23 - Chapter Twenty-Three: Clash

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    Just where are you taking
    Emperor Taiga and Lady Taki, Taito?!
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    Isn't it obvious?! Somewhere out
    of that mustached bastard's reach!
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    There is no such place in the Xian Empire!
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    Then I'll just build one!
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    Build? Build what?!
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    A place where everyone can live with a smile!
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    You still cling to such ideals?!
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    What value is there in
    ideals you can't make good on?!
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    Who cares if there's no value?
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    What?
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    Besides, maybe it is an impossible ideal
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    for that mustached bastard
    and his bloodstained hands...
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    ...but I have faith that
    he can make it happen!
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    Yes, unsure of ourselves,
    we'll again set forth
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    on our paths, even though they never cross
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    It wouldn't matter if we
    ran into each other anyway
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    in order to obtain it
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    I was lost in the void
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    between truth and lies
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    I was betrayed by a kind smile
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    that never doubted our pictured future
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    Yes, unsure of ourselves,
    we'll again race along
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    our paths, even though they never cross
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    It wouldn't matter if we
    ran into each other anyway
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    in order to get it back
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    The reason I always chased
    after you without forgetting
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    can't be expressed with words,
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    because it's invisible to the eye
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    feel my soul believe my heart
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    Even now, the future from back then
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    is shining inside our hearts
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    Is that your answer?!
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    Yeah. I refuse to team up
    with that mustached bastard!
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    Maybe this is part of our karma too!
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    I have no choice, then.
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    Let's finish this once and for all, Ryuko!
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    It'll be my pleasure!
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    I am Taito, the Celestial Deity Alkaid
    and user of the Eight Great Styles!
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    I am Ryuko, the Divine Warrior Mizar
    and user of the Eight Great Styles!
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    --Here I come!
    - -Here I come!
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    "Chapter Twenty-Three: Clash"
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    No! You must not fight!
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    Lady Laila! Can you stop them?!
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    Those two wouldn't listen to me.
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    You can't be serious...
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    Sheesh!
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    Men are so hopeless, having to
    fight to come to an understanding!
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    Want to join our "Men Are
    So Hopeless League" too?
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    Lord Keiro.
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    Please forgive me. The Alkaid
    has taken Emperor Taiga and Taki.
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    That is quite the blunder.
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    Shimei!
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    By itself, Emperor Taiga escaping
    wouldn't pose much of an obstacle.
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    But the Alkaid boy being with him
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    makes it a real problem, wouldn't you say?
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    Now that I have pulled the Xian Jia Lan Wu,
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    the Alkaid is no longer necessary.
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    Should he intend to collude with
    Emperor Taiga and stand in my way...
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    ...then I will simply have
    to cut them both down.
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    Taki...
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    What's the matter? You're
    breathing pretty hard!
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    You are in no position to talk!
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    --How?!
    - -Huh?
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    How can you have such
    faith in Emperor Taiga?!
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    Huh?!
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    Without any fear or hesitation whatsoever...
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    How, Taito?!
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    Oh, is that all?
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    "Is that all"?!
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    I have no real reason, of course.
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    What?!
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    Ryuko. Do you need a reason
    to believe in someone?
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    Of course I do! Believing in someone
    else without a reason is absurd!
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    You know seeing someone's
    eyes is all it takes!
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    The same was true when I met you, Ryuko!
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    That talk won't do you any good now!
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    Yes, I should've realized!
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    It was because of the person Taito is
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    that everyone connected deep
    down and always had a smile...
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    Including me...!
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    Come to think of it, when did I stop smiling?
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    Pick it up.
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    Is that supposed to be mercy?!
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    It's not like that!
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    I told you back then: I wanna
    have another fight with you!
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    Never did I expect you to
    stop it with your bare hands...
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    I want to have another fight with you...
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    Taito...
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    Let's forget the "karma of the stars"
    and "just cause" stuff for now!
