[Spoiler] Kingdom

age 1:

Soldier: !?

Soldier: !?

Soldier: Goh!

Soldier: Guwah!

Soldier: Buah!

Soldier: Buoh!

Soldier: Gyaa!

Eyepatch-guy: Shin, don't charge in alone!

Soldiers: Uoo!

Soldiers: Kill that glaive-wielding man!

Page 2:

Soldier: Buh

Soldiers: Uaah!

Soldiers: Ruaah!

Eyepatch-guy: ........

Hi Shin guy: I- Incredible.

Hi shin Guy: Bihei. Shin is

Bihei: Yeah.

Bihei: H-He's really becoming good enough to use Ouki's glaive...

Page 3:

???: Just how strong will he become!?

Soldiers: There's a really strong one!

Soldiers: Focus on killing him!

Soldiers: Let's gooo!

Soldiers: Ooh!

Soldier: Kill him!

Soldier: ?

Soldier: Eh?

Page 4:

Soldier: Wha-

Soldiers: Gyaa!

Soldiers: !?

Soldiers: Ah!

Hi Shin Unit: Go, go!

Page 5:

???: !

???: Shin!

???: Kyoukai!

???: Wha-

???: ......

Houkaku: ......

???: T-This is. Houkaku-sama.

Houkaku: Damn it. They've broken thorugh, eh?

Houkaku: What the hell is Ryuu doing...

???: Ah!

???: Th- The enemy has made it into the castle!

Sound: *rumblerumblerumble*

Houkaku(?): Wh-Whaaat!!

Page 6:

Houkaku: Follow me. It's time for us to take Seikyou's head!!

???: ! Yes!

???: Yes!!

Soldier: ...

Soldier: ... Wonder if things are alright outside...

Soldier: There's a lot more noise outside compared to a while ago...

Seikyou: Hey.

Soldiers: ?

Seikyou: Do you guys have any family?

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Seikyou: A father.

Seikyou: A mother.

Seikyou: Grandparents.

Seikyou: Or siblings. Do you have any?

Soldier: Yeah, I do.

Soldier: A mother and father.

Soldier: I've also got six younger brothers and sisters.

Soldier: I've got eight.

Soldier: Seven here.

Soldier: After this rebellion is done and over with, Houkaku-sama will reward us greatly, which will allow our families to prosper.

Soldier: Too bad for you.

Seikyou: That's impossible.

Soldier: !?

Soldier: What?

Seikyou: You as well as all your whole families will without any doubt be executed after this rebellion.

Soldiers: Wh-What!?

Page 8:

Seikyou: To that bastard, the lives of those who know that it's really his misdeeds I'll be blamed for aren't worth much as he wishes to keep it secret. (T/N: Not totally sure about this line, but in essence right, I think)

Seikyou: So after the rebellion is over, he will for sure purge those who were in on it.

Seikyou: And he'll do that by executing three generations of your families. (T/N: See this page for more information on this kind of thing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine_fa...exterminations )

Seikyou: Hmph. Even I who fell into his plot knows fully well how he thinks.

Soldier: Th- That's ridiculous. Houkaku-sama did promise that he'd reward us greatly...

Seikyou: Actually, since you've seen me imprisoned like this now, you will probably be the first to get finished off.

Seikyou: That's why he didn't give the job of watching me to his close retainers, but to you guys who only want money.

Soldier: ..... Th...

Seikyou: But if you let me out of here, then

Seikyou: Rather than you and your families getting purged, you will really be rewarded.

Soldier: .....

Soldier: .....

Soldier: Wha... Whaaat...

Psage 9:

Seikyou: What wealth Houkaku would gain if he obtains Tonryou wouldn't even reach my feet.

Seikyou: So as far as rewards go, I can give you ten times more than him.

Soldier: Te...

Soldier: ......

Soldier: H-However, even if you're saved, what about us after that...

Seikyou: What would I have to gain from killing you, who are witnesses to how things really are?

Seikyou: And if one thinks about the aftermath of the rebellion, there is a sure-fire way for you guys who turned traitors to ensure that you're treated well after it.

Seikyou: That is, if you can save Rui...... Then you guys will be the heroes of Tonryu.

Jyuhaku: ......

Soldier: ........

Soldier: The princess...

Seikyou: Now, we don't have much time.

Seikyou: Decide here and now.

Seikyou: The fates of you and your families!

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Houkaku: WHAT THE HELL IS THIS!!

???: Ah.

???: Uuh.

???: Se...

???: Seikyou has...

???: Has... Escaped....

