrong, Hosei.
**[11:41] ---**
You beat the undead by hitting the heart.
**[11:43] ---**
Do you not listen to what other people say?
**[11:46] ---**
Huh? But you said
"between the eyes" last night!
**[11:48] ---**
You misheard.
**[11:52] ---**
I *thought* it was strange that you were
suddenly knowledgeable, Hosei!
**[11:57] ---**
Man, you didn't even
get the facts straight!
**[12:00] ---**
N-no! I swear that's what she said--
**[12:03] ---**
Koei wouldn't make a mistake like that.
**[12:06] ---**
You're the one who's mistaken, Hosei.
**[12:08] ---**
Believe me, Laila!
**[12:26] ---**
No good...
**[12:31] ---**
I put so much into it
that my arm hurts now.
**[12:34] ---**
I did it so well yesterday too...
**[12:36] ---**
Shall we change things up a little?
**[12:40] ---**
Koei!
**[12:42] ---**
Follow me.
**[12:56] ---**
What is this place?
**[12:57] ---**
A training ground Hosei used to use.
**[13:00] ---**
Oh? So ol' Hosei trained
in a place like this?
**[13:07] ---**
Say, Koei. What was Hosei
like when he was a kid?
**[13:16] ---**
I-is this the new training you mentioned?
**[13:19] ---**
Doesn't it seem a bit too serious to you?
**[13:31] ---**
Hosei!
**[13:32] ---**
You okay, Taito?!
**[13:34] ---**
How did you guys--?!
**[13:36] ---**
It's thanks to Ryuko!
**[13:38] ---**
I was suspicious ever since this morning.
**[13:41] ---**
Hosei is a skilled warrior.
**[13:43] ---**
I don't know about anything else,
but it's very hard to believe
**[13:46] ---**
he would incorrectly remember
knowledge related to fighting.
**[13:48] ---**
So if Hosei is correct, then the
suspicion lies elsewhere...
**[13:53] ---**
That Lady Koei is a fake!
**[13:56] ---**
What?!
**[13:57] ---**
Oh, my.
**[13:59] ---**
You figured it out?
**[14:03] ---**
You're the mustached bastard's henchman!
**[14:05] ---**
I should've known
you were behind this, Shimei!
**[14:08] ---**
But there's one mistake in your theory.
**[14:12] ---**
She isn't a fake at all.
**[14:15] ---**
You're controlling her, then?!
**[14:18] ---**
She has nothing to do with this!
Release your spell at once!
**[14:23] ---**
I'm afraid I can't do that.
**[14:26] ---**
Quit screwing around!
Turn her back to normal!
**[14:28] ---**
I told you, I can't.
**[14:30] ---**
The reason being...
**[14:31] ---**
Master!
**[14:42] ---**
Wh-what the hell?!
**[14:44] ---**
M- Master!
**[14:47] ---**
Phecda boy.
**[14:49] ---**
How did it feel when your oh-so-beloved
master died on your back?
**[14:55] ---**
Wh-what?!
**[14:57] ---**
Y-you don't mean...!
**[14:59] ---**
Yep, that's right!
**[15:02] ---**
She's been an undead since last night!
**[15:10] ---**
Wh-what...?!
**[15:21] ---**
This... This can't be...
**[15:25] ---**
She was really noble!
**[15:27] ---**
Even after I stabbed her,
**[15:30] ---**
she kept telling me not to hurt you guys.
**[15:33] ---**
Not that I care, of course.
**[15:36] ---**
Damn you...!
**[15:40] ---**
There we are! Hate!
**[15:43] ---**
That hate is what I want to see!
**[15:46] ---**
No, Taito!
**[15:52] ---**
Taito!
**[15:54] ---**
Oh no! He's in that state again!
**[16:08] ---**
That's it! That's it, Alkaid!
**[16:16] ---**
No, Taito! Your body can't
withstand any more fighting like this!
**[16:20] ---**
Taito! Have you forgotten
what Koei taught you?!
**[16:24] ---**
She said not to fight out of hatred alone!
She said to stay calm and collected!
**[16:31] ---**
Urgh! Wake up, you dumb brother!
**[16:45] ---**
That's right...
**[16:47] ---**
If I don't do what she taught me,
I'll be too ashamed to face Koei...
**[16:53] ---**
Right, Laila?
**[16:59] ---**
This is no fun.
**[17:01] ---**
Oh well.
**[17:02] ---**
They're all yours, Koei!
**[17:05] ---**
You're running away?!
**[17:06] ---**
Yes, I am. But what about you?
**[17:09] ---**
Even though she's undead,
she's still an acquaintance of yours.
**[17:14] ---**
Do you have what it takes to re-kill her?
**[17:19] ---**
Look out!
**[17:22] ---**
K- Koei...
**[17:23] ---**
His spell has made her stronger!
**[17:26] ---**
Such strength...
**[17:31] ---**
Ryuko!
**[17:32] ---**
Stop it!
**[17:39] ---**
Taito! Ryuko!
**[17:41] ---**
Hosei!
**[17:44] ---**
Master...
**[17:46] ---**
My... master...
**[17:54] ---**
I can't do it!
**[17:56] ---**
I can't do it, Laila!
**[17:59] ---**
I can't fight my master!
**[18:02] ---**
Hosei!
**[18:04] ---**
We've been together
ever since I was a little kid!
**[18:09] ---**
Plus, this never would've happened
**[18:12] ---**
if I hadn't gotten bent out of
shape for nothing last night...
**[18:15] ---**
I...
**[18:17] ---**
can't possibly do it!
**[18:19] ---**
Then what do we do?!
**[18:21] ---**
I don't know!
**[18:23] ---**
E-even so, we can't just let her kill us...!
**[18:28] ---**
Yeah...! Koei wouldn't want that...!
**[18:37] ---**
But...
**[18:38] ---**
But...!
**[18:45] ---**
That's...
**[18:48] ---**
You call that a shot, Hosei?!
**[18:50] ---**
B-but, Master...
**[18:53] ---**
No buts!
**[18:54] ---**
Try harder and shoot with the intent
to take it down with one arrow!
**[18:59] ---**
No food until you hit it!
**[19:15] ---**
*Master... Don't tell me you're purposely
standing in front of the target...?!*
**[19:29] ---**
Are you... Are you telling me
to shoot you, Master?!
**[19:35] ---**
That's horrible, Master...
That's horrible!
**[19:40] ---**
After all, my feelings
for you go deeper than...
**[19:47] ---**
Why is it I'm the only one
you're so harsh with, Master...?
**[20:09] ---**
Hosei! We won't make you do this alone!
**[20:13] ---**
We will all bear this sin equally!
**[20:20] ---**
*Master...*
**[20:22] ---**
*I thank you for...*
**[20:33] ---**
*...for...*
**[20:40] ---**
You did it, Hosei!
**[20:43] ---**
What's with you, Master?
**[20:46] ---**
You did great! I'll make you
whatever you want to eat today!
**[20:50] ---**
What would you like?
**[20:52] ---**
Hmm...
**[20:54] ---**
Green pepper steak!
**[20:57] ---**
You sure do like that!
**[21:44] ---**
Dumb old hag...
**[21:52] ---**
Dumb old hag!
**[22:12] ---**
*In those days,
you believed in more dreams*
**[22:23] ---**
*than could fit in your little hands*
**[22:31] ---**
*Don't look like that,
don't give in*°
**[22:42] ---**
*Even inside me you're shining brightly now*
**[22:52] ---**
*Please notice*
**[22:56] ---**
*You can stay your more
honest, open self*
**[23:02] ---**
*I'll be by your side
and act as a signpost*
**[23:12] ---**
*So we can just walk beneath
this great big sky together*
**[23:22] ---**
*because you aren't alone*
**[23:33] ---**
*Even with unhealed sadness,
the journey begins again.*
**[23:37] ---**
*My master... My master is calling...*
**[23:40] ---**
*We can't keep going on like this...*
**[23:42] ---**
*He did strike down his master
who was like a mother to him...*
**[23:45] ---**
*Then let's just figure out
a way to help him!*
**[23:48] ---**
*I'm sure some encouragement from you
would cheer him up a little, Lady Laila.*
**[23:51] ---**
*He said he wanted to be alone for a while.*
**[23:54] ---**
*Will the voices of Hosei's friends
be able to bring light to his heart?*
**[23:57] ---**
*On Hero Tales, "Chapter Eight:
What Echoes in the Gorge."*
**[24:12] ---**
"See you next time!"
# 8 - Chapter Eight: What Echoes in the...
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**[00:20] ---**
This is great! Nice weather
and beautiful scenery!
**[00:24] ---**
This must be the charm of traveling!
Yes! That's for sure!
**[00:28] ---**
Hosei's not acting right...
**[00:31] ---**
What's wrong, Taity?
Why the puzzled face?
**[00:35] ---**
T- Taity?!
**[00:37] ---**
Just look at that clear, blue sky, Taity!
**[00:42] ---**
And if you listen closely...
**[00:44] ---**
There! Do you hear
the singing of the birds?
**[00:47] ---**
Y-yeah...
**[00:49] ---**
All right, everyone!
It's one last stretch to the capital!
**[00:53] ---**
Let's lift our spirits up and go!
**[00:56] ---**
Hosei is *definitely* not acting right...
**[01:13] ---**
*I'll never say good-bye
to our prime forever*
**[01:22] ---**
*And I feel like dumb,
I don't know why*
**[01:31] ---**
*I'll never say good-bye
'cos I can't forget her*°
**[01:40] ---**
*But I feel like dumb,
I don't know why*
**[01:49] ---**
*Try to scream*
**[01:52] ---**
*Shattered dreams are
made of stone and desperation*
**[02:01] ---**
*Broken hearts blown in a
freezing wind during winterlong*
**[02:06] ---**
*Unspoken words floating on
freezing wind during winterlong*
**[02:16] ---**
*During winterlong*
**[02:36] ---**
Hey, Laila. What's wrong with ol' Hosei?
**[02:40] ---**
He's smiling like crazy,
despite what happened...
**[02:49] ---**
Sheesh! You're so dense, Taito!
**[02:52] ---**
It's obvious Hosei is
forcing himself to smile.
**[02:56] ---**
Forcing himself?
**[02:57] ---**
I'm sure Hosei is making a desperate
effort in his own unique way
**[03:01] ---**
to hide his sadness...
**[03:03] ---**
Oh... He's...
**[03:07] ---**
Hey! What're you guys doing?
Pick up the pace!
**[03:19] ---**
The bridge is rotting.
**[03:21] ---**
I don't think we'll be able to cross this.
**[03:23] ---**
Don't be silly, Taity!
**[03:26] ---**
We can cross this A-OK!
**[03:29] ---**
Crossing the bridge! Crossing--
**[03:30] ---**
Wait! Hosei!
**[03:31] ---**
That's dangerous!
**[03:33] ---**
Hosei!
**[03:38] ---**
"Chapter Eight:
What Echoes in the Gorge"
**[04:01] ---**
He really has it bad...
**[04:04] ---**
Yeah...
**[04:05] ---**
But he did strike down his master
who was like a mother to him.
**[04:09] ---**
It is only natural for him
to be this way, but...
**[04:13] ---**
What's the big deal?!
**[04:15] ---**
Then let's just figure out a way to help him!
**[04:18] ---**
Taito. You make it sound easy,
**[04:21] ---**
but what exactly do you have in mind?
**[04:23] ---**
Oh, come on, there's all
kinds of stuff we could do.
**[04:26] ---**
Right, Laila?
**[04:27] ---**
Urgh! You always push
things on to me like that
**[04:31] ---**
whenever you don't want
to think for yourself!
**[04:34] ---**
Yup!
**[04:35] ---**
Don't act big!
**[04:37] ---**
But we definitely can't
keep going on like this...
**[04:40] ---**
Yeah! Let's cheer Hosei up!
**[04:45] ---**
So, do you have any
good suggestions, Ryuko?
**[04:49] ---**
Wait, you're pushing it
on to me, Lady Laila?
**[04:53] ---**
I can't come up with
a good idea that quickly...
**[04:55] ---**
Man! You're no help at all!
**[04:58] ---**
You're in no place to talk!
**[05:00] ---**
I- I know. Hosei is simpleminded.
**[05:04] ---**
I'm sure some encouragement from *you
*would cheer him up a little, Lady Laila.
**[05:07] ---**
I've been trying to this whole time...
**[05:11] ---**
Thanks, Laila!
**[05:13] ---**
But it's okay! I'm perfectly fine!
**[05:19] ---**
I'm not sure I had any effect at all...
**[05:22] ---**
I see.
**[05:24] ---**
A situation like this calls for food!
**[05:27] ---**
Huh? Food?
**[05:28] ---**
A full stomach will cheer him up!
**[05:31] ---**
Which means meat! Meat!
**[05:33] ---**
Yes! Okay!
**[05:35] ---**
Wait, Taito! Where are you going?!
**[05:38] ---**
Meat! I'm getting some meat!
**[05:41] ---**
Sheesh, you always just do
whatever you want, Taito!
**[05:47] ---**
Or should I say you're stupid?
**[05:49] ---**
A full stomach cheering someone up...
**[05:52] ---**
Only a kid would think that up.
**[05:54] ---**
Right, Ryuko?!
**[05:56] ---**
Yes. There *is* logic to what Taito says.
**[05:59] ---**
Not you too?!
**[06:01] ---**
Lady Laila.
**[06:02] ---**
What do you say to making
a home-cooked meal for Hosei's sake?
**[06:06] ---**
You want *me* to cook?
**[06:08] ---**
Nothing makes a man happier
**[06:11] ---**
than a meal prepared by the girl he loves.
**[06:14] ---**
Oh? Somehow it sounds like
you say that out of experience...
**[06:18] ---**
Does that mean you have
a girl you love too?
**[06:23] ---**
No, umm, uhh...
**[06:25] ---**
Oh! You do!
**[06:27] ---**
Hey! What's she like?! Tell me!
**[06:31] ---**
I- I'm not sure how to answer...
**[06:33] ---**
Oh! Quit being embarrassed
and just come out with it,
**[06:37] ---**
lover-boy!
**[06:39] ---**
Sh-she also lives at the Tong You Temple.
**[06:43] ---**
Oh? So, is she pretty?
**[06:45] ---**
Yes. She's a very intelligent woman.
**[06:48] ---**
For an inexperienced person like me,
**[06:51] ---**
she is a lofty, unattainable dream!
**[06:58] ---**
I did it again...
**[07:02] ---**
It's another bustling
day for the soup line...
**[07:05] ---**
It's hard to feel joy about it, though...
**[07:17] ---**
Excuse me. You look like you're
a member of the Tong You Temple...
**[07:21] ---**
That's right.
**[07:22] ---**
Could I possibly help?
**[07:26] ---**
Help?
**[07:28] ---**
No offense, but why would a wealthy
girl like you want to do that?
**[07:32] ---**
It's because...
**[07:38] ---**
Thanks. We appreciate it. Come with me.
**[07:41] ---**
Yes...
**[07:43] ---**
Umm, Shokaku...
**[07:44] ---**
Please go on.
**[07:47] ---**
Thank you, Shokaku.
**[07:51] ---**
You, there. If you're worried,
why don't you help too?
**[08:05] ---**
Basically, what's most important
is to put feeling into it.
**[08:08] ---**
It doesn't matter if the cooking
is good or bad in this case.
**[08:12] ---**
Somehow it sounds more like you don't
expect much from my cooking.
**[08:17] ---**
No, that isn't what I meant...
**[08:20] ---**
Just so you know, I *do* have
confidence in my cooking skills!
**[08:25] ---**
My father even said,
**[08:26] ---**
"You should save your cooking
for your future husband!"
**[08:31] ---**
Oh! It sounds like we can count on you!
**[08:33] ---**
In that case, I'll meet up with Taito
and gather some ingredients.
**[08:38] ---**
Have Hosei fish or something
in the meantime!
**[08:42] ---**
Okay! Got it!
**[08:43] ---**
All right! I'll be back!
**[08:46] ---**
That's the opposite direction Taito's in!
**[08:52] ---**
Meat! Meat! Meat!
**[08:55] ---**
Wait, what exactly should I catch for meat?
**[09:01] ---**
I guess it's not worth thinking
too hard about! I'll just catch whatever!
**[09:09] ---**
Found some already!
**[09:13] ---**
Damn! Get back here!
**[09:15] ---**
Hey! Give yourself up!
**[09:19] ---**
You got some real guts!
**[09:28] ---**
Don't tell me I'm lost...?
**[09:40] ---**
What's taking so long?
What's taking so long?
**[09:41] ---**
What's taking so long?!
**[09:43] ---**
What the heck are those two doing?!
**[09:46] ---**
Honestly, now!
**[09:48] ---**
How am I supposed to make food
if the ingredients won't show up?!
**[09:52] ---**
I can't wait anymore!
I'll just have to do it myself!
**[09:59] ---**
Rabbits are no good.
They're too little to fill him up.
**[10:07] ---**
Birds...
**[10:08] ---**
Poultry! All right!
**[10:13] ---**
Where exactly... am I?!
**[10:23] ---**
Wow! Here's another!
**[10:26] ---**
Sheesh! We should've
done this from the start!
**[10:36] ---**
Oh, wow!
**[10:40] ---**
Are these Shenzhen Mushrooms?
**[10:42] ---**
Eating one supposedly
cures any illness instantly!
**[10:47] ---**
Are these Kankin Mushrooms?!
**[10:50] ---**
You hardly ever see any of these!
**[10:53] ---**
Oh, it's a mountain of treasure!
**[10:56] ---**
This should be enough
to make Hosei feel better!
**[11:02] ---**
No birds. Birds fly and stuff.
**[11:06] ---**
Besides, bird meat is so dry
it doesn't feel like you ate anything.
**[11:10] ---**
Men need something
that really fills the belly.
**[11:14] ---**
What's that?
**[11:19] ---**
Nah, I dunno...
**[11:25] ---**
Hmm. They're kinda little, but I bet
they'd make a good side dish.
**[11:29] ---**
Okay! I'll snatch those little buggers up!
**[11:34] ---**
G-get back here!
**[11:41] ---**
N-not again...
**[11:49] ---**
A dead-end...
**[11:51] ---**
All right.
**[11:52] ---**
The correct thing to do at a time like this
is follow the path you took back.
**[11:59] ---**
Which one is it?
**[12:12] ---**
Okay, Hosei. Pay close attention.
**[12:15] ---**
Fishing is just like martial arts.
**[12:18] ---**
You pull the rod up while matching
your opponent's breathing and timing.
**[12:21] ---**
Do that and... Gotcha!
**[12:25] ---**
See?
**[12:28] ---**
Master...
**[12:31] ---**
Hosei.
**[12:34] ---**
I, umm, tried making some food for you.
**[12:39] ---**
Will you have some?
**[12:42] ---**
Really?! That's great!
**[12:44] ---**
Okay! Here you go!
**[12:46] ---**
Despite how I seem,
cooking is my specialty!
**[12:49] ---**
Plus I know all about mushrooms
and medicinal herbs and stuff!
**[13:18] ---**
Okay! This way!
**[13:22] ---**
Meat! Meat! Meat! Meat!
**[13:27] ---**
What is it this time?!
**[13:29] ---**
I don't care, just as long as it's meat!
**[13:36] ---**
Take this!
**[13:42] ---**
Huh?
**[13:46] ---**
C'mon. I'm sorry about that, Ryuko.
**[13:49] ---**
Will you just let it go now?
**[13:52] ---**
I just figured you were
a bear or something...
**[13:55] ---**
Still, the fact you couldn't
dodge such a simple attack
**[13:58] ---**
also goes to show that you lack
training or that you're stupid...
**[14:02] ---**
I didn't dodge it because
I knew it was you!
**[14:06] ---**
I never imagined that you would
suddenly attack a comrade!
**[14:12] ---**
Besides, you always run off without
considering the consequences!
**[14:16] ---**
I went through so much trouble
looking for you all over the place...
**[14:21] ---**
Wait, did you get lost?
**[14:24] ---**
N-no! I was not lost at all!
**[14:27] ---**
Oh! You got lost and lonely!
**[14:31] ---**
You should've just said so--!
**[14:34] ---**
Say any more and I won't
remain my mild self!
**[14:38] ---**
'K-kay...
**[14:40] ---**
Anyway, we need to gather ingredients
and hurry back to Lady Laila.
**[14:45] ---**
Yeah, true.
**[14:51] ---**
Hosei!
**[14:52] ---**
I kind of messed up last time,
but it's okay this time!
**[14:57] ---**
It was a little bitter last time,
so I tried adding things to spice it up!
**[15:02] ---**
Okay! Eat up!
**[15:16] ---**
Ryuko. Did you hear something just now?
**[15:19] ---**
No.
**[15:21] ---**
Anyway, let's hurry.
The sun is about to set.
**[15:24] ---**
Finding prey in the darkness
will prove difficult.
**[15:28] ---**
Dammit!
**[15:29] ---**
I should've just caught those things,
even though they were small!
**[15:34] ---**
Drop the act. I'm sure
you just let them get away.
**[15:35] ---**
Wh-what?! You be quiet!
You weren't even there to see me!
**[15:40] ---**
Even so, I can tell.
**[15:41] ---**
Knowing you, you ran at them
head-on and let them escape easily.
**[15:47] ---**
Wild animals are surprisingly
smart, after all.
**[15:51] ---**
And where did you
end up at after getting lost?
**[15:55] ---**
Quit harping on the past.
**[15:58] ---**
We'll need to be careful whenever
we ask you to lead the way from now on!
**[16:04] ---**
Perhaps *you* should gain enough intelligence
**[16:06] ---**
to keep wild animals
from making a fool of you.
**[16:09] ---**
What did you say?!
**[16:20] ---**
There's some meat!
**[16:22] ---**
Wait, Taito! I don't think
you should go up there!
**[16:26] ---**
Hah! If you're too afraid,
then just wait here!
**[16:38] ---**
What?!
**[16:39] ---**
What's wrong, Taito? If you don't
hurry up, the prey will be all mine!
**[16:45] ---**
Why, you...!
**[16:49] ---**
I won't lose!
**[16:55] ---**
Looks like I win!
**[16:57] ---**
No, I was one instant quicker.
**[17:10] ---**
Hosei...
**[17:12] ---**
My master... My master is calling...
**[17:18] ---**
Hosei!
**[17:20] ---**
I got it just right this time!
**[17:21] ---**
It was too bitter the first time
and too spicy the second time, right?
**[17:25] ---**
So this time I took the middle
route and made it sweet!
**[17:29] ---**
Okay! Eat lots and lots!
**[17:39] ---**
This prey is mine! So go
wander around all happy-like!
**[17:43] ---**
That's my line!
**[17:45] ---**
*You* should go play with
mountain monkeys or something!
**[17:49] ---**
So you insist on getting in my way?!
**[17:52] ---**
No, I can't count on you to do this job!
**[17:58] ---**
Not good enough!
**[18:00] ---**
"Take advantage of every
opportunity," huh?!
**[18:06] ---**
It looks like you've improved a little.
**[18:10] ---**
What's that?!
**[18:11] ---**
What?! What?!
**[18:15] ---**
Oww...
**[18:16] ---**
That's not fair, Ryuko!
**[18:17] ---**
You have a bad habit
of quickly lowering your guard.
**[18:20] ---**
Why, you...!
**[18:21] ---**
You sure know how to get me mad!
You sure know how to get me mad!
**[18:25] ---**
What about you?!
**[18:26] ---**
You kept saying that I'm stupid
and that I have no sense of direction!
**[18:31] ---**
I did call you stupid, but I said
nothing about your sense of direction!
**[18:34] ---**
Silence!
**[18:47] ---**
This time! This time it
will be good for sure!
**[19:01] ---**
There! Perfect!
**[19:02] ---**
This will make Hosei feel
100% better in one shot!
**[19:10] ---**
You have the strength of a brute!
**[19:13] ---**
What are you, a monkey?!
**[19:16] ---**
Is fleeing all you can do, Taito?!
**[19:18] ---**
All right! I'll come at you
if that's what you want!
**[19:33] ---**
That idiot! He's using inner-channeling?!
**[19:35] ---**
Eat this, Ryuko!
**[19:58] ---**
Honestly, you two! What in
the world were you thinking?!
**[20:02] ---**
Explain why you wound up fighting
all buddy-buddy-like until the sun set
**[20:05] ---**
instead of going to collect
ingredients like you said!
**[20:08] ---**
W-we weren't fighting. We
were working together--
**[20:10] ---**
No excuses!
**[20:12] ---**
Right...
**[20:13] ---**
Urgh! I guess I was the only
one busting my butt today!
**[20:17] ---**
Incidentally, Lady Laila...
Where is Hosei?
**[20:21] ---**
He said he wanted to be alone for a while...
**[20:25] ---**
Laila. Don't tell me
**[20:27] ---**
you did something bad to Hosei...?
**[20:31] ---**
What are you talking about?!
I didn't do anything bad!
**[20:35] ---**
All I did was cook some food
to help cheer up Hosei--
**[20:39] ---**
Whoa! You had Hosei eat your cooking?!
**[20:43] ---**
Hold on, Taito!
What do you mean by that?!
**[20:46] ---**
Even Hosei would want to run away
after eating your cooking...
**[20:52] ---**
It's that bad?
**[20:54] ---**
It's worse than bad!
**[20:56] ---**
One time she almost killed me and our dad!
**[20:59] ---**
That's horrifying...
**[21:00] ---**
You two!
**[21:04] ---**
Laila... It's okay now.
**[21:06] ---**
Hosei...
**[21:07] ---**
Hosei...
**[21:15] ---**
What's this?
**[21:17] ---**
I caught it.
**[21:19] ---**
You're hungry, right?
Let's all eat it.
**[21:22] ---**
Hosei...
**[21:23] ---**
And... thanks.
**[21:27] ---**
I'm all better now.
**[21:34] ---**
Man... I guess you *can* be
thoughtful sometimes, Hosei.
**[21:38] ---**
What do you mean "sometimes"?!
**[21:42] ---**
Oh! You already have a stew ready!
**[21:45] ---**
I'm quite hungry, too!
**[21:48] ---**
Wait! That's...!
**[22:12] ---**
*chiisana te no hira ni
norikiranai hodo no*
**[22:23] ---**
*yume o shinjiteta ano koro*
**[22:31] ---**
*sonna kao shinaide makenaide*
**[22:42] ---**
*ima boku no naka demo
kimi wa kagayaiteiru yo*
**[22:52] ---**
*nee kizuite yo*
**[22:56] ---**
*motto sunao na kimi no mama de ii*
**[23:02] ---**
*boku ga soba de
michishirube ni naru kara*
**[23:12] ---**
*kono hiroi sora no shita
issho ni arukeba ii*
**[23:22] ---**
*hitori ja nai kara*
**[23:33] ---**
*Our journey leads us to
Luo Chang, our final destination.*
**[23:36] ---**
*Is Keiro that strong?*
**[23:39] ---**
*If you have a just cause,
the heavens will show you a way.*
**[23:43] ---**
*I came to have a chat with you, boy.*
**[23:47] ---**
*The imperial capital has light
and darkness. This is its true face.*
**[23:50] ---**
*What is the emperor doing?!*
**[23:53] ---**
*The gears of karma grind and accelerate.*
**[23:57] ---**
*On Hero Tales, "Chapter Nine:
Shadow on the Imperial Capital."*
**[24:12] ---**
*The heavens have approved!
Become the emperor!*
**[24:12] ---**
"See you next time!"
# 9 - Chapter Nine: Shadow on the Imperial...
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**[00:51] ---**
M-mustached bastard...!
**[00:53] ---**
We finally reach the capital tomorrow.
**[00:56] ---**
That Keiro bastard is there...
**[00:58] ---**
Yes, that's why he's dreaming.
**[01:01] ---**
With the battle looming, his body is
remembering how terrifying Keiro was.
**[01:05] ---**
Is Keiro that strong?
**[01:08] ---**
Taito has no chance
of winning as he is now.
**[01:12] ---**
I see.
**[01:27] ---**
*I'll never say good-bye
to our prime forever*
**[01:36] ---**
*And I feel like dumb,
I don't know why*
**[01:45] ---**
*I'll never say good-bye
'cos I can't forget her*°
**[01:54] ---**
*But I feel like dumb,
I don't know why*
**[02:03] ---**
*Try to scream*
**[02:06] ---**
*Shattered dreams are
made of stone and desperation*
**[02:15] ---**
*Broken hearts blown in a
freezing wind during winterlong*
**[02:20] ---**
*Unspoken words floating on
freezing wind during winterlong*
**[02:30] ---**
*During winterlong*
**[02:45] ---**
Oh, wow!
**[02:48] ---**
What a huge city!
**[02:50] ---**
I'd expect no less from Luo Chang,
the capital of the Xian Empire!
**[02:53] ---**
This is like a dream!
**[02:55] ---**
We finally made it to the capital.
**[02:58] ---**
Taito. Won't you come to my place?
**[03:02] ---**
The Tong You Temple.
**[03:04] ---**
Relieve the weariness of the journey first.
Everything can begin after that.
**[03:08] ---**
Right! Let's go!
**[03:10] ---**
Hurray! We'll get to meet
the girl Ryuko likes!
**[03:20] ---**
He's here.
**[03:22] ---**
But he won't cause much
of a stir as he is now.
**[03:26] ---**
It's not every day the
Alkaid and Dubhe collide.
**[03:29] ---**
I'll need to make the boy stronger
**[03:32] ---**
by filling him with even more
ambition and hate and whatnot.
**[03:37] ---**
I'm going to borrow this, Boss.
**[03:41] ---**
"Chapter Nine:
Shadow on the Imperial Capital"
**[03:50] ---**
Whoa! Th-this is--!
**[03:52] ---**
It's huge! So huge!
**[03:55] ---**
This is a street, right? It is, right?!
**[03:58] ---**
Is it really okay to have
such big streets?! Is it?!
**[04:02] ---**
Don't ask me...!
**[04:07] ---**
I can't believe it! I can't believe it!
**[04:10] ---**
A feast fit for a king,
right before my very eyes!
**[04:13] ---**
Is this paradise?! Is this heaven?!
**[04:17] ---**
Calm down, dumb brother.
You're embarrassing.
**[04:20] ---**
But...!
**[04:21] ---**
Don't cry. I know how you feel, but...
**[04:27] ---**
Let's go, Laila! You can buy
clothes or whatever else you want!
**[04:30] ---**
Wait, Taito!
**[04:32] ---**
Let's look for some souvenirs
for Dad and Grandpa Son too!
**[04:35] ---**
Souvenirs, huh? Does he
assume he'll be able to return?
**[04:39] ---**
So, what are you gonna do now?
**[04:42] ---**
I'm not sure what I should do.
**[04:46] ---**
Oh. Well, I know what I'm gonna do.
**[04:49] ---**
Keiro's the boss of Shimei,
the guy who killed my master...
**[05:01] ---**
Welcome to Tong You Temple.
**[05:04] ---**
I am Ryusho, the head of the temple.
Ryuko has told me about you.
**[05:08] ---**
It's a pleasure to meet you, Master Ryusho.
**[05:10] ---**
Thanks for helpin' us!
**[05:11] ---**
Yup, thanks!
**[05:13] ---**
Divine Warrior of Phecda, Hosei!
**[05:18] ---**
And you are Taito,
the Celestial Deity Alkaid!
**[05:21] ---**
Th-that's right...
**[05:25] ---**
You have a good look to you!
**[05:27] ---**
It looks like Master Sonnei
and Sir Soei raised you well.
**[05:31] ---**
Huh?!
**[05:32] ---**
You know Master Sonnei and our father?
**[05:35] ---**
Of course.
**[05:36] ---**
Father studied under Master Sonnei,
**[05:39] ---**
and he and Senior Soei are like brothers.
**[05:42] ---**
"Father"? Does that mean
this guy's your old man?
**[05:47] ---**
My stepfather, technically.
I was abandoned as a child.
**[05:51] ---**
What?! Really?!
**[05:53] ---**
Oh, man. You too?
**[05:56] ---**
We're alike!
**[05:58] ---**
We're orphans, we grew up in temples,
**[06:00] ---**
and we carry the stars' karma or whatever!
**[06:02] ---**
Maybe that's why we get along so well!
**[06:04] ---**
Yes! Perhaps so!
**[06:06] ---**
Get along? I dunno, I'd say you're
more like, "Danger, do not mix!"
**[06:11] ---**
Y-yeah, now that you mention it,
I'm not sure if we get along or not...
**[06:15] ---**
Which one is it?!
**[06:16] ---**
--Oh, come on, Taito!
**[06:17] ---**
--You've gained friends, Ryuko.
**[06:19] ---**
Yes.
**[06:22] ---**
You can use this room.
**[06:23] ---**
Okay! Thanks!
**[06:26] ---**
My room is across the hall.
**[06:32] ---**
Who's there?!
**[06:41] ---**
Welcome back, Ryuko.
**[06:43] ---**
You look well.
**[06:44] ---**
Th-thank you. Y-you look well, too...
**[06:48] ---**
Oh, so that's it!
**[06:50] ---**
Oh! So she's...!
**[06:52] ---**
Wait, who are you?
**[06:57] ---**
I'm Rinmei, your personal attendant.
It's nice to meet you.
**[07:02] ---**
Nice to meet you!
**[07:04] ---**
So, Ryuko? Where's my souvenir?
**[07:06] ---**
Souvenir?!
**[07:07] ---**
O-oh, sorry, I don't have one...
**[07:10] ---**
Sheesh. Couldn't you at least say,
"My safe return is my present to you"?
**[07:15] ---**
Interesting! I didn't
consider that possibility!
**[07:18] ---**
Thank you! That was
most educational, Rinmei!
**[07:23] ---**
Terrible. Isn't he?
**[07:26] ---**
Yes!
**[07:26] ---**
For sure!
**[07:28] ---**
Wh-what are you agreeing about?!
**[07:31] ---**
I don't see why he's terrible!
**[07:34] ---**
Are you serious? She's Ryuko's...
**[07:39] ---**
Huh?! Ryuko's in love with her?!
**[07:42] ---**
H-hold on, Taito! What are you saying?!
**[07:44] ---**
I'm devoted to my training!
**[07:46] ---**
I don't have time to be
crazy about g-g-girls!
**[07:50] ---**
He says he isn't in love.
**[07:51] ---**
Oh, geez...
**[07:55] ---**
Sheesh. Are you just like him, Taito?
**[08:05] ---**
How often I remembered
your cooking while journeying!
**[08:09] ---**
Is that all you remembered?
**[08:21] ---**
Are you all right, Rinmei? Are you--
**[08:33] ---**
R- Rinmei...
**[08:37] ---**
Y-yes...?
**[08:42] ---**
Your pot is boiling over.
**[08:46] ---**
I'm going out to gather water!
**[08:51] ---**
Wh-what was that for, Rinmei...?
**[08:55] ---**
Whadya think, Hosei?
Muscle is what makes a man!
**[09:00] ---**
That's nothin'. I'm an archer.
Check out my shooting arm!
**[09:12] ---**
Check out my special technique! Leg Flex!
**[09:15] ---**
You can't beat me!
**[09:19] ---**
Taito! Hosei! I brought--
**[09:29] ---**
Just horrible! Unbelievable!
**[09:31] ---**
Honestly! How can someone
be so straightlaced?!
**[09:34] ---**
Men are...
**[09:35] ---**
Men are so hopeless!
**[09:41] ---**
It looks like we'll get along well, Laila.
**[09:44] ---**
It does, Rinmei!
**[09:48] ---**
Kindred spirit!
**[09:56] ---**
You're *still* eating, Taito?
Everyone else finished a long time ago.
**[10:00] ---**
I can't help it!
Rinmei's cooking is too good!
**[10:11] ---**
Thanks for the meal!
**[10:16] ---**
Well, I should go now.
**[10:17] ---**
Huh? Where to?
**[10:19] ---**
Isn't it obvious?
To beat that mustached bastard!
**[10:23] ---**
That's the whole reason why I came here!
**[10:26] ---**
I won't be satisfied until I kick
the crap out of him for my friends' sake!
**[10:31] ---**
No! Don't, Taito!
**[10:32] ---**
Huh?! What are you talking about?
**[10:35] ---**
You can't do it. You cannot
defeat Keiro as you are now!
**[10:38] ---**
What?!
**[10:39] ---**
The difference in strength is obvious!
**[10:41] ---**
You should know that
more than anyone else!
**[10:44] ---**
There's no way to know unless I try!
**[10:47] ---**
I'm stopping you *because* I know!
**[10:49] ---**
He can't be beaten with spirit alone!
**[10:51] ---**
If you fight him now,
you'll die for nothing!
**[10:53] ---**
For nothing?! How can
you say that, Ryuko?!
**[10:56] ---**
Count me in.
**[10:58] ---**
Hosei!
**[11:00] ---**
I'm going too.
I want to avenge my master.
**[11:04] ---**
We *are* Divine Warriors, Ryuko.
**[11:07] ---**
So isn't it logical to think that helping
Taito is in the karma of the stars?
**[11:12] ---**
You're wrong!
**[11:14] ---**
The Divine Warriors are meant to act
as breakwaters for the Alkaid and Dubhe!
**[11:17] ---**
In which case...!
**[11:18] ---**
Enough of this crap!
**[11:20] ---**
I'm gonna beat the mustached freak!
**[11:21] ---**
You can't tell me what to do!
**[11:23] ---**
Yeah! Butt out, Ryuko!
**[11:26] ---**
Taito... Hosei...
**[11:29] ---**
Ah. I see words aren't enough
to talk reason into you.
**[11:34] ---**
So what do you say we let
our bodies do the talking?
**[11:37] ---**
Rinmei?!
**[11:40] ---**
Wh-what are you saying?!
**[11:42] ---**
I'll give you a personal lesson...
**[11:48] ---**
Come on! Why do I
have to do this with you?!
**[11:51] ---**
The night air is terrible for the skin.
Let's hurry and get this over with.
**[11:56] ---**
The Lin Shan Hua...
**[11:58] ---**
...my other self!
**[12:09] ---**
Th-that pattern! Is she...?!
**[12:12] ---**
Yes. She is Rinmei,
the Divine Warrior of Merak!
**[12:20] ---**
I'm just a weak girl.
**[12:22] ---**
Please don't be too rough
on me, Alkaid Taito...
**[12:31] ---**
Here I come!
**[12:36] ---**
She's fast!
**[12:37] ---**
Instantaneous body management.
That is Rinmei's fighting strategy!
**[12:46] ---**
I won't let a girl beat me!
**[12:58] ---**
Sh-she disappeared?!
**[13:04] ---**
Not bad. You could be
trouble in a drawn-out fight.
**[13:32] ---**
The Alkaid is a child.
**[13:34] ---**
You're a real handful.
**[13:42] ---**
I'm stronger than you, and Keiro
is most definitely stronger than me.
**[13:47] ---**
Now do you understand what
"dying for nothing" means?
**[13:54] ---**
Taito. You mustn't be hasty.
**[13:57] ---**
There is more than one way
to climb a mountain.
**[13:59] ---**
There are other paths to the top.
**[14:02] ---**
If you have a just cause,
the heavens will show you a way.
**[14:06] ---**
Let us wait together
for that time to come.
**[14:09] ---**
Oh, well. Guess we'll have to
wait for another chance.
**[14:13] ---**
Yeah.
**[14:28] ---**
Tadah! Look!
**[14:31] ---**
It's the flag for the "Men
Are So Hopeless League"!
**[14:34] ---**
It's good! It's really good!
**[14:36] ---**
It really gives off that male
"we're so hopeless" feeling!
**[14:38] ---**
Doesn't it, though?!
**[14:41] ---**
Kindred spirit!
**[14:43] ---**
Hey, Laila!
**[14:46] ---**
I- I didn't know you were like that, Laila!
**[14:48] ---**
Is that why you won't accept my love?
**[14:50] ---**
Oh, you have it all wrong!
It isn't like that!
**[14:55] ---**
Anyway, do you need something?
**[14:57] ---**
Yeah. I can't find Taito or Ryuko...
**[15:00] ---**
Yeah, they left together.
**[15:02] ---**
Together? They sure
have been friendly lately...
**[15:06] ---**
Oh! Have they awakened
to that sort of thing too?!
**[15:09] ---**
Of course not!
**[15:19] ---**
The capital's really something!
**[15:22] ---**
It's beautiful and rich,
nothing like any of the other towns!
**[15:25] ---**
This is only its exterior face, though.
**[15:27] ---**
Exterior face? What do you mean?
**[15:37] ---**
Hey, Ryuko. What is it
you want to show me?
**[15:40] ---**
Shunyi Square. Commonly
known as Keiro Square.
**[15:45] ---**
Keiro!
**[15:52] ---**
Th-that bastard made this hole?
**[15:55] ---**
The emperor held a martial arts
tournament here four years ago.
**[16:00] ---**
Keiro made this during it.
**[16:03] ---**
Barehanded, with one
punch from his left hand.
**[16:06] ---**
Barehanded?!
**[16:09] ---**
You don't think that he's--?!
**[16:11] ---**
Yes. Keiro is a master of
inner-channel Energy Manipulation.
**[16:16] ---**
So that's how it is!
**[16:18] ---**
Taito. Master inner-channel
Energy Manipulation.
**[16:21] ---**
And then carve out an even
larger hole than Keiro.
**[16:24] ---**
Do that, and I won't have to lose a friend.
**[16:28] ---**
I brought you here to tell you that.
**[16:31] ---**
Ryuko...
**[16:40] ---**
Let's go, Taito.
**[16:41] ---**
Huh?
**[16:43] ---**
Hey, Ryuko. Where are we going?
**[16:46] ---**
Hey, Ryuko!
**[16:50] ---**
Wh-what is this place?!
**[16:52] ---**
Th-this can't be real!
**[16:54] ---**
The main street was so nice!
**[16:55] ---**
But just one alley away...
**[16:58] ---**
The imperial capital has light and darkness.
**[17:00] ---**
This is its hidden face.
No, its true face.
**[17:04] ---**
Its true face?
**[17:06] ---**
The empire is currently utterly
deteriorated and impoverished.
**[17:09] ---**
It's the same everywhere,
in the country and here in Luo Chang.
**[17:12] ---**
B-but it's the capital!
**[17:14] ---**
This is right under the emperor's nose!
**[17:17] ---**
What is the emperor doing?!
**[17:19] ---**
Nothing.
**[17:20] ---**
Then why don't they kick him out
and let someone else be the emperor?!
**[17:25] ---**
Keiro is hoping to do just that.
**[17:28] ---**
Ugh, better *me* than that mustached bastard!
**[17:33] ---**
Ryuko!
**[17:38] ---**
Now where are we?
**[17:40] ---**
The execution grounds. We won't
cause any collateral harm here.
**[17:46] ---**
Show yourself!
**[17:52] ---**
Impressive, Mizar.
**[17:54] ---**
I thought I was following you,
but I was being led instead.
**[17:57] ---**
You!
**[17:59] ---**
So that vile gaze *was* you!
**[18:01] ---**
Shimei! I'll kick your ass!
**[18:14] ---**
You used another cheap
trick again, didn't you?!
**[18:17] ---**
Whew, you're scary. I always
gotta be careful around you.
**[18:21] ---**
But no, I'm not here today to fight.
**[18:24] ---**
I came to have a chat with you, boy.
**[18:28] ---**
Remember this?
**[18:30] ---**
That's the sword he stole
from Lian Tong Temple!
**[18:34] ---**
The Xian Jia Lan Wu...
Commonly known as the Emperor's Sword.
**[18:37] ---**
Only the one fit to be
the emperor can draw it.
**[18:42] ---**
My boss Keiro stole this
so he could make himself emperor.
**[18:46] ---**
Once drawn, everyone alive would
acknowledge his accession to the throne.
**[18:51] ---**
But he *couldn't* draw it.
**[18:54] ---**
So what?!
**[18:56] ---**
Don't you get it? Not even
the current emperor can draw it.
**[19:00] ---**
The only person in this world who can...
**[19:04] ---**
...is you!
**[19:13] ---**
That's what I wanna discuss.
**[19:15] ---**
Is it possible you want to do something
about this utterly rotten empire?
**[19:21] ---**
If so, then why not become
the emperor and rule the land?
**[19:26] ---**
What?!
**[19:27] ---**
You drew the Xian Jia Lan Wu.
**[19:29] ---**
The heavens have approved!
**[19:31] ---**
They say you are the man to rule all!
**[19:34] ---**
Become the emperor!
**[19:38] ---**
Shut up!
**[19:40] ---**
*I'll* make my own decisions!
**[19:42] ---**
I don't wanna listen
to any of your nonsense!
