Episode 25: Counterattack! The Dark Tiger
(featuring Shadow Boss: Dark Tiger & Shadow assassins Four Shadow Great Gods: Wind, Water, Lightning, Fire)
Dragon continues to believe he can
actually train Kojiro and is trying to teach him nunchucks when his
lesson is interrupted by a visitor. And old man claims Shadow is trying
to extort 50 million yen from him and he's head Dragon could protect
him. Dragon agrees to go with him, but when the old man shakes his
hands Dragon notice the hands don t look as aged as the man's gray hair
and beard, So when the reach the place Shadow is supposed to be and he
old man says Shadow is not there Dragon says Shadow is before his eyes.
Realizing Dragon sees through his disguise the old man reveals himself
to be Dark Tiger (without his sunglasses, hat, or pipe for the first
time), He tells Dragon that Shadow is shooting down operations in Japan
but before they go Dragon who has repeatedly interfered in their plans
must die. And it is up to him to make that happen. After a very short
fight, Dark Tiger declares it a draw and staggers away, Dragon
collapses. Dragon awakes in Dr. Kuri's clinic, Kojiro having carried
him there. Kojiro suddenly realized he picked up Dark Tiger's broken
cane and there is a map ruled up inside it. Korjo, Dr. Kuri and even
Rika want to go with Dragon to find out what Shadow secrets the map
will lead too. Rika because Shadow killed her father. Dragon agrees
that they should all go.
Before they board a boat to Oshima, Kojiro
is fidgety look out for Dark Tiger, but once they are aboard he
completely fails to notice him watching them. After looking at the map
Dragon suggests checking out the island's Hawaiian Botanical Gardens
first. Kojiro gets seasick and goes on deck to vomit into the sea but
has an encounter with Dark Tiger, who tells him to tell Dragon he will
get the map back no matter what and take Dragon's life too. Since the
map has four red circles on it and there are four of them, Dr. Kuri
suggests tearing the map into four parts and they each take one piece
so even if Shadow captures one of them Dark Tiger won't get the whole
map back. They do this than all four go to the Hawaiian Botanical
Garden and once there split up to search for Shadow's secret.. Kojiro,
literally runs into Dark Tiger, who knocks him out by hitting him the
stomach (which is how you render someone unconscious on TV not by
hitting them in the head). Dragon catches a dagger thrown at him, it
has Dark Tiger's demand that he bring the other three map pieces to the
crater at Mount Mihara if he wants Kojiro back. This time Dragon goes
alone.
Dragon arrives without the other map
pieces, and Dark Tiger arrives without Kojiro. Dragon asks what the map
is about. And Dark Tiger stating that since he's about to send Dragon
to hell he figures its safe to tell him, the four places on the map are
were Shadow has hidden bars of gold worth billions purchased from the
money made off Shadow's clients. Now Dragon figures he can kill Shadow
Japan's boss and cripple Shadow by confiscating their gold. But instead
of finishing their fight, Dark Tiger calls forth "Shadows four great
gods" to finish Dragon. Wind, Water, Lightning, Fire. Wondering which
one will survive to take the map pieces from Kuri and the girl, Dark
Tiger laughs and vanishes.
‹To Be Continued›