Houkaku: *grit*

Houkaku: .........

Page 11:

Houkaku(?): It's Rui!

Houkaku: Send all our subordinates to Rui's dungeon!

Ten: Seikyou hasn't been seen since the start of the rebellion!?

Soldier: Ten. The other prisoners are saying the same thing.

Ten: ...... So it's like that after all...

Prisoner: Hey! Don't listen to the talk of the pawns of the evil minister Ryofui!

Prisoner: Y-Yeah:

Ten: Idiots, you're wrong! We are the king's army!

Ten: In other words, we are the king's younger brother Seikyou's allies here!

Prisoner: Eh.

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Ten: So if it isn't Seikyou who has been directing this rebellion, then who has done that!

Prisoner: ..... Who, you ask... The army has been directed by General Ryuu...

Prisoner: And everything else by the substitute lord of the castle, Houkaku-sama...

Ten: ......

Ten: That one.

Ten: Send word to Shin, Kyoukai and General Heki! Seikyou is the victim of a plot after all!

Ten: The one behild it is actually the substitute lord of the castle, Houkaku!

Ten: Unfortuantely, not even the enemy soliders know where Seikyou is.

Ten: So it's better to capture the main culprit, Houkaku!

Ten: Send word that Houkaku must be caught!

Ten (thinks): Will we make it in time...?

Page 13:

Soldier/Seikyou: Huff

Soldier/Seikyou: Huff

Soldier/Seikyou: Huff

Soldier/Seikyou: Huff

Soldier/Seikyou: Huff

Soldier/Seikyou: Huff

Soldier/Seikyou: Huff

Soldier: Please keep doing your best a little longer!

Seikyou: Jyuhaku. You go hide over there and rest.

Jyuhaku: I- I'm alright.

Soldier: !

Soldier: T-There, do you see?

Soldier: Rui is imprisoned beneath that building!

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Solider: !

Soldier: Ah!

Soldier: ! There he is!

Soldier: There he is!

Soldier: No doubt about that!

Soldier: Da-Damn it!

Soldier: Guh, they've made it all the way here...

Seikyou: How many!?

Soldier: Eight, nine, ten...

Soldier: There's twelve of them!

Soldiers: Oooh!

Soldier: We're seven...

Soldiers: Taking Sekyou's head means a big reeward.

Soldiers: Don't hold back.

Soldier: Ooh!

Seikyou: We fight!!

Soldier: Ye-Yeeeah!

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Soldier: .....

Soldier: Damn it.

Soldier: What's happening outside?

Rui: Seikyou-sama...

Soldier: Guooh!

Soldier: Guh!

Soldier: Gaah!

Page 16:

Soldier: Nuh!

Seikyou: Jyuhaku!

Seikyou: !

Soldier: Good! Out of the way, I'll cut his head off!

Page 17:

Seikyou: Jyu...

Soldier: Damn old man!

Sound: Wham

Sound: Wham.

Sekyou(?): Jyuhaku!!

Rui: ...

Head: Thud, thud, thud

Soldier: Hm?

Rui: ?

Soldier: .....?

Soldier: Wah, a head!?

Soldier: Huh?

Page 18:

Soldier: Wha!?

Soldier: Guh!

Soldier: Gah!

Seikyou: Rui...

Rui: ......

Rui: Seikyou-sama...

Page 1:

Soldier: Houkaku's plot has ended in failure!

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Soldier: The punitive force is in control of the outside!

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Guard: Wha

Guard: .......

???: Huff

Soldier: So throw down your weapons and open the cell(s)! If you don't, three generations of your families will be killed!

Seikyou: .......

???: Huff

???: Huff

Rui (Thinks): Seikyou-sama. He's wounded...

Soldier: Hurry!

Rui: .............

Page 2:

Sound: *Click*

Sound: *Slam*

Sound: *Thud*

Rui: S......

Rui: Seikyou-sama!!

Seikyou: ......

Page 3:

Guard: Se-Seikyou suddenly appeared together with some soldiers. He said that Houkaku-sama had lost and......

???: .......

Houkaku: .........

???: ........

Soldier: A-And so, we...

Houkaku: Rui and Seikyou, which way did they go......

Guard: T-that's...

Guard: We don't...

Houkaku: Have these two useless oafs torn to pieces!

???: Uhh, Houkaku-sama.

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Soldier: Houkaku-sama, the trail of blood goes on outside.

Houkaku: !

Houkaku: It must be Seikyou's.

Houkaku: I just heard that he was deeply wounded.

Houkaku: After them!

