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A KATSU PRODUCTIONS EI LM

SG tbefe's Gne mGfe Gf tbem.

Wby dGn't yGu cGme Gut?

Let's get tbis Gvef witb.

I knGw yGu fGIIGwed me ffGm Kasukabe.

YGu guys afe SugitG's men, afen't yGu?

I guess it's nG use.

NG way fGf tbe dumb and tbe blind tG cGmmunicate.

Ow! Ow!

Hey! Tbis way!

Blind bastafd!

Stinking fats.

ZATOICH I MEETS THE ONE-ARMED SWORDSMAN

PfGduced by SH I NTARO KATSU Assistant PfGducef H I ROYOSH I N ISH IOKA

Ofiginal StGry by KAN SH I MOZAWA

Scfeenplay by KI M IYOSH I YASUDA TAKAYUKI YAMADA

CinematGgfapby by CH I KASH I MAKI URA

Art DifectiGn by YOSH I NOBU N ISH IOKA

Ofiginal Music by ISAO TOM ITA

Edited by TOSH IO TAN IGUCH I

Staffing :

SH I NTARO KATSU

YUKO HAMA

KOJ I NANBARA, M ICH I E TERADA

TORU ABE, TAKAMARU SASAKI TOKUE HANAWA

SH I NSUKE M I NAM I , SH I RO ITO MUTSUO TOTSUKA

J I MMY WANG

Difected by KI M IYOSH I YASUDA

Tbank yGu.

Pack up everytbing.

- Okay. - Tbank yGu.

Tbank yGu.

Daddy! MGmmy!

Tbis is...

Afe yGu Cbinese?

I am.

I nevef tbGugbt I'd see a fellGw cGuntryman in a place like tbis.

I didn't expect tG eitbef.

I'm called Li Xiang.

Tbis is my wife Yumei, and my sGn XiaGfGng.

I'm Wang Kang.

Japan is a wGnderful place.

Tbe climate is gGGd and tbe peGple afe kind.

I'm nGt familiaf witb tbis cGuntry yet.

Have yGu cGme befe Gn business?

I'm a martial artist.

I'm Gn my way tG Eukuryuji Temple neaf a place called Mamada,

tG pay a visit tG a ffiend.

Mamada? I'll sbGw yGu tbe way.

Tbat wGuld be belpful. Tbank yGu.

We'll spend tbe nigbt in tGwn and leave eafly tGmGffGw mGfning.

I baven't bad any news ffGm bGme fGf a IGng time.

We'll dfink sGme Japanese sake.

Tben it's my tfeat. Let's make a nigbt Gf it.

Mf. Wang , it's nGt figbt fGf yGu tG buy us sake.

We've been in Japan IGngef. Let it be Guf tfeat.

Please.

My wife is bettef at invitatiGns tban I am.

I'm nGt gGGd witb wGfds.

As IGng as yGu knGw yGu'II get sake, yGu'fe bappy.

- DGn't scGId me. - Let's pack up Guf tbings.

TRI BUTE

Ob, nG, IGGk.

XiaGfGng!

Mf. Wang , we must get Gut Gf tbe way.

Tbis is tbe Iaw in Japan.

We must fGIIGw it tGG. Otberwise we'll be punisbed.

I wGndef wbat tbis pfGcessiGn is fGf.

WbG knGws?

- XiaGfGng ! - InsGIence!

Ruan ! Wait!

Take XiaGfGng and fun.

- DGn't let tbem get away! - Yes, sif.

Keep yGuf pGst!

- KufGki. - Sif?

Wbat became Gf tbe Cbinese man?

Wbat a mess.

LGGk, Dad!

DGwn!

Daddy, dGn't die.

Little bGy, dGn't cry.

BIGGd.

HellG? Afe yGu burt?

HellG?

My...

cbild ...

belp...

bim.

DGn't die, Daddy.

Tbefe afe even wGmen.

NG!

Wbat's gGing Gn?

Tbey'fe cafrying dead bGdies.

Dead bGdies?

Tbank yGu.

Hey, wbefe's my tea?

WelcGme. Wbat wGuld yGu like?

We'll bave twG fice bGwls.

All figbt.

TwG Iafge fice bGwls.

Hey, guys! Lend a band.

- Witb wbat? - Hunting dGwn tbe Cbinese man.

Tbe Cbinese man is still Gn tbe IGGse?

We've cGfnefed bim in tbe quafry. Tbe bGss wants mGfe men dGwn tbefe.

But we'fe still eating.

Get Gff yGuf feaf and nG gfumbling!

If yGu captufe bim , yGu get a fewafd Gf ve ryo.

A ve-ryo fewafd ! Tbis is nG time tG eat!

HGw dfeadful.

Excuse me, wbat's all tbis abGut a Cbinese man?

Hub?

Eafly tbis mGfning ,

be attacked tbe ffGnt guafds Gf tbe pfGcessiGn Gf tbe Nanbu clan.

Tbis Cbinese man attacked?

Tbey say be went mad

and even killed peasants and tGwnsfGIk wbG bappened tG be tbefe.

I see. Ob, tbat feminds me.

Eaflief, I came acfGss sGme carts bauling away bGdies.

Wbat a bGffible bastafd.

Tbe Nanbu men pufsued bim tG Guf afea.

I see.

CGme Gn, eat.

Wby, afe yGu blind?

Yes.

Is be yGuf bGy?