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    A match against you'll be fun!
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    Dumb brother...
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    I can't believe your audacity...
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    I will make you regret your overconfidence!
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    You wish!
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    I just knew this would happen.
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    --Men are so...
    --...Hopeless, aren't they?
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    --You do understand!
    - -Yes!
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    Your Majesty! Lady Taki!
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    Fath--! Kocho!
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    Curse you! How dare you
    bring them to such a place!
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    I will show no mercy, not
    even to women or children!
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    --Wait, Kocho!
    - -Your Majesty?!
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    These people are not the enemy!
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    They saved Taki and me from Keiro,
    who attempted to have us killed!
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    We owe them our lives!
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    What?! Surely you jest, Your Majesty!
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    It's true! My father tried to kill us!
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    My lord did? That... can't be...
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    This is the end, Taito!
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    Yeah!
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    Taki!
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    Taito won!
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    I lose. Go.
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    Taito!
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    Lord Keiro... I...
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    Die with Emperor Taiga, Alkaid!
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    --Look out!
    - -Your Majesty!
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    No!
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    Father!
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    Stay back!
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    You must stay back, Taki!
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    You... You two must not
    be soaked in blood...!
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    Father...
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    My lord...
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    I'm sorry... I wasn't able to
    abandon our bond after all...
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    Father!
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    Taito...
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    Keiro!
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    Stop, Taito!
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    If the Alkaid and Dubhe,
    the Two Celestial Deities, clash...!
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    Laila! Take them and go! I'll hold him off!
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    But...!
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    Have faith in me! I *will
    *come back to you guys!
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    Promise you will!
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    You're going to hold me off? Amusing!
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    With my newfound supremacy,
    my ambitions will be achieved!
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    Try to stop me, if you dare!
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    That's exactly what I have in mind!
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    Taito... Father...
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    Meet your destruction, Alkaid!
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    Taito took a direct hit from
    Father without faltering!
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    Alkaid!
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    Keiro!
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    This is...
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    This is the clash between
    the Two Celestial Deities?
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    I am delighted to see you
    unharmed, Your Majesty.
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    --Yes.
    --Don't give us that! What happened to Taito?!
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    You abandoned Taito, didn't you?!
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    That's enough, Hosei.
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    You know very well
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    that Taito shielding him was
    the only way for him to escape.
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    I'm sorry. I'm so powerless to do anything...
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    Taito! If you die, Laila
    will... Laila will...
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    ...live happily with me, so
    don't worry! Rest in peace!
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    Sorry to disappoint...
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    ...but I have no intention
    of resting in peace just yet.
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    Taito!
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    Taito!
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    Damn. Don't go worrying us like that!
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    I knew you were alive! I knew it!
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    Yeah, right.
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    Sir Taito.
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    It was I who cast you out of
    the capital twelve years ago.
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    That's okay. It doesn't bother me.
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    But...
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    Tokaku! What are you talking about?!
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    Your Majesty. Sir Taito is
    your older twin brother.
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    My brother?
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    Apparently so!
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    It was a grave sin on my part
    to remove you from your family
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    at such a young age, out of
    fear of your Alkaid pattern.
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    I will humbly resign myself
    to any punishment you choose.
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    Quit that. I'm proud to be Soei's son.
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    And you're the one who had
    him take care of me, right?
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    I'm grateful to you.
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    You are too kind!
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    What is it?
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    H-Hey! What are you doing?!
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    Brother...
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    The time has come.
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    Then you will finally be...?
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    My lord!
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    It's you.
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    Why did you throw the Kui Xun Blade then?!
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    You know why. To slay the Alkaid.
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    But your sword killed Sir Kocho instead!
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    I have no need for weak men.
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    Kocho lost his life due to his own weakness.
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    You can't mean that...!
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    Watch what you say, Ryuko!
    You owe Lord Keiro for saving your life!
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    Forgetting that and talking
    back to him is rude!