???: Yes sir!

Houkaku: There will be

Houkaku: Absolutely no escape for you, Seikyou.

Houkaku: Rui...

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Rui: .........

???: Huff

Page 5:

Seikyou: Cough!

Seikyou: Cough!

Rui: !

Rui: Seikyou-sama!

???: !

Rui: L-Let's rest a while.

Seikyou: No.

Seikyou: Houkaku will be chasing us.

Seikyou: Cough.

Text (Rui): Because he came to save me, escaping will be...

Rui: Uh... T-Then, please stand up. This is "The Tiger Earl's Curved Corridor".

Rui: If we keep going this way, we'll quickly end up at the "The Dark Horses's Great Town Square". If we make it that far we'll surely reach the army!

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Rui: If that happens, then surely...

Rui: Surely...

Seikyou: .........

Seikyou: Rui.

Seikyou: Don't cry. You'll waste your strenght.

Rui: I understand. I won't cry.

Shin: Damn it! We cannot find either Seikyou or the man named Houkaku!

En: I-It's no good. No matter what soldiers we ask it's no good... (T/N: not entirely sure about this line)

Page 7:

Shin: .......

Shin: Seriously.

Shin: It's like trying to find a needle in a haystack.

Kyogai: Shin! This way! Come quickly!

Shin: !?

Kyogai: Kyoukai had some success. She found an underground dungeon!

Shin: What!

???: Are you fine, Tei-dono?

???: Cough! Cough!

Page 8:

Shin: .........

Shin: Seikyou isn't here!?

Soldier: He isn't here!

Soldier: What.

Kyoukai: Yeah.

Kyoukai: His faction was put here, but he himself is somewhere else.

Shin: Damn it! Do you guys really don't know where Seikyou is!?

Kouto: N-No. But I have a hunch about where he should be.

???: Ah, Kouto.

???: Cough

Kouto: I am a former citizen of Tonryu. I know which places in the heart of the city has underground dungeons.

???: !!

Ten: Tell us which places are the furthest inside!

???: Karyo Ten!

Kouto: If it's the ones the furthest inside, then

Kouto: It's the one with two watchtowers, "The Purple Twin Palace". It has an underground dungeon.

Shin: Where is it?

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Kouto: Go straight from here until you reach "The Dark Horses's Great Town Square".

Kouto: From it, enter "The Tiger Earl's Curved Corridor". Then just follow it and you'll reach "The Purple Twin Palace".

Ten: First to the "The Dark Horses's Great Town Square" and then "The Tiger Earl's Curved Corridor".

Shin: Alright, let's go!

Shin or Ten: En-san, you stay here! Order Sosui and the other units to search for other dungeons!

En(?): Yes!

Shin/Ten(?): Kouto, I leave it to you!

???: W-We're going too!

Page 10:

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Rui: Seikyou-sama. Please do your best.

???: Huff

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Seikyou: .........

Sound: *Thud*

???: !

Rui: Seikyou-sama!

Seikyou: I'm going to rest here for a while.

Seikyou: You go ahead and get help.

Seikyou: Huff

Seikyou: Huff

Soldier: ...

Rui: ..........

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Rui: Understood. Then I will remain here as well.

Rui: You guys hurry to the town square and call for help!

Handmaidens : Ye...

Seikyou: No!

Seikyou: You think some mere handmaidens will be able to explain things to the army?

Seikyou: Rui, you must go, or calling for help will be impossible.

Rui: ........

Rui: B-But.....

Seikyou: I can't go any longer. Hurry up and go and call for help!

Rui: .......

Rui: Rui won't be separated from you...

Page 12:

Seikyou: Don't worry.

Seikyou: I won't die before you're back.

Rui: To be on the safe side, please hide further into this side corridor.

Rui: You seem to be in pain too, Shyukan-dono, but I leave Seikyou-sama in your care.

Shyukan: Yes...

Rui: I will, without fail

Rui: Come back here with soldiers.

Seikyou: I know. Hurry up and go.

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Seikyou: .......

Shyukan ..........

Shyukan: Seikyou-sama.

Seikyou: ........... You don't need to worry. Shyukan.

Seikyou: Your family and the families of those who died will

Seikyou: Surely be treated well.

Seikyou: Rui will make sure of that better than I would have. Heh.

Shyukan: ... Then, I have no further worries.

Seikyou: Yeah.

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Seikyou: Now there's one job left.

Sound: *step*

Shyukan: Yes sir!

Houkaku & co: !

Houkaku: ..........

Seikyou: ..........

