Opening
In the year 2014, the economy of Japan has collapsed, causing mass immigration to other countries. Mallepa (a fictional city located in Asia) is mainly inhabited by Asians, and the majority of its population is Taiwanese and Chinese. The rapid increase of immigrants has caused the security and political situation in Mallepa to worsen. Violence and gunfights are common, with the different groups desperately fighting for survival. It is in the streets of Mallepa that our two main characters meet.

Meeting Kei
The film starts with three young boys attempting to rob someone. Sho and his brother, Shinji, are orphans, as is their childhood friend, Toshi and they survive in Mallepa by stealing from the local thugs. They find a target, and after successfully stealing a suitcase from him, the three scamper off in different directions. On his way back to their hideout, Sho enters a dilapidated building. He notices a man sitting on the floor, and thinking that he was asleep, tries to steal his watch. This man is Kei, who turns out to be a vampire. Kei slaps his hands away and Sho withdraws quickly. It looks as if Kei is desperately in need of blood and he continues to stare at Sho menacingly. I have no doubt that he would have made a nice meal out of Sho if a shaft of sunlight didn't happen to shine through the window at that moment, burning Kei's hands. Kei is too weak to move and his hands slowly started burning. Though shocked at first, Sho quickly offers his help. Kei refuses, but Sho ignores him and drags him to their hideout, cleverly pulling a blanket over Kei's body to shield him from the sun. Even though he sensed that Kei was different, Sho saved him nonetheless.

Back at their hideout, Toshi and Shinji are busy trying to open the suitcase while Sho tries to make Kei eat something. The boys finally manage to open the suitcase by smashing a rock over it and they find plenty of money inside. As they are rejoicing over their good fortune, Kei notices their robbery victim coming up on them. Toshi tries to escape with Shinji, but the man pulls out his gun and shoots Shinji's leg. He then threatens Sho that he will kill Shinji if Sho doesn't find Toshi right away. As Sho rushes out to try to get Toshi back, he hears a blood-chilling scream. Sho runs back to their hideout and sees Shinji wobbling out. Shinji asks him to run away but Sho ignores his warnings and enters the building.

What he saw was Kei feeding on the man and drinking his blood. Even after discovering Kei's true identity - that he is a vampire - Sho is not afraid of him, and is instead, strangely attracted to this mysterious being. He walks closer to Kei and simply smiles when Kei asks him if he isn't frightened by what he is seeing. Perhaps he saw in Kei a way to make himself stronger, or perhaps he was simply fascinated by Kei. Whatever it was, the two become fast friends immediately. Sho's live improved greatly upon meeting Kei, as Kei teaches Sho how to fight and become stronger.

All grown up
The story fast-forwards to 9 years later as we see a grown-up Sho, and Kei joining him in their stealing and robbing. Sho has grown up to be a cheeky and daring young man, and his stunts are more outrageous than ever. Sho does most of the action, with Kei shouting instructions at him and aiding him every now and then. After they finish off the remaining mafia, Sho rummages through their stuff while Kei drinks the blood of one of the (probably already dead) mafia. Sho expresses displeasure at the pizza left on the table.

They go back to the South Ward and meet up with Toshi. Toshi distributes the money he collected from their (dead) robbery victims, which isn't much. Sho and Kei jokingly accuse him of secretly pocketing part of their money. Toshi informs them of their next target, but Sho complains that the drug Toshi added to the pizza wasn't strong enough and that caused them great trouble when they went in. They bicker for a bit, and Sho loses as usual. Toshi then goes back to his work and Sho asks him to be careful. This shows that despite the constant arguing, the three are good friends.

The next scene shows Sho and Kei back at their house and putting the money away in an old box. It seems that the trio had been rather successful in their scams over the past few years, judging from the amount of money in the box. Kei is sleeping and dreams of Luka's death scene again. Kei and Luka were on the beach and they watched as the sun slowly rose. Kei asked Luka to go but Luka refused, saying that he is ready to leave this world. Kei walked away, leaving Luka alone. Kei wakes up from his dream and in his mind, he hears Luka singing as he slowly burns to his death.