**[19:48] ---**
Is that so?
**[19:50] ---**
In that case...
**[19:59] ---**
Die, boy!
**[20:05] ---**
If you won't entertain me,
then there's no reason for you to live!
**[20:16] ---**
Taito! Use inner-channel
Energy Manipulation!
**[20:37] ---**
Taito!
**[20:41] ---**
How fun! I'm never bored when I'm with you!
**[20:45] ---**
Let's meet again, Alkaid Taito!
**[20:54] ---**
The Xian Jia Lan Wu is gone!
Who could've taken it?!
**[20:58] ---**
What shall we do, Lord Keiro?!
**[21:00] ---**
Forget about it. It was
most likely Shimei's doing.
**[21:04] ---**
Shimei?
**[21:05] ---**
Is it wise to allow someone
so enigmatic to do as he pleases?
**[21:10] ---**
It matters not.
**[21:13] ---**
*For now, at least...*
**[21:18] ---**
A false world of Shimei's creation...
**[21:22] ---**
They know what we're up to now.
This will be tough...
**[21:29] ---**
Are you all right, Taito?
**[21:32] ---**
Taito?
**[21:36] ---**
Me... be the emperor?
**[21:49] ---**
The six stars are gathering.
**[21:53] ---**
I guess I'll pay a visit
to the capital too...
**[22:12] ---**
*In those days,
you believed in more dreams*
**[22:23] ---**
*than could fit in your little hands*
**[22:31] ---**
*Don't look like that,
don't give in*°
**[22:42] ---**
*Even inside me you're shining brightly now*
**[22:52] ---**
*Please notice*
**[22:56] ---**
*You can stay your more
honest, open self*
**[23:02] ---**
*I'll be by your side
and act as a signpost*
**[23:12] ---**
*So we can just walk beneath
this great big sky together*
**[23:22] ---**
*because you aren't alone*
**[23:33] ---**
*Was their encounter
a trick of fate? Or was it...*
**[23:37] ---**
*I'm gonna see for myself!*
**[23:38] ---**
*- -Don't, Taito!
--That idiot's actually gonna go...*
**[23:41] ---**
*Only bad guys eat food this good outside!*
**[23:45] ---**
*To pray.*
**[23:46] ---**
*That is the divine duty of the emperor,
as ordained by the heavens.*
**[23:50] ---**
*I dunno, a country where
everyone can live with a smile.*
**[23:53] ---**
*Taito's heated fists thaw a frozen heart!*
**[23:57] ---**
*On Hero Tales, "Chapter Ten:
The Lonely Emperor."*
**[24:12] ---**
*It's all because the emperor
doesn't give a damn!*
**[24:12] ---**
"See you next time!"
# 10 - Chapter Ten: The Lonely Emperor
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**[00:13] ---**
The Xian Jia Lan Wu...
Commonly known as the Emperor's Sword.
**[00:17] ---**
Only the one fit to be
the emperor can draw it.
**[00:23] ---**
Is it possible you want to do something
about this utterly rotten empire?
**[00:29] ---**
If so, then why not become
the emperor and rule the land?
**[00:33] ---**
What?!
**[00:35] ---**
You drew the Xian Jia Lan Wu.
**[00:37] ---**
The heavens have approved!
They say you are the man to rule all!
**[00:42] ---**
Become the emperor!
**[00:59] ---**
*I'll never say good-bye
to our prime forever*
**[01:08] ---**
*And I feel like dumb,
I don't know why*
**[01:17] ---**
*I'll never say good-bye
'cos I can't forget her*°
**[01:26] ---**
*But I feel like dumb,
I don't know why*
**[01:35] ---**
*Try to scream*
**[01:38] ---**
*Shattered dreams are
made of stone and desperation*
**[01:47] ---**
*Broken hearts blown in a
freezing wind during winterlong*
**[01:52] ---**
*Unspoken words floating on
freezing wind during winterlong*
**[02:02] ---**
*During winterlong*
**[02:27] ---**
As Taiga, emperor of the Xian Empire,
**[02:31] ---**
I order that the rebellion
in Qiao Yao be crushed!
**[02:34] ---**
For the peace of the empire,
**[02:36] ---**
make great efforts as a unified force!
**[02:40] ---**
As you wish.
**[02:41] ---**
I pray for your luck in battle, Keiro.
**[02:45] ---**
I have no need for luck.
**[03:08] ---**
Set out!
**[03:21] ---**
What... am I?
**[03:25] ---**
"Chapter Ten: The Lonely Emperor"
**[03:37] ---**
Oh! Here they come!
**[03:59] ---**
Mustached bastard...!
**[04:01] ---**
Stop, Taito. You promised only to watch.
**[04:04] ---**
Yeah, I know!
**[04:06] ---**
It really is aggravating, seeing your
sworn enemy so close up like this.
**[04:09] ---**
But he has a whole army with him...
**[04:13] ---**
He has it tough.
**[04:16] ---**
Surely there's no need
for the general himself to fight.
**[04:19] ---**
He has no choice. The emperor
ordered it. He can't refuse.
**[04:24] ---**
The emperor must be really powerful
**[04:27] ---**
to push around the fearsome General Keiro!
**[04:30] ---**
*The emperor, pushing Keiro around?*
**[04:45] ---**
That's odd. I can't tell where the boy is.
**[04:50] ---**
Has he resorted to a cheap little trick?
**[04:52] ---**
"Tong You Temple"
**[04:57] ---**
This charm you drew is really
amazing, Master Ryusho!
**[05:01] ---**
Just carrying it keeps
people from detecting us!
**[05:05] ---**
Now we can walk around town freely!
**[05:08] ---**
Its effectiveness is proven!
**[05:10] ---**
I used them all the time to ditch
training when I was young!
**[05:13] ---**
Father...
**[05:16] ---**
Oh, come, now!
**[05:18] ---**
What's the matter, Taito?
**[05:21] ---**
You appear to be bothered about something.
**[05:25] ---**
Say, Ryusho. Is the...
Is the emperor a monster?!
**[05:30] ---**
Huh?
**[05:30] ---**
What are you saying, Taito?
**[05:32] ---**
Don't just skip to the end of your thought!
Explain from the beginning!
**[05:37] ---**
The people say the emperor
is useless and good for nothing,
**[05:42] ---**
but he *is* ordering that mustached
bastard to fight, right?!
**[05:46] ---**
Taito?
**[05:47] ---**
Is the emperor really big and strong
enough to push that freak around?!
**[05:53] ---**
As far as I can tell, His Majesty
is bright and pure of heart,
**[05:58] ---**
and has the potential to be a superb ruler.
**[06:01] ---**
I suppose his only flaw
is that he appears a bit fragile.
**[06:05] ---**
Bright and pure of heart,
**[06:08] ---**
but fragile and bigger than Keiro?
**[06:15] ---**
So he *is* a monster!
**[06:17] ---**
What are you thinking, dumb brother?!
**[06:20] ---**
Describing someone with words is difficult.
**[06:23] ---**
Meeting them for yourself is really
the only way to understand.
**[06:26] ---**
Oh! Right! I can just see him for myself!
**[06:31] ---**
His status is so high that we commoners
will never see him once in our lives, though.
**[06:36] ---**
Seeing him is even more difficult
than seeing your own butt hole.
**[06:39] ---**
Yuck, Master Ryusho!
**[06:45] ---**
That idiot's actually gonna go...
**[06:47] ---**
Huh? What?
**[06:54] ---**
Is that all of today's goods?
**[06:56] ---**
Yes, it is.
**[06:58] ---**
Okay! Close the gate!
**[07:05] ---**
Piece of cake!
**[07:07] ---**
I know he's in the castle.
**[07:09] ---**
The mustached bastard's gone,
and this charm will keep me hidden!
**[07:18] ---**
Upsy-daisy!
**[07:20] ---**
Now, then! Where the hell is he?
**[07:27] ---**
Wh-whoa! All of this belongs to the emperor?!
**[07:33] ---**
I'm gonna see for myself
**[07:36] ---**
if the emperor is a real man or not!
**[07:41] ---**
If he turns out to be an
asshole, then I'll...!
**[07:52] ---**
Yikes. I forgot that just having
this charm doesn't make me invisible...
**[08:09] ---**
Okay, Taki. I will see you again
after my midday meal.
**[08:13] ---**
Yes, Your Majesty.
**[08:24] ---**
I'm starving.
**[08:26] ---**
I planned to be back by lunchtime, but...
**[08:36] ---**
He set out yet again,
seeking battle for himself.
**[08:39] ---**
That damn Keiro is like
a wolf starved for blood!
**[08:43] ---**
Is *he* the emperor?
**[08:46] ---**
But there are also those
who would say that his resolve
**[08:49] ---**
to sacrifice himself for the empire
makes him the model of a loyal subject.
**[08:52] ---**
It's an obvious attempt at winning points!
**[08:55] ---**
Who says such a thing?!
**[08:58] ---**
Lady Choka, naturally.
**[09:00] ---**
Both she and Keiro are common upstarts.
**[09:04] ---**
Why does His Majesty give
such people such important posts?!
**[09:08] ---**
Where *is* His Majesty?
**[09:10] ---**
He is at Daming Palace today.
**[09:13] ---**
Again?
**[09:15] ---**
Admiring flowers with a girl
does nothing for the empire!
**[09:19] ---**
Wouldn't you agree, Shokaku?
**[09:22] ---**
I wouldn't know. As a doctor,
I have no experience with politics.
**[09:28] ---**
That will be all!
**[09:34] ---**
*Just my imagination?*
**[09:38] ---**
It *isn't* him? Where the hell *is* the emperor?!
**[09:44] ---**
I'm starving! I can't stand it anymore!
**[09:48] ---**
I smell it! I smell it! They're making
lunch throughout the castle!
**[09:53] ---**
Wh-what is this incredible smell?!
**[09:56] ---**
That's super-top quality meat!
**[09:59] ---**
The emperor!
**[10:00] ---**
Only the emperor would eat such great meat!
**[10:06] ---**
Okay! I'll go see the guy
*and* grab a bite to eat!
**[10:20] ---**
What's the matter, Lady Taki?
**[10:26] ---**
It's close! It's close! My nose knows!
**[10:40] ---**
Hot! Hot!
**[10:55] ---**
Impossible!
**[10:56] ---**
The Alkaid is in Cai Fei Castle?!
**[11:00] ---**
Whoops! There we go!
**[11:04] ---**
Wh-who are you?!
**[11:17] ---**
Who's there?!
**[11:18] ---**
N-no, who are *you*?
**[11:21] ---**
What are you doing here?
**[11:24] ---**
You...!
**[11:26] ---**
Your face...!
**[11:36] ---**
Is something the matter?!
**[11:39] ---**
Is everything all right?!
**[11:42] ---**
Make something up! Try anything
funny and I'll knock you senseless!
**[11:47] ---**
Pretty please?!
**[11:49] ---**
May we come in?!
**[11:51] ---**
Yes.
**[11:57] ---**
What was that just now?
**[11:58] ---**
I'm sorry. I inadvertently shouted
while practicing my poetry.
**[12:03] ---**
You may go.
**[12:05] ---**
Yes.
**[12:10] ---**
Is that good?
**[12:21] ---**
I owe you one! Sorry about
getting you involved.
**[12:25] ---**
Forgive me.
**[12:31] ---**
I will take my midday meal out in the arbor.
**[12:34] ---**
Prepare enough for two.
**[12:36] ---**
For two?
**[12:38] ---**
Oh, will Lady Taki be dining with you?
**[12:41] ---**
I'd also like to be alone for a while.
**[12:45] ---**
Understood.
**[12:47] ---**
What?!
**[12:49] ---**
He went to see His Majesty?!
**[12:52] ---**
Huh? You didn't realize it, Laila?
**[12:55] ---**
He was raring to go!
**[12:57] ---**
Wh-wh-why didn't you stop him, Hosei?!
**[13:00] ---**
Y-y-you're blaming me?!
**[13:03] ---**
I'm blaming you *and* my dumb brother!
**[13:05] ---**
Say, Ryuko. Is that
the type of person Taito is?
**[13:09] ---**
He is.
**[13:11] ---**
I felt oddly uneasy when
he wasn't at lunch, but...
**[13:15] ---**
How can he be so foolish?!
**[13:17] ---**
Urgh! Men are so hopeless!
**[13:26] ---**
This is good! Damn! I can't get enough of it!
**[13:30] ---**
So this is *your* lunch?!
**[13:32] ---**
I figured it was the emperor's or something!
**[13:34] ---**
You can have these too, if you'd like.
**[13:36] ---**
A-are you sure?! You're a great guy!
**[13:40] ---**
You don't appear to be a bad fellow, either.
**[13:43] ---**
Of course I don't!
**[13:44] ---**
I swear by these muscles, the
great Taito is an ally of justice!
**[13:48] ---**
So your name is Taito? I am...
**[13:51] ---**
Hold on! There's no point
in knowing your name!
**[13:54] ---**
I'm sure you're just some rich kid anyway.
**[13:56] ---**
We'll never see each other again after today.
**[14:00] ---**
Only a rich guy would be taking
a nice bath in the middle of the day.
**[14:04] ---**
I generally bathe three times a day.
**[14:07] ---**
Three times a day?!
**[14:08] ---**
You gotta be kidding me!
You gotta be kidding me!
**[14:11] ---**
Wh-why did you say that twice?
**[14:13] ---**
Shut up! Shut up! It's a habit of mine!
**[14:22] ---**
Taito.
**[14:23] ---**
You said you came to Cai Fei
Castle to see the emperor...
**[14:29] ---**
That's right.
**[14:31] ---**
What for?
**[14:33] ---**
I'm gonna take a good look at him,
and if he's a jerk, I'll beat him up!
**[14:37] ---**
And then I'll make myself emperor!
**[14:41] ---**
Why would you beat up the emperor?
**[14:43] ---**
Why? Because the empire is in shambles.
**[14:48] ---**
Only bad guys eat food this good outside!
**[14:53] ---**
Bandits and corrupt officials
are running wild.
**[14:55] ---**
The whole empire is overflowing with
poor people and the fighting never ends!
**[14:59] ---**
It's all because the emperor doesn't
give a damn! Don't you agree?!
**[15:05] ---**
Though, to be honest,
**[15:08] ---**
I don't know what exactly the emperor does.
**[15:12] ---**
Do you know?
**[15:14] ---**
Y-yes, a little...
**[15:16] ---**
Tell me about the emperor!
**[15:21] ---**
What?! The Alkaid is inside the castle?!
**[15:24] ---**
No doubt about it. His energy
disappeared right away, though.
**[15:28] ---**
I'll let you guys search for him now.
**[15:31] ---**
Send the Imperial Guards!
Don't let him leave alive!
**[15:34] ---**
Right!
**[15:36] ---**
Damn you, Alkaid!
Just what is your motive?!
**[15:39] ---**
Come to think of it, you've
never met the Alkaid, have you?
**[15:43] ---**
What of it?!
**[15:45] ---**
Oh, it's just that he looks a lot like...
**[15:54] ---**
No way. Are you serious?
**[15:57] ---**
Being emperor sounds rough.
**[16:01] ---**
Dealing with all those
ceremonies and formalities,
**[16:03] ---**
not being able to make
any of your own decisions,
**[16:05] ---**
and having to sit on
the throne and do nothing...
**[16:08] ---**
Yes. You're treated as a mere decoration.
**[16:11] ---**
I don't wanna be emperor! I can't do that!
**[16:16] ---**
He's powerless.
**[16:17] ---**
His power can't change anything at all.
**[16:22] ---**
Then what *is* the emperor's job?
**[16:25] ---**
To pray. For the peace of the empire
and the prosperity of the people.
**[16:30] ---**
That is the divine duty of the emperor,
as ordained by the heavens.
**[16:34] ---**
*Praying* is his divine duty?
**[16:36] ---**
Taito. What do you consider
to be a good country?
**[16:44] ---**
I dunno, a country where
everyone can live with a smile.
**[16:49] ---**
Where everyone can live with a smile?
**[16:50] ---**
Yeah.
**[16:51] ---**
If you can live with a smile on your face
**[16:54] ---**
even if you're poor or starving,
then that's happiness.
**[16:57] ---**
Wait. Then I guess the emperor *is* to blame.
**[17:00] ---**
The heavens don't hear his prayers
because he's at the top looking depressed,
**[17:05] ---**
and the people below can't smile either.
**[17:09] ---**
I don't like how he gives up and accepts
that he can't change anything.
**[17:14] ---**
I bet it's because the emperor
doesn't even try to change himself
**[17:17] ---**
that the empire won't change.
**[17:20] ---**
I guess I'll have to beat some
new sense into him after all!
**[17:25] ---**
I will do my very best.
**[17:27] ---**
Powerless as I am, for the
Xian Empire and its people,
**[17:32] ---**
I will give my all.
**[17:34] ---**
Come on! Don't be such a dreamer!
**[17:36] ---**
That's nothin' for you to worry about!
**[17:39] ---**
Just leave all that to the emperor!
**[17:44] ---**
O-oh, that person...!
**[17:48] ---**
Th-there are *two* emperors...?
**[17:52] ---**
Oh, n-no, I'm not a suspicious person!
**[17:55] ---**
I'm a friend of this guy! The emperor!
**[18:00] ---**
The emperor?!
**[18:04] ---**
Wha....?!
**[18:16] ---**
Yeah, I guess we do look kind of alike...
**[18:18] ---**
You mean you didn't notice it?
**[18:20] ---**
I don't really know what I look like.
I hardly ever look in the mirror.
**[18:26] ---**
Oh, my.
**[18:28] ---**
What a shock, though.
**[18:30] ---**
I never imagined *you* were the emperor.
**[18:33] ---**
Will you beat me up?
**[18:46] ---**
We've bathed and eaten together.
I'll let you off for today.
**[18:51] ---**
Taito...
**[18:54] ---**
I've learned that you have
your own tough problems.
**[18:57] ---**
But you better shape up
by the next time we meet...!
**[19:01] ---**
I will face the country now
as a real emperor should.
**[19:07] ---**
You change things from the inside.
I'll help from the outside.
**[19:13] ---**
That was great food. Bye!
**[19:19] ---**
Taito... What a strange man.
**[19:29] ---**
What's taking Taito so long?
**[19:37] ---**
Don't falter! He looks like His Majesty,
but he's actually a bandit!
**[19:46] ---**
*So that's the Alkaid...*
**[19:48] ---**
*Shimei was right. They do look alike.
Is it just coincidence, or...?*
**[19:53] ---**
You're annoying me, dammit!
**[19:55] ---**
I have nothing to gain
by kicking your asses!
**[20:12] ---**
What?!
**[20:15] ---**
After him! Don't let him escape!
**[20:41] ---**
Oww...
**[20:50] ---**
Who the hell are you?!
**[20:52] ---**
Please escape through there.
**[21:07] ---**
Dunno who you are, but I owe you one!
**[21:11] ---**
The bandit is lurking in this area!
Find him! Find him!
**[21:16] ---**
We can't allow the Alkaid
to be done in just yet, you see...
**[21:28] ---**
Damn you, Alkaid!
**[21:38] ---**
Taito...
**[21:46] ---**
Taito...
**[21:55] ---**
*You're the emperor. Do your best!*
**[22:12] ---**
*chiisana te no hira ni
norikiranai hodo no*
**[22:23] ---**
*yume o shinjiteta ano koro*
**[22:31] ---**
*sonna kao shinaide makenaide*
**[22:42] ---**
*ima boku no naka demo
kimi wa kagayaiteiru yo*
**[22:52] ---**
*nee kizuite yo*
**[22:56] ---**
*motto sunao na kimi no mama de ii*
**[23:02] ---**
*boku ga soba de
michishirube ni naru kara*
**[23:12] ---**
*kono hiroi sora no shita
issho ni arukeba ii*
**[23:22] ---**
*hitori ja nai kara*
**[23:33] ---**
*In the heavens are seven stars.
They are the stars of the Big Dipper.*
**[23:37] ---**
*They're the greatest
friends anyone could have!*
**[23:40] ---**
*We can win for sure
if we all work together!*
**[23:43] ---**
*The heavens gave us the
power of the Dipper Bearers*
**[23:46] ---**
*to keep the Xian Empire at peace.*
**[23:48] ---**
*Why I was born as the Alkaid...*
**[23:51] ---**
*Don't disappoint me, Alkaid.*
**[23:55] ---**
*What do the heavens want
from the destined battle?*
**[23:58] ---**
*On Hero Tales, "Chapter Eleven:
The Tale of the Big Dipper."*
**[24:12] ---**
*Would you condemn me, Taito?*
**[24:12] ---**
"See you next time!"
# 11 - Chapter Eleven: The Tale of the Big...
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**[00:25] ---**
*Letting such foul bandits roam freely...
What is the empire doing?!*
**[00:36] ---**
So this is how it ends?!
Forgive me, Taki!
**[00:47] ---**
Wh-what was that...?!
**[00:56] ---**
You're...!
**[01:14] ---**
*I'll never say good-bye
to our prime forever*
**[01:23] ---**
*And I feel like dumb,
I don't know why*
**[01:32] ---**
*I'll never say good-bye
'cos I can't forget her*°
**[01:41] ---**
*But I feel like dumb,
I don't know why*
**[01:50] ---**
*Try to scream*
**[01:53] ---**
*Shattered dreams are
made of stone and desperation*
**[02:02] ---**
*Broken hearts blown in a
freezing wind during winterlong*
**[02:07] ---**
*Unspoken words floating on
freezing wind during winterlong*
**[02:17] ---**
*During winterlong*
**[02:36] ---**
Man, the emperor's house was huge!
**[02:41] ---**
Yeah! Speaking of huge,
**[02:42] ---**
the bath
was *this* big! Can you believe it?!
**[02:46] ---**
And then I ran into the ol'
emperor! Taiga, was it?
**[02:52] ---**
He's pretty lanky for an emperor!
**[02:58] ---**
Wh-what?
**[02:59] ---**
Of all things, sneaking into Cai Fei
Castle, where His Majesty lives...
**[03:04] ---**
How could you do something so foolish?
**[03:06] ---**
What's the big deal?
I can go wherever I want.
**[03:09] ---**
Of course it's a big deal.
**[03:11] ---**
There's no telling where
the enemy is watching from!
**[03:14] ---**
Yeah! Do you have any idea
how worried we were?!
**[03:20] ---**
I don't remember asking you
to worry about me.
**[03:23] ---**
How can you say that?!
**[03:25] ---**
I'm sick of you nitpicking everything I do!
**[03:28] ---**
Taito!
**[03:29] ---**
Stop!
**[03:34] ---**
B-but, Father...
**[03:38] ---**
What?
**[03:52] ---**
Taito. I don't care about
where you go or what you do.
**[03:57] ---**
But I *won't* allow you to disparage
your friends for worrying about you!
**[04:03] ---**
A true man combines strength
*and* the kindness
**[04:08] ---**
to care for his friends.
**[04:10] ---**
Do you understand?
**[04:16] ---**
I'm sorry.
**[04:19] ---**
Taito...
**[04:20] ---**
...apologizing?
**[04:23] ---**
"Chapter Eleven:
The Tale of the Big Dipper"
**[05:44] ---**
You're all so amazing!
**[05:46] ---**
I wish I could use
Energy Manipulation too...
**[05:50] ---**
There's nothing good about
being able to use this.
**[05:53] ---**
Really?
**[05:55] ---**
Yes.
**[05:57] ---**
Men won't protect you if you're
not at least a little weak....
**[06:04] ---**
Even so, I think I might
want to fight alongside someone
**[06:08] ---**
rather than have him protect me!
**[06:09] ---**
You know?! Or is that trying
too hard to show off?
**[06:13] ---**
I don't see what's wrong with that.
**[06:17] ---**
Oh! Maybe I should look into it, then!
**[06:21] ---**
Hey, Ryuko.
**[06:23] ---**
What is it?
**[06:24] ---**
Isn't it time to call it a day?
Training too hard is bad for the body.
**[06:29] ---**
Don't be foolish.
**[06:30] ---**
If you've nothing to do,
go play with Taito or something.
**[06:33] ---**
If I could, why would I come to see you?
**[06:37] ---**
Man. Taito's really intense.
**[06:46] ---**
Oh! He's quite focused!
**[06:49] ---**
Yeah. I guess he learned a bit
of a lesson after your old man hit him?
**[06:55] ---**
*Imagine narrow, flexible tubes*
**[06:58] ---**
*slowly and quietly extending
from my heart to my entire body...*
**[07:06] ---**
*Little by little, fill the tubes
with energy and expand them...*
**[07:13] ---**
The pattern...
**[07:15] ---**
Has Taito brought out the power
of the Alkaid on his own?!
**[07:41] ---**
To think that inner-channel
Energy Manipulation has such power...
**[07:55] ---**
Still not good enough to match
that mustached bastard?
**[08:13] ---**
There's no use thinking
about it! I'll try it again!
**[08:18] ---**
Taito.
**[08:20] ---**
Ryusho. Is it lunchtime already?
**[08:24] ---**
Come with me for a bit.
**[08:26] ---**
I don't really have time to waste,
unless it's time to eat...
**[08:30] ---**
To master fighting,
you must also sometimes rest.
**[08:34] ---**
Hastiness leads to failure.
**[08:43] ---**
Hold on! Stop! You don't have to pull me!
**[08:47] ---**
Father?
**[08:49] ---**
Where are we?
**[08:51] ---**
This Tian Yi Building is a special place
among all the Liu Jia Sect temples.
**[08:56] ---**
Special?
**[08:57] ---**
The Tong You Temple was originally
built to protect the Tian Yi Building.
**[09:04] ---**
Look.
**[09:08] ---**
These are...!
**[09:10] ---**
Indeed. The patterns of the Dipper Bearers.
**[09:14] ---**
And...
**[09:16] ---**
...the symbol of the Xian Empire.
**[09:19] ---**
Why is the empire's symbol here?
**[09:22] ---**
This land was where the Xian Empire began.
**[09:26] ---**
Look at the warrior's sword drawn there!
**[09:36] ---**
The Xian Jia Lan Wu...
**[09:39] ---**
Four-hundred years ago,
**[09:45] ---**
a man named Shuo appeared in
the utterly turbulent world.
**[09:48] ---**
He possessed only two weapons:
**[09:51] ---**
a sword inscribed "Xian Jia Lan Wu"
**[09:55] ---**
and the karma of Alkaid,
which he had inside him.
**[10:00] ---**
The Xian Jia Lan Wu and Alkaid?!
**[10:03] ---**
Shuo fought to bring peace to the land
and eventually became emperor.
**[10:09] ---**
As emperor, Shuo declared
from this very spot
**[10:13] ---**
the founding of the Xian Empire.
**[10:15] ---**
The Alkaid created this empire?
**[10:18] ---**
Yes.
**[10:19] ---**
Ever since, whenever the land
has been in turmoil,
**[10:21] ---**
an Alkaid has appeared
and saved the empire.
**[10:26] ---**
"When chaos covers the land,
the star shall appear."
**[10:30] ---**
Think hard about why you were born
as the Alkaid in these times.
**[10:39] ---**
Why I was born as the Alkaid...
**[10:44] ---**
I'm sorry, Ryusho.
**[10:47] ---**
I don't understand any of this "saving
the land" or "karma of the stars" stuff.
**[10:53] ---**
But if meeting Ryuko, Hosei
and Rinmei is this "karma of the stars,"
**[10:59] ---**
I guess I should be grateful to it.
**[11:03] ---**
Sometimes they *can* be a little
straightlaced or excitable or scary,
**[11:08] ---**
but they're the greatest
friends anyone could have!
**[11:12] ---**
D-don't tell 'em I said that, though!
**[11:15] ---**
Who knows what they'd say to me!
**[11:19] ---**
I- I'm not just saying that
because you hit me!
**[11:23] ---**
I swear!
**[11:25] ---**
I know.
**[11:30] ---**
*Still, I never expected the Two Celestial
Deities - the Alkaid and Dubhe -*
**[11:34] ---**
*would appear in the same era...*
**[11:37] ---**
*Let's just hope it doesn't result
in a catastrophe that rocks the land...*
**[11:43] ---**
Taito. You can have these, too.
**[11:44] ---**
Oh. Thanks.
**[11:46] ---**
Oh, you're out of tea.
I'll go get you some more!
**[11:56] ---**
What's with him?
**[11:58] ---**
I don't know. Perhaps
something good happened?
**[12:02] ---**
Something good?
**[12:14] ---**
That's Sir Shokaku.
**[12:28] ---**
You're the very picture of health.
**[12:31] ---**
It must be another benefit
of your daily training.
**[12:34] ---**
As His Majesty's physician,
I'm sure you must be very busy.
**[12:39] ---**
I apologize.
**[12:41] ---**
Don't be silly.
**[12:43] ---**
I should apologize for being
unable to see you more often.
**[12:49] ---**
Sir Shokaku.
**[12:53] ---**
It is good to see you again.
**[12:56] ---**
Yes.
**[12:58] ---**
When did you return
from Lian Tong Temple?
**[13:01] ---**
Just the other day.
**[13:03] ---**
How was the journey?
**[13:06] ---**
Not good.
**[13:09] ---**
Officials use their remoteness
from the capital to line their own pockets
**[13:14] ---**
while those who starve
turn to crime to survive.
**[13:19] ---**
There is endless fighting,
**[13:21] ---**
and the people are forced
to live in constant fear.
**[13:28] ---**
What are His Majesty
and his close aides doing?!
**[13:35] ---**
I'm sorry. You're currently
his personal physician.
**[13:39] ---**
Please forget what I said.
**[13:43] ---**
Goodbye.
**[13:45] ---**
Wait.
**[13:49] ---**
Feel free to see me
any time you are troubled.
**[13:53] ---**
I will lend you my ear
not as a doctor, but as a friend.
**[13:58] ---**
Sir Shokaku...
**[14:02] ---**
If you ever feel like it,
**[14:05] ---**
I can introduce you to the right person.
**[14:15] ---**
You can do better than that!
**[14:26] ---**
The heavens gave us the
power of the Dipper Bearers
**[14:31] ---**
to keep the Xian Empire at peace.
**[14:34] ---**
In which case...
**[14:37] ---**
Oh, Ryuko!
**[14:41] ---**
Sorry! Sorry!
**[14:44] ---**
*If the Alkaid and Dubhe fight,
the aftermath will likely destroy the empire.*
**[14:48] ---**
*If I told you to make peace with Keiro
for the Xian Empire's sake,*
**[14:52] ---**
*would you condemn me, Taito?*
**[14:57] ---**
What's up? Why the frown?
**[15:00] ---**
No, it's nothing.
**[15:02] ---**
Oh, okay!
**[15:06] ---**
It's already this late?
I need to prepare dinner!
**[15:10] ---**
Alright! Wanna try another round?!
**[15:13] ---**
Bring it on!
**[15:15] ---**
Rinmei! What's the main dish tonight?!
**[15:17] ---**
Meat and vegetable dumplings!
Look forward to it!
**[15:23] ---**
I'm gonna enjoy dinner again tonight!
**[15:25] ---**
That's what you think!
I'm absolutely gonna win today!
**[15:30] ---**
Oh, come on! You're gonna stop us again?
**[15:32] ---**
Of course not.
**[15:33] ---**
Huh? Usually you're like,
"Competing for food... How rude!"
**[15:41] ---**
Meat and vegetable dumplings...
**[15:45] ---**
If there is one thing
I refuse to let others have,
**[15:47] ---**
it is Rinmei's special meat
and vegetable dumplings!
**[15:52] ---**
I see!
**[15:53] ---**
They *must* be good if they're
enough to get Ryuko to compete!
**[15:57] ---**
All the more reason that I can't lose!
I'm gonna have 'em all to myself!
**[16:01] ---**
Sheesh. Why are they getting
so worked up about one main dish?
**[16:05] ---**
Men can be so dumb.
**[16:08] ---**
Ugh...
**[16:10] ---**
Ready when you are!
**[16:11] ---**
Ready!
**[16:20] ---**
Your sensibilities are beyond crude!
**[16:24] ---**
You two aren't ready for Rinmei's dumplings!
**[16:26] ---**
Give it up!
**[16:27] ---**
*You've* already eaten them before!
So let me have them!
**[16:31] ---**
Taito! I shared my lunch with you!
**[16:34] ---**
So you're bound by friendship
to let me have dinner!
**[16:38] ---**
Like hell I am!
**[16:41] ---**
Morons.
**[16:53] ---**
Alright! That's one down!
**[16:56] ---**
Daily training pays off.
**[17:02] ---**
*Damn! He won't budge!
Ryuko really is strong!*
**[17:08] ---**
*This is a lot harder than it appeared!*
**[17:10] ---**
*I hadn't realized he had
become this strong!*
**[17:14] ---**
*Even so...! I won't lose!*
**[17:19] ---**
Incredible! Stupid, but incredible!
**[17:30] ---**
Laila!
**[17:30] ---**
Lady Laila!
**[17:31] ---**
Laila!
**[17:53] ---**
You okay, Laila?
**[17:55] ---**
Y-yeah. Thanks.
**[18:00] ---**
I guess the match is a tie!
**[18:02] ---**
Yes.
**[18:04] ---**
You three are amazing!
**[18:07] ---**
Yeah! We were in perfect synch, too!
**[18:10] ---**
Why don't you guys beat him up
just like you did now?
**[18:15] ---**
The mustached bastard...
**[18:18] ---**
Yeah! We have the Alkaid
and three of the Five Divine Warriors!
**[18:22] ---**
We can win for sure
if we all work together!
**[18:26] ---**
Together?
**[18:27] ---**
Oh! Yeah! If we all work together...!
**[18:33] ---**
Alright!
**[18:35] ---**
Keiro won't stand a chance if we team up!
**[18:37] ---**
No...
**[18:43] ---**
Oh, you won today, Taito?
**[18:46] ---**
Yep!
**[18:47] ---**
My dumplings...
**[18:52] ---**
Urgh! Hogging them all for yourself!
**[18:54] ---**
You need to share yours with Ryuko too!
**[18:57] ---**
Right?!
**[18:58] ---**
N-no, I am fine.
**[19:01] ---**
Huh?
**[19:03] ---**
Oh? Don't want to eat
my dumplings, do you?
**[19:10] ---**
Is something the matter, Ryuko?
**[19:13] ---**
No. It's nothing, really.
**[19:29] ---**
Where is Lord Keiro?!
**[19:31] ---**
He and Sir Kocho went into
the rebel army's fortress...
**[19:35] ---**
Again? What does he
think *we're* here for?!
**[19:53] ---**
All finished, sir.
**[19:56] ---**
My path to domination will reduce
this wicked world to ashes.
**[20:01] ---**
It is the path of destruction.
**[20:03] ---**
Lord Keiro...
**[20:12] ---**
You're...!
**[20:20] ---**
Please. I beg you.
Take me... Take us with you!
**[20:25] ---**
After seeing you, I am now certain
**[20:27] ---**
that *strength* is what is needed
to save this corrupt world!
**[20:32] ---**
I have no need for weaklings
on my path to domination.
**[20:35] ---**
Begone.
**[20:36] ---**
I *will* become strong!
**[20:38] ---**
I'll become strong and prove useful to you!
**[20:43] ---**
That is the source of your weakness.
**[20:47] ---**
Then I will abandon my bond
with my beloved daughter Taki
**[20:50] ---**
as proof of my loyalty to you!
**[20:57] ---**
Please use my daughter as you
see fit for your path to domination!
**[21:05] ---**
Tell me your name.
**[21:10] ---**
*From that day forth, we have been
subservient to Lord Keiro.*
**[21:16] ---**
Shimei.
**[21:25] ---**
As always, you're never
caught off guard, Boss.
**[21:28] ---**
--Shimei! How dare you be so rude!
**[21:30] ---**
Never mind that.
**[21:31] ---**
But...!
**[21:33] ---**
Don't make me repeat myself.
**[21:35] ---**
Yes, sir...
**[21:37] ---**
What do you want?
**[21:39] ---**
Oh, just came to say that
the Alkaid boy is in the capital.
**[21:44] ---**
What?! Truly?!
**[21:50] ---**
Sir!
**[21:51] ---**
So you're finally here.
**[21:53] ---**
Just how strong have you grown?
**[21:55] ---**
Don't disappoint me, Alkaid.
**[22:12] ---**
*In those days,
you believed in more dreams*
**[22:23] ---**
*than could fit in your little hands*
**[22:31] ---**
*Don't look like that,
don't give in*°
**[22:42] ---**
*Even inside me you're shining brightly now*
**[22:52] ---**
*Please notice*
**[22:56] ---**
*You can stay your more
honest, open self*
**[23:02] ---**
*I'll be by your side
and act as a signpost*
**[23:12] ---**
*So we can just walk beneath
this great big sky together*
**[23:22] ---**
*because you aren't alone*
**[23:33] ---**
*Ryuko's pureness of heart
causes him torment.*
**[23:37] ---**
*A heavenly mandate is karma.
It is not something to be resisted.*
**[23:41] ---**
*Me, strike down Taito?*
**[23:43] ---**
*What's wrong, Ryuko?
Are you not feeling good?!*
**[23:46] ---**
*You want me to strike down a friend?!*
**[23:48] ---**
*I know everything. Including, yes...*
**[23:53] ---**
*The moonlight cruelly
reveals a coldhearted truth.*
**[23:57] ---**
*On Hero Tales, "Chapter Twelve:
A Glimmer in the Moonlight."*
**[24:12] ---**
*I refuse to believe this!*
**[24:12] ---**
"See you next time!"
# 12 - Chapter Twelve: A Glimmer in the...
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**[00:32] ---**
Together?
**[00:34] ---**
Oh! Yeah!
**[00:37] ---**
If we all work together...!
**[00:41] ---**
Is fighting the only way?
**[00:59] ---**
*I'll never say good-bye
to our prime forever*
**[01:08] ---**
*And I feel like dumb,
I don't know why*
**[01:17] ---**
*I'll never say good-bye
'cos I can't forget her*°
**[01:26] ---**
*But I feel like dumb,
I don't know why*
**[01:35] ---**
*Try to scream*
**[01:38] ---**
*Shattered dreams are
made of stone and desperation*
**[01:47] ---**
*Broken hearts blown in a
freezing wind during winterlong*
**[01:52] ---**
*Unspoken words floating on
freezing wind during winterlong*
**[02:02] ---**
*During winterlong*
**[02:20] ---**
Taito...
**[02:27] ---**
Ryuko. You're up early.
**[02:29] ---**
Likewise. It's a surprise to see you
training so early in the morning.
**[02:33] ---**
Yeah. I woke up early.
**[02:36] ---**
Oh! Ryuko!
**[02:38] ---**
Good morning, Ryuko!
**[02:39] ---**
Oh, you're all here.
**[02:43] ---**
That idiot made sure of that!
**[02:45] ---**
Hey! Who're you calling an idiot?!
**[02:48] ---**
You, of course.
**[02:51] ---**
You got out of bed before
the sun was even out.
**[02:54] ---**
Geez. When did you
become such a swell idiot?
**[02:58] ---**
Quit calling me stupid!
**[03:00] ---**
Besides, it was *your
*snoring that woke me up!
**[03:04] ---**
Why, you! How dare you
say that in front of Laila!
**[03:08] ---**
You're going to make her feel
nervous about our newlywed life!
**[03:12] ---**
Don't be stupid! Like I'd
ever let her marry you!
**[03:16] ---**
Why do I need *your
*permission to marry someone?!
**[03:20] ---**
W-well, because...
**[03:22] ---**
Yeah!
**[03:23] ---**
Quit trying to ruin our plan
to have a happy family!
**[03:28] ---**
Be quiet, Hosei! This has
nothing to do with you!
**[03:35] ---**
Ryuko?
**[03:37] ---**
"Chapter Twelve:
A Glimmer in the Moonlight"
**[03:51] ---**
Here you are, Ryuko...
**[03:53] ---**
Father...
**[03:54] ---**
Does something trouble you?
**[03:57] ---**
Whenever you're troubled on your path,
**[03:59] ---**
you always walk about,
holding that dagger.
**[04:03] ---**
The Alkaid and Dubhe
never exist at the same time.
**[04:09] ---**
Why do you think that is?
**[04:11] ---**
The Two Celestial Deities...
**[04:12] ---**
Despite being human, they bear
stars very near to the gods...
**[04:17] ---**
If the powers of both collided,
a great disaster would befall the world.
**[04:22] ---**
But the two stars have
appeared now, in these times.
**[04:27] ---**
Meaning a collision is likely unavoidable.
**[04:30] ---**
As one of the Five Divine Warriors,
what will you do, Ryuko?
**[04:34] ---**
I'll...
**[04:37] ---**
...prevent the collision, of course.
**[04:39] ---**
Even if that means fighting
Keiro, the Dubhe, himself.
**[04:43] ---**
I see. But surely that isn't the only way.
**[04:49] ---**
You could also strike down the Alkaid.
**[04:52] ---**
You want me to strike down a friend?!
**[04:55] ---**
I don't want it to be that way.
**[04:58] ---**
But heavenly mandates
are sometimes cruel.
**[05:02] ---**
You may one day be forced
to make that decision.
**[05:08] ---**
I'm sorry.
**[05:09] ---**
It wasn't my intent to cause
you pain by telling you this.
**[05:14] ---**
Me, strike down Taito?
**[05:26] ---**
What's wrong, Ryuko?
Are you not feeling good?!
**[05:29] ---**
No. You've grown stronger.
**[05:33] ---**
It's nice to hear you praise me,
but it also feels weird!
**[05:38] ---**
But just you watch! I'll beat the crap
out of that mustached bastard soon!
**[05:43] ---**
Just kidding!
**[05:45] ---**
That's probably how gI would've
talked until just recently!
**[05:49] ---**
But now I understand
**[05:52] ---**
that I'm still nowhere good
enough to beat that bastard!
**[05:56] ---**
Taito...
**[05:57] ---**
My desire to beat him
**[05:59] ---**
wasn't the only thing
that's made me stronger.
**[06:03] ---**
Losing to Rinmei was a good lesson too.
**[06:07] ---**
But more than anything,
it was because of you, Ryuko.
**[06:12] ---**
Wow. You really *have* grown stronger.
**[06:16] ---**
In body *and* mind.
**[06:17] ---**
C'mon, quit it!
**[06:19] ---**
It feels so weird having you praise me!
**[06:24] ---**
You really have grown stronger.
**[06:27] ---**
Which is precisely why I must...
**[06:46] ---**
Still no good.
**[06:50] ---**
Their energy has completely
disappeared again.
**[06:55] ---**
Is it a barrier? Or maybe
some sort of charm?
**[06:59] ---**
What are you doing, Shimei?
**[07:04] ---**
Oh, just some unimportant business...
**[07:06] ---**
You took the Xian Jia Lan Wu
last time, didn't you?!
**[07:09] ---**
Oh, my. You found out?
**[07:12] ---**
What are you scheming?!
Depending on what you say...
**[07:15] ---**
Whoa, now! Please don't be like that, Choka.
**[07:20] ---**
I think they're best left hidden
in your beautiful outfit.
**[07:23] ---**
I will allow no more of your selfishness!
**[07:26] ---**
You need only focus on finding the Alkaid!
**[07:34] ---**
And quit prowling around
Lord Keiro's mansion.
**[07:38] ---**
Yes, yes. As you wish.
**[07:44] ---**
Yeesh. She gets a lot crankier
when ol' Keiro's gone.
**[08:00] ---**
Hey, Laila. The Moon Market comes today.
**[08:04] ---**
Moon Market?
**[08:05] ---**
You know the river on
the east side of the capital?
**[08:09] ---**
Once a month, cargo ships
come up it and stop at the capital.
**[08:14] ---**
A huge market always pops up then!
**[08:16] ---**
Oh!
**[08:18] ---**
They have all kinds of rare
things from distant lands!
**[08:22] ---**
Wow!
**[08:23] ---**
What do you say we all go?
**[08:25] ---**
I'll go!
**[08:26] ---**
If you're going, then count me in!
**[08:29] ---**
I assume you'll come too, Taito?
**[08:31] ---**
Nah, it'll just make me hungry.
I think I'll stay here and train.
**[08:36] ---**
Too bad. They also have
lots of rare fruits...
**[08:40] ---**
Hey! What are you sitting
around for, Hosei?! Get up!
**[08:44] ---**
Man, you're always so
quick to change your mind.
**[08:49] ---**
Hey, Ryuko. Won't you come too?
**[08:51] ---**
Ryuko?
**[08:52] ---**
Ryuko!
**[08:55] ---**
Sheesh! Weren't you listening?!
**[08:58] ---**
Sorry.
**[08:59] ---**
She asked if you want to go
to the Moon Market with us!
