Let's go to the field of sea with the tailwind
Raise the sails high up in the sky
We're adventurers who have the same hearts
Much faster and at full speed
I will manage to catch any waves
Go over the clouds and go under the rainbow, our world will be there
Yahoo! Let's give a cheer and go!
To far and away
Yahoo! We will just stay on this road that leads to what's beyond this sea
Elder took me to the mountains for secluded training.
And I'm lost already...
Ahh... I wonder if I'm gonna die here.
Ugh...
This is a big gamble.
If Kenichi-kun can come back in one piece from Yamigatani,
he'll be able to move one step up as a martial artist.
But one mistake...
...can make the Kenichi-kun we know disappear from this world.
Are you all right?
Looks like you came to.
Here, eat this.
Food!
Wh-What the...
You seem livelier than I thought.
More please!
O... Okay.
What on earth did you come this deep in the mountains for?
A mean old man took me here for martial arts training.
Martial arts?!
So you're a martial artist?
I'm a martial artists' disciple.
That's an interesting way of putting it.
Speaking of which... what about you?
Ah... Could it be that... you're a sculptor?
Well, something like that.
In any case, thank you very much for saving me.
I'm Kenichi Shirahama.
Ah... yes, okay.
I'm Isshinsai Ogata.
At any rate, it'd be better if you stay here until we find your companion
since the mountains are dangerous if you're not used to them.
You're such a nice person!
How flattering.
Thanks!
So, this is Isshinsai Ogata-san, who saved me from my desperate situation.
He's at least 200 times kinder than Elder.
Oh? A duel with your childhood friend?
Yes. His name is Ryuto Asamiya.
He took something I cherished away from me.
I want to fight him again and take it back no matter what!
What's this thing that you cherished?
It's a badge.
A-A badge?!
Ahh! Just remembering it is starting to piss me off!
Next!
That was the last one.
We're done already?
I'm sorry to have a guest do physical work.
You saved my life. It's just proper to do something like this in return.
Besides, since I'm forbidden to perform any martial arts for 7 days,
my body's itching for a workout!
Are there any bad kids who're performing martial arts?
Are there any naughty kids?
- Ogata-san! - Ah, yes?!
I don't care what it is, please let me do some physical work!
Ah, the vigor of youth.
Then maybe I'll ask you to go draw some water at the mountain stream.
Draw some water?
I'll see you later.
Kenichi-kun! The stream is over that way.
Good grief... He's just like a bullet.
I want to see what his master is like.
Oh? "The Kenichi we know will disappear"?
What do you mean by that?
There're two big types among martial artists.
The "calm" type that always calms his mind and fights and...
The "kinetic" type that turns off his limiter and fights
by letting his anger explode, right?
Kenichi-kun is precisely at the fork that determines which type he'll grow to be.
Oh, oh, oh!
I'd rather not encourage him to become the type that turns off his limiter.
I can't explain well, but it's dangerous in many ways.
Yeah. I do understand how you feel very well, Apachai-kun.
But this is something that Kenichi-kun should decide on his own.
I see. In Chinese martial arts,
each division has its own secret technique to turn off the mind's limiter.
But this is something very dangerous.
They do it under their master's watch using a secret remedy.
But a single mistake can turn the person's limiter off forever
and cause him to become vicious.
Don't tell me Grandpa is trying to use that method on Kenichi-san?!
No, that's unlikely. But...
...I bet it's something as dangerous as that method is.
Kenichi-san...
Hm?
Ah! That must be Elder!
He must be hiding and watching to see if I'm doing martial arts training or not.
Geez, what's he trying to do?
To think that he took me to such an out-of-the-way place
and then left me alone...
Ken-chan, now try taking them.
All right, then. I'm gonna teach him a lesson that a grudge over food is scary.
I'm not performing martial arts at all!
Hmph.
Any martial artist must have an opening.
Act natural... Act natural...
Ahh! It's fun when I don't train!
Take this!
Gotcha!
That'll teach you, Elder!
Huh?
What?! Uhm... Well...
Elder? Did you dye your hair?
A bear!
What's with that black bear?!
He's bigger than the brown bear I saw in Daigakkan's "Wild Animals in Japan"!
Whoa! He's following me! He's following me like mad!
"Daigakkan's Animal Lecture 1" Whoa! He's following me! He's following me like mad!
"Daigakkan's Animal Lecture 1" Since black bears can run at a speed of about 60 km/hr,
"Daigakkan's Animal Lecture 1" if you do ever encounter one, never try to escape by running.
"Daigakkan's Animal Lecture 1" I see.
Why am I still carrying these things?!
It worked!
He's angry!
"Daigakkan's Animal Lecture 2" He's angry!
"Daigakkan's Animal Lecture 2" It's very dangerous to provoke them by throwing things at them, etc.
"Daigakkan's Animal Lecture 2" I see.
He's climbing up!
"Daigakkan's Animal Lecture 3" He's climbing up!
"Daigakkan's Animal Lecture 3" Black bears are very good at tree climbing.
"Daigakkan's Animal Lecture 3" Wow...
This is bad. I can't move.
Oh yeah! I'll pretend that I'm dead!
