SHAMAN KING (シャーマンキング)

Yoh.

Do you really think we can stop those two?

It doesn't matter what I think.

There's nobody else around but us!

What about Maiden-sama?

Right! The only one who can stop them now

is Maiden-sama!

No, let's handle this ourselves, Lyserg.

Why?

Marco's strength may be a little greater than my own,

but Luchist is in a whole other league.

If Furyoku is mental strength,

he must have nerves of absolute steel.

If he didn't, he wouldn't be able to bear being around Hao

knowing his mind is being read.

If Luchist meant business,

Marco would be long dead.

He isn't giving it his all

because he needs to conserve his Furyoku for some reason.

You don't mean…

Yeah.

He's planning on taking Maiden out as well.

So

if we called her for help,

we'd be serving Maiden-sama up on a silver platter for him?

Little Marco.

You still have so much to learn.

Let's go, Lyserg.

Marco's in trouble.

It's no use.

He's got his sights set on Maiden-sama.

How are we supposed to be a match for him?

Don't worry. We'll make it work out!

Now, the coup de grâce.

You with me?

Over Soul! Spirit of Sword!

Your logic baffles me.

You came here to ask for the favor of being reinstated

in the Shaman Fight.

With the X-Laws out of the picture, that wish is granted.

That wouldn't be asking for a favor!

I thought you said you'd use force.

So effectively, your actions would differ in no way from ours!

You're wrong.

I still came for a favor!

What matters is your heart!

Even if I lose,

I see it as my responsibility for allowing my heart to change!

Your heart?

Damn right.

I will become the Shaman King, no matter what!

That's the one thing I can't give up!

You go so far as to fight for your own heart?

How noble!

But first and foremost, foolish!

You must think that by virtue of being Hao-sama's younger brother,

I cannot harm a hair on your head.

Angels shatter souls,

but I will shatter that Spirit Ally of yours!

The Shamanic Oracle!

Amida-Style

Giant Halo Blade!

Too bad, I'm afraid.

Have you said your last goodbyes?

Farewell, Spirit Ally.

Farewell, Amidamaru!

Lucifer's Hammer!

Why… now?

Iron Maiden Jeanne!

The boy…

The fear must have driven him to call for help, after all.

Lyserg. Use Imari and Shigaraki

to create a false Maiden and distract him.

I'll buy us time while you do that.

It's no watertight plan,

but the only option we have left

is to go for broke.

We have one shot!

Shamash…

And Jeanne!

This is what I came to crush.

The girl I sought far and wide for so that Hao-sama might be defeated!

Just a little more determined than most.

Just a little more sensitive to spirits than most.

Just a little girl with no family…

But now she's grown so much, and it's my responsibility to stop her.

I'll send you to your grave.

That is,

the real you, of course!

Over Souls don't cast shadows!

Using Over Soul to create a fake Jeanne

and a fake Shamash was a clever move.

First,

I'll kill the boy who's presumably behind the Over Soul

as a lesson for Yoh-sama!

Now die!

I believe that's checkmate.

You took the bait, Luchist.

Shamash here was the only thing

that was the real deal.

I see!

While I was busy with you,

the boy Lyserg left an Over Soul double in his place

as he hauled Jeanne out of the sea with Zelel

and told her to send Shamash!

Behold!

The Holy Girl, Iron Maiden Jeanne!

You were always going to find out that she was a fake.

I knew that when you did,

you would attack the one who made the Over Soul, Lyserg.

Then both Over Souls would disappear at the same time,

and you could go right back after Amidamaru.

You needed to beat Maiden too,

and you're smart,

so you would use the least wasteful method.

I left the fake me in the shade of Ark X

so you wouldn't notice the lack of a shadow.

But we owe our gratitude to Maiden-sama more than anything else.

Just as we had planned,

she rescued you with Shamash.

Well, we could go on all day.

But first of all…

Lucifer is going down!

The moment I spotted that Jeanne was an impostor,

I jumped to the conclusion that Shamash also was

and stopped thinking entirely!

Hao-sama…

Yoh-sama is truly…

I'm surprised.

All it took

was his Over Soul to be broken, and Luchist is out for the count.

It's probably because it took so much Furyoku to command Lucifer.

More importantly, though…

It must be a shock.

To find out she's not some Holy Girl specially procured

by Marco and Luchist,

but just an ordinary girl.

What can you do?

To be blunt, the idea she was some kind of god was…

Yes, even I know that.

There's no need to go on.

Sorry.

That's okay.

I can't believe

that his angel's true form is actually a car, though.

Souls inhabit well-used, beloved items.

We call them tsukumogami in Japan.

Tsukumogami?

They show up in old picture scrolls too.

The owner's feelings of attachment must have accumulated

and taken on a form of their own.

What an awesome ride, though!

It's a supercar.

It's fitted with a V12 DOHC engine

and has a top speed of 315 kilometers per hour.

It was his baby.

And this is my Michael's true form.

If Maiden-sama is just an ordinary girl,

then I was an ordinary president.

President?

President?

Of a dealership specializing in supercars,

Super Marco Limited.

Super Marco…

…Limited?

My company, set up with Luchist's backing.

The profits steadily grew,

and eventually, we designed our own car

to put on sale.

That's when it happened.

That's when he appeared before us.

Hao!

I lost everything I had.

My home, my children…

All that I held dear.

I wanted you two to hear it as well.

The beautiful, sacred boys' song that I conduct.

Marco…

All I wanted to do

was kill Hao.

Rejoin the tournament. Do whatever you please.

The X-Laws are no more.

Maiden-sama…

I did something truly unforgivable to you.

Denbat,

Larch,

Porf…

Thank you for your hard work.

Meene,

Kevin,

Venstar,

I hope to apologize to you in the next world.

And Lyserg…

That Maiden-sama of yours was really something.

But you forgot the keyhole.

That's a vital part.

Goodbye.

Don't be stupid!

Marco!

No, Marco!