**[09:04] ---**
It's good to take a little
breather sometimes!
**[09:07] ---**
No, I think I'll pass.
**[09:10] ---**
O-oh. Then I guess it's just us.
**[09:14] ---**
Yeah.
**[09:15] ---**
I should be going now.
**[09:18] ---**
Is it just me, or is Ryuko out of it today?
**[09:27] ---**
Are you going out, Ryuko?
**[09:30] ---**
Yes. I should be back tonight.
**[09:32] ---**
Hey. You've been acting strange
since this morning, Ryuko.
**[09:37] ---**
You can't even talk to me about it?
**[09:39] ---**
I'm sorry.
**[09:43] ---**
What are you apologizing for, you dummy?
**[09:54] ---**
I hardly have guests anymore, you see.
**[09:58] ---**
No, I apologize for suddenly
barging in like this.
**[10:03] ---**
I thought you might visit soon.
**[10:06] ---**
You carry something dangerous, don't you?
**[10:08] ---**
F-forgive me. Normally
I don't carry it with me, but...
**[10:13] ---**
Oh. A splendid dagger.
**[10:17] ---**
When my father was young,
he traveled throughout the land.
**[10:21] ---**
During his travels, he adopted me.
**[10:26] ---**
This dagger was the only thing
I had with me when he came across me.
**[10:31] ---**
I see.
**[10:33] ---**
So, what is it you want to ask me?
**[10:36] ---**
Do you believe in heavenly mandate?
**[10:40] ---**
Heavenly mandate?
**[10:41] ---**
If you're born with a role
that the heavens have given you,
**[10:46] ---**
is following that the correct path to take?
**[10:49] ---**
Of course. A heavenly mandate is karma.
**[10:53] ---**
It is not something to be resisted.
**[10:56] ---**
Even if, for example,
it means taking someone's life.
**[10:59] ---**
What?! You're saying that's
the proper path to take?!
**[11:04] ---**
It was only an example.
**[11:09] ---**
I see.
**[11:11] ---**
I think I have a good idea
of what is troubling you.
**[11:16] ---**
You want to save this empire.
**[11:18] ---**
But you must sacrifice something
dear for that to happen.
**[11:24] ---**
How do you know that?
**[11:26] ---**
You've expressed your worries
about the state of the empire before.
**[11:30] ---**
My journey has further strengthened
my desire to save the empire.
**[11:36] ---**
At the same time, I have
gained irreplaceable friends.
**[11:40] ---**
But my heavenly mandate
may take those friends from me.
**[11:46] ---**
While long at peace, the Xian Empire
contracted a grave illness.
**[11:53] ---**
A fatal disease, you could even say.
**[11:57] ---**
The empire is going to die?
**[12:01] ---**
As a doctor, I have the ability
to save people's lives.
**[12:06] ---**
But saving an empire
is a different thing altogether.
**[12:10] ---**
Only someone chosen
by the heavens can do that.
**[12:15] ---**
That's... heavenly mandate?
**[12:19] ---**
Personally, as a citizen
living in the Xian Empire,
**[12:23] ---**
I would want to entrust this
empire's future to such a person.
**[12:34] ---**
Lucky me! Didn't expect
to run into the Mizar kid here!
**[12:44] ---**
Heavenly mandate...
**[12:50] ---**
Oh! Now things are getting interesting!
**[12:59] ---**
What do you think?
**[13:00] ---**
Wow! It really suits you, Rinmei!
**[13:04] ---**
What did you buy, Laila?
**[13:06] ---**
I bought this!
**[13:08] ---**
They said it's a magic powder that can
make vegetables grow twice as big!
**[13:14] ---**
O-oh. Good for you!
**[13:18] ---**
How can girls get so
excited about shopping?
**[13:25] ---**
Taito. These are hard to eat.
**[13:28] ---**
You think?
**[13:29] ---**
They said they're "banana" fruits
from a continent to the south,
**[13:33] ---**
so I thought I'd try 'em out, but...
**[13:36] ---**
Mmm! So what if they're a little tough?
**[13:39] ---**
Oh, Ryuko! Welcome back!
**[13:42] ---**
Hey, Ryuko! Wanna have
some bananas with us?
**[13:48] ---**
What's with him?
**[13:50] ---**
Beats me.
**[13:58] ---**
A heavenly mandate is karma.
It is not something to be resisted.
**[14:02] ---**
You could also strike down the Alkaid.
**[14:07] ---**
Oh, my. You appear rather troubled indeed.
**[14:13] ---**
You're Shimei!
**[14:15] ---**
Sorry, I'm not in the mood for that today.
**[14:19] ---**
Be quiet!
**[14:21] ---**
What?!
**[14:22] ---**
Hold on!
**[14:23] ---**
You'll regret it if you
don't hear me out.
**[14:26] ---**
I thought I might give you
some special information.
**[14:31] ---**
What are you plotting?!
**[14:33] ---**
Don't be so standoffish.
**[14:38] ---**
I hear you were abandoned as a child?
**[14:41] ---**
Where did you hear that?!
**[14:43] ---**
I know everything.
**[14:46] ---**
Including, yes, who your real father was...
**[14:51] ---**
What?!
**[14:52] ---**
Are you not interested
in knowing about your father?
**[14:55] ---**
This is nonsense!
I will not listen to this drivel!
**[14:58] ---**
The dagger in your pocket...
**[15:02] ---**
Did you know there's a bit of a secret to it?
**[15:07] ---**
A secret...?
**[15:08] ---**
It's a blade for protection
that parents give to their children.
**[15:13] ---**
Supposedly it was the only thing
you had when you were adopted.
**[15:18] ---**
Draw it.
**[15:22] ---**
Now comes the real fun.
**[15:25] ---**
Shine light on the blade.
**[15:32] ---**
"Keiro"
**[15:33] ---**
K- Keiro...
**[15:36] ---**
And there you have it.
**[15:38] ---**
Y-you don't mean...
**[15:40] ---**
That's right. General Keiro
of the Xian Empire...
**[15:44] ---**
is your father.
**[15:46] ---**
Th-that can't be!
**[15:49] ---**
Sheesh! Dumb brother!
**[15:52] ---**
I refuse to believe this!
**[15:54] ---**
Whether you believe it
or not is up to you.
**[15:58] ---**
I only told you what I know.
**[16:05] ---**
"Tong You Temple"
**[16:16] ---**
Whoops, there they are.
**[16:18] ---**
Well, I'd best be going.
**[16:22] ---**
So long!
**[16:28] ---**
The Tong You Temple is currently
surrounded by the Xuan Lang Platoon.
**[16:33] ---**
They demand that we give them Taito.
**[16:36] ---**
Damn it!
**[16:38] ---**
Where are you going, Taito?!
**[16:39] ---**
I can't be a burden
to everyone in the temple!
**[16:43] ---**
That's enough of that. Listen like
a good boy until he's finished.
**[16:46] ---**
Listen well, Taito and everyone else!
**[16:49] ---**
The Tong You Temple
will give in to no one!
**[16:53] ---**
Handing over an innocent
man would be an affront
**[16:57] ---**
to the Liu Jia Sect
and the morals it upholds!
**[17:01] ---**
Even if the emperor himself orders it,
**[17:03] ---**
I will *not* hand over Taito
without good reason!
**[17:08] ---**
Ryusho...
**[17:09] ---**
Given that they've surrounded
the temple but done nothing else,
**[17:12] ---**
they most likely lack
a pretext for raiding this place.
**[17:17] ---**
But stay sharp!
**[17:19] ---**
If things turn ugly, teach
the lowly Xuan Lang Platoon
**[17:22] ---**
the true essence of the Liu Jia Sect
and the Eight Great Styles!
**[17:27] ---**
Now, then. In the meantime,
we'll need all of you to leave.
**[17:39] ---**
Open up! Open up!
**[17:43] ---**
So the damn monks are going to resist?!
**[17:45] ---**
Looks like you're having a difficult time.
**[17:48] ---**
Shimei...
**[17:50] ---**
You have no business being involved here.
**[17:53] ---**
Don't be like that.
**[17:55] ---**
I noticed the monks were giving you trouble,
**[17:58] ---**
so I've brought some information
you might find interesting.
**[18:01] ---**
Information I might find interesting?
**[18:09] ---**
Hurry!
**[18:10] ---**
Once we're through here, it's a straight
shot to the outskirts of the capital!
**[18:14] ---**
Will Master Ryusho be all right?!
**[18:16] ---**
Father...!
**[18:18] ---**
Damn it!
**[18:19] ---**
I can't believe I'm running away without
even fighting that mustached bastard!
**[18:23] ---**
It's rare to see you act so docile!
**[18:27] ---**
I expected you to say, "I hate
running away!" or something!
**[18:32] ---**
If I tried to argue now, I'd be renouncing
Ryusho's kindness toward me!
**[18:38] ---**
Taito.
**[18:39] ---**
Remember this.
**[18:42] ---**
Remember that all these stars
gathered under the Alkaid,
**[18:45] ---**
and that Keiro, the Dubhe,
stood in your way.
**[18:50] ---**
These two things have meaning.
**[18:52] ---**
Right.
**[18:53] ---**
Start by finding the
remaining Divine Warriors.
**[18:57] ---**
Do so, and the heavens
will show you your way.
**[19:00] ---**
And... have faith in Ryuko.
**[19:06] ---**
Have faith in Ryuko...
**[19:11] ---**
Oh! There's the exit!
**[19:19] ---**
We're finally out...
**[19:21] ---**
We lost them.
**[19:23] ---**
I've been expecting you, little Alkaid.
**[19:29] ---**
You're that woman!
**[19:32] ---**
How nice of you to come
out of hiding for me.
**[19:35] ---**
That can't be! How did you know
about this secret passage?!
**[19:38] ---**
Even Shimei comes in
handy at times like this.
**[19:41] ---**
Thanks to him, I can take care
of the Alkaid *and* all of his friends.
**[19:54] ---**
Damn! We'll just have to
break through 'em all!
**[19:58] ---**
Yeah!
**[20:03] ---**
Who *are* these girls?!
**[20:07] ---**
Get back, Laila!
**[20:08] ---**
R-right!
**[20:13] ---**
C'mon, Taito! You can do better than that!
**[20:15] ---**
Shut up! I can't fight serious against girls!
**[20:19] ---**
Geez! That idiot!
**[20:22] ---**
There!
**[20:24] ---**
Alright!
**[20:27] ---**
Damn! I could use a little help!
**[20:31] ---**
Ryuko!
**[20:33] ---**
Get out of my way!
**[20:40] ---**
Ryuko! Are you all right?!
**[20:42] ---**
Yes! Thank you!
**[20:43] ---**
Take this!
**[20:48] ---**
Oh! That magic powder is awesome!
**[20:52] ---**
Way to go, Laila!
**[20:53] ---**
Everyone! Let's escape while we can!
**[20:57] ---**
Curse you!
**[21:04] ---**
Hang in there, everyone! We should
be okay once we reach the river!
**[21:07] ---**
Right!
**[21:08] ---**
Right!
**[21:08] ---**
Hey, Ryuko! You're falling
behind! You all right?!
**[21:12] ---**
Yes! I'm fine!
**[21:22] ---**
Keiro...
**[21:38] ---**
What is this feeling of foreboding?
**[21:44] ---**
It has been a while, Taito...
**[21:47] ---**
I shall devour the karma of Alkaid!
**[21:53] ---**
Keiro!
**[22:12] ---**
*chiisana te no hira ni
norikiranai hodo no*
**[22:23] ---**
*yume o shinjiteta ano koro*
**[22:31] ---**
*sonna kao shinaide makenaide*
**[22:42] ---**
*ima boku no naka demo
kimi wa kagayaiteiru yo*
**[22:52] ---**
*nee kizuite yo*
**[22:56] ---**
*motto sunao na kimi no mama de ii*
**[23:02] ---**
*boku ga soba de
michishirube ni naru kara*
**[23:12] ---**
*kono hiroi sora no shita
issho ni arukeba ii*
**[23:22] ---**
*hitori ja nai kara*
**[23:33] ---**
*He believed they would always be together.*
**[23:36] ---**
*I have only one wish.*
**[23:38] ---**
*Looks like they've just collided.*
**[23:41] ---**
*I will also kill you
and make your power mine.*
**[23:44] ---**
*I have been prepared
to die from the very start.*
**[23:46] ---**
*Ryuko! Why?!*
**[23:47] ---**
*Rinmei! No!*
**[23:49] ---**
*So long, Ryuko.*
**[23:50] ---**
*Ryuko!*
**[23:53] ---**
*Is this rain the tears of the stars?*
**[23:57] ---**
*On Hero Tales, "Chapter Thirteen:
The Two Celestial Deities."*
**[24:12] ---**
*Goodbye, Taito...*
**[24:12] ---**
"See you next time!"
# 13 - Chapter Thirteen: The Two Celestial...
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**[00:25] ---**
Leader. Why are we in such a hurry?
**[00:29] ---**
Just what awaits us in the capital?
**[00:32] ---**
Something is amiss with the twinkling
of the Big Dipper's stars.
**[00:35] ---**
The twinkling of the Big Dipper's stars?
**[00:38] ---**
The Two Celestial Deities...
**[00:40] ---**
The two who harbor the
karma of Alkaid and Dubhe
**[00:42] ---**
and bring turmoil to the land...
**[00:45] ---**
And it looks like the Alkaid
and Dubhe have just collided...
**[00:53] ---**
It is the karma of the Five Divine Warriors
**[00:55] ---**
to act as breakwaters
for the Celestial Deities.
**[01:01] ---**
In which case, I have no choice *but* to go.
**[01:18] ---**
*I'll never say good-bye
to our prime forever*
**[01:27] ---**
*And I feel like dumb,
I don't know why*
**[01:36] ---**
*I'll never say good-bye
'cos I can't forget her*°
**[01:45] ---**
*But I feel like dumb,
I don't know why*
**[01:54] ---**
*Try to scream*
**[01:57] ---**
*Shattered dreams are
made of stone and desperation*
**[02:06] ---**
*Broken hearts blown in a
freezing wind during winterlong*
**[02:11] ---**
*Unspoken words floating on
freezing wind during winterlong*
**[02:21] ---**
*During winterlong*
**[02:45] ---**
Keiro!
**[02:49] ---**
*Keiro... is my father?!*
**[02:55] ---**
Time to die, Keiro!
**[03:02] ---**
I, Kocho, won't let you
lay a finger on Lord Keiro!
**[03:06] ---**
Fire!
**[03:15] ---**
Hey, you bastard! That's not fair!
Fight me man-to-man!
**[03:20] ---**
Forget about Keiro! Getting away
from these guys is more important!
**[03:25] ---**
Get away how?!
**[03:28] ---**
Ryuko! The Paradise Cave!
If we escape into that...!
**[03:32] ---**
The Paradise Cave...
**[03:39] ---**
Let's go! It's the only chance we have!
**[03:42] ---**
"Chapter Thirteen:
The Two Celestial Deities"
**[03:52] ---**
That's it!
**[03:54] ---**
There they are! They're fleeing
into the Paradise Cave!
**[04:11] ---**
Mustached bastard! I *will* be back!
**[04:15] ---**
I *will* beat the crap out of you!
**[04:17] ---**
Let's go!
**[04:22] ---**
They destroyed the cave
to seal the entrance!
**[04:32] ---**
Now you, men!
**[04:34] ---**
What are you doing?!
Jump! Jump across!
**[04:37] ---**
Never mind them. A large
force will only slow us down.
**[04:41] ---**
The two of us will be more than enough.
**[04:43] ---**
But the inside of the Paradise
Cave is like a labyrinth!
**[04:47] ---**
I'm not sure we can successfully find them...
**[04:49] ---**
If the heavens call for a battle,
**[04:51] ---**
then the Alkaid and I *will* face each other!
**[05:14] ---**
My most sincere apologies!
**[05:16] ---**
The moment I learned he was a wanted man,
**[05:19] ---**
I was scared stiff and could do
nothing but watch as he fled!
**[05:23] ---**
Scared senseless, I was!
**[05:26] ---**
You don't seem like
that sort of coward to me...
**[05:28] ---**
No, despite how I look,
**[05:31] ---**
on the inside I'm as frail as a maiden...
**[05:36] ---**
Night dew is terrible for the body.
You should probably be off.
**[05:40] ---**
You'll regret this, priest.
**[05:42] ---**
It cannot be helped.
**[05:49] ---**
Huh? I shouldn't have, Shokaku?
**[05:53] ---**
Choka asked to crush a rebellion,
so I gave my permission as usual...
**[05:58] ---**
What did Lady Choka say about the enemy?
**[06:01] ---**
Only that they were rebels...
**[06:04] ---**
Should I not have allowed it?
**[06:07] ---**
You have done nothing wrong, Your Majesty.
**[06:10] ---**
Oh. That's good, then...
**[06:25] ---**
That was scary!
I thought we were goners!
**[06:29] ---**
There's nothing to worry about now.
**[06:31] ---**
Did people make this cave?
**[06:35] ---**
The Paradise Cave is a training
ground dug out of a crag
**[06:39] ---**
by Tong You Temple ascetics
over several centuries.
**[06:42] ---**
So every member of the temple
has a map of it in their head. But...
**[06:47] ---**
...the Xuan Lang Platoon is sure to get lost.
**[06:50] ---**
Plus our side also knows the secret exits!
**[06:53] ---**
Yep.
**[06:58] ---**
This way.
**[07:09] ---**
--Kocho.
- -Sir?
**[07:11] ---**
Taki's birthday is approaching.
**[07:14] ---**
Oh, you remembered it?!
**[07:16] ---**
Taki is now my daughter and will
someday be the wife of the emperor.
**[07:20] ---**
We must celebrate on a grand scale.
**[07:23] ---**
Yes, sir!
**[07:28] ---**
I, too, had a child.
**[07:30] ---**
What?! Truly?! I never knew that!
**[07:34] ---**
What became of this child?
**[07:36] ---**
I abandoned him on the day I swore
to conquer the path of domination.
**[07:40] ---**
M-my word!
**[07:41] ---**
It was sixteen years ago.
**[07:44] ---**
I felt that a child was of no use
on my path of domination.
**[07:48] ---**
If the heavens will it, then he is
likely still alive somewhere.
**[08:03] ---**
I hope Master Ryusho is all right...
**[08:05] ---**
I'm sure he'll be fine.
**[08:08] ---**
He was a great guy!
**[08:10] ---**
My old man's a pretty bold guy,
**[08:12] ---**
but yours is manly and hearty
and a really great dad, Ryuko!
**[08:18] ---**
Yes...
**[08:22] ---**
That's right. General Keiro
of the Xian Empire...
**[08:26] ---**
is your father.
**[08:29] ---**
*No... That can't be...*
**[08:38] ---**
It's nice and cold!
**[08:39] ---**
So, if we leave you to handle Keiro,
**[08:43] ---**
the question is how we deal
with the Xuan Lang Platoon...
**[08:45] ---**
That bastard's pretty
impressive for a villain,
**[08:49] ---**
leading so many men like that.
**[08:51] ---**
I guess our only choice now
**[08:54] ---**
is to find the rest of the Divine
Warriors like Ryusho said...
**[08:57] ---**
The rest of them?
**[08:58] ---**
All five of 'em together should
be able to run interference for you!
**[09:01] ---**
All of the Five Divine Warriors
together?! That's so cool!
**[09:05] ---**
Isn't it though, Laila?!
**[09:07] ---**
Five people against that
entire army? Sounds rough.
**[09:11] ---**
It won't work?
**[09:12] ---**
We don't even know if the other
two will side with us or not.
**[09:16] ---**
The Five Divine Warriors are
supposed to act as breakwaters.
**[09:19] ---**
There's no guarantee that they'll join us.
**[09:22] ---**
Don't worry.
**[09:24] ---**
At the very least, the three
here won't side against you.
**[09:28] ---**
Right, Ryuko?
**[09:35] ---**
Is it me, or has he been acting weird lately?
**[09:40] ---**
K- Keiro...
**[09:42] ---**
"Keiro"
**[10:00] ---**
Be more careful, Ryuko!
**[10:03] ---**
Sorry. I was lost in thought.
**[10:05] ---**
Man! This isn't like you!
**[10:08] ---**
I said I am sorry!
**[10:15] ---**
What's his problem?!
**[10:28] ---**
We're here. The exit isn't far now.
**[10:31] ---**
Wh-what is this place...?
**[10:51] ---**
It's huge!
**[10:57] ---**
What was that?!
**[11:15] ---**
Ryuko!
**[11:19] ---**
Ryuko! Taito!
**[11:22] ---**
Whew, that was close!
You okay, Ryuko?
**[11:30] ---**
Ryuko! Knock it off!
**[11:32] ---**
Quit acting like a wimp!
We're in real trouble here!
**[11:36] ---**
What's with that look?!
**[11:38] ---**
C'mon, Ryuko! We need you
to pull yourself together
**[11:41] ---**
if we wanna keep everyone together
and beat that mustached bastard!
**[11:44] ---**
I'm really counting on you!
**[11:46] ---**
Do not tell me what to do!
**[11:49] ---**
Ryuko...
**[11:50] ---**
The Divine Warriors
are not the Alkaid's servants!
**[11:53] ---**
I never wanted the Alkaid
and Dubhe to collide to begin with!
**[11:58] ---**
I resent being called your comrade!
**[12:01] ---**
What are you saying?
**[12:03] ---**
Taito.
**[12:05] ---**
My life has been a terrible
mess ever since I met you!
**[12:10] ---**
Making an enemy of an imperial general
**[12:12] ---**
and being driven from my home
and forced to wander through caves...!
**[12:15] ---**
I've had enough! I want
no more to do with you!
**[12:32] ---**
You're really letting him have it, Mizar kid.
**[12:36] ---**
Now, then! How will you entertain me?
**[12:48] ---**
Are you serious, Ryuko?
**[12:52] ---**
I'm sorry. I lashed out.
I'm not thinking straight.
**[12:57] ---**
Ryuko...
**[12:59] ---**
There it is again!
**[13:00] ---**
What *is* this?!
**[13:04] ---**
It's getting closer...
**[13:14] ---**
M-mustached bastard!
**[13:15] ---**
Keiro...! How did he find us?!
**[13:20] ---**
So the heavens *do* want a battle.
**[13:23] ---**
A battle between the Alkaid
and Dubhe, you and me...
**[13:27] ---**
We have no choice but to fight now!
**[13:30] ---**
The Xuan Lang Platoon isn't here,
and we outnumber them!
**[13:34] ---**
Let's do it, Taito!
**[13:35] ---**
Yeah! I've been waiting for this!
**[13:37] ---**
Let's fight, you bastard!
**[13:46] ---**
Rinmei! Protect Laila!
**[13:48] ---**
Got it!
**[13:49] ---**
Let's go, Taito! Ryuko!
Simultaneous attack!
**[13:52] ---**
Yeah!
**[13:56] ---**
Ryuko!
**[13:57] ---**
What's the matter, Ryuko?!
**[14:02] ---**
What?!
**[14:07] ---**
Hosei!
**[14:11] ---**
Taito!
**[14:12] ---**
You're dealing with *me*!
**[14:19] ---**
Outer-channel Energy Manipulation.
**[14:21] ---**
Your reliance on techniques
is proof of your weakness!
**[14:24] ---**
What?!
**[14:33] ---**
How dare you use
such a cheap trick on Hosei!
**[14:36] ---**
It appears the karma
of the stars will not allow
**[14:39] ---**
my forces or your friends
to lend assistance...
**[14:42] ---**
In which case, *now* is the time
to end this with our fists!
**[14:49] ---**
Decorate my path to domination
with your blood, Alkaid!
**[14:58] ---**
Shut up! *You're* the one who's goin' down!
**[15:09] ---**
Taito...
**[15:24] ---**
This is bad. The Alkaid
and Dubhe are seriously colliding!
**[15:31] ---**
Inner-channel Energy Manipulation...
**[15:34] ---**
So you've learned to master it somewhat...
**[15:37] ---**
Surprised at all?
**[15:39] ---**
T- Taito!
**[15:41] ---**
*Ryuko. Why did you...*
**[15:44] ---**
Wh-why?! Why do you
people belittle His Majesty
**[15:48] ---**
and assist with Keiro's foul ambitions?!
**[15:51] ---**
Foul, they are not! They only
appear that way to your clouded eyes!
**[15:56] ---**
Lord Keiro's fight is a just one
ordained by the heavens!
**[16:03] ---**
I don't rely on cheap tricks!
I'll send you to hell in one blow!
**[16:08] ---**
Absurdity!
**[16:33] ---**
*If Keiro is my father, then that isn't
a fight between Alkaid and Dubhe;*
**[16:38] ---**
*it's between friend and father!*
**[16:39] ---**
*Is there no way to stop my friend
and father from killing one another?!*
**[16:44] ---**
Alkaid! Do you know why I cast
myself into battle like this?!
**[16:51] ---**
To gain strength!
**[16:54] ---**
A man's strength is determined
**[16:55] ---**
by the number of lives he takes
and the amount of blood he sheds!
**[17:00] ---**
Cruel, absolute strength will be
how I attain total domination!
**[17:04] ---**
Just... Just what do you plan to do
with such blood-soaked strength?!
**[17:09] ---**
I shall bring new order and eternal
peace to the ruined Xian Empire!
**[17:14] ---**
What?!
**[17:15] ---**
For that, I will gladly wear
the title of slaughterer!
**[17:23] ---**
Taito!
**[17:27] ---**
Fear not.
**[17:28] ---**
The many lives taken by my hand
now live in my fists as my strength.
**[17:34] ---**
Wh-what the hell do you think
of people's lives as?!
**[17:38] ---**
Once I bring peace to the empire,
**[17:41] ---**
I am sure they will
be able to rest in peace.
**[17:44] ---**
Screw you...
**[17:45] ---**
Naturally, I will also kill you
and make your power mine.
**[17:49] ---**
Screw you!
**[17:54] ---**
Oh no! The Alkaid's power has taken over!
**[18:09] ---**
Die, Alkaid!
**[18:18] ---**
Taito!
**[18:20] ---**
Taito! Wake up, Taito!
**[18:27] ---**
Rinmei! Hosei!
**[18:29] ---**
I'll hold off Keiro!
Take Taito and escape!
**[18:33] ---**
Ryuko...!
**[18:34] ---**
What are you saying?!
**[18:35] ---**
Quickly!
**[18:42] ---**
Rinmei! No!
**[18:44] ---**
So long, Ryuko!
**[18:49] ---**
Is that them?!
**[18:51] ---**
Pull up the castaways!
**[19:09] ---**
Goodbye, Taito...
**[19:30] ---**
I have been prepared to
die from the very start.
**[19:33] ---**
Do as you will.
**[19:34] ---**
Acting as a shield
to let your friend escape...
**[19:37] ---**
Your manliness is admirable,
even if you are an enemy.
**[19:40] ---**
Sir! I implore that he be punished leniently!
**[19:43] ---**
Absolutely not! He should
be executed at once!
**[19:49] ---**
Lord Keiro. I would like to speak with you.
**[19:53] ---**
You're...!
**[19:55] ---**
Sir Shokaku...!
**[19:59] ---**
Please forgive my impoliteness.
**[20:01] ---**
What do you want, Sir Shokaku?
**[20:04] ---**
I've come to plead for this man's life.
**[20:07] ---**
Ryuko's actions are no fault of his own;
he has merely obeyed his karma.
**[20:11] ---**
In terms of the stars' karma, the Divine
Warriors only act as breakwaters
**[20:15] ---**
for when the Celestial Deities collide.
**[20:17] ---**
We are neither servants to the
Alkaid nor enemies to the Dubhe.
**[20:24] ---**
S- Sir Shokaku! You're...?!
**[20:27] ---**
Alioth, one of the Five Divine Warriors.
**[20:31] ---**
Lord Keiro. I have only one wish:
**[20:34] ---**
that the Xian Empire
have everlasting peace.
**[20:37] ---**
I'll accept whatever
it takes to make it happen.
**[20:40] ---**
Ryuko shares that sentiment as well.
**[20:44] ---**
What do you say, my lord?
**[20:46] ---**
Mizar is the star of benevolence,
loyalty, and filial piety.
**[20:49] ---**
Why not take this opportunity
to persuade Ryoko to accept his fate,
**[20:54] ---**
and then place both of us
under your command?
**[20:57] ---**
Me, under Keiro's command?!
**[21:00] ---**
Oh! That sounds interesting!
**[21:02] ---**
This is absurd!
**[21:04] ---**
You want us to place our trust
in a man who was our enemy?!
**[21:08] ---**
"Fight fire with fire"
**[21:10] ---**
and "Change misfortune into a blessing"
are other ways of putting it.
**[21:14] ---**
Sir Ryuko.
**[21:16] ---**
Do you have anything to ask him?
**[21:24] ---**
You say you wish to bring new order
and eternal peace to the empire.
**[21:29] ---**
Are these words true?
**[21:32] ---**
They are!
**[21:52] ---**
Ryuko...
**[22:12] ---**
*In those days,
you believed in more dreams*
**[22:23] ---**
*than could fit in your little hands*
**[22:31] ---**
*Don't look like that,
don't give in*°
**[22:42] ---**
*Even inside me you're shining brightly now*
**[22:52] ---**
*Please notice*
**[22:56] ---**
*You can stay your more
honest, open self*
**[23:02] ---**
*I'll be by your side
and act as a signpost*
**[23:12] ---**
*So we can just walk beneath
this great big sky together*
**[23:22] ---**
*because you aren't alone*
**[23:33] ---**
*He turns around,
but his friend is not there.*
**[23:37] ---**
*How did it turn out this way?!
Someone answer me!*
**[23:41] ---**
*Sorry. I've decided never to make
meat and vegetable dumplings again.*
**[23:45] ---**
*I thought I really understood Ryuko!*
**[23:50] ---**
*But it turns out I knew nothing about him!*
**[23:53] ---**
*With no way to heal the sadness,
the ship sails along the river.*
**[23:57] ---**
*On Hero Tales, "Chapter Fourteen:
The Dou Ya Changes Course."*
**[24:12] ---**
"See you next time!"
**[24:12] ---**
*Tell me! How can I get
out of being the Alkaid?!*
# 14 - Chapter Fourteen: The Dou Ya Changes...
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**[00:14] ---**
A man's strength is determined
**[00:16] ---**
by the number of lives he takes
and the amount of blood he sheds!
**[00:19] ---**
Cruel, absolute strength will be
how I attain total domination!
**[00:24] ---**
Just... Just what do you plan to do
with such blood-soaked strength?!
**[00:30] ---**
I shall bring new order and eternal
peace to the ruined Xian Empire!
**[00:35] ---**
What?!
**[00:36] ---**
For that, I will gladly wear
the title of slaughterer!
**[00:46] ---**
Screw you!
**[01:00] ---**
Die, Alkaid!
**[01:17] ---**
*I'll never say good-bye
to our prime forever*
**[01:26] ---**
*And I feel like dumb,
I don't know why*
**[01:35] ---**
*I'll never say good-bye
'cos I can't forget her*
**[01:44] ---**
*But I feel like dumb,
I don't know why*
**[01:53] ---**
*Try to scream*
**[01:56] ---**
*Shattered dreams are
made of stone and desperation*
**[02:05] ---**
*Broken hearts blown in a
freezing wind during winterlong*
**[02:11] ---**
*Unspoken words floating on
freezing wind during winterlong*
**[02:20] ---**
*During winterlong*
**[02:39] ---**
Where am I?
**[02:43] ---**
Laila! Ryuko!
**[02:47] ---**
Hosei! Rinmei!
**[03:00] ---**
Oh! There you are, Ryuko!
**[03:03] ---**
Where are the others?
**[03:08] ---**
What's the matter, Ryuko?
**[03:12] ---**
H-hey, wait! Wait!
**[03:18] ---**
Ryuko! Ryuko!
**[03:23] ---**
Ryuko!
**[03:25] ---**
Ryuko!
**[03:32] ---**
Where am I?
**[03:34] ---**
That's right! I was fighting
that mustached bastard!
**[03:39] ---**
What happened after that?
**[03:41] ---**
Damn! I can't remember anything!
**[03:52] ---**
A ship?!
**[04:09] ---**
Ryuko! Where did this ship come from?!
**[04:12] ---**
You're finally awake?
**[04:16] ---**
You're...!
**[04:17] ---**
"Chapter Fourteen:
The Dou Ya Changes Course"
**[04:26] ---**
What?!
**[04:28] ---**
Then Ryuko stayed behind
in the cave so we could escape?!
**[04:35] ---**
How?! How did it turn out this way?!
**[04:38] ---**
How?! Someone answer me!
**[04:42] ---**
Tell me, Hosei!
**[04:44] ---**
It was the only way...
**[04:48] ---**
We all would've been killed
if someone hadn't stayed.
**[04:52] ---**
So Ryuko decided to...
**[04:54] ---**
The hell with that! That's got
nothing to do with anything!
**[04:58] ---**
Abandoning a friend to escape...
No one should *ever* do that!
**[05:05] ---**
Take the ship back to the cave!
**[05:08] ---**
Do you hear me?! Do it!
**[05:11] ---**
It's too late!
**[05:12] ---**
Several days have passed!
**[05:14] ---**
Someone who was asleep
at the most important time
**[05:16] ---**
has no right to argue
with me after the fact!
**[05:19] ---**
What?!
**[05:21] ---**
You live a carefree life.
**[05:23] ---**
You pass out in the middle
of a fight, sleep non-stop,
**[05:28] ---**
and rant and rave
the minute you wake up.
**[05:30] ---**
You're like a little kid!
**[05:31] ---**
What did you say?!
**[05:34] ---**
Is Ryuko the only friend
you don't want to lose?
**[05:39] ---**
For Ryuko, you, Hosei, Laila
and Rinmei were all dear friends.
**[05:45] ---**
That's why he chose to sacrifice
himself to let his friends live!
**[05:50] ---**
They suppressed their frustration
and escaped because they understood that!
**[05:57] ---**
If you insist on whining about "friends,"
**[05:59] ---**
then think about how
Ryuko and the others felt.
**[06:03] ---**
It hurt them hundreds of times more
than you; you slept through it all.
**[06:08] ---**
Taito...
**[06:12] ---**
The men I sent to the
cave will be back soon.
**[06:16] ---**
Who knows, maybe
we'll find something out.
**[06:27] ---**
We've returned.
**[06:29] ---**
How did it go?
**[06:30] ---**
As expected, there was no one there.
**[06:33] ---**
Keiro's army had already left as well.
**[06:35] ---**
Did you find any clues at all?
**[06:41] ---**
That's...!
**[06:51] ---**
Rinmei...
**[06:52] ---**
I take it that's Ryuko's?
**[07:01] ---**
Even after this,
I can't go and avenge him?!
**[07:06] ---**
Well?!
**[07:07] ---**
No. The result is clear.
**[07:09] ---**
Let me go! Ryuko risked
his life to save me!
**[07:14] ---**
So I want to risk
my own life to repay him!
**[07:18] ---**
You're saying I shouldn't?!
**[07:20] ---**
If you want to return
Ryuko's kindness, stay alive.
**[07:23] ---**
You owe your life to him, after all.
**[07:26] ---**
Plus, if the Mizar put his life
on the line to act as a breakwater,
**[07:31] ---**
then I will follow
the karma of the stars too.
**[07:34] ---**
We can't let the Alkaid and Dubhe
collide again that easily.
**[07:39] ---**
Th-that's...!
**[07:40] ---**
...the pattern of a Divine Warrior!
**[07:43] ---**
Megrez...
**[07:45] ---**
No way! You're a Divine
Warrior too, Koyo?!
**[07:49] ---**
Break's over, men! The Dou Ya
will now make for Lian Tong Temple!
**[07:54] ---**
We will work around the clock! Hurry!
**[07:56] ---**
Right!
**[07:58] ---**
You know about Lian Tong Temple?!
**[07:59] ---**
Yeah. There's nowhere else to go,
**[08:02] ---**
plus it's probably the best way
to get back on your feet.
**[08:06] ---**
I don't really wanna go there,
but I guess I have no choice.
**[08:15] ---**
Oh... The tides have changed...
**[08:19] ---**
The stars are really
coming and going now.
**[08:22] ---**
Ol' Taito must be quite confused.
**[08:37] ---**
Hey, Taito. Isn't it nice, traveling by boat?
**[08:41] ---**
It's great weather,
and the wind is nice and calm!
**[08:44] ---**
Oh, I'm so glad we met Koyo!
**[08:51] ---**
C'mon, Taito. Cheer up.
**[08:53] ---**
You'll only get gloomier
and gloomier if you stay like this.
**[08:57] ---**
Hosei is helping row the ship...
**[08:59] ---**
Rinmei is the head chef...
**[09:01] ---**
They've both found
their place on the ship.
**[09:04] ---**
And the Wo Jin Squad members
are all a lot nicer than they look!
**[09:09] ---**
You should do something too, Taito!
**[09:12] ---**
I know! Enki said they need
more people to keep watch!
**[09:16] ---**
Laila...
**[09:17] ---**
Y-yeah?
**[09:21] ---**
What was the last thing Ryuko said?
**[09:30] ---**
Rinmei! Hosei!
**[09:32] ---**
I'll hold off Keiro!
Take Taito and escape!
**[09:36] ---**
Ryuko, Hosei and Rinmei were
all as commendable as Koyo said.
**[09:43] ---**
They didn't hesitate
to do what they had to do.
**[09:49] ---**
I thought I'd come to really understand
Ryuko in that short amount of time.
**[09:55] ---**
We were on the same page; we didn't
even need to talk to communicate.
**[10:00] ---**
But it turns out I knew
nothing about him!
**[10:04] ---**
He was right.
**[10:06] ---**
He only wound up in that lonely cave
**[10:09] ---**
because he was so involved
with me, the Alkaid...
**[10:13] ---**
Taito...
**[10:14] ---**
But it's true! This wouldn't have
happened if I wasn't the Alkaid!
**[10:20] ---**
You can't say that for sure!
**[10:22] ---**
Ryuko was a Divine Warrior!
He couldn't avoid the karma of the stars!
**[10:27] ---**
You're wrong!
**[10:28] ---**
If he hadn't met me,
**[10:30] ---**
he'd have lived a nice life with
Ryusho and Rinmei and the others!
**[10:36] ---**
I dragged him into this...
**[10:41] ---**
I killed him...
**[10:44] ---**
Not just him. All the Qing Long
Platoon members and Koei too!
**[10:49] ---**
If only I hadn't gotten involved
with them, they'd all be alive now!
**[10:58] ---**
How can you say that?
How can you say that, Taito?
**[11:02] ---**
You bastard, making Laila cry!
**[11:06] ---**
Could your logic be
any more self-centered?!
**[11:10] ---**
Hosei!
**[11:12] ---**
Ryuko wound up like
this because of *you*?!
**[11:15] ---**
My master died because of the Alkaid?!
**[11:18] ---**
I've had enough of your crap!
**[11:20] ---**
You think you're that great, huh?!
**[11:24] ---**
Stop, Hosei!
**[11:25] ---**
Sorry, Laila!
**[11:27] ---**
Cut the crap!
**[11:29] ---**
You being here or not
**[11:31] ---**
wouldn't change anything for me,
my master, Ryuko or anyone!
**[11:35] ---**
So just get off your
ego trip, you dumbass!
**[11:38] ---**
Hosei... Stop...
**[11:41] ---**
It's okay... Go ahead
and beat me to death...
**[11:46] ---**
I don't mind if you kill me;
I've caused you a lot of trouble...
**[11:49] ---**
Then I won't have to
be the Alkaid anymore.
**[11:59] ---**
Taito! Pull yourself together, Taito!
**[12:05] ---**
Just what *is* this
"karma of the stars" thing?
**[12:13] ---**
What will become of the Alkaid?
**[12:15] ---**
I don't know.
**[12:16] ---**
Whatever happens, in the end
it won't change what we must do.
**[12:22] ---**
I know. It's just...
**[12:25] ---**
It's just what?
**[12:26] ---**
As someone trying to achieve the same
things, I want him to get back on his feet.
**[12:54] ---**
Team ♪3, it's your shift!
Hurry to your posts, please!
**[13:01] ---**
Team ♪1, it's mealtime!
**[13:07] ---**
Sheesh! You never grow tired of it!
Is cuisine that rare to you?
**[13:13] ---**
It sure is! I never imagined I'd get
a decent meal aboard the Dou Ya!
**[13:19] ---**
Yeah! I look forward to our meals now
ever since you came on board!
**[13:23] ---**
Seafood dumplings! Fried rice!
Grilled shrimp in chili sauce!
**[13:27] ---**
Everything you make is incredible!
**[13:29] ---**
Hearing that makes it worth the trouble!
**[13:32] ---**
Hey, Rinmei! I'd love some meat
and vegetable dumplings next!
**[13:37] ---**
Yeah! I could go for that!
I bet yours are really good!
**[13:43] ---**
I agree! Oh, just thinking
about it makes me drool!
**[13:46] ---**
Yeah! Yeah!
**[13:49] ---**
Please, Rinmei!
**[13:53] ---**
Sorry. I've decided never to make
meat and vegetable dumplings again.
**[13:57] ---**
O-oh, we didn't mean to be
pushy or anything. Right?
**[14:02] ---**
Yeah...
**[14:03] ---**
We'll be happy with anything you make!
**[14:06] ---**
Yes! We'll be more than happy!
**[14:22] ---**
Ryuko...
**[14:46] ---**
What are you doing, Taito?!
**[14:50] ---**
What on earth are you doing?!
**[14:53] ---**
Leave me alone, Rinmei!
It's all because of this stupid pattern!
**[14:58] ---**
Stop that!
**[15:00] ---**
Tell me, Rinmei! How can
I get out of being the Alkaid?!
**[15:08] ---**
I don't want to be the Alkaid anymore!
**[15:10] ---**
As long as I'm the Alkaid, I'll only
bring more misfortune to everyone!
**[15:14] ---**
I don't want that anymore!
Which is why I...!
**[15:24] ---**
It isn't your fault.
It isn't your fault at all.
**[15:29] ---**
Rinmei...
**[15:31] ---**
I don't blame you one bit.
**[15:33] ---**
Neither would Ryuko. So stop this.
**[15:56] ---**
You can't sleep?
**[16:02] ---**
Your Majesty.
**[16:05] ---**
I'm sorry. Did I disturb your sleep?
**[16:09] ---**
No, I couldn't fall asleep either.
**[16:13] ---**
You too, Your Majesty?
**[16:16] ---**
Incidentally, Taki,
I take it you've heard?
**[16:20] ---**
Y-yes. But...
**[16:23] ---**
Even I realize there are many
ulterior motives at work.
**[16:27] ---**
Even so, it makes no difference.
**[16:32] ---**
My feelings will remain the same.
**[16:54] ---**
Okay! All done!
**[16:57] ---**
How'd it go, ol' Koyo?! How much
more beautiful is Laila now?!
**[17:02] ---**
She looks exquisite!
**[17:04] ---**
Let him see!
**[17:06] ---**
O-okay.
**[17:13] ---**
L- Laila!
**[17:17] ---**
Oh!
**[17:18] ---**
What do you think?
Am I good or what?
**[17:21] ---**
Actually, it's because
she looks good to begin with.
**[17:24] ---**
Yes. Plus she's young
and has beautiful skin.
**[17:27] ---**
Th-that's not true...
**[17:29] ---**
It is true! It is true!
**[17:32] ---**
Master! I'm so happy, being able
to marry such a beautiful girl!
**[17:36] ---**
Is it really okay for me to hog
all of the world's happiness like this?!
**[17:43] ---**
Do I really look that good, Hosei?
**[17:46] ---**
You do! You do! You totally do!
**[17:50] ---**
In that case... I'll go show Taito!
**[17:57] ---**
Taito! Look! Look!
**[18:00] ---**
What do you think? I had Koyo
do this! He likes makeup!
**[18:06] ---**
He says putting it on changes
the way you feel on the inside too!
**[18:13] ---**
Taito?
**[18:15] ---**
Who cares about makeup?
What are you so excited about?!
**[18:19] ---**
Ryuko's gone, you know!
How can you smile?!
**[18:23] ---**
That wasn't why I put it on...
**[18:26] ---**
Then why *did* you?!
**[18:28] ---**
Did you think Ryuko would've liked
seeing you like that or something?!
**[18:33] ---**
That's enough!
**[18:36] ---**
I *do* understand your desire
to abandon your role as the Alkaid.
**[18:39] ---**
But what's got you depressed now
isn't the Alkaid or the karma of the stars.
**[18:45] ---**
It's your own heart!
**[18:47] ---**
What did you say?!
