We'll cut right through them.
Bason!
Spirit Integrate in Bason Blade!
Over Soul!
Super True Power Mode!
The target is the entire Jiang Si force!
Bason! Charge!
EPISODE 11 A TALE OF TWO MEN
What a bunch of pushovers!
My father must really underestimate me
if he thinks he can stop me with this!
Sit tight! I'll be there in no time at all!
Welcome home, Ren!
You've grown so big and strong.
Father? When did you…
I'd love to ruffle your hair!
That was quite the rough welcome, wasn't it?
He's a monster!
Where the hell did he come from?
It's been a while, Tao En.
Ren,
that's no way to address your old man.
As ever, you're not very nice at all,
shunning your old man's love like that.
I prepared so many of these to give you a grand welcome,
yet you saw fit to destroy them all.
What a little rascal you are!
Perhaps I brought you up wrong.
I never thought both you and your big sister would defy me.
What?
You bastard! What have you done to my sister?
What do you take me for?
She took the side of your foe, Yoh Asakura,
so I disciplined her, is all.
That foolish daughter of mine.
It's not as if she doesn't know
my policy on disobedience.
TAO
Lee Pyron.
What is a Jiang Si of this standing worth?
Pyron!
The fool came to Jun's defense, then stood up to me, of all things!
All of this was caused by Jun's uncertainty!
The creed of the Tao Family does not allow for any uncertainty!
For the ordinary are weak
because of their foolish uncertainty over what is right and what is wrong.
The only truth in this world
is that the victor is right
and the loser is wrong!
Accordingly, all the Tao Family ought to think of is victory.
Until the day of our renaissance comes and justice is on our side once more!
Jun brought the plague that caused uncertainty into the Tao Family.
Which means not even purging her will suffice.
Ren.
Jun!
That's close enough, Ren.
If you try to save Jun, you'll be guilty of the same offense.
I don't want to have to purge you too.
You damn monster!
If what you say is true,
then I'll defeat you and justice will be on my side!
Take this!
Super Golden Vorpal Dance!
No!
You're still not strong enough to defeat him!
You were uncertain, Ren.
His body is…
Didn't I tell you?
Uncertainty makes you blind to the truth!
My damn,
foolish boy!
What was that just now?
I just got a really bad feeling.
Does this have to happen while we're doing the air chair?
This feeling… It can't be!
Master Yoh!
Please!
What?
Ren challenged his own dad to a battle?
However, even Master Ren's power
is not even close to a match for Tao En's!
After being subjected to brutal torture,
he was imprisoned along with Mistress Jun!
-Im… -…prisoned?
I just barely managed to escape Tao En and flee here.
I beseech you!
You are the only ones who can save my liege now!
Please!
Please rescue Master Ren…
Bason!
Yes? How may I be of service, Master Yoh?
He's okay!
Yes, well, spirits can't die again.
I just got carried away.
Don't mess with us like that!
Hey, forget that! What's going on?
Tell us exactly what happened to Ren.
Yes.
Jun. How many days has it been
since I've been locked up in here?
Ten.
I know
because I haven't showered in 20.
Ten days, you say?
No wonder the pain has faded.
Don't be stupid.
If you hadn't been so rash, there wouldn't have been any pain.
Didn't you see the absurd power that Father possesses?
Just defying him in the first place was a mistake.
He's a monster.
Not exactly.
There's no such thing as monsters in this world.
And if there were, only Shamans would be able to see them.
There must be some kind of secret to Father's strength.
I will find out what that secret is and defeat him.
All he is to me
is an obstacle that I must overcome!
Ren…
It's no use. No matter how big you talk,
there's nothing we can do in this situation.
It will work out.
"It will all work out."
That's his favorite saying, right?
So I won't give up.
I believe that everything will work out all right!
Yoh Asakura.
I believe in his words
from the bottom of my heart.
That is Ren's house.
It's huge.
And that's not all!
Look at all this magnificent nature!
It almost puts Hokkaido to shame!
Guizhou…
I didn't know that deep in the heart of China,
there was somewhere like this.
What a long journey it was.
It was good of Anna to grant us permission to come here
during such an important time.
I am truly grateful that you came, though.
I, Bason, caused all of this through my folly,
and now all of you have been dragged into it!