Sho walks over and looks at him with concern in his eyes. Sho asks Kei if he is all right, but Kei waved his concerns away and asks Sho to go out more often instead of accompanying him all day in the house. Being a vampire, Kei of course cannot go out during the day, and Sho has been following his lifestyle much to his dismay. Kei even goes so far as to suggest living apart for a while. From their conversation, it's apparent that this topic was frequently argued about by the two friends, with Sho insisting that things are fine the way they are. Kei expresses his worry that he might turn on his friends some day, but Sho dismisses his worries and the argument ended (for the time being).

Sho and Shinji estranged
In the next chapter, Sho goes out to visit Shinji, who is now running a fish shop. On his way there, Sho realized that he was being followed by two men, but he shakes them off easily and makes his way to his brother's shop. After bickering for a bit with Jessie, a girl who is helping Shinji run his shop, he goes off to find Shinji on the rooftop, where he sees Shinji smoking from a water pipe. The drug seems to have taken effect already as Shinji did not even greet Sho and simply ignored him. Sho expressed his displeasure at his brother. Shinji walks away and sees a hallucination where a big fish is swimming around and over his head. Back at the shop, two Cantonese men are waiting for Shinji and they ask him for payment. They start bullying him when Shinji cannot fork out the money. Sho steps in and helps Shinji settle the payment. Sho rushes forward to help Shinji up as soon as the two men left, but Shinji pushes his hand away and refuses his help.

Kei meets Yi-che
It's now night time and we see Kei strolling in a park by himself. He encounters a girl painting a mural in the park and seems drawn by her drawing. He stood there watching the painting for some time before the girl realizes he is there. They stare at each other silently, and then Kei smiles at her and walks off slowly, still looking at the painting the whole time. When he has passed the mural, the girl turns around and looks at Kei.

Meeting Son
We jump to a scene in the mafia headquarter. Toshi stands nervously in the middle of the office, holding a few boxes of pizza. The mafia leader looks at him and the pizza suspiciously, and Toshi tells him that the pizzas were a treat from their boss. The mafia leader believes him and Toshi passes the boxes of pizza around the room. Downstairs, one of the guards is sitting on a chair by himself, eating pizza and complaining about his job. He suddenly drops over as the drug in the pizza takes effect. Sho and Kei walk into the room and are very pleased with Toshi. Suddenly, a man staggers into the room and falls over, dead. The sounds of gunshot follow soon after.

Bewildered, the two men quickly walk inside to find out who has interrupted them and blown their cover. They meet Son and both sides have guns pointed at the other. They start withdrawing from each other slowly, and the mafia rushes in and surrounds the three of them. Kei starts shooting at the mafia and taking their cues from him, Sho and Son start firing at the mafia as well. Once they have taken care of the mafia, they quickly point the gun towards each other again. This is the scene where Sho tosses Kei the gun without looking at him. The three eye each other and after a short conversation, they decide to join forces for the time being.

Joining forces
This is followed with one of the major action scenes in the movie. Back in the office, Toshi is holding out on his own against the mafia. Just as he runs out of bullets, Son steps into the office and starts firing at the mafia. Sho is also tackling a few mafia on his own in another part of the building. He knocks the gun out of a man's hand, climbs on top of him and flips backward with his legs crossed around the man's neck. Using the man as a sort of pivoting point, he turns round and round, firing shots all the while. He then jumps down and attempts a sideward flipping kick but misses and hits the ground instead. Other mafias are trying to hit Kei, but he grabs one of the fallen man and uses him like a puppet to take down the other mafia.

The movie doesn't fail to provide the audience with comic relief though, as halfway through the intense gunfight, Toshi receives a phone call and attempts to take a pizza delivery order. In the meantime, Sho continues to struggle with the mafia. They are now down to fighting with swords. Sho manages to duck and avoid the slashings and then scrambles over to Kei who is calmly smoking against a pillar. Kei passes him the cigarette and warns Sho that the man is coming again. Sho ducks in time and the fighting continues. One of the mafia approaches Kei, who is already smoking another cigarette, and points a gun at him. Kei throws his cigarette and falls backwards. The man takes aim at Kei's head and fires continuously, but Kei moves his head at an extremely fast speed and the man misses all his shots. Kei kicks him high into the air once the man runs out of bullets. He then pulls out another cigarette, but is annoyed to find out that his lighter is not working.