**[18:48] ---**
Damn kid. I guess I'll have to
open your eyes myself.
**[18:54] ---**
You always act so high and mighty!
What would you possibly know?!
**[19:03] ---**
That didn't hurt one bit!
**[19:22] ---**
Too slow.
**[19:28] ---**
You cannot beat me
in your current frame of mind!
**[19:35] ---**
I can't do *anything*...?
**[19:39] ---**
I can't give up being the Alkaid,
avenge Ryuko, or anything else?
**[19:45] ---**
That's right! You're powerless!
**[19:50] ---**
Tomorrow we take a break!
Take the ship ashore at first light!
**[19:54] ---**
Right!
**[19:56] ---**
Damn it! What could you
possibly understand?!
**[20:00] ---**
The lousy boss of some water bandits
is in no position to lecture me!
**[20:05] ---**
Five years ago...
**[20:07] ---**
...a village was raided by the
Xuan Lang Platoon led by Keiro,
**[20:11] ---**
who was a growing power at the time.
**[20:17] ---**
I don't know what justification
he gave, but it was clearly a lie.
**[20:22] ---**
E- Enki?
**[20:25] ---**
Their homes were burned, their food
was stolen, their fields were torn up,
**[20:30] ---**
and countless innocent
villagers were slaughtered.
**[20:33] ---**
The only survivors were two children
who had gone to play on a boat.
**[20:39] ---**
Our leader and I were those children.
**[20:46] ---**
When we returned to the village,
we could hardly recognize
**[20:49] ---**
our mothers, fathers
or other people we knew.
**[20:53] ---**
Enyu, my older brother and our
leader's best friend, was among them.
**[20:59] ---**
Everyone in the Wo Jin Squad
has had their families or friends
**[21:02] ---**
taken away by Keiro
and his Xuan Lang Platoon.
**[21:06] ---**
We all have scores to settle with them.
**[21:09] ---**
Even our leader, of course.
**[21:12] ---**
Then why don't you just
go and kick Keiro's ass?!
**[21:16] ---**
If he understands how I feel,
why did he stop me?!
**[21:19] ---**
Why do *you* think he did?
**[21:22] ---**
I don't know about
the karma of the stars.
**[21:26] ---**
But everyone lives bearing
their own personal fate.
**[21:30] ---**
They have to, don't they?
**[21:35] ---**
Just as I can't escape my fate,
**[21:38] ---**
neither can you escape
from being the Alkaid, Taito.
**[21:48] ---**
So it's up to you to figure
out what you should do.
**[22:07] ---**
*When the birds that forgot
their song even lost the ability to fly*
**[22:17] ---**
*the sun through the trees
shed its light and cried loudly*
**[22:27] ---**
*What will the morning sun
be telling us by shining again?*
**[22:33] ---**
*Now, then...*
**[22:38] ---**
*I'll clap my hands,
so that it will reach you*
**[22:44] ---**
*I'll clap my hands,
it's still not quite enough*
**[22:49] ---**
*I'll clap my hands,
with feelings of love welling up*
**[22:55] ---**
*I'll clap my hands,
even if time comes to an end*
**[23:00] ---**
*My feelings for you that I never
got to say I will now speak out!*
**[23:05] ---**
*Every go every where,
arrive aboard this song, feel now!*
**[23:13] ---**
*I'll clap my hands*
**[23:18] ---**
*Every go every where,
arrive aboard this song, feel now!*
**[23:33] ---**
*Taito's broken heart
took everything from him.*
**[23:37] ---**
*The enemy was coming right at you!
What kind of joke was that?!*
**[23:40] ---**
*To reject the stars is to reject yourself!*
**[23:44] ---**
*Tell me! What is the Alkaid?!
What is the karma of the stars?!*
**[23:47] ---**
*A brightly shining star greatly affects
all the other stars. For better or worse.*
**[23:53] ---**
*Who awaits the lost spirit
atop the towering mountain?*
**[23:57] ---**
*On Hero Tales, "Chapter Fifteen:
Alkaid's Guidepost."*
**[24:12] ---**
*What is your answer, Taito?!*
**[24:12] ---**
"See you next time!"
# 15 - Chapter Fifteen: Alkaid's Guidepost
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**[00:26] ---**
Not yet. We mustn't be hasty.
**[00:40] ---**
Now!
**[00:45] ---**
Men are so...
**[01:01] ---**
*I'll never say good-bye
to our prime forever*
**[01:10] ---**
*And I feel like dumb,
I don't know why*
**[01:19] ---**
*I'll never say good-bye
'cos I can't forget her*
**[01:28] ---**
*But I feel like dumb,
I don't know why*
**[01:37] ---**
*Try to scream*
**[01:40] ---**
*Shattered dreams are
made of stone and desperation*
**[01:49] ---**
*Broken hearts blown in a
freezing wind during winterlong*
**[01:54] ---**
*Unspoken words floating on
freezing wind during winterlong*
**[02:04] ---**
*During winterlong*
**[02:23] ---**
What do you think you're doing?!
**[02:26] ---**
Fighting over food...
is that what grown men do?!
**[02:31] ---**
But Big Sis Enki...
**[02:32] ---**
I don't want your excuses!
**[02:34] ---**
Sorry.
**[02:36] ---**
Yes, Enki is right!
**[02:39] ---**
Honestly! How can Wo Jin
Squad men be so pathetic?!
**[02:42] ---**
The same goes for you, Leader!
**[02:45] ---**
I've never heard of a leader who
beats up his men to hog all the food!
**[02:51] ---**
Don't worry. I saved enough for you.
**[02:54] ---**
I don't want it!
**[02:57] ---**
Men are hopeless wherever you go!
**[03:03] ---**
Laila?
**[03:07] ---**
Sorry.
**[03:11] ---**
Is it Taito?
**[03:14] ---**
Yeah.
**[03:15] ---**
You want to help, but can't do anything.
That's always tough, isn't it?
**[03:24] ---**
"Chapter Fifteen: Alkaid's Guidepost"
**[03:37] ---**
Taito...
**[03:40] ---**
Say, do you want to eat something?
**[03:43] ---**
Rinmei shared some jerky with me!
**[03:50] ---**
O-oh...
**[03:52] ---**
Oh, yeah! The Wo Jin
guys went hunting earlier!
**[03:56] ---**
But the thing they caught
was really small, so they--
**[04:03] ---**
Tell me!
**[04:05] ---**
T-tell you what?
**[04:07] ---**
I was helpless against
Keiro! Ryuko's gone!
**[04:12] ---**
So what do I do now?!
**[04:21] ---**
I'm sorry. I don't know.
**[04:24] ---**
Oh. Yeah, I guess you wouldn't...
**[04:28] ---**
Sorry.
**[04:32] ---**
Size is the issue here.
**[04:34] ---**
Size?
**[04:36] ---**
Yes, size. I think Enki was angry
because the meat was too small.
**[04:42] ---**
--No, I don't think that's the problem.
--It *is* the problem!
**[04:45] ---**
Yes, sir...
**[04:47] ---**
So catch something big next time! Got it?
**[04:54] ---**
--Yeah.
**[04:54] ---**
--I can't hear you!
**[04:56] ---**
Yeah!
**[05:11] ---**
Oh. He said that?
**[05:14] ---**
He's really lost heart.
That doesn't sound like Taito at all.
**[05:18] ---**
I'm sorry.
**[05:19] ---**
Why are *you* apologizing, Laila?!
**[05:21] ---**
Because there's nothing I can do...
**[05:24] ---**
Don't blame yourself. Blame that
idiot who's sulking all by himself.
**[05:30] ---**
He's not the only one who's sad
that Ryuko died anyway--
**[05:35] ---**
Don't worry about me.
**[05:45] ---**
I don't think Ryuko is the only
thing that's troubling Taito.
**[05:50] ---**
Huh?
**[05:54] ---**
"What is the Alkaid? What am I?"
**[05:58] ---**
Everyone born with
the karma of the stars
**[06:00] ---**
goes down that path at least once.
**[06:02] ---**
What do you mean?
**[06:04] ---**
Do you remember the legend
in the Tale of the Big Dipper?
**[06:06] ---**
Yes. When the world is in chaos,
**[06:09] ---**
the Dipper Bearers will
appear and save the people.
**[06:13] ---**
Yes.
**[06:14] ---**
The Dipper Bearers are stars of karma
that are born in times of turmoil.
**[06:18] ---**
But conversely, there are some who say
**[06:20] ---**
that the world is thrown into chaos
*because* of the Dipper Bearers.
**[06:24] ---**
A brightly shining star
greatly affects all the other stars.
**[06:31] ---**
For better or worse.
**[06:33] ---**
Yeah. We mess up other people's lives.
**[06:38] ---**
We bring misfortune
to those close to us.
**[06:41] ---**
When you start thinking like that,
**[06:43] ---**
you start getting more
and more in over your head.
**[06:45] ---**
You wonder, "Why am I the only one
who has to bear this karma?
**[06:49] ---**
What are the Dipper Bearers anyway?"
**[06:55] ---**
Taito'll be fine! It's just like a cold
that's gotten a little worse!
**[07:00] ---**
Yeah. There's nothing
to worry about, Laila.
**[07:04] ---**
Okay...
**[07:19] ---**
How's Taito doing?
**[07:20] ---**
Still moping about.
**[07:23] ---**
I see.
**[07:24] ---**
Is this brief stop for Taito's sake?
**[07:29] ---**
It's rare for you
to do something like this.
**[07:31] ---**
Not really. Having someone
with such a gloomy look on my ship
**[07:36] ---**
makes me feel sick, that's all.
**[07:38] ---**
Because it's like seeing your old self?
**[07:42] ---**
My apologies.
**[07:46] ---**
Anyway, what's that?
**[07:48] ---**
Rinmei gave it to me earlier.
**[07:50] ---**
Apparently it's the flag for the
"Men Are So Hopeless League."
**[07:54] ---**
Huh? The what?
**[08:00] ---**
Taito!
**[08:06] ---**
C'mon! There's meat to be had!
**[08:08] ---**
--What?
- -Just come on!
**[08:17] ---**
Lunch was kinda disappointing,
**[08:20] ---**
but this time we'll catch
something big for sure!
**[08:23] ---**
Then we can pig out
on meat! Right, Taito?
**[08:28] ---**
Hey, Taito!
**[08:30] ---**
Oh, right...
**[08:32] ---**
C'mon, man!
**[08:33] ---**
There it is!
**[08:36] ---**
That way!
**[08:39] ---**
Oh! They found dinner!
**[08:50] ---**
I got this!
**[08:53] ---**
What?!
**[08:55] ---**
Smart bugger!
**[08:57] ---**
Taito! Heads up!
**[09:03] ---**
Taito!
**[09:11] ---**
Wh-what's happened to me?!
**[09:15] ---**
Look out, Taito!
**[09:26] ---**
Hosei!
**[09:37] ---**
You'll be okay. It isn't a serious injury.
**[09:40] ---**
What a relief!
**[09:44] ---**
Hey! What the hell were you thinking?!
**[09:48] ---**
Sorry. It's my fault that you...
**[09:50] ---**
Not that! Why didn't you fight it?!
**[09:53] ---**
The enemy was coming right at you,
but you didn't even try to fight!
**[09:57] ---**
What kind of joke was that?!
**[09:59] ---**
I'm sorry.
**[10:03] ---**
Damn you!
**[10:06] ---**
Leave it at that. We don't
need any more injured people.
**[10:38] ---**
Just as I thought.
**[10:40] ---**
Koyo...
**[10:41] ---**
You've lost the ability to use
Energy Manipulation, haven't you?
**[10:45] ---**
How do you--?
**[10:45] ---**
I've had a similar experience.
**[10:49] ---**
So, what are you going to do?
**[10:56] ---**
How can I regain the ability
to use energy like I used to?
**[11:02] ---**
Is that what you really want?
**[11:06] ---**
Energy Manipulation is for fighting.
**[11:10] ---**
Do you truly want that power back?
**[11:14] ---**
Well...
**[11:15] ---**
You said it yourself.
**[11:18] ---**
You said your friends died because
they got involved with the Alkaid...
**[11:21] ---**
You said you didn't want
the power of the Alkaid...
**[11:26] ---**
To reject the stars is to reject yourself.
**[11:30] ---**
Your power probably won't return
**[11:31] ---**
as long as you refuse to accept
your karma as the Alkaid.
**[11:36] ---**
Then what should I do?!
**[11:38] ---**
I'm tired of hurting my friends
**[11:40] ---**
because of some "Alkaid"
thing I don't even understand!
**[11:43] ---**
It's true that a bright light
will encompass everyone close by.
**[11:48] ---**
But sometimes that light can also
drive away someone's darkness.
**[11:55] ---**
Like that? I got it from old man Sonnei.
**[11:59] ---**
You know Grandpa Son?
**[12:01] ---**
Tell me! What is the Alkaid?!
What is the karma of the stars?!
**[12:06] ---**
If you want to know,
then head up there.
**[12:09] ---**
What you can see from that
mountain summit is one answer.
**[12:15] ---**
That mountain...
**[12:25] ---**
How could you let him
go into the forest at this hour?!
**[12:29] ---**
Taito can't even beat
a rabbit as he is now!
**[12:33] ---**
Are you even listening, old man?!
**[12:35] ---**
I am. I can't believe
how overprotective you are.
**[12:40] ---**
What?!
**[12:41] ---**
As passengers on the Dou Ya,
**[12:43] ---**
you will obey our leader's decisions.
**[12:46] ---**
So that's the situation.
**[12:48] ---**
He set out of his own accord.
**[12:50] ---**
If you're his friends, you'll wait
quietly for him to return.
**[13:01] ---**
Why did you say it like that?
**[13:04] ---**
Couldn't you have told them your idea?
Surely they would've agreed.
**[13:09] ---**
Oh, you're on their side too?
**[13:12] ---**
I am your aide.
**[13:15] ---**
It's just that I know
all too well what it feels like
**[13:19] ---**
to be pushed around by a selfish man.
**[13:21] ---**
Sounds like a horrible guy.
**[13:24] ---**
Yes, he really is.
**[13:35] ---**
The stars of the Big Dipper...
**[13:38] ---**
Ryuko. Would you have had
this confusion I have?
**[13:49] ---**
Cheer up, Laila! Not even monkeys
would bother with that idiot!
**[13:59] ---**
A dead-end...
**[14:05] ---**
What's that?!
**[14:08] ---**
Such strong bloodlust...!
**[14:14] ---**
Damn! It's no good!
**[14:52] ---**
Do as you wish.
**[14:55] ---**
Damn it...
**[15:00] ---**
Hang on, Taito!
**[15:13] ---**
Well, I guess I should get going.
**[15:16] ---**
Leader!
**[15:18] ---**
This is bad! Laila's gone!
**[15:23] ---**
No good! I can't find her anywhere!
**[15:26] ---**
Same here!
**[15:27] ---**
I see.
**[15:28] ---**
The sword is missing
from his room. It's possible...
**[15:32] ---**
...that she went into
the forest to find Taito.
**[15:35] ---**
This is bad. There are
savage beasts in there.
**[15:37] ---**
Let's go look for her!
**[15:40] ---**
Wake everyone up! Hurry!
**[15:42] ---**
Right!
**[15:56] ---**
I'm not even fit to be animal food?
**[16:17] ---**
Be strong, Laila! Taito needs
you to be there for him!
**[16:33] ---**
Oh, it's just a bunny rabbit.
**[16:40] ---**
Where are you going?
**[16:48] ---**
What was that?!
**[16:50] ---**
Get back!
**[16:53] ---**
No! Stay away! Taito! Taito!
**[16:57] ---**
Laila!
**[16:58] ---**
Taito!
**[17:00] ---**
That's the one from before!
**[17:02] ---**
Hang on! I'm coming!
**[17:09] ---**
I won't make it in time!
**[17:49] ---**
You okay?
**[17:50] ---**
Y-yeah!
**[17:56] ---**
Taito... That was Energy Manipulation!
**[18:00] ---**
I- I wanted to save you,
and then it just came over me...
**[18:09] ---**
Taito!
**[18:27] ---**
No way...
**[18:32] ---**
Laila!
**[18:34] ---**
Laila! Say something!
**[18:37] ---**
Damn! Please be all right!
**[18:42] ---**
We're almost to the top.
**[18:44] ---**
Thanks.
**[19:01] ---**
It's so pretty!
**[19:03] ---**
Yeah...
**[19:05] ---**
So *this* is the answer?
**[19:08] ---**
That's up to you.
**[19:11] ---**
Koyo!
**[19:12] ---**
When did you get here?
**[19:15] ---**
This is the answer
to "What is the Alkaid?"?
**[19:19] ---**
Taito. What do you see?
**[19:23] ---**
The countryside, and lots of villages
and small rivers everywhere...
**[19:27] ---**
Oh, you *do* get it!
That, in itself, is one answer.
**[19:34] ---**
Long ago, this area
was a barren wasteland.
**[19:38] ---**
There was constant fighting,
and everyone suffered from starvation.
**[19:43] ---**
But one day, from out of nowhere
a lone man came to this land.
**[19:49] ---**
The man gave the people
seeds of rice and wheat.
**[19:54] ---**
But that wasn't all.
**[19:56] ---**
He also taught them how to channel
water from rivers and build canals,
**[19:59] ---**
as well as how to save food for winter.
**[20:03] ---**
It was in this way that the people
were freed from starvation and poverty
**[20:07] ---**
and obtained peace.
**[20:10] ---**
On the man's shoulder was
the same pattern you have, Taito.
**[20:14] ---**
You don't mean...!
**[20:16] ---**
His name was Shuo. He was
the first emperor of the Xian Empire.
**[20:21] ---**
The first emperor... was the Alkaid?!
**[20:25] ---**
Wait! I heard that this Shuo guy
built the empire after a lot of fighting!
**[20:30] ---**
Of course he fought. To protect
the people and this landscape.
**[20:38] ---**
But this is only *one* answer.
**[20:42] ---**
What is *your* answer, Taito?
**[20:45] ---**
*My* answer...
**[20:54] ---**
Taito...
**[20:57] ---**
Laila!
**[21:02] ---**
Laila! Thank goodness you're all right!
**[21:05] ---**
I'm sorry for worrying you!
**[21:07] ---**
That's okay! All that
matters is that you're safe!
**[21:10] ---**
Koyo.
**[21:11] ---**
What is it?
**[21:12] ---**
I can't figure out
what my answer is after all.
**[21:16] ---**
I don't know what I can do,
or even what the Alkaid is.
**[21:21] ---**
I have no idea at all,
however hard I think about it.
**[21:24] ---**
But I want to try to find it now!
**[21:27] ---**
I don't know what I can do,
**[21:29] ---**
so I'm gonna give my best shot
at everything I think I *can* do.
**[21:32] ---**
At the very least, I won't have
any confusion until I find the answer.
**[21:36] ---**
Is that a bad idea?
**[21:39] ---**
No, I'd say it's a pretty good one.
**[21:43] ---**
Yeah?
**[21:44] ---**
Whew! I'm feeling kinda hungry! Food!
**[21:49] ---**
*"Give a shot at everything," huh?*
**[21:54] ---**
*Sounds like you already
have your answer.*
**[22:07] ---**
*saezuri o wasureta toritachi ga
tobu koto sae nakushita toki*
**[22:17] ---**
*komorebi wa hikari o nugisutete
ookina koe de nakimashita*
**[22:27] ---**
*bokura ni nani o takushite
asahi wa mata terasun darou*
**[22:33] ---**
*saa*
**[22:38] ---**
*te o narashimashou
anata e todoku you ni*
**[22:44] ---**
*te o narashimashou
mada sukoshi tarinai*
**[22:49] ---**
*te o narashimashou
itoshisa komiagete*
**[22:55] ---**
*te o narashimashou
kono mama toki ga owatte mo*
**[23:00] ---**
*mada todokezu jimai ni shiteita
anata e no omoi o koko de speak out!*
**[23:05] ---**
*Every go every where
kono uta ni nosetodoke feel now!*
**[23:13] ---**
*te o narashimashou*
**[23:18] ---**
*Every go every where
kono uta ni nosetodoke feel now!*
**[23:33] ---**
*Is the colorful celebration
an attempt by the Dubhe*
**[23:36] ---**
*to swallow the empire whole?*
**[23:38] ---**
*Seizing control of the empire
is but the beginning.*
**[23:41] ---**
*I decided to do everything
I can do. I'll start by...*
**[23:45] ---**
*It won't be much of a party if the
Dubhe isn't pitted against the Alkaid!*
**[23:49] ---**
*If saving this land is the Alkaid's
karma, then I'll do just that!*
**[23:54] ---**
*Just when pitch darkness
covers the empire whole...*
**[23:58] ---**
*On Hero Tales, "Chapter Sixteen:
Dubhe, Devourer of the Heavens."*
**[24:12] ---**
*Alkaid! You will bow before me, too!*
**[24:12] ---**
"See you next time!"
# 16 - Chapter Sixteen: Dubhe, Devourer of...
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**[00:25] ---**
Taki.
**[00:28] ---**
Father...
**[00:29] ---**
There is nothing to fear.
Leave it to me.
**[00:35] ---**
Lord Keiro. His Majesty has arrived.
**[00:42] ---**
Taki. You look nice.
**[00:47] ---**
Father...
**[01:07] ---**
*I'll never say good-bye
to our prime forever*
**[01:16] ---**
*And I feel like dumb,
I don't know why*
**[01:25] ---**
*I'll never say good-bye
'cos I can't forget her*
**[01:34] ---**
*But I feel like dumb,
I don't know why*
**[01:43] ---**
*Try to scream*
**[01:46] ---**
*Shattered dreams are
made of stone and desperation*
**[01:55] ---**
*Broken hearts blown in a
freezing wind during winterlong*
**[02:00] ---**
*Unspoken words floating on
freezing wind during winterlong*
**[02:10] ---**
*During winterlong*
**[02:25] ---**
We'll remain on standby here.
Be careful on your way.
**[02:30] ---**
This area's safe.
There's nothin' to worry about.
**[02:34] ---**
Lian Tong Temple being nearby helps,
**[02:36] ---**
but more than anything,
this *is* the Qing Long Platoon's turf.
**[02:39] ---**
Yeah!
**[02:40] ---**
Isn't the Qing Long Platoon the self
defense force your guys' dad runs?
**[02:45] ---**
That's right. I wonder how he's doing!
**[02:49] ---**
We'll see him soon;
we reach Tai Shan this evening!
**[02:52] ---**
You're right!
**[02:54] ---**
See you later!
**[02:55] ---**
Take care!
**[02:57] ---**
We'll be back!
**[02:58] ---**
"Chapter Sixteen:
Dubhe, Devourer of the Heavens"
**[03:08] ---**
What happened here?!
**[03:10] ---**
This is horrible.
**[03:11] ---**
It was nothing like this when we
stopped by on our way to Luo Chang!
**[03:16] ---**
Every last bit of food's been stolen...
**[03:19] ---**
Bandits did this.
**[03:22] ---**
It's fresh. Only one,
maybe two days ago.
**[03:27] ---**
What happened to the villagers?
**[03:31] ---**
This is horrible...
**[03:34] ---**
Where the hell was
the Qing Long Platoon?!
**[03:38] ---**
What are you doing?!
**[03:41] ---**
Father...
**[03:43] ---**
They didn't have time to call
for help. This wasn't Soei's fault.
**[03:49] ---**
You better remember your promise
to make the Xian Empire better!
**[03:53] ---**
Emperor Taiga!
**[04:02] ---**
I greatly thank Your Majesty
and our many other guests
**[04:06] ---**
for attending today's celebration
of my beloved daughter Taki's birthday.
**[04:14] ---**
I know it is only a meager festivity,
but please enjoy yourselves.
**[04:19] ---**
Happy birthday, Taki.
**[04:22] ---**
Your Majesty?
**[04:24] ---**
What's wrong? Aren't you happy?
**[04:27] ---**
She could not be unhappy
in your presence, Your Majesty.
**[04:32] ---**
I was speaking to Taki, Choka.
**[04:35] ---**
Today is a very important
day for both of you.
**[04:39] ---**
She must be very nervous.
**[04:41] ---**
Please forgive my tardiness.
**[04:44] ---**
You are forgiven.
**[04:47] ---**
Shokaku!
**[04:50] ---**
A very happy birthday, Lady Taki.
**[04:54] ---**
Thank you.
**[04:56] ---**
How daunting it must be,
**[04:58] ---**
having so many high-ranking officials
gathered here for your celebration.
**[05:04] ---**
Yet another accomplishment
of your father's personal charm.
**[05:08] ---**
Shokaku. We also have an important
announcement to make today.
**[05:12] ---**
What would that be?
**[05:14] ---**
Now is the time, Your Majesty.
**[05:16] ---**
Yes.
**[05:18] ---**
Everyone!
**[05:20] ---**
I realize we are in
the middle of a celebration,
**[05:22] ---**
but we have an announcement to make!
**[05:24] ---**
Taki.
**[05:28] ---**
*So he's going to move ahead
while the nuisances are out of the way...*
**[05:33] ---**
Grand General Tokaku! Terrible news!
**[05:37] ---**
Keep it down. I'm supposed
to be bedridden today.
**[05:42] ---**
This is no time for that!
It's His Majesty...!
**[05:47] ---**
Grand General Tokaku wishes to speak.
**[05:50] ---**
Grand General Tokaku? Let him in.
**[05:59] ---**
Tokaku. I heard you were ill today.
Are you feeling better?
**[06:05] ---**
I thank you for your concern.
**[06:08] ---**
But I cannot lie in bed while
the empire is in grave danger.
**[06:13] ---**
Grave danger?
**[06:15] ---**
Your Majesty.
**[06:16] ---**
Is it true that you have announced
your marriage to this girl?
**[06:21] ---**
Oh, is that it?
**[06:22] ---**
You must not do it, Your Majesty!
**[06:30] ---**
Even if you are the emperor...
**[06:32] ---**
No, *because* you are the emperor,
such selfishness cannot be allowed.
**[06:36] ---**
Especially not with Keiro's daughter!
**[06:39] ---**
It is not yet too late.
**[06:42] ---**
Why can I not marry Taki, Tokaku?!
**[06:47] ---**
Tokaku!
**[06:52] ---**
Grand General Tokaku
seems troubled by my presence.
**[06:56] ---**
I will take my leave.
**[06:59] ---**
I ask that everyone do the same.
**[07:06] ---**
Is this wise, sir?
**[07:08] ---**
He is no match for
Choka's way with words.
**[07:12] ---**
Indeed.
**[07:15] ---**
*Taki...*
**[07:16] ---**
Tokaku. Would you
care to explain yourself?
**[07:20] ---**
Marrying this girl will make Keiro
a member of the imperial family.
**[07:28] ---**
What is wrong with that?
**[07:29] ---**
Your Majesty! You must *not
*give that man any more power!
**[07:35] ---**
Grand General Tokaku is
attempting to save his own neck.
**[07:39] ---**
Choka?
**[07:41] ---**
Insolent woman!
**[07:42] ---**
You are a lowly attendant! Do not
come between His Majesty and me!
**[07:45] ---**
This announcement makes it likely
**[07:48] ---**
that General Keiro will take
his title of Grand General.
**[07:50] ---**
That must be difficult for him to stomach.
**[07:53] ---**
Your Majesty! You must not
be taken in by her words!
**[07:57] ---**
Cease these attempts to fool His Majesty!
**[08:01] ---**
How frightening!
**[08:03] ---**
You're almost like a woman
filled with jealous rage
**[08:05] ---**
after having her beloved stolen away!
**[08:09] ---**
You stand against his Majesty's wishes
**[08:11] ---**
and speak ill of General Keiro,
a wise vassal of the Xian Empire...
**[08:16] ---**
It is only natural to suspect you
of trying to save your own position.
**[08:21] ---**
Devious woman!
**[08:27] ---**
Tokaku.
**[08:28] ---**
Your Majesty?
**[08:30] ---**
Tokaku. Taki is not a political issue.
**[08:36] ---**
I love Taki.
**[08:40] ---**
Can you not offer your congratulations?
**[08:44] ---**
I love this empire just as much.
**[08:48] ---**
I will need everyone's help
to restore this land I love.
**[08:53] ---**
Including Taki, Keiro...
and you too, Tokaku.
**[08:57] ---**
Will you not help me?
**[09:02] ---**
Your Majesty is too kind to me.
**[09:05] ---**
Thank you.
**[09:06] ---**
Not at all. I am your subject.
**[09:11] ---**
Look at him starting to get serious!
**[09:13] ---**
But in the end he's just
an ordinary kid without...
**[09:18] ---**
...a star.
**[09:19] ---**
He can't do anything big like
the first Alkaid's bloody purge.
**[09:24] ---**
Plus...
**[09:27] ---**
...it won't be much of a party if the
Dubhe isn't pitted against the Alkaid!
**[09:32] ---**
*Yes. I will rebuild the Xian Empire.*
**[09:37] ---**
*For the happiness of the one I love...*
**[09:41] ---**
*And to fulfill my promise to Taito!*
**[09:47] ---**
Where are you, Alkaid? Hurry back.
**[09:54] ---**
You got a cold?
**[09:55] ---**
No...
**[09:57] ---**
Yeah! After all, they say
"those types" never catch colds!
**[10:00] ---**
Yeah.
**[10:02] ---**
Don't agree with her!
**[10:04] ---**
Hey. What does "those types" mean?
**[10:06] ---**
Don't ask me! Don't ask me!
**[10:10] ---**
Who's there?!
**[10:13] ---**
You're pretty good
to have dodged that attack.
**[10:17] ---**
But...!
**[10:29] ---**
...your luck ran out when
the Ba gang found you.
**[10:37] ---**
Are you the bastards
who did this to the village?!
**[10:40] ---**
They brought it on themselves.
**[10:43] ---**
They could've avoided this mess...
**[10:45] ---**
...if they had just done like we said!
**[10:47] ---**
The same face?!
**[10:50] ---**
Shocked?
**[10:51] ---**
T-twins?!
**[10:52] ---**
Not twins!
**[10:54] ---**
What?!
**[10:58] ---**
Five?!
**[11:00] ---**
Baei!
**[11:01] ---**
Babei!
**[11:01] ---**
Bashi!
**[11:02] ---**
Badei!
**[11:03] ---**
Bai!
**[11:04] ---**
We are the Ba Brothers!
We are quintuplets!
**[11:08] ---**
Way to go, Bosses!
**[11:10] ---**
Howdya like that?!
**[11:11] ---**
This is the true skill of the Ba Brothers,
the leaders of the Ba gang!
**[11:15] ---**
It's too late to beg for your lives now!
**[11:18] ---**
They look weird.
**[11:20] ---**
You can't appreciate the fine performance
of such fierce, elegant men?!
**[11:24] ---**
What a...
**[11:24] ---**
...foolish girl!
**[11:26] ---**
You're ridiculous!
**[11:30] ---**
Mock us, do you?!
**[11:32] ---**
What do we do?
**[11:33] ---**
I decided to do everything I can do.
**[11:35] ---**
I'll start by beating up these weirdos!
**[11:38] ---**
Don't use inner-channel energy.
**[11:40] ---**
You don't want to
turn them into mincemeat.
**[11:43] ---**
Using weapons isn't really my thing.
**[11:47] ---**
Okay! Come on!
**[11:49] ---**
Big Brother!
**[11:49] ---**
I know! Attack, men!
**[11:56] ---**
If saving this land is the Alkaid's
karma, then I'll do just that!
**[12:01] ---**
*Yes. I promised him I'd change
this empire from the outside.*
**[12:11] ---**
Taki.
**[12:12] ---**
Thank you, Your Majesty.
**[12:15] ---**
There's nothing to worry about.
We'll soon be husband and wife.
**[12:20] ---**
Yes.
**[12:26] ---**
Please use my daughter as you
see fit for your path to domination!
**[12:33] ---**
This is for the best.
**[12:36] ---**
I don't see Keiro anywhere...
**[12:39] ---**
General Keiro believes it would be
in bad taste for her father
**[12:43] ---**
to attend your announcement celebration,
**[12:45] ---**
so he has decided to remain at home.
**[12:48] ---**
I see. I guess we'll have to go without him.
**[12:52] ---**
Father...
**[12:53] ---**
I will protect both of you
in General Keiro's place.
**[12:58] ---**
Yes. As I recall, you're
in the Xuan Lang Platoon...
**[13:01] ---**
Yes. My name is Kocho.
**[13:04] ---**
Please keep us safe, Kocho!
**[13:06] ---**
Even if it costs me my life, Lady Taki!
**[13:14] ---**
His Majesty has grown stronger. But...
**[13:17] ---**
General Keiro joining
the imperial family
**[13:20] ---**
will mean he has finally cleared
every obstacle out of his way.
**[13:22] ---**
We *must* stop Keiro's ambitions,
**[13:25] ---**
even if it means calling "him"
back from Lian Tong Temple.
**[13:29] ---**
That would be rather selfish.
**[13:31] ---**
*We* were the ones who kicked him
out of the capital twelve years ago.
**[13:35] ---**
That was the only way
to save his life at the time!
**[13:38] ---**
I know that. But bringing him back
will divide the imperial court.
**[13:44] ---**
Even worse, it will cause a collision
between the Two Celestial Deities.
**[13:48] ---**
Absurd! The Celestial Deities
never appear at the same time!
**[13:52] ---**
General Keiro is the Dubhe.
**[13:55] ---**
You can't be serious! This can't be...
**[13:58] ---**
General Keiro's ambitions
are the karma of Dubhe.
**[14:12] ---**
Tokaku won't dare stand
against you now, Lord Keiro.
**[14:17] ---**
The empire is now officially yours.
**[14:20] ---**
You have succeeded
on your path to domination.
**[14:22] ---**
The Alkaid...
**[14:24] ---**
Sir?
**[14:25] ---**
Where is the Alkaid?
**[14:28] ---**
Men have been sent to locate him,
but he has yet to be found.
**[14:32] ---**
I'm sorry.
**[14:34] ---**
Seizing control of the empire
is but the beginning.
**[14:38] ---**
The true path of domination I seek is...
**[14:46] ---**
Lord Keiro?
**[15:01] ---**
What are you doing, Your Majesty?
**[15:03] ---**
Oh, nothing.
**[15:06] ---**
You're looking for Sir Taito, aren't you?
**[15:09] ---**
I can't hide anything from you, can I?
**[15:12] ---**
I feel like meeting him has changed me.
**[15:15] ---**
I'd like to see him again and thank him.
**[15:20] ---**
Is that strange of me?
**[15:21] ---**
Not at all. You're certainly
very fond of him.
**[15:34] ---**
Oh, here you are.
**[15:36] ---**
Sir Shokaku. You're back already?
**[15:40] ---**
Yes, the banquet is over.
**[15:42] ---**
I've no obligation to participate
in the parade as well.
**[15:45] ---**
Parade?
**[15:46] ---**
His Majesty announced his engagement
to General Keiro's daughter.
**[15:51] ---**
The parade is for that.
**[15:56] ---**
What do you say? Why don't
you get some fresh air?
**[16:08] ---**
Hey, look!
**[16:10] ---**
The sun is disappearing!
**[16:19] ---**
It's the end of the world!
**[16:24] ---**
Hey! Are you okay, Taki?!
**[16:27] ---**
Your Majesty...
**[16:29] ---**
Are you two all right?!
**[16:32] ---**
We're fine.
**[16:34] ---**
But what is this...?
**[16:45] ---**
The heavens have yielded to me!
**[16:47] ---**
Alkaid! You will bow before me, too!
**[16:54] ---**
What is this?!
**[16:55] ---**
Calm down! Calm down!
**[16:58] ---**
Pull yourselves together!
**[17:00] ---**
The citizens of the Xian Empire
can't lose confidence this easily!
**[17:04] ---**
Even if the heavens try to destroy
this land, I will protect you!
**[17:09] ---**
I won't let misfortune
befall even one person!
**[17:30] ---**
That's...
**[17:31] ---**
Look! The sun has appeared again!
**[17:34] ---**
This is a sign that the Xian
Empire will be reborn!
**[17:37] ---**
The Xian Empire shall shed
its foul ways and be born anew!
**[17:46] ---**
Emperor Taiga! Long live Emperor Taiga!
**[17:49] ---**
Long live the Xian Empire!
**[17:52] ---**
Is this the first time you've seen him?
**[17:54] ---**
That's Emperor Taiga,
ruler of the Xian Empire.
**[17:58] ---**
Emperor... Taiga...
**[18:05] ---**
*He looks like him...*
**[18:07] ---**
*Taito. Just who are you?*
**[18:11] ---**
That was scary! It suddenly got dark out!
**[18:15] ---**
I thought a natural disaster was starting!
**[18:18] ---**
They do say that big things happen
after the sun is blotted out.
**[18:24] ---**
Nothing's happened at all!
**[18:28] ---**
The 127 members of the Ba gang,
beaten by five kids...
**[18:32] ---**
Oops, there's still more.
**[18:35] ---**
Sorry! I completely forgot!
**[18:38] ---**
You f-f-forgot?!
**[18:40] ---**
Don't insult us, you brat!
**[18:48] ---**
Let me handle this.
**[18:58] ---**
Babei! Bashi! Badei! Bai!
**[19:01] ---**
It's just you now! I'm willing to
let you go if you change your ways!
**[19:07] ---**
I'm Baei, the oldest of the Ba Brothers!
**[19:10] ---**
I might look like the others,
but I'm a little different!
**[19:13] ---**
Take this!
**[19:21] ---**
You stopped my peerless
technique with just one sword?!
**[19:25] ---**
Now it's my turn!
**[19:39] ---**
You were careless!
**[19:43] ---**
Looks like I win!
**[19:46] ---**
How do you figure?
**[19:47] ---**
What do you mean? Your sword's gone!
**[19:49] ---**
I'm not allowed to use
inner-channel energy, that's all!
**[20:01] ---**
Yeah, this is more my style.
**[20:04] ---**
M-monster...
**[20:06] ---**
Oh, you still wanna fight?
**[20:08] ---**
You'll pay for this!
**[20:10] ---**
Good job, good job!
**[20:13] ---**
Here you go, Taito!
**[20:14] ---**
Oh, thanks.
**[20:17] ---**
Was that reinforcements?!
**[20:18] ---**
I'll check it out!
**[20:20] ---**
Wait, Taito!
**[20:23] ---**
We have company over here, too.
**[20:25] ---**
These guys are good.
**[20:27] ---**
Yeah. They're nothing
like those other guys.
**[20:39] ---**
That flag...
**[20:50] ---**
You're all right...!
**[20:53] ---**
Father!
**[20:56] ---**
I take it you're okay?
**[20:58] ---**
Yeah!
**[20:59] ---**
So that's you guys' dad?
**[21:02] ---**
The head of the Qing Long Platoon.
He's a man of great caliber.
**[21:05] ---**
Yes.
**[21:08] ---**
Everyone...
**[21:09] ---**
Young master!
**[21:09] ---**
Taito.
**[21:24] ---**
I'm back!
**[21:26] ---**
Yeah.
**[21:38] ---**
You've grown, Taito.
**[21:40] ---**
Have I?
**[22:07] ---**
*When the birds that forgot
their song even lost the ability to fly*
**[22:17] ---**
*the sun through the trees
shed its light and cried loudly*
**[22:27] ---**
*What will the morning sun
be telling us by shining again?*
**[22:33] ---**
*Now, then...*
**[22:38] ---**
*I'll clap my hands,
so that it will reach you*
**[22:44] ---**
*I'll clap my hands,
it's still not quite enough*
**[22:49] ---**
*I'll clap my hands,
with feelings of love welling up*
**[22:55] ---**
*I'll clap my hands,
even if time comes to an end*
**[23:00] ---**
*My feelings for you that I never
got to say I will now speak out!*
**[23:05] ---**
*Every go every where,
arrive aboard this song, feel now!*
**[23:13] ---**
*I'll clap my hands*
**[23:18] ---**
*Every go every where,
arrive aboard this song, feel now!*
**[23:33] ---**
*The warm wind of Tai Shan
relieves all of the sadness.*
**[23:37] ---**
*It almost doesn't seem
real, being here like this.*
**[23:40] ---**
*It's hard to believe
I was just in the capital.*
**[23:43] ---**
*As long as he's alive, you'll get
to meet him again someday!*
**[23:46] ---**
*It's been so long since we've
gone on patrol together.*
**[23:50] ---**
*It should be okay
to tell you now. You're...*
**[23:55] ---**
*Even the revealed truth is now...*
**[23:58] ---**
*On Hero Tales, "Chapter Seventeen:
The Father-Son Bond."*
**[24:12] ---**
*Why does he always have
to be such a dumb brother?*
**[24:12] ---**
"See you next time!"
# 17 - Chapter Seventeen: The Father-Son...
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**[00:20] ---**
You're all right...!
**[00:23] ---**
Father!
**[00:27] ---**
I take it you're okay?
**[00:28] ---**
Yeah!
**[00:30] ---**
So that's you guys' dad?
**[00:32] ---**
The head of the Qing Long Platoon.
He's a man of great caliber.
**[00:36] ---**
Yes.
**[00:39] ---**
Everyone...
**[00:39] ---**
Young master!
**[00:40] ---**
Taito.
**[00:55] ---**
I'm back!
**[00:57] ---**
Yeah.
**[01:12] ---**
*I'll never say good-bye
to our prime forever*
**[01:21] ---**
*And I feel like dumb,
I don't know why*
**[01:30] ---**
*I'll never say good-bye
'cos I can't forget her*
**[01:39] ---**
*But I feel like dumb,
I don't know why*
**[01:48] ---**
*Try to scream*
**[01:51] ---**
*Shattered dreams are
made of stone and desperation*
**[02:00] ---**
*Broken hearts blown in a
freezing wind during winterlong*
**[02:05] ---**
*Unspoken words floating on
freezing wind during winterlong*
**[02:15] ---**
*During winterlong*
**[02:35] ---**
It's good to have you back.
**[02:37] ---**
It seems you've been through a lot,
**[02:39] ---**
but it's very reassuring seeing
you with so many new friends, Taito.
**[02:43] ---**
Y-Yeah. But... we weren't
able to save Ryuko...
**[02:50] ---**
So I *must* avenge him!
**[02:52] ---**
Ryuko's doing just fine!
**[02:56] ---**
See for yourself!
**[02:57] ---**
Each of the stars is shining
brightly and vivaciously!
**[03:01] ---**
Including Mizar, Ryuko's star!
**[03:04] ---**
G-Grandpa Son! Does that mean he's--?!
**[03:07] ---**
Yes. He's alive.
**[03:09] ---**
It would take a lot to
extinguish his brightly shining star.
**[03:16] ---**
All right!
**[03:23] ---**
"Chapter Seventeen: The Father-Son Bond"
**[03:28] ---**
Yeah, I thought it was weird
that our straight-laced Ryuko
**[03:32] ---**
would kick the bucket without
even saying anything to me first!
**[03:37] ---**
Sounds like that dolt got lost
on his way to the next life too!
**[03:42] ---**
Isn't that great, Rinmei?!
**[03:45] ---**
Yes.
**[03:49] ---**
By the way, Taito. Won't you
introduce me to this nice girl?
**[03:54] ---**
Oh, right!
**[03:56] ---**
This is Rinmei. We met her with
Ryusho at the Tong You Temple.
**[04:01] ---**
She's the Merak, one of the Divine Warriors--
**[04:03] ---**
Actually, I don't need
to explain to you, do I?
**[04:07] ---**
My name is Rinmei.
Master Ryusho has told me much about you.
**[04:13] ---**
My, you're a pretty one!
**[04:16] ---**
What do you say? Won't you go out with me?
**[04:19] ---**
Huh?
**[04:19] ---**
N-No, Master Sonnei!
**[04:22] ---**
Rinmei is Ryuko's...
**[04:26] ---**
What?!
**[04:29] ---**
Maybe I should've said
Ryuko was dead after all...
**[04:33] ---**
Stop kidding around!
**[04:36] ---**
Okay! My turn!
I'm a Divine Warrior too! I'm Hos--
**[04:42] ---**
Hey, where did Koyo go?
**[04:46] ---**
I wanted to introduce him to you and Dad.
**[04:50] ---**
Did you say Koyo?
**[04:51] ---**
Yeah. He's one of our Divine Warrior friends.
**[04:54] ---**
He brought us here on his boat.
**[04:56] ---**
Maybe he had to take a leak or something?
**[04:59] ---**
Well, no matter. If he's come all this way,
I'll see him soon enough.
**[05:04] ---**
Okay! My turn! I wield the
Shuang Chan Bow! My name is Hos--
**[05:09] ---**
Say, Father. Did some kids named
Lien and Shulan ever come by here?