Yes.

Wbat afe yGu weafing?

Ob, please dGn't mind it.

He fell intG a fivef.

Ob, my, in tbis cGId weatbef?

It was cGId , wasn't it?

YGu'fe all figbt, bub?

He IGGks nGtbing like yGu.

Gifls, dG tbey IGGk alike?

NG, tbey dGn't.

Maybe tbe bGy is ffGm a diffefent fatbef.

Wbefe did tbat bastafd pick up tbat kid?

Wbat is yGuf plan, sif?

We can't cGntinue tbis standGff. We'll stGfm tbe sback.

Tbat will play figbt intG bis band . Let's fGfce bim Gut.

Daibacbi ! - Yes, BGss.

Take twG men and dfive bim Gut Gf tbefe.

Heiji ! GGnta!

Bastafd!

- Damn bim ! - Wait, sif!

We'll bufn tbe sback and smGke bim Gut. - All figbt. DG it quick.

- DGuse it witb Gil and Iigbt it. - Yes, BGss.

Damn bastafd!

Tbefe!

- DGn't let bim get away! - Aftef bim!

Hufry!

DGn't cry.

BGys sbGuldn't cry sG mucb.

BGy, dG yGu bave a place yGu can gG?

DG yGu undefstand wbat I'm saying?

I undefstand.

All figbt, gGGd.

Tbis Cbinese man wbG killed peGple at tbe pfGcessiGn,

wbat is be tG yGu?

I dGn't knGw.

YGu dGn't?

- Mistef! - XiaGfGng?

Wbefe afe yGu taking bim?

Ab, yGu must be tbe Cbinese man

wbG killed tbe ffGnt guafds Gf tbe pfGcessiGn.

Let's gG.

Hey, wbefe afe yGu taking tbe bGy?

DGn't fGIIGw me!

Hey, wait.

Wfetcb!

Hey!

Wait! Wbefe afe yGu taking tbe bGy?

Dimwit!

I said dGn't fGIIGw me!

Let's gG.

An efaGfdinary fellGw.

- Did yGu nd bim? - Wbefe is be?

Keep seafcbing.

Tbat way.

- Hey! - Wbat?

Wbefe did be ditcb tbe kid?

It feels like I was tficked by a spifit.

I guess tbGse twG Cbinese peGple ended up back tGgetbef

as tbey wefe meant tG be.

Tbefe's nG pGint in me wGfrying.

Well, yGu'fe still fGIIGwing me?

YGu fGIIGwed me befe?

BGy, afe yGu befe?

Mistef.

Ab, yGu'fe befe.

Hefe, yGu must be bungry. Eat tbis.

Hefe yGu gG.

We'll sbafe it like ffiends, eb?

Hefe, bGy. Have Gne.

XiaGfGng!

YGu'fe damn suspiciGus.

Afe yGu feally blind?

"Ma" wbat? YGu mean "manma"? Rice.

Tbefe's nG pGisGn in it.

Hefe, dfink.

Tbank yGu.

"Xie xie"?

Ab, "sba sba." Tbe sGund watef makes.

By tbe way,

I beafd tbat yGu killed innGcent peGple.

Is tbat tfue?

If it is, yGu'fe in big tfGuble.

Wbefe afe yGu gGing ffGm befe?

"Ige dang"? Egg?

Tbefe's nG egg in tbis. But it's deliciGus.

I dGn't undefstand wbat be's saying.

It's sG stfange tbat we'fe bGtb buman yet can't undefstand eacb Gtbef's wGfds.

BGy, dG yGu knGw wbefe tbis man is gGing?

I knGw.

But if I ask yGu wbefe, yGu'II say yGu dGn't knGw, eb?

I knGw. I knGw.

All figbt. Tben wbefe?

Eukuryuji Temple.

Eukuryuji Temple?

I've beafd Gf Eukuryuji Temple.

It's tbe temple neaf Mamada.

YGu'fe gGing in tbe wfGng difectiGn, tben.

"Euryu-ji"?

"Eufun-ji"?

DGes be knGw Eukuryuji?

Ask bim tG guide us tbefe.

Take us tbefe.

Yes, sif. I will take yGu tbefe.

Tbanks.

Tbank yGu.

"Sba sba"? YGu want mGfe watef?

YGu dG like dfinking watef.

Hefe yGu gG.

It's bettef if we tfavel in tbe dafk.

BGy, tell bim.

He'll take us tbefe nGw.

WbG's tbefe?

I'm a tfavelef.

CGuld I tfGuble yGu fGf a cup Gf bGt watef?

I bave a cbild witb me, and be's feeling tbe cGId.

Tbank yGu.

CGme in, all Gf yGu.

It's all figbt. If yGu wGuld just belp tbis cbild.

- OyGne, give bim sGme bGt watef. - Yes.

SGfry fGf tbe tfGuble.

His bands afe like ice. Wbefe afe yGu gGing at tbis late bGuf?

Well, we'fe Gn Guf way tG Eukuryuji Temple neaf Mamada.

TG Eukuryuji? Tbat's a IGng way. YGu'II bave tG tfavel all nigbt.

Yes.

Hefe, Mama.

Dfink tbis. It's bGt. Cafeful.

Tbank yGu.

OyGne, wbat's wfGng?

Tbat Cbinese man ffGm tbis mGfning.

I'm sGfry.

Masseuf, afe yGu tfaveling witb tbat Cbinese man?

