(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)
(GAS HISSING)
Huh?
(couemue)
What the...
(SOFT BEEPING)
NINJA: Excellent.
(DOOR OPENS)
Hey, you. Stop!
(EXCLAIMS)
(SWORD sucnue)
(GASPS)
What?
BRUCE: When you are ready.
(YELLING)
(GROANS)
Again.
(BOTH GRUNTING)
(PETULANTLY) Sorry, some of us aren't perfect.
ALFRED: Master Bruce, I'm afraid
there's been another robbery of a Wayne Enterprises company.
That's the sixth one in less than two weeks.
Seventh.
Where, Alfred?
NIGHT MANAGER: I didn't see him.
I was doing the closing report.
The next thing I knew, I woke up with a headache.
Guard said he was dressed in black.
Same guy all right.
Good morning, Commissioner.
I wish.
He left something behind this time, Mr. Wayne.
Deadly little thing.
Mean anything to you?
Don't touch it. You'll break the evidence chain.
(BOTH GRUNTING)
(GROANING)
The match is over.
Kyodai is the victor.
Don't be depressed, Wayne-san.
You're not bad for a rich man's pampered son. (CHUCKLING)
(GASPING)
(GROANING)
There's always someone better, Kyodai Ken.
Now apologize for your remark.
SUMMER: Mr. Wayne. Mr. Wayne!
Do you have any idea
why someone has been robbing and sabotaging your businesses?
Two buildings burned down,
another blown up.
This one's computer system's wrecked.
Miss Gleeson, how do you know that?
A good reporter has sources, Commissioner.
Any comment, Mr. Wayne?
If you'll excuse me.
Hmph. (ANGRILY) You can't ignore the press, Mr. Wayne.
DICK: Hey, Bruce, wait up.
Listen, it will only take a minute
to get into my costume.
Not this time, Dick.
(TIRES SQUEALING)
What's with him?
Bat got his tongue?
You know Master Bruce.
He's not one to discuss his feelings.
Isn't that the truth.
Something's eating him, Alfred.
I don't know what.
Yet.
(GRUNTING)
YORU: You practice as a man obsessed.
(GASPS)
I'm not good enough, Yoru Sensei. I lost!
Everyone loses now and again.
I have to be the best there is,
no matter what it takes!
Defeat can be more instructive than victory.
NINJA: So, the famous Batman.
I am honored.
However, my business is not with you.
Leave and you may live.
Stay and...
(BOTH GRUNTING)
(GROANS)
(couemue)
- (PROJECTILE RICOCHETING) - (NINJA GASPING)
Listen, dipstick.
Batman's my pal.
He can be a major jerk,
but you gotta love him.
And nobody tries to fillet him when I'm around.
(BATMAN GROANING)
NINJA: Another time then.
(EXCLAIMING IN PAIN)
(GASPS)
How does he do that?
(GROANS)
- You okay? - I'm fine.
Come on. There's nothing more to do here.
"Thanks for saving my bacon, Robin."
"Hey, no problemo, Batman."
I thought samurai live by a code of honor.
That gas gun wasn't exactly according to Hoyle.
He's not samurai.
He's ninja. They're spies and assassins.
Their only code is to get the job done.
I know him.
Say what?
He and Bruce Wayne were students together in Japan,
a long time ago.
His name is Kyodai Ken.
He was good.
Yeah? How good?
Good.
I see.
I'm sure there is more to these crimes
against Bruce Wayne than meets the eye.
What do we know about the Bruce, after all?
One of the richest men on the planet,
but he comes off like the ultimate Boy Scout.
I think I'll just pop over
to the Wayne charities reception tonight
and see if I can't get some answers.
Be careful, Summer.
Wayne's got mondo clout in Gotham.
Hey, Harry,
I'm a big girl.
Alfred, do you know anything about Bruce's training in Japan?
Of course, dear boy.
I was there. Lovely country.
I especially like the tea.
You ever hear of somebody named Kyodai Ken?
Oh, indeed.
He was the only student at the martial art school
who could consistently defeat Master Bruce.
