Kenshiro joins Shu and his resistance against Souther and his troops, led by Belga, who are still kidnapping children to work on his mausoleum. Lin offers to act as bait so Ken and Shu can trap and kill them. Something Shu says however, reminds Ken that he once fought in the South Star dojo while still a child, watched by Souther, Raoh and Shu. Shu challenged Kenshiro at that time, but although Shu won, he protected Kenshiro from the others, blinding himself as punishment for not killing the promising young boy, and awakening his own Star of Benevolence.