**[05:14] ---**
Oh, yeah!
**[05:15] ---**
We met 'em on our journey and I
told them to come to Lian Tong Temple.
**[05:19] ---**
Don't tell me they didn't come?!
**[05:21] ---**
Taito!
**[05:25] ---**
Lien! Everyone!
**[05:27] ---**
You were here the whole time?!
**[05:30] ---**
We wanted to surprise you!
**[05:32] ---**
It was a surprise when they suddenly
showed up and said you sent them.
**[05:38] ---**
Being growing children,
they do certainly eat a lot.
**[05:41] ---**
Though since you were gone,
the food bill stayed the same...
**[05:47] ---**
Lien has been doing
a lot of hard work for the temple.
**[05:51] ---**
I've gained even more sons
and daughters I'm proud of!
**[05:55] ---**
Oh! So Lien and the others are
brothers and sisters to me and Laila now?
**[06:02] ---**
Do you really think so?
**[06:06] ---**
Anyway, I'm Hos--
**[06:08] ---**
Well, you must be tired after your long trip.
**[06:11] ---**
You should get some rest first.
**[06:13] ---**
And, Taito. Use this time to think about
**[06:17] ---**
what you'll do next
and what it is you want to do.
**[06:20] ---**
Yeah.
**[06:21] ---**
Fine. I can take a hint.
No one cares who I am...
**[06:27] ---**
Hosei!
**[06:28] ---**
What are you doing? Let's go.
**[06:31] ---**
Okey-dokey! I'm coming!
**[06:36] ---**
I never thought I'd ever come back here.
**[06:41] ---**
So, how am I going to
lie my way through this...?
**[06:48] ---**
Sorry to impose like this, Laila.
**[06:50] ---**
Not at all! You did so much
for us at Tong You Temple!
**[06:54] ---**
Here at Lian Tong Temple you're *our* guest!
**[06:58] ---**
Say, what have you been sewing?
Did something come undone?
**[07:03] ---**
No. It's just this.
**[07:07] ---**
Ryuko's--!
**[07:08] ---**
I don't want to leave it bare
when I return it to him, so...
**[07:12] ---**
Men don't pay much attention
to this sort of thing.
**[07:15] ---**
They're really hopeless.
**[07:17] ---**
It's such great news, though!
**[07:21] ---**
Yes. As long as he's alive,
we'll get to meet him again someday.
**[07:27] ---**
You can have this back.
**[07:31] ---**
I was really happy that you let me take it.
**[07:35] ---**
But swinging a weapon around
in battle just isn't my style.
**[07:41] ---**
Fighting barehanded and relying
on your body alone, huh...
**[07:47] ---**
That's you, all right.
I knew it at the time, too.
**[07:50] ---**
Still, Taito. *You* should have it after all.
**[07:55] ---**
Don't make me spell it all out.
**[07:57] ---**
You don't have to use it. Just... let
it accompany you on your journey.
**[08:02] ---**
Dad...
**[08:23] ---**
Just as I'd expect of a user of
inner-channel Energy Manipulation.
**[08:27] ---**
As always, you control your energy very well.
**[08:31] ---**
What do you want?
**[08:32] ---**
The Alkaid and his rabble have
fled back to Lian Tong Temple.
**[08:36] ---**
Let's pay 'em a visit. This is a good
chance to dispose of them easily.
**[08:42] ---**
Are you sure about this?
**[08:44] ---**
You've always crushed every
obstacle in your path as soon as you could,
**[08:47] ---**
but whenever it comes to
the Alkaid you act really carefree.
**[08:51] ---**
Let's just hope it doesn't
come back to bite you later.
**[08:55] ---**
You know?
**[08:59] ---**
Shimei.
**[09:00] ---**
Yes?
**[09:02] ---**
Surely you understand why I
leave the Alkaid to do as he pleases.
**[09:08] ---**
Oh? I'm not sure I do...
**[09:10] ---**
For the karma of my star of Dubhe,
**[09:13] ---**
the Alkaid is more than just an obstacle.
**[09:16] ---**
His star is vital for my true
plan that will be set in motion
**[09:20] ---**
once I've gained control of
Luo Chang and the Xian Empire.
**[09:26] ---**
If you want tasty meat,
you gotta fatten up the animal first, huh?
**[09:38] ---**
Run!
**[09:40] ---**
Gwarr! Get back here! Get back here!
**[09:43] ---**
I'm gonna eatcha!
**[09:45] ---**
--You're too slow!
**[09:45] ---**
--Catch us if you can, Taito!
**[09:47] ---**
Get back here! Get back here!
**[09:49] ---**
He's as lively as always.
**[09:52] ---**
He's seriously just like a kid.
**[09:56] ---**
Why does he always have
to be such a dumb brother?
**[09:59] ---**
Don't say that, Laila. That also
happens to be one of his good qualities.
**[10:04] ---**
Maybe so, but...
**[10:05] ---**
Wow!
**[10:05] ---**
What Laila says is right, but what
you say is even more right, Father!
**[10:11] ---**
H-Hosei?
**[10:12] ---**
"Father"?
**[10:13] ---**
I brought you something to drink, Father!
**[10:17] ---**
Oh, that happened during your journey?
**[10:21] ---**
That's right, Father!
I was surprised beyond belief!
**[10:26] ---**
Hosei! Why are you acting so friendly-like?!
**[10:29] ---**
Don't be silly, Laila!
This is how I always am!
**[10:34] ---**
I'm Hosei, a man who does his
utmost for the world and for others!
**[10:39] ---**
Does that feel good, Father?
**[10:41] ---**
Yes, it's nice.
**[10:45] ---**
*My plan is flawless!
If I can just get Soei to like me...*
**[10:50] ---**
Hosei! You are a truly promising youngster!
**[10:55] ---**
I absolutely *must* let you marry Laila!
**[10:58] ---**
R-Really, Father?!
**[11:00] ---**
Oh, Father, I can't believe you said that!
**[11:03] ---**
But if it's with you, Hosei, I...
**[11:08] ---**
I will give you happiness!
**[11:14] ---**
Father...
**[11:17] ---**
Laila. Is this guy okay?
**[11:20] ---**
I don't think so.
**[11:25] ---**
I know you're there.
**[11:28] ---**
So, it *was* you.
**[11:31] ---**
It's been a long time.
**[11:33] ---**
It is good to see you again.
**[11:35] ---**
It's been a while since I left the
mountain without saying anything.
**[11:37] ---**
Out of all my pupils, you were the
first to run away after only one night.
**[11:41] ---**
That's some sort of record.
**[11:46] ---**
Not only that, the way you absorbed
all the key points of my knowledge
**[11:52] ---**
led me to believe you were
a very shrewd person.
**[11:56] ---**
Thank you.
**[11:57] ---**
I wasn't praising you!
**[12:00] ---**
You coming back with Taito now...
**[12:04] ---**
My, how riveting the karma
of the stars can be.
**[12:10] ---**
I never dreamt this would happen either.
**[12:14] ---**
Now, then. Perhaps it's time to return
**[12:19] ---**
the souvenir you so rudely
ran off with that night.
**[12:26] ---**
You have a commendable spirit.
You kept it instead of selling it.
**[12:30] ---**
There are plenty of people who'd
buy a gold cup from Lian Tong Temple.
**[12:35] ---**
I kept it as a last resort
for the Wo Jin Squad,
**[12:40] ---**
but given the circumstances,
I'd like to end this right.
**[12:43] ---**
Okay. No problem.
**[12:59] ---**
A bandit who steals a cat's food dish
**[13:01] ---**
and comes all the way back
to return it isn't so bad at all.
**[13:05] ---**
You mean it *wasn't* valuable?!
**[13:07] ---**
Not in the least.
**[13:10] ---**
I've been had... by this lousy old man...
**[13:15] ---**
Here I come, Lien!
**[13:17] ---**
You can do better than that!
**[13:20] ---**
Oww!
**[13:22] ---**
C'mon, Taito. Get serious.
**[13:25] ---**
D-Don't be stupid! I *am* being
serious! I *am* being serious!
**[13:29] ---**
Besides, it's because *you* guys
attacked all at once!
**[13:33] ---**
But...
**[13:34] ---**
You're the one who said
we could attack all at once.
**[13:38] ---**
Shut up! There's such a thing
as going too far!
**[13:41] ---**
Hey, Lien. Is Taito actually weak?
**[13:45] ---**
I-I am *not* weak!
**[13:48] ---**
You saw it yourself back then!
**[13:51] ---**
And this is for what you did to Lien!
**[13:55] ---**
I was plenty strong then, right?!
**[13:58] ---**
But you might've just been lucky that day.
**[14:02] ---**
That's not true!
**[14:03] ---**
I know! Let's have Taito and the
others do some more cool stuff for us!
**[14:15] ---**
A martial arts exhibition
was an interesting idea.
**[14:19] ---**
Let's watch Taito and the Divine
Warriors demonstrate their techniques.
**[14:24] ---**
Welcome, everyone!
**[14:26] ---**
Taito and his friends will now
show off their martial arts prowess!
**[14:30] ---**
First up is Rinmei!
**[14:46] ---**
Next is Hosei!
**[14:51] ---**
I can't goof around all the time!
**[14:53] ---**
Sometimes I need to show
my skills as an archer too!
**[14:59] ---**
Oh...!
**[15:06] ---**
Now that's the Shuang Chan Bow in full bloom!
**[15:09] ---**
Next is Koyo!
**[15:12] ---**
Pardon me, Miss.
I'll need your help for a bit.
**[15:15] ---**
M-Me?
**[15:25] ---**
I-I dunno about this.
He can't see anything...
**[15:30] ---**
If he messes up, Miss Laila will be...
**[15:33] ---**
Laila...
**[15:34] ---**
Listen up, Koyo!
**[15:36] ---**
One scratch on Laila's beautiful
face and I'll make you pay!
**[15:42] ---**
I'm fully aware of the risk!
**[15:44] ---**
But... don't blame me if I do hit you.
**[16:00] ---**
Tasty!
**[16:01] ---**
And lastly is Taito!
**[16:04] ---**
You can do it, Taito!
**[16:06] ---**
You can do it!
**[16:07] ---**
Young master! Show everyone
the spirit of the Qing Long Platoon!
**[16:11] ---**
I know, I know! You can count on me!
**[16:15] ---**
Okay!
**[16:22] ---**
He's...
**[16:23] ---**
...Going to use inner-channel energy.
**[16:30] ---**
Incredible...
**[16:32] ---**
Inner-channel Energy Manipulation...
**[16:34] ---**
Ol' Taito's already mastered it that well?
**[16:39] ---**
Whadya think?
**[16:42] ---**
Wh-What's with you guys?!
You can act a little more excited than that!
**[16:47] ---**
C'mon, Lien! Shulan!
**[16:49] ---**
That was really good, but...
**[16:51] ---**
Yeah. But...
**[16:53] ---**
But it was kind of bland, Taito...
**[16:56] ---**
B-Bland?!
**[16:58] ---**
To be honest, all you did
was make a pillar break.
**[17:03] ---**
Rinmei and the others really gave us a show,
**[17:05] ---**
but yours had no flair at all.
**[17:08] ---**
You always have been
kind of on the inept side...
**[17:11] ---**
What?! What are you guys talking about?!
**[17:15] ---**
That's a bunch of crap!
That's a bunch of crap!
**[17:19] ---**
Want flair, do you?! Want exciting, do you?!
**[17:21] ---**
In that case...!
**[17:25] ---**
In that case... In that case...!
**[17:28] ---**
My impression of a monkey!
**[17:34] ---**
Now *that's* good!
**[17:35] ---**
That's a good impression!
**[17:36] ---**
You're so funny, Taito!
**[17:39] ---**
Why is he so stupid?
**[17:41] ---**
I guess I didn't raise him right.
**[17:45] ---**
That's a good impression!
**[17:51] ---**
It's been so long since we've
gone on patrol together like this!
**[17:56] ---**
You could've stayed home, you know.
**[17:58] ---**
You must still be tired from your journey.
**[18:01] ---**
Are you kidding me? I'm a member
of the Qing Long Platoon too!
**[18:05] ---**
At least let me help with the patrolling!
**[18:07] ---**
Alright, then.
**[18:09] ---**
But it almost doesn't seem real,
being here like this.
**[18:13] ---**
It's hard to believe
I was just in the capital.
**[18:17] ---**
Oh, yeah! Don't be surprised
when you hear this, Dad!
**[18:20] ---**
I met the emperor of the Xian Empire!
**[18:23] ---**
Emperor Taiga?
**[18:24] ---**
Yeah.
**[18:26] ---**
I figured the head of this rotten
empire must be one rotten bastard,
**[18:31] ---**
but the emperor turned out
to be a pretty good guy!
**[18:34] ---**
It made me think, "Oh, he's trying
really hard in his own way too."
**[18:38] ---**
What's the matter, Dad?
**[18:41] ---**
So your blood brought you together...
**[18:44] ---**
Taito. It should be okay to tell you now.
**[18:48] ---**
You're the older twin brother of
Emperor Taiga, ruler of the Xian Empire.
**[18:59] ---**
Sixteen years ago, you and Taiga were born
**[19:01] ---**
as successors to the previous emperor.
**[19:05] ---**
However, having twins always leads
to succession conflicts down the line.
**[19:10] ---**
One needed to be swept under the rug.
**[19:14] ---**
The answer was simple,
because you bore the Alkaid pattern.
**[19:20] ---**
I was a guardsman at the capital at the time,
**[19:22] ---**
and the night before you two
turned four, I was summoned
**[19:26] ---**
to Tong You Temple by Sir Ryusho,
who was a senior pupil there
**[19:29] ---**
and like an older brother to me.
**[19:32] ---**
I left the capital and took you
into hiding at Lian Tong Temple.
**[19:37] ---**
We lied to the bigshots at the time
and said you had died of an illness.
**[19:43] ---**
Everything after that is as you remember it.
**[19:48] ---**
I'm sorry for not saying anything until now.
**[19:51] ---**
There's nothing to be sorry about.
**[19:54] ---**
So the emperor is my little brother...
**[19:57] ---**
That explains why we look
the same and get along so well.
**[20:01] ---**
And I was only able to find out for myself
**[20:03] ---**
because you, Ryusho, and all the
others risked your lives to save me.
**[20:10] ---**
I really appreciate it, Dad!
**[20:12] ---**
Taito...
**[20:19] ---**
What's the matter, Laila?
**[20:21] ---**
I-I don't know...
**[20:32] ---**
The Xuan Lang Platoon!
**[20:34] ---**
Actually, I had hoped
to keep it all a secret.
**[20:37] ---**
I wanted you to someday be the
leader of the Qing Long Platoon,
**[20:41] ---**
without ever knowing about any of this.
**[20:45] ---**
Come to think of it, you *were
*against me going to the capital...
**[20:49] ---**
Yes. I suppose I was afraid.
**[20:53] ---**
Afraid that you'd learn the truth
and never come back to see me again.
**[20:58] ---**
Dad...
**[21:00] ---**
Gimme a break! You know I'll
always be your kid, no matter what!
**[21:08] ---**
But it's ironic.
**[21:10] ---**
It turns out that out of you two,
the one who was taken out of the picture
**[21:13] ---**
is the one who can draw the Xian Jia Lan Wu,
the symbol of the emperor.
**[21:18] ---**
Emperor, huh...
**[21:23] ---**
That's hilarious!
**[21:24] ---**
I could've almost been emperor!
**[21:27] ---**
I gotta brag about this to
Laila and Hosei and the others!
**[21:30] ---**
I wouldn't if I were you.
You'll get treated like a fool again.
**[21:34] ---**
Father! Taito!
**[21:37] ---**
Lien?
**[21:38] ---**
What's wrong?!
**[21:43] ---**
What the hell are you guys doing here?!
**[21:46] ---**
*Why?! Why, you mustached bastard?!*
**[21:50] ---**
*Why do you have to set
Lian Tong Temple on fire now?!*
**[21:53] ---**
*You'll pay for this!*
**[22:07] ---**
*saezuri o wasureta toritachi ga
tobu koto sae nakushita toki*
**[22:17] ---**
*komorebi wa hikari o nugisutete
ookina koe de nakimashita*
**[22:27] ---**
*bokura ni nani o takushite
asahi wa mata terasun darou*
**[22:33] ---**
*saa*
**[22:38] ---**
*te o narashimashou
anata e todoku you ni*
**[22:44] ---**
*te o narashimashou
mada sukoshi tarinai*
**[22:49] ---**
*te o narashimashou
itoshisa komiagete*
**[22:55] ---**
*te o narashimashou
kono mama toki ga owatte mo*
**[23:00] ---**
*mada todokezu jimai ni shiteita
anata e no omoi o koko de speak out!*
**[23:05] ---**
*Every go every where
kono uta ni nosetodoke feel now!*
**[23:13] ---**
*te o narashimashou*
**[23:18] ---**
*Every go every where
kono uta ni nosetodoke feel now!*
**[23:33] ---**
*An ominous light dwells within
the evil eye of Wan Xiang Shi Ming.*
**[23:37] ---**
*What are the duties of the Qing Long Platoon?*
**[23:39] ---**
*To help, protect, and love others.*
**[23:42] ---**
*It's time to give you some
delightful, delightful entertainment!*
**[23:46] ---**
*There's a crack in Dad's sword!*
**[23:48] ---**
*That's it! Get angry!
You are the Alkaid, after all!*
**[23:54] ---**
*Will the Alkaid's anger mark
the beginning of a new era?*
**[23:58] ---**
*On Hero Tales, "Chapter Eighteen:
Lian Tong Temple Ablaze."*
**[24:12] ---**
*You were the closest one to him!
Why couldn't you save him?!*
**[24:12] ---**
"See you next time!"
# 18 - Chapter Eighteen: Lian Tong Temple...
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**[00:13] ---**
Father! Taito!
**[00:14] ---**
Lien?
**[00:15] ---**
What's wrong?!
**[00:20] ---**
What the hell are you guys doing here?!
**[00:24] ---**
*Why?! Why, you mustached bastard?!*
**[00:27] ---**
*Why do you have to set
Lian Tong Temple on fire now?!*
**[00:31] ---**
*You'll pay for this!*
**[00:45] ---**
*I'll never say good-bye
to our prime forever*
**[00:54] ---**
*And I feel like dumb,
I don't know why*
**[01:03] ---**
*I'll never say good-bye
'cos I can't forget her*
**[01:12] ---**
*But I feel like dumb,
I don't know why*
**[01:21] ---**
*Try to scream*
**[01:24] ---**
*Shattered dreams are
made of stone and desperation*
**[01:32] ---**
*Broken hearts blown in a
freezing wind during winterlong*
**[01:38] ---**
*Unspoken words floating on
freezing wind during winterlong*
**[01:48] ---**
*During winterlong*
**[02:21] ---**
Damn them...!
**[02:23] ---**
"Chapter Eighteen:
Lian Tong Temple Ablaze"
**[02:36] ---**
Are you all right?!
**[02:37] ---**
Hey! Hang in there!
**[02:39] ---**
Y-Young master... Boss...
**[02:42] ---**
S-Sorry... The Xuan Lang Platoon suddenly...
**[02:47] ---**
We know. Don't talk anymore.
**[02:49] ---**
Taito! Lien!
**[02:51] ---**
Laila!
**[02:52] ---**
Are you guys okay?!
**[02:53] ---**
We're all right.
**[02:55] ---**
The Qing Long members
risked their lives to hide us.
**[03:01] ---**
Damn you, mustached bastard!
**[03:03] ---**
Stop, Taito!
**[03:05] ---**
Some people here are still alive.
**[03:07] ---**
Let the others fight.
You can help treat the wounded.
**[03:11] ---**
But...!
**[03:12] ---**
What are the duties of the Qing Long Platoon?
**[03:16] ---**
Our duty is not to fight, but to
help, protect, and love others.
**[03:22] ---**
That's right.
**[03:23] ---**
The Divine Warriors can easily
fend off the Xuan Lang Platoon.
**[03:30] ---**
All right!
**[03:32] ---**
Let's help, too!
**[03:33] ---**
Yeah!
**[03:38] ---**
*Just you wait, Xuan Lang Platoon!
I'll kick the crap out of you later!*
**[03:50] ---**
Take this!
**[03:52] ---**
Wait, you!
**[03:53] ---**
Dammit! Quit scampering away!
**[03:56] ---**
Why the hell are you here, anyway?!
**[03:58] ---**
Somehow I doubt the great Xuan Lang
Platoon is here for monetary gain.
**[04:12] ---**
Which would mean...
**[04:21] ---**
...they're after Taito...
**[04:25] ---**
...the Alkaid.
**[04:28] ---**
But it's odd.
**[04:31] ---**
Surely they couldn't have
thought they could capture
**[04:34] ---**
the Alkaid and three of the Divine
Warriors with such a small force?
**[04:39] ---**
Well, whatever.
**[04:47] ---**
Hosei!
**[04:49] ---**
Rinmei!
**[04:50] ---**
Most of the Xuan Lang Platoon
back there has been taken care of.
**[04:54] ---**
Looks like things are okay here, too.
**[04:55] ---**
I wouldn't say that.
**[04:58] ---**
That squad of women was so quick to run away;
**[05:00] ---**
before I realized it they were all gone.
**[05:04] ---**
*Were they trying to throw us into confusion?
Or was their goal actually...*
**[05:11] ---**
Where's Koyo?
**[05:12] ---**
I dunno. I haven't seen him.
**[05:14] ---**
Sheesh! I told him he needs
to help put out the fires too!
**[05:19] ---**
Men are so hopeless!
**[05:32] ---**
O-Oh, my...
**[05:48] ---**
That's certainly a vicious way
to go about killing an old man.
**[05:53] ---**
It's our own way of showing proper respect.
**[05:57] ---**
After all, people once lauded you
**[06:00] ---**
as "the great Sonnei of Lian Tong Temple."
**[06:03] ---**
Hearing that makes me feel good.
**[06:05] ---**
But you've a lot more training
to do if you wish to capture me.
**[06:13] ---**
You're quite lively for your age.
**[06:16] ---**
Actually, it seems I've grown
much feebler than I had thought.
**[06:29] ---**
There you go!
**[06:31] ---**
Thanks, young master!
**[06:35] ---**
Are there any other injured people, Dad?
**[06:38] ---**
Most everyone is fine now.
**[06:40] ---**
You worked very hard, Taito.
**[06:43] ---**
S-Stop! I'm not that kind of person!
**[06:45] ---**
No, before, you would've run right
into battle without listening to me
**[06:48] ---**
after simply hearing someone
mention the Xuan Lang Platoon.
**[06:54] ---**
You've grown up.
**[06:56] ---**
Dad...
**[07:03] ---**
You're from the Xuan Lang Platoon!
**[07:17] ---**
M-Master Sonnei!
**[07:19] ---**
Grandpa Son?!
**[07:23] ---**
Alkaid!
**[07:25] ---**
If you wish to save Sonnei,
you will come here alone!
**[07:29] ---**
I can't believe this!
**[07:30] ---**
We've been had! They were
after Master Sonnei from the start!
**[07:34] ---**
This is insane! He's just an old man!
**[07:37] ---**
I can't let them get away with this!
**[07:40] ---**
You will stay out of this
too, Divine Warriors!
**[07:43] ---**
Try anything and we'll
kill the old man on the spot!
**[07:52] ---**
Damn them...!
**[07:57] ---**
You don't need to tell me to
go up there! I'd go anyway!
**[08:01] ---**
Dad!
**[08:03] ---**
Master Sonnei is in your hands.
**[08:05] ---**
Yeah!
**[08:07] ---**
Taito. Be careful.
**[08:09] ---**
Yeah! You can count on me!
**[08:11] ---**
Here I go!
**[08:19] ---**
Father...
**[08:20] ---**
Laila. Have faith in Taito.
**[08:24] ---**
Right!
**[08:26] ---**
What?!
**[08:29] ---**
Hiding was worth it! How nice
of the Alkaid to leave for us!
**[08:35] ---**
The Xuan Lang Platoon!
**[08:36] ---**
Killing Soei, the head
of the Qing Long Platoon,
**[08:40] ---**
will really give our careers a boost!
**[08:45] ---**
Oh, so you're going to kill me?
**[08:51] ---**
Unfortunately... I *am* a strong fighter.
**[08:55] ---**
Y-You can't mock us!
**[08:58] ---**
You girls certainly have it tough too.
**[09:02] ---**
Being forced to quietly stand up
here with your swords at the ready...
**[09:08] ---**
Be quiet! Know your place!
**[09:12] ---**
When you grow old it's harder to
recognize situations you're in...
**[09:16] ---**
So, tell me, do you two have
boyfriends back at the capital?
**[09:21] ---**
I said be quiet!
**[09:22] ---**
Do you *want* to be killed?!
**[09:25] ---**
You're cute even when you shout!
**[09:29] ---**
*Taito now has the strength
to handle situations himself,*
**[09:33] ---**
*including me being used as a hostage.*
**[09:36] ---**
*It looks like you
underestimated him a bit, Keiro.*
**[09:42] ---**
Oh, I'm so bored. Hurry up, Taito.
**[09:47] ---**
*Hang on, Grandpa Son! I'm coming!*
**[09:54] ---**
Oh, my. It looks like ol' Choka
put a lot into her little plan,
**[10:00] ---**
but she's underestimated
the Alkaid a bit too much.
**[10:04] ---**
Using Sonnei as a hostage
won't help her at all.
**[10:09] ---**
There's actually a much more
interesting pawn down there!
**[10:17] ---**
Well?! Who's next?!
**[10:20] ---**
D-Damn you...
**[10:22] ---**
H-He's too good! So this is the skill
of the Qing Long Platoon's leader!
**[10:37] ---**
Lien!
**[10:40] ---**
S-S-Soei! I'll kill him if I have to!
**[10:44] ---**
F-Father...
**[10:46] ---**
Apparently the Xuan Lang Platoon
has a penchant for taking hostages.
**[10:51] ---**
You're pathetic.
**[10:54] ---**
S-Stop! I'll do it! I'll kill
a kid if I have to! Stop!
**[11:04] ---**
I told you I was a strong fighter.
**[11:14] ---**
Why did Dad's sword crack that easily?
**[11:18] ---**
Good of you to come, Alkaid.
**[11:28] ---**
I came alone, like you said!
Now let Grandpa Son go!
**[11:33] ---**
I don't remember
making such an agreement.
**[11:36] ---**
We'll let the old man go
after we've defeated you.
**[11:41] ---**
*Do not be hasty, Taito.*
**[11:44] ---**
*If you remain calm, victory
will always be within sight.*
**[11:52] ---**
*Th-That energy!*
**[11:53] ---**
*Don't tell me the Wan Xiang Shi Ming
is involved in this too?!*
**[11:59] ---**
*If so... If so, then...!*
**[12:03] ---**
Taito!
**[12:04] ---**
Grandpa Son!
**[12:05] ---**
Forget about me! Go back at once!
**[12:08] ---**
I have a bad-- no, terrible-- feeling
that Soei and the others are in danger!
**[12:12] ---**
Hurry! Go back at once!
**[12:15] ---**
B-But what about you?!
**[12:17] ---**
It doesn't matter what happens
to me! Please, Taito! Go, quickly!
**[12:21] ---**
Grandpa Son!
**[12:34] ---**
What trick is this, old man?!
**[12:36] ---**
Choka! The situation is
now out of your control!
**[12:41] ---**
I would leave if I were you!
**[12:43] ---**
Nonsense! I'll at least
offer *your* life to Lord Keiro!
**[12:48] ---**
Kill him!
**[12:55] ---**
Even if he is an annoying geezer,
**[12:57] ---**
it's not nice to treat an old man this way!
**[13:04] ---**
So I *am* annoying?
**[13:06] ---**
Yes. Very.
**[13:07] ---**
D-Damn you!
**[13:09] ---**
Get angry too often and you'll get wrinkles.
**[13:12] ---**
Bye, now!
**[13:16] ---**
Shall we pursue them, Lady Choka?
**[13:18] ---**
We will leave for today.
**[13:20] ---**
But someday the Alkaid *will* be mine...!
**[13:25] ---**
I never imagined *you
*would come to my rescue.
**[13:28] ---**
I owed you for teaching me,
even if it was only for one night.
**[13:32] ---**
But why did you send
Taito to the temple gate?
**[13:34] ---**
I sensed it. The Wan Xiang Shi Ming.
**[13:38] ---**
Wan Xiang... Shi Ming?
**[13:40] ---**
I was careless. I hadn't anticipated
that he would be a part of this.
**[13:48] ---**
Dad! Laila!
**[13:50] ---**
Oh! Taito! That was fast!
**[13:52] ---**
Welcome back, Taito!
**[13:54] ---**
D-Dad, Laila... Is everything all right?
**[13:58] ---**
The Wan Xiang Shi Ming looks like
a person, but isn't a person at all.
**[14:03] ---**
It is an evil spirit.
**[14:05] ---**
One of the most dangerous and
disagreeable kind there is, too!
**[14:09] ---**
Shi Ming... Do you mean
Keiro's lackey, Shimei?
**[14:12] ---**
Yes.
**[14:14] ---**
For many generations he
has toyed with people's fates
**[14:18] ---**
and lived only for
his personal pleasure.
**[14:24] ---**
I naturally assume he isn't
serving Keiro out of loyalty.
**[14:28] ---**
He must've found a source of amusement.
**[14:32] ---**
An evil spirit that toys with fates...
**[14:37] ---**
Okay, Alkaid.
**[14:39] ---**
It's time to give you some
delightful, delightful entertainment!
**[14:46] ---**
I'm perfectly fine. But what
happened with Master Sonnei?
**[14:50] ---**
W-Well, uhh...
**[14:55] ---**
They're still alive?!
**[14:57] ---**
No, Dad! These guys...
**[15:00] ---**
...are undead!
**[15:01] ---**
Undead?!
**[15:04] ---**
This is the only way to kill the undead!
**[15:10] ---**
Got it!
**[16:08] ---**
D-Dad!
**[16:10] ---**
Dad! Dad! Stay with me!
**[16:13] ---**
Father!
**[16:14] ---**
T-Taito...
**[16:17] ---**
Dad!
**[16:19] ---**
Why do you cry?
**[16:22] ---**
This is the world we live in.
**[16:25] ---**
You know something like
this can happen at any time...
**[16:30] ---**
Still...! Even so...!
**[16:34] ---**
S-Soei!
**[16:35] ---**
Sir Soei!
**[16:36] ---**
Boss!
**[16:44] ---**
Taito... What happened to Master Sonnei...?
**[16:48] ---**
I rescued Master Sonnei.
**[16:51] ---**
Choka's forces appear
to have retreated as well.
**[16:54] ---**
I see... That's a relief...
**[16:59] ---**
I'm so proud.
**[17:02] ---**
Everyone is alive and unhurt...
**[17:06] ---**
That is the very essence of
"Help, protect, and love others..."
**[17:12] ---**
A member of the Qing Long Platoon
couldn't ask for anything more...
**[17:28] ---**
It was...
**[17:30] ---**
It was your fault, Taito!
You were right by his side!
**[17:33] ---**
You were the closest one to him!
Why couldn't you save him?!
**[17:38] ---**
You're so stupid, Taito! Stupid! Stupid!
**[17:55] ---**
You!
**[17:57] ---**
Shimei... Wan Xiang Shi Ming...!
**[18:06] ---**
Well, Alkaid? How does it feel
to have your beloved dad killed?
**[18:14] ---**
Oh, that's the look!
I've been waiting for that!
**[18:18] ---**
You haven't shown me
that vicious look in a while,
**[18:22] ---**
so I guess killing your
dad was the right choice!
**[18:28] ---**
I'll get you for this...
**[18:34] ---**
The Alkaid pattern!
**[18:36] ---**
That's it! Get angry! Lose control!
Destroy everything!
**[18:41] ---**
You *are* the Alkaid, after all!
**[19:12] ---**
Taito...
**[19:14] ---**
Even with all that anger,
he didn't lose control.
**[19:18] ---**
He wasn't swallowed up
by the Alkaid's power...
**[19:37] ---**
Damn it...
**[19:39] ---**
That brat's in full
control of the Alkaid now?!
**[19:45] ---**
This isn't fun... This isn't fun at all...
**[19:55] ---**
I-I-It's cracked! It's cracked!
**[20:04] ---**
Alkaid...!
**[20:20] ---**
So you're going to go?
**[20:22] ---**
Yeah.
**[20:23] ---**
The karma of the stars says so, too.
**[20:26] ---**
It says the seven stars will
again gather in the capital.
**[20:32] ---**
You needn't worry about Soei and the others.
**[20:35] ---**
I've shielded them from Shimei's control.
**[20:40] ---**
Thanks, Grandpa Son.
**[20:43] ---**
The reason Keiro issued an
attack on Lian Tong Temple,
**[20:46] ---**
Shimei, the Tale of the Big Dipper...
**[20:50] ---**
There's so much we need to figure out.
**[20:53] ---**
He'll need me to look after him,
so I'm going too.
**[20:57] ---**
I think that's what Father would want.
**[21:01] ---**
If Laila's going, so am I!
**[21:03] ---**
They owe me even more now.
So I think it's time to repay me in full.
**[21:09] ---**
We'll look for Ryuko and
the other Divine Warrior.
**[21:13] ---**
I'm sure we'll have good news to report.
**[21:23] ---**
Okay, let's go.
**[21:25] ---**
Take care, Grandpa Son.
**[21:27] ---**
Yes. Be careful.
**[21:39] ---**
*If this new journey of theirs is
because of the karma of the stars,*
**[21:44] ---**
*then Soei's passing was also due to karma.*
**[21:47] ---**
*As was the fact that this old man survived...*
**[21:53] ---**
*Just how much control do
the stars have over people?*
**[22:07] ---**
*When the birds that forgot
their song even lost the ability to fly*
**[22:17] ---**
*the sun through the trees
shed its light and cried loudly*
**[22:27] ---**
*What will the morning sun
be telling us by shining again?*
**[22:33] ---**
*Now, then...*
**[22:38] ---**
*I'll clap my hands,
so that it will reach you*
**[22:44] ---**
*I'll clap my hands,
it's still not quite enough*
**[22:49] ---**
*I'll clap my hands,
with feelings of love welling up*
**[22:55] ---**
*I'll clap my hands,
even if time comes to an end*
**[23:00] ---**
*My feelings for you that I never
got to say I will now speak out!*
**[23:05] ---**
*Every go every where,
arrive aboard this song, feel now!*
**[23:13] ---**
*I'll clap my hands*
**[23:18] ---**
*Every go every where,
arrive aboard this song, feel now!*
**[23:33] ---**
*The reunion they dreamed
of is colored with callousness.*
**[23:36] ---**
*What's going on, Ryuko?!
This doesn't make any sense!*
**[23:40] ---**
*Only a powerful leader
can bring about change!*
**[23:43] ---**
*So, you've decided to suck up to Keiro now?*
**[23:46] ---**
*Do you understand what you're saying?!*
**[23:48] ---**
*You won't come back to us?*
**[23:50] ---**
*I am now Ryuko of the Xuan Lang Platoon!*
**[23:54] ---**
*Their divergent feelings
lead the stars into confusion.*
**[23:58] ---**
*On Hero Tales, "Chapter
Nineteen: Stars Divided."*
**[24:12] ---**
*It is all for the just
cause of eternal peace!*
**[24:12] ---**
"See you next time!"
# 19 - Chapter Nineteen: Stars Divided
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**[00:20] ---**
Dad...
**[00:35] ---**
Ryuko?!
**[00:46] ---**
*Yes, unsure of ourselves,
we'll again set forth*
**[00:51] ---**
*on our paths, even though they never cross*
**[00:56] ---**
*It wouldn't matter if we
ran into each other anyway*
**[01:01] ---**
*in order to obtain it*
**[01:08] ---**
*I was lost in the void*
**[01:12] ---**
*between truth and lies*
**[01:18] ---**
*I was betrayed by a kind smile*
**[01:23] ---**
*that never doubted our pictured future*
**[01:31] ---**
*Yes, unsure of ourselves,
we'll again race along*
**[01:36] ---**
*our paths, even though they never cross*
**[01:41] ---**
*It wouldn't matter if we
ran into each other anyway*
**[01:46] ---**
*in order to get it back*
**[01:48] ---**
*The reason I always chased
after you without forgetting*
**[01:53] ---**
*can't be expressed with words,*
**[01:56] ---**
*because it's invisible to the eye*
**[01:58] ---**
*feel my soul believe my heart*
**[02:01] ---**
*Even now, the future from back then*
**[02:03] ---**
*is shining inside our hearts*
**[02:16] ---**
Huh? You saw Ryuko?
**[02:18] ---**
Yeah.
**[02:19] ---**
You sure you weren't half-dreaming again?
**[02:22] ---**
I'm sure of it! That was definitely Ryuko!
**[02:25] ---**
How would Ryuko know where we are?!
**[02:29] ---**
It's not possible!
**[02:31] ---**
I know you can't wait to see him,
**[02:33] ---**
but there's no way we'd run
into him by coincidence out here.
**[02:37] ---**
Sheesh! You're such a dumb brother!
**[02:40] ---**
I'm sure Ryuko is waiting
for us at Tong You Temple.
**[02:45] ---**
Rinmei...
**[02:47] ---**
Three of the five Divine
Warriors are already here.
**[02:50] ---**
I'm sure we'll meet Ryuko
and the other one soon enough.
**[02:54] ---**
Yeah! That's the karma of the stars!
**[02:57] ---**
It's decided then! He dreamt
up the Ryuko he saw!
**[03:02] ---**
I dreamt him up?
**[03:05] ---**
"Chapter Nineteen: Stars Divided"
**[03:17] ---**
Boss! There's smoke over there!
**[03:20] ---**
Smoke?
**[03:26] ---**
Don't tell me a village is being attacked?!
**[03:28] ---**
No, there aren't any villages there.
**[03:31] ---**
Then what *is* that smoke?
**[03:34] ---**
Taito. What would you do?
**[03:37] ---**
I promised Emperor Taiga I would
fix this empire from the outside,
**[03:42] ---**
so I can't ignore people who might need help!
**[03:44] ---**
Good choice!
**[03:46] ---**
Land on the shore!
**[03:56] ---**
I guess it wasn't an attack.
**[03:59] ---**
Man! All this for nothing!
**[04:01] ---**
What's wrong with nothing being wrong?
**[04:04] ---**
Exactly.
**[04:05] ---**
Still, what are they doing?
**[04:08] ---**
No, what are *you* doing?!
**[04:17] ---**
W-We're not up to anything!
**[04:19] ---**
That's what especially
suspicious people tend to say.
**[04:23] ---**
I fully agree!
**[04:29] ---**
Sorry 'bout that!
Especially after you were worried about us!
**[04:34] ---**
It's no problem! At least
everything was straightened out!
**[04:36] ---**
If you say so.
**[04:37] ---**
I had no idea there was a mine out here.
**[04:42] ---**
Yeah, we discovered the
vein of ore only recently.
**[04:45] ---**
Say, what kind of ore is it?
**[04:49] ---**
Oh. That.
**[04:56] ---**
G-Gold?!
**[04:59] ---**
Incredible, isn't it?
**[05:01] ---**
Yes! Yes!
**[05:04] ---**
Koyo. Don't get any funny ideas.
**[05:07] ---**
Don't worry! You know I
only steal from bad people!
**[05:12] ---**
But isn't the empire in direct charge
of all gold mining operations?
**[05:16] ---**
Come to think of it, I don't
see any imperial officials here...
**[05:20] ---**
Yeah. We submitted a report,
but officials are so slow to act.
**[05:24] ---**
We're forced to protect this place
ourselves until a security force arrives.
**[05:29] ---**
I see. So that's why you're so
hyper-responsive to outsiders.
**[05:33] ---**
Exactly!
**[05:37] ---**
There's so much activity here!
**[05:40] ---**
Yeah. After all, it's to be an
urgent tribute to His Majesty.
**[05:44] ---**
The emperor?
**[05:45] ---**
Why is it urgent?
**[05:47] ---**
Oh, you haven't heard?
His Majesty is marrying Lady Taki.
**[05:53] ---**
He's...
**[05:54] ---**
...getting married?!
**[06:11] ---**
Your Majesty.
**[06:39] ---**
You can unsheathe it as pompously
as you want-- it's still a fake.
**[06:44] ---**
The real one is right here!
**[06:49] ---**
Isn't that just hilarious, Emperor Taiga?
**[06:51] ---**
The Xian Jia Lan Wu is the symbol
of the ruler of the Xian Empire;
**[06:55] ---**
its scabbard is the symbol
of his wife, the empress.
**[06:58] ---**
Taki.
**[06:59] ---**
I give myself to Your Majesty for life.
**[07:07] ---**
Him, married?! I-I can't believe it!
**[07:12] ---**
Marriage, huh?! I wish I could get married!
**[07:16] ---**
You can marry me right now, if you want!
**[07:18] ---**
I hope I can find someone nice someday!
**[07:21] ---**
The rule in life is that even if
there is someone out there for you,
**[07:23] ---**
there are many obstacles
on the path to marriage.
**[07:26] ---**
Oh, really?!
**[07:27] ---**
Laila...
**[07:29] ---**
So that's why Koyo still isn't married.
**[07:32] ---**
Married to who?
**[07:36] ---**
This is what we're always talking about.
**[07:38] ---**
This is why men...
**[07:40] ---**
...are so hopeless!
**[07:42] ---**
Taito. What've you been mumbling about?
**[07:46] ---**
If he has a kid, then
I'll already be uncle...
**[07:50] ---**
Me, an uncle... That's insane...!
**[07:54] ---**
If they have a child, the future
of the Xian Empire will be ensured.
**[07:59] ---**
Shokaku. As their personal physician,
you bear much responsibility.
**[08:05] ---**
I understand that.
**[08:07] ---**
However, I would say the same is true
for you, the head of the guardsmen.
**[08:11] ---**
Word gets to you fast.
**[08:13] ---**
Congratulations on your promotion.
**[08:16] ---**
Having the protection of a great hero
such as yourself is very reassuring.
**[08:21] ---**
It was a nice arrangement Lord Keiro made,
**[08:26] ---**
placing you by Lady Taki's side.
**[08:28] ---**
You knew about that?!
**[08:31] ---**
I'll have to be careful around you.
**[08:42] ---**
Congratulations, Your Majesties.
**[08:48] ---**
But it means nothing if we
are the only ones happy.
**[08:52] ---**
I would like your assistance in
helping the entire empire prosper.
**[08:59] ---**
Of course.
**[09:02] ---**
I wondered what kind of security
they'd have all the way out here...
**[09:06] ---**
This is one hell of a treasure pile!
**[09:10] ---**
Looks like this is our lucky day!
**[09:15] ---**
Listen up!
**[09:18] ---**
As of now, all of the gold here
belongs to the Xuan Lang Platoon!
**[09:24] ---**
Those gold nuggets were so pretty!
It was like looking at the night sky!
**[09:29] ---**
Isn't that--?
**[09:30] ---**
Please, wait! This gold is important!
It's for His Majesty!
**[09:35] ---**
Even if you are the Xuan Lang Platoon,
you can't just barge in and--
**[09:39] ---**
You fool! The empire belongs
to General Keiro now!
**[09:45] ---**
Who did that?!
**[09:46] ---**
The empire belongs to Keiro?!
That's a load of crap!
**[09:51] ---**
Who the hell are you?!
**[09:52] ---**
Are you defying the Xuan Lang Platoon?!
**[09:54] ---**
So what if we are?!
**[09:56] ---**
Don't act tough! You're
just a bunch of small fries
**[09:58] ---**
who have to misuse power
to get anything done!
**[10:00] ---**
Don't talk to 'em! Just cut 'em down!
**[10:17] ---**
Taito! Get 'em!
**[10:19] ---**
Yeah!
**[10:24] ---**
Get the hell outta here!
**[10:36] ---**
Oh no!
**[10:55] ---**
That's the Luo Chuan Staff...
**[10:58] ---**
Which means...!
**[11:02] ---**
Ryuko!
**[11:03] ---**
Ryuko!
**[11:05] ---**
It's been a while, Taito.
**[11:08] ---**
Ryuko! So it is you!
**[11:18] ---**
There are still more Xuan Lang bastards?!
**[11:21] ---**
Ryuko! We can talk later!
Let's take care of them first!
**[11:30] ---**
Ryuko?!
**[11:32] ---**
That symbol...!
**[11:37] ---**
Take those men away!
**[11:38] ---**
Yes, sir!
**[11:39] ---**
Any imprudent action on our part
only harms General Keiro's cause!
**[11:44] ---**
Always keep that in mind!
**[11:46] ---**
Yes, sir!