A bad egg, that one.
I think Bruce is worried he can't take this ninja.
He won't admit it, of course.
He never admits fears, Master Dick.
Haven't you learned that by now?
(BOTH GASPING)
Ah, Master Bruce.
(STAMMERING) l...
I'll be at the museum.
I should be back by midnight.
Do you think he heard us?
Who can tell?
(CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYING)
(GASPS)
Good thing I decided to practice tonight.
Yoru Sensei would hate to lose that blade.
It's 500 years old.
True, and worth a fortune.
I don't need it to take care of you, Wayne.
(EXCLAIMING)
YORU: (YELLING) Stop!
You have dishonored the dojo, Kyodai.
You no longer have any place here.
Go!
You will pay for this, rich man's son.
I'll take all that you hold dear,
and then I will destroy you!
Why have you been following me all evening?
How did you... Look.
I know you don't like me much.
But I have a job to do.
It's late, Miss Gleeson.
I did some research, Mr. Wayne.
I know you spent some time in Japan.
Do you think this ninja person is connected to that?
- Have a nice trip, Mr. Wayne. - (GASPS)
(BOTH consume)
(GROANS)
(BATS SQUEAKING)
You really think this is a good idea, Master Dick?
Bruce is hours overdue, Alfred.
It's not like him.
There's a tracker in his car.
I'll feel better once I check it out.
Godspeed, lad.
(GROANING)
Huh?
(STRAINING)
NINJA: Ah, the rich man awakens.
Remember me?
I remember you, Kyodai.
Well, you should recall the man you ruined.
I was forced to become a thief after I was cast out of the dojo.
As I remember it,
being a thief was what got you thrown out in the first place.
Of course, you never had to worry about money, Wayne.
A society parasite feeding off others.
Flabby, soft, weak.
It is too easy to defeat you.
(GROANING)
Where am I?
(GASPS)
I've stolen your bank codes at each theft.
Soon I will have them all.
Then I'll transfer your money to my own accounts.
I don't get it.
You mean you're nothing but a common thief?
(LAUGHING) Not a common thief, woman.
A great thief. The best.
And now the game is about to end.
(BOTH GASPING)
(ALARM BLARING)
Ah, way to go, Dick.
Master crime fighter. (SCOFFS)
(ALARM CONTINUES)
It appears we have an unexpected guest.
I'll be back.
NINJA: Isn't it past your bedtime, boy?
Let's just see who's going sleepy-by
in the next couple of minutes, huh?
NINJA: This isn't the movies, boy.
(GROWLS)
(GRUNTS)
Enough of this. I have business I must attend to.
(NINJA YELLING)
- (GRUNTS) - (CRASHING)
(GRUNTING)
Ah!
NINJA: Oh, really?
- (NINJA YELLING) - (THUDDING)
You have gone soft, Wayne.
Even a white belt could avoid that throw.
(EXCLAIMS)
- (GROANS) - (THUDDING)
Tired, Mr. Wayne?
I haven't even broken a sweat yet.
Get up!
(SOFTLY) Hang in there, Bruce.
(BRUCE GROANING)
Stop it! Can't you see he's no match for you?
He never was.
(YELLING)
(BOTH YELLING)
(THUDDING)
(SIGHS) I have had enough exercise for one night.
Now it ends, Wayne.
(GRUNTS)
SUMMER: Hey!
- (NINJA GROANS) - (THUDDING)
Yes!
Gotten a second wind, have you?
Good. This will make your defeat all the more satisfying.
Shut up and fight.
(NINJA EXCLAIMING)
You were right about one thing, Kyodai.
Now it ends.
So, what did you tell Summer?
That Batman arrived and took care of the ninja.
That's true enough.
The police couldn't find any trace of Kyodai Ken.
You think he escaped?
Ninjas are very resourceful.
Do you think he might return?
It doesn't matter.
I defeated him once.
If necessary, I can do it again.
He had you worried for a while though, didn't he?
Thanks for your help.
It would have been harder to defeat him with Summer watching.
Maybe even impossible.
(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)
English - SDH