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| Name: Shenlong
Beast Form: Tiger Age: 32 Fighting Style: Pretty much the same as Longs'. |
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| The world was in grip of fear over continuing conflict between humans and the zoanthropes… humanlike beings with superhuman powers. One extremist group of zoanthropes advocated zoanthrope liberation through use of the zoanthropes' superior abilities. This was the Zoanthrope Liberation Front. Although the ZLF gained many supporters at first, over time its terrorist acts of targeting the ZLF critics alienated those supporters and made the group an object of fear and loathing. But this complete lack of public support failed to deter the ZLF even slightly from its furious pursuit of what it saw as the zoanthrope cause. The ZLF's leader ruled the organization with an iron hand, demanding absolute loyalty and even terrorizing non-ZLF zoanthropes into compliance. Government armies and police forces launched countless missions to apprehend the ZLF leader, but failed with much loss of life. Even today it is said that no one alive knows the actual location or background of the ZLF, now known as the most dangerous zoanthropes on the face of the earth.
Uriko: I'm here to rescue my mother! You'd better hand her over right now! Shenlong: What's this? A mother and child foolish enough to defy me? (Fight) After battle… Uriko: Master, I'm so sorry… I should have continued training like you told me to. Shenlong: A zoanthrope has only two choices: To become a warrior in our holy war, or die a coward's death. Shenlong: You,.. Alice Nonomura. You once battled Tylon. Now use that strength to aid the Liberation Front. Alice: Mr. Long? No, you're not Mr. Long! Who are you? Me, fight for the ZLF? I don't think so! I have a job. An upstanding one! I'm a nurse! Shenlong: Upstanding? You are collaborating with humans. They are an inferior species. You are naïve, so I will beat some sense into you. (Fight) After battle… Shenlong: A life-and-death struggle between species. Know that those who cannot fight receive no pity! (Stun appears) Shenlong: A worthless man-made zoanthrope. The very sight of you disgusts me. I will exterminate you. (Fight) After battle… Shenlong: All vermin must be exterminated. That includes you human scum Jane: So you're the leader. Then the rumor of my father's involvement with the ZLF was just a rumor, as I suspected. Shenlong: Silence, fool! How dare you speak to me in that manner! You shall pay for your transgression with your life! (Fight) After battle… Shenlong: You may know some combat techniques, but they are child's play compared to mine! Yugo: So you're the boss! Prepare for the beating of your life! Shenlong: You irritate me, pesky child. But I admire your courage in opposing my Liberation Front singe-handedly. Yugo: Shut your trap! I'm gonna beat all of you into a pulp! Shenlong: Such energy. Such vitality. Why don't you direct that anger toward your human oppressors? Yugo: I'm not like you. And you don't know anything about justice! You only cause suffering. You disgust me. Shenlong: You are a fool not to understand this great cause. I will teach you what justice is…with my fists. (Fight) After battle… Shenlong: You are looking for my soldier, Bakuryu, aren't you, boy? Then rejoice, for soon he will be here to fight along with you…as my loyal follower, of course. Shenlong: Busuzima, lately you act as if you have forgotten your place. What on earth do you think you're doing? Busuzima: Experiments, so many experiments. Dear leader, you bring me so many zoanthrope subjects that I have a huge backlog of experiments! Shenlong: Don't take that attitude with me! Are you trying to make me angry? What are you really doing here? You wouldn't be making soldiers loyal only to you, would you? Busuzima: Let's see…what shall I do next. How about making clones, oh glorious master? Shenlong: What? Busuzima: You don't like that, your majesty? I suppose you wouldn't, you being a clone yourself. No problemo, I understand completely. Ha ha ha ha! Shenlong: Genius or not, one more word and I'll tear you limb from limb! Busuzima: Shut your mouth, cretin! Let me refresh your memory. You're nothing but a puppet that I created. So wise up and stop letting all that flattery go to your head! Shenlong: S-Stop jesting with me! Busuzima: I never jest! In fact, I have a little story you might want to hear. Once upon a time, Tylon had in its employ an assassin named Long. Then a genius named Busuzima took a cell from Long, said the magic words and -- viola! The leader of