Kingdom — Chapter 1

THE TIME OF SAINTS IS ALSO OVER.

MILLIONS OF YEARS HAVE PASSED SINCE THE TIMES OF JOUKO.

GEN- ERAL LEE!

GEN- ERAL LEE SHIN!

GEN- ERAL LEE!

GEN- ERAL LEE!

THE DESIRES OF MAN WERE WHAT MOVED THE WORLD.

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WESTERN CHINA 245 A.D, SHI PROVINCE.

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FUOH!

RUAHH!

DAHH!

HNG HH...

YOU AND YOUR GORILLA STRENG- TH!!

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THIS WAY!

HE DODGED THAT!!?

EAT THIS! HYOU WAIT...

HNGA AHH!

NOW THEN, LET'S SEE...

THAT MAKES 333 WINS, 332 LOSSES, AND 587 TIES I'M AHEAD ON THE WINS NOW.

HELL YEAH!

WELL, THIS TIME I HAPPENED TO PICK THE RIGHT DIRECTION IS ALL.

DAMMIT, IT STILL HURTS.

WHETHER IT WAS LUCK OR NOT, A LOSS IS A LOSS.

COME ON SHIN, WE NEED TO HURRY OR WE'LL GET YELLED AT AGAIN.

LET GO! I CAN WALK ON MY OWN.

WHA... WHAT THE HELL IS THIS SUPPOSED TO TASTE LIKE!?

WHO MADE THIS?

GUEH! AWFUL!

YEAH, IT HAD TO BE YOU, SHIN. YOUR FOOD ALWAYS TASTES BAD...

YOU CAN'T COOK, AND YOU CAN'T CLEAN EITHER.

SHIN, YOU'RE THE MOST USELESS PERSON IN THE SHIN PROVINCE.

YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY USELESS, YOU KNOW.

UNLIKE HYOU,

WAH! HE GLARED AT ME! DADDY, SHIN GLARED AT ME!

WHO WERE YOU GLARING AT!?

HUH!? WHO THE HELL WERE YOU GLARING AT!?

GIVE IT HERE!

DO YOU HAVE A PROBLEM? HUUUH!!?

UNDER NORMAL CIR- CUMSTANCES, YOU TWO WHO LOST YOUR PARENTS DUE TO THE WAR WOULD BE SLAVES!

WHO BOUGHT THE CLOTHES ON YOUR BACK? WHO'S FEEDING YOU EVERY NIGHT? WHO'S PROVIDING YOU A BED TO SLEEP ON? WELL!?

DON'T YOU KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO BE GRATE- FUL!? HUH!?

EVEN THOUGH IT'S MY DUTY, I, THE VILLAGE ELDER, HAVE BEEN WATCH- ING OVER YOU, FOR 10 WHOLE YEARS!!

WHO'S THE ONE THAT MADE IT POS- SIBLE FOR YOU TO GROW LIKE THIS?

DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR?

WORK TO REPAY THE DEBT YOU OWE!!

HUH? YOU DAMN FOOL!

DAMMIT ALL!!

ALTHOUGH THIS SHACK IS SEPARATE FROM THE MAIN HOUSE, YOUR VOICE WILL REACH THEM.

FOOL! HE'LL HEAR YOU.

WHERE DOES HE GET OFF SAYING I SHOULD BE THANKFUL!?

I DON'T GIVE A DAMN! I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF THIS!

I'M GOING TO BEAT THEM ALL AND LEAVE THIS SHITTY HOUSE!

HE'S TREAT- ING US LIKE SLAVES!!

WE STILL DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO LIVE ON OUR OWN. WE'LL STARVE TO DEATH OUT THERE.

IT'S TOO SOON FOR THAT.

WE DIDN'T SPEND SO MUCH TIME TRAINING OUR- SELVES JUST TO BECOME PETTY THIEVES, RIGHT?

HAVE YOU LOST YOUR MIND!?

I KNOW! I WAS JUST JOKING! DAMMIT! I'M GOING TO SLEEP.

SLEEP WHY DON'T YOU GIVE ME A HAND WITH THIS...

WHOA

STOP!!

CHECK OUT THAT BIRD!

NEIGH

HEY, WAIT. SOMEONE'S COMING.

LIKE HELL I'D FALL FOR THAT!

YOUR ACTING SUCKS!!

EHHH?

HUH?

SHUTUP, YOU RETARD!

WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE LOOKING AT? HUH!?

HE'S SOME- ONE FROM A REALLY WEALTHY HOUSE.

LOOK AT THE CAR- RIAGE HE'S RIDING IN.