**[11:48] ---**
The sudden increase of soldiers has
lowered the unit's level of discipline.
**[11:53] ---**
My apologies.
**[11:54] ---**
Ryuko... Don't tell me you're...!
**[11:59] ---**
I am now Ryuko, of the Xuan Lang Platoon.
**[12:12] ---**
Ryuko...
**[12:15] ---**
Why?
**[12:17] ---**
What's going on, Ryuko?!
This doesn't make any sense!
**[12:20] ---**
General Keiro is fighting to bring new order
**[12:23] ---**
and eternal peace to the Xian Empire.
**[12:27] ---**
It only makes sense that I
have sided with General Keiro.
**[12:35] ---**
You say he, *Keiro*, is going to
bring order and peace to the empire?!
**[12:40] ---**
Yes. General Keiro told me himself.
**[12:45] ---**
You seriously believe what he says?!
**[12:47] ---**
Yes.
**[12:48] ---**
What's happened to you, Ryuko?
**[12:50] ---**
All of General Keiro's actions
are founded on that just cause!
**[12:55] ---**
He has crisscrossed the empire
**[12:57] ---**
to personally crush rebellions
and bring peace to the land!
**[13:01] ---**
As you know, I have made Taki my empress.
**[13:06] ---**
Taki is now my wife; Keiro my father.
**[13:10] ---**
I ask that you give them
your faithfulness as well.
**[13:14] ---**
Yes, Your Majesty!
**[13:15] ---**
Keiro.
**[13:17] ---**
Your Majesty.
**[13:17] ---**
You have done so much for me.
**[13:20] ---**
From now on, things shall be easier for you.
**[13:23] ---**
Are you saying you no
longer need my services?
**[13:26] ---**
That isn't what I mean.
**[13:28] ---**
You are our father. Taki and I would be
delighted to have you stay by our side.
**[13:34] ---**
I am grateful for your
thoughtfulness, Your Majesty.
**[13:49] ---**
Lady Choka.
**[13:52] ---**
I take it this means you
still don't trust me?
**[13:58] ---**
Of course I don't.
**[14:00] ---**
Even if you people are Divine Warriors
who bear the karma of the stars...
**[14:04] ---**
No, it's precisely *because* of
that that you cannot be trusted!
**[14:07] ---**
That is true.
**[14:08] ---**
But do you honestly think I, of all people,
can do harm to Lord Keiro?
**[14:12] ---**
Couldn't it be that Lord
Keiro placed me by his side
**[14:15] ---**
because he understood that as well?
**[14:19] ---**
You love Lord Keiro, don't you?
**[14:23] ---**
The karma of the stars
makes us Divine Warriors
**[14:27] ---**
playing pieces of the Dubhe and nothing more.
**[14:30] ---**
You are the only one Lord Keiro
considers a true friend, Lady Choka.
**[14:36] ---**
What?
**[14:41] ---**
Please forgive my unsightliness.
**[14:44] ---**
You're ill?
**[14:45] ---**
I haven't very much time left.
**[14:50] ---**
I intend to devote the short
remainder of this life to my karma.
**[14:55] ---**
Very well. We can't afford to lose
someone as skilled as you anyway.
**[15:00] ---**
Then...?
**[15:01] ---**
But if you show even the slightest
sign of betraying what you have said...
**[15:07] ---**
My loyalty to the empire is entirely genuine.
**[15:11] ---**
The same should be true of Ryuko as well.
**[15:16] ---**
Never did I think the Mizar
would leave us for Keiro...
**[15:21] ---**
It was simply the karma
of the Divine Warriors
**[15:24] ---**
that Ryuko joined the Xuan Lang Platoon.
**[15:27] ---**
He was fully prepared to turn friend into foe
**[15:29] ---**
to prevent the Two Celestial
Deities from clashing.
**[15:34] ---**
Keiro is the emperor's father-in-law now?!
**[15:37] ---**
And that's why you want us to stop fighting?!
**[15:39] ---**
Yes!
**[15:40] ---**
To oppose General Keiro,
His Majesty's new father,
**[15:44] ---**
is to make an enemy of
the entire Xian Empire!
**[15:47] ---**
Just give it up, Taito.
**[15:50] ---**
So, you've decided to suck up to Keiro now?
**[15:55] ---**
That sounds like something a
lowly water bandit would say.
**[15:57] ---**
Oh? I'm wrong?
**[15:59] ---**
You are.
**[16:04] ---**
General Keiro is absolutely vital to
bringing new life to the Xian Empire!
**[16:09] ---**
A clash with the Alkaid will
place the empire's salvation at risk!
**[16:14] ---**
Is that all you have to say?
**[16:17] ---**
It's true that the empire needs a rebirth.
**[16:21] ---**
But...!
**[16:23] ---**
The one to bring it about is *not*
**[16:25] ---**
someone like Keiro who
approves of mass-murder!
**[16:31] ---**
Then who else *will* save the empire?!
**[16:34] ---**
Emperor Taiga, obviously!
**[16:36] ---**
He swore to me he would
change the land we live in!
**[16:41] ---**
Unfortunately, His Majesty
isn't capable of that!
**[16:43] ---**
He said he would, even
if it cost him his life!
**[16:47] ---**
Don't just assume he can't commit to that!
**[16:49] ---**
It's easy to say things!
**[16:52] ---**
But the fact remains that the
empire hasn't improved one bit
**[16:55] ---**
under His Majesty's rule!
**[16:57] ---**
Things will change!
**[17:00] ---**
Both the emperor *and* the empire!
**[17:01] ---**
I decided to help him to make that happen!
**[17:04] ---**
People and countries are
not that easily changed!
**[17:09] ---**
Only a powerful leader
can bring about change!
**[17:13] ---**
And you're saying that's Keiro?!
**[17:15] ---**
That's right! At the very
least, it isn't His Majesty!
**[17:18] ---**
Ryuko!
**[17:21] ---**
Taito!
**[17:25] ---**
Why do you not understand
**[17:27] ---**
that the great power of
General Keiro, the Dubhe,
**[17:30] ---**
is what's needed bring peace to the empire?!
**[17:34] ---**
What point is there to a peace
obtained by filthy power?!
**[17:37] ---**
A peace without power is
like a house of cards!
**[17:40] ---**
It is all for the just
cause of eternal peace!
**[17:43] ---**
"Just cause" this, "just cause" that!
**[17:46] ---**
Is that why you set Lian Tong Temple on fire
**[17:48] ---**
and killed innocent people, Ryuko?!
**[17:54] ---**
I would argue that *your* power
is pure violence without cause!
**[17:58] ---**
You're wrong! I use my
power to protect everyone!
**[18:01] ---**
That's the just cause that my dad
gave his life for and entrusted to us...
**[18:06] ---**
What?! Senior Soei is...?!
**[18:09] ---**
...when you guys killed him!
**[18:22] ---**
It's true! Father is...
**[18:25] ---**
I see.
**[18:26] ---**
So Senior Soei has become a cornerstone
of General Keiro's new empire...
**[18:32] ---**
Cornerstone?!
**[18:34] ---**
The cornerstone of a nation
is the people who live in it!
**[18:41] ---**
And in the center, working hard
for everyone, is Emperor Taiga...
**[18:47] ---**
...my twin brother!
**[18:49] ---**
Huh?!
**[18:50] ---**
L-Laila! What does he mean,
Emperor Taiga his brother?!
**[18:56] ---**
I-I'm not really sure, either...
**[19:00] ---**
His Majesty... is your...?
**[19:03] ---**
Even if the heavens try to
destroy this land, I will protect you!
**[19:07] ---**
I won't let misfortune
befall even one person!
**[19:11] ---**
It's really true?
**[19:16] ---**
Are you sure about this?
**[19:17] ---**
The Mizar will surely try to prevent
the Celestial Deities from clashing.
**[19:22] ---**
If that is the karma of the
Divine Warriors, so be it.
**[19:26] ---**
You're pretty sure of yourself.
**[19:28] ---**
Don't blame me if you
come to regret it later.
**[19:32] ---**
There will be nothing *to* regret.
**[19:35] ---**
Taito. Join with General Keiro.
**[19:38] ---**
What?!
**[19:39] ---**
You've drawn the Xian Jia Lan Wu.
The heavens have recognized you.
**[19:44] ---**
If you take Emperor Taiga's place as ruler
**[19:47] ---**
and work together with General Keiro,
you *can* bring change!
**[19:50] ---**
Ryuko...
**[19:51] ---**
Yes! After all, we seek the same thing!
Peace in the Xian Empire!
**[19:57] ---**
If you'll agree not to fight General Keiro,
I'll serve as your go-between!
**[20:04] ---**
General Keiro's first care
is for peace in the empire!
**[20:08] ---**
I'm sure he'll agree to it!
**[20:10] ---**
So...
**[20:11] ---**
Don't patronize me!
**[20:13] ---**
What we seek is different
from what Keiro does!
**[20:17] ---**
I see.
**[20:18] ---**
Then, as per the karma
of the Divine Warriors,
**[20:22] ---**
I must prevent the Alkaid
and Dubhe from clashing.
**[20:26] ---**
Even if it means slaying a friend
with my own two hands!
**[20:34] ---**
You stay out of this!
**[20:35] ---**
Ryuko! Do you understand what you're saying?!
**[20:40] ---**
It is our karma as Divine Warriors
**[20:42] ---**
to prevent the Celestial
Deities from clashing!
**[20:44] ---**
First it was a just cause, and now karma?!
**[20:46] ---**
What?!
**[20:48] ---**
It appears you can't stand on your
own without something to cling to.
**[20:54] ---**
Ryuko. Why do you push yourself
so hard into a corner?
**[20:59] ---**
Into a corner? I haven't
pushed myself into a corner at all!
**[21:03] ---**
Then why do you look so heartbroken?
**[21:09] ---**
It's of no concern to you.
**[21:13] ---**
Taito. Think it over.
**[21:19] ---**
I'll be waiting for your favorable reply.
**[21:25] ---**
Why...? After we finally
managed to see him again...
**[21:31] ---**
Rinmei...
**[21:34] ---**
No matter how much one extols
a cause or the karma of the stars,
**[21:39] ---**
a lost soul is still all alone.
**[21:42] ---**
Just as he is now.
**[21:44] ---**
He's an idiot!
**[21:46] ---**
It's way too soon for that kid
to be breaking girl's hearts.
**[21:51] ---**
Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!
**[21:56] ---**
Damn it!
**[22:07] ---**
*When the birds that forgot
their song even lost the ability to fly*
**[22:17] ---**
*the sun through the trees
shed its light and cried loudly*
**[22:27] ---**
*What will the morning sun
be telling us by shining again?*
**[22:33] ---**
*Now, then...*
**[22:38] ---**
*I'll clap my hands,
so that it will reach you*
**[22:44] ---**
*I'll clap my hands,
it's still not quite enough*
**[22:49] ---**
*I'll clap my hands,
with feelings of love welling up*
**[22:55] ---**
*I'll clap my hands,
even if time comes to an end*
**[23:00] ---**
*My feelings for you that I never
got to say I will now speak out!*
**[23:05] ---**
*Every go every where,
arrive aboard this song, feel now!*
**[23:13] ---**
*I'll clap my hands*
**[23:33] ---**
*The Dubhe's machinations
eat away at the Xian Empire.*
**[23:37] ---**
*The empire's gonna belong to
Keiro if we don't do something!*
**[23:40] ---**
*Damn! We're already one step behind!*
**[23:42] ---**
*The heavens have knelt before my supremacy!*
**[23:47] ---**
*Take the Xian Jia Lan Wu and rule the world!*
**[23:51] ---**
*Now listen to me! I...!*
**[23:54] ---**
*Lightning tears through the
dark clouds, signaling...*
**[23:58] ---**
*On Hero Tales,
"Chapter Twenty: The Turmoil Begins."*
**[24:12] ---**
*If you want one that badly,
I'll give you one!*
**[24:12] ---**
"See you next time!"
# 20 - Chapter Twenty: The Turmoil Begins
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**[00:33] ---**
Ryuko...
**[00:36] ---**
Watch out!
**[00:39] ---**
I told you, you can't eat
that plant... Dumb brother...
**[00:48] ---**
"Keiro"
**[00:54] ---**
What is this?
**[00:57] ---**
*tomadoi nagara sou kyou mo bokura*
**[01:02] ---**
*majiwaranu michi dakedo aruki dashite*
**[01:07] ---**
*butsukariau toshitemo kamawanai*
**[01:12] ---**
*te ni ireru tame ni*
**[01:19] ---**
*shinjitsu to itsuwari no sono*
**[01:23] ---**
*hazama de samayotteita kedo*
**[01:29] ---**
*egaita mirai o utagawazu ni ita*
**[01:34] ---**
*yasashii egao de uragirareteita*
**[01:42] ---**
*tomadoi nagara sou kyou mo bokura*
**[01:47] ---**
*majiwaranu michi dakedo hashiri dashite*
**[01:52] ---**
*butsukariau toshitemo kamawanai*
**[01:57] ---**
*tori modosu tame*
**[01:59] ---**
*wasurenaide zutto oikaketeiru no wa*
**[02:04] ---**
*hitomi ni wa utsuranai*
**[02:07] ---**
*kotoba ja arawasenai*
**[02:09] ---**
*feel my soul believe my heart*
**[02:12] ---**
*ano koro no mirai ga*
**[02:14] ---**
*ima mo mune ni kagayaiteiru*
**[02:37] ---**
What is the meaning of this?!
**[02:43] ---**
Grand General Tokaku.
You are under suspicion of treason.
**[02:47] ---**
Treason? That's absurd!
**[02:49] ---**
We can discuss it later.
Please come with us, if you would.
**[02:55] ---**
So, the imperial court is
under Keiro's control already...
**[03:01] ---**
"Chapter Twenty: The Turmoil Begins"
**[03:10] ---**
Tokaku?!
**[03:11] ---**
Yes.
**[03:12] ---**
It seems he was secretly masterminding
the rebellions throughout the land.
**[03:16] ---**
He was plotting to take your life as well.
**[03:18] ---**
That can't be... I can't believe it...
**[03:20] ---**
You have my deepest sympathies, Your Majesty.
**[03:23] ---**
Grand General Tokaku was
your closest advisor.
**[03:28] ---**
However, it is an undeniable fact.
**[03:40] ---**
I will pass sentence upon him later,
**[03:42] ---**
once I've had a chance
to speak with him myself.
**[03:45] ---**
Until then, keep him
under protective custody.
**[03:47] ---**
But, Your Majesty! Traitors are
always given immediate executions!
**[03:51] ---**
You mustn't use such weak-hearted measures...
**[03:53] ---**
Did you not hear me, Choka?
**[03:56] ---**
Absolutely no one is to harm
Tokaku! That is an order!
**[04:02] ---**
Yes, as you wish.
**[04:17] ---**
Shimei.
**[04:20] ---**
I was certain I had fully
concealed my presence.
**[04:23] ---**
You stink of death.
**[04:25] ---**
The stench of death follows
you wherever you go.
**[04:29] ---**
It's almost as if a corpse
is in here with me.
**[04:32] ---**
Oh, I didn't realize it.
**[04:38] ---**
What do you want?
**[04:39] ---**
Oh, nothing much.
**[04:44] ---**
The Xian Jia Lan Wu.
**[04:46] ---**
The symbol of the emperor and
the sword of the imperial throne.
**[04:50] ---**
Whoever can draw this from its scabbard
**[04:53] ---**
is the true ruler recognized by the heavens.
**[04:56] ---**
At present, it's a useless
piece of junk, though.
**[05:00] ---**
After all, the current emperor can't draw it,
**[05:04] ---**
and neither can you, of course.
**[05:06] ---**
What is your point?
**[05:08] ---**
Don't give me such a stern look.
**[05:10] ---**
I'm simply tired of doing
things the slow, sluggish way.
**[05:15] ---**
So I thought I'd go have some fun now...
**[05:19] ---**
Do as you please.
**[05:20] ---**
I thought you would say that.
**[05:23] ---**
You know, there's always a chance
**[05:27] ---**
that could end up being more
than a useless piece of junk...
**[05:35] ---**
So this is it?
**[05:38] ---**
Perfect place for a secret
base, wouldn't you say?
**[05:40] ---**
Yeah. It's nice to be able
to see over the entire capital.
**[05:43] ---**
Of course it is.
**[05:45] ---**
We prepared this special
location for when the time came.
**[05:50] ---**
"When the time came"?
**[05:52] ---**
For when it's time to kill Keiro, of course.
**[05:57] ---**
Sheesh! How long are you going to look?!
**[06:00] ---**
What's wrong with you? We
were having a good time...
**[06:02] ---**
Just help carry the stuff!
**[06:05] ---**
Ouch! Okay, okay!
**[06:08] ---**
What's that, Laila?
**[06:11] ---**
This? Enki said I could hang it outside!
**[06:19] ---**
Not that again...
**[06:21] ---**
Everyone else is working,
so quit loafing around.
**[06:30] ---**
Kill Keiro, huh...
**[06:32] ---**
What, are you scared?
**[06:34] ---**
I'm not scared! I'm not scared! It's just...
**[06:37] ---**
Ryuko, huh?
**[06:39] ---**
Do you think Ryuko really believes
what Keiro is doing is right?
**[06:44] ---**
How should I know?
Still, something bugs me about it...
**[06:48] ---**
Huh?
**[06:49] ---**
I dunno, it's just not like him...
**[06:53] ---**
I don't understand you at all.
**[06:55] ---**
Anyway, I'm not convinced!
**[06:58] ---**
Ouch!
**[06:59] ---**
Are you okay, Rinmei?
**[07:00] ---**
Y-Yes...
**[07:05] ---**
Sorry. I need to step outside...
**[07:13] ---**
*Ryuko was an orphan,*
**[07:15] ---**
*and this was the only thing
he had when he was taken in.*
**[07:19] ---**
*That's what Master Ryusho said...*
**[07:22] ---**
*Did Ryuko know about those characters?*
**[07:27] ---**
*If so...*
**[07:28] ---**
Something the matter?
**[07:32] ---**
What do you want?
**[07:33] ---**
I was having a nap, but then
I saw you run out here.
**[07:37] ---**
Oh.
**[07:38] ---**
Still, the great Wo Jin Squad,
having a secret base on land...
**[07:43] ---**
I guess this makes us mountain
bandits instead of water bandits.
**[07:48] ---**
Well, I better get back to work
before Enki gets on my case.
**[07:52] ---**
Koyo.
**[07:53] ---**
I need to ask you something.
**[07:56] ---**
Sure, ask away.
**[07:59] ---**
Is it common for people's
names to be engraved in swords?
**[08:02] ---**
People's names?
**[08:04] ---**
Well, some swordsmiths do
engrave names into swords,
**[08:07] ---**
but usually only the swords' names.
**[08:09] ---**
They don't really engrave *people's* names...
**[08:13] ---**
Actually, I suppose there *is* one case.
**[08:16] ---**
In some high-ranking families,
when an heir is born,
**[08:20] ---**
the father will give a sword with
his own name on it to his child,
**[08:23] ---**
to signify that they're an heir.
**[08:26] ---**
It's an old custom, but it's still around.
**[08:29] ---**
Why do you ask?
**[08:31] ---**
No reason.
**[08:33] ---**
Huh?
**[08:36] ---**
An imperial order, huh?
**[08:38] ---**
For Emperor Taiga, that's
certainly a bold thing to do.
**[08:41] ---**
I'm very sorry.
**[08:43] ---**
In that case, we have no
choice but to back down.
**[08:46] ---**
We'll simply have the old
man take a long break.
**[08:53] ---**
No one can stop my supremacy now.
**[09:05] ---**
Lord Keiro!
**[09:09] ---**
I have returned from capturing Tokaku.
**[09:12] ---**
Excellent.
**[09:13] ---**
What shall I do with him?
**[09:16] ---**
Never mind him.
**[09:18] ---**
Without his status as grand
general, he will be powerless.
**[09:21] ---**
Then shall I imprison him?
**[09:23] ---**
No. He *is* the grand general.
**[09:25] ---**
Such treatment will only
cause unnecessary trouble.
**[09:30] ---**
Then what do you suggest?
**[09:32] ---**
I have an idea. Do you suppose
you could let me handle this?
**[09:38] ---**
Very well.
**[09:40] ---**
Thank you.
**[09:42] ---**
Sir Ryuko. Please come to my quarters later.
**[09:45] ---**
Yes.
**[09:47] ---**
Wait.
**[09:48] ---**
I've heard the reports.
**[09:50] ---**
You have been doing a very good
job with the Xuan Lang Platoon.
**[09:54] ---**
No, I'm only...
**[09:56] ---**
Keep up the good work, Ryuko.
**[10:02] ---**
Father...
**[10:04] ---**
Tokaku has been incarcerated?!
You're certain?!
**[10:08] ---**
Yes. There's no question about it.
**[10:11] ---**
That was sooner than I expected!
**[10:13] ---**
Who's this Tokaku?
**[10:15] ---**
Grand General Tokaku.
**[10:17] ---**
A powerful leader hostile to
Keiro in the imperial court.
**[10:20] ---**
I hear he's a real tight-ass,
but he's definitely *not* a traitor.
**[10:24] ---**
So, if he's been arrested...!
**[10:27] ---**
...That means most of the imperial
court is under Keiro's control now.
**[10:32] ---**
Damn! We're already one step behind!
**[10:35] ---**
We'll have to speed up our own plan.
**[10:38] ---**
No. It's not time yet.
**[10:40] ---**
This is no time for that!
**[10:42] ---**
The empire's gonna belong to
Keiro if we don't do something!
**[10:46] ---**
I know that!
**[10:48] ---**
But if we rush in now,
we'll only die in vain!
**[10:53] ---**
What now?
**[10:54] ---**
With Tokaku out of the picture now,
Keiro will make his move.
**[10:59] ---**
This will all be for naught if we don't
beat him down before it's too late!
**[11:04] ---**
Think. What should our next move be?
**[11:06] ---**
Hey. What's up with Koyo?
**[11:09] ---**
Beats me...
**[11:10] ---**
Our boss has started working on a plan.
**[11:13] ---**
He's basically in his own little
world when he gets like this.
**[11:16] ---**
Let's leave him be for a while.
**[11:18] ---**
Big Sis. There's actually
one other thing to report.
**[11:21] ---**
What is it?
**[11:21] ---**
It's about that Ryuko fellow.
**[11:23] ---**
Ryuko?!
**[11:24] ---**
What about him?!
**[11:27] ---**
Word has it that he's using his leadership
role in the Xuan Lang Platoon
**[11:30] ---**
to arrest one dishonest official after
another who accept bribes and such.
**[11:34] ---**
That bastard...
**[11:36] ---**
I guess Ryuko's the same
wherever he goes, huh?
**[11:39] ---**
Yeah.
**[11:40] ---**
Apparently it was this Ryuko who
arrested Grand General Tokaku too.
**[11:45] ---**
Ryuko did?!
**[11:47] ---**
Do you think he knew Tokaku
was innocent when he took him in?
**[11:51] ---**
He's not stupid. I'd say
he knows what he's doing.
**[11:55] ---**
So he's completely on Keiro's side...
**[11:58] ---**
Okay! It's decided!
**[12:01] ---**
Our best option now is to
let Grand General Tokaku fall.
**[12:11] ---**
Sir Tokaku.
**[12:12] ---**
You will stay in the Tong
You Temple for the time being.
**[12:19] ---**
I see. It *is* a good place to retire to.
**[12:23] ---**
His Majesty will question
you personally at some point.
**[12:27] ---**
I apologize for the inconvenience.
**[12:30] ---**
Don't worry about it. I get the
feeling it will be far from boring.
**[12:33] ---**
Plus, I also have a perfect
conversation partner here.
**[12:37] ---**
Take him inside.
**[12:40] ---**
Ryuko.
**[12:44] ---**
Father...
**[12:46] ---**
Is that the path you've chosen?
**[12:50] ---**
Then I've nothing to say.
**[12:56] ---**
Basically, we'll have Grand
General Tokaku start a *real* revolt.
**[13:01] ---**
The capital will be lightly guarded
when soldiers are dispatched to stop it,
**[13:06] ---**
which will be our chance to kill Keiro.
**[13:09] ---**
So, how do we do that?
**[13:10] ---**
Well, step by step, it goes like this...
**[13:14] ---**
Even though Keiro's extinguished
the most noticeable ones,
**[13:17] ---**
fires of rebellion still
smolder in the empire.
**[13:20] ---**
Individually they're small,
**[13:22] ---**
but when they all flare up at once,
they become a very large fire.
**[13:25] ---**
All at once? Will it really be that simple?
**[13:27] ---**
We'll make sure it happens!
By giving them a cause!
**[13:32] ---**
I dunno. I don't get it at all.
**[13:35] ---**
This is what we'll say!
**[13:37] ---**
All together we will rise up,
**[13:39] ---**
to slay General Keiro, who
plots to take control of the empire
**[13:42] ---**
and to aid Grand General Tokaku,
a patriot who has been captured!
**[13:49] ---**
I get it!
**[13:50] ---**
Do you really?
**[13:51] ---**
But that's essentially giving Grand
General Tokaku a death sentence.
**[13:56] ---**
I'm sure his execution is
already just around the corner.
**[13:59] ---**
In which case, Tokaku has
only two options left.
**[14:02] ---**
Do nothing and die, or
put up a fight and die.
**[14:05] ---**
Koyo is kind of heartless!
**[14:07] ---**
Maybe we should stop being his friends?
**[14:11] ---**
All right. First, we'll need to arrange
things with Grand General Tokaku!
**[14:16] ---**
Luckily for us, he's still
under protective custody.
**[14:20] ---**
At Tong You Temple, I believe.
**[14:23] ---**
I'll send an agent right away.
**[14:25] ---**
Good. I'll write up a moving love
letter for the dear grand general.
**[14:32] ---**
Wait!
**[14:36] ---**
Let *me* be the agent.
**[14:40] ---**
I know Tong You Temple
better than anyone here.
**[14:47] ---**
All right. Take one of my men.
**[14:50] ---**
I'll go with her, then.
**[14:52] ---**
Enki? *You* don't need to go...
**[14:57] ---**
We *are* fellow members of
the Men Are So Hopeless League!
**[15:02] ---**
Always conduct patrols in pairs.
**[15:04] ---**
Should you spot anyone
suspicious, capture them alive!
**[15:07] ---**
Yes, sir!
**[15:13] ---**
With Tokaku being held in Tong You Temple,
**[15:16] ---**
we can keep an eye on that
troublesome Ryusho at the same time.
**[15:19] ---**
Clever thinking, Shokaku.
**[15:23] ---**
Still, having a child keep
watch over his parent...
**[15:29] ---**
What do you want at this hour?!
**[15:31] ---**
P-Please help!
**[15:32] ---**
What's going on?
**[15:33] ---**
--There's a woman outside.
**[15:34] ---**
--Please!
**[15:35] ---**
A woman?
**[15:35] ---**
I'm about to be killed!
**[15:38] ---**
All he ever does is drink! He never
works! He gets violent every time I--
**[15:42] ---**
What do we do?
**[15:43] ---**
She's just trying to get
away from her man. Let her in.
**[15:49] ---**
You're safe now. Come inside.
**[15:51] ---**
Wh-What happened?!
**[15:55] ---**
That takes care of that.
**[15:57] ---**
That was a convincing performance.
**[15:58] ---**
Well, there *was* some truth to it.
**[16:07] ---**
Do you know where Tokaku might be?
**[16:09] ---**
He's probably in the far study room.
It can be locked from the outside
**[16:21] ---**
Grand General Tokaku?
**[16:24] ---**
Yes. Who are you?
**[16:26] ---**
Forgive my manners. I am a
member of the Wo Jin Squad.
**[16:29] ---**
The Wo Jin Squad?
What does a water bandit want with me?
**[16:33] ---**
I'll get straight to the point.
We want your help to kill Keiro.
**[16:40] ---**
To kill Keiro?!
**[16:47] ---**
How strange it is to feel
nostalgic about things so recent...
**[16:53] ---**
That was Ryuko's...
**[16:57] ---**
I see. So you want me to
have a hand in your rebellion.
**[17:01] ---**
You'll have more than a hand in it.
**[17:03] ---**
You will bear the full responsibility
as the mastermind behind it.
**[17:08] ---**
Hah! You're asking me to die?
**[17:11] ---**
This is the only way to
protect His Majesty now.
**[17:15] ---**
For the emperor's sake, huh? Interesting.
**[17:19] ---**
If this old man's life can save him,
then I will gladly give it up.
**[17:25] ---**
We shall make use of your name.
**[17:32] ---**
Rinmei? Where are you?
**[17:38] ---**
Oh, it's you.
**[17:40] ---**
I wondered what prey we had caught.
**[17:43] ---**
To think it was one of the Divine Warriors...
That's quite a catch.
**[17:55] ---**
Attack!
**[18:01] ---**
Where'd *that* come from?!
**[18:04] ---**
Relight it!
**[18:12] ---**
Huh? Where's Taito?
**[18:15] ---**
What is this place?!
**[18:17] ---**
Hey. Long time, no see, boy.
**[18:21] ---**
Oh, so this is your doing, Shimei!
**[18:24] ---**
I came to hear your answer, Alkaid.
**[18:27] ---**
Answer?
**[18:28] ---**
You've forgotten? You know,
about you becoming the emperor.
**[18:32] ---**
You thought it over, didn't you?
**[18:38] ---**
What are you doing?!
**[18:39] ---**
Even if she is a Divine Warrior,
she's only one girl!
**[18:50] ---**
Rinmei?!
**[18:58] ---**
That was an odd time to drop your guard...
**[19:02] ---**
I see. It was thanks to you that
we were able to capture her.
**[19:06] ---**
You have my gratitude.
**[19:17] ---**
Wait, Ryuko!
**[19:36] ---**
Take her away.
**[19:44] ---**
This isn't good...
**[19:47] ---**
You've drawn the Xian Jia Lan Wu,
the symbol of the emperor.
**[19:51] ---**
You are fit to be this land's ruler.
**[19:54] ---**
I don't have any intention of being emperor.
**[19:56] ---**
You want to beat Keiro, don't you?
**[19:58] ---**
What?!
**[19:59] ---**
Kick Keiro aside and become
the emperor yourself.
**[20:02] ---**
Don't give me childish nonsense
about how duking it out is what matters.
**[20:07] ---**
Wish for power! Take the Xian Jia
Lan Wu and rule the world, Alkaid!
**[20:15] ---**
Take Emperor Taiga's place as ruler...
**[20:18] ---**
Ah. I thought it seemed strange.
So that's what's going on...
**[20:23] ---**
Huh?
**[20:25] ---**
For some reason, what Ryuko
said didn't really sit well with me.
**[20:30] ---**
Now I know why. It's because
you said the same thing.
**[20:34] ---**
An answer, was it? If you want
one that badly, I'll give you one!
**[20:39] ---**
What?!
**[20:44] ---**
Now listen to me! I *refuse* to be emperor!
**[21:25] ---**
Is that so? Well, no matter.
**[21:28] ---**
You'll still give me some fun either way.
**[21:31] ---**
Shimei!
**[21:34] ---**
My lord! What is happening?!
**[21:38] ---**
My lord!
**[21:39] ---**
You've drawn the Xian Jia Lan Wu!
**[21:43] ---**
The Xian Jia Lan Wu has
acknowledged me as the emperor!
**[21:48] ---**
At last, the heavens have
knelt before my supremacy!
**[22:07] ---**
*saezuri o wasureta toritachi ga
tobu koto sae nakushita toki*
**[22:17] ---**
*komorebi wa hikari o nugisutete
ookina koe de nakimashita*
**[22:27] ---**
*bokura ni nani o takushite
asahi wa mata terasun darou*
**[22:33] ---**
*saa*
**[22:38] ---**
*te o narashimashou
anata e todoku you ni*
**[22:44] ---**
*te o narashimashou
mada sukoshi tarinai*
**[22:49] ---**
*te o narashimashou
itoshisa komiagete*
**[22:55] ---**
*te o narashimashou
kono mama toki ga owatte mo*
**[23:00] ---**
*mada todokezu jimai ni shiteita
anata e no omoi o koko de speak out!*
**[23:05] ---**
*Every go every where
kono uta ni nosetodoke feel now!*
**[23:13] ---**
*te o narashimashou*
**[23:18] ---**
*Every go every where
kono uta ni nosetodoke feel now!*
**[23:33] ---**
*What he desired was justice.*
**[23:36] ---**
*The branches and leaves of the empire
were not rotten. Its very roots were!*
**[23:41] ---**
*Struggle! Struggle!*
**[23:42] ---**
*After all, people are nothing but
puppets to the karma of the stars!*
**[23:46] ---**
*That's the Xian Jia Lan Wu!*
**[23:48] ---**
*The stars have decreed that
I rule the world by force!*
**[23:55] ---**
*What will the Alkaid feel
about the Dubhe's past?*
**[23:58] ---**
*On Hero Tales, "Chapter Twenty-One:
A Commoner Infuriated."*
**[24:12] ---**
*The karma of Dubhe has awoken!*
**[24:12] ---**
"See you next time!"
# 21 - Chapter Twenty-One: A Commoner Infuriated
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**[00:29] ---**
My lord! What is happening?!
**[00:32] ---**
My lord!
**[00:33] ---**
You've drawn the Xian Jia Lan Wu!
**[00:36] ---**
The Xian Jia Lan Wu has
acknowledged me as the emperor!
**[00:46] ---**
Lord Keiro has pulled the Xian Jia Lan Wu?!
**[00:49] ---**
Yes. Why is he able to draw it now,
when he couldn't do so before?
**[00:55] ---**
He who draws the Xian Jia
Lan Wu shall rule all.
**[00:59] ---**
Did the heavens wish for this,
**[01:01] ---**
or did he change the heavens' will by force?
**[01:06] ---**
*My father... emperor?!*
**[01:11] ---**
*Yes, unsure of ourselves,
we'll again set forth*
**[01:16] ---**
*on our paths, even though they never cross*
**[01:21] ---**
*It wouldn't matter if we
ran into each other anyway*
**[01:26] ---**
*in order to obtain it*
**[01:33] ---**
*I was lost in the void*
**[01:37] ---**
*between truth and lies*
**[01:43] ---**
*I was betrayed by a kind smile*
**[01:48] ---**
*that never doubted our pictured future*
**[01:56] ---**
*Yes, unsure of ourselves,
we'll again race along*
**[02:01] ---**
*our paths, even though they never cross*
**[02:06] ---**
*It wouldn't matter if we
ran into each other anyway*
**[02:11] ---**
*in order to get it back*
**[02:13] ---**
*The reason I always chased
after you without forgetting*
**[02:18] ---**
*can't be expressed with words,*
**[02:21] ---**
*because it's invisible to the eye*
**[02:23] ---**
*feel my soul believe my heart*
**[02:26] ---**
*Even now, the future from back then*
**[02:28] ---**
*is shining inside our hearts*
**[02:53] ---**
Dammit! Bastard keeps hanging
around me all the time!
**[02:59] ---**
What the hell's he up to?!
**[03:00] ---**
I'm gonna catch him and make
him spill his guts! Spill his guts!
**[03:05] ---**
Taito! Don't let him provoke you!
**[03:07] ---**
Don't follow him! Come back, Taito!
**[03:12] ---**
This is gonna take forever
if I leave it to the boy.
**[03:15] ---**
It is the karma of the stars
that the Alkaid and Dubhe clash.
**[03:19] ---**
I'm just going to set the stage for 'em.
**[03:24] ---**
Get back here, Shimei!
**[03:26] ---**
"Chapter Twenty-One:
A Commoner Infuriated"
**[03:37] ---**
That clothing...!
**[03:55] ---**
My lord. Please reconsider.
**[03:58] ---**
Going into the mountains unaccompanied...
**[04:01] ---**
You should focus on your priorities!
**[04:03] ---**
Please do not go!
**[04:05] ---**
This *is* a priority.
**[04:07] ---**
It is something that can only
be done once a year on this day.
**[04:11] ---**
But...!
**[04:12] ---**
I am going. No matter what.
**[04:15] ---**
Very well. In that case,
at least take us two with you!
**[04:21] ---**
Do as you wish.
**[04:24] ---**
Yes, my lord!
**[04:28] ---**
Let's go, Ryuko.
**[04:30] ---**
Y-Yes.
**[05:22] ---**
I will return.
**[05:24] ---**
Please be careful.
**[05:43] ---**
This is thick fog.
**[05:46] ---**
Sir Kocho.
**[05:47] ---**
Yes?
**[05:48] ---**
That clothing Lord Keiro
is wearing... Is it...?
**[06:13] ---**
A year has passed, Chosu.
Time flies like an arrow.
**[06:19] ---**
It has already been 16 years since then...
**[06:27] ---**
Shimei! Where the hell did you go?!
**[06:31] ---**
That voice!
**[06:32] ---**
Shimei!
**[06:36] ---**
It's you, mustached bastard!
**[06:39] ---**
Alkaid...!
**[06:41] ---**
I've finally caught you! I'm gonna
settle this once and for all today!
**[06:49] ---**
There will be no killing tonight.
**[06:52] ---**
Wh-What?!
**[06:57] ---**
You're wearing a prayer shroud!
**[06:59] ---**
Which means...
**[07:03] ---**
Whose grave is it?
**[07:05] ---**
My wife's.
**[07:09] ---**
She was slain by the Xian
imperial army 16 years ago.
**[07:15] ---**
I-Is that true, Sir Kocho?!
**[07:18] ---**
Yes. Every year, without fail,
he visits his late wife's grave
**[07:23] ---**
on the anniversary of her
death and prays for her soul.
**[07:28] ---**
He purifies his body, abstains from
killing, and dons a prayer shroud.
**[07:32] ---**
Today is that day.
**[07:34] ---**
*My mother is in this forest...?*
**[07:38] ---**
Ryuko.
**[07:40] ---**
Yes?
**[07:41] ---**
It might be all right to tell
you about Lord Keiro's past.
**[07:46] ---**
No, I think you *should* know about it.
**[07:53] ---**
She was killed by the Xian imperial army?!
**[08:01] ---**
Damn!
**[08:03] ---**
Forget it, then! Even I know
it's wrong to kill a guy
**[08:07] ---**
who's visiting someone's grave
on the anniversary of their death!
**[08:11] ---**
As a man, I can't fight someone like that!
**[08:16] ---**
But answer me one thing!
**[08:19] ---**
Why did you attack Lian Tong Temple twice?!
**[08:21] ---**
Why did you kill my dad?!
**[08:24] ---**
What are you talking about?
**[08:26] ---**
Don't play dumb! You know full well
**[08:29] ---**
that Shimei and Choka killed my dad, Soei!
**[08:33] ---**
Curse them. They killed without cause...
**[08:37] ---**
I had heard that Soei, the leader
of the Qing Long Platoon,
**[08:40] ---**
was a good man, dauntless
and full of integrity,
**[08:45] ---**
but I had no idea he had died...
**[08:48] ---**
Y-You're saying *you* didn't send them?!
**[08:54] ---**
Alkaid.
**[08:55] ---**
Long ago, I, too, fought to protect my people
**[08:58] ---**
from the empire's tyranny, just as Soei did.
**[09:02] ---**
Wh-What?!
**[09:04] ---**
I suppose telling this to the
Alkaid before my late wife's grave
**[09:07] ---**
is also the karma of the stars...
**[09:12] ---**
It was some 22 years ago already,
**[09:16] ---**
during the reign of Miyo,
the previous emperor.
**[09:23] ---**
Lord Keiro's hometown was
in the Ling Fan region,
**[09:26] ---**
on the outskirts of the Xian Empire.
**[09:34] ---**
He was born into the feudal lord's family.
**[09:37] ---**
He took after his father Lord
Keito, a virtuous ruler,
**[09:43] ---**
and the people of his fiefdom
had great faith in him.
**[09:46] ---**
--Oh, it's Lord Keiro!
**[09:47] ---**
--Lord Keiro!
**[09:49] ---**
Lord Keiro!
**[09:51] ---**
However, the peace did not last long.
**[09:57] ---**
A governor-general serving
directly under the empire
**[09:59] ---**
set his sights on the rich land and
attempted to seize control of it.
**[10:04] ---**
K-Keiro...
**[10:07] ---**
The time to make use of your inner-channel
Energy Manipulation has come...
**[10:12] ---**
Father!
**[10:14] ---**
Slay the governor-general... for our people!
**[10:59] ---**
D-Don't kill me... Don't kill me!
**[11:02] ---**
My mother, my father, my
kin, and even my people,
**[11:07] ---**
all because of you...!
**[11:10] ---**
Now you will pay!
**[11:24] ---**
What the hell?!
**[11:26] ---**
That would make you a wanted
criminal then! Not a general!
**[11:29] ---**
Yes.
**[11:30] ---**
Having left my homeland, I wandered
aimlessly throughout the empire.
**[11:36] ---**
For many years.
**[11:39] ---**
After journeying alone for a long time,
**[11:42] ---**
Lord Keiro reached a turning
point in his life...
**[12:03] ---**
...his encounter with Lady Chosu.
**[12:12] ---**
Lady Chosu soothed his broken heart.
**[12:17] ---**
She was a treasure to him.
**[12:21] ---**
During his travels, he saved people
from corrupt officials and scoundrels,
**[12:25] ---**
and people who revered his strength
and virtues began to follow him.
**[12:32] ---**
Together, they then carved out a mountain
**[12:35] ---**
and constructed an isolated
village for refugees.
**[12:43] ---**
He also formed the Xuan Lang Platoon
**[12:46] ---**
and strived to protect the village himself.
**[12:53] ---**
A village for refugees...
That sounds just like Tai Shan!
**[12:59] ---**
My heart was fulfilled,
and I then had a child.
**[13:10] ---**
Keiko! Your name will be Keiko!
**[13:14] ---**
Grow up to be strong, just,
and spiritually rich, Keiko!
**[13:22] ---**
*That was me...!*
**[13:27] ---**
About the same time his heir was born,
**[13:29] ---**
Lord Keiro left to purge
nearby corrupt officials.
**[13:33] ---**
Purge?!
**[13:34] ---**
He lopped off rotten branches and leaves
**[13:38] ---**
to try to make the Xian Empire right again.
**[13:40] ---**
He did so completely free of personal greed.
**[13:44] ---**
However, the empire instead
branded him a traitor!
**[14:00] ---**
It was the imperial army's doing.
**[14:05] ---**
I had been mistaken.
**[14:09] ---**
The branches and leaves of
the empire were not rotten.
**[14:14] ---**
Its very roots were!
**[14:17] ---**
Chosu! Keiko!
**[14:20] ---**
Chosu!
**[14:22] ---**
Chosu!
**[14:27] ---**
Chosu!
**[14:29] ---**
Say something, Chosu!
**[14:53] ---**
Chosu!
**[14:56] ---**
I grieved, raged, and cursed.
**[15:00] ---**
I cursed the Xian Empire,
**[15:01] ---**
as well as my powerlessness
to save my own wife...
**[15:04] ---**
That is when it happened!
**[15:13] ---**
My karma... The karma of
the star of Dubhe awoke!
**[15:46] ---**
The Dipper Bearers are seven
heroes born during times of turmoil
**[15:49] ---**
who will guide the people.
**[15:51] ---**
Of them, Dubhe, one of the
Two Celestial Deities,
**[15:54] ---**
bears the karma of authority and fighting.
**[15:57] ---**
In this way, Lord Keiro came to
realize that the karma of Dubhe
**[16:02] ---**
orders him to return the Xian Empire
to its proper form by force.
**[16:13] ---**
That is everything I know about him.
**[16:17] ---**
How epic...
**[16:20] ---**
I don't understand! How did you
wind up as a crony for the empire?
**[16:25] ---**
How did you become a general?!
**[16:27] ---**
After I constructed Chosu's grave,
**[16:30] ---**
I surrendered to the empire
and pledged my lifelong loyalty.
**[16:34] ---**
You surrendered?!
**[16:35] ---**
Yes. In order to infiltrate
the center of command
**[16:39] ---**
and seize control from the inside.
**[16:42] ---**
Revolts and rebellions have no
effect on the enormous Xian Empire.
**[16:47] ---**
Therefore, I decided to become
a member of the court,
**[16:50] ---**
gain absolute power and military might,
**[16:52] ---**
and then make the entire empire my own.
**[16:55] ---**
The stars have decreed that
I rule the world by force!
**[17:02] ---**
Rule by force?!
**[17:12] ---**
I'll admit that you have your own
good reasons for what you're doing.
**[17:17] ---**
But I refuse to accept the
idea of ruling by force!
**[17:23] ---**
Next time we meet, I *will* finish this.