Houkaku(?): .............

Houkaku: Seikyooou.

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???: Huff

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???: Shou!

Shou(?): Blergh

Shou(?): K-Keep going ahead!

Text (Rui): Someone...

Text (Rui): Someone...

???: Huff

???: Huff

???: Huff

???: Cough

Text (Rui): Save...

Rui: Huff, huff.

Text (Rui): Seikyou-sama...

Seikyou: Go to sleep ahead of me.

Rui: Uuh.

Handmaidens: !?

Handmaidens: T-There's light ahead!

???: Ah!

???: There it is!!

Handmaidens: It's the exit, Rui-sama!!

Text (Rui): Someone,

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Text (Rui): Save Seikyou-sama...!!

???: We got out!

Rui: !

Handmaiden 1: Ah!

Handmaiden 2: It's...

Handmaiden 2: It's a battle...

???: W... Which army's this...

Sound: Tap

Handmaiden 1: Ah!

Handmaiden 2: Rui-sama!

Rui: D.......

Rui: Doesn't matter which army it is!

Rui: Just enter the Curved Corridor and save Seikyou-sama! I am...

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Horse: Neeeigh!

Shin: Whoa!

Rui: !

Handmaiden: Kyaaa!

Shin: A-A woman!?

Rui (Thinks): These are not troops fromTonryu.

Rui: The punitive force?!

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Seikyou: Rui has gone ahead and will be coming back with soldiers...

Text: Kingdom chapter 377: Shield and Sword.

Seikyou: ... Your evil plan

Seikyou: Won't go any further, Hokaku.

Hokaku: ........

Page 2

Hokaku: ..... You shouldn't call it an "evil plan" so easily, Seikyou.

Hokaku: This is all for the sake of the realization of this Hokaku's great ambition.

Seikyou: Hmph. Your ambition being Tonryu?

Hokaku: ...........

Hokaku: Hmph. I wonder if it's something a member of the royal family who's had an easy life could understand?

Hokaku(?): For those who are stuck in a life of total impoverishment.

Page 3:

Hokaku(?): How much it means to, with "Wits", "Effort" and "Luck"

Hokaku: Obtain a fortress/castle where ten thousands of people are living in with your own hands!?

Hokaku: True, the plan went awry somewhat, but it will be no problem.

Hokaku: The one who had got my back is the most influential man in this country, Ryofui.

Hokaku: He will silently twist the truth about the circumstances here. You will die here, shouldering the whole blame for this rebellion and then the rebellion will end.

Hokaku: Humans are foolish.

Hokaku: With the passage of time, they'll forget their anger. A long as they can go back to their safe lives, they'll agree to that.

Hokaku: Well, you never know whether a fair number of them might not be purged along the way though.

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Hokaku: The world is divided in winners and losers!

Hokaku: I will gain Tonryu with this battle

Hokaku: And become a winner!

Hoakaku: And taking the princess Rui from you and violating her is the privilege of the winner.

Seikyou: No way, you bastard!

Hokaku: He's coming! Finish this!

Soldiers: Oooh!

Seikyou: Shyukan!

Shyukan: Yeah!

Page 5:

Sound: Tap

Soldier: !

Soldier: !

Soldier: !

Hokaku: ! On the wall!

Soldier: Really doing it, huh?

Sound: Stab

Seikyou: !

Seikyou: Guh!

Soldier: Good!

Soldier: Good, now!

Page 6:

Soldier: !?

Shyukan: Owah!

Soldier: Gah!

Soldier: Guah!

Seikyou *grit*

Hokaku: Ah

Hokaku: Ah

Seikyou: Hokaku......!!

Hokaku: AAAAAAAAAH

Page 7:

Sound: *rumblerumblerumble*

Soldier: Damn it! The horses can go no further!

Soldier: Dismount!

Soldier: Shin and Kyoukai are going ahead!

Hairou: Be careful you two!

Hairou: We don't know when enemies might appear out of nowhere!

Rui: That way!

Rui: The sideways will lead you wrong, so that way! (T/N: Not entirely sure about this line)

Solider: Hurry. The captains are

Ten: Denei, can you look after her!?

Denei: Ooh!

Rui: No need!

Rui: I can still run!

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Shin: .........

Shin: Enemies should have appeared by now.

Shin: But ahead of here

Shin: The presence of people...

Kyoukai: ........

Kyoukai: Yeah. There's none at all.

Shin: ......

Shin: Damn iit!

Page 9:

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Rui: He-Here's where I parted ways with Seikyou-sama.

Rui: Ah

Ten: !?

