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E7 - Future

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[00:08] ---
    You are... Master Lishao Tao?!
[00:12] ---
    Allow me to guess what you're thinking right now.
[00:15] ---
    "Is this woman really Lishao Tao? Where is the proof?"
[00:20] ---
    And... "I would never lose in a fight against her."
[00:25] ---
    Th-that's not true...
[00:27] ---
    Besides, fighting women isn't something I do.
[00:31] ---
    Is that so?
[00:33] ---
    Then what else would convince you?
[00:36] ---
    What can prove she is Master Lishao Tao?
[00:38] ---
    Do not hold back. Spar with her.
[01:00] ---
    Swallow Dive!
[01:06] ---
    This is a pressure point.
    It can easily cripple any opponent.
[01:10] ---
    If I wanted to kill you, you would already be dead.
[01:14] ---
    Consider yourself fortunate.
[01:16] ---
    W-well...
[01:17] ---
    Go home. Return to your country.
[01:21] ---
    I cannot offer you any help.
[03:00] ---
    Too bad.
[03:02] ---
    Your skills just aren't up to the challenge.
[03:05] ---
    Even the biggest and strongest fighters...
[03:08] ---
    can't beat Master Xiuying!
[03:12] ---
    Fangmei!
[03:13] ---
    This is not your concern.
[03:14] ---
    Go back to work.
[03:16] ---
    Yesiree!
[03:18] ---
    See you around.
[03:19] ---
    Sorry, I don't think I'll be back.
[03:22] ---
    Sure you will. No doubt!
[03:27] ---
    How was it? Sparring against Master Tao?
[03:31] ---
    I felt... like a completely open book.
[03:35] ---
    You judged Master Tao solely by her appearance.
[03:38] ---
    You doubted her strength and wondered
    how a woman like her could be a master.
[03:44] ---
    Am I wrong?
[03:50] ---
    You said you came to seek the Master's
    help in finding Yuanda Zhu, correct?
[03:54] ---
    Yes. But I don't know what to do now...
[03:58] ---
    Then go to the Guang Martial Arts School.
[04:02] ---
    What for?
[04:03] ---
    There are four Wude that you must achieve.
[04:06] ---
    Your first step should be learning what all of them are.
[04:11] ---
    Four Wude?
[04:12] ---
    That's right.
[04:13] ---
    Have you ever considered that the shortest route
[04:15] ---
    to your goal may not be a straight line?
[04:20] ---
    You have been consumed by your desire,
    becoming blind to what stands before you.
[04:25] ---
    Perhaps the more you continue to search,
    the more you lose sight of what really matters.
[04:31] ---
    With enough time, the Master may change her mind.
[04:36] ---
    I understand. I will try.
[04:39] ---
    Um...
[04:41] ---
    Why are you helping me?
[04:43] ---
    It is not for your sake.
[04:56] ---
    Guang Martial Arts School... this must be it.
[05:08] ---
    What do you want?
[05:10] ---
    Look, I just...
[05:11] ---
    He appears to be a guest. He may pass.
[05:15] ---
    Yessir!
[05:19] ---
    Welcome to you.
[05:21] ---
    My name is Zhoushan Xuan.
[05:23] ---
    I am master of the Guang Martial Arts School.
[05:29] ---
    I am Ryo Hazuki. I hail from Japan.
[05:32] ---
    What business might a visitor from Japan have here?
[05:35] ---
    I would like to learn about the Wude.
[05:38] ---
    The Wude?
[05:40] ---
    And why is that?
[05:42] ---
    To understand the teachings of Master Lishao Tao.
[05:45] ---
    Master Lishao Tao, eh?
[05:50] ---
    I see.
[05:53] ---
    However, I am...
[05:57] ---
    not worthy to speak of the Wude.
[06:00] ---
    Why not?
[06:03] ---
    Because I once ruined a man's life...
[06:10] ---
    Aberdeen
    The Next Day
[06:18] ---
    All right. So you don't know?
[06:20] ---
    Nope. Sorry.
[06:22] ---
    Your Cantonese is really improving.
[06:26] ---
    Hello Joy. Funny seeing you again.
[06:28] ---
    Hong Kong's a small world.
    Still on the hunt for something?
[06:33] ---
    I'm looking for a skilled martial artist. Know any?
[06:37] ---
    Sorry, that's not my kinda thing.
[06:40] ---
    Anyways, you wanna hang out for a bit?
    I can show you around the city.
[06:45] ---
    I'll pass.
[06:50] ---
    Actually, I've heard talk about a street performer
    at the Golden Shopping Mall.
[06:55] ---
    He once took out a pack of thugs like they were
    yesterday's garbage.
[07:07] ---
    A street performer, huh?
[07:17] ---
    Excuse me.