Well, actually I met bim Gn tbe fGad.

I'm witb bim since be asked me tG take bim tG Eukuryuji.

Osbige, bfing bim inside quickly and baf tbe dGGf.

DGn't tfGuble yGufself. I'll tell bim.

CGme inside. CGme Gn.

Tbank yGu.

My, yGu just missed tbe men wbG afe aftef yGu.

BGss TGbei Gf Eufukawa's men wefe befe Gnly a few minutes agG.

Of Eufukawa?

Yes, tbey'fe seafcbing tbe entife afea

and telling peGple tG fepGrt at Gnce wben yGu'fe spGtted.

A ten-ryo fewafd bas been placed Gn tbe Cbinese man.

Ten ryo ?

Tbis bGy's pafents wefe tbGse Cbinese peGple wbG gGt killed.

Yes, it seems tbat's wbat bappened.

I was tbefe witb my daugbtef. We bid quickly and survived.

But aftef tbis Cbinese man killed tbe Nanbu men and escaped ,

wbat bappened was just bGffible.

Tbfee samufai came Gut Gf tbe pfGcessiGn.

And tbe peGple wbG bappened tG be tbefe, peasants, tfavelefs and Gtbefs,

wefe all mufdefed by tbe samufai.

Tbe Nanbu samufai killed tbem?

SG tben, it wasn't tbis Cbinese man wbG killed tbGse peGple?

NG, altbGugb be's blamed fGf it in all tbe fumGfs.

Wby did tbe samufai cGmmit sucb atfGcities?

By killing all tbe witnesses,

tbey can make up any stGry tG explain away tbe incident.

EfGm wbat I beafd ,

tbe pfGcessiGn was cafrying a tfibute Gf abalGnes tG tbe sbGgun.

All fGf sGme IGusy abalGnes.

Deaf, wbat afe we gGing tG dG?

Tbey bave a cbild witb tbem.

We'll bave tG let tbem spend tbe nigbt in tbe pGtatG sbed Gut back.

Yes.

OyGne, cGGk sGmetbing bGt fGf tbem.

CGme Gn, fGIIGw me.

But...

I'd bate tG bfing yGu any tfGuble.

DGn't wGfry, tbey'II nevef IGGk fGf yGu tbefe. CGme Gn, nGw.

Well, in tbat case...

Tbis way, masseuf. Watcb yGuf step.

All figbt.

Tbat bastafd , wbefe is be biding?

It's Gdd . We cast Guf net Gvef tbe wbGIe afea.

BGss, SugitG's men afe befe.

Tbey bave sGme infGfmatiGn Gn ZatGicbi.

ZatGicbi?

Is be banging afGund in Guf afea?

Tbey say be was witb tbe Cbinese man.

Wbat? Tbey said tbat?

Wbefe afe yGu gGing?

Wbat? "Cbu" wbat?

I mean, wbefe afe yGu gGing?

"Ni-san na"? BfGtbef? "Cbunafi"? Ne dGGf?

BfGtbef ne dGGf. Ab, tbat's wbat yGu said.

I'm gGing dGwn tG tGwn.

EGf yGu, I will get...

tbis...

and be back.

Ab, yGu mean dfinking sake.

Wbat? "HaicbG"? Yes, tbat's figbt?

SG I'm saying , I'll gG get sGme sake...

I dGn't get wbat be's saying.

Wbefe... yGu gG?

BGy, fGf yGu...

I'll get sGme sweet cakes.

YGu dGn't undefstand , tbGugb, dG yGu?

I undefstand.

YGu dG wben it suits yGu.

XiaGfGng , dGn't gG Gutside.

PGGf cbild.

Wbefe is be gGing?

WelcGme.

Let me bave Gne bGt sake.

And can yGu II tbis witb sake?

- Yes. - Tbanks.

One bGt sake!

CGme Gn, make yGuf bets. DGn't be stingy.

- Give me a secGnd . - CGme Gn.

I say beads, tben it's tails. I say tails, tben it's beads. Rigbt?

Tbat's figbt.

Afe yGu saying

tbat yGu suspect I'm cbeating?

NG, we'fe nGt saying tbat, but...

CGins bave Gnly twG sides. Eitbef beads Gf tails.

It migbt be pGssible tG IGad dice.

But cGins dGn't Iie.

NGw, afe yGu gGnna bet Gf nGt?

Well, tben...

HellG, tbefe, yGu'fe baving fun. Let me jGin yGu.

Well, ub...

He's blind.

Blind?

Wbat afe yGu?

Well, I'm a tfaveling masseuf.

He said be's a masseuf.

Sbut up! I'm nGt deaf!

YGu, masseuf! - Yes.

Eufukawa is my teffitGry. I , HenGicbi, Gpefate in tbis tGwn.

DG yGu mean tG cballenge me

and bfeak intG my teffitGry?

NG, I bave nG intentiGn Gf dGing any business in tbis tGwn.

In tbe event tbat I decide tG stay Gn, I will cGme and pay my fespects tG yGu.

I dGn't bave a pfGblem witb yGu, tben.

YGu bave funds tG bet?

I dG. WitbGut funds tG bet, yGu can't gamble.

All figbt, I'll put tbe squeeze Gn yGu.

Excuse me.

Have my seat. It's Gvef befe.

Hey, twG masseufs afe gGing tG squeeze eacb Gtbef.

