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One day during the second World War,...

I stopped by at a pet shop in Chinatown.

A young Chinese man sold me a legendary beast called a...Kirin.

He told me...

The holy beast, Kirin, serves no one but a sovereign.

That is to say, the one who captures the Kirin also obtains the fate...

to become a ruler.

What he said was true. I became a sovereign.

The President of the United States!

Is this true? If it is...

...our dream will come true!

Please leave!!

No matter how much you offer, I cannot sell you what I don't have.

They say you can get anything here!

Please leave now.

Hey, come on!

What's going on?

Oh, Mr. Detective.

A detective!?

You are...

We should get going, Roger.

Alright.

That was Roger T. Stanford, the Congressman.

He was? He seemed so young...

He became the youngest Congressman in history two years ago.

He comes from a distinguished family, which has produced well-known...

politicians for generations.

Then he's a thoroughbred in the political world.

Though he is said to be the bad apple of the family.

They say he won't make it in the next election.

I see. That's why he was here.

Ridiculous! You just read it in my great grandpa's diary, right?

Did you have to take me all the way to Chinatown...

for such a pipe dream, Kelly?

I'd believe anything to help you win the next election.

Roger, we really are in trouble.

I have to go. I've got a date.

Roger, we still have things to do!

I'll leave it to you. See you!

Hey, Roger!

Roger.

Na, Nancy...

Kelly, are you alone?

Ah, well, Roger is in an important meeting and...

An important meeting with a dancer from Vegas,...

or is it an actress from Hollywood?

Well...

You two haven't changed at all since your school days.

I'm good for nothing else.

Besides, his family helped me with school.

Roger is only using you.

That's not true.

He's not a bad person at heart.

Besides, how can I put it...

he's so likable, don't you think? He is charismatic.

I guess I'm one of those who was deluded by that charisma.

What?

I got married to him mistaking his assertiveness and conceit...

for manliness.

But he only needed my family's wealth.

Don't say that, Nancy.

I finally realized the true value of a man is tenderness and sincerity.

It's not too late, I want to start over.

Nancy!

No, Nancy, you have to...

You are going to be the future First Lady.

It's no use coming here again, I cannot sell what I don't have.

No.

I'm here to get a pet to comfort a lady.

Come in, Nancy.

This is Nancy Grayson, the wife of Roger Stanford.

Ah, I'm not really...

This woman has an aura of...

Wh...what?

What's wrong?

What, what was that?

Their king has descended.

What?

My name is Count D.

Pleased to make your acquaintance, your Highness.

What?

You will sell us the Kirin?

Yes, though with great reluctance on my part.

Please come again tomorrow afternoon with your friend, Roger.

We are going to get a Kirin!

That man is strange.

Why did he call me "Your Highness"?

He predicted you will become the wife of a ruler.

Kelly, I still want to...

No, Nancy!

I'm sorry. But you are going to be the future First Lady.

It's a dream.

No, it's not. I'm serious.

My father was killed in Vietnam.

My mother couldn't cope with the reality and escaped to alcohol.

The pension was as good as nothing.

Even our house was about to be taken away.

We were on the verge of becoming homeless.

Kelly Vincent, you have been selected as the recipient of...

the 60th Stanford Foundation Special Scholarship.

Roger seemed like a prince.

Yes, Roger has the power of the sun.

With his power, it may be possible to realize a world without...

starvation, poverty or even war.

Kelly...

I'm the one who's using Roger. Tenderness and sincerity are...

not enough to make a good politician.

You have to have money, power and the charisma Roger has.

My role is to procure for him that which he doesn't have.

Even if I have to get my hands dirty.

I will make Roger the President!

And I will make you the First Lady of the White House!

I don't want to be the First Lady. All I want is a small, happy family...

a family with children, birds and a dog.

All of us will gather for dinner every night.

A family is all I want.

Nancy...

Thank you for taking your time to come by.

Please.

So, you are going to sell it. After all, you are a businessman.

No, it is the Kirin's wish.

The Kirin's wish?

In Asia, Kirin is considered one of the four holy beasts...

along with dragon, phoenix and tortoise.

It is thought to have the furs of all animals on the earth...

and is referred to as the king of the animals.

Thank you for your patience. I have brought your master.

It's a human. Just a kid!

All the male Kirins have the word "Ki" in their names,...

and all the female have "lin".

Her name is Keilin.

As you asked, here's the Kirin. The king of all animals.

