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HERE IN THE PEACE AND SERENITY OF OUR TEMPLE,

WE SEEM SHELTERED FROM THE WORLD,

BUT SOMETIMES THE WORLD INTRUDES

DESPITE THE HIGHEST WALLS,

THE THICKEST GATES.

SO IT WAS THAT TROUBLE CAME TO US.

THE NEWS OF THE DESTRUCTION

OF OUR BROTHERS AT THE FUKIEN TEMPLE

WAS BROUGHT BY TAMO FROM COLD MOUNT.

HE TOLD OF A WARLORD WHO, WITH THE HELP OF A GREAT CANNON,

HAD REDUCED THE TEMPLE INTO A PILE OF ASHES.

THE ATTEMPT TO RESCUE THE FEW SURVIVORS

WAS LONG AND DANGEROUS.

AS THE WARLORD'S MEN WERE ALWAYS CLOSE BEHIND.

WHAT IS THE WARLORD TO YOU?

NOTHING.

IT'S WHAT I AM TO HIM.

Caine: WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

HE WISHES ME TO BE HIS WIFE.

YOU ARE A GIRL.

HOW ELSE COULD I BE A WIFE?

YOU THOUGHT I WAS A MAN.

THEY ARE UPON US!

Shun Lo: HE'S GETTING AWAY WITH THE CART! SEIZE THEM!

Master Kan: IN A MANEUVER TO DISTRACT THE WARLORD'S ARMY,

TAMO WAS LOST TO US, BUT THROUGH HIS SACRIFICE,

THE SURVIVORS WERE ABLE TO REACH SANCTUARY IN OUR TEMPLE.

Shun Lo: COME ON! NOBODY COULD SURVIVE THAT.

YOU CAN NOT NOW DENY ME THIS PLACE

SIMPLY BECAUSE I AM A GIRL.

YOU ARE ALSO OF MIXED BLOOD.

AND WHAT OF KWAI CHANG CAINE?

EVERY SHAOLIN HAS A RIGHT TO DEMAND AND RECEIVE A TRIAL

OF MERIT OF HIS CAUSE BY COMBAT.

I APPOINT AS MY CHAMPION FOR THIS COMBAT...

KWAI CHANG CAINE. I CAN NOT FIGHT YOU.

ARE YOU AFRAID OF ME? THIS IS RIDICULOUS.

Man: CHEN MING KAN!

GIVE ME MY WOMAN.

SHE HAS ASKED FOR SANCTUARY.

I'VE SENT FOR MY CANNON!

I WILL POSITION IT RIGHT OVER THERE.

YOU WILL NEVER AGAIN BE ABLE TO GRANT SANCTUARY TO ANYBODY!

Master Kan: YOUR TREAD MUST BE LIGHT AND SURE

AS THOUGH YOUR PATH WERE UPON RICE PAPER.

IT IS SAID A SHAOLIN PRIEST CAN WALK THROUGH WALLS.

LOOKED FOR, HE CANNOT BE SEEN.

LISTENED FOR, HE CANNOT BE HEARD.

TOUCHED, HE CANNOT BE FELT.

THIS RICE PAPER IS THE TEST--

FRAGILE AS THE WINGS OF THE DRAGONFLY,

CLINGING AS THE COCOON OF THE SILKWORM.

WHEN YOU CAN WALK ITS LENGTH

AND LEAVE NO TRACE,

YOU WILL HAVE LEARNED.

Man: GUARD!

THE TEMPLE IS EMPTY. ALL ARE GONE.

BURN IT.

BURN IT!

Nan Chi: THEY CAME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT...

SILENTLY.

WE HAD NO WARNING,

NOT EVEN THE SLIGHTEST SUSPICION.

ALL WERE GONE.

HE HAD AWAKENED

AND APPARENTLY WAS GOING TOWARD THE FORWARD WALL

WHEN THE FIRST ROCKET HIT.

Master Kan: PERHAPS HE HAD A PREMONITION OF THE DANGER.

WHO CAN SAY?

DEATH CAME TO HIM RIGHT THEN

AS THE WALL COLLAPSED AND THE FLAMES SPRANG UP.

NAN CHI... WE ARE GRATEFUL.

IT HAS BEEN AN HONOR TO HAVE ADDRESSED MY NEW MASTERS.

MASTERSAN, THIS CANNON THAT WAS USED TO DESTROY OUR BROTHERS AT FUKIEN,

IT MUST BE MOST CUMBERSOME,

DIFFICULT TO TRANSPORT.