**[17:29] ---**
Wait.
**[17:30] ---**
What? Is there something else you--?
**[17:35] ---**
That's the Xian Jia Lan Wu!
**[17:44] ---**
Do you understand what this means?
**[17:47] ---**
When next we meet, Alkaid,
I will be the emperor.
**[17:59] ---**
Sir Kocho. What happened to
Lord Keiro's son after that?
**[18:05] ---**
I'm told he abandoned him.
**[18:08] ---**
Abandoned?!
**[18:09] ---**
The path of a conqueror
is filled with carnage.
**[18:11] ---**
He probably didn't want his
own son to be dragged into it.
**[18:16] ---**
Then what about his daughter, Lady Taki?!
**[18:21] ---**
Lady Taki... is not his true daughter.
**[18:26] ---**
What?!
**[18:31] ---**
I used to think that the heavens
wished for the Alkaid and Dubhe
**[18:36] ---**
to clash and bring about a calamity, but...
**[18:43] ---**
That's all? After I went to all the
trouble of bringing the Alkaid here?
**[18:55] ---**
Light the fire!
**[19:12] ---**
What is that?!
**[19:15] ---**
I'll go see!
**[19:17] ---**
Where did those flames come from?!
**[19:20] ---**
I ordered it.
**[19:23] ---**
Lord Keiro!
**[19:25] ---**
Now that I can draw the Xian Jia Lan Wu,
the Alkaid is of no use to me.
**[19:32] ---**
Keiro!
**[19:35] ---**
Who are you?! A Divine Warrior?!
**[19:38] ---**
Correct!
**[19:39] ---**
Koyo! You handle things
here! I'll go help Taito!
**[19:43] ---**
Got it!
**[19:47] ---**
What?! With his bare hands?!
**[19:55] ---**
Burn to death, Alkaid!
**[19:58] ---**
So it's not against the rules
**[20:00] ---**
as long as you don't get
your own hands dirty?!
**[20:03] ---**
That's low! That's really
low, mustached bastard!
**[20:36] ---**
Wh-What the...?!
**[20:46] ---**
That's the Alkaid's energy...
**[20:48] ---**
Looks like ol' Taito took care of things.
**[20:51] ---**
So long!
**[20:53] ---**
D-Damn you...!
**[21:06] ---**
*He wasn't consumed by the Alkaid's energy...*
**[21:10] ---**
*Taito has improved. He's
as strong as Father now...*
**[21:32] ---**
I haven't much time left...
**[21:39] ---**
Struggle! Struggle!
**[21:40] ---**
After all, people are nothing but
puppets to the karma of the stars!
**[21:45] ---**
Your lives are all limited. So try
your hardest to give me some fun.
**[22:07] ---**
*When the birds that forgot
their song even lost the ability to fly*
**[22:17] ---**
*the sun through the trees
shed its light and cried loudly*
**[22:27] ---**
*What will the morning sun
be telling us by shining again?*
**[22:33] ---**
*Now, then...*
**[22:38] ---**
*I'll clap my hands,
so that it will reach you*
**[22:44] ---**
*I'll clap my hands,
it's still not quite enough*
**[22:49] ---**
*I'll clap my hands,
with feelings of love welling up*
**[22:55] ---**
*I'll clap my hands,
even if time comes to an end*
**[23:00] ---**
*My feelings for you that I never
got to say I will now speak out!*
**[23:05] ---**
*Every go every where,
arrive aboard this song, feel now!*
**[23:13] ---**
*I'll clap my hands*
**[23:18] ---**
*Every go every where,
arrive aboard this song, feel now!*
**[23:33] ---**
*Will the Xian Jia Lan Wu's shine
tear even the Xian Empire apart?*
**[23:37] ---**
*Everything about our imperial
court has been a falsehood!*
**[23:42] ---**
*It's beginning. A new era of the
Xian Empire, led by Lord Keiro!*
**[23:47] ---**
*If he becomes emperor,
what'll happen to Emperor Taiga?!*
**[23:50] ---**
*Keiro will probably kill
him without hesitation.*
**[23:51] ---**
*Look! This is the will of the heavens!*
**[23:54] ---**
*This era will now be thrown
into violent upheaval!*
**[23:58] ---**
*On Hero Tales, "Chapter Twenty-Two:
The Imperial Capital in Confusion."*
**[24:12] ---**
*The Xian Jia Lan Wu has
already chosen a new emperor!*
**[24:12] ---**
"See you next time!"
# 22 - Chapter Twenty-Two: Imperial Capital in Confusion
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**[00:21] ---**
Wh-Where did you get this?
**[00:23] ---**
The Divine Warrior girl we caught
the other day was carrying it.
**[00:28] ---**
Rinmei was?!
**[00:29] ---**
She will be executed at some point.
**[00:31] ---**
Keep that as a memento of her.
**[00:41] ---**
*tomadoi nagara sou kyou mo bokura*
**[00:46] ---**
*majiwaranu michi dakedo aruki dashite*
**[00:51] ---**
*butsukariau toshitemo kamawanai*
**[00:56] ---**
*te ni ireru tame ni*
**[01:03] ---**
*shinjitsu to itsuwari no sono*
**[01:07] ---**
*hazama de samayotteita kedo*
**[01:13] ---**
*egaita mirai o utagawazu ni ita*
**[01:18] ---**
*yasashii egao de uragirareteita*
**[01:26] ---**
*tomadoi nagara sou kyou mo bokura*
**[01:31] ---**
*majiwaranu michi dakedo hashiri dashite*
**[01:36] ---**
*butsukariau toshitemo kamawanai*
**[01:41] ---**
*tori modosu tame*
**[01:43] ---**
*wasurenaide zutto oikaketeiru no wa*
**[01:48] ---**
*hitomi ni wa utsuranai*
**[01:51] ---**
*kotoba ja arawasenai*
**[01:53] ---**
*feel my soul believe my heart*
**[01:56] ---**
*ano koro no mirai ga*
**[01:58] ---**
*ima mo mune ni kagayaiteiru*
**[02:23] ---**
As you can see, the Xian Jia Lan Wu
we revered as the imperial sword
**[02:28] ---**
is a blatant counterfeit!
**[02:34] ---**
Th-Then where is the real Xian Jia Lan Wu?
**[02:39] ---**
Wh-What is this?
**[02:48] ---**
Please draw it, if you would.
**[03:01] ---**
I... am unable to.
**[03:05] ---**
Everything about our imperial
court has been a falsehood!
**[03:11] ---**
The Xian Jia Lan Wu... and
even the emperor himself!
**[03:19] ---**
However, there is no need for concern.
**[03:28] ---**
The Xian Jia Lan Wu has
already chosen a new emperor!
**[03:35] ---**
Look! This is the will of the heavens!
**[03:39] ---**
So this is the Xian Jia Lan
Wu... It's beautiful...
**[03:43] ---**
What are you doing?!
**[03:45] ---**
The man standing before you is
the true emperor of the Xian Empire!
**[03:59] ---**
"Chapter Twenty-Two:
Imperial Capital in Confusion"
**[04:22] ---**
Ryuko!
**[04:31] ---**
That's...
**[04:32] ---**
You held on to it for me.
**[04:35] ---**
I kept it as a memento, but
it turned out you were alive.
**[04:40] ---**
I was so relieved.
**[04:42] ---**
Rinmei...
**[04:45] ---**
Join me!
**[04:48] ---**
Serve Lord Keiro alongside me!
**[04:51] ---**
What are you saying?!
**[04:53] ---**
You're going to be executed soon!
I don't want to lose you!
**[04:58] ---**
Say you'll swear your loyalty to him!
**[05:01] ---**
I'll protect you if you do, Rinmei!
**[05:07] ---**
I can't.
**[05:08] ---**
Why not?! You'll be killed if you don't!
**[05:14] ---**
I'm sure the others will come to rescue me.
**[05:18] ---**
Even you know that's the kind of
people Taito and the others are!
**[05:24] ---**
You really believe in them.
**[05:26] ---**
How about you, Ryuko?
**[05:27] ---**
What?
**[05:28] ---**
Do you really believe that what
Keiro is trying to do is right?!
**[05:32] ---**
I'm...!
**[05:33] ---**
I saw it... The secret of that dagger...
**[05:41] ---**
You want to have faith in your father.
Isn't that right?
**[05:45] ---**
Perhaps so.
**[05:48] ---**
But it *is* a fact that his
goal matches with my ideals!
**[05:54] ---**
You still believe that?!
**[05:56] ---**
The Xian Jia Lan Wu has in fact chosen him!
**[05:59] ---**
It's beginning. A new era of the
Xian Empire, led by Lord Keiro!
**[06:11] ---**
Hey, did you hear?!
**[06:12] ---**
They say General Keiro
drew the Xian Jia Lan Wu!
**[06:15] ---**
Right in front of Emperor Taiga, too!
**[06:18] ---**
Yeah, right. Only the emperor
can pull the Xian Jia Lan Wu!
**[06:21] ---**
Apparently Emperor Taiga *can't* pull it!
**[06:24] ---**
So he was never fit to be
emperor in the first place!
**[06:26] ---**
Ah. That explains why the
empire hasn't improved one bit.
**[06:35] ---**
Are you serious?!
**[06:38] ---**
Emperor Taiga has fallen from power!
**[06:40] ---**
He'll likely be driven from the capital soon!
**[06:42] ---**
Your own role is over! But you
insist on following him anyway?!
**[06:48] ---**
Why, Taki?!
**[06:51] ---**
We're finally able to live
as father and daughter now!
**[06:54] ---**
I've always wanted us to live together.
**[07:00] ---**
But, I'm sorry, Father!
**[07:03] ---**
I want to be by His Majesty's side!
**[07:11] ---**
What?! Keiro drew the Xian Jia Lan Wu?!
**[07:13] ---**
Are you serious?!
**[07:16] ---**
The entire capital is talking about it.
**[07:18] ---**
This is the worst possible development!
Now my plan was for naught!
**[07:23] ---**
No, it's even worse than that...
**[07:26] ---**
Dammit!
**[07:27] ---**
If Keiro becomes emperor...
**[07:30] ---**
Hey.
**[07:31] ---**
Why does pulling the Xian Jia Lan
Wu automatically make you emperor?
**[07:35] ---**
Isn't that obvious?!
**[07:37] ---**
Even babies know that "he who pulls
the Xian Jia Lan Wu shall rule all"!
**[07:43] ---**
That's what's weird!
**[07:46] ---**
I pulled that dumb sword too! It was easy!
**[07:50] ---**
You pulled the Xian Jia Lan Wu?!
What are you talking about?!
**[07:53] ---**
Yeah, it was when I first
fought that mustached bastard.
**[08:04] ---**
You dumb brother! You should tell
us important stuff like this sooner!
**[08:09] ---**
It wasn't my fault! It wasn't my fault!
**[08:11] ---**
A lot was going on then! I just forgot!
**[08:14] ---**
Don't act like a big-shot!
**[08:16] ---**
This idiot, the emperor? Unbelievable...
**[08:19] ---**
Actually, it seems impossible...
**[08:22] ---**
*The Xian Jia Lan Wu has chosen
two owners at the same time?*
**[08:26] ---**
*No, Taito must've become unfit
to wield it for some reason...*
**[08:32] ---**
I don't wanna be emperor anyway!
**[08:35] ---**
I flat out said no when that damn
Shimei asked if I wanted to be emperor!
**[08:40] ---**
That's it! Now I get it!
**[08:43] ---**
Huh? What do you mean?
**[08:45] ---**
You refused to become the emperor,
so it went to Keiro next!
**[08:51] ---**
Then if he *had* said he
would be the emperor...
**[08:56] ---**
Keiro probably wouldn't
have been able to draw it.
**[09:01] ---**
So it's my fault? Keiro's gonna
be emperor, all because of me?
**[09:07] ---**
Either way, it was basically
only a matter of time.
**[09:13] ---**
Wait! If he becomes emperor,
what'll happen to Emperor Taiga?!
**[09:18] ---**
Well, if he gives up the throne
without a fight, he'll probably be spared...
**[09:24] ---**
And if he doesn't give it up?
**[09:25] ---**
You think he'd refuse to abdicate?
He wouldn't do anything that gutsy.
**[09:30] ---**
He promised me!
**[09:32] ---**
He said he'd become a great emperor
and make the empire a better place!
**[09:36] ---**
If he doesn't abdicate, then Keiro
will probably kill him without hesitation.
**[09:44] ---**
Hey! Where are you going?!
**[09:46] ---**
To help Emperor Taiga!
**[09:48] ---**
Just calm down.
**[09:49] ---**
You can't stop me! I can't
just let my brother get killed!
**[09:53] ---**
You fool. I'm tryin' to say that
we'll fight right alongside you!
**[10:09] ---**
Lord Keiro!
**[10:10] ---**
What is it?
**[10:12] ---**
Is it true that you are going
to execute His Majesty?!
**[10:17] ---**
What of it?
**[10:18] ---**
Please reconsider! You've
already achieved your goal!
**[10:22] ---**
There is no need to shed any more blood!
**[10:26] ---**
Blood brings fear, and
fear strengthens control.
**[10:31] ---**
B-But His Majesty is your son-in-law!
**[10:36] ---**
A parent should not harm a child...!
**[10:38] ---**
Enough!
**[10:39] ---**
My lord!
**[10:48] ---**
Father...
**[10:52] ---**
I will just come out with
it and call you my father.
**[10:57] ---**
Is that...?
**[11:04] ---**
Could it be? Are you Keiko?
**[11:08] ---**
Truthfully, I intended to keep it a secret.
**[11:12] ---**
But...
**[11:14] ---**
Ryuko... No, Keiko.
**[11:18] ---**
I abandoned you to follow the
path of supremacy. Forgive me.
**[11:24] ---**
I will call off Emperor Taiga's execution.
**[11:27] ---**
T-Truly?!
**[11:29] ---**
I will leave him entirely to you.
**[11:32] ---**
Father...
**[11:35] ---**
Thank you!
**[11:55] ---**
Kill them.
**[12:09] ---**
Alright, men! Listen up!
**[12:12] ---**
Our Wo Jin Squad is now going to
go and snatch away Emperor Taiga!
**[12:18] ---**
Boss! You mean our prey... is the emperor?!
**[12:22] ---**
It's no big deal. Don't be scared.
**[12:25] ---**
We're simply going to save
His Majesty from Keiro's clutches.
**[12:30] ---**
If we're lucky, it could even
net us a substantial reward.
**[12:33] ---**
Ah! Great idea!
**[12:36] ---**
We've looked into his whereabouts.
He's at Tong You Temple.
**[12:40] ---**
Tong You Temple?!
**[12:41] ---**
Rinmei is there too. We'll rescue 'em both!
**[12:46] ---**
All right! Now I'm rarin' to go!
**[12:49] ---**
Tong You Temple is pretty much
a Xuan Lang Platoon fortress now.
**[12:54] ---**
Get too cocky and we'll get tripped up.
**[12:57] ---**
Koyo. Do you have a plan?
**[12:59] ---**
No clever plans this time around.
**[13:02] ---**
Hey, now! Are you serious?!
**[13:05] ---**
It can't be helped. There's no time!
**[13:09] ---**
Boss.
**[13:10] ---**
Let's use "them."
**[13:12] ---**
Not only is the enemy's security tight,
**[13:14] ---**
escaping in such great numbers
will be very difficult.
**[13:17] ---**
But our Wo Jin Squad has something
to make up for those disadvantages!
**[13:24] ---**
E-Enki! Don't tell me you want to use *those*?!
**[13:28] ---**
Yes!
**[13:29] ---**
No! Absolutely anything but those!
**[13:43] ---**
I'm sorry for bringing you to
a place like this, Your Majesty.
**[13:47] ---**
No, I am actually grateful to you.
**[13:51] ---**
You personally arranged it so
I could be with Taki, I assume.
**[13:55] ---**
If you would simply abdicate, none
of this would be necessary, though.
**[13:59] ---**
I cannot do that!
**[14:02] ---**
I promised Taito I would
change this empire as its emperor.
**[14:07] ---**
You promised Taito?
**[14:09] ---**
You know him?!
**[14:11] ---**
Yes.
**[14:13] ---**
Really? How is he?
**[14:16] ---**
He still seems to be as reckless as ever.
**[14:19] ---**
Is that so? That sounds like him.
**[14:22] ---**
I'm not sure why, but from
the moment we first met
**[14:26] ---**
he's never seemed like a stranger to me.
**[14:36] ---**
Is it because they're brothers?
**[15:02] ---**
Bombs away!
**[15:05] ---**
This is fun!
**[15:16] ---**
Enemy raid! Enemy raid!
**[15:19] ---**
What?!
**[15:26] ---**
This is incredible, Taito!
**[15:29] ---**
Yeah!
**[15:30] ---**
Being able to fly like this...
The Wo Jin Squad's really something!
**[15:34] ---**
It looks like Hosei has begun on schedule!
**[15:38] ---**
Damn it! I hate this!
**[15:41] ---**
The idea of flying through the sky is insane!
**[15:45] ---**
Who built these stupid things anyway?!
**[15:48] ---**
You did.
**[15:50] ---**
Damn my stupidity!
**[15:55] ---**
Tong You Temple...
**[16:09] ---**
Looks like we made it in unnoticed.
**[16:11] ---**
What're you acting cool for?
**[16:14] ---**
I wouldn't expect that from someone
trembling in fear moments ago.
**[16:18] ---**
Oh?! You scared of being in the air, Koyo?
**[16:23] ---**
Shut up! Let's just do this!
**[16:31] ---**
Don't move.
**[16:33] ---**
Answer my questions and I won't kill you.
**[16:36] ---**
O-Okay...
**[16:45] ---**
I'm here to rescue you!
**[16:50] ---**
All those guards...
**[16:51] ---**
It's like they're *trying
*to say, "Someone's here!"
**[16:55] ---**
What do we do?
**[16:56] ---**
Hmm. For now, we'll...
**[17:02] ---**
What are you doing?! C'mon!
**[17:09] ---**
Taito!
**[17:09] ---**
Hey, Emperor Taiga! You look well!
**[17:13] ---**
What are you doing here?!
**[17:15] ---**
I'm here to rescue you, of course!
**[17:17] ---**
Rescue... me?
**[17:20] ---**
Now let's scram!
**[17:21] ---**
W-Wait! Someone else is
being held here as well!
**[17:26] ---**
Don't worry about it! Koyo's
taking care of that!
**[17:28] ---**
Taito!
**[17:34] ---**
Damn! We're surrounded!
**[17:36] ---**
T-Taito...
**[17:38] ---**
You attacked Lord Keiro's compound
**[17:41] ---**
so you could run off with Emperor
Taiga during the confusion, huh?
**[17:44] ---**
Interesting. It was just
as Shokaku predicted.
**[17:48] ---**
There is no escape, Alkaid!
Give yourself up quietly!
**[17:53] ---**
Taito...
**[17:54] ---**
Get back.
**[17:55] ---**
Okay.
**[17:58] ---**
Don't tell me you're going
to fight against this many?!
**[18:02] ---**
That's reckless!
**[18:03] ---**
For a real man, this is no time
to turn tail or beg for your life!
**[18:10] ---**
I see. So you insist on
fighting. That's a shame.
**[18:15] ---**
Whatever, old-timer!
**[18:17] ---**
"I wanna fight him!" is
written all over your face!
**[18:21] ---**
You can tell?
**[18:23] ---**
Show me, Alkaid!
**[18:25] ---**
Show me your power that is supposedly on par
**[18:27] ---**
with that of Lord Keiro's star of Dubhe!
**[18:37] ---**
There is no way for you
to dodge this blow now!
**[18:41] ---**
What will your next move be, Alkaid?!
**[18:43] ---**
Taito!
**[18:46] ---**
What?!
**[18:49] ---**
Th-That can't be...!
**[18:51] ---**
Sorry, old-timer!
**[19:00] ---**
Th-This can't be! He beat
Sir Kocho with one hit...!
**[19:04] ---**
S-So this is the Alkaid...
**[19:06] ---**
The power of the only man in the
world who ever injured Lord Keiro...
**[19:22] ---**
Ryusho!
**[19:23] ---**
Well done. You've improved in
the short time you've been gone.
**[19:30] ---**
Your Majesty!
**[19:31] ---**
Oh, Tokaku!
**[19:33] ---**
It is wonderful to see you are both unharmed!
**[19:37] ---**
Taito! Let's clear a path!
**[19:39] ---**
Yeah! You can count on me!
**[19:40] ---**
Did he say "Taito"?!
**[19:44] ---**
Could it be...?
**[19:45] ---**
Hurry! Now's our chance!
**[19:49] ---**
I'm really pissed off after
having to fly through the sky!
**[19:52] ---**
Those who don't wanna get hurt, move aside!
**[19:59] ---**
What?!
**[20:06] ---**
*This is no ordinary man...*
**[20:18] ---**
Laila!
**[20:21] ---**
Your beloved Hosei is here to save you!
**[20:27] ---**
Now's the time.
**[20:29] ---**
Let's fall back, Taito!
**[20:31] ---**
Right!
**[20:33] ---**
Our fight'll have to wait for another time.
**[20:38] ---**
Rinmei!
**[20:40] ---**
I'm so glad you're all right!
**[20:43] ---**
Laila...
**[20:44] ---**
Boss!
**[20:46] ---**
Sorry to keep you waiting. Now let's escape!
**[20:48] ---**
Right!
**[20:53] ---**
Wh-What are those?!
**[20:56] ---**
See ya later, old-timer!
**[20:58] ---**
A-Alkaid!
**[20:59] ---**
You were pretty strong!
**[21:02] ---**
We did it, Taito!
**[21:04] ---**
Yeah!
**[21:05] ---**
Allow me to thank you again, Taito.
**[21:08] ---**
Nah, it was nothin'!
**[21:33] ---**
Wh-What happened?!
**[21:36] ---**
Taito!
**[21:39] ---**
T-Taito! If we don't do something...!
**[21:41] ---**
Ryuko...!
**[21:51] ---**
Ryuko!
**[22:07] ---**
*saezuri o wasureta toritachi ga
tobu koto sae nakushita toki*
**[22:18] ---**
*komorebi wa hikari o nugisutete
ookina koe de nakimashita*
**[22:27] ---**
*bokura ni nani o takushite
asahi wa mata terasun darou*
**[22:33] ---**
*saa*
**[22:39] ---**
*te o narashimashou
anata e todoku you ni*
**[22:44] ---**
*te o narashimashou
mada sukoshi tarinai*
**[22:50] ---**
*te o narashimashou
itoshisa komiagete*
**[22:55] ---**
*te o narashimashou
kono mama toki ga owatte mo*
**[23:00] ---**
*mada todokezu jimai ni shiteita
anata e no omoi o koko de speak out!*
**[23:05] ---**
*Every go every where
kono uta ni nosetodoke feel now!*
**[23:13] ---**
*te o narashimashou*
**[23:19] ---**
*Every go every where
kono uta ni nosetodoke feel now!*
**[23:33] ---**
*The battle between Alkaid
and Mizar begins now!*
**[23:37] ---**
*I am Taito, the Celestial Deity Alkaid
and user of the Eight Great Styles!*
**[23:41] ---**
*I am Ryuko, the Divine Warrior Mizar
and user of the Eight Great Styles!*
**[23:45] ---**
*Maybe this is part of our karma too!*
**[23:49] ---**
*This is the end, Taito!*
**[23:52] ---**
*Yeah!*
**[23:53] ---**
*At the ends of fate awaits
an even greater tragedy.*
**[23:57] ---**
*On Hero Tales,
"Chapter Twenty-Three: Clash."*
**[24:12] ---**
*Let's finish this once and for all, Ryuko!*
**[24:12] ---**
"See you next time!"
# 23 - Chapter Twenty-Three: Clash
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**[00:27] ---**
Just where are you taking
Emperor Taiga and Lady Taki, Taito?!
**[00:32] ---**
Isn't it obvious?! Somewhere out
of that mustached bastard's reach!
**[00:36] ---**
There is no such place in the Xian Empire!
**[00:41] ---**
Then I'll just build one!
**[00:43] ---**
Build? Build what?!
**[00:47] ---**
A place where everyone can live with a smile!
**[00:51] ---**
You still cling to such ideals?!
**[00:54] ---**
What value is there in
ideals you can't make good on?!
**[00:57] ---**
Who cares if there's no value?
**[01:00] ---**
What?
**[01:01] ---**
Besides, maybe it is an impossible ideal
**[01:03] ---**
for that mustached bastard
and his bloodstained hands...
**[01:07] ---**
...but I have faith that
*he* can make it happen!
**[01:13] ---**
*Yes, unsure of ourselves,
we'll again set forth*
**[01:18] ---**
*on our paths, even though they never cross*
**[01:22] ---**
*It wouldn't matter if we
ran into each other anyway*
**[01:27] ---**
*in order to obtain it*
**[01:34] ---**
*I was lost in the void*
**[01:38] ---**
*between truth and lies*
**[01:45] ---**
*I was betrayed by a kind smile*
**[01:50] ---**
*that never doubted our pictured future*
**[01:57] ---**
*Yes, unsure of ourselves,
we'll again race along*
**[02:02] ---**
*our paths, even though they never cross*
**[02:07] ---**
*It wouldn't matter if we
ran into each other anyway*
**[02:12] ---**
*in order to get it back*
**[02:15] ---**
*The reason I always chased
after you without forgetting*
**[02:19] ---**
*can't be expressed with words,*
**[02:22] ---**
*because it's invisible to the eye*
**[02:25] ---**
*feel my soul believe my heart*
**[02:27] ---**
*Even now, the future from back then*
**[02:30] ---**
*is shining inside our hearts*
**[02:45] ---**
Is that your answer?!
**[02:47] ---**
Yeah. I refuse to team up
with that mustached bastard!
**[02:54] ---**
Maybe this is part of our karma too!
**[02:57] ---**
I have no choice, then.
**[03:01] ---**
Let's finish this once and for all, Ryuko!
**[03:03] ---**
It'll be my pleasure!
**[03:05] ---**
I am Taito, the Celestial Deity Alkaid
and user of the Eight Great Styles!
**[03:09] ---**
I am Ryuko, the Divine Warrior Mizar
and user of the Eight Great Styles!
**[03:13] ---**
--Here I come!
- -Here I come!
**[03:17] ---**
"Chapter Twenty-Three: Clash"
**[03:26] ---**
No! You must not fight!
**[03:30] ---**
Lady Laila! Can you stop them?!
**[03:33] ---**
Those two wouldn't listen to me.
**[03:37] ---**
You can't be serious...
**[03:39] ---**
Sheesh!
**[03:40] ---**
Men are so hopeless, having to
fight to come to an understanding!
**[03:48] ---**
Want to join our "Men Are
So Hopeless League" too?
**[03:57] ---**
Lord Keiro.
**[03:58] ---**
Please forgive me. The Alkaid
has taken Emperor Taiga and Taki.
**[04:09] ---**
That is quite the blunder.
**[04:12] ---**
Shimei!
**[04:15] ---**
By itself, Emperor Taiga escaping
wouldn't pose much of an obstacle.
**[04:21] ---**
But the Alkaid boy being with him
**[04:24] ---**
makes it a real problem, wouldn't you say?
**[04:27] ---**
Now that I have pulled the Xian Jia Lan Wu,
**[04:30] ---**
the Alkaid is no longer necessary.
**[04:33] ---**
Should he intend to collude with
Emperor Taiga and stand in my way...
**[04:45] ---**
...then I will simply have
to cut them both down.
**[04:56] ---**
*Taki...*
**[05:02] ---**
What's the matter? You're
breathing pretty hard!
**[05:06] ---**
You are in no position to talk!
**[05:27] ---**
--How?!
- -Huh?
**[05:29] ---**
How can you have such
faith in Emperor Taiga?!
**[05:33] ---**
Huh?!
**[05:34] ---**
Without any fear or hesitation whatsoever...
**[05:36] ---**
How, Taito?!
**[05:38] ---**
Oh, is that all?
**[05:40] ---**
"Is that all"?!
**[05:42] ---**
I have no real reason, of course.
**[05:45] ---**
What?!
**[05:46] ---**
Ryuko. Do you need a reason
to believe in someone?
**[05:51] ---**
Of course I do! Believing in someone
else without a reason is absurd!
**[05:55] ---**
You know seeing someone's
eyes is all it takes!
**[06:01] ---**
The same was true when I met you, Ryuko!
**[06:05] ---**
That talk won't do you any good now!
**[06:10] ---**
*Yes, I should've realized!*
**[06:15] ---**
*It was because of the person Taito is*
**[06:18] ---**
*that everyone connected deep
down and always had a smile...*
**[06:27] ---**
*Including me...!*
**[06:33] ---**
*Come to think of it, when did I stop smiling?*
**[06:45] ---**
Pick it up.
**[06:46] ---**
Is that supposed to be mercy?!
**[06:48] ---**
It's not like that!
**[06:50] ---**
I told you back then: I wanna
have another fight with you!
**[07:01] ---**
Never did I expect you to
stop it with your bare hands...
**[07:04] ---**
I want to have another fight with you...
**[07:09] ---**
Taito...
**[07:11] ---**
Let's forget the "karma of the stars"
and "just cause" stuff for now!
**[07:17] ---**
A match against you'll be fun!
**[07:19] ---**
Dumb brother...
**[07:28] ---**
I can't believe your audacity...
**[07:34] ---**
I will make you regret your overconfidence!
**[07:40] ---**
You wish!
**[07:47] ---**
I just knew this would happen.
**[07:50] ---**
--Men are so...
--...Hopeless, aren't they?
**[07:58] ---**
--You do understand!
- -Yes!
**[08:02] ---**
Your Majesty! Lady Taki!
**[08:06] ---**
Fath--! Kocho!
**[08:08] ---**
Curse you! How dare you
bring them to such a place!
**[08:15] ---**
I will show no mercy, not
even to women or children!
**[08:19] ---**
--Wait, Kocho!
- -Your Majesty?!
**[08:22] ---**
These people are not the enemy!
**[08:24] ---**
They saved Taki and me from Keiro,
who attempted to have us killed!
**[08:28] ---**
We owe them our lives!
**[08:30] ---**
What?! Surely you jest, Your Majesty!
**[08:33] ---**
It's true! My father tried to kill us!
**[08:38] ---**
My lord did? That... can't be...
**[08:42] ---**
This is the end, Taito!
**[08:44] ---**
Yeah!
**[08:57] ---**
Taki!
**[09:18] ---**
Taito won!
**[09:34] ---**
I lose. Go.
**[09:36] ---**
Taito!
**[09:44] ---**
Lord Keiro... I...
**[09:51] ---**
Die with Emperor Taiga, Alkaid!
**[10:05] ---**
--Look out!
- -Your Majesty!
**[10:14] ---**
No!
**[10:40] ---**
Father!
**[10:43] ---**
Stay back!
**[10:45] ---**
You must stay back, Taki!
**[10:47] ---**
You... You two must not
be soaked in blood...!
**[10:53] ---**
Father...
**[10:58] ---**
My lord...
**[11:00] ---**
I'm sorry... I wasn't able to
abandon our bond after all...
**[11:08] ---**
Father!
**[11:18] ---**
Taito...
**[11:22] ---**
Keiro!
**[11:24] ---**
Stop, Taito!
**[11:27] ---**
If the Alkaid and Dubhe,
the Two Celestial Deities, clash...!
**[11:32] ---**
Laila! Take them and go! I'll hold him off!
**[11:38] ---**
But...!
**[11:39] ---**
Have faith in me! I *will
*come back to you guys!
**[11:43] ---**
Promise you will!
**[11:46] ---**
*You're* going to hold *me* off? Amusing!
**[11:53] ---**
With my newfound supremacy,
my ambitions will be achieved!
**[11:56] ---**
Try to stop me, if you dare!
**[12:06] ---**
That's exactly what I have in mind!
**[12:18] ---**
Taito... Father...
**[12:21] ---**
Meet your destruction, Alkaid!
**[12:31] ---**
Taito took a direct hit from
Father without faltering!
**[12:42] ---**
Alkaid!
**[12:43] ---**
Keiro!
**[13:03] ---**
This is...
**[13:05] ---**
This is the clash between
the Two Celestial Deities?
**[13:17] ---**
I am delighted to see you
unharmed, Your Majesty.
**[13:19] ---**
--Yes.
--Don't give us that! What happened to Taito?!
**[13:23] ---**
You abandoned Taito, didn't you?!
**[13:26] ---**
That's enough, Hosei.
**[13:28] ---**
You know very well
**[13:31] ---**
that Taito shielding him was
the only way for him to escape.
**[13:38] ---**
I'm sorry. I'm so powerless to do anything...
**[13:43] ---**
Taito! If you die, Laila
will... Laila will...
**[13:51] ---**
...live happily with me, so
don't worry! Rest in peace!
**[13:56] ---**
Sorry to disappoint...
**[13:58] ---**
...but I have no intention
of resting in peace just yet.
**[14:01] ---**
Taito!
**[14:03] ---**
Taito!
**[14:04] ---**
Damn. Don't go worrying us like that!
**[14:07] ---**
I knew you were alive! I knew it!
**[14:11] ---**
Yeah, right.
**[14:17] ---**
Sir Taito.
**[14:19] ---**
It was I who cast you out of
the capital twelve years ago.
**[14:27] ---**
That's okay. It doesn't bother me.
**[14:29] ---**
But...
**[14:31] ---**
Tokaku! What are you talking about?!
**[14:34] ---**
Your Majesty. Sir Taito is
your older twin brother.
**[14:43] ---**
My brother?
**[14:46] ---**
Apparently so!
**[14:48] ---**
It was a grave sin on my part
to remove you from your family
**[14:53] ---**
at such a young age, out of
fear of your Alkaid pattern.
**[14:56] ---**
I will humbly resign myself
to any punishment you choose.
**[15:00] ---**
Quit that. I'm proud to be Soei's son.
**[15:05] ---**
And you're the one who had
him take care of me, right?
**[15:11] ---**
I'm grateful to you.
**[15:14] ---**
You are too kind!
**[15:17] ---**
What is it?
**[15:19] ---**
H-Hey! What are you doing?!
**[15:22] ---**
Brother...
**[15:44] ---**
The time has come.
**[15:48] ---**
Then you will finally be...?
**[15:51] ---**
My lord!
**[15:54] ---**
It's you.
**[15:56] ---**
Why did you throw the Kui Xun Blade then?!
**[16:02] ---**
You know why. To slay the Alkaid.
**[16:05] ---**
But your sword killed Sir Kocho instead!
**[16:13] ---**
I have no need for weak men.
**[16:16] ---**
Kocho lost his life due to his own weakness.
**[16:21] ---**
You can't mean that...!
**[16:22] ---**
Watch what you say, Ryuko!
You owe Lord Keiro for saving your life!
**[16:27] ---**
Forgetting that and talking
back to him is rude!
**[16:30] ---**
Lord Keiro. I am fully prepared to
sacrifice my life for you, if necessary.
**[16:37] ---**
But of course. Why do
you think I took you in?
**[16:43] ---**
Lady Choka...
**[16:44] ---**
Choka. Gather the people in Jialing Square.
**[16:48] ---**
Yes! At once!
**[16:56] ---**
I've been waiting for this...
**[16:58] ---**
The start of Keiro's-- the Dubhe's--
ambition beyond supremacy...!
**[17:06] ---**
Keiro's ambition?!
**[17:08] ---**
Yeah. That's what that
mustached bastard said.
**[17:11] ---**
The Xian Empire is pretty much in his hands
**[17:14] ---**
now that he's drawn the Xian Jia Lan Wu.
**[17:17] ---**
What more could he be plotting?!
**[17:19] ---**
I dunno. But knowing him, it can't be good.
**[17:25] ---**
We have to stop him, no matter what.
**[17:28] ---**
We can't let Keiro have his way.
**[17:32] ---**
We *will* defeat Keiro.
**[17:35] ---**
After that, it'll be up to you to get
the Xian Empire back on its feet.
**[17:42] ---**
Brother. I have a request.
**[17:45] ---**
What is it?
**[17:46] ---**
Please be the emperor of the
Xian Empire in my place!
**[17:52] ---**
Your Majesty! What are you saying?!
**[17:55] ---**
Seriously! A moron like Taito
can't possibly serve as emperor!
**[18:00] ---**
Your Majesty! Do not be hasty!
**[18:02] ---**
I do not have the strength to fight evil!
**[18:06] ---**
But I am certain you can defeat
Keiro and rebuild this empire, Brother!
**[18:11] ---**
Sorry, but I have no
intention of being emperor.
**[18:15] ---**
But...!
**[18:17] ---**
Ouch!
**[18:19] ---**
What was that for, Brother?!
**[18:21] ---**
It's okay if you don't have
the strength to fight.
**[18:26] ---**
All you need to do is build a place
where people can live with a smile
**[18:29] ---**
in your own special way!
**[18:32] ---**
Brother...
**[18:34] ---**
And we'll always be there to help
you when you absolutely need it!
**[18:42] ---**
Brother... Everyone...!
**[18:46] ---**
Sir Tokaku...
**[18:48] ---**
I believe the times may
belong to these youngsters now.
**[18:53] ---**
A new era, huh. All we can do
is sit back and watch it now...
**[19:35] ---**
See this!
**[19:40] ---**
The Xian Jia Lan Wu!
**[19:41] ---**
It's the birth of a new
emperor of the Xian Empire!
**[19:44] ---**
Emperor Keiro!
**[19:46] ---**
Hear me! I now declare the
beginning of a new era!
**[19:54] ---**
I will stamp out all the seeds of conflict
strewn throughout the Xian Empire
**[20:01] ---**
and create a new order to lead
our world to eternal peace!
**[20:07] ---**
--Long live Emperor Keiro!
--Long live the Xian Empire!
**[20:18] ---**
So, what will you do now?
**[20:21] ---**
Sir Shokaku. I...
**[20:25] ---**
I probably should have
confronted him sooner...
**[20:42] ---**
The exits!
**[20:43] ---**
What in the world is going on?!
**[20:47] ---**
As Keiro, emperor of the Xian Empire,
I hereby order you...!
**[20:52] ---**
Foolish people who are the
source of all conflict...
**[20:58] ---**
...perish and begone!
**[21:10] ---**
Wh-What the hell are you doing?!
**[21:20] ---**
Yes! This is it! This is
what I've been waiting for!
**[21:29] ---**
Fun! Fun! You're so fun!
**[21:34] ---**
You're the most fun of all, Dubhe!
**[21:48] ---**
You're just the world-destroying
demon king I've been waiting for!
**[21:55] ---**
Now if I can just get the
Alkaid boy to show up...!
**[22:10] ---**
*When the birds that forgot
their song even lost the ability to fly*
**[22:21] ---**
*the sun through the trees
shed its light and cried loudly*
**[22:31] ---**
*What will the morning sun
be telling us by shining again?*
**[22:36] ---**
*Now, then...*
**[22:42] ---**
*I'll clap my hands,
so that it will reach you*
**[22:48] ---**
*I'll clap my hands,
it's still not quite enough*
**[22:53] ---**
*I'll clap my hands,
with feelings of love welling up*
**[22:58] ---**
*I'll clap my hands,
even if time comes to an end*
**[23:03] ---**
*My feelings for you that I never
got to say I will now speak out!*
**[23:09] ---**
*Every go every where,
arrive aboard this song, feel now!*
**[23:16] ---**
*I'll clap my hands*
**[23:22] ---**
*Every go every where,
arrive aboard this song, feel now!*
**[23:36] ---**
*Wild urges compel the Dubhe.*
**[23:40] ---**
*I simply ordered them to
die, as their emperor.*
**[23:44] ---**
*This is his ambition beyond supremacy!*
**[23:47] ---**
*Its destruction is only a matter
of time now! In which case...!*
**[23:50] ---**
*Wh-What are you doing?!*
**[23:52] ---**
*I will take everything of
yours to fulfill my desire!*
**[23:57] ---**
*Having attained everything, Keiro now...!*
**[24:01] ---**
*On Hero Tales, "Chapter Twenty-Four:
Karma Out of Control."*
**[24:16] ---**
"See you next time!"
*I have surpassed mankind!*
**[24:19] ---**
# 24 - Chapter Twenty-Four: Karma Out of Control
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**[00:14] ---**
Say that... Say that again, Enki!
**[00:18] ---**
Keiro did *what*?!
**[00:20] ---**
Keiro has sealed the
capital by imperial decree
**[00:24] ---**
and begun using the undead
to slaughter people indiscriminately!
**[00:28] ---**
Why...?!
**[00:30] ---**
I don't know.
He's the emperor now.
**[00:33] ---**
I expected him to give orders
to dispose of us, but not this...
**[00:37] ---**
The people in the town square
were there to congratulate Keiro!
**[00:42] ---**
Yet, he...!
**[00:43] ---**
Urgh, this makes no sense!
**[00:46] ---**
Why would he need
to kill people like that?!
**[00:49] ---**
Keiro used every trick in
the book to become emperor.
**[00:54] ---**
I guess to him this is all
about ruling the people.
**[00:58] ---**
This is his
"ambition beyond supremacy"!
**[01:03] ---**
At this rate, the capital
will become a living hell...
**[01:06] ---**
No, not only the capital!
**[01:11] ---**
The entire Xian Empire!
**[01:16] ---**
The entire empire?!
**[01:19] ---**
*Yes, unsure of ourselves,
we'll again set forth*
**[01:24] ---**
*on our paths, even though they never cross*
**[01:29] ---**
*It wouldn't matter if we
ran into each other anyway*
**[01:34] ---**
*in order to obtain it*
**[01:41] ---**
*I was lost in the void*
**[01:45] ---**
*between truth and lies*
**[01:51] ---**
*I was betrayed by a kind smile*
**[01:56] ---**
*that never doubted our pictured future*
**[02:04] ---**
*Yes, unsure of ourselves,
we'll again race along*
**[02:09] ---**
*our paths, even though they never cross*
**[02:14] ---**
*It wouldn't matter if we
ran into each other anyway*
**[02:18] ---**
*in order to get it back*
**[02:21] ---**
*The reason I always chased
after you without forgetting*
**[02:26] ---**
*can't be expressed with words,*
**[02:28] ---**
*because it's invisible to the eye*
**[02:31] ---**
*feel my soul believe my heart*
**[02:34] ---**
*Even now, the future from back then*
**[02:36] ---**
*is shining inside our hearts*
**[02:48] ---**
"Chapter Twenty-Four: Karma Out of Control"
**[02:54] ---**
According to reports I've
received from the temples,
**[02:57] ---**
massacres like the one in the capital
are beginning throughout the empire.
**[03:03] ---**
Neighbors who had always lived in peace
**[03:05] ---**
suddenly become undead and
slaughter everything they can.
**[03:10] ---**
Those who aren't undead
are paranoid of everyone else
**[03:13] ---**
and curse and kill each other.
**[03:15] ---**
And it's all happening in
the name of Emperor Keiro.
**[03:21] ---**
That's horrible...
**[03:22] ---**
Now I see.
**[03:24] ---**
Keiro dispatched troops all over under
the pretext of squelching rebellions
**[03:28] ---**
so that he could spread his undead
legions throughout the land like this.
**[03:32] ---**
Master Ryusho.
**[03:34] ---**
Does this mean the Xuan Lang
Platoon members are undead too?!
**[03:37] ---**
Including Ryuko...?!
**[03:38] ---**
Never fear. The Big Dipper star
of Mizar has not lost its shine.
**[03:44] ---**
There are many normal people
left in the Xuan Lang Platoon.
**[03:48] ---**
It appears some are even fighting
the undead to protect citizens.
**[03:53] ---**
But they're up against
Shimei's undead creations.
**[03:56] ---**
With no easy way to defeat them,
annihilation is inevitable.
**[04:00] ---**
There *is* a way!
The undead are weak right here!
**[04:04] ---**
All you gotta do is tell everyone!
**[04:06] ---**
Yes! With all the undead gone,
Keiro can't do a thing!
**[04:11] ---**
Forget it!
**[04:12] ---**
Do you know how long it'd take
to tell everyone in the empire?!
**[04:17] ---**
Besides, Shimei can make even more
undead hordes any time he wants!
**[04:23] ---**
There's no time...
**[04:26] ---**
Sitting around talking isn't
going to solve anything!
**[04:29] ---**
There's no time for that!
**[04:31] ---**
We need to destroy that
mustached bastard, Keiro, ourselves!
**[04:36] ---**
We're going to put an end to this all!
**[04:41] ---**
We're leaving for the
capital tomorrow at dawn!
**[04:44] ---**
Ryusho. Tokaku. I leave Emperor
Taiga and Taki in your hands.
**[04:51] ---**
Please wait!