the Zoanthrope Liberation Front was born! You're a clone of Long! Not a short clone, but a Long clone! Get it? Hardy har har! Shenlong: That's all I can stand! I'll kill you! (Fight) After battle… Shenlong: You traitor! Rattling off one lie after another… Arrgh! My head! The pain! Why does my head hurt so? Arrrgghh! Alan: You're a pathetic clone. There's no turning back now. Shenlong: Silence! You are trying to confuse me. Alan: You are the one who's confused. No one is to blame. Shenlong: Shut up! You're lying! Your story about cloning is nothing but a lie! Alan: Well, then, answer me this. Do you have a past? Shenlong: What kind of stupid question is that? There's nothing wrong with my memory. Alan: Don't be so sure. Whatever memories you may have…are nothing but false memories created and planted by Busuzima! Shenlong: No! It can't be! Alan: Why do you think all-out investigations by government organizations have failed to uncover any positive data about the ZLF's leader? I'll tell you why. It's because you didn't even exist before the inception of the Zoanthrope Liberation Front. Shenlong: No. You're lying. Alan: It's sad but true. I even know the person you were cloned from… the "original you", you could say. Shenlong: No, no, no! There's a pesky fly buzzing around. Buzz, buzz, buzz. Such a pest. Alan: I couldn't stand it. Shenlong: Pesky fly… pesky fly… I'll smash you, pesky fly. I'll… I'll… (Fight) After battle… Shenlong: It's quiet now. Yes, that's good. No one… to interfere… (A close-up picture of one of Shenlong's eyes appear; a half-body image of Long is seen in his blood red pupil) gado Yugo: So you're the boss! Prepare for the beating of your life! Shenlong: You irritate me, pesky child. But I admire your courage in opposing my Liberation Front singe-handedly. Yugo: Shut your trap! I'm gonna beat all of you into a pulp! Shenlong: Such energy. Such vitality. Why don't you direct that anger toward your human oppressors? Yugo: I'm not like you. And you don't know anything about justice! You only cause suffering. You disgust me. Shenlong: You are a fool not to understand this great cause. I will teach you what justice is…with my fists. (Fight) After battle… Shenlong: You are looking for my soldier, Bakuryu, aren't you, boy? Then rejoice, for soon he will be here to fight along with you…as my loyal follower, of course. Shenlong: Ha ha ha ha! I won! Victory is mine! Of course! I never lose! (Screen switches to a shot of Shenlong looming over Long, one hand clenched around Long's neck, and the other raised poised to strike) Shenlong: I am Shenlong! I fight for zoanthrope justice! I am unparalleled! I could never be a clone of a useless weakling like you! Long: You are powerful. I almost envy you, for you have done what I cannot. You have completely purged yourself of the very things that are my weaknesses… Painful memories and a loathing of the zoanthrope blood in my veins. Shenlong: I will kill you! There's no need for two of me in this world! Long: Do as you wish. That would be a fitting end to an accursed life… Shenlong: ...... Long: Why do you hesitate? Shenlong: You say you are weaker because a part of you makes you weak. Do you mean that my memories are the scrapes that remain after purging those weaknesses? I thought I was the perfect zoanthrope, a leader who transcended all others. But that perfection was just an illusion, a product of amnesia. I did not surpass others. I was merely unencumbered by characteristics that I viewed as a weakness…but which would have made me whole. I am a failure at living. But everything will end here and now! (Long flash of light; no pun intended) (Screenshot appears; a bloody Long is staring up, a horrified look in his eyes. The shadow of a mangled person is next to him) Shenlong: Arrgh! Long: What are you doing? Shenlong: Those characteristics that you say make you weak because you could not purge yourself of them… I realize now that they are not a weakness… but a strength. Perhaps only those who are… imperfect… are truly alive… I thought I shattered a mirror… that was blocking my way… but what I really shattered… was myself. Long: Ugh… (Screen goes black) The next day, a strange silence enveloped the entire ZLF territory. Security Corps troops who had stormed the ZLF stronghold found only disorder… and dazed troops who had completely lost the will to fight. Shenlong: You must be Long… Yes, I knew… you would be… Long: coming here about this time. Shenlong: You… If only you were gone… Long: I must work quickly… Shenlong: Yes… that's it… (Fight) |
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