[07:19] ---
    You with the Yellow Heads?
[07:20] ---
    "Yellow Heads"?
[07:22] ---
    Forget it.
[07:24] ---
    You must be new around here. Where're you from?
[07:28] ---
    Japan.
[07:28] ---
    You've got guts. Okay, I'll take a beer.
[07:32] ---
    What?
[07:32] ---
    A beer, man! Go get me one.
[07:45] ---
    Nothing like the first drink of the morning!
[07:48] ---
    Sure...
[07:50] ---
    Okay! Time to get up and at 'em!
[07:52] ---
    For what, exactly?
[07:57] ---
    Come one, come all! Step right up!
[07:59] ---
    This man here is a bonafide karate expert
    straight from Japan!
[08:03] ---
    Marvel in surprise and delight
    as his human hands shatter this rock!
[08:09] ---
    If the rock cracks, and it will,
    then please, be most generous!
[08:15] ---
    Hold up...
[08:16] ---
    Don't worry. I've got you covered!
[08:18] ---
    Okay?
[08:35] ---
    Unbelievable! Why didn't you tell me
    you actually knew karate!
[08:39] ---
    I'm Zongquan. How about it?
    We could make a killing, you and me.
[08:44] ---
    I'm Ryo Hazuki.
[08:46] ---
    But sorry, I didn't come here to perform.
[08:49] ---
    No? Then what for?
[08:51] ---
    I need to find a martial artist
    who can teach me the Wude.
[08:57] ---
    Shoot. Here I thought you came from Japan
    to train as a street performer.
[09:03] ---
    But, no, the kid wants Wude...
[09:05] ---
    Do you know them? The Wude?
[09:07] ---
    Sorry, kid, but I ain't worthy
    enough to speak of the Wude.
[09:13] ---
    Try somewhere else.
[09:15] ---
    That's exactly what the master
    of the Guang School said...
[09:18] ---
    You know the honorable master?!
[09:20] ---
    "Honorable"?
[09:21] ---
    Naw, it's nothing.
[09:22] ---
    Here, this is your cut. Take it.
[09:25] ---
    See ya.
[09:46] ---
    Not exactly the most friendly way
    to ask someone out on a date...
[09:50] ---
    Ren.
[09:51] ---
    You must be kidding, no guys in Aberdeen
[09:54] ---
    would ever think about hitting on you.
[09:58] ---
    You can say that again.
[09:59] ---
    Wong told me everything.
[10:01] ---
    About how you're helping out some badass Japanese
    dude.
[10:05] ---
    Yeah, and I'm free to do what I want.
[10:07] ---
    Wait.
[10:08] ---
    What?
[10:10] ---
    Tell me about him.
[10:14] ---
    I can't abide by that until I've accomplished my goal.
[10:18] ---
    I came to Hong Kong to make that happen.
[10:21] ---
    If you're so interested, then go meet him for yourself.
[10:25] ---
    Where can I find him?
[10:27] ---
    He's looking for martial artists.
[10:30] ---
    I told him he'd find a street performer
    who fits the bill at the Golden Shopping Mall.
[10:34] ---
    The Golden Shopping Mall...
[10:36] ---
    GUANG MARTIAL ARTS SCHOOL
[10:37] ---
    What? Zongquan said that?
[10:40] ---
    Yes. He called you "honorable master".
[10:44] ---
    Is Zongquan the man who you were referring to before?
[10:49] ---
    He is a former disciple who I banished.
[10:52] ---
    So, it was him...
[10:56] ---
    In his youth, Zongquan was
    a most promising martial artist.
[11:00] ---
    Amongst my many disciples,
    his talent was one-in-a-thousand.
[11:04] ---
    But then at some point, he overstepped his bounds.
[11:08] ---
    He began to misuse martial arts
    to attract attention to himself...
[11:14] ---
    Even now he makes a spectacle of his art,
    going about as a street performer.
[11:19] ---
    Zongquan lost his way and it is entirely my fault.
[11:24] ---
    After failing to properly guide even my own disciple,
[11:27] ---
    how can I speak of Wude?
[11:36] ---
    Huh? Zongquan?
[11:39] ---
    He's gone...
[11:40] ---
    Hey, you!
[11:41] ---
    You friends with Zongquan?
[11:43] ---
    Who wants to know?
[11:44] ---
    Just answer the question, punk!
[11:46] ---
    Lay off. I'm only here to look for Zongquan.
[11:50] ---
    Not to waste time with you lowlifes.
[11:52] ---
    Wow. Hard to believe there are still dumbasses left
    who oppose us Yellow Heads.
[11:57] ---
    Yellow Heads?
[11:58] ---
    Let's make this twerp bleed.
[12:00] ---
    Unless you wanna cough up Zongquan's protection fee.