WHAT'S WITH YOU TWO?

IT DOES! YOU CAN GET KILLED!

LIKE THAT MAT- TERS!

NOW I'M BEHIND 332 WINS, 334 LOSSES, AND 587 TIES! IT'S BEEN A YEAR SINCE THERE WAS A 2 WIN GAP BE- TWEEN US! HOW ARE YOU GOING REPAY ME FOR THAT?

WE WEREN'T FIGHTING, IT WAS A MATCH! AND BECAUSE OF YOU, I JUST LOST!

ARE YOU KIDS TRYING TO PULL A FAST ONE ON ME? 1,253 BOUTS!?

SOMEONE LIKE YOU WHO WAS BORN WITH A HEY, SILVER SPOON IN HIS MOUTH PROBABLY WOULDN'T UNDERSTAND, BUT...

YOU MIGHT REALLY HAVE PASSED 1,000 MATCHES. YOUR FIGHT RESEMBLED A TRUE SPAR.

FROM WHAT I SAW OF YOUR MATCH.

BUT THAT'S MORE THAN ENOUGH.

EXCEPT THESE STRONG BODIES.

WE'RE ORPHANS

WE LOST OUR ENTIRE FAMILY IN THE FLAMES OF WAR, OUR PARENTS LEFT US NOTHING...

SO LONG AS WE HAVE A BODY THAT'S CA- PABLE OF HOLDING A SWORD, BOTH SHIN AND I ARE SATISFIED.

天下の 大将軍 !?

中華全土に !?

名を

THE GREATEST GENERALS...?

THROUGHOUT ALL OF CHINA?

I'M GOING TO KILL YOU FOR LAUGHING AT OUR DREAM!

WAH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!

COULD BE THE MEETING NEEDED TO DRIVE OUT THE DARK CLOUDS FROM OUR PROVINCE.

は は は は THIS MEETING

HM?

WE'RE BACK...

OH, THEY'RE BACK, THEY'RE BACK.

HUH!? IT'S THE OLD MAN FROM YESTERDAY

YOU DON'T NEED TO WORRY ABOUT THIS, JUST COME ON IN.

JOB WELL DONE, HYOU MY BOY.

DID HE HIT HIS HEAD SOMEWHER E?

YOU'RE REALLY SOMETHING, HYOU.

HUH?

HE'S A VERY AFFLUENT MAN, AS FOR AUTHORITY, HE'S ONE OF THE CABINET MINISTERS OF THE SHIN PROVINCE.

HE'S ONE OF THE...

HYOU, THIS MAN IS SHOU BUNKUN.

CABIN ET MINIS TERS ?

HYOU, YOU SHOULD FEEL HONORED, BECAUSE THIS MAN IS GOING TO ADOPT YOU.

!!?

STARTING TOMORROW , YOU'RE GOING TO BE WORKING IN THE PALACE!!

HYOU,

I'M GOING TO WORK IN THE PALACE !?

I CAN'T SPEAK OPENLY OF WHAT GOES ON IN THE PALACE HERE, BUT YOU WON'T BE THE KING'S CUP BEARER OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. UH... I DON'T QUITE GET WHAT'S GOING ON HERE... .........

YOU'RE GOING TO BE DOING SOME FAIRLY IMPORTANT WORK THERE.

YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE ME INTO A MILITARY OFFICER!! ?

THAT'S RIGHT. HE'S GOING TO BE AN OFFICER IN THE PALACE!

I'M...

THAT'S SWEET!!

IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN TAKE SHIN TOO...

HE'S AS STRONG AS I AM.

LISTEN!! I'M ONLY TAKING 1 PERSON WITH ME!

AND THAT'S YOU ALONE, HYOU!

HYOU, WHAT' S WRONG ?

ACCEPT HIS PROPOSAL.

PLEASE ALLOW ME A DAY TO THINK IT OVER.

I'LL BE BACK TOMORROW

HYOU !?

STORIES LIKE THIS DON'T EVEN HAPPEN IN DREAMS! A SERVANT SUDDENLY BEING PROMOTED TO MILITARY OFFICER IN THE PALACE...

WHY DIDN'T HYOU ACCEPT IT RIGHT ON THE SPOT?

THIS SITUATION STILL DOESN'T SEEM REAL TO ME, BUT...

IF THAT'S THE CASE...

HE'S NOT THINKING OF REJECTING IT ON MY BEHALF, IS HE?

I WANTED TO USE MY OWN STRENGTH TO TAKE EACH STEP UP THE LADDER, THAT'S THE REASON I WORKED SO HARD WITH YOU...

