Kenshiro comes back from the cave and learns that Sara has done everything she can for Bista. Tobi has taken his brother into Sanga's bedroom for him to rest, but his condition isn't good. Tobi looks around the room and is disgusted over Sanga using his brother to achieve all of this wealth and power.

Ken finds out that Bista has only a couple of days left to live at most. Sara explains that his wound has been infected by acute Tetanus. There is a medicine for this, but the place Sara knows where it's at is a four day drive away at least. Ken asks if there is any other way, so Sara suggests a more dangerous route through some mountains -if someone took a jeep and took that route at top speed, they might make it. But the mountains are guarded by a group known as the Clifflanders, who are masters of an assassination style. Nobody who has gone there has come back. Kenshiro says he'll take that path regardless.

Ken tells Sara that she must keep her God status for now -if Sanga's troops try and attack her, she must use her status to get the villagers to defend her. They will tell the villagers the truth after Bista has been healed. He then gets into a jeep and heads towards the mountains. Meanwhile, Sanga's troops are wondering what to do now their master is dead. None of them wish to attack Kenshiro, as they all believe they will die.

They consider leaving Last Land, but another soldier tells them that he just saw Kenshiro leave in a jeep and head towards the mountains. They then decide to just go to the main tower and capture the miracle woman and the God boy so they can rule the place instead. If Kenshiro does come back, they can use the fake Gods to turn the villagers on him. With this plan they head towards the palace, but then see a man in a cloak and believe that Kenshiro has returned! They cower in fear but they then realise that the man isn't Kenshiro. He introduces himself as Seiji. He bears the name that Sanga never mentions.

The troops explain that Sanga won't mention anything ever again, as he is dead! This takes Seiji by surprise, but they then hear a bike heading their way. Sure enough, two more people arrive and head towards the group.

The troops see the blue marks on the new guy's foreheads and realise that they are from the secretive Clifflanders clan. Seiji removes his cloak and the two Clifflanders tell him that nobody is allowed to leave their clan and reveal its secrets. Seiji says their words are nonsense and that he only trained with them to further his ambitions. In just two years, he learnt everything they had to offer. He charges up his battle aura, which releases a blue light.

The Clifflanders warn Seiji that even if they are killed, he will be punished by the North Star. Seiji again thinks they are talking nonsense and with just two moves, kills both of them. The troops notice that Seiji uses a similar style to Kenshiro. Seiji then walks back up to them and says he overheard their plan earlier, but he is in command now, and he intends to rule Last Land.

As far as Seiji is concerned, anything that belonged to Sanga now belongs to him. He asks Ches, one of Sanga's troops, what he wants to do: either obey him or die now. Unsurprisingly Ches says he will follow him and the rest of the troops do the same. Later on, a sand storm tears though Last Land and Sara watches it through one of the palace's windows...

...when Seiji appears. He breaks the window and demands to know where the body of Sanga is. She takes him down into the hidden cave, where Seiji is surprised to find water which he can actually drink. He then finds out what Sanga's grave is and upon seeing it...

...he goes into a rage and destroys it. Sanga's damaged body tumbles out and crashes into a rock. He calls Sanga pathetic, especially for someone who attempted to become a King. He wants Sanga to die again and hits his body once more, sending blood everywhere. He tells Sara he climbed out of hell to kill Sanga.

Later on, it appears Ches has been promoted as he leads some other soldiers into the throne room. Seiji now sits in Sanga's throne and he tells Ches to take Sara away and imprison her for now. He has heard that she can do miracles, so she might be of use later.

Meanwhile, Kenshiro continues to drive through the mountains. He doesn't encounter anyone but after crossing a bridge, he sees some statues up on a cliff. These statues suddenly crumble and break up, rolling down the cliff and heading straight towards the jeep.

Apparently Hokuto Shinken has a few driving techniques to use as Kenshiro skillfully avoids almost all of the rocks. He stops the jeep outside a large gate and as soon as he gets out, he takes his stance as someone shouts out that nobody can go beyond this point.

Some Clifflanders appear and immediately attack Kenshiro. He takes them all out , but he lets all of his attackers live rather than making them explode. He gets to the gate and notices the kanji on it -it means the "North Star Gate". He asks if he could just pass through here without any more confrontations.

Three men in red jump down and one of them tells Ken that he may not pass. Beyond this gate lies their training ground, and no outsider may enter it, so he should just leave. Ken explains that a child is sick and that there isn't much time left. The Clifflanders do not care for this, saying that one life is not as important as their rule. Seeing how he has no choice, Kenshiro gets ready to fight.

The three men start to circle around and Ken realises that they are using a technique known as Hokuto Tenki Ken (North Star Ascension Fist) -it seems that this place is related to Hokuto Shinken. Meanwhile, in Last Land., Seiji is dreaming about his past...

One day, young Seiji was crawling across a log. The log was over a very large canyon, but Seiji gets to the other side. However, his father, Sanga, is waiting for him.

Without saying anything, Sanga kicks the log and makes it fall. Seiji quickly jumps off it and grabs onto his father, but he grabs his arms and holds him over the canyon. He then suddenly releases him and Seiji falls into the canyon.

Seiji then wakes up and realises that he has had that dream again. He hates his past and smashes a table in frustration. Meanwhile, Kenshiro finds out that the Clifflander's style is known as "Hokumon no Ken" (Fist of the North Gate). The three men all attack Kenshiro at once...