We move back to the office again, where Toshi is still trying to take down the order. Sho has now joined the gunfight as well. He walks to the middle of the room and fires continuously at the mafia in the other corner of the room. Sho soon runs out of bullets, and Kei who just entered the room, calls out his name. As if by instinct, Sho turns around and manages to catch the cartridge that Kei threw at him. He continues firing as Kei praises him. Realizing that their side is losing badly, the mafia leader grabs the bag full of money and attempts to escape. Son immediately runs after him.

However, the mafia leader hides himself behind a row of motorcycles and fires at Son from behind. He manages to hit Son's leg and Son fires back at him too, but Son runs out of bullets after one shot. Son is now completely at the mercy of the mafia leader. The leader walks over to him and asks him who he is. He answers, "Son Tin-Chen, brother of Son Yi-che." Son then reveals that he attacked the mafia tonight as revenge for having raped his sister. Son then reveals that he attacked the mafia tonight as revenge for having raped his sister. But the leader merely sneeres at him and points his gun towards Son.
Fortunately, Sho steps in at the nick of time and fires at the mafia leader's leg.
In one swift motion, Son reaches out and grabs the leader's gun and points it at him. The leader begs him not to shoot. Son hesitates for a few seconds and then, shaking and screaming in anger, takes aim and fires at him. Sho watches silently in the corner.

Son's house
The four young men are now back at Son's house. The girl who Kei met in the park turns out to be Son's sister. She treats Son's wounds as the other men watch and make fun of him. Son then wobbles out and asks Sho to let Yi-che look at his wounds. Sho walks over, a little unwillingly, and rolls up his sleeve where the blood has started to dry. Slightly affected by the sight of blood, Kei jumps up and walks out of the room. Kei and Yi-che share a look and then Kei turns around and continues walking. The other two men sit down at the corridor as Sho gets his wound treated. Sho appears mesmerized by Yi-che and cannot stop himself from staring at her. Yi-che suddenly looks up and Sho quickly averts his eyes.

The three men go upstairs to the rooftop to find Kei once Yi-che has finished treating Sho. They exclaim over the incredibly huge pink-ish moon hanging over the horizon. Son explains how Yi-che suddenly stopped talking when she was young. Sho and Kei immediately turn their heads to look at Son. Son then warns (Sho) not to fall in love with his sister. Sho panics for a moment but Son and Toshi immediately break into laughter and make fun of Sho.

Spending time together
Time seems to fly past after Sho, Kei and Toshi meet Yi-che and Son. They go driving at night with Sho behind the wheel driving recklessly. They arrive at the beach and Toshi suggests taking a photo. Yi-che is still standing near the car and Kei catches her smiling as she listens to their conversation. When she realizes that Kei is watching her, Yi-che immediately stops smiling. Toshi runs off to the front of the car to set up the camera and they make fun of his old camera. As they pose in front of the camera, Son suggests coming to the beach at daytime. Sho and Toshi look at each other and remain silent, and Kei answers instead and agrees to come to the beach during the day next time. Everyone is smiling at the camera, except for Yi-che. Kei leans towards her and tells her that it is okay to smile when you are feeling happy. She follows his advice and smiles shyly at the camera.

Next we see Sho sauntering down an alley, swinging a bouquet of flowers in his hands. He walks past a man who is swearing loudly in Mandarin. Sho continues down the alley and comes to a sudden halt as he turns around the corner. In front of him, in Son's house are Toshi, Son, and Yi-che eating lunch. He tries to walk back silently and quietly, but the chicken started making noises again and Son looks over to where Sho is standing. Sho quickly hides the flowers behind him. Son invites him inside and he looks nervously at Yi-che. She notices and makes a move as if to offer him her chair. He greets her softly and drops the flowers on the road before going in. Sho, Kei, and Son continue eating their lunch when Sho suddenly chokes on his food. He takes a drink just as Yi-che returns to the table with the flowers Sho dropped on the road. Flustered, Sho splutters water all over the table. Yi-che carries the flower over to the table and Toshi exclaims that it is beautiful. Sho keeps staring at Yi-che with his mouth open and agrees that (Yi-che) is very beautiful. This follows with more scenes of the group hanging out and fooling around on the beach; and talking and laughing in Son's house.

