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And I went wandering.

I heard rumors.

He is the emperor of China.

This is disgusting. He's a coward.

Doesn't seem like much of a protector to me. Run, run, run, run, run.

The Chinese assassins will be Liu Chang.

The Liu Chang assassins are relentless.

We took out the assassins. We

cleared our family name. The ceremony is tomorrow. It's over.

It is not over.

It is not yet.

Be gone.

Loci, will you pay attention? I have to talk to you.

Please.

Has my father contacted you?

No.

I'm worried about him.

Do not worry about your father.

You have a job.

He has a job, and I have mine.

What am I supposed to do?

Nothing now, until you are asked.

Lucy, my father abandoned the crew.

The last time we spoke, he said something about, it's not over. What

mean by it's not over? We took care of the Lo Chang assassins.

Sin Ling's ascension ceremony is tomorrow. Full steam ahead.

What's going on? Why would he leave?

How can I just stand here and do nothing?

You will do what is required.

We must attend to the heir.

Where is my father?

I do not know.

Well, where would you look?

The Shaolin is lowly born.

He's hated by the aristocrats.

The powerful.

Fear and despise him.

His home is not among them.

It is with the people, the homeless, the discarded.

There you will find him.

Now, Bujaya, we must go.

No, I'll meet you there.

I can really use my gun.

Yeah, we still got him.

The grandson of Kwai Chang Kane walks out of the past.

But I want to fight.

So did your great -grandfather when he was your age.

He teaches his son wisdom at a Shaolin temple.

An evil force destroyed that temple. Father and son each believed the other

perished. Fifteen years later, they were reunited.

Now Cain faced new challenges.

And his son grew up.

Look, I'm not my father. I don't do kung fu. I'm a pop. That's who I am. That's

what I do.

I am King.

I will help you.

You fight with rage.

It is not what you were taught.

It is how I feel.

It is fair.

Fair is natural for someone who is about to become an emperor.

When you talk about me as emperor, I don't know who you're talking about.

It doesn't feel like me.

Each of us has.

Four faces.

The one we show, the one that is seen, and the one we believe to be true.

And the one that is true.

To will one faith does not mean you deny the others.

Then I'm only doing what is expected.

As you ancestor did before you.

Where is Peter and Kuai Cheng?

They are doing you a bidding.

I'm going to miss them.

Since he got in.

I know. I've watched.

Yes, I know.

But I am not hungry.

Share them with your friend.

Let the man be, honey.

Last chance for lunch.

Dinner's a few hours away.

Congratulations, Peter.

Congratulations.

Turns out the ship those Chinese nationals were on was sovereign

they had diplomatic immunity.

They're long gone, but their lawyer filed charges, then your career is out

window tomorrow.

Why? Why didn't you follow procedures? At least why the hell didn't you let me

know what you were mixed up in? They were assassins!

All right, tell me.

There's a kid the Chinese community has been protecting for the last 18 years. I

just found out about it.

Apparently, he's the next... Next what?

He's the next heir to the throne of the Qing Dynasty.

My God, I thought they were...

All wiped out by the communists.

That was the Russians.

The Chinese were kicked out, remember?

They're here in the city?

Just one.

His name's Sin Ling.

He's a grandson to Wang Shu, our former emperor.

A group of loyalists have been supporting and protecting him and his

family for some time.

Turns out that's why Tan was here.

And that's why my father's here.

Father's part of Owens?

Not specifically.

It's... It's to say he's repaying a debt.

And in a way, I am, too.

Captain, you're talking about 18 years.

They kept a secret like this? It was very quiet.

What the hell? I didn't even know about it. How's that possible?

Shut it down.

What got the kettle boiling?

This kid, Sen Ling.

According to Chinese tradition, he's come of age.

They call that the time of ascension, which means that he is now ready to take

the throne and announce his presence to the rest of the world.

Not everyone's going to go for that.

No.

No, there are some people that would do anything to make sure this ascension

never happened.

You mean to go back to China and rule?

These loyalists believe that the Chinese government will eventually fall.

But one day they're going to need somebody there to pull this country,

country, together.

My God, like Juan Carlos in Spain.

Exactly.

That's incredible.