Man: EXTREMELY.

MAY I ANTICIPATE?

Master Kan: PLEASE DO.

Man: AS YOU KNOW, THE DISTANCE BETWEEN HERE AND FUKIEN IS GREAT.

THERE ARE RIVERS, MOUNTAINS, MARSHES.

AT THE VERY LEAST, I WOULD SAY WE HAVE A MONTH

BEFORE THE CLANGING OF THE CANNON'S PITCH BLOCK WILL OFFEND OUR EARS.

Master Kan: THE IMMEDIATE PROBLEM, THEN,

IS TO WITHSTAND THE SIEGE.

NOW...

LET ME REMIND YOU OF MY DEEPEST CONCERN.

WE ARE DEALING WITH A MAN WHO IS MOTIVATED

NOT BY LAND NOR WEALTH NOR POWER NOR FAME...

BUT BY PASSION.

THAT MEANS WE ARE DEALING WITH A MAN HALF-MAD AT BEST

WHOSE MOVES CAN BE EXPECTED TO BE DESPERATELY CUNNING...

AND WILDLY RESOURCEFUL.

LET US BEWARE.

ARE YOU WELL, KWAI CHANG?

YES. I AM WELL.

YOU DO NOT SOUND WELL.

YOU SEE THIS MARK IN THE STONE?

WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF IT?

SURELY WE WOULD HAVE AMPLE WARNING

IF THE WARLORD'S MEN TRIED TO CLIMB THE WALL.

YET THE MARK IS THERE.

WELL, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?

I DO NOT KNOW.

PERHAPS I WILL SUGGEST TO MASTER KAN

TO PUT A SENTRY IN ITS PLACE.

AS LONG AS IT IS NOT YOURSELF.

WHY SHOULD IT NOT BE ME?

YOU AND I HAVE AN UNFINISHED BUSINESS TOGETHER--

A CONTEST BETWEEN US THAT WAS UNTIMELY INTERRUPTED.

NAN CHI...

THERE ARE MORE IMPORTANT THINGS TO BE DONE AT THIS MOMENT.

THEN YOU DO NOT WISH TO RESUME THE BOUT?

NOTHING WOULD GIVE ME GREATER PLEASURE.

THE WARLORD SPOILED IT ALL, COMING WHEN HE DID.

I WAS DOING SO WELL.

HAS IT OCCURRED TO YOU THAT I WAS HOLDING BACK

TO KEEP FROM HURTING YOU?

I THOUGHT I HAD HURT YOU.

YOU STRUCK ME WHEN MY BACK WAS TURNED.

WHAT IS THAT STRANGE DANCE?

TAMO CALLS IT THE WAY OF THE BEAR.

IT IS BETTER SUITED TO HIM THAN TO ME.

UNH!

UNH!

UNH!

UNH!

UNH! UNH!

UNH! YOU SEE? YOU HAVE NO DEFENSE.

UNH! UNH!

UNH!

KANG LI.

Nan Chi: I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR YOU.

I'VE BEEN WALKING ABOUT MY NEW TEMPLE

AND REMEMBERING THE ONE I KNEW.

YOU MUST STRIVE NOT TO DWELL ON OUR GREAT SADNESS, KANG LI.

IT IS HARD NOT TO

WITH THE WARLORD'S THREAT RENEWED AT THESE WALLS.

ONLY A THREAT, KANG LI.

WE ARE SECURE HERE.

PERHAPS.

Master Kan: UNDER THE STATE OF SIEGE,

A CAREFUL WATCH WAS KEPT ON THE FORCES OF THE WARLORD

OUTSIDE THE TEMPLE,

BUT NONE AMONG US SUSPECTED

THAT THE IMMEDIATE AND REAL DANGER

WOULD COME FROM WITHIN,

ATTACKING THE VERY LIFEBLOOD OF THE TEMPLE--

THE SUPPLY OF RICE.

FIRE! FIRE IN THE STOREROOM!

OUR FOOD IS BURNING UP!

FIRE IN THE STOREROOM! OUR FOOD IS BURNING UP!

FIRE! FIRE IN THE STOREROOM!

EVEN A SHAOLIN CANNOT EXIST WITHOUT FOOD.

IT IS PERHAPS TIME WE TRIED.

BEN WA!

MASTER HAKE WISHES TO SEE YOU NOW.

