# E7 - Future
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G2XU03Q7X/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?
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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...
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Ow...
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I'm betting...
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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".
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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."