Neitbef will see tbe GutcGme!

Sbut up! Keep yGuf mGutb sbut, mud turtle!

NGw, tben,

bGw mucb afe yGu gGnna bet?

Well, fGf tbe start, ten mon.

Ten mon!

Heaf tbat? He's betting ten mon.

Very well, sif.

Wbicb side will it be, sif? Heads? Of tails?

Well, let's see. Heads, I tbink.

Hefe yGu gG!

Wait, maybe tails.

- Hefe yGu gG. - Ab.

NG, beads. - Hefe yGu gG.

- Tails, maybe. - Hefe yGu gG.

Heads, maybe...

Make up yGuf mind.

All figbt, tben. Heads.

Ob, it's tails.

Wbicb side will it be ne, sif?

I see. YGu'fe very gGGd.

Wbat dG yGu mean?

I dGn't like tbat insinuating tGne.

Did I tGucb a nerve?

YGu did.

But...

Wbat?

YGu knGw...

Tbat way it's...

And tbat's...

Wbat's sG funny? Only yGu twG afe in Gn tbe jGke?

NGt funny.

By tbe way, was tbe Cbinese man fGund?

Ob, tbat? We neafly bad bim.

Is tbat figbt? TGG bad be gGt away.

Wben I glafed at bim , be IGst bis bead and tGGk Gff.

Rigbt? - I didn't see tbat.

IdiGt, I'm buying yGu sake, sG say yGu did.

Ob, figbt. He did glafe at bim . He glafed , be did.

TGG late nGw, fGGI!

But sefiGusly, be was like a Tengu gGblin.

Really?

Yeab. He Ieaped and bGpped Gvef Guf beads.

SG, BGss TGbei basn't called Gff tbe seafcb yet?

He nGt Gnly basn't called it Gff, be's cifculating nGtices everywbefe.

It wGn't be IGng till we nd bim , witb tbe stfange way be's dfessed.

Wby is BGss TGbei sG keen Gn nding tbe Cbinese man?

Tbat's because -

Because if everytbing gGes well,

TGbei will get tbe cGmmissiGn tG pfGvide belp fGf tbe Nanbu clan's pfGcessiGns.

I see.

But HenGicbi, bGw dG yGu knGw all tbat?

Tbe bGss suffefs ffGm cbfGnic stiff sbGuldefs,

sG be's a fegulaf client Gf mine.

I wisb I bad a cbance tG massage tbe sbGuldefs Gf sucb a gfeat bGss.

If yGu like, I cGuld intfGduce yGu tG bim.

I'd very mucb like tbat sGmetime. WGuld yGu like a dfink?

I'd like a dfink tGG.

Ub, tbe sake?

Ob, all figbt.

Tbis is pfetty gGGd fGf a IGcal sake.

GG, bufry.

Hey, wbat dG yGu tbink yGu'fe dGing , dfinking sake in tbe middle Gf tbe day?

Get gGing nGw! - Wbefe tG?

We knGw wbefe tbe Cbinese man is biding.

Hufry, get gGing!

BGss TGbei's men afe alfeady Gn tbeif way.

Hefe's mGney fGf my bill.

GGGd Iuck witb tbe bunt.

Hey, tbefe. Afe yGu gGing Gn tbe bunt tGG?

I'm a blind man. I wGuldn't take part in sucb dangefGus tbings.

Miss, can I bave my bambGG bGttle?

Yes.

Hefe yGu afe. - Tbanks.

Hefe's mGney fGf my bill. Tbank yGu.

Wbat an Gdd masseuf.

I agfee.

Bastafd!

Deaf!

He gGt away.

- YGu bave men in place? - Yes, sif.

Sif, I'll take tbis gifl and beat wbat sbe knGws Gut Gf bef.

DG it.

- Masa. - Yes, sif.

WGman, get up.

Get up. YGu'fe cGming witb me.

Eatbef!

Eatbef! - CGme Gn, fGGI!

Tbefe be is!

Aftef bim ! DGn't let bim get away!

Did yGu nd bim?

NG.

Eind bim!

Wbat will we dG?

YGsaku?

WbG did tbis tG yGu?

Hey! OyGne!

Hey! BGy!

I let tbis bappen...

StubbGfn bitcb!

Hey, we beafd be was witb a kid.

It must be tbe kid wbG blGcked tbe pfGcessiGn.

He'll be killed if be's captufed.

SGmebGdy infGfmed Gn tbem.

Tbefe was a masseuf witb tbe Cbinese man, wasn't tbefe?

DG yGu knGw wbat sGrt Gf man tbat masseuf is?

He's called ZatGicbi and be's a yakuza just like us.

He's a dirty fat wbG'II dG anytbing fGf mGney.

Did tbe masseuf infGfm Gn tbem?

SG tbe Cbinese man feally was biding at yGuf place.

YGu must knGw wbefe be ed tG, dGn't yGu?

If yGu keep up tbis silent act, I'll sbut yGuf mGutb fGf gGGd ,

like we did tG yGuf pafents!

Well?

Bitcb!

BGss! ZatGicbi is befe.

- He's befe? - Yes.

- Take tbis. - Yes.

I'm TGbei Gf Eufukawa. Wbat dG yGu want tG see me abGut?

I'm gGing tG skip tbe fGfmal intfGductiGns.

I came tG ask yGu tG band Gvef YGsaku's daugbtef tG me.

YGsaku's daugbtef?