Nonsense!
Ren is our friend.
How could we stand by and do nothing
when a friend is in trouble?
Exactly!
Don't worry about it!
I couldn't care less what happens to him,
but if this goes well I'll get him to treat me to a feast!
Speaking of China, nothing gets me hotter
than a girl wearing a Chinese dress with a leg slit.
So I guess I'm in!
You guys!
Master Yoh!
It's most odd.
I've been to the fortress, but there's no sign of the enemy.
Me too!
I went around the back and didn't even spy a single bug.
Tao En is a profoundly cautious man.
So why is nobody around?
Maybe they're all napping.
I mean, I always take a nap around this time of day.
-Don't be stupid! -Don't be stupid!
Anyway!
This is undoubtedly a trap.
Please do not let your guards down.
Everything past this point
is the Tao Family's domain!
That damn Bason.
He may be a traitor,
but I'll admit he has some good tricks up his sleeve.
However.
That, of all people,
he would bring the cursed brat that is Ren's foe,
is a grievous insult.
That is one thing I cannot forgive.
Therefore,
GOOD FORTUNE
I shall dispatch them with something I've been keeping for such an occasion.
Now, awake from your slumber!
My supreme masterpieces!
The Five Curse Squad!
IMPERIAL ORDER THE FIVE CURSE SQUAD NO. 1
Receiving improvement upon improvement,
each superb corpse is endowed with unrivaled abilities!
They are the pride of the Tao Family,
the ultimate Jiang Si squadron!
The moment anyone lays eyes on them,
the destruction of their soul and flesh is assured!
Now, come!
Come, my fresh corpses!
Now!
Onward!
What about me?
THE FIVE CURSE SQUAD
SHACKLER SLAUGHTER
Now let us go over the plan to rescue Master Ren once more.
The Tao Fortress is divided into six main levels.
At the top is the Chamber of "Red Origin," where Tao En is.
Below that are "White Splendor," "Dragon Smoke,"
and, where we are now, the Chamber of "Mysterious Darkness."
Below ground level
is the Chamber of "Ever Present," in which around 100 Jiang Si are stored.
My liege is imprisoned in the Chamber of "Dragon Day."
Those are the names of each level.
Accordingly, we will head straight down to the dungeon
to save Master Ren.
What was the point in telling us about the top floors?
So either way, this Tao En guy is bound to come give us some trouble?
That's a damn scary thought.
You're so lame, Ryu.
This kind of thing gets me super pumped!
Excuse me, but what exactly am I supposed to do?
You just do whatever Bason tells you to do, Manta.
This battle will be different from the usual matches.
I can't let you get caught up
in something that could be deadly.
Ren's most likely almost at his limit.
Let's get to him, quickly!
-Okay! -Okay!
Stop right there!
You villains who would disturb the peace!
We shall not permit evil!
-The Jiang Si of justice, -The Jiang Si of justice,
-the Five Curse Squad, -the Five Curse Squad,
-to the rescue! -to the rescue!
What the hell are these guys?
Some kind of rangers?
Are you soft in the head?
We've already told you, we're the Five Curse Squad!
Ryu!
The Five Curse Squad?
The ultimate Jiang Si squad who have had improvement upon improvement!
They're said to possess a fighting ability far beyond anything imaginable!
Don't tell me, they're the…
You allowed yourself to be distracted and let your guard slip! Pathetic!
Yet you have the gall to step foot inside the Tao Fortress?
Now die!
You managed to escape our speed!
It seems even the weak aren't totally incapable!
Hey.
What are these people?
Their arms and legs have been replaced by animal parts!
And one of them even has guns…
What the hell…
What the hell is going on?
This is terrible.
To think that Tao En would send in
the supreme Jiang Si unit made by his own hand…
Truly, nothing could be more terrible!
So what?
Five Curse Squad or not,
we can't cower in fear at some gross toys
who have hurt our friends!
You called us, "toys"?
Insolent boy!
How about that foul mouth of yours gets trampled under an elephant's feet?
Oh, shut up.
Be a good elephant and behave yourself.
Try it on with me and you'll get frostbite.
What is this?
I'm cold! I can't move! I don't like the cold--
Nipopo Punch!
Using Over Soul to concentrate the cold,
this is my new special technique!