KWAI CHANG, IS ALL OUTSIDE QUIET?

THEY ARE HOLDING THEIR POSITIONS STILL.

THEY MUST KNOW OUR FOOD SUPPLY HAS BEEN DESTROYED.

YES.

MASTER HAKE TAO IS LEADING A PARTY OUT TONIGHT.

WE WILL SLIP THROUGH, FOLLOW THE RIVER ROAD TO THE RICE FIELDS.

THIS IS INFORMATION BEST KEPT TO YOURSELF.

YOU HAVE NEVER BEEN ONE TO GOSSIP, KWAI CHANG,

CERTAINLY NOT TO SOLDIERS.

HAVE THEY GONE? YES, MASTER.

GRASSHOPPER? YES, MASTER.

DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN WE WERE CLIMBING THE MOUNTAIN WITH TAMO,

I FELT EYES UPON US?

DO YOU FEEL THEM NOW?

NOW, GRASSHOPPER, NOW I FEEL FINGERS.

SHAOLIN GROW HUNGRY

JUST AS YOU PREDICTED, SIR.

I THINK IT WILL BE ONLY PROPER FOR US TO GREET THEM.

I'VE ALREADY SEEN TO IT, SIR.

SPLENDID.

Master Kan: THAT IS THE LAST OF THE RICE.

THERE IS NO MORE.

THEY DO NOT COMPLAIN?

WHEN YOU WERE THEIR AGE, WOULD YOU HAVE COMPLAINED?

NO, MASTER.

I WAS SURELY AS THEY ARE.

THEY ARE STEADFAST.

TOMORROW THEIR BOWL SHOULD BE FULL.

THE BRIDGE IS CLEAR.

ARE YOU SURE? YES, HAKE TAO.

WE WILL KEEP IN AMONG THE TREES.

GO.

Man: ATTACK!

ATTACK!

WE'VE GOT YOU NOW.

Shun Lo: GREETINGS. GREETINGS, MY FRIENDS.

WERE YOU PLANNING TO GATHER SOMETHING...

SHAOLIN?

I HOPE IT WASN'T ANYTHING IMPORTANT.

YOUR STUDENTS HAVE A FINAL LESSON TO LEARN FROM ME.

WHEN I AM DONE, YOU CAN SEE TO THE OTHERS.

Soldier: AAH! UNH!

Shun Lo: TAMO!

PULL BACK! PULL BACK!

TAMO...YOU ARE A WHIRLWIND!

Nan Chi: YOU FEEL A HUNGER WITHIN YOU,

YET YOUR MASTERS HAVE TAUGHT YOU

THAT IT IS YOUR MIND THAT TELLS YOU OF YOUR BODY'S NEEDS.

WE ARE STRONG BECAUSE WE ARE TOGETHER.

I AM WITH YOU AS LONG AS YOU LIKE.

WE MUST MAKE OUR BODIES SMALL AND LIGHT

SO THAT THEY CAN FLOAT ON THE WIND.

SMALL AND LIGHT.

SMALL AND LIGHT.

TAMO, YOU ARE ALIVE.

IN MY HEART, I FELT THAT YOU WOULD RETURN TO US IN SAFETY--

ALL OF YOU.

WE HAVE BROUGHT BACK NO FOOD, MASTER.

YOU ARE ALIVE. WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THAT.

ATTEND TO THEIR NEEDS.

GIANT AMONG THE LIVING, LET ME TOUCH YOU!

I THINK YOU ARE THE LIFE FORCE ITSELF! HA HA HA!

Master Kan: MASTERS, SHAOLIN, WE MUST NOW DECIDE WHAT TO DO.

BRING ME SHAOLIN WHO WILL FIGHT,

AND WE WILL VANQUISH THIS WARLORD!

WHY MUST YOU ANNOY ME? I SEE THAT YOU ARE HURT.

YOU SEE NOTHING.

NONE OF YOU CAN!

WHAT IS YOUR PROPOSAL?

DO YOU WISH TO STAY HERE UNTIL THE RETURN OF THE SABER TOOTH TIGER?

Man: I BELIEVE THAT THE MOVE FOR THE FOOD WAS A GOOD MOVE.

WE WERE NOT SUCCESSFUL

ONLY BECAUSE THE WARLORD'S SOLDIERS LAY IN AMBUSH WAITING.

AND THAT IS THE PART I DO NOT UNDERSTAND.