Kid, I'm sorry I blew my crew, all right?

I'll take care of it. I'll cover up all the holes.

What else can I do to help?

Okay, I'm going to need backup.

But I need you to wait.

Paul, don't do anything until you hear from me.

No matter what you hear, look, this is a very delicate situation.

You know, waiting is not what I do best.

After all, true patience is the master's final lesson.

Where did you get that?

Thanks.

What do you figure he's carrying in the bag?

Don't look like much of nothing.

That's more than I got.

You want to stay? You got to pay.

I have no money.

No?

What's in the bag you carry?

I have everything.

You think you're fooling, friend? What about the ring?

That you may not have.

The man says I can have whatever's his.

with big knots over your head. I am not your enemy. Your anger is mine.

You have tried to take from me that which I do not have.

Yet there is that I could give you, which you could take.

What have you got to give?

I ain't got nothing in this world. None of us got nothing.

Shelter, food, warmth.

People who would be your friend if you would allow them.

At one time, your heart was filled with happiness.

And then you thought you lost it.

That it was stolen from you.

You thought you could regain it by stealing it back from others.

But it is still here within you.

I'm going to change the climate.

I've been to every shelter and squatter's camp in the city, going crazy

for you, not knowing if your dead or alive.

What's happening? What are you doing here?

Hear me.

This was my grandpa.

It was his journal.

He wrote his thoughts, fragments of his life, poems, some drawings,

all in his own hands.

This was my father's.

This is mine.

You kept a journal?

Yes.

It is a tale of the journey of a man.

A man.

You wrote in it so you would remember.

No.

Then why?

I wrote in it so you will remember.

You said our journey would never end.

There is a finality to everything.

Even the universe.

will live on through you and through your children and grandchildren as

our ancestors lived through us both.

We honor the past to ensure the present and the future.

What we are, all we are, is what has gone before.

If our line ends, all that we are will vanish.

Then our journey will truly end.

This is your heritage.

Yours to watch over.

This ring belonged to

my father.

Please. You have your father in you.

I've nothing to give you.

For you, I have a father, a grandfather, a great -grandfather,

stretching back to the roots of time.

You have a brother.

These letters from him are never answered.

Take them.

Find them.

This was my father's.

This.

It was your father's.

That's all I have.

You sound like you're preparing to die.

Perhaps.

I am.

Neither of us is ever going to be alone again.

It has always been my destiny to walk alone.

I am traveling.

Yes,

they are. I wish I hadn't given him my gun.

I'd be a lot better with a nine millimeter.

Split up. You must conceal yourself.

Oh, you're expecting?

Yeah.

But I had hoped I would be disappointed.

Okay. You're coming with me.

I will remain.

They will not see me.

How?

I will be invisible to them.

Now go.

Quickly. I'll never lose this.

Thank you.

Okay, all right. It's all right. I'm sorry.

What

are

you doing here?

Leave him alone!

Go away.

We must go.

I have learned everything I can here.

Learn what?

About inner peace.

What is it?

History.

I can feel it in these walls.

The kind that hasn't been made yet is just waiting to happen.

Like the hush when a car spins out of control.

Crash happens in slow motion.

You sense disaster.

What did you say is going to happen here?

The young emperor would ascend to the throne.

No, I meant specifically.

How's it going to look?

How will it be decorated?

Flowers. Hundreds of flowers.

From who?

Florists from all over Chinatown.

Do you know each of these people?

Well, no, but... One needle lift.

Of all the names, then it has to be given to the guard.

What else?

There will be banners and tapestries.

From whom?

From one stock merchant. He's my cousin.

Okay, make sure that he delivers them personally.

What about the guests?

I cannot be sure. So many people... Names.

Faces. I have to run a computer printout on everybody, and I need photographs.

Who's got the list?

Mr. Chow.

Where's he?

Where else would he be? With the name.

Enough!

I'm growing tired of this.

Now, after the ascension, you will... You will shake hands with everyone in

receiving lines, except the province masters, to whom you will bow very

slightly.

And how will I know who they are?

I will tell you.

I will not shake the Mandarin's hand.

Now, he is a very powerful ruler with far -reaching influence.

And you, you will be humble before him.

