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JIGOKU-CHU CASTLE, JAPAN
The Hand Daimyo conspiring against Daredevil are watching the hero's
movements through Makoto's "third eye" abilities. DD is outside on a
rooftop, brooding. But he quickly has company, as Bakuto's men attack.
The Daimyo wonder if they should intervene, but decide that if DD can't
defeat a ninja-kill team then he's not the man they thought he was, and
their years of careful planing will be for naught.
BENEATH THE CASTLE
While DD battles outside, the Daimyo tell White Tiger to make her move
now while Murdock is distracted. Bakuto is in his chambers taking tea
with his lieutenants...
BACK OUTSIDE
Daredevil continues to battle Bakuto's ninja team. The Daimyo wonder if
they can trust
White Tiger... they reveal that
without Black Tarantula's healing factor, her Hand conditioning
reasserts itself. And they also reveal that it was White Tiger who planted
the seed of Shadowland in Matt Murdock's mind.
INSIDE BAKUTO'S CHAMBER
Bakuto and his men await news of Matt Murdock's death and hear a knock
at the door. The door is opened only to find White Tiger. She quickly
breaks the neck of one of Bakuto's men, and then another. She grabs a
sword off the wall and attacks Bakuto...
BACK OUTSIDE
DD is outnumbered but is disposing of many of the ninja. The Daimyo
wonder how Murdock will react to Bakuto's death... will he believe he
know has total control of The Hand? DD battles the last ninja and tries
to save him from falling to his death. He demands to know if it's Bakuto
or one of the other Daimyo who is behind the attack. The ninja cuts the
line holding him, without answering.
BAKUTO'S CHAMBER
White Tiger gets the better of Bakuto and stabs him in his stomach,
making it appear that Bakuto has performed Seppuku (ritual suicide).
White Tiger walks outside the chamber and DD comes smashing his way
through a windor. She pretends that she has been looking for him. He
says that he was attacked by ninja carrying Kusarigama, Bakuto's
signature weapon. White Tiger directs DD to Bakuto's chamber, lying that
she found Bakuto "like this". She says that after Bakuto saw his attack
on DD had failed, he didn't see any other way out. The other Daimyo
appear, demanding to know what has happened. DD reveals the plot against
him, but he thinks the way it has played out is a little too neat. White
Tiger convinces DD that his planned outcome has occured... the
unification of The Hand. He wonders if cold blooded murder is the
answer. She says that The Hand is full of murderers and that's why DD
joined them, to turn them away from this path. It's decision time, she
tells DD. "You decide how this plays out. You." After a few moments, DD
decides that she's right and they've got what they came for. They can go
home.
LATER
DD and White Tiger are leaving on their jet. The Daimyo reveal
everything is going according to plan... Matt Murdock thinks himself to
be in control.
Matt tells White Tiger that he is appointing Black Tarantula as South
America Daimyo. WT says "I'm sure he'll be... thrilled."
As the jet leaves, the Daimyo reveal themselves...
"And so Murdock returns to set his destiny in motion, and with it, the
fate of all mankind. In Shadowland, the tree of our ambition shall bear
bitter fruit, and Snakeroot shall reign supreme."
The Snakeroot were last seen in the Elektra: Root of Evil mini-series,
and were thought to be no more...
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