IS IT POSSIBLE THAT SOMEWHERE WITHIN OUR WALLS

THERE IS AN INFORMER?

Man: CAPTAIN! CAPTAIN!

THE ADVANCE SCOUTING PARTY REPORTS

THAT IT HAS MADE CONTACT WITH YOUR SQUAD OF SOLDIERS

BRINGING UP THE EMPEROR'S CANNON.

IT WILL BE HERE IN 2 DAYS.

WHERE IS IT?

THERE TO THE NORTH IN A PASS BEHIND THAT HILL.

THOSE SHAOLIN!

HA! WE'VE GOT THEM NOW.

UP FRONT! GO AND HELP THEM.

Master Kan: THE INJURIES THE BRAVE TAMO HAD SUFFERED

FINALLY BEGAN TO TAKE THEIR TOLL,

AND FINALLY, EVEN THIS GIANT OF A MAN HAD TO TAKE TO HIS BED.

OHH...

MASTER TAMO...

I CRIED FOR YOU IN MY SLEEP.

I THOUGHT I MIGHT NEVER SEE YOU AGAIN.

HA HA! I HAVE FALLEN OFF CLIFFS BEFORE.

BUT YOU DISAPPEARED.

YOU WERE THOUGHT TO BE DEAD.

IT IS WRITTEN THAT I WILL NOT DIE IN SUCH A QUIET WAY.

THERE IS MUCH TIME FOR THE HEAVENS TO DECIDE

HOW SPECTACULAR MY DEATH WILL BE.

AFTER ALL, I AM ONLY 77 YEARS OF AGE.

TAMO?

YES, CHILD.

HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT TO MARRY?

MARRY?

MARRY WHAT?

HAVE YOU NEVER THOUGHT WHAT IT MIGHT BE LIKE?

I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE.

BUT YOU HAVE NEVER BEEN MARRIED.

BUT I DID HAVE A COMPANION ONCE.

TELL ME OF HER, PLEASE.

SHE WAS A MOUNTAIN LION WHO SHARED MY CAVE.

WELL, WHAT BECAME OF HER?

ONE DAY SHE SCRATCHED ME SO HARD,

I THREW HER OFF MY MOUNTAIN.

TAMO, SOMETIMES I FIND IT VERY DIFFICULT

TO TALK WITH YOU.

SOMETIMES I FIND IT VERY DIFFICULT TO TALK MYSELF.

I FEAR FOR THE TEMPLE.

I WILL NOT ALLOW IT TO BE DESTROYED.

YOU KNOW...I FEEL THE SAME WAY.

THERE ARE OTHER WAYS TO SAVE THIS PLACE.

KWAI CHANG.

IF YOU COULD SEE YOURSELF...

SEE MYSELF?

MEDITATING WITH YOUR EYES CLOSED.

HOW COULD I SEE MYSELF?

OH, YOU'RE SO LITERAL. I HATE IT.

THEN I SHALL NEVER BE LITERAL AGAIN.

I DO NOT WISH TO BE ANYTHING YOU WILL HATE.

KWAI CHANG?

YES.

CLOSE YOUR EYES AGAIN.

DO YOU SEE ME?

WITH MY EYES CLOSED?

Nan Chi: YOU ARE DOING IT AGAIN.

I CAN SEE YOU.

DESCRIBE ME.

LONG, DARK HAIR... BROWN EYES...

SMOOTH SKIN...

VERY BEAUTIFUL.

DO YOU THINK SO?

YES.

WHERE WILL YOU BE, KWAI CHANG,

A MONTH FROM NOW?

A YEAR FROM NOW?

I WILL BE HERE.

NEAR THIS FOUNTAIN...

UNDER THIS TREE?

PERHAPS.

I HOPE IT WILL NEVER CHANGE.

YOU ARE AFRAID OF THE WARLORD.

YOU NEED NOT BE AFRAID. WE WILL SURVIVE.

YES.

I KNOW.

I MUST GO NOW.

GOOD-BYE, KWAI CHANG.

GOOD-BYE, NAN CHI.

Master Kan: THE YOUNG MONK MEDITATING HEARD NAN CHI'S FAREWELL AND RESPONDED.

BUT IT WAS ONLY THE WORDS HE HEARD AND NOT THE INTENT.

HOW COULD HE KNOW THE DESPERATE MEASURE

NAN CHI, IN HER LOVE, INTENDED?