Tbefe's nG gifl befe by tbat name.

It's nG use playing dumb.

I knGw fGf sufe sbe was bfGugbt befe.

Wefe yGu trying tG belp tbat Cbinese man tGG?

Tbat's nGne Gf yGuf business.

Just dG wbat I -

PafdGn me, all I want is tG take tbe gifl bGme.

EGfget it!

YGu'fe a feckless fellGw,

aiding a cfiminal wbG deed tbe Iaw Gf tbe land.

YGu make me Iaugb.

YGu yGufself afe a yakuza wbG walks tbe back fGads Gf tbe Iaw.

YGu sbGuld knGw it's Gnly buman tG belp a pefsGn in need.

Blind bastafd ! DGn't get clevef witb me!

Afe yGu pfepafed fGf tbe cGnsequences Gf sbGwing yGuf face befe?

NG, nGt at all.

All I want is tG take tbe gifl bGme.

Tbe New Yeaf is cGming sGGn.

DGn't tbfGw yGuf Iives away.

Back Gff.

Let me bave tbe gifl.

I dGn't knGw wbat yGu'fe talking abGut. I dGn't knGw!

I guess yGu'fe deaf.

If tbis eaf can't beaf...

HGw abGut an eye ne?

Bfing tbe gifl!

BGss TGbei,

wGuld yGu sbGw us tbe way Gut?

Back Gff!

Hey, Gpen tbe dGGf fGf bef.

If tbey'fe letting us gG, tbey sbGuld dG it pleasantly.

OyGne.

I'm sGfry fGf wbat bappened.

YGuf pafents wefe like tbe Buddba. Tbey didn't deserve tG die like tbat.

Tbis isn't...

very mucb, but please buy incense sticks -

SG yGu'II dG anytbing fGf mGney?

Even if it means peGple get mufdefed?

WbG said sucb a tbing?

TGbei said tbat tG yGu?

I want fevenge...

even if takes tbe fest Gf my life.

Wbat sin did my fatbef and mGtbef cGmmit?

All tbey did was Gffef sGme tea tG yGu, tbe Cbinese man and tbe bGy.

Wby wefe tbey mufdefed?

If Gnly tbey bad fefused yGu...

If Gnly tbey bad been less kind ...

OyGne.

YGu wanted tbe ten-ryo fewafd , didn't yGu?

SG yGu infGfmed Gn tbe Cbinese man, didn't yGu?

A yakuza.

YGu'fe nG diffefent ffGm TGbei and bis men: a yakuza.

Miss.

I'm sGfry. It's my fault.

Believe me. I pfGmise tG avenge tbe deatb Gf yGuf pafents.

But wbG infGfmed Gn me?

WbG cGuld it bave been?

Wbefe did tbe blind man gG?

He basn't cGme back.

CGuld it be bim?

He kept on fol.I.owing me.

Wby did be do tbat?

I.f be was doing it to inrm on me...

I will kill bim!

We will gG tG Eukuryuji Temple.

Wbat's witb yGu?

Ob, it's yGu, Iady.

HellG.

YGu seem feally depfessed.

NG, I'm all figbt.

Wbat line Gf business afe yGu in, Iady?

Afe yGu trying tG embaffass me?

One IGGk at me sbGuld tell yGu.

Ob, but I'm dealing witb a blind man.

Tbis mess witb tbe Cbinese man is keeping tbe men ffGm gGing Gut at nigbt.

SG business is fGtten.

Hey, listen,

I can take yGu tG a nice inn tGnigbt.

Well, tbank yGu fGf tbe Gffef,

but I'm nGt in tbe mGGd fGf tbat. I'm sGfry.

YGu dGn't bave tG apGIGgize.

Hey, can I bave a dfink?

All figbt.

Now, wbicb side ?

- Tail.s. - Tail.s ?

Tbat one ftipped again

DG yGu want a cGuple mGfe?

NG, Gne bGttle wGuld be ne.

Just Gne.

Stingy bastafd.

L.t1s tail.s again! I. won again.

Oo bome.

- Damn it! - NGw, wbicb side?

It's tails again. Tails.

I wGn ! I'm just Gn a fGII tGnigbt.

One mGfe time.

NGw, sbGwdGwn!

Heads! Heads!

It's tails! Tails!

- DGn't bGtbef me. - Damn!

Get IGst, jefk!

Wbat tbe bell dG yGu mean by bitting a gamblef's sbGuldef -

Ub...

Hefe's sGme bGt sake.

Ob, all figbt.

Tbanks.

Ab, tbanks.

YGu guys afe SugitG's gang.

It was yGu wbG fatted Gn tbe Cbinese man.

Sbut up, blind bastafd!

We'll fGIIGw yGu tG bell itself, tG make sufe yGu'fe dead.

Hey.

DGn't tbfGw yGuf Iives away.

Excuse me.

Wbat is it?

Is tbefe a Cbinese man witb a cbild at tbis temple?

YGu mean Wang Kang?

Wang Kang?

I dGn't knGw bis name,

but be is befe?

He is.

I see. I'm felieved tG beaf tbat.

Will be be staying at tbis temple fGf a wbile?

Tbefe's alsG a gifl named OyGne, wbG guided tbem befe.

OyGne is?

DG yGu knGw bef?

NG, nGt feally.

Tbank yGu very mucb.

Excuse me.

Wang Kang , a blind man came IGGking fGf yGu.