    Then we'll let you off easy.
[12:05] ---
    I refuse.
[12:06] ---
    Well, this oughta be fun.
[12:12] ---
    Sunuva...!
[12:18] ---
    Whew! Now, that's better.
[12:21] ---
    Huh? What's going on?
[12:24] ---
    Did something happen?
[12:25] ---
    Some idiot went and pissed off the Yellow Heads.
[12:29] ---
    Can't get any stupider than that.
[12:36] ---
    Time to scram.
[12:37] ---
    Zongquan?!
[12:38] ---
    It's Zongquan!
[12:39] ---
    Finally came outta hiding, huh!
[12:41] ---
    What gives? Who are these clowns?
[12:42] ---
    Just get going!
[12:45] ---
    Damn you!
[12:48] ---
    Shithead!
[12:53] ---
    Let's move!
[13:00] ---
    Turn this way!
[13:01] ---
    Uh, okay!
[13:23] ---
    Master Xiuying.
[13:25] ---
    I've been looking for you.
[13:27] ---
    Fangmei...
[13:28] ---
    I've finished cleaning up the worship hall.
[13:30] ---
    Thank you.
[13:32] ---
    Let's have you do my room next.
[13:34] ---
    Already taken care of.
[13:36] ---
    I had a feeling it would need to be cleaned.
[13:44] ---
    The guys were calling themselves Yellow Heads.
[13:46] ---
    And the one fighting them looked to be a foreigner.
[13:49] ---
    Did you see anything else?
[13:52] ---
    That's all I saw.
[13:54] ---
    Damn.
[13:56] ---
    Man, that was a close call.
[13:58] ---
    Who exactly were those creeps?
[14:01] ---
    They're called the Yellow Heads.
[14:03] ---
    And they are...?
[14:05] ---
    A gang that controls the underworld here in Hong Kong.
[14:08] ---
    I've stuck it out without ever paying them
    any "protection" money.
[14:12] ---
    So they like to come and harass me from time to time.
[14:16] ---
    They didn't seem very tough. Why'd we run?
[14:19] ---
    I don't like hassles.
[14:22] ---
    So, what'd you come for this time?
[14:25] ---
    Master Zhoushan told me about your past.
[14:30] ---
    That so?
[14:32] ---
    Guess he told you how much of a failure I was.
[14:33] ---
    No. He seemed frustrated and
    blamed it all on his own shortcomings.
[14:40] ---
    As if...
[14:45] ---
    Righto.
[14:50] ---
    Time to get to work. Step aside, will ya?
[14:53] ---
    Work?
[14:57] ---
    Step right up, folks!
    Rare vintage books here, real collectibles!
[15:01] ---
    Don't be shy now!
[15:03] ---
    Take a good look!
[15:09] ---
    The key for room 203, please.
[15:17] ---
    Jeez, how long are you planning to stay?
[15:20] ---
    I know you're Joy's friend and all,
    but that doesn't mean everything's free.
[15:23] ---
    I'll need you to start paying come tomorrow.
[15:26] ---
    Y-yes, sir.
[15:39] ---
    Hey Joy.
[15:41] ---
    Wanna grab a bite to eat?
[15:44] ---
    So, were you able to find that street performer?
[15:47] ---
    Yeah. I meant to thank you.
[15:50] ---
    Nah, don't mention it.
[15:52] ---
    I'm curious. Has anyone else come to see you recently?
[15:55] ---
    I had a run-in with some guys called the Yellow Heads.
[15:59] ---
    The Yellow Heads...?!
[16:00] ---
    What is it?
[16:02] ---
    Nothing.
[16:04] ---
    Way to go and catch everyone's eye.
[16:07] ---
    You must be really terrible at hiding
    the fact that you're extraordinary.
[16:12] ---
    Is that a compliment, or an insult?
[16:14] ---
    A bit of both.
[16:16] ---
    Guess there's something about you that
    the knuckleheads in Hong Kong just can't ignore.
[16:21] ---
    But you know that a real tough cat doesn't
    show his claws out in the open, right?
[16:27] ---
    Tough cats don't show their claws... huh.
[16:31] ---
    He began to misuse martial arts
    to attract attention to himself...
[16:35] ---
    I don't like hassles.
[16:38] ---
    Even now he makes a spectacle of his art,
    going about as a street performer.
[16:45] ---
    I get it!
[16:46] ---
    What's up?
[16:48] ---
    Sorry! I've got someplace to be!
[16:51] ---
    Hold on! Ryo!
[16:57] ---
    The guys in Hong Kong really don't ever
    think about hitting on me, huh?
[17:06] ---
    Hey Zongquan.
[17:08] ---
    Heard you put on quite a show with our boys.
