第9話: 小早川軍が休息を取る中、ジョンが豊後の配下と戦い、戦死する

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The Ohu army decides to rest in the Alps, as Rocket tells them about the leader of the group of dogs that don't obey Hougen, called Kyoshiro, who is one year old but still heartless. As they escape, John orders Hiro to leave with Reika, while he'll stop Hougen's minions. Hiro complies after some arguing but makes John promise that he won't die. The other dogs, Lefty, Tommy and Rossi decide to stay and fight with John. Hougen's minions soon catch up with them and they fight viciously, killing many minions. However, Lefty is quickly killed and John, Tommy and Rossi are pinned down and the latter two are also killed as Hougen arrives. Hougen sits on top of Tommy's corpse to insult him and says that he will sit on John when Tommy's corpse gets cold. John insults Hougen to which Hougen orders his minions to beat him to death. Meanwhile, Hiro and Reika reach Weed and his friends and they take the two to a shed where Hiro is forced to rest because of his wounds, although he wants to help John. Reika finds out that she had been lied to by John, as he said that Gin had escaped and was waiting for them, when he was actually still lying in the shed. Hiro informs Weed about his father and John and falls to the floor, tired and everyone tries healing his wounds while Weed goes to help John. Hook reaches the place John is in and witnesses John being brutally beaten by Hougen and his minions. John orders that nobody should come to save him, frustrating Hook. Even after getting broken down physically, John threatens Hougen, to which the Great Dane beats him again and screams at him to beg for mercy. However, John says he won't die the way Hougen wants him to and Hougen impales him upon a tree spike in anger. Back at the shed, GB notices Weed's absence and they set out to find him. At the battle scene, John breaks the spike form the tree, pulls it out of him and throws it at Hougen's face and falls down, saying that he is full of spirit even though his body could work only for a few minutes. To this, Hougen finally loses his temper and shakes John violently and crushes his vertebrae. He says that he has lost interest in Reika and goes back to his hut with his army. Hook, Weed and the rest of the Ohu army come near John to inspect his injuries. John meets Weed in his last moment and Hiro tells him that Hougen has been captured to give him hope to live. However, John is too physically damaged to live and he dies quietly, breaking the promise he made to Hiro. (Source: Wikipedia)