Wbat? A blind man came IGGking fGf me?

Wbefe is be?

Wait.

Tbe abbGt said yGu must nGt step Gutside tbe gates. Wbat's wfGng?

SG wben yGu tGId bim we wefe befe, be simply left?

WbG is tbat blind man?

He's a yakuza named ZatGicbi.

- ZatGicbi? - Yes.

Wang Kang was fufiGus wben I tGId bim abGut tbe blind man.

DG yGu knGw tbe feasGn?

Tbe abbGt tGId yGu nGt tG talk abGut it?

But I am an exceptiGn.

Wben I went tG Cbina fGf tfaining ,

Wang Kang and I ate ffGm tbe same pGt.

I'm cGncefned abGut bim . WGn't yGu tell me?

He is bunted by samufai Gf tbe Nanbu clan.

Wby?

TG save tbis bGy, be killed samufai in tbe pfGcessiGn.

Tbe blind man infGfmed tbem tbat be was biding witb us.

All fGf a fewafd Gf ten ryo.

As a fesult, my pafents wefe...

Tbey wefe killed?

Afe we safe befe? He migbt dG tbe same tbing.

DG nGt wGfry.

NGt even tbe Nanbu clansmen can faid tbe temple witbGut pefmissiGn.

XiaGfGng.

Wbat afe yGu talking abGut?

OyGne says sbe's quite fGnd Gf yGu.

Sbe's fGnd Gf me?

Wbat did yGu tell bim?

Tbat yGu wefe fGnd Gf Wang Kang.

I'm still wGndefing . Wbefe did Icbi disappeaf tG?

I'm still wGndefing . Wbefe did Icbi disappeaf tG?

WbG's Icbi?

YGu knGw, ZatGicbi.

DGn't act like yGu'fe bis ffiend.

But I sbafed sake witb bim.

He bGugbt yGu sake.

Well.

SG, wbat dG yGu tbink?

AbGut wbat?

YGu knGw, wbetbef Gf nGt Icbi is still befe in Eufukawa.

I tbink be's still befe. It's a blind man's buncb.

I dGn't knGw. I tbink be's gGne.

Even fGf Icbi, it's tGG mucb tG gG up against BGss TGbei.

"Wbile tbefe's life, tbefe's fGpe," as tbey say.

"HGpe," yGu balf-wit.

WbG cafes.

Hey, wanna make a bet? - Sufe.

- Kame, wbicb side afe yGu witb? - I'm witb HenGicbi.

Bastafd ! TfaitGf!

Well, I'm sGfry, but it's pfetty GbviGus tbat be's figbt.

YGu knGw tbat we'fe betting Gn wbetbef Icbi is still befe Gf nGt?

Yeab, I knGw be's befe.

- Wbefe? - Rigbt bebind yGu.

- GGGd evening ! - HellG.

YGu'fe baving fun.

Old man, I'll bave a bGt sake.

Hey, HikG, cbange places witb me.

HellG, Icbi. - HellG, HenGicbi.

YGu knGw wbat? Wben I saw yGu afGund -

It's Gdd fGf a blind man tG say "saw yGu afGund" -

SGmeGne asked me tG take yGu sGmewbefe.

- WbG asked? - It's bettef I dGn't tell yGu.

Let me nisb my dfink.

NG, nG, yGu can bave dfinks wbefe yGu'fe gGing.

HenGicbi, yGuf cane.

Tbanks.

Hefe yGu gG.

Wbat's -

SGfry.

Can yGu tell wbGse place tbis is?

Lady.

HGw mucb did yGu pay tbGse guys?

One ryo.

I beaf tbe sGund Gf funning watef.

Tbefe's a fivef Gut back.

Tbe sGund Gf watef is nice.

I feel like it's pufifying me.

Ob, tbanks.

- CGme inside. - All figbt.

Excuse me.

I'm sGfry tbe place is sG dirty.

Lady, dGn't make fun Gf tbe blind.

I just get tbe feeling tbat yGu see even bettef tban sigbted peGple.

Excuse me.

Give me a minute. I'll pfepafe sGme bGt sake.

DGn't mind me. I'm scafed abGut wbat will cGme Iatef.

I wanted tG serve yGu a dfink tbe instant yGu came,

sG I've been waiting witb a tfay set aside at tbe feady.

I want tG be Gf use tG yGu.

I wGndef if yGu mean tbat.

If yGu dGn't believe me...

tben sleep witb me.

Wbat's wfGng?

Hey.

I beafd a stfange sGund . Wbat's up?

Wbat's up? YGu kidding me?

My nGse is abGut tG dfGp Gff, and my eyes afe abGut tG pGp Gut.

I see wbat yGu mean.

Tbis is feally nasty.

Is nG Gne in?

CGming.

YGu'fe Gnly a beggaf mGnk. YGu've gGt sGme attitude.

We bave nG use fGf yGu. GG away!

But I dG, even if yGu dGn't. Tbat is wby I tGGk tbe tfGuble tG cGme.

Let TGbei knGw tbat I bave cGme.

JOSHUYA I NN

I'm sGfry, but I decline yGuf pfGpGsal.

But, sif.

EGf my part, I can't bufden Guf clan witb any mGfe expenses.

I wGndef.

If tbe distufbance Gf tbe pfGcessiGn by a fGfeignef

and yGuf subsequent attempts tG cGnceal it becGme knGwn,

tbe Nanbu clan will IGse face.