All right!
Who wants to get frostbitten next?
Quite the cocky one, aren't you?
It matters not what your technique is.
It will never be able to match the speed
of my cheetah leg--
That makes us even.
Your back was wide open, though, Horohoro!
Still alive, are you, Ryu?
Was that your special move?
Yes.
Hell Dragon Crimson Lizard.
Too bad for you, I can take a hit.
Something like that would never take me out.
And what really lights a fire under my ass…
is you cutting my precious ultra-hearty pompadour
clean in two!
Have some of this fire, you bastard!
Ryu!
What?
Yoh, let me put it clearly. These guys are small fries.
You go on ahead
and get Ren!
Damn you!
You won't be saying that in a moment!
Pyron…
I promise I'll return you to how you were.
I can trust you, Bason,
to do something as absurd as this.
I don't know what you want, but you've done well to make it this far,
Yoh.
Yes!
That's because all my friends are tough.
You're acting very spiky for someone who's just been rescued!
Are you all right, Ren?
Of course I am.
Who on earth do you think you're talking to?
There you go again, Ren, talking all tough.
Well, I'm just happy you're in such good spirits!
I never thought you'd come to save us, though.
You have my heartfelt thanks.
Don't mention it.
We just need to get out of here, quickly.
You think I will run away?
I came here to defeat my father.
I have no intention of leaving until I achieve that.
I'm going straight to the top of the tower.
Anyone who's done here should hurry up and go home.
Later.
Wait, Ren!
Don't be stupid! This is insane!
After all, the reason you were stuck down here until now
is that you can't beat your dad!
Do it later!
Someone as slack as you would never understand this,
but I'm not strong enough to live my life with an unavenged defeat.
I will thank you for releasing me, though.
All the same,
you must see how powerful Father is too!
Forget it.
Ren will be Ren.
If he's determined to do this,
we can't stop him, can we?
It is what it is.
Since I've come all this way, shall we go with him?
So Ren's got out, has he?
And he's still set on defying me…
All of this is down to that lousy friend of his, Yoh Asakura!
They will not leave here alive.
For here in Tao Fortress,
countless dangers and horrors that you remain ignorant of await you!
Hey! Wait up, Ren!
You're tired! How about taking a little breather?
What's tiring me is you!
What the hell do you want?
What do I want?
I told you I'm going to fight by your side!
This doesn't concern you!
It's in your best interest to head back to Japan right now.
Don't give me that!
If I do that, you'll be lonely!
I will not be lonely!
I'm saying that you're a burden.
This is for your own good.
As soft as you are,
you stand no chance against that man.
Hey!
What's with you calling him "that man?"
Why can't you talk a bit more normally?
Yoh.
I don't hate En.
I came here to defeat the hatred that's in my own heart.
This tattoo that he carved into me
is a scar of hatred that will never disappear.
Just as he forced the creed
of the Tao Family upon me when I was still an infant.
But I don't care about that.
I hate myself
for being deceived into hurting so many people.
Ren!
No matter how much I try to change,
like a tattoo, my memory of this hatred will never go away as long as I live.
In which case,
I at least want to settle everything with the one who scarred me
so I can overcome myself.
It's selfishness, pure and simple.
And my selfishness
must not cause you to die!
Ren…
It will all work out!
I came here because I can't let you die either!
So let's do this together!
You don't know how it will be until we get there, anyway!
Yoh…
How heartwarming! But I'm afraid the way ahead is blocked!
If you insist on going through, allow us to rip those warm hearts to shreds!
Who are these guys? They give me the creeps.
You two were the Jiang Si who were holding my sister captive before!
Precisely!
We're the Jiang Si who guard the Chamber of "Dragon Day" dungeon.
Shackler and Slaughter,
the Torture Brothers!
Once you take one step inside it…
You'll never leave this torture hell!
Seriously?
Sounds good to me.
Torture suits me down to the ground.
Except,
I'll be the one inflicting it.
Say that again!
We'll tear you right in two!
-Yoh. -What?
Just make sure you don't hold me back.
You got it.
I like your guts.
Right, Bason?
Okay,
Ryu and Horohoro are waiting up above.
Shall we, then?
To the top, where Tao En is.
We'll smash straight through!
Subtitle translation by: Lewis Williams