YOU DAMN...

NOT TO TAKE THE BACK DOOR LIKE THIS, AND LEAVE YOU IN THE DUST...

YOU DIDN'T THINK I WOULD SAY THAT,

DID YOU?

OF COURSE YOU ARE.

WILL BE AWARD ED TWO WINS.

SO THE WINNER OF THIS MATCH

IT'S A HIGH POSSIBILITY THAT WE WON'T BE ABLE TO CONTINUE THIS FOR A WHILE.

YEAH.

NOT 3 WINS?

YEAH, LET'S LEAVE IT AT THAT.

NO... JUST 2.

IT'S BEEN A MONTH SINCE HYOU WENT TO THE CAPITAL.

SHIN, YOU'VE CHANGED SOME.

REALLY

WHAT THE HELL DID YOU JUST SAY!!?

CALM DOWN, I WAS COMPLIMENT ING YOU.

YEAH, THE BABY MONKEY IS NOW A BOY MONKEY!

YOU WERE JUST MAKING FUN OF ME! HERE, GIVE ME THE USUAL.

MY PLEASURE.

MY TREAT. TAKE THIS AND GET YOURSELF SOME GOAT MILK OR SOMETHING.

SHIN!

I'LL GET YOU BACK FOR THAT!

GOAT MILK.

YEAH RIGHT. IT'S PROBABLY SOME STUPID RUMOR.

I'VE BEEN TRYING TO TELL YOU THAT THE PALACE IS IN UPROAR RIGHT NOW!

I'M NOT LYING! I'M A BUSINESS MAN, AND I WAS IN THE CASTLE TOWN JUST A FEW DAYS AGO!

田舎者のお前らは 知らぬかもしれぬが

我等が大王様は執政できる ほどのお年ではなく 今お国の全実権は呂丞相様が 握っておられる BUT OUR KING ISN'T AT AGE TO LEAD THE GOVERNMENT, SO RYO JOUSHOU-SAMA IS THE WITH THE HIGHEST AUTH RIGHT NOW.

YOU GUYS OUT HERE IN THE COUNTRY MAY NOT KNOW THIS,

NOW TAKE WHAT I'M SAYING TO HEART, ARE PROVINCE IS IN DIRE STRAITS RIGHT NOW!

BUT OUR KING ISN'T AT THE AGE TO LEAD THE GOVERNMENT, SO RYOU JOUSHOU-SAMA IS THE ONE WITH THE HIGHEST AUTHORITY RIGHT NOW.

THE 2ND IN LINE STOLE THE THRONE!? しかし王宮の それを善しとし 王弟 成蟜様 王権を奪い取 これまで密かに 勢力を拡大し HOWEVER, THERE ARE SOME MINISTERS THAT DIDN'T LIKE THIS AND HAVE USED THE KING'S YOUNGER BROTHER IN AN ATTEMPT TO SEIZE CONTROL FOR THEMSELVES.

HOWEVER, THERE ARE SOME MINISTERS THAT DIDN'T LIKE THIS AND HAVE USED THE KING'S YOUNGER BROTHER IN AN ATTEMPT TO SEIZE CONTROL FOR THEMSELVES.

しかし王宮の中には それを善しとせぬ大臣も多く 王弟 成蟜様をたてて 王権を奪い取ろうと これまで密かに 勢力を拡大していたのだ

THAT'S JUST NASTY.

WHOEVER PLANTED THE SEED OF REBELLION IN THE YOUNGER BROTHER JUST WANTED TO TAKE CONTROL FOR HIMSELF.

YEAH, IT IS NASTY! BECAUSE EVEN IF HE DOES TAKE THE THRONE, HE'S YOUNG HIMSELF, AND ANOTHER MINISTER WILL SIMPLY SEIZE CONTROL.

THINGS REALLY AREN'T LOOKING GOOD FOR THIS PROVINCE. ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING IT'S NATIONAL INFLUENCE IS VERY LOW,

IF ONE OF THE OTHER PROVINCES HEAR ABOUT THIS, THEY'LL WASTE NO TIME INVADING.

RYOU JOUSHOU-SAMA WAS TRYING HIS BEST TO GET THINGS UNDER CONTROL...

BUT THINGS HAVE ALREADY TAKEN A TURN FOR THE WORSE!

IF THINGS COOL DOWN QUICKLY, THEN THERE WON'T BE A PROBLEM, BUT...

