A Miserable Age! - Good People Die So Young!.Kenshiro and his friends visit a village where the local doctor, Duran, offers his hospitality. However, Duran is a former member of a group of bandits who have been dispatched by Shin to hunt down Ken. Their leader, Dante, blackmails Duran into killing Ken under threat of divulging Duran's shady past to the villagers. Duran attempts to kill Ken at the edge of an active volcano, but fails, and is murdered by Dante and his men when he tries to protect a young girl. An enraged Ken kills Dante's men in retaliation and, when Dante tries to use his Nanto Hyakuzanken (South Star Hundred Slash Fist) style against him, overpowers the villain and forces him to walk straight into the volcanic magma.