FOR NAN CHI HAD DECIDED NOTHING LESS THAN TO GIVE UP ALL SHE HELD DEAR

TO SURRENDER HERSELF AND BECOME

THAT WHICH SHE HELD TO BE THE WORST OF ALL POSSIBLE FATES--

THE WIFE OF THE WARLORD SING.

WHO GOES THERE?

I.

COME FORWARD.

STOP.

WHO ARE YOU... A PRIEST?

THE EMPEROR.

THE EMPEROR IS NOT A GIRL.

YOU ARE BRILLIANT AT MAKING DEDUCTIONS.

YOU MUST HAVE BEEN A MATHEMATICIAN BEFORE YOU BECAME AN IMBECILE.

TAKE ME TO WARLORD SING.

GIRLS ARE NOT FOR GIVING ORDERS.

OH!

CAPTAIN, THIS GIRL WANTS TO SEE THE WARLORD.

DO YOU KNOW HER? NO, SIR.

GET OUT. YES, SIR.

YOU WERE VERY CLEVER IN PICKING YOUR WAY THROUGH OUR LINES

WITHOUT BEING SEEN.

HOW DID YOU MANAGE IT?

I HAVE LIVED AMONG THE SHAOLIN.

AH, YES. THAT IS SO.

IF YOU TRY A MOVE THAT YOU HAVE LEARNED FROM THE SHAOLIN,

YOU WILL BE LIVING AMONG THE DEAD.

SENTRY!

BIND HER!

UNH!

YAH!

UNH!

MEN HAVE DIED FOR COMING UP ON ME SOFTLY, BOY.

WHAT DO YOU WANT?

I CAN NOT FIND NAN CHI.

YOU THOUGHT TO FIND HER HERE?

I WAS TOLD SHE WAS HERE.

MANY HOURS AGO.

CAN YOU REMEMBER HOW SHE ACTED, WHAT SHE SAID?

WHAT IS SO IMPORTANT ABOUT THE WORDS OF A CHILD?

I HAVE CERTAIN IDEA OF WHAT SHE MIGHT HAVE DONE.

SHE WANTED TO KNOW WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO MARRY.

MASTER TAMO, DO YOU KNOW WHY SHE ASKED YOU

IF YOU THOUGHT OF MARRIAGE?

SHE WANTED TO KNOW WHAT IT WAS LIKE.

HAS IT OCCURRED TO YOU

THAT NAN CHI IS THE PROMISED BRIDE OF THE WARLORD SING?

I HAVE BEEN AN IDIOT.

SHE HAS GIVEN HERSELF UP TO HIM TO SAVE THE TEMPLE!

MASTER TAMO, YOU ARE TOO WEAK.

I WILL GO IF I HAVE TO CRAWL ALL THE WAY.

THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU WOULD HAVE TO DO.

IT WOULD SLOW ME DOWN TO LOOK AFTER YOU.

YOU WILL GO FOR HER?

I WILL GO NOWHERE ELSE.

I HAVE THOUGHT TO SAVE YOU FOR MYSELF,

BUT YOU WILL DESERVE WHATEVER WILL HAPPEN TO YOU.

YOU ARE THINKING WHAT THE WARLORD WILL SAY TO THIS,

BUT HE WILL NEVER KNOW.

THE WARLORD BELIEVES THAT YOU ARE STILL HELD

BY THE STUBBORN SHAOLIN MONKS.

HE WILL FORGIVE ME FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF THE TEMPLE

WHEN HE HEARS THE CANNON BEGIN TO FIRE.

BUT THEN IT WILL BE TOO LATE FOR ALL THE MONKS,

FOR YOU, AND FOR HIM.

DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED AT FUKIEN?

THAT WAS MY IDEA.

BETWEEN THE CANNON AND A FRIEND ON THE INSIDE,

THE FUKIEN NEVER HAD A CHANCE...

NOR DO THE HONAN,

FOR I STILL HAVE THOSE 2 WEAPONS.

EVEN THE EMPEROR WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH ME ON MY TERMS!

YOU MIGHT EVEN HAVE BEEN A BRIDE OF AN EMPEROR.

THINK ABOUT THAT

WHEN IT IS YOUR TURN TO DIE.

Master Kan: ONCE MORE THE YOUNG MONK HAD BRAVED THE FORCES OF THE WARLORD

TO SEEK OUT YET ANOTHER PRISONER.

KWAI CHANG.