昨夜には裏門から死体の山が 運び出されるのを見た者がいる どれも矢傷と刃傷で 血だるまだっだそうだ AND LAST NIGHT, THERE WERE EYE WITNESSES STATING THAT THERE WERE A MOUNTAIN OF CORPSES CARRIED OUT OF THE REAR GATE. ALL OF THEM EITHER HAD ARROW WOUNDS OR SWORD WOUNDS.

先日の夜 王宮に火が上がったらしい

2 NIGHTS AGO, THERE WAS A FIRE AT THE PALACE.

WHAT'S REALLY SCARY IS THEY HAD A BUNCH OF ASSASSIN GROUPS READY.

WASTING NO TIME, THE LITTLE BROTHER GROUP MADE THEIR MOVE.

I BET THE PALACE IS A SEA OF BLOOD RIGHT NOW.

YOU'RE LYING!!

WHOA!

NOT TOO LONG AGO, SOMEONE LIKE A BROTHER TO THIS GUY WAS SUMMONED TO THE PALACE.

TO THE PALACE!?

WHO THE HELL IS THIS KID?

DO YOU KNOW WHO SUMMO NED HIM?

SOME OLD MAN NAMED SHOU BUNKUN.

SHOU BUNKUN! ?

SHOU BUNKUN IS THE MAN CLOSEST TO THE KING! I'M SURE HE'S THE VERY FIRST GUY THE USURPERS WENT AFTER!

SORRY TO INFORM YOU KID, BUT YOUR BROTHER IS NO LONGER A MEMBER OF THIS WORLD.

NO WAY IN HELL!!!

OWWWW! GET THIS KID OFF OF ME!

SHIN, STOP.

HE'S NOT DEAD.

THERE'S NO WAY...

HE'S DEAD.

THIS IS JUST A SHORT SEPARATION. MAKE YOUR WAY UP HERE!

THE PLACE WE'RE AIMING FOR,

IS THE SAME!

I KNOW! I'LL BE RIGHT BEHIND YOU!!

THERE'S NO WAY IN HELL HE'S DEAD!!

I'M HOME...

HYO UUU UUU !!!

DON'T DO THIS TO ME, HYOU!

ELDER, CALL FOR A DOCTOR!!

QUICKLY, CALL FOR A DOCTOR!!

HNG! WHAT'S ALL THAT BLOOD?

CALL FOR A DOCTOR!

HY-HYOU !?

I CAN'T FEEL ANYMORE...

I DON'T NEED A DOCTOR...

YOU GOT CAUGHT UP IN THE COUP D'ETAT, RIGHT?

COUP D'ETAT?

THE USURPERS HAVE ENOUGH MAN POWER AND CONNECTIONS TO TURN THE PALACE UPSIDE DOWN.. SO THE HAPPENINGS IN THE PALACE HAVE EVEN REACHED A GUY LIKE YOU...

SO THE HAPPENINGS IN THE PALACE HAVE EVEN REACHED A GUY LIKE YOU...

THEY'RE ALSO VERY THOROUGH

THEY'LL FOLLOW MY BLOOD TRAIL AND BE HERE SOON.

THIS IS GOOD, I DON'T HAVE TO TALK MUCH THEN.

THERE'S NO NEED TO ADD TO THE DEATHS...

ELDER, TELL THEM THAT SOME STRANGER FELL INTO YOUR YARD AND DIED.

THEY WONT" TOUCH YOU!

NONE OF THEM WILL BE RETURNING HOME ALIVE TONIGHT!

NOT ONE OF THEM!!

HEARING YOU LIKE THAT MAKES ME REALLY HAPPY, SHIN...

HOWEVER, THERE'S SOMETHING SPECIFIC I NEED YOU TO DO.

A MAP ?

W-WHAT'S THIS? WHAT'S GOING ON!?

I DON'T GET ANY...

I ACTUALLY CAME HERE TO GIVE THIS TO YOU.

IT'S A MAP OF A VILLAGE TO THE WEST OF HERE, IT'S CALLED KOKUHI.

THE KOKUHI VILLAGE !?

LISTEN CAREFULLY SHIN, THIS IS ALL IN YOUR HANDS NOW!!

WASN'T IT OUR DREAM TO BECOME THE GREATEST GENERALS IN HISTORY!?

SO PLEASE DON'T DIE ON ME.

NOT LIKE THIS.. . YOU'RE BETTER ...

I GOT IT...

I GOT IT ALREADY.

OUR PHYSICAL STRENGTH, AND THE STRENGTH OF OUR HEART ARE THE SAME.

THE TWO OF US ARE ONE.

SHIN...

IF YOU TAKE FLIGHT TO THE HEIGHTS OF THE HEAVENS, THEN I'LL BE THERE WITH YOU.