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    Lord Keiro. I am fully prepared to
    sacrifice my life for you, if necessary.
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    But of course. Why do
    you think I took you in?
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    Lady Choka...
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    Choka. Gather the people in Jialing Square.
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    Yes! At once!
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    I've been waiting for this...
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    The start of Keiro's-- the Dubhe's--
    ambition beyond supremacy...!
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    Keiro's ambition?!
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    Yeah. That's what that
    mustached bastard said.
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    The Xian Empire is pretty much in his hands
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    now that he's drawn the Xian Jia Lan Wu.
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    What more could he be plotting?!
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    I dunno. But knowing him, it can't be good.
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    We have to stop him, no matter what.
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    We can't let Keiro have his way.
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    We will defeat Keiro.
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    After that, it'll be up to you to get
    the Xian Empire back on its feet.
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    Brother. I have a request.
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    What is it?
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    Please be the emperor of the
    Xian Empire in my place!
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    Your Majesty! What are you saying?!
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    Seriously! A moron like Taito
    can't possibly serve as emperor!
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    Your Majesty! Do not be hasty!
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    I do not have the strength to fight evil!
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    But I am certain you can defeat
    Keiro and rebuild this empire, Brother!
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    Sorry, but I have no
    intention of being emperor.
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    But...!
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    Ouch!
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    What was that for, Brother?!
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    It's okay if you don't have
    the strength to fight.
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    All you need to do is build a place
    where people can live with a smile
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    in your own special way!
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    Brother...
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    And we'll always be there to help
    you when you absolutely need it!
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    Brother... Everyone...!
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    Sir Tokaku...
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    I believe the times may
    belong to these youngsters now.
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    A new era, huh. All we can do
    is sit back and watch it now...
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    See this!
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    The Xian Jia Lan Wu!
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    It's the birth of a new
    emperor of the Xian Empire!
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    Emperor Keiro!
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    Hear me! I now declare the
    beginning of a new era!
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    I will stamp out all the seeds of conflict
    strewn throughout the Xian Empire
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    and create a new order to lead
    our world to eternal peace!
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    --Long live Emperor Keiro!
    --Long live the Xian Empire!
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    So, what will you do now?
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    Sir Shokaku. I...
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    I probably should have
    confronted him sooner...
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    The exits!
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    What in the world is going on?!
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    As Keiro, emperor of the Xian Empire,
    I hereby order you...!
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    Foolish people who are the
    source of all conflict...
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    ...perish and begone!
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    Wh-What the hell are you doing?!
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    Yes! This is it! This is
    what I've been waiting for!
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    Fun! Fun! You're so fun!
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    You're the most fun of all, Dubhe!
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    You're just the world-destroying
    demon king I've been waiting for!
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    Now if I can just get the
    Alkaid boy to show up...!
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    When the birds that forgot
    their song even lost the ability to fly
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    the sun through the trees
    shed its light and cried loudly
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    What will the morning sun
    be telling us by shining again?
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    Now, then...
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    I'll clap my hands,
    so that it will reach you
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    I'll clap my hands,
    it's still not quite enough
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    I'll clap my hands,
    with feelings of love welling up
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    I'll clap my hands,
    even if time comes to an end
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    My feelings for you that I never
    got to say I will now speak out!
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    Every go every where,
    arrive aboard this song, feel now!
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    I'll clap my hands
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    Every go every where,
    arrive aboard this song, feel now!
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    Wild urges compel the Dubhe.
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    I simply ordered them to
    die, as their emperor.
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    This is his ambition beyond supremacy!
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    Its destruction is only a matter
    of time now! In which case...!
[23:50] ---
    Wh-What are you doing?!
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    I will take everything of
    yours to fulfill my desire!
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    Having attained everything, Keiro now...!
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    On Hero Tales, "Chapter Twenty-Four:
    Karma Out of Control."
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    "See you next time!"
    I have surpassed mankind!
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