Now,

it is important, Ding Ling, that you do

exactly what I tell you to do.

I have not been grooming a child to become a man.

I have been grooming a prince to become an emperor.

We, we have a destiny together.

We are bonded.

You and I.

We are one.

You understand that?

Yes, I understand.

Good. I know that you do.

Thank you for this meeting.

I want you to call off your assassins.

He must not be allowed to ascend the throne.

Why not?

Because you don't control him?

Because of what he represents and because of what he may do.

He won't do anything.

He's just a child.

And I speak through him.

He will do exactly what we want him to.

I can program him.

He will scale cliffs and never be dizzy.

He will plunge in water and never be wet.

And he will walk through fire and not be burnt.

His mind is facile and will be shaped to my bidding.

I know these guys.

Never forget an assassin's face.

I own him.

Don't fear him.

Use him.

So you have been given a sacred trust, and this is how you honor it.

You have shamed yourself and your family, just as my grandfather did.

You are dust.

Stay out of this.

You want to save his life?

So do I.

Alright, police!

Get out of here.

One more thing.

Are you alright?

Yeah.

Ciao.

See you in there.

I expected him from the beginning.

Yeah.

Is the Emperor safe now?

He is not yet Emperor.

He is still in danger.

One of these is for the ceremony and one is for the rest of my life.

I don't know which. How about Chow? He will know.

Chow is dead.

What?

Did... He was shot by assassins attempting to kill you.

I can't go on, not without him.

You can.

No, you don't understand.

No, I do not.

He did everything for me.

He made decisions, told me what to say, what to wear.

Now?

You must make those decisions yourself.

I'm scared. I...

I'm scared.

is your companion, your friend, your ally.

Then why do my hands tremble?

Your body will respond to your thoughts.

Beware.

no longer be afraid.

You'll be near?

No.

I cannot be with you.

Fear will fill your being.

It will consume your thoughts.

only live and breathe as long as you allow it to.

When you can embrace it and make it one with your hopes and

your joy, then it will cease to have power over you.

What if I can't? What if I can't control my fear?

If I am the emperor, people will ask me questions and expect answers.

Expect me to have opinions and make decisions.

Yes, they will.

What if I don't have the answer?

Say that.

All learning begins with the simple phrase.

Not even an emperor is expected to know all, but anyone,

especially an emperor, can learn.

But you will be there.

I need somebody close that I can trust.

No.

If you listen, you will soon hear a voice you can trust.

The voice of your heart.

Isn't this wonderful?

It's finally happening.

And everything looks so beautiful.

Yes, it does.

I've looked forward to this day for so long.

All of us have.

I want to thank you for your help.

Congratulations.

Enjoy the ceremony.

How do we know one of these guys isn't going to kill the Emperor?

It will not be one of them.

Enough!

up okay of course and you have accepted the inevitable

i feared what would be asked of me denied if i had the wisdom to be emperor

but emperor is what i am wise or foolish strong or

fearful in accepting that i have accepted myself

then you have found

The wisdom you seek.

There are people waiting.

We will enter shortly.

Master Kane, the debt that your family has owed to my family has

now been repaid.

And your honor will be held in the highest esteem here.

And you, my friend, I must thank you.

You gave me one of the most precious gifts that one person may give another.

A wonderful memory.

And I will always cherish it.

It is time.

Let the ascension begin.

You've done what you came to do.

The machine that your grandfather brought to our family has been washed

Ben?

I am... free.

Yeah. Hey!

Hey!

What are you two scheming up?

I have been meaning to talk to you.

I know you have many questions.

Well, you've done some very curious things, I'll give you that.

In order to help the Emperor, I had to.

You don't have to explain, Pop.

Not to me.

You've come a long way.

You've taught me a lot.

And you have me.

The only responsibility you had to me... What's in your heart?

I must leave.

My path, which seemed so clear, has become obscure.

Then, then, then you must find your path.

Hey. Stop by sometime.

We'll catch a Paul game or something.

I will be calling.

What are your thoughts, young king?

That you will never see your father again?

No.

He'll be back.

I'm not going anywhere.

Haven't you heard?

If you stay in one place long enough, the world comes to you.

It doesn't have a choice.

He'll be back.

You are learning.