"Daigakkan's Animal Lecture 4" Oh yeah! I'll pretend that I'm dead!
"Daigakkan's Animal Lecture 4" Since bears eat animal corpses as well,
"Daigakkan's Animal Lecture 4" it's also super dangerous to pretend to be dead.
"Daigakkan's Animal Lecture 4" Dammit it, you bastard! You hairball jerk!
I'm not gonna just lay down and die!
I'm gonna be killed!
Elder?!
It's not Elder?
Then what is Grandpa trying to do?
I get it... Him...
This was before Sakaki and Apachai-kun came here.
Miu was also a child as well.
The fact is, there was a man who was supposed to become
the first disciple at Ryozanpaku before Kenichi-kun.
His name was Isshinsai Ogata.
Counting Spear Hand Strike! Four!
So he's started...
Three! Two! One!
Hellish Head Kick!
Wh-What fighting spirit... Is this really Ogata-san?
Th-Thank you very much, Ogata-san.
Ogata-san?
What? Please stop. The bear's already...
Please stop it!
Oh, I'm sorry! Did I scare you?
Who on earth... is this person?
Isshinsai Ogata...
So that man was supposed to be the first disciple at Ryozanpaku?
Yeah. Kensei and I had planned that, but Elder opposed it.
This man's eyes contain a dangerous light.
So he said.
Elder saw through his true nature at a glance.
In fact, after he was turned down from joining Ryozanpaku,
he killed someone, though it was treated as an accident, during a match.
Kenichi is in dan... ger.
Calm down, both of you.
Let's trust Elder and wait.
I didn't meant to keep it secret, but I perform martial arts, too.
I seclude myself alone in Yamigatani for my own reasons.
What's with this drastic change? What on earth...
Kenichi-kun.
Y-Yes! S-So you're in the middle of training, too!
Yeah, something like that. Anyway, you're such an interesting person.
What? Me?
Yeah. How should I put it... I thought you're a huge chunk of foundation.
Foundation?
I'm talking about the foundation for buildings. Picture this.
Okay.
You're walking in an empty grassland.
And then you see a huge foundation that is steadily progressing
and it makes you wonder "Are they building a castle or what?"
That catches your interest, right?
Well, yeah.
I don't know what kind of crazy master is building it,
but a vast foundation is earnestly progressing within you.
Within me...
- Kenichi-kun! - Y-Yes sir!
Would you like to become my disciple?
What?
"Buyuden"
At any rate, when he's at his turning point as a martial artist,
the old man is having him meet a man who fell into the world of bloodshed?
What the hell is he thinking?!
It's likely that him being at the turning point is rather the reason.
Hm?
The fact that one is the type who explodes his mind
doesn't necessarily mean he's fallen into the world of bloodshed.
Both you and Apachai-kun are the kinetic type, but you certainly live within moral principles.
That's because of the person's good nature
and also because he takes command of the one using the power, himself.
- However... - Hm?
Kenichi-kun recently has started wanting power itself
due to the shock he received over his defeat against
his old friend, the First Greatest Fist,
so he's been hard at work on his training.
This situation is a bit on the dangerous side.
So Elder probably wants him to see someone
who wallowed in power and fell into the world of Bloodshed
and to show what became of this man before it's too late.
"It is good to learn at others' expense," huh?
What's "It is good to earn your brother's expense"?!
Ah! I've got the joker again! Welcome back.
D-Disciple?
Just by training under me for a short time,
this man you said you wanted to defeat will probably no longer be a match for you.
No way!
It's true.
I think your master begrudges teaching you techniques.
Or if that's not the case, then he's underrating your progress.
I think so, too!
All right! Please praise me more. I'm rarely praised, so...
So...
I'll teach you the true martial arts!
True martial arts?
That's right.
The accumulation of results from the sacrifices made in many battles...
That's martial arts!
Its essence is how efficiently you destroy your enemy.
In other words, your killing technique!
"Killing Technique" In other words, your killing technique!
"Killing Technique"
I'll teach you my techniques.
Of course, including my secret killing techniques and everything.
If you learn them, within a few years no one will be a match for you
and you'll become the strongest man on Earth.
I... I'll be...
...the strongest man on Earth...
That's right. The strongest man on Earth.
It's up to Ken-chan, which path he takes...
"Erotic Eros" "June Issue" It's up to Ken-chan, which path he takes...
It's something he has to decide on his own,
but I really don't want him to become like my older brother, Sogetsu Ma.
So "the Kenichi-san we know will disappear" meant this...
Ahh... Kenichi-san. Please be safe.
Dammit, that darn old man! What's he gonna do if this fails?!
- This must be... - Hm?
...a gamble he settled on after thinking of all sorts of possibilities.
Even if this fails,
I bet he'll reason with Kenichi-kun in a way that's beyond our imagination.
What am I going to do if this fails?
I'll say it one more time. Become my disciple, Kenichi Shirahama-kun!
No thank you.
What? Wh-Why?
You're a martial artist, too, right?
Yes! In order to protect those who're precious to me
and to carry out justice, I practice martial arts.
So, killing techniques are something I don't need.
