# 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!"