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To a Better Tomorrow

Do you want that dress?

Guang-Lin!

Kenshiro would love to see you in that dress.

You love him...

Don't you?

If you do... then I'm right behind you.

He's...

my Peng-You.

I don't care if he's Japanese.

Guang-Lin!

Guang-Lin!

Thank you!

Here... It'll look good on you...

I know...

I know it'll look good on you.... Yu-Ling.

Yu-Ling?

I want you to be happy...

Pan!

B-Boss!

Boss Pan!

This isn't happening!

Don't die!

Boss!

Boss Pan!

Boss..

Boss Pan...

Move!

Ken... What're you...?

For two thousand years,

Hokuto Shinken's search for the pressure points of death also allowed it to discover the pressure points of life.

I have put all my hopes into this secret art.

That's all I can do as a Peng-You!

Listen well, Pan. You must live!

Not just for your own sake...

But also for Yu-Ling's!

I know it'll look good on you... Yu-Ling.

I think of you as a little sister.

Sister?

Yeah. A sister.

Go ahead and fawn on me like a sister would.

Who...

Who are you?

Why did you... call me Yu-Ling?

Who...

am I?

Who are these people?

They've all gathered here for Boss Pan.

The whole gang is here...

It's just, Boss Pan has done so much for us...

and we couldn't do anything for him at this crucial moment!

It's so painful...

So painful...

All we could do is just gather here together...

I beg of you... Miss Xiu-Bao...

Please lead these men!

Mr. Ye!

The Hong Hua Hui made us suffer terribly during the past two years of his disappearance.

But you know...

Boss Pan got us back on our feet when he came back!

And yet...

The same thing's gonna happen all over again if the Qing Bang collapses now!

Shanghai will fall back into the hands of the Hong Hua Hui!

Just look...

at my face.

I don't want..

I don't want my brothers to face this again!

I can't!

Why do I have to...?

And...

Why would these men want me?

You're mistaken.

They would gladly follow you.

No one would oppose you.

Because...

You're Boss Pan's...

Boss Pan's...

Who am I?

Come on, tell me!

Who in the hell am I?

Please!

I'm sorry.

I can't tell you.

Boss Pan told us to never tell you.

So... So...

That can't be...

Why?

Why won't anyone tell me?

How then...

How can you ask me to take over for Pan?

Yes, that's it.

More importantly...

I have a request for you.

Hokuto Shinken...

You used it on Pan...

I've heard about it from the bandits.

They say its successor can recover lost memories.

So please...

Please recover my memories for me!

I know that I said...

that tomorrow's more important than a lost past.

But this isn't the time to say that!

Because...

At this rate... At this rate...

Then let me tell you something.

Hiraikou.

Someone has used that technique on you.

If I strike your pressure points to recover your memory,

that will trigger it.

Once triggered, it will link to the other pressure points and you will die.

That... that can't be!

Your only option is to revive your memories yourself.

That's all you can do.

Even if...

it takes a lifetime.

Forgive me, Yu-Ling.

I can't...

do anything for you.

Come on out!

Hokuto geezer!

Geezer!

What should I do?

How can I get Yu-Ling's memory back?

Come on out and laugh giddily like you always do!

Give me some kind of foolish oracle!

Or is it... that you can't do anything either?

I can't even recover my beloved's memories...

Is that all Hokuto Shinken can do?

This fist that has been perfected over two thousand years...

Is this all it can do!?

If so...

Then I don't...

I don't want...

THIS FIST!!!

Wait.

There is a way.

Mei-Yu!

It's true...

No matter how much you wish to recover her memory...

There's nothing you can do about it as you are now...

However...

If you use your past...

My... past?

That's right.

That's what Yu-Ling needs to recall her memory.

By the way...

Aren't you forgetting something important?

Something important...

I did... have...

something important...

I see.

I see! I see!

I should've let the past solve the past's problems!

O Lord...

Please tell me.

Yu-Ling...

Pan called me by that name,

and I came here unconsciously to pray for Pan.

I think my memories are finally starting to stir up inside me.

But...

Why can't I remember?

Why can't I...!

It's because...

This is an important place for you.

You...

A long time ago...

A girl came to cry here alone...

on her wedding day.

And that girl kept waiting...

for her groom that would never come for her.

She wore that wedding dress...

All the time...

All the time...

That...

was me?

Time can change people,

but you haven't changed at all.

Do you know me?

But...

Pan didn't want anyone to tell me!

He'll forgive me for saying this much.

Besides, we were Peng-you.

Did you forget that?

You really haven't changed.

You would always get easily embarrassed...

Especially in front of your beloved...

I had...

a beloved?

Look over there... at that statue.