I see. Your business is to sell children, calling them pets!

Roger...

I'm afraid that's not what I need.

I suggest you get out of this city before you get caught by the police.

Let's go, Kelly!

Please wait, Mr. President.

What?

Your being re-elected to the House of Representatives is merely a start.

From there, you will become Senator, then Governor, and finally...

the youngest President in history.

All the nations will throw themselves at your feet.

You can prove you are not the bad apple of the family.

A world without poverty and war will be possible.

The Kirin has the power to realize your ambitions.

The payment can be made when you become President.

I will see you again soon.

Only two Presidential elections from now.

How many rulers in history have made contracts with a Kirin?

A communist who tried to free his country from...

colonial reign by waging war and losing half his land...

and one third of his people.

A nationalist who tried to save his defeated nation from poverty...

and ended up massacring millions of other people.

And, a President, wishing to end a war, pressed the switch to detonate...

a new weapon, turning the world into a living hell.

A human cannot capture a Kirin. The Kirin chooses its own master.

It will grant the ruler's wish with blood shed from others.

Which one of the two men will be chosen by the Kirin?

How did we end up taking this kid?

Don't worry about it. We didn't even have to pay.

Besides, it may have been better this way.

Rather than having her sold to someone else.

But, this constitutes a breach of the Child Welfare Law.

If we aren't careful, this could become a scandal.

What's that bus doing?

What's going on?

Hey, it's going way too fast!

That's a school bus! What's the driver doing?

Are they in trouble?

Catch up with them!

Hey, what are you doing? Slow down!!

The accelerator's stuck!

What!!

What about the brakes?

They don't work!!

We should go around to the other side and press the bus...

against the bluff.

We don't have any other choice!

OK, we'll stop you!

OK.

Almost got it...

Roger...

You are the Kirin.

What is your wish?

My...wish?

Your wish, the greatest wealth in this world?

Fame? Power?

My wish is...for Roger to become President and...

create a world without poverty and war.

No, that's not it.

What I really want is...

Nancy's smile.

That's all I want.

Granted!

My Sovereign...

reach for your fate with your own hands.

My Sovereign...

Roger T. Stanford had an accident?!

Oh, sorry.

He tried to stop a runaway school bus and fell right...

over the cliff in his car.

Miraculously, Roger escaped death but his secretary who was driving...

died instantly.

Count D! It's him again!

Leon.

I know they frequented his pet shop recently.

The Count must have sold them something strange again!

There's no hard evidence.

Then, please get me a warrant. If I can check his store...

Chinatown is like an extraterritoriality.

You know full well that the Chief can't sign a warrant without...

If the Chief won't, I'll get it from the Mayor!

What?

Wait! Hey!!

You can't see him without an appointment.

Shut up! Get out of my way!

Mayor! I need to talk to you!

Mayor!

What is it?

You seem very flustered.

Count D? What are you doing here?

Thanks for waiting, Count D.

Hi, Miss Pengy.

Nice to see you again.

Mayor...

You can't come in here without an appointment!

How about lunch?

Thank you for the invitation but I must take my leave soon.

He is a special customer of ours.

By the way...

I hear Roger T. Stanford survived the accident.

Now, his seat in the House is secured.

What?

He's a hero who saved children by risking his own life.

The entire country is in his favor now.

Not only to the House of Representatives,...

he may make it to the Senate and the Governor of the state.

And then...

Maybe we will have the President of the United States...

as one of our customers.

Roger...

Roger...

Roger...

Roger...

Na...Nancy...

Roger!!

He's come around. Get the doctor!

Oh, thank God. You are OK now, Roger.

Roger?

I'm so grateful you survived.

But Kelly...he didn't...

Kelly? Me?

Kelly's gone.

I...died?

Don't cry for me, Nancy.

This is Roger's wedding band?

Mr. Stanford, there's nothing for you to worry about.

You'll be fine.

See, there are so many get-well gifts.

Please get well soon and good luck with the election!

We'll definitely vote for you!

My Sovereign...the King who has the power, wisdom and love...

Reach for your fate with your own hands.

That's what it meant.

Nancy, don't cry any more.

I will make our dream come true. Kelly's dream...

Yes, Roger.

I promise. I will give you a little family.

What? Roger?

A family with children, little birds and a dog.

Roger?

I promise to come home every night,...

and all of us will gather at the table for dinner.

We will have a home where everybody is happy.

Nancy, you and I are going to live in a happy little white house.