You talk a lot like the man I hate the most.
A-Again! He's totally a different person.
This intimidation makes me feel like a demon is staring at me...
I feel weak-kneed!
It feels stronger than the time I entered Ryuto-kun's sphere of control.
And it's scarier than the time I stood face-to-face with my masters!
Who the heck is he? Why is he by himself deep in the mountains?
I heard that Musashi Miyamoto secluded himself in a temple
and kept carving statues of Buddha in order to pray for those he cut down.
Hm? Me?
In my case, it's just a hobby.
C-Could it be that this man!
I see. I'm a little disappointed...
But what can I do, huh?
U-Uhm... Please don't get upset.
I'm forbidden to perform any martial arts here.
If he finds me doing it secretly, I don't know what he'll do to me!
Okay then! Swim back up the river! Go flying to the sea!
On top of that, if I have one more master, I won't be able to survive!
Were you planning to be a disciple to several masters at the same time?!
What? You wouldn't allow that?!
Ahh... Then there's no way I can...
...because I've already got five masters!
Five?!
H-Huh? Ogata-san?
Kenichi-kun.
Y-Yes?!
It seems like we were destined to cross each other's paths just for a moment.
What? Putting it that way makes me kinda sad.
We had a chance to come to know each other.
Even if I could get back to that mean old man, I wanna come see you again.
No. You take your own path, Kenichi Shirahama-kun.
Oh, that's right. About the place your companion is staying at...
...I have some idea where it is.
What? Really?!
I'm saved!
Oh...
Looks like the dark clouds are gone.
Oh?
Hm? What's this?
Bear meat...
Don't wash me away!
Ken-chan made it back by himself.
I'm glad you're okay.
I'm not okay!
It's no laughing matter!
I got lost in the forest. I was attacked by a bear!
If it wasn't for Ogata-san, I was probably...
Even today...
...he told me where walnuts grow in bunches,
so I went there in high spirits to get some walnuts.
But then, I fell into the river and got washed away.
Darn you! Why didn't you come get me?!
I really almost died.
It seems that you didn't agree with the angry spirit of a kinetic man.
Huh?
Ah! Trying to talk your way out of this won't work on me!
As I thought, he has a strong mind.
He splendidly chose to become a calm type martial artist.
I'm glad you came back, Kenichi Shirahama!
Huh? Ah, thanks.
Ah...
Where's the meat Ogata-san gave me?!
Oh? Huh? Huh? Huh? Huh?
Oh, that... It got washed pretty far downstream.
What?!
So I guess I'll be having only walnuts again from today.
That's why you should get some fish.
But they're quick! It's impossible to get them with my bare hands!
Clam the waves in your mind.
Then your mind will reflect the surroundings just like a mirror.
That's the serene state of mind, Ken-chan.
Huh? That sounds hard.
Just try doing it.
I guess I have no choice. It's for food.
Hm?
This is strange. It feels like my mind became very calm.
I wonder if I can't muster my fighting spirit because I'm so exhausted.
Hm?
There's one.
You still have waves in your mind.
Forget your ambition. Be just like rocks in the river.
Be just like rocks... in the river...
Yeah... I'll just stop moving around for now.
Somehow the sound of the stream is falling off into silence.
The fish that escaped earlier started swimming around me again.
The range I can reach is...
That one's still far from me.
Hm? Fish are approaching me also from the left hand side.
That's right. Don't be hasty.
I get it! Feeling the oscillation from my hand touching the water,
the fish are always escaping ahead!
Then the area I should try to catch them in is...
...not there!
What?!
I-I caught it!
I did it!
Elder!
C... Could it be... that you've kicked my hair from behind all this time
since the first day we came to this forest?!
So you finally noticed it.
That time...
That time, too!
What an agile elderly man...
What do you say, Ken-chan? Have you gotten the feel of your sphere of control?
Is it possible that I've already completed the training for my sphere of control?!
Don't take it wrong.
Huh?
The training is just about to start!
Ahh! Help me!
Damn rotten old geezer from Ryozanpaku...
You used me for your disciple's training, didn't you?
Kenichi Shirahama, huh? He seemed like a natural-born urbanite boy.
For the first time in a while, I've gotten the urge to head to the city.
Knock it down with a high speed
Open a new path, run through it with the brand new days in your hand
Don't look back, get a chance
There is no choice but to go on step by step
Turn the pain into strength
Don't be afraid! Let's start from here
Go all out! You don't need a goal
With the passionate soul that soars through the sky, yeah, yeah
Come on, dance! Being ordinary isn't enough
Unlock your dream! It sure will be a bright tomorrow
That's right! Let it all hang out until you reach there
That darn Kisara! She isn't answering her cell! Matsui! What about you?!
No good! Vice Commander Takeda isn't answering, either!
Tsk! I can't shake this bad feeling.
Hey, what about Ukita?!
I'm calling him now!
Vice Commander Ukita! Where are you now?
Wha?! Vice Commander Ukita?! Vice Commander Ukita!
What happened?!
I heard Vice Commander Ukita's scream and... it got cut off!
Dammit! Those damn Ragnarok members!
They're going to bring us down for real!