[17:11] ---
    I'm here to collect their pay.
[17:13] ---
    You get paid based on results in this biz.
[17:16] ---
    And unfortunately...
[17:17] ---
    they really bombed.
[17:19] ---
    Is that all you got to say?
[17:22] ---
    'Cuz the Yellow Heads can't just let things like this slide.
[17:26] ---
    Get him.
[17:36] ---
    Our turn!
[17:41] ---
    Stop!
[17:43] ---
    Zongquan! Don't fight back against them.
[17:46] ---
    It's you...
[17:49] ---
    It's that punk from earlier!
[17:50] ---
    What?
[17:52] ---
    Just listen to me.
[17:53] ---
    You keep your true strength to yourself.
    And you don't make a spectacle of martial arts.
[17:58] ---
    That's because you still adhere to
    the teachings of Master Zhoushan, right?
[18:03] ---
    I want you to stay true to those virtues.
[18:06] ---
    Enough bullshit! Just shut up!
[18:15] ---
    We're only horsing around.
[18:17] ---
    I'm not putting on a show or doing martial arts.
[18:22] ---
    This kid is a real barrel of laughs.
[18:25] ---
    We're leaving!
[18:26] ---
    Y-yes, boss...
[18:27] ---
    Ow...
[18:29] ---
    I'm betting...
[18:30] ---
    I'll see you again real soon.
[18:35] ---
    How'd you figure it out?
[18:38] ---
    The real reason I refused to fight.
[18:40] ---
    Tough cats don't show their claws out in the open.
[18:44] ---
    I understand that now.
[18:47] ---
    Interesting way to put it. In that case...
[18:51] ---
    Can you give this to Master Zhoushan for me?
[18:51] ---
    Master
    Zhoushan
[18:55] ---
    Don't go peeking now.
[18:58] ---
    Sure.
[19:00] ---
    Guang Martial Arts School
    The Next Day
[19:04] ---
    Master
    Zhoushan
[19:04] ---
    What's this?
[19:06] ---
    It's a letter I'm delivering for Zongquan.
[19:09] ---
    From Zongquan?
[19:10] ---
    Yes.
[19:13] ---
    He had already quit street performing.
[19:16] ---
    My vow of Jie is broken, but like a tune that enchants the mouth,
[19:21] ---
    the martial arts yet enchant my hands.
[19:24] ---
    That Zongquan...
[19:26] ---
    What does it mean?
[19:28] ---
    He speaks of the Wude.
[19:30] ---
    Keep your heart free of conceit,
    never use force blindly or flaunt technique.
[19:38] ---
    That is one of the Wude, "Jie".
[19:41] ---
    JIE
[19:44] ---
    Another one of the Wude... Jie.
[19:47] ---
    Just as those who love music
    are constantly humming a tune,
[19:51] ---
    the minds of martial artists are always
    on their fists, never ceasing to train.
[19:56] ---
    Golden Shopping Mall
[19:57] ---
    Although Zongquan has broken his vow of Jie
    and now lives a new life,
[20:02] ---
    he never put the path of martial arts behind him.
[20:05] ---
    That is what he is telling me.
[20:08] ---
    Zongquan, my pupil. You will keep to
    the path of martial arts... eh?
[20:21] ---
    Keep your heart free of conceit,
[20:24] ---
    never use force blindly
[20:27] ---
    or flaunt technique.
[20:29] ---
    That is Jie. Another one of the Wude.
[20:32] ---
    You knew that I lacked understanding of Jie.
[20:35] ---
    Is that why you said you were unwilling to help me?
[20:39] ---
    Indeed, you did not know the meaning of Jie.
[20:43] ---
    However, that is not my only reason.
[20:45] ---
    Then, why?
[20:47] ---
    It matters not. I will not be changing my decision.
[20:52] ---
    I feel the same.
[20:56] ---
    Until you change your mind, I refuse to give up.
[21:02] ---
    I won't give up, Xiuying.
[21:08] ---
    Follow me.
[21:15] ---
    Where are we?
[21:16] ---
    This is my room. Starting today, you will stay here.
[21:20] ---
    But...
[21:21] ---
    I still have no intention of helping you.
[21:23] ---
    But Master Chen sent you to me in good faith,
    and I cannot ignore that.
[21:28] ---
    I appreciate it, Master Tao.
[21:30] ---
    Xiuying.
[21:31] ---
    What?
[21:32] ---
    Xiuying Hong. That is my real name.
[21:38] ---
    Master Xiuying.
[21:41] ---
    Thank you.
[21:44] ---
    See? My intuition was spot on, I knew it
    was good idea to clean Master Xiuying's room!
[21:50] ---
    Don't get too excited.
[23:40] ---
    Aspiration
[23:41] ---
    Next time: "Aspiration."