**[04:53] ---**
Please wait, Lord Keiro!
**[04:56] ---**
Do you want something?
**[04:58] ---**
About the incident in Jialing Square...
**[05:01] ---**
Just what was the meaning of that?!
**[05:03] ---**
I simply ordered the people
to die, as their emperor.
**[05:07] ---**
What?! What are you thinking?!
**[05:10] ---**
A country's foundation is its people!
They're what give it strength!
**[05:14] ---**
Your point being?
**[05:17] ---**
Only death awaits the weak.
**[05:22] ---**
Their fate is to be swept away
helplessly, like dust in the wind.
**[05:26] ---**
Just as your mother was, Keiko.
**[05:32] ---**
Just as an empire
can bring death to its people,
**[05:35] ---**
so too can an emperor
bring death to his empire.
**[05:39] ---**
Do you understand, Keiko?
**[05:41] ---**
Y-You're wrong!
You're absolutely wrong!
**[05:44] ---**
It couldn't be helped that
you couldn't save Mother!
**[05:48] ---**
Then wouldn't you agree that this
land's ruin cannot be helped either?
**[05:54] ---**
Why does it have to be this way?!
**[05:56] ---**
This wasn't the new order
and eternal peace you spoke of!
**[06:02] ---**
Please come to your senses, Father!
**[06:07] ---**
If you want to call me your father,
you must abandon everything as well
**[06:12] ---**
to achieve my wish.
**[06:17] ---**
Father...
**[06:19] ---**
*What... should I believe in...?*
**[06:26] ---**
Hey, take a look.
**[06:28] ---**
It's definitely the night
before the showdown.
**[06:30] ---**
Dubhe is shining
especially ominously tonight.
**[06:37] ---**
So that's Keiro's star...
**[06:43] ---**
When you think about it, we and Keiro
**[06:46] ---**
all live bound by this
"karma of the stars" thing.
**[06:50] ---**
Dubhe is the star of
authority and fighting.
**[06:53] ---**
That's why Keiro harbors
such menacing ambitions.
**[06:58] ---**
Poor fellow.
**[07:00] ---**
I hear he was once a man who wouldn't
hesitate to give his life for others,
**[07:05] ---**
but such is the fate of those
who bear the karma of Dubhe.
**[07:09] ---**
You're wrong about that, Ryusho.
**[07:12] ---**
I hate to say this, since you
and Grandpa Son taught me
**[07:16] ---**
all about the karma of the stars,
**[07:18] ---**
but we don't live our lives for
those insignificant little stars.
**[07:23] ---**
And Keiro didn't become
twisted because he's the Dubhe.
**[07:28] ---**
He wound up that way
because he was weak inside.
**[07:31] ---**
You're saying the karma of the
stars has nothing to do with it?
**[07:34] ---**
Yeah.
**[07:35] ---**
Alkaid, Dubhe, and the rest...
None of it matters.
**[07:38] ---**
Whether I was the Alkaid or not,
I'd still be on my way
**[07:41] ---**
to beat that mustached bastard
because I think what he's doing is wrong!
**[07:46] ---**
So all that matters is that
you guys want to help too,
**[07:49] ---**
regardless of any of that
Five Divine Warriors stuff!
**[07:54] ---**
That's brilliant!
**[07:56] ---**
Even though we might not have met
if the Big Dipper hadn't guided us,
**[08:01] ---**
the all-important Alkaid doesn't
believe in the karma of the stars!
**[08:06] ---**
I-Is it that funny?!
**[08:09] ---**
No, I like you even more now, Taito!
**[08:14] ---**
You're right.
**[08:16] ---**
Plus, ol' Mr. Straightlaced
is still lost out there
**[08:19] ---**
because he's a prisoner of this
"karma of the Five Divine Warriors" idea.
**[08:24] ---**
That's for sure!
**[08:26] ---**
Sheesh, Taito!
You finally realized it only now?
**[08:30] ---**
I've always focused on your stupidity
from the start, instead of your star!
**[08:34] ---**
Laila's right! Dumb brother!
**[08:38] ---**
You weren't there at the start!
**[08:40] ---**
Shut up! I know Laila is right!
**[08:44] ---**
Just what I'd expect from Soei's son!
**[08:47] ---**
Despite being the Alkaid,
**[08:48] ---**
you think the karma of the stars and
Master Sonnei are a bunch of crap?
**[08:52] ---**
No, I wouldn't go that far...
**[08:54] ---**
Okay! When I get back to Lian Tong Temple
**[08:57] ---**
I'm telling Master Sonnei that you said that!
**[09:01] ---**
N-No...! Y-You mustn't, Laila...!
**[09:05] ---**
I'm with Laila!
**[09:06] ---**
Quiet, you clod!
**[09:10] ---**
You shouldn't get worked up,
Master Ryusho! Your heart...
**[09:22] ---**
So I'll be going with Taito.
**[09:25] ---**
I leave Emperor Taiga, Lady Taki,
Sir Tokaku, and Master Ryusho with you.
**[09:29] ---**
Protect them at all costs. Got it?!
**[09:31] ---**
Boss! Please take me with you!
**[09:33] ---**
Me too!
**[09:34] ---**
M-Me too!
**[09:34] ---**
And me!
**[09:36] ---**
Don't be stupid!
**[09:37] ---**
We're on our way to see Keiro
to have one big, final fight!
**[09:41] ---**
You know you guys
wouldn't even last for a second!
**[09:44] ---**
We won't get in your way! Please!
**[09:47] ---**
Please, Boss!
**[09:49] ---**
I realize everyone here has
a grudge against Keiro. But...
**[09:54] ---**
That isn't it! We want to stay
by your side to the very end!
**[09:59] ---**
Yeah!
**[10:02] ---**
I didn't know what to do after the
Xuan Lang Platoon burned our village,
**[10:05] ---**
but you took me in!
**[10:07] ---**
You saved my life just as an
official was about to kill me!
**[10:11] ---**
You shared some of your
dinner with me the other day!
**[10:18] ---**
Sailors share the same boat.
**[10:20] ---**
Even if there's no hope of returning alive
**[10:23] ---**
we want to be with you,
our boss, to the end!
**[10:26] ---**
That's what makes a man a man!
**[10:27] ---**
He's right, Boss!
**[10:29] ---**
Enough of this nonsense!
**[10:30] ---**
B-Big Sis...?!
**[10:32] ---**
Your leader has told you to protect
Emperor Taiga and the others!
**[10:35] ---**
It's an order!
**[10:37] ---**
Absolutely obeying your leader's
orders is a rule of the Wo Jin Squad!
**[10:42] ---**
We have an early day tomorrow!
Go to bed and get some rest!
**[10:55] ---**
Enki...
**[10:58] ---**
Boss...
**[10:59] ---**
Thanks for volunteering
for such an unpleasant role...
**[11:04] ---**
That isn't what I'm doing...
**[11:12] ---**
Listen, if I'm able to avenge your
brother Enyu and return safely...
**[11:20] ---**
No, never mind.
See you tomorrow.
**[11:29] ---**
Men... really are hopeless...
**[11:42] ---**
You and I have never had the
chance to talk alone like this.
**[11:47] ---**
Yes, there was always
one other person there.
**[11:50] ---**
Mr. Straightlaced...
That's a good name for him.
**[11:56] ---**
What do you suppose
Ryuko thinks now?
**[11:59] ---**
He's lost in confusion.
About everything.
**[12:05] ---**
Oh...
**[12:06] ---**
Sheesh. Even when it comes to his
way of life he has no sense of direction.
**[12:11] ---**
He probably needs someone
who will lead him by the hand.
**[12:17] ---**
Rinmei.
I leave Ryuko in your hands.
**[12:20] ---**
Certainly. I have more than a
few things to tell him myself!
**[12:27] ---**
Sorry for asking you to help me, Laila.
**[12:31] ---**
It's okay.
I wasn't doing anything anyway.
**[12:39] ---**
So... are you coming
with us tomorrow, Laila?
**[12:45] ---**
Yeah.
**[12:47] ---**
It'll be dangerous, though!
**[12:50] ---**
Keiro and his guys will be coming
at us with everything they got!
**[12:53] ---**
None of us will be able
to protect you then,
**[12:56] ---**
and I won't know what
to do if that happens...!
**[13:00] ---**
Don't worry! It'll all work out!
**[13:05] ---**
Laila!
This is my one and only request!
**[13:07] ---**
Please escape with Enki and the
others to a safe place on the Dou Ya!
**[13:12] ---**
Hosei...
**[13:13] ---**
This is the one time I can't
fight half-heartedly! Please!
**[13:17] ---**
I can't do this
half-heartedly either, you know!
**[13:22] ---**
I promised my father that
I would look after Taito to the very end.
**[13:27] ---**
I need to see how Taito
fights and avenges my father
**[13:31] ---**
so I can visit his grave and tell him.
**[13:35] ---**
Laila... All right.
**[13:38] ---**
In that case,
I'll prepare myself too.
**[13:40] ---**
I'll protect you *and* fight,
and I'll do both flawlessly!
**[13:45] ---**
That concludes the
layout of the imperial court.
**[13:49] ---**
I'm ashamed that this is all the
help this old man can provide...
**[13:54] ---**
Don't sweat it! All you gotta
do now is keep these two safe!
**[13:59] ---**
Are you really going, Brother?!
**[14:02] ---**
Keiro's gone too far already.
Someone has to stop him.
**[14:08] ---**
But, what if the same
thing happens to you
**[14:10] ---**
that happened to my father... to Kocho?
**[14:16] ---**
I'm leaving to end this fight and
keep that from ever happening again!
**[14:22] ---**
So there'll be no more crying!
**[14:24] ---**
Sir Taito...
**[14:25] ---**
Brother...
**[14:27] ---**
After that, it's up to you
whether or not the world
**[14:30] ---**
becomes a place where people
can live with a smile on their faces...
**[14:35] ---**
I have faith in you, though!
You *are* my little brother and all!
**[14:55] ---**
Who's there?
**[14:58] ---**
Sir Shokaku...!
**[15:00] ---**
I'm glad to see you are all right.
**[15:02] ---**
Please, let me out of here!
**[15:05] ---**
We must stop Lord Keiro!
**[15:07] ---**
No, I can't do that.
**[15:10] ---**
Why not?!
**[15:12] ---**
Countless innocent
citizens are dying out there!
**[15:15] ---**
We must bring
His Majesty to his senses at once!
**[15:18] ---**
Sir Ryuko. His Majesty's
words are absolute.
**[15:22] ---**
If you disagree with that,
then you do not belong out here.
**[15:31] ---**
Sir Shokaku...
**[15:40] ---**
Sir Shokaku!
**[15:46] ---**
*Not yet...*
**[15:47] ---**
*It's still too soon to stake my all...*
**[15:54] ---**
That was a real thrill!
**[15:58] ---**
Seeing the capital's town square
enveloped in so many screams...
**[16:02] ---**
That was a first, even for me!
**[16:05] ---**
Even for an evil spirit that
has lived for who knows how long?
**[16:09] ---**
Long lives really are worth living!
**[16:13] ---**
A hero crowned emperor after
drawing the Xian Jia Lan Wu
**[16:16] ---**
gives an imperial order to die.
**[16:19] ---**
For the people, that's as
hopeless as things can get!
**[16:23] ---**
The fear of simply dying
without any salvation whatsoever...
**[16:27] ---**
It's the perfect way of
getting revenge on this world.
**[16:31] ---**
What will history record this as?
**[16:34] ---**
"The Bloody Emperor"?
"The Revolution of Hell"?
**[16:38] ---**
Whatever the case, there's no
doubt it'll be written in large print!
**[16:42] ---**
If anyone is left to write about it, that is.
**[16:44] ---**
For sure.
**[16:47] ---**
After all, you want every
living being to be obliterated.
**[16:51] ---**
The Alkaid will be coming tomorrow.
**[16:54] ---**
He's saying final goodbyes
to his friends as we speak.
**[16:57] ---**
Dubhe versus Alkaid...
The showdown has finally arrived.
**[17:01] ---**
This'll be the... one, two, three...
fourth time you've faced each other.
**[17:05] ---**
This time, let us see the world
coming to an end for sure!
**[17:11] ---**
Shimei.
**[17:13] ---**
Yes?
**[17:14] ---**
I, like you, desired
to clash with the Alkaid.
**[17:20] ---**
I thought that when he had grown
strong enough to equal me in power,
**[17:24] ---**
we could collide as the Two Celestial
Deities and lead the world to its ruin.
**[17:31] ---**
I thought he'd kick the
bucket at some point,
**[17:34] ---**
but that ol' Alkaid kid just kept
getting stronger and stronger.
**[17:38] ---**
He really lived up
to his expectations.
**[17:40] ---**
However, by the heavens' mandate,
**[17:43] ---**
I became emperor and
gained control of the world!
**[17:47] ---**
Its destruction is only
a matter of time now!
**[17:50] ---**
Y-You're exactly right...
**[17:52] ---**
In which case...
**[17:53] ---**
Wh-What are you doing?!
**[17:55] ---**
...I have a new desire.
**[17:57] ---**
I now wish to see this
world end with my own eyes.
**[18:00] ---**
Wh-What?!
**[18:02] ---**
If I fight him as I am now,
we will both be destroyed
**[18:06] ---**
and my desire will not be satisfied.
**[18:09] ---**
The Alkaid has become that powerful.
**[18:13] ---**
But why is that?!
**[18:13] ---**
Let go! Let go of the sword!
**[18:15] ---**
Yes. It was you, Shimei, who incited
the Alkaid to become this strong.
**[18:22] ---**
I must commend you. You did very well.
**[18:26] ---**
Now that I think about it, why
did I take you in? You're a monster.
**[18:31] ---**
Who knows, perhaps it was all for this day.
**[18:34] ---**
S-Stop! A-A lowly being like
you can't do anything to me!
**[18:38] ---**
Is that so?
**[18:49] ---**
K-Keiro...!
What are you thinking...?!
**[18:53] ---**
You are merely an undead
body being used as a puppet.
**[18:57] ---**
Your true form is the dark sword
passed down from antiquity,
**[19:00] ---**
the Wan Xiang Shi Ming!
**[19:02] ---**
I will take everything
of yours to fulfill my desire!
**[19:07] ---**
Stop! Stop it! I'll take
control of you if I have to!
**[19:16] ---**
I feel it! I feel it!
**[19:19] ---**
The power of your dark sword!
**[19:21] ---**
The power of what
dwells inside the sword!
**[19:25] ---**
Incredible...
You're incredible, Keiro...
**[19:28] ---**
There's nothing
I can do now... I lose...
**[19:31] ---**
However long it lives,
there'll never be anyone else
**[19:35] ---**
who can swallow the
Wan Xiang Shi Ming whole...
**[19:40] ---**
You're a monster...
Even more so than me...
**[19:44] ---**
You're truly the perfect
monster to destroy this world...!
**[19:49] ---**
I had so much fun...
**[19:51] ---**
I really enjoyed it, Keiro!
**[20:12] ---**
Your Majesty!
What is happening?!
**[20:29] ---**
I have surpassed mankind!
**[20:33] ---**
I am a destroyer of worlds!
**[20:36] ---**
I am the Dubhe God!
**[20:50] ---**
Boss! Everyone!
We wish you luck!
**[20:54] ---**
Enki! Take good care of
Emperor Taiga and the others!
**[20:59] ---**
Brother! Everyone! Please be careful!
**[21:07] ---**
We might never come
back from this journey.
**[21:10] ---**
We might lose some people along the way.
**[21:13] ---**
Even so, you're all
willing to come with me?
**[21:16] ---**
Yeah! I'm as ready as I ever was!
**[21:19] ---**
Of course we'll go!
**[21:20] ---**
But I *will* keep you safe,
Laila, no matter what!
**[21:24] ---**
Even if I have to get cut into pieces!
**[21:27] ---**
If that happens I'll
put you back together!
**[21:31] ---**
Laila...!
**[21:33] ---**
And I'm sure Ryuko will realize
what's truly important to him...
**[21:48] ---**
We're doing this for the day
when everyone can look at the sun
**[21:54] ---**
with a smile just like this...
**[21:55] ---**
All right! Let's go!
**[22:07] ---**
*When the birds that forgot
their song even lost the ability to fly*
**[22:17] ---**
*the sun through the trees
shed its light and cried loudly*
**[22:27] ---**
*What will the morning sun
be telling us by shining again?*
**[22:33] ---**
*Now, then...*
**[22:38] ---**
*I'll clap my hands,
so that it will reach you*
**[22:44] ---**
*I'll clap my hands,
it's still not quite enough*
**[22:49] ---**
*I'll clap my hands,
with feelings of love welling up*
**[22:55] ---**
*I'll clap my hands,
even if time comes to an end*
**[23:00] ---**
*My feelings for you that I never
got to say I will now speak out!*
**[23:05] ---**
*Every go every where,
arrive aboard this song, feel now!*
**[23:13] ---**
*I'll clap my hands*
**[23:18] ---**
*Every go every where,
arrive aboard this song, feel now!*
**[23:33] ---**
*The stars dance wildly
in the skies above Luo Chang.*
**[23:37] ---**
*Taito! Kill me!*
**[23:39] ---**
*Are you crazy?! I can't do that!*
**[23:41] ---**
*I'll end up killing you if you don't!*
**[23:44] ---**
*He's now under the
control of Lord Keiro!*
**[23:47] ---**
*At this rate, Taito's going to die!*
**[23:49] ---**
*I have faith in you!*
**[23:53] ---**
*Inhuman shadows writhe,
feeding on sorrow!*
**[23:57] ---**
*On Hero Tales,
"Chapter Twenty-Five: The Dubhe God."*
**[24:12] ---**
*There's no one who deserves to die!*
**[24:12] ---**
"See you next time!"
# 25 - Chapter Twenty-Five: The Dubhe God
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**[00:30] ---**
This is Luo Chang...?!
**[00:33] ---**
We were here until just recently, too...
**[00:38] ---**
Something isn't right...
**[00:39] ---**
Yeah, it's too quiet.
**[00:41] ---**
The hair on the back of
my neck is tingling...
**[00:44] ---**
There's almost always trouble
when that happens...
**[00:58] ---**
See?
**[01:03] ---**
*Yes, unsure of ourselves,
we'll again set forth*
**[01:08] ---**
*on our paths, even though they never cross*
**[01:13] ---**
*It wouldn't matter if we
ran into each other anyway*
**[01:18] ---**
*in order to obtain it*
**[01:25] ---**
*I was lost in the void*
**[01:29] ---**
*between truth and lies*
**[01:35] ---**
*I was betrayed by a kind smile*
**[01:40] ---**
*that never doubted our pictured future*
**[01:48] ---**
*Yes, unsure of ourselves,
we'll again race along*
**[01:53] ---**
*our paths, even though they never cross*
**[01:58] ---**
*It wouldn't matter if we
ran into each other anyway*
**[02:03] ---**
*in order to get it back*
**[02:05] ---**
*The reason I always chased
after you without forgetting*
**[02:10] ---**
*can't be expressed with words,*
**[02:13] ---**
*because it's invisible to the eye*
**[02:15] ---**
*feel my soul believe my heart*
**[02:18] ---**
*Even now, the future from back then*
**[02:20] ---**
*is shining inside our hearts*
**[02:38] ---**
There are so many of them...
**[02:39] ---**
Damn, why can't I ever be
wrong about these things?
**[02:44] ---**
They're all Luo Chang citizens...
**[02:47] ---**
This is just like what
happened with my master...
**[02:50] ---**
Hosei...
**[02:51] ---**
Killed for no reason, and then
used like a tool after death...!
**[02:57] ---**
That's gotta be hard...
That's gotta be painful...
**[03:04] ---**
There are too many of
'em for us to deal with.
**[03:07] ---**
I know!
**[03:09] ---**
Just hang in there a little longer!
We'll put you out of your misery soon!
**[03:13] ---**
There is one thing we must do!
**[03:16] ---**
Defeat Keiro and let the
townspeople rest in peace!
**[03:20] ---**
Our destination is Cai Fei Castle.
We need to beat the mustached bastard!
**[03:26] ---**
Let's go!
**[03:27] ---**
Yeah!
**[03:30] ---**
"Chapter Twenty-Five: The Dubhe God"
**[03:46] ---**
Lady Choka...
**[03:47] ---**
The Alkaid is in the capital.
**[03:50] ---**
Taito...
**[03:52] ---**
I see. So he came after all.
**[03:55] ---**
Answer me.
**[03:56] ---**
Will you kill the Alkaid for Lord Keiro,
**[03:59] ---**
or will you lose your own life instead?
**[04:02] ---**
My answer will not change.
**[04:04] ---**
I cannot assist with the Dubhe's--
no, Keiro's-- twisted ambitions!
**[04:11] ---**
They didn't bother you before.
**[04:14] ---**
Though it was only for a
short time, I did side with Keiro
**[04:17] ---**
and participate in this atrocity.
**[04:20] ---**
I must atone for what I have done.
**[04:24] ---**
I see. So you're prepared to die.
**[04:28] ---**
In that case, you will get your wish.
**[04:47] ---**
So this is the end...
**[04:54] ---**
I've little time left.
**[04:57] ---**
In which case...
**[05:05] ---**
The Zhu Que Gate!
**[05:07] ---**
Once we're on the other side,
Keiro will be dead-ahead!
**[05:09] ---**
Stop right there!
**[05:12] ---**
You...!
**[05:14] ---**
Detestable Alkaid boy! All you
ever do is stand in Lord Keiro's way!
**[05:20] ---**
Just let us through. You have no
chance of winning all by yourself!
**[05:23] ---**
No, *this* is who you'll be fighting.
**[05:27] ---**
Look out!
**[05:38] ---**
It couldn't be...!
**[05:43] ---**
Ryuko, what are you...?!
**[05:46] ---**
No!
**[05:48] ---**
You must stay away from me!
**[05:50] ---**
What's going on, Ryuko?!
**[05:56] ---**
Taito!
**[05:58] ---**
What the hell are you doing?!
**[06:00] ---**
Wait! It's not what you think!
That wasn't Ryuko's doing!
**[06:04] ---**
Exactly right.
**[06:05] ---**
He's now under the control of Lord Keiro!
**[06:19] ---**
Stop Ryuko, everyone!
At this rate, Taito's going to die!
**[06:23] ---**
The only way to stop him is to kill him!
**[06:26] ---**
You can't be serious...
**[06:29] ---**
Let Taito handle this.
**[06:32] ---**
*Ryuko...*
**[06:37] ---**
Ryuko... I *won't* fight you.
**[06:47] ---**
I still...!
**[06:52] ---**
"Friendship", huh? What rubbish.
**[06:56] ---**
Finish him now!
**[07:02] ---**
I have faith in you!
**[07:09] ---**
No more, Taito...!
**[07:12] ---**
Kill me...!
**[07:14] ---**
What?!
**[07:15] ---**
I can't atone for what
I've done as I am now...
**[07:21] ---**
Please! Kill me at once!
**[07:24] ---**
Are you crazy?! I can't do that!
**[07:26] ---**
What are you doing?!
Put an end to the Alkaid!
**[07:44] ---**
Taito! Kill me!
**[07:46] ---**
I'll end up killing you if you don't!
**[07:50] ---**
Only you, the Alkaid, have
the power to defeat Keiro!
**[07:55] ---**
The world can't afford you dying here!
**[08:00] ---**
The same is true for you!
**[08:02] ---**
There's no one who deserves to die!
**[08:06] ---**
That's a messed-up way of thinking...
**[08:08] ---**
Besides, you'll make Rinmei cry if you die...
**[08:15] ---**
You'll make Laila and
Hosei and everyone sad...
**[08:21] ---**
I won't die... And I won't let *you* die...
**[08:26] ---**
We're friends, after all!
**[08:31] ---**
After all I've done, you
still call me a friend?
**[08:40] ---**
Absurd! He's trying to
fight Lord Keiro's power?!
**[08:46] ---**
You asked me to choose whether
to kill Taito or lose my own life...!
**[08:52] ---**
This... is my answer!
**[08:55] ---**
Don't, Ryuko!
**[08:57] ---**
Forgive me.
**[09:00] ---**
Ryuko!
**[09:04] ---**
Ryuko!
**[09:05] ---**
Ryuko!
**[09:10] ---**
Shokaku! What do you think you're doing?!
**[09:13] ---**
He is necessary for stopping
the madness Keiro has begun.
**[09:16] ---**
Curse you! You dare to
defy Lord Keiro as well?!
**[09:24] ---**
That glow...!
**[09:42] ---**
Damn you...
**[09:44] ---**
In your condition, you will
be of little use to Keiro now.
**[09:54] ---**
Hang in there, Ryuko!
**[09:56] ---**
What is this...?!
**[09:59] ---**
Mizar and the Wan Xiang Shi Ming's
dark magic are fighting inside him.
**[10:04] ---**
Th-That doesn't sound good!
**[10:06] ---**
If left alone, he'll burst open and die.
**[10:11] ---**
What?!
**[10:14] ---**
I won't let that happen.
**[10:22] ---**
What is this...?!
**[10:25] ---**
Mizar and the Wan Xiang Shi Ming's
dark magic are fighting inside him.
**[10:29] ---**
Th-That doesn't sound good!
**[10:31] ---**
If left alone, he'll burst open and die.
**[10:36] ---**
What?!
**[10:39] ---**
I won't let that happen.
**[10:49] ---**
Endure it for just a little longer.
**[10:51] ---**
What are you going to do?
**[10:53] ---**
I will use my energy to dispel the
Wan Xiang Shi Ming's dark magic.
**[10:57] ---**
You can do that?!
**[10:59] ---**
Sir Ryuko is already close to
overcoming the spell using his own will.
**[11:04] ---**
I am simply going to give
a little added help.
**[11:22] ---**
*The reaction is stronger than I expected.*
**[11:25] ---**
*I just hope I can last long enough...*
**[11:32] ---**
Our stars are resonating...
**[11:36] ---**
Ryuko...
**[11:41] ---**
H-Hey! Are you...?!
**[11:43] ---**
I am fine. My life was
already nearing its end.
**[11:49] ---**
It is my fault that this has happened...
**[11:51] ---**
But there is still something
that *you* must do!
**[12:09] ---**
Alioth...
**[12:11] ---**
So all Five Divine Warriors
have sided with the Alkaid...
**[12:17] ---**
No matter.
**[12:27] ---**
Ryuko...
**[12:30] ---**
Rinmei...
**[12:32] ---**
Thank goodness...
**[12:33] ---**
Hurray!
**[12:35] ---**
Man, you really had us scared there!
**[12:39] ---**
Stand up, Ryuko.
**[12:43] ---**
I am not fit to take your hand.
**[12:45] ---**
Ryuko!
**[12:51] ---**
Sir Shokaku!
**[12:56] ---**
Forgive me, Lord Keiro.
**[13:00] ---**
The Alkaid has broken
through the Zhu Que Gate.
**[13:03] ---**
He will be here at any moment.
**[13:06] ---**
Shokaku has betrayed you
and sided with the Alkaid.
**[13:11] ---**
I know.
**[13:15] ---**
It's only us two now...
**[13:18] ---**
It's just like when you took me in...
**[13:24] ---**
Please use this body any way you see fit!
Let me be of use to you!
**[13:43] ---**
Very well.
**[13:51] ---**
Sir Shokaku. Why did you
do this for me, of all people?
**[13:55] ---**
It was because of me that
you lost your way...
**[14:01] ---**
The Tale of the Big Dipper
says that the confrontation
**[14:06] ---**
between Alkaid and Dubhe
will bring great turmoil...
**[14:10] ---**
It didn't matter to me which one prevailed,
**[14:14] ---**
as long as it meant being
able to rebuild this empire...
**[14:17] ---**
But... Keiro strayed from his path.
**[14:23] ---**
All I wish is for this land to have peace...
**[14:28] ---**
Just as you do, Sir Ryuko...
**[14:32] ---**
However, I no longer have the
ability to accomplish that wish...
**[14:39] ---**
Might I entrust it to you instead?
**[14:43] ---**
I lost my way, though. Just like Keiro.
**[14:48] ---**
You still have time to mend your mistakes.
**[14:52] ---**
And friends who will wait for you...
**[14:59] ---**
Please go...
**[15:02] ---**
And bring a new dawn... to this land...
**[15:09] ---**
Sir Shokaku! Sir Shokaku!
**[15:14] ---**
He was prepared from
the start to die to save you.
**[15:26] ---**
Please, Taito! Let me fight
alongside you one more time!
**[15:32] ---**
Man, you're as straight-laced as ever!
**[15:38] ---**
If you make a mistake, just try again.
**[15:41] ---**
Your mistakes have given you
the chance to start all over.
**[15:45] ---**
T-Taito...
**[15:47] ---**
He's right, Ryuko.
**[15:49] ---**
If we put our heads together,
I'm sure we'll find a better answer.
**[15:53] ---**
Rinmei...
**[16:00] ---**
We *will* stop Keiro,
and bring peace to this land!
**[16:05] ---**
That was Sir Shokaku's wish!
**[16:15] ---**
Looks like no one's home...
**[16:17] ---**
Keiro's in the throne room. Let's hurry!
**[16:20] ---**
Yeah!
**[16:34] ---**
You guys go on ahead.
**[16:36] ---**
We need to stop Keiro as quickly as possible.
**[16:39] ---**
There's no time to get hung up here!
**[16:41] ---**
Got it!
**[16:50] ---**
All right, girls. You're dealing with me!
**[16:59] ---**
What?!
**[17:05] ---**
Now *this* is a little unexpected...!
**[17:15] ---**
You fools dare interfere with Lord Keiro...
**[17:19] ---**
...despite the fact that
destruction is inevitable...
**[17:24] ---**
Choka?!
**[17:24] ---**
I'll handle this!
**[17:26] ---**
Rinmei!
**[17:28] ---**
Go! You have something you have to do!
**[17:32] ---**
Let's go!
**[17:42] ---**
You're still going to fight,
even after being seriously hurt?!
**[17:46] ---**
Is that Keiro's way of doing things?!
**[17:49] ---**
I commend you for remaining
behind for your man's sake.
**[17:54] ---**
But...!
**[17:57] ---**
I have offered my all to Lord Keiro!
**[18:00] ---**
Even my life!
**[18:06] ---**
Rinmei!
**[18:08] ---**
Go on.
**[18:10] ---**
But I have a duty to fulfill
as a Divine Warrior...!
**[18:14] ---**
You idiot! You have something
way more important than that!
**[18:19] ---**
Guys *have* to protect the
girls they're in love with!
**[18:22] ---**
Go on, Ryuko.
**[18:25] ---**
Thank you! I'll catch up to you later!
**[18:33] ---**
Damn, there's no end to 'em!
**[19:02] ---**
You suck out your dead friends'
energy to get stronger, huh...
**[19:09] ---**
No wonder you're such a pain!
**[19:15] ---**
You're too weak, Merak.
**[19:18] ---**
You honestly intend to oppose
Lord Keiro so halfheartedly?
**[19:23] ---**
This is the greatest feeling.
**[19:26] ---**
Now that I'm dead, I can feel Lord
Keiro inside me even more strongly!
**[19:30] ---**
That's... That's not right!
**[19:34] ---**
Playtime is over.
**[19:36] ---**
Now you will die here, alone!
**[19:47] ---**
Ryuko!
**[19:48] ---**
You're dealing with me!
**[19:49] ---**
Curse you! You still dare
to interfere, Ryuko?!
**[19:53] ---**
You, Shokaku, and all the others...
**[19:55] ---**
You Five Divine Warriors
are always getting in my way!
**[19:59] ---**
Being a Divine Warrior has
nothing to do with it.
**[20:01] ---**
I simply have something to protect now
**[20:06] ---**
that's more important than
the karma of the stars!
**[20:10] ---**
Ryuko...
**[20:11] ---**
Such nonsense!
**[20:22] ---**
Choka! What has driven you to such lengths?!
**[20:25] ---**
Keiro discards his own
people like they're nothing
**[20:28] ---**
simply to fulfill his own ambitions!
**[20:30] ---**
He brings misfortune to all!
**[20:33] ---**
Misfortune?
**[20:36] ---**
What misfortune is there in
living and dying for Lord Keiro?!
**[20:45] ---**
Lord Keiro is everything to me!
He is the very reason I am here now!
**[20:51] ---**
I will stake my entire existence
for him, give my entire self to him,
**[20:56] ---**
serve him, and devote myself to him!
**[20:59] ---**
That's just sad...
**[21:01] ---**
Silence!
**[21:26] ---**
I'm here to end this, mustached bastard!
**[21:36] ---**
I've been waiting for you, Alkaid.
**[21:41] ---**
But you're too late. You
cannot defeat me now.
**[21:47] ---**
What?!
**[21:50] ---**
I have...
**[21:53] ---**
I have... surpassed mankind!
**[22:07] ---**
*When the birds that forgot
their song even lost the ability to fly*
**[22:17] ---**
*the sun through the trees
shed its light and cried loudly*
**[22:27] ---**
*What will the morning sun
be telling us by shining again?*
**[22:33] ---**
*Now, then...*
**[22:38] ---**
*I'll clap my hands,
so that it will reach you*
**[22:44] ---**
*I'll clap my hands,
it's still not quite enough*
**[22:49] ---**
*I'll clap my hands,
with feelings of love welling up*
**[22:55] ---**
*I'll clap my hands,
even if time comes to an end*
**[23:00] ---**
*My feelings for you that I never
got to say I will now speak out!*
**[23:05] ---**
*Every go every where,
arrive aboard this song, feel now!*
**[23:13] ---**
*I'll clap my hands*
**[23:18] ---**
*Every go every where,
arrive aboard this song, feel now!*
**[23:33] ---**
*The battle between Taito and Keiro begins!*
**[23:37] ---**
*Do you know how many people have shed tears*
**[23:38] ---**
*because of your selfish desires?!*
**[23:41] ---**
*Feel it, Alkaid! The taste of defeat!
The taste of despair!*
**[23:45] ---**
*Don't call me that name! My name is Taito!*
**[23:51] ---**
*Taito!*
**[23:53] ---**
*What does the future hold,
amid the utter silence?*
**[23:57] ---**
*On the final chapter of
Hero Tales: "The End of the Tale."*
**[24:12] ---**
"See you next time!"
**[24:13] ---**
*This, too, is the karma of the stars!
The end the heavens wish for!*
# 26 - Final Chapter: The End of the Tale
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Wh-What is that, Master Sonnei?
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So it has finally begun...
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The confrontation between
the Two Celestial Deities,
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the Alkaid and Dubhe...
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Taito...
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*I'll never say good-bye
to our prime forever*
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*And I feel like dumb,
I don't know why*
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*I'll never say good-bye
'cos I can't forget her*
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*But I feel like dumb,
I don't know why*
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*Try to scream*
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*Shattered dreams are
made of stone and desperation*
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*Broken hearts blown in a
freezing wind during winterlong*
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*Unspoken words floating on
freezing wind during winterlong*
**[02:04] ---**
*During winterlong*
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"Chapter Twenty-Six:
The End of the Tale"
**[02:28] ---**
Y-You've surpassed mankind?
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K-Keiro...! You've given up being human?!
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A trifling task on the path
to attaining my desire.
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The hell with you!
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Do you know how many people have shed tears
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because of your selfish desires?!
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Inner-channel Energy Manipulation!
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Taito!
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Things truly are different
with the body of a god.
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Your full-force punches feel
like gentle spring breezes to me.
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Cut the crap!
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Damn you, mustached bastard...
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*What is this? He's nothing
like he was before..*.
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You still do not understand?
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We are now on separate levels of existence.
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He gained power by ceasing to be human...?
**[03:48] ---**
That's exactly right, young lady.
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That voice! Shimei!
**[03:52] ---**
What are you looking at? I'm right here.
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Surprised?
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As you can see, I'm now a part of the boss.
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A human absorbing a monster
leaves me at a loss for words,
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but it turns out he's much
more of a monster than I was.
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He's truly a god born by Dubhe...
He's the Dubhe God!
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Alkaid, I'm going to sit
back and watch from the inside
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and see how much of a
struggle you can put up.
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He absorbed Shimei...?!
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*The* Shimei...?
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Now, Alkaid. Allow me to give
you limitless despair and fear.
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Do not worry. I will take
my time killing you.
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Isn't there anything I can do?!
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Is there any way to repay
my brother and the others?!
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Please be patient, Your Majesty.
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Your role will be to rule over a new era.
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Only Taito can change the
fate of this land now.
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Taito! Taito!
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D-Damn...!
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You're disgraceful, Alkaid.
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You're an embarrassment
to the Two Celestial Deities.
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Come to think of it, my desires
might not have grown this strong
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had I not met you that
day at Lian Tong Temple.
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In other words, this, too,
is the karma of the stars!
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The end the heavens wish for!
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Taito!
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Taito!
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Just pathetic, Alkaid! This, after
all the trouble you gave us before?!
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That's it! I've had enough of this!
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Taito?!
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Stop...
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You're supposed to protect Laila, remember?
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He's mine...!
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Taito...
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Laila.
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Yes?
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I'm sorry if I can't keep my promise...
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Huh?!
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How unsightly!
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Groveling on the ground
like that really suits you best!
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Your attacks will always
have the same result.
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Shimei! Prepare to die!
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Foolishness.
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My body has no weaknesses, not even
parts in the shape of Shimei's face!
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Hosei!
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Hosei...
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Hosei!
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Please, everyone!
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Return the ship to Luo Chang!
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I know there is nothing I can do.
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But I wish to be by my
brother's side as much as I can!
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B-But, Your Majesty...
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I beg you, Tokaku! Ryusho!
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If Your Majesty is that insistent,
we have no choice but to comply.
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We can't afford to go back.
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Enki... Why not?!
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We have been ordered to take
you to a safe location.
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We cannot disobey those orders,
even if Your Majesty disagrees.
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I've always lived as a figurehead emperor.
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Should I flee again as everyone says,
nothing about me will have changed.
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Meaning that someone someday will
have their way with this land again!
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I can't fight by my brother's side.
Nor can I be of any use.
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Even so, I ask for your
understanding of my selfish request!
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Turn the *Dou Ya* around!
We're returning to Luo Chang!
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Full speed ahead!
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Thank you, Lady Enki. I will
apologize to Sir Koyo personally.
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Please do.
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*There's only one left, but
it's not going down easily...!*
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Poor girl, being changed into that
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just because you worked
for Keiro and Choka...
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Come. I'll put you out of your misery.
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Rinmei!
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Ryuko!
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What power...!
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This is the strength of her feelings!
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Help each other! Protect each other!
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I will still crush your weak,
insignificant feelings!
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I gave my all to Lord Keiro!
My feelings are true!
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You're wrong! It's not for anyone to say
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what feelings are real and
what feelings are insignificant!
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Ryuko!
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What would you two know?!
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I will show you my feelings.
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I will show you everything I
gave to Lord Keiro for eternity!
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What is that?
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Her all. The culmination of
everything she's ever believed in.
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Rinmei. I... want to save her.
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Will you help me?
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Don't be silly. Of course I will.
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Die!
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What can you possibly do with that arm?!
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Rinmei!
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Rinmei.
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Had the gears of fate turned
slightly differently,
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I'm sure that she'd also have...
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Let's go. Taito is waiting.
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Stand, Alkaid!
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I'll keep knocking you down
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for as long as your mind
continues to struggle.
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Hey, Alkaid. Things don't look so good.
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Maybe you should just give
up and end your misery?
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*Why am I trying to stand up...
even after everything that's happened?*
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*Hosei's been done in...*
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*And Ryuko, Rinmei, and Koyo...
We didn't stand a chance*
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*against monsters like this after all...*
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*Yeah... I've done well.*
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*There's no reason to push myself too far.*
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*I'm sure everyone would say
the same thing to me...*
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Out of strength, are you?
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Feel it, Alkaid! The taste of defeat!
The taste of despair!
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*I guess this is it...*
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*For all the big talk I gave,
I'm actually pathetic...*
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For my grand desire, the death
and destruction of everything!
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Taito!
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G-Guys!
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Made it in time...
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I don't think this will
atone for what I've done, but...
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Ryuko! Koyo!
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You still interfere with me?
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R-Rinmei!
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Don't be reckless! Get back!
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It's all right, Taito. I
can't possibly beat Keiro.
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But I *can* try to give you
a little time to recuperate.
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Wh-Why...?
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Because you're our only hope.
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We have faith that as long as
you're here, we *can* beat Keiro...
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That you can make this land a place
where everyone can live with a smile...
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We'll do whatever it takes
to keep those hopes alive!
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That's why!
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You're pests to the very end, small fries!
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Wh-What...?!
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Taito...!
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*Impossible! The Alkaid had
that much strength left?!*
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Sorry, Rinmei. I was ready
to give up just a moment ago.
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I was certain there was no way
of beating Keiro as he is now.
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But now I realize I was
acting kinda spoiled there.
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I *have* to beat him, no
matter how strong he is.
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Laila. Give me one of your hits.
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Right!
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Get your act together, you dumb brother!
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Oww!
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Thanks, Laila!
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Why? Why?!
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Why do the heavens only
give power to the Alkaid?!
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Being the Alkaid's got
nothing to do with this!
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My friends believe in me
and risked their lives for me!
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That alone is more than enough!
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Ryuko... Rinmei...
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Koyo...
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Hosei...
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Laila...
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Grandpa Son... The monks...
The Qing Long Platoon...
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Lien... The kids...
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Ryusho... Tokaku... The Wo Jin Squad...
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My brother Emperor Taiga and Taki...
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All the nice people of this land...
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And Koei, Shokaku, and Dad...
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They all believe in me.
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They tell me that it's too soon to give up!
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If I don't do this, I'm not a man!
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Nonsense, Alkaid!
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People's feelings are powerless
before the karma of the stars!
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You lowly beings can't change anything,
no matter how hard you try!
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You're a really slow learner.
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Even now, you talk about
the karma of the stars?
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Then why do *you* fight?!
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Because you piss me off!
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I will end it! I will put
an end to everything!
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Now you will die, Alkaid!
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Don't call me that name!
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My name is Taito!
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*Taito...*
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*Taito...*
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Taito!
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Th-That's...
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The Xian Jia Lan Wu...!
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Oh! The Xian Jia Lan Wu!
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We're counting on you.
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Make a world where everyone
can live with a smile.
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Brother?!
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What is it?
**[20:02] ---**
Oh, it's nothing...
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*Brother...*
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Boss. Tell me today what
you were about to say before.
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If you manage to avenge
my brother, you'll do what?
**[20:37] ---**
Huh?! Oh, I, uhh...!
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His Majesty has grown very strong.
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Ironically, Keiro's existence
brought the people together
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and helped His Majesty grow.
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It was his one and only achievement.
**[21:14] ---**
Ryuko. I'm sending a letter
to Lian Tong Temple.
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Do you have anything to say?
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No, not really.
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Just say that I'll visit
again once I've grown my hair.
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You're going to grow it back?
But this suits you so well.
**[21:28] ---**
Really...?
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She says the capital is
in much nicer shape now.
**[21:38] ---**
Really? Emperor Taiga must
be working really hard too.
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It sounds like it.
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For some reason, it almost
feels like none of it was real...
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Yeah.
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Hosei.
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Even after what Taito said, I think
the karma of the stars is real after all.
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Huh?
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I mean, just look!
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There's a lot more than
just the Big Dipper stars.
**[22:04] ---**
I think that every one of these shining
stars is in charge of a person's fate.
**[22:10] ---**
You might be right.
**[22:12] ---**
The Alkaid, Dubhe, and the
rest of us aren't special.
**[22:16] ---**
It's up to everyone whether or
not they're a prisoner of karma.
**[22:22] ---**
So, which star is yours, Laila?!
**[22:24] ---**
Isn't it obvious? That one!
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That's a big one you claimed!
**[22:30] ---**
So? I called it first!
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That *is* perfect for you, Laila.
**[22:40] ---**
Your face is as big and round
as the moon, after all!
**[22:44] ---**
Don't give me that, you dumb brother!
**[22:47] ---**
You're in no position to
make fun of other people's faces!
**[22:50] ---**
Yeah, Laila's right!
**[22:52] ---**
Listen, you two! I'm a real stud!
**[22:55] ---**
You can't make fun of me!
You can't make fun of me!
**[22:58] ---**
*The Alkaid lives, and the Dubhe has died.*
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*It would seem the whims
of the heavens are over.*
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*As the wheels of fate continue to turn,*
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*I am certain the time will come again*
**[23:12] ---**
*when both an Alkaid and Dubhe
are born in the same era.*
**[23:16] ---**
*When that happens, it is possible
that the just one will prevail again*
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*regardless of the karma of the stars,
just as Taito says.*