WE MUST HURRY.

THEY WILL USE THE CANNON TO DESTROY THE TEMPLE

AS THEY DID AT FUKIEN.

BUT THE CANNON IS STILL FAR AWAY.

NO. SHUN LO HAS HAD IT BROUGHT IN SECRET.

IT IS HERE.

THEN WE MUST HURRY.

KWAI CHANG, I NEED TO RECEIVE SOME ASSISTANCE.

IT IS MUCH TOO BIG. I CAN NOT MOVE.

MINE IS TOO SMALL.

THANK YOU, KWAI CHANG.

YOU ARE WELCOME, NAN CHI.

NOW GIVE ME YOUR COAT.

OF COURSE.

DO YOU NOT WISH TO TURN AROUND WHILE I REMOVE IT?

YOU LOOK FUNNY IN A HAT.

HA. SO DO YOU.

Shun Lo: GET READY TO FIRE!

NOW THE MONKS WILL LEARN A LESSON!

Master Kan: NOW IT WAS TIME FOR THE TRAITOR WITHIN

TO SEE TO HIS OWN SAFETY.

AS HE HAD DONE BEFORE AT THE TEMPLE AT FUKIEN,

THE TRAITOR PREPARED HIS ESCAPE.

WHAT HE DID NOT ANTICIPATE WAS THE RESTLESS MOVEMENTS OF TAMO,

THE MAN FROM COLD MOUNT, ALREADY UP FROM HIS SICKBED.

AAH!

HO!

HUNH! UNH!

KANG LI.

TAMO.

YOU KNOW ABOUT NAN CHI?

YES.

SHE WILL PAY FOR HER STUPIDITY WHEN I FIND HER.

DO YOU BELIEVE THAT?

YES.

Shun Lo: TIP THE CANNON UP SO THAT IT CAN BE LOADED.

STAND CLEAR!

YOU ARE A SENTRY?

YES.

UNARMED?

NO ONE CAN APPROACH ME FROM BELOW.

THERE IS A MAN LYING DOWN THERE.

IT SEEMS STRANGE THAT AMONG ALL THE SPLENDID YOUNG MONKS AT FUKIEN

ONLY ONE WAS SPARED.

THERE IS A TRAITOR WITHIN THESE WALLS.

UNH!

YOU!

Shun Lo: SERGEANT, HAVE YOUR MEN PREPARE THE CANNON.

Master Kan: RELEASE HIM!

WITH ALL MY HEART.

NO! BRING HIM UP FIRST!

TELL THEM. TELL THEM!

IT IS TRUE. IT WAS I WHO BURNED THE RICE,

I WHO LET IN THE WARLORD'S TROOPS AT FUKIEN!

YOU HEAR THOSE MONSTROUS THINGS?

WE HEAR.

BRING HIM UP.

Shun Lo: PREPARE TO FIRE!

WHY?

FOR THE PROMISE OF A KINGDOM

AND AN ARMY UNDER ME...

MORE THAN YOU'LL EVER KNOW.

Shun Lo: LIGHT THE CANNON!

STAND BY!

Shun Lo: THE MONKS WILL LEARN A LESSON!

THE CANNON!

IT IS THE END OF YOUR TEMPLE...

THE END OF THE SHAOLIN ORDER!

THERE IS NOTHING YOU CAN DO.

Master Kan: THE YOUNG MONK KNEW THAT THE ROCKET AND THE CANNON'S BOAR

MUST BE EXACTLY OF A SIZE

TO MAKE THE ROCKET FIRE TRUE.

A HATFUL OF DIRT WOULD TURN THE FORCE OF THE EXPLOSION INWARD.

UNAWARE OF THE ACTION OF THE BRAVE YOUNG MONK,

HIS SHAOLIN BRETHREN ARMED THEMSELVES,

PREPARING TO ATTACK.

FROM THE TIME THE TORCH WAS TOUCHED TO THE FUSE,

I COUNTED 17.

SO?

WHEN THE TORCH IS TOUCHED TO THE FUSE AGAIN,

I WILL BEGIN TO COUNT.

NO!

THE LONGER WE WAIT,

THE MORE DESTRUCTION THERE WILL BE TO THE TEMPLE.

Shun Lo: STAND CLEAR!

KWAI CHANG... YOU WILL BE KILLED,

IF NOT BY THE CANNON BLAST, THEN BY THE SOLDIERS.

