Kato of the Green Hornet #4

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Continued from last issue: Filming resumes with Carter directing. Trying to explain to Kato his character's motivation for fighting Cat Ng's character, Lin puts himself into that role and says, "Fight me!" Hayashi does so, leaving him sprawled on the ground. Ng (saying Lin has been killed) takes over. Kato maneuvers the fight scene to a temple wall overlooking a high precipice. Ng orders him to return to the filming, but he threatens to jump if his own staff (Ulysses Chow and Tam Lam) aren't put back to work. Meanwhile, Chow has freed Tam from her cell, but while he wants to follow Kato's instructions and go after Sifu Ho, she insists on simply getting out. However, her chosen escape route leads them right into PRC troops. They are taken to Ng who threatens to kill the woman if Kato does not return to work, but he jumps! Unseen and presumed dead by the others, Hayashi has concealed himself within a recess in the wall, where a loose brick opens a door to a passageway. This leads to a room where he finds what appears to be the Demon Sword. Coral and Jade have been ordered to get Ho to reveal all the secret passages of the temple to prevent any more escapes, but they declare him dead. They leave him, Hayashi enters from a hidden passage, and Ho speaks to him, an old yoga technique having fooled everyone. The ancient man tells Kato that the gong must be rung with the demon blade, but admits he knows nothing about the duplicate sword Hayashi has found. Then he DOES die. In the corridor, Kato takes out three soldiers, but Ng, carrying HIS Demon Sword, and several more troops show up. The two begin fighting with their swords, and the bout soon works its way outdoors. Hayashi goads Ng into fighting without weapons, and as they drop the swords, Kato calls out to Ulysses that the gong must be rung. Chow tells a captain that wardrobe wants the sword back, but instead runs with it (which one?) to the gong, strikes it, and an earthquake happens. Hayashi defeats Ng, the party officials are said to have left when Kato escaped (but he appeared to have committed suicide, not escaped; furthermore, the military presence is not mentioned), Tong Loo becomes the temple's head abbott (stating that the earthquake was a coincidence and there is no magic), and Kato agrees to introduce Coral and Jade to some "rich American [movie] producers," since he knows some that he hates that much.