...but all are beaten down. Again, Kenshiro doesn't kill any of them. The three Clifflanders realise that Ken has hit their pressure points, so his style must also be related to their own. Kenshiro says he wants to see more of the Hokumon no Ken style, and tells them to come at him again.

Sara, Tobi and Bitsa have been put into a cell. Tobi demands to be released as the two people in here with him are Gods, but Ches shows up and tells him to be quiet. Seiji is in command now and he only takes orders from him. Sara tells Tobi that she feels she has seen Seiji somewhere before, but she can't quite remember. Just then Seiji walks in and has Ches open up the cell.

He enters it and takes Sara. Tobi tries to stop him, but gets beaten down. As Seiji leaves with Sara, he tells Ches to shut up the man, which he does by whipping him. Sara is taken back upstairs and thrown onto a bed.

Seiji intends to rape her and after taking off his own armor and shirt, he rips apart off her top, revealing her breasts. He then makes his move, but Sara has a plan of her own: she quickly hits a pressure point on his back!

She hit the "Kenshin" point which was meant to kill him, but Seiji just laughs. He now understands how her miracles work, but tells her that her techniques will not work against him, a Hokumon no Ken master. He then says that from today, everything in the world belongs to him. He then hits a point on her chest which makes her pass out.

Back at the battle, only one of the red fighters is still fighting, but his rapid punches mostly miss Kenshiro. Ken punches the man in his face, making him crash into the ground. He realises that his opponent is out of his league and Ken hits a pressure point on his head, which doesn't kill him, but it does end their fight.

The gates then open and several more people come out. The leader of these tells the three red fighters to stop, as it is pointless now. He then finds out that the intruder is Kenshiro, and from just looking into his eyes he knows that he must be the successor to Hokuto Shinken, the heir of their founder's martial art.

The leader of the Clifflanders is called Roushi. As day turns to night, Roushi takes Ken inside the dojo and explains to him that the Hokumon no Ken style was created 400 years a go by a man who was training in Hokuto Shinken, but failed to become the successor. Since that time, they have lived in these mountains away from society. One of the fighters then walks in and presents Kenshiro with a box, which contains the medicine he was after.

Ken still wants to know one thing: why are they all determined not to let anyone pass through here? Roushi reveals a large door with a nuclear hazard symbol on it and explains that these grounds were once used as a storage area for nuclear weapons. It is impossible to dispose of these weapons properly in this age, but some people want to get their hands on them and use them on their enemies. The Clifflanders don't want to let that happen and when they found out about the storage area, they created a new training ground to cover it up. They don't want anyone using the weapons and so refuse to let anyone through, killing any who won't go away.

Meanwhile, Ches checks in on the cell and believes that both Bitsa and Tobi have died. He opens it up and after seeing no movement, decides to have their bodies thrown out. He walks off to get someone to help him move them, but it turns out that Tobi isn't dead and he gets up. He's still weak from he earlier beating and stumbles around, looking for Sara. Meanwhile Roushi tells Kenshiro that before he heads back to Last Land, there is something he should know.

Their style is not meant for the outside world -but someone has broken this rule. A man known as Seiji learnt all of the Hokumon no Ken techniques within two years and then killed his master, before leaving this place and heading to Last Land. Some men were sent out to stop him, but they have not returned and Last Land has probably fallen under Seiji's control. They tell Ken that Seiji held a grudge against his father, a man known as Sanga. Ken departs from the mountains and heads back towards Last Land in his jeep. Roushi watches him depart and believes they won't have to worry -when someone breaks their rule, the North Star is meant to appear. The next morning in Last Land...

...Seiji is admiring the view when Sara appears, holding a dagger. She knows that Seiji's fighting style allows him to counter her pressure point knowledge, but this is war and she must try and fight against evil demons like him. She plunges her weapon into his back only for it to break, and have no effect on him at all. He turns around and grabs her, asking what she lives for. Affection and love are pointless, so he never shows these feelings. Everything he lives for he can obtain through fighting.

Sara notices scars on Seiji's neck and realises that she really has met him before. A long time a go when she was little, she was in a field when a young dog ran up to her. However the dog was wild and it's mother appeared and charged at her. Seiji saw this and put himself forward...

...and got bitten. He punched the dog off him but saw that even with wild dogs, the parents would protect their children. But he then thinks about how his own father left him to die. Back in the present, Sara confirms that Seiji got the scar from a dog bite.

Tobi returns to the cell and sees that his brother's condition is getting worse. He tells him that they must get out of here and that if they can get the villagers on their side, they will be OK. Meanwhile Seiji returns to his throne and sees another highlight of being in his father's position: girls. Tobi picks up Bista and they head out via the palace's sewers.

The next morning a couple of guards are on patrol when they are suddenly shot to pieces by a volley of arrows. Tobi leads a rebellion, saying that Seiji has injured their God, Doha, and he must pay. Soon a large battle breaks out between the villagers and Seiji's army.

Ches lets his master know about what is going on, but Seiji just tells him to get the rest of the army together and kill them all. With this rebellion crushed, Sanga's Last Land will be no more and his Last Land will begin. Sara is watching the carnage and hopes Kenshiro will return soon, when Seiji appears and says that the destruction is a beautiful sight.

He tells Sara that Tobi is leading the rebellion. He could just go down there and kill him to end the fight, but for now he is content with just watching them act like idiots. Sara asks him to stop the fight, but he refuses. As the battle rages on, Kenshiro is still on the way back to Last Land at top speed.