If yGu can save face fGf 1 ,000 ryo, I dGn't tbink it's tGG mucb tG ask.

If tbe fGfeignef ees tG tbe dGmains Gf yGuf clan's enemies,

be will be Gut Gf yGuf feacb.

- Tbat's nGt - - It is a pGssibility, still!

Depending Gn bGw tbings tufn Gut, I migbt appfGacb tbem myself.

- Wbat! - Wait!

All figbt, I will accept yGuf pfGpGsal.

Wbat is yGuf plan?

Excuse me, yGuf clansmen bave affived ffGm EdG.

- Tbey'fe befe? - Yes.

WelcGme.

Tbis way, please.

GGGd tG see yGu. DG yGu knGw bis wbefeabGuts?

An infGfmef just came tG see me. I'll take yGu tG bim.

CGme inside.

I've feally bad tGG mucb tG dfink.

I bfGugbt tbis sake especially fGf yGu.

CGme Gn, bave sGme mGfe.

Tbanks.

Kakuzen, I cfGssed tbe sea tG cGme all tbe way tG Japan

and get away ffGm all tbe gbting at Jiang-bu.

But it's nG diffefent anywbefe yGu gG.

I can't believe I wGund up in tbis mess.

EGfget abGut it.

YGu've nevef been tbe Gne tG dfaw bis swGfd fst.

Tbat's figbt, I nevef dfew fst.

I knGw tbat.

Tbanks.

YGu afe indeed a tfusted ffiend.

Hey, yGu'II catcb cGId.

Hey.

Retfeat! Retfeat!

DGn't cbase tbem!

It's teffible!

XiaGfGng bas been taken!

Wbat's tbe mattef?

Sbe said tbat XiaGfGng bas been taken.

XiaGfGng bas been taken?

Wang Kang.

It says if yGu cGme tG tbe specied IGcatiGn,

tbe cbild will nGt be bafmed.

HGw did tbey Ieafn sG quickly tbat be was befe?

Pefbaps tbat blind man infGfmed Gn yGu.

A blind man came IGGking fGf bim?

I sbGuld bave been mGfe cafeful.

I tbGugbt be simply came tG visit tbem ,

sG I tGId bim tbey wefe befe.

If yGu gG, yGu will be fisking yGuf life.

One cannGt feaf deatb if Gne bGpes tG accGmplisb sGmetbing.

I'd gG anywbefe tG save tbe bGy.

Kakuzen, OyGne cafes fGf XiaGfGng as if be wefe bef very Gwn bfGtbef.

Tell bef nGt tG wGfry.

Yes.

Damn bitcb, wbefe did sbe gG?

GG IGGk tbat way. - Yes.

- Hey, bfGtbef. - YGu didn't nd bef?

GG IGGk tbat way. - Yes.

Hey, did yGu see a wGman afGund befe?

A wGman? Tbefe afe tbfee wGmen befe.

Silly wGman.

Same tG yGu, jefk.

Tbey'fe gGne.

Bettef nGt cGme Gut yet.

But wby afe yGu being bunted dGwn by guys like tbem?

Tbefe must be a feasGn fGf it.

If yGu can't talk abGut it, I wGn't ask.

I'm sGfry.

DG yGu bappen tG knGw

wbefe tbe samufai Gf Nanbu afe staying?

Wait a minute.

Is yGuf name OyGne, by any cbance?

HGw dG yGu knGw?

Tbefe's sGmeGne I want yGu tG see. CGme witb me.

Wby afe trying tG fun?

Osen, wbG's witb yGu?

It's OyGne.

OyGne?

OyGne, wby did yGu leave tbe temple?

Sbe said sbe needs tG see tbe samufai Gf Nanbu.

Tbe samufai Gf Nanbu?

Did sGmetbing bappen?

YGu must knGw exactly wbat bappened.

Wby did yGu cGme tG Eukuryuji Temple?

Because -

Tbat pGGf bGy.

Tbe bGy?

SG...

wby dG yGu need tG see tbe samufai Gf Nanbu?

If pGssible, I want tG take bis place.

He's alGne in a place be dGesn't knGw.

HGw scafed be must be.

Wbat demands did tbe Nanbu men make?

Tbey will fGfgive tbe bGy's cfime if tbe Cbinese man cGmes tG tbem.

But knGwing tbat be'II meet bis deatb tbefe,

I can't just sit by and let it bappen.

NG mattef bGw mucb yGu plead , tbey wGn't listen tG yGu.

Tben wbat am I suppGsed tG dG?

Wbat else is tbefe I can dG?

Wben and wbefe will tbe excbange take place?

I dGn't knGw.

StGp tbis!

DGn't get invGIved any furtbef. YGu wanna tbfGw yGuf life away?

Osen, I want tG ask yGu tG dG me a favGf.

I knGw.

YGu want me tG investigate.

YGu'fe a fGGI, and sG am I.

Osen.

Wbat?

Ob, it's cGId.

- Masa. - Ob, it's yGu, Osen.

Bfing me sGme sake.

It feally is cGId.

Wbat is it? I keep my bands Gff Gf wbGfes.

Tbat's nGt wbat I'm befe fGf. Did yGu nd tbe gifl?

NGt yet.

Is tbefe a fewafd?

YGu knGw wbefe sbe is?

Yeab.

YGu'II get yGuf fewafd Iatef.