Hairou: .......

Soldier: Hairou and the others have stopped ahead of here!

Ten: .....................

Soldier: ........

Soldier: Eh?

Page 10:

Sound: Step

Page 11:

Sound: Step

Sound: Step

Shin: ......

Sound: Step

Sound: Step

Sound: Step

Rui: Seikyou-sama?

Rui: Seikyou-sama?

Shin: ...........

Seikyou: Rui, is it...

Rui: !

Everyone else: !?

Page 12:

Rui: Seikyou-sama

Shin: Y-You survi...

Shin: ?

Kyoukai: *grab*

Shin: Eh?

Rui: Seikyou-sama. Uuh.

Seikyou: I said it, didn't I?

Seikyou: Until you came back

Seikyou: I will not die.

Rui: Yes...

Rui: Yes...

Rui: Together...

Rui: Let's go back to Kanyou

Rui: Together.

Rui: What are you doing!? Someone, give Seikyou-sama first aid right away!

Rui: H-His body's so cold...

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Seikyou: Rui.

Seikyou: Listen closely.

Seikyou: After this, you will be the one with the highest standing/rank in my faction.

Seikyou: With me gone, half of them will probably... Defect, but

Seikyou: You must lead the remaining half.

Seikyou: And.

Seikyou: Join forces with Sei.

Seikyou: You are smart and have a strong heart.

Seikyou: You may be a woman, but you are more than capable.

Rui: Wha... What are you saying...

Rui: Why are you saying something like that, Seikyou-sama!?

Denei: ......

Kyoukai: .........

Rui: Don't...

Rui: Leave Rui alone, please...

Rui: Uuh.

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Rui(?): Uh...

Seikyou: .........

Seikyou: You are Shin of the Hi Shin Unit, aren't you?

Shin: !?

Shin: ...........

Seikyou: .........

Seikyou: That little annoying commoner has risen all the way to four thousand man-commander.

Shin: ! You remember me...

Shin: !? Why do you even know that I'm a four thousand man-commander...

Seikyou: After you made a mess of that rebellion of mine, I

Seikyou: Had you investigated.

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Seikyou: ......

Seikyou: I also know of your relation with Sei

Seikyou: ........

Seikyou: And.

Seikyou: I know that you're working to support Sei.

Shin: !?

Haitou/Denei: !?

Ten: ...........

Seikyou: Before he left for Sai, he told me of his plan to unite all of China.

Rui: !?

Rui: Unite

Rui: China...?

Seikyou: ............

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Seikyou: To set right his world, by ending this era of 500 years of wars.

Seikyou: That sounds beautiful, but

Seikyou: For it to become that way, our current world must experience a downpour of blood which will spread sorrow all over China.

Seikyou: It's truly a bloody business.

Seikyou: The grudge it might result in might

Seikyou: Actually make Chouhei seem like nothing in comparison.

Seikyou: He's more than prepared for it, but.

Seikyou: Even so it is not something a single person can shoulder.

Shin: ...........

Seikyou: ... If he'd given me the opportunity to, then I'd have

Seikyou: Liked accomplish that feat in his stead, but

Seikyou: That wish won't come true.

Seikyou: Shin of the Hi Shin Unit.

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Seikyou: You must become his "Sword".

Seikyou: And don't forget to become his "Shield" as well.

Seikyou: From hereon, you must

Seikyou: With everything you've got

Seiyou: You must become his support... Cough!

Rui: Seikyou-sama!

Seikyou (?): And

Seikyou: Should you fall, then Sei...

Shin: It'll be fine.

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Shin: I will not fall, for sure!

Seikyou: Hmph.

Seikyou: ......

Seikyou: Rui.

Rui: ... Yes.

Seikyou: Forgive me.

Seikyou: I've...

Seikyou: Brought trouble upon you again.

Rui: .... Uh.

Rui: No...

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Seikyou: You... And I... The first time we meet...

Young!Rui: You don't have a very good/nice face.

Young!Seikyou: How rude!

Sound: Slap

Rui: Ow

Seikyou: Hmph.

Seikyou: Ever since that moment

Seikyou: I've always been

Seikyou: Quite smitten with you

Rui: ..............

Rui: I know.

Seikyou: ...........

Seikyou: Hmph.

Seikyou: I see.

Seikyou: Then

Seikyou: It's fine...

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Sound: Thud

Page 22:

Rui: Uuh...

Rui: Uuuuh

Rui(?): Seikyou-samaaaaa

Text-window: The king's younger brother Seikyou died at Tonryu.