03x09 - The King, The Prince, and The Shadow

[bunniefuu]

Ahem, so, Mr. King, sir,

I don't want to rush you
or anything, but--

I'm okay with rushing him.
What's the plan, Monkey King?

We got all three Rings of Samadhi,

so how do we use 'em to make
the Lady Bone Demon go boom?

Is there a switch or...?

It's a bit more complicated than that.

In order to reforge the Samadhi Fire,

we'll need to reach the summit
of that mountain.

And that's where
we'll find the fourth ring, huh?

Ain't that right, Monkey King?

Fourth ring? What fourth ring?

Oh, Pigsy, I think you're confused.

Monkey King said they split
the Fire of Samadhi into three rings.

Three rings hidden
by the three great warriors,

Monkey King, the Demon Bull King and...

Who dat?

King?

Get back!

Sun Wukong. Finally.

Ne Zha, my old friend.

Don't tell me you trekked
all the way out here

to hang out with little old me?

You know exactly why I'm here.

I will not let you reforge
the Samadhi Fire

and doom this world.

I can't believe it's really you!

The legendary Third Lotus Prince Ne Zha!

I must be the luckiest Tang in the world!

Silence, mortal!

How did you find us?

Wait. Wait, don't tell me.

You took a sneaky peaky at the map
while you were supposed to be guarding it.

Now who's untrustworthy?

I didn't have to.

I knew the ring I had been tasked to hide
was safe in Chang'e's care.

-Until you stole it!
-Borrowed.

I had a feeling the Demon Bull King

would have kept his
instead of hiding it as instructed.

No surprises there.

Yeah, I think we all saw that one coming.

Which brings me to your ring.
Worst-kept secret ever.

Well, I mean, not wrong.

This is exactly why the Rings of Samhadi

should have been entrusted to me alone!

Hand over the rings, child.

I won't ask.

That's not gonna stop Ne Zha for long. Go!

You have to get to the mountain. Now!

-And then what?
-Just wait for me there.

-I'll explain everything.
-But-- but I can help!

-Let me help you.
-There's no time, bud.

Macaque could show up at any second.

Go!

You're not getting away this time.

You're faster, I'll give you that.

But we both know I hit harder!

All right. That hurt.

You might hit harder...

but I'm still faster.

And dumber.

Why can you never just let me
have the last word?

Not good.

Is that...?

Macaque.

What is this place?

I think... I think this is where
they originally split the Samadhi Fire.

Does anyone else feel like...

We've been here before?
Yeah. It's weird, right?

But I... I know I haven't.

Me neither.
And yet this place feels so familiar.

Nah. Not me, man. This is all new to me.

-Hey, Pigsy!
-Kid, could you not?

Earlier, you said something
about a fourth ring,

but that was just an accident, right?

Just a... a slip of the old tongue?

Maybe.

"Maybe"? What's "maybe" supposed to mean?

Maybe Monkey King's not
as trustworthy as you think, MK.

Wha... what do you mean?

Think about it.

He told us he had a plan,
but we don't know what it is.

He told us there were three rings,
but maybe there's a fourth.

He told us that map was so important,

but it hasn't been useful once
this whole trip.

Yeah, we did basically find
all the rings without it.

Yeah, not gonna lie,

I thought it was gonna be
more important than this.

It has to be, right?

Okay. Yep, looks like
it's definitely important.

So, you got Bone Demon powers now, huh?

Well, it is on brand for you

to have a worse version
of everyone else's powers.

-Wukong!
-What? He does.

No!

What? You got what you wanted, didn't you?
Not gonna gloat?

Monologue a little bit
before scurrying off to your master?

Go on. The Lady Bone Demon is waiting.

I couldn't care less about
what the Lady Bone Demon wants.

What? They were fake? Wukong!

-Yeah.
-So, the real rings are with MK.

Perfect.

Tang, what did you do?

Me? I didn't do anything.

Oh, so the piece of paper
just magically made a bunch of light?

That's exactly what happened
and you know it!

Guys, the rings are doing something.

Mei! Are you all right?

I... I don't know.

The ritual? They've started the ritual!

Sun Wukong, what have you done?

I told them to wait!

Stop! If you hurt that kid, I'll--

What? Make things worse for MK?

Stop! I have a plan!

What do we do?

I don't know. What I do know is that

glowy mystic symbol thingies
are always never good.

No one touch anything else
till our glowy mystic monkey gets here.

I sure hope
that's the right mystic monkey.

Don't get in my way, kid.
I don't have time for you.

I'm just here for the Samadhi Fire,

then I'm done with you all.

Here comes Monkey Kid!

So this was the Monkey King's great plan?

How do you still not see
that he has no idea what he's doing?

How about this for a plan?

Stay down, MK, or I will put you down.

MK!

Not another move.

I'll give you two options.

Option A, I take the Samadhi Fire,

you do exactly what I say,

and I don't have to do anything
you'll regret.

Or option B...

I cut you all down.

-Starting with the girl.
-Wait! Don't do this!

Tang, do what I'm telling you to do!

Your friend's life depends on it.

Finish the ritual.

All right.

You win.