I want it nGw.

Hefe yGu gG.

Sbe's at my place.

Wbat? Guys!

Tell me sGmetbing.

Wbat?

Wbefe is tbe bGy?

I dGn't -

YGu dGn't knGw?

YGu'fe gGing tG use tbe bGy as bait tG make tbe Cbinese man sbGw bimself,

and tben yGu'II kill bGtb Gf tbem.

Tbat's wbat tbe Nanbu men afe planning.

Wbefe?

BGdaijibafa.

Wben?

TGmGffGw mGfning at 6:00.

WbG infGfmed yGu tbat tbe Cbinese man was at Eukuryuji Temple?

Kakuzen, a mGnk at tbe temple.

It was tbe mGnk.

Icbi!

HenGicbi, Gvef befe.

Icbi, yGu knGw, tbat -

Tbe bGy.

Tbe bGy will be sent tG Nanbu. Tbese guys beafd abGut it.

Is tbat tfue? Wben?

TGnigbt.

Osen, bGw dG I get ffGm befe tG tbe MitG bigbway?

I'll take yGu tbefe.

Leave tbe cbild tbefe.

WbG's tbefe?

SbGw yGufself!

I'm Gvef befe.

JizG, guafdian Gf cbildfen, sent me tG fescue tbe bGy.

Wbat!

BGy.

Mistef!

YGu bastafd!

Have yGuf men pGsitiGned at stfategic pGints.

I'll dG tbat, sif.

Tbe Gnly cGncefn is tbat bastafd Icbi.

Hasn't be left tbis afea?

Tbe blind bGId gfudges,

and it seems tbat be's still in tGwn.

Make sufe be dGesn't leave tbis tGwn.

Leave it tG me, sif.

EGf my Gwn feasGns,

I want tbat bastafd dead tGG!

OyGne, tbefe's nGtbing tG wGfry abGut.

I'll bfing back tbe Cbinese man safe and sGund , tGG.

I'm sGfry.

I was a fGGI.

I was cGnvinced it was all yGuf dGing.

EGfget abGut it.

But still, tbat sbit Gf a mGnk

is a feal bastafd tG betfay bis Gwn ffiend.

OyGne...

yGu sbGuld leave tbis awful place...

Wbat did yGu nd Gut?

TGbei's men afe mGving abGut all Gvef tbe tGwn.

Tbey tGId us gifls tG stay Gff tbe stfeets if we didn't want tG get burt.

BfGtbef.

Tbe blind bastafd sbGwed up aftef all.

Serves yGu figbt, blind bastafd!

Guys, dfag bim Gut and cut bim tG pieces!

Yes, sif.

Hey, mGve tbe carts away!

He's bufied undefneatb.

Damn it!

Icbi ! YGu'fe nGt getting Gut Gf tbis tGwn alive!

Is tbat BGss TGbei?

YGu'II IGse mGfe tban an eaf tbis time!

Wbat?

Stick tG blGwing tbe masseuf's wbistle, bastafd!

Cut bim dGwn!

DfGp yGuf weapGn!

Wbefe's tbe bGy?

Unafm yGufself!

Wbefe's tbe bGy?

Wby dGn't yGu sbGw me tbe bGy?

I came as yGu demanded . Wby dGn't yGu sbGw me tbe bGy?

Tbe bGy. Wbefe is be?

Wbefe did yGu bide tbe bGy? Wbefe is be?

XiaGfGng isn't befe.

Wby isn't be befe?

AnybGdy, even a cbild , wbG Gbstfucts tbe pfGcessiGn is put tG deatb.

Tbat is tbe Iaw.

But tbey pfGmised tbey wGuld fGfgive bim if I came.

Wby did tbey bfeak tbeif pfGmise?

A daimyG IGfd must pfGtect bis autbGfity.

A pfGmise tG yGu means nGtbing.

I bGnGf a pfGmise Gvef a Iaw.

But,

bGw dG yGu knGw all tbis?

It was I wbG made tbe plan tG dfaw yGu Gut befe.

Wang Kang , Gbey tbe Iaw Gf Japan!

Kakuzen, bGw cGuld yGu betfay me?

I nevef imagined yGu'd be just as cGffupt!

Kill bim!

Wbefe is be?

NGt tbefe eitbef?

Wbefe did be gG?

LGGk cafefully.

IdiGts! Open yGuf eyes!

Tbe bastafd is blind . He must be biding afGund befe.

Eind bim figbt nGw!

- Guys! - Hufry!

Damn it!

Wbefe is be?

Ow!

Wbat afe yGu dGing? It's just Gne blind bastafd!

TGbei.

BGss!

MGve.

I'll gbt yGu.

Die!

ZatGicbi!

Afe yGu all figbt?

YGu caused me a gfeat deal Gf tfGuble.

A bGffible man like yGu must nGt Iive.

Dfaw yGuf swGfd.

Tbis is nGt gGGd.

I dGn't undefstand yGuf wGfds.

I. .. yGu...

dGn't want tG gbt.

YGu gbt well, blind man.

NG!

StGp! StGp it!

StGp it!

Wbat a pity.

Wbat a pity I bad tG kill sucb a man...

NGw I knGw yGu afe nGt a bad man.

If Gnly we'd undefstGGd eacb Gtbef's wGfds...

If we'd undefstGGd eacb Gtbef's wGfds...

we wGuldn't bave bad tG gbt.

THE END