Episode 20: The Demonic Wrestler
(featuring Shadow assassin Shock)
Dark Tiger wants The Demonic Wrestler:
Shock arrange for him to meet Dragon and then kill him.. Shock watches
Dragon and Kojira walk down the same street at 3PM every day for three
days, so when he tries to murder another man, telling him someone has
hired Shadow to kill him and his company president, he knows Dragon
will come by and try to stop him. He beats up on Dragon but doesn't
kill him, because Dark Tiger hasn't met him yet, he ignores Kojiro and
walks off. And he leaves his "victim" behind. Dragon has Kojiro take
the man to the clinic. Dr. Kuri hears the mauled man say his boss is
the next victim, so once again its Dragon to the phone book. Shock,
brags to Dark Tiger that Dragon is not match for him and he only left
him alive because Dark Tiger wants to meet him before he dies. Dr. Kuri
correctly surmises that the Shadow assassin left his victim alive to
trap Dragon. Kojiro says he won't be caught in a trap, as if it was his
decision, Dragon agrees that it is probably a trap but if it isn't and
he doesn't go somebody is going to be murdered, When Dragon asks RIka
to buy a train ticket, Kojiro says she should make it two. Act of
bravery? Not so much. An act of loyalty, definitely. Kojiro is
constantly on the look out for "that monster" but totally fails to
notice him watching as he and Dragon board the train. On the train
Kojiro notices it is full of newlyweds and dating couples and he's on
it with another guy. He wants to meet a nice lady and start a nice
family. So much for his vow to remain single (episode 15). Dragon tells
him to shut up. He gets up "to go to the bathroom" but really to search
the train for the monster. Of course by the time he's done and happy to
have not found him he really does need the bathroom and when he opens
the door, there is Shock waiting for him. Dragon goes looking for
Kojiro and finds a message from Shock instructing him where to go if he
wants his apprentice back..
As soon as Dragon arrives at the meeting
place, he's attacked by nearly a dozen easily disposed of Shadow
henchmen (who's black shirts no longer have a jaguar logo). Dragon
meets the new Shadow Japan boss, Dark Tiger, for the first time. After
a brief chat Dark Tiger leaves Dragon to face Shock aka The Demon
Wrestler, stating that if he survives they should meet again. Kojiro is
unconscious and tied to a tree. During their fight Dragon removes his
own shirt and tears of Shock's. Shock is as hairy as Dragon is not.
Shock was probably one of the toughest to kill foes Dragon ever had but
he wins in the end. And having some respect for the dead he covers
Shock's face, with Shocks shirt. Dragon wakes Kokiro was asks where the
monster is, Dragon says "he was destroyed by his own power".
‹To Be Continued›
