24 - Chapter Twenty-Four: Karma Out of Control

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    Say that... Say that again, Enki!
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    Keiro did what?!
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    Keiro has sealed the
    capital by imperial decree
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    and begun using the undead
    to slaughter people indiscriminately!
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    Why...?!
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    I don't know.
    He's the emperor now.
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    I expected him to give orders
    to dispose of us, but not this...
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    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"!
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    At this rate, the capital
    will become a living hell...
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    No, not only the capital!
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    The entire Xian Empire!
[01:16] ---
    The entire empire?!
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    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
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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
[02:09] ---
    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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    "Chapter Twenty-Four: Karma Out of Control"
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    According to reports I've
    received from the temples,
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    massacres like the one in the capital
    are beginning throughout the empire.
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    Neighbors who had always lived in peace
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    suddenly become undead and
    slaughter everything they can.
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    Those who aren't undead
    are paranoid of everyone else
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    and curse and kill each other.
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    And it's all happening in
    the name of Emperor Keiro.
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    That's horrible...
[03:22] ---
    Now I see.
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    Keiro dispatched troops all over under
    the pretext of squelching rebellions
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    so that he could spread his undead
    legions throughout the land like this.
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    Master Ryusho.
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    Does this mean the Xuan Lang
    Platoon members are undead too?!
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    Including Ryuko...?!
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    Never fear. The Big Dipper star
    of Mizar has not lost its shine.
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    There are many normal people
    left in the Xuan Lang Platoon.
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    It appears some are even fighting
    the undead to protect citizens.
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    But they're up against
    Shimei's undead creations.
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    With no easy way to defeat them,
    annihilation is inevitable.
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    There is a way!
    The undead are weak right here!
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    All you gotta do is tell everyone!
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    Yes! With all the undead gone,
    Keiro can't do a thing!
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    Forget it!
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    Do you know how long it'd take
    to tell everyone in the empire?!
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    Besides, Shimei can make even more
    undead hordes any time he wants!
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    There's no time...
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    Sitting around talking isn't
    going to solve anything!
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    There's no time for that!
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    We need to destroy that
    mustached bastard, Keiro, ourselves!
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    We're going to put an end to this all!
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    We're leaving for the
    capital tomorrow at dawn!
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    Ryusho. Tokaku. I leave Emperor
    Taiga and Taki in your hands.
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    Please wait!
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    Please wait, Lord Keiro!
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    Do you want something?
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    About the incident in Jialing Square...
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    Just what was the meaning of that?!
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    I simply ordered the people
    to die, as their emperor.
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    What?! What are you thinking?!
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    A country's foundation is its people!
    They're what give it strength!
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    Your point being?
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    Only death awaits the weak.
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    Their fate is to be swept away
    helplessly, like dust in the wind.
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    Just as your mother was, Keiko.
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    Just as an empire
    can bring death to its people,
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    so too can an emperor
    bring death to his empire.
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    Do you understand, Keiko?
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    Y-You're wrong!
    You're absolutely wrong!
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    It couldn't be helped that
    you couldn't save Mother!
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    Then wouldn't you agree that this
    land's ruin cannot be helped either?
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    Why does it have to be this way?!
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    This wasn't the new order
    and eternal peace you spoke of!
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    Please come to your senses, Father!
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    If you want to call me your father,
    you must abandon everything as well
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    to achieve my wish.
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    Father...
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    What... should I believe in...?
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    Hey, take a look.
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    It's definitely the night
    before the showdown.
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    Dubhe is shining
    especially ominously tonight.
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    So that's Keiro's star...
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    When you think about it, we and Keiro
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    all live bound by this
    "karma of the stars" thing.
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    Dubhe is the star of
    authority and fighting.
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    That's why Keiro harbors
    such menacing ambitions.
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    Poor fellow.
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    I hear he was once a man who wouldn't
    hesitate to give his life for others,
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    but such is the fate of those
    who bear the karma of Dubhe.
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    You're wrong about that, Ryusho.
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    I hate to say this, since you
    and Grandpa Son taught me
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    all about the karma of the stars,
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    but we don't live our lives for
    those insignificant little stars.
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    And Keiro didn't become
    twisted because he's the Dubhe.
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    He wound up that way
    because he was weak inside.
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    You're saying the karma of the
    stars has nothing to do with it?
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    Yeah.
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    Alkaid, Dubhe, and the rest...
    None of it matters.
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    Whether I was the Alkaid or not,
    I'd still be on my way
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    to beat that mustached bastard
    because I think what he's doing is wrong!
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    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!
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    Even though we might not have met
    if the Big Dipper hadn't guided us,
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    the all-important Alkaid doesn't
    believe in the karma of the stars!
[08:06] ---
    I-Is it that funny?!
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    No, I like you even more now, Taito!
[08:14] ---
    You're right.
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    Plus, ol' Mr. Straightlaced
    is still lost out there
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    because he's a prisoner of this
    "karma of the Five Divine Warriors" idea.
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    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!
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    Just what I'd expect from Soei's son!
[08:47] ---
    Despite being the Alkaid,
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    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!
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    N-No...! Y-You mustn't, Laila...!
[09:05] ---
    I'm with Laila!
[09:06] ---
    Quiet, you clod!
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    You shouldn't get worked up,
    Master Ryusho! Your heart...
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    So I'll be going with Taito.
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    I leave Emperor Taiga, Lady Taki,
    Sir Tokaku, and Master Ryusho with you.
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    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...
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    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!
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    Sailors share the same boat.
[10:20] ---
    Even if there's no hope of returning alive
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    we want to be with you,
    our boss, to the end!
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    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...
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    Thanks for volunteering
    for such an unpleasant role...
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    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?
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    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.
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    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,
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    and I won't know what
    to do if that happens...!
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    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!
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    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
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    so I can visit his grave and tell him.
[13:35] ---
    Laila... All right.
[13:38] ---
    In that case,
    I'll prepare myself too.
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    I'll protect you and fight,
    and I'll do both flawlessly!
[13:45] ---
    That concludes the
    layout of the imperial court.
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    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...
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    Brother...
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    After that, it's up to you
    whether or not the world
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    becomes a place where people
    can live with a smile on their faces...
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    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
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    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,
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    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!"