As de Guise tells Mei Yu that Guang Lin is still alive, Kenshiro dons a steel brace for his broken arm and goes with Ye to rescue him. From the smells and other clues, they deduce the location as the Gongzhou Citadel on the banks of the Suzhou River. Kenshiro uses the Dragon Medallion given to him by a Taoist master of astrology years earlier to decide if he should first protect Mei Yu or save Guang Lin...