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details of her experience. Her boss settles the question by calling her into his office for a chat.

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sheriff about Vash’s actions and discover the town was damaged when Vash fought the local riffraff. As Meryl finishes her conversation, Milly runs up to her. She tells Meryl that she heard on the satellite that Vash was headed for New Oregon.

Elsewhere, an older man named Mr. Lurald is talking to a group of men sitting at a table. He tells them that the Polo family has left town, leaving one son behind. He talks about a shuttle to New Oregon passing through, then asks for volunteers. After a moment, a nervous man named Benson stands. Everyone else agrees, and they make their plans.

In New Oregon, the satellite DJ broadcasts that Typhoon Jacqueline is coming in a day or two. Wolfwood and Vash are having lunch together when Wolfwood tells Vash about the ongoing town feud between the Polo and Fris families over the rights to the satellite. He explains that a girl distantly related to the Fris family was killed recently, and he does not want Vash involving himself.

Wolfwood is distracted during the conversation and Vash sneaks away, headed down to the satellite offices. Vash inquires at the office with the boss, Slader, for a friend of his named Max Simon.

Meryl and Milly are on a sand steamer bound for New Oregon. The girls are in the public restroom readying for bed when bandits burst in. The desperados tie the girls up with other passengers in a common area, and stand over them with guns. The one guarding Meryl and Milly is Benson, the man who volunteered earlier. He is unusually polite for a bandit, but very determined.

Meryl’s attempt to dissuade him from his present course of action only reminds

Benson of “her,” a girl who would apparently be close to Meryl’s age.

Max Simon and Vash, apparently old friends who have not seen each other in some time, are reunited. As they talk, a giant crash shakes the room. The hijacked steamer has crashed into the satellite, and bandits are streaming out.

The bandits quash any resistance they encounter, and search for Slader, the fourth son of the Polo family. Benson is particularly intent on finding him and ignores anyone else. The satellite DJ reports the attack on the satellite over the a i r w av e s w h e n S l a d e r r u n s i n , frightened. A couple of seconds later, the door is shot down and Mr. Lurald comes in, gun in hand.

The Fris family announces over the airwaves that they have seized the

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satellite. They want the head of the Polo family delivered to them in three days, or Slader dies. Max and Vash hear the announcement deep in the halls of the building. Max says that Polo is away, and that there’s no way he can return in time.

Back on the wrecked steamer, Meryl and Milly take advantage of a gullible guard and free themselves. At the same time, Vash is dealing with two guards in another hall. He and Max scare a second pair of guards away with Vash’s reputation alone.

In the control room, Benson is standing over Slader. His finger is tightening on the trigger when Mr.

Lurald spots him and walks over, telling him to relax. Benson releases the trigger just before the frightened guards come in, announcing that Vash the Stampede

is coming. The bandits begin to panic, but Mr. Lurald calms them down. They ready themselves, with one of the guards accidentally turning on the mike as he stands next to the board so everyone outside can hear what is happening.

Vash asks Mr. Lurald to surrender.

He refuses, and the guards open fire down the hall. Vash dodges everything.

He makes his way into the room, knocking the henchmen out with his gun.

Mr. Lurald jumps out the window in the confusion, leaving only Benson standing.

When Vash turns, he sees Benson still holding a gun on Slader. Vash tells him to release the hostage, but he refuses and puts the gun barrel to Slader’s head.

Vash tries to talk the man into leaving, believing him a bandit for the Fris family.

Benson refuses, however, revealing that Slader killed his daughter, Aileen.

Benson recounts how they found his daughter’s body, and asks Vash to hand him over to the authorities when he is done. Slader pleads for mercy, which only enrages Benson more. While Slader begs, Benson’s finger tightens on the trigger. Vash pulls him away at the last moment, trying to prevent the murder.

Benson is furious and lashes out at Vash, hitting him repeatedly in the face while he vents his anger. Benson stands up and puts his shotgun to Slader’s head once more. Vash begs Benson not to kill Slader. After a tense moment, Benson realizes that he cannot shoot Slader, even to avenge his daughter’s death. Meryl and Milly finally arrive, with Meryl being openly relieved to see Vash alive. Milly and she help Vash and Benson escape before the cavalry arrives.

Outside town, Mr. Lurald walks up to an odd little man standing in the desert. The man opens his briefcase, and Lurald falls into pieces. The parts fly into the briefcase, which closes on its own.

The man telepathically reports to Legato, telling him that Vash is on the move.

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The scene flashes back to the landing of the escape pod holding Vash and Knives. Knives is concerned for Vash, who is lying on the ground unconscious. As Vash recovers, he confronts Knives, rebuffing his brother’s attempt to help. Knives gloats about his

success. Vash accuses Knives of being inhuman, whereupon Knives beats Vash for daring to compare him to beings he finds so inferior. He vows to kill every human on the planet until only he and Vash remain.

Back in the present day, Vash stands on the edge of a cliff in the middle of the storm, remembering Rem’s last words.

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