Episode 9: The Bizarre Dark Karate
(featuring Shadow assassins Dark Lizard & Shadow Weasel)
Kojiro and Shu are out hunting for beetles
and witness the murder of a business man by the Yamikage brothers,
Shadow assassins Dark Lizard & Shadow Weasel. They follow the
killers (Shu's idea not Kokiro's). Dragon finds a crowd standing around
the body of "the poor man who fell down the stone stairs and broke his
neck". Dragon hears a man talking to himself "have to hand it to
Shadow" so he knows it was know accident. Shu and Kojro spy on the
killers through a hole in the wall of the boat shack they are hiding in
but Kojiro sneezes giving them away and Shadow Weasel kicks through the
wall, hitting and wounding Shu. Kojiro picks him up and tries to carry
him to safer but the assassins follow. While the brothers mock Kojiro
saying "Karate means empty hand and he certainly shows that" Dragon who
was following their client appears. Kojiro puts Shu in a boat and
paddles off. When Dragon is knocked into the water by the brothers
"Rock Drop" move (only second time an attack is named in this series)
and Shadow Weasel says Dragon won't be able to use his left arm for
awhile, Shu hears Koirjo say Dragon got hit and realizing his hero lost
a battle the boy passes out. Shu suffered 3 broken ribs but the greater
damage is to his will to get well. This child nearly wills himself to
die because his hero failed bit was done the in the original Kamen Rider (1971) and in Kamen Rider V3
(1973), so its not original to this series. Dr. Kurii is no Tachibana,
Tobei. Neither is Kojiro, who is the one that actually throws rocks at
Dragon so he can come up with a new defense.
Dragon confronts the man who hired Shadow
to kill his boss so he could take over the company but before he can
tell Dragon how to contact Shadow a fist comes through the wall behind
the man and delivering a fatal blow. Dragon offers to let Dark Lizard
& Shadow Weasel move to a location where they can use their special
technique. And with his new technique he kills them both at the same
time. Dragon off triumphant. Shame he didn't turn back around to see
Black Jaguar watching from the shadows (all the camera shows is a hand
holding a cigar) and hear the Shadow boss threaten to end his life soon.
Note: Dark Lizard dressed in black is the
fourth Shadow assassin who's clothes match his name. His brother is
first Shadow assassin who's name has Shadow in it.
‹To Be Continued›