FOR ALL MY BROTHERS IN THE TEMPLE, THERE IS NO OTHER WAY.

KWAI CHANG...

I LOVE YOU.

THANK YOU.

PLEASE DO NOT DO THIS.

PLEASE! YOU WILL DIE!

NO!

Shun Lo: LIGHT THE FUSE!

KWAI CHANG!

ARGH!

KWAI CHANG, THEY HAVE KILLED YOU.

IT IS THE MONK CAINE.

FORTUNATE FOR HIM, HE IS ALREADY DEAD.

ARGH!!

Master Kan: THE WARLORD HAD DISCOVERED THE TREACHERY OF HIS CAPTAIN,

BUT NOT BEFORE THE CAPTAIN HAD DELIVERED HIS CRUELEST BLOW.

WHY WAS I NOT TOLD THAT THE CANNON WAS BROUGHT HERE?

WHY WAS I NOT TOLD IT WAS TO BE FIRED?

YOU DARED TO BRING THE CANNON HERE WITHOUT MY ORDERS?

YOU ORDERED IT FIRED?

YOU BROKE IT!

I SWEAR, MY LORD, IT WAS THE MONK CAINE!

TAMO...

NAN CHI...ALIVE?

Tamo: WARLORD SING...

DID YOU NOT KNOW NAN CHI SURRENDERED HERSELF TO YOU

JUST TO PREVENT THIS BATTLE?

Shun Lo: IT'S A LIE!

Sing: TAMO HAS NEVER TOLD A LIE IN HIS LIFE!

YOU, CAPTAIN SHUN LO! TRAITOR!

NO, NOT SO EASILY. BIND HIM!

THERE WILL BE YEARS TO THINK OF DELICIOUS WAYS

TO MAKE YOU PAY FOR THIS.

IT MAY BE THEY WILL MAKE UP

FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE TO MY CANNON.

NAN CHI...

WHO IS THAT MAN YOU ARE FONDLING?

A BRAVE, NOBLE MONK--

KWAI CHANG CAINE.

Master Kan: EVEN THE WARLORD'S HARD HEART RELENTED

BEFORE THIS TRAGIC REVELATION,

AND HE LEFT THE YOUNG MONK AND THE GIRL ALONE

TO PLAY OUT THEIR LAST SECONDS TOGETHER

ON THIS EARTH TOGETHER.

NAN CHI...

YOU ARE HURT. NO.

NO.

DEAR KWAI CHANG...

I AM DEAD. NAN CHI.

WILL YOU PRETEND WITH ME, KWAI CHANG?

A LITTLE CHILD'S GAME I USED TO PLAY...

THAT YOU ARE MY HUSBAND AND I AM YOUR WIFE...

AND WE HAVE A CHILD?

ONLY LIVE, NAN CHI, AND IT WILL BE TRUE.

IT WOULD NEVER BE SO.

IT WILL NEVER BE SO.

KWAI CHANG...

I HAVE LOVED YOU.

Master Po: WE PAY TRIBUTE HERE TO OUR BELOVED NAN CHI.

THE SAGE SAYS A MAN IS BORN GENTLE AND WEAK.

AT HIS DEATH, HE IS HARD AND COLD.

GREEN PLANTS ARE TENDER AND FILLED WITH SAP.

AT THEIR DEATH, THEY ARE WITHERED AND DRY.

THEREFORE, THE STIFF AND UNBENDING

IS THE DISCIPLE OF DEATH.

THE GENTLE AND YIELDING IS THE DISCIPLE OF LIFE.

MAY OUR GENTLE AND LOVELY NAN CHI

BE CONSECRATED TO LIFE EVEN IN HER DEATH,

AND MAY SHE FIND ETERNAL PEACE.

SHE IS NOT LOST TO US FOREVER, TAMO.

SAVE YOUR COMFORT FOR THE PRIESTS AND CHILDREN, BOY.

IS THERE NO COMFORT FOR YOU?

IF I HAD THROWN MY SPEAR

JUST A FRACTION OF A SECOND SOONER,

SHE WOULD STILL BE ALIVE.

IT WAS I WHOSE LIFE SHE GAVE HER OWN FOR.

I DON'T REGRET YOUR LIFE, BOY.

IT IS AS SHE WISHED IT.

WHAT SHALL WE DO FOR COMFORT, TAMO?

MAKE THE WORLD WHOLE AGAIN...

BRING HER BACK ALIVE.

WE CANNOT.