The year is 1986, the place Yokosuka, Japan.
The normally tranquil day-to-day life of Ryo Hazuki
is suddenly changed and irrecoverably shattered by uninvited visitors.
A man wearing dark green Chinese clothes appears
at the Hazuki family home with two black-suited thugs.
This man uses a powerful style of martial arts, the likes of
whick Ryo has never before seen, to engage his father Iwao in
a fierce battle. Ryo attempts to intervene and help his father,
but the obvious disparity in power is too much. Ryo is beaten
down and taken hostage as the man questions Iwao,
"Where is the mirror?"
Having no other recourse, Iwao reluctantly tells him.
Once this mysterious object is in the man's
possession, he again attacks Iwao.
"Do you remember Zhao Sun Ming..."
From these words Ryo learns of a shocking truth from the
past. His father was responsible for killing someone long ago.
And then, Iwao is knocked down in defeat.
Ryo pulls his father close and feels him take his last breath.
"Lan Di"
The man with the ominous embroidery of
a glittering dragon on his back, the man responsible.
What of the stolen mirror?
Who is this Lan Di?
Vowing to seek revenge, Ryo embarks on a journey
to unravel the mystery surrounding his father's death
and deliver justice to the man responsible.

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