Your beloved was also really shy,

and he'd always hide a letter behind it when he had something important to say.

However...

you couldn't read,

so you would always came to my place.

Yes.

I'd read to you, and you would blush

like a girl in full bloom.

L-letters from my beloved?

That's right.

I remember...

I see.

You can read now.

Thank goodness.

Because...

That letter is yours and yours alone.

I had a beloved...

A beloved...

He would always wait for you in the jazz hall.

Believe in him.

And...

in your own love.

There once was a martial artist.

He fought many enemies throughout his training.

But he could not find a way out of his loneliness,

and didn't have a hope in the world.

Before long,

he lost himself in his loneliness,

and was wounded in a suicidal battle.

And then...

just as he was praying for his life to end,

he was saved by a young woman.

The martial artist

fell in love.

From that day on, he decided

to live for the young woman

to live to protect the young woman.

And so,

he felt joy...

as a martial artist for the first time.

But...

in the end, he could not change.

Even though the martial artist fought many others to the death,

he was no murderer.

However...

In order to protect the young woman,

he killed her stepfather.

And so...

He could no longer embrace the young woman

He could not stain his bride

with his bloody hands.

He couldn't ask for forgiveness.

He didn't expect forgiveness.

So the martial artist

decided to leave Shanghai...

He left with all the sorrow of the world,

wishing you a better tomorrow.

Pan...

The letter I wrote two years ago...

is still there.

This is a miracle.

A miracle has occurred.

I will meet Yu-Ling at the jazz hall.

And...

I won't bring back Li Xiu-Bao,

but Pan Yu-Ling!

So...

So you must...

These sounds...

This commotion...

This smell...

I know it.

I'm sure I know this place

Welcome back,

Miss Yu-ling

You always order the same thing because you don't drink.

Thank you, Mr. Chang.

You're very welcome

I... know his name!

Do you... know me?

You've been through a lot, eh?

Your beloved told me about it.

So, he must be here!

You'll see him very soon.

He'll be playing the piano.

Piano?

Yes...

Just like old times.

I remember this piano.

And...

The one sitting at the piano was...

What's this?

Mr. Pan Guang-Lin...

And her...

And... me!

Hey, listen up everyone!

Do you know what day it is today?

And why we're all here?

You know why, don't you?

We know, right?

That's right!

Tomorrow's Yu-Ling's wedding day!

So today is the celebration party!

Listen.

I'm sure there are some people here that have secret feelings for Yu-Ling.

Some people that are crying on the inside.

Some people that can't help having a crush on her.

But tonight, we must bid farewell to these feelings!

Stop it all of you!

This is great!

Looks like everyone wants you to be the boss instead of me!

Guang-Lin!

Listen.

Listen

If anything happens to me,

you have to look after everyone

No way!

And now,

let's have a toast to Boss Yu-Ling's happiness!

And now...

To Yu-Ling!

Cheers!

We've got trouble, guys!

It's the Hong Hua Hui!

The Hong Hua Hui are going to attack us.

What!?

Brother Pan.

Yeah. Don't let a single one of them leave alive.

Yes.

I'm sorry, Miss Yu-Ling.

We'll pick this up later on.

Alright, men!

Let's move!

Yu-Ling...

I'm sorry. I'm going too.

It's fine.

Please turn a blind eye to what they're saying.

They really wanted to celebrate with you.

I understand.

So remember our promise...

Alright?

I'm just joking

Everyone wants you to be happy.

Look, he's here!

That good man of yours!

I'll meet you at the church tomorrow!

Guang-Lin...

That's right.

That man...

Mr. Pan... was my brother!

And...

That song...

Sounds familiar, doesn't it?

You loved this tune,

and you'd badger me to play it all the time.

I remember...

that I liked this song.

Are you...

Yeah?

Are you..

my beloved?

Did you read my letter?

Yes.

That's something...

I wrote two years ago.

Now...

you must remember Yu-Ling,

about your brother and I.

I can't!

I...

don't yet have the courage to see your face!

Even if I do remember you...

will I still love you?

I'm a bandit chieftan now.

I'm Li Xiu-Bao.

Will you...

still...

love me?

Yu-Ling...

I'm...

Yan Wang!

If you die...

Kenshiro!

Yu-Ling...

No matter how much you've changed,

my heart will never change.

I-I knew it...

It was you.

Yeah.

From the time I met you...

I felt something about you.

But you wouldn't tell me.

I felt the same about you.

I didn't want your memories of our love to be lost.

But now, I remember...

I remember everything!

I remember that I loved you.

And...

I remember how sad I was when you left.

You remember...

You really do...

You really do remember everything.

Welcome home, Yu-Ling!