Yi-che's ceremony
The five of them are back at the park, watching Yi-che put the finishing touches on her mural. Son invites them to the ceremony on the following day where it will be officially unveiled. Son then asks whether Kei will be able to make it tomorrow and comments that he is looking pale. Kei promises that he will try his best to come the next day and smiles reassuringly at Yi-che. Yi-che smiles back in return.

The following day, Kei asks anxiously about the weather. Sho reports that it is bright and sunny and Kei smiles disappointedly, saying that it is fitting weather for her big day. Sho expresses his concern about Kei's refusal to drink blood recently, which results in Kei getting weaker and weaker. Kei then reveals his feelings about himself as a vampire, and having to feed off others in order to survive. His disgust over himself and what he has to do makes him go on "starvation diets" at times. Even though Kei enjoys spending time with them now, he knows that it is not something that will last. As Sho sits there listening silently to Kei, tears start rolling down from his eyes. Kei manages to control his anger and frustration and walks over to wipe away his tears. Kei reaches over and holds him for a few seconds, then urges Sho to go to the ceremony.

Toshi's death
Toshi is getting the pizza ready for them in his pizza shop, when he receives a phone call that makes him really excited and happy. At the same time, we see the two men who were following Sho earlier on appear at the shop. They stab Toshi suddenly. Meanwhile, Sho and Son are attending Yi-che's ceremony.

The weather has suddenly turned bad and it has started to rain. Sho, Son and Yi-che are standing under the tree waiting for Toshi and Kei to come, when Son notices the two men who just attacked Toshi, walking over to them. They pull a gun from their coat and start firing at Sho, Son and Yi-che. The three run for cover amongst the trees. Toshi suddenly leaps forward in front of the two men and tries to stop them from shooting, but one of them shoots him in the stomach. Sho tries to run forward to help Toshi but Son pulls him back. It seems like the two men were sent by the mafia group who they have been stealing from. One of the men then turns to Toshi and points the gun at him, but Kei appears out of nowhere and kicks him away. Still weak from the lack of blood, Kei falls over to the ground. The other man points the gun at Kei, but Toshi rushes forward and stands between Kei and the men, trying to shield Kei. The man calmly shoots Toshi and he keels over.

Kei manages to stand up again and suddenly jumps (or flies) behind the other man who had fallen, which causes him to shoot his own friend by mistake. Kei then runs off to the forest and the man chases after him. Sho, Son, Yi-che run forward to Toshi's side, while the park is filled with sounds of gunshots. Leaving Toshi to the other two, Son runs off after Kei into the forest. Sho holds him close and calls out Toshi's name repeatedly. Toshi tells Sho that he just received a phone call from the orphanage, informing him that his mother is looking for him; that Toshi is supposed to meet her in that park the following day. Toshi then passes away.

Sho keeps calling his name over and over again, and he holds Toshi close while Yi-che kneels beside them, crying silently. A few minutes later, Sho looks up and sees Son standing at the edge of the forest. Sho gets up and goes over to where Son is staring at Kei in the forest. Yi-che joins the two of them and is shocked to see Kei drinking the blood of the man. Son and Yi-che continue looking at Kei with a mixture of fear and shock while Sho tells Kei that Toshi is dead and asks him over and over again to stop. But Kei only continues drinking the man's blood, ignoring Sho and the other two completely.

Struggling alone in Mallepa
The movie fast forwards again to a few years later. What Kei did and where he went during those years were unknown. All that we know is that Kei left Mallepa. Left alone, Sho struggled to survive in Mallepa and eventually became one of the mafia leaders. The scene opens in the park, where he is playing with his daughter, Hana. He lifts her high up in the air and we see a shot of his back strapped with guns. He then puts her down when his bodyguard tells him that it's time to go. Yi-che walks over to them and helps him put on his coat. He then kisses her on the cheek before walking off with his bodyguard. We can tell that these two have married since then.

Sho speaks with a deep, mature voice and has a sophisticated look about him. Sho comments on the changes that have taken place in Mallepa to Shinji who is sitting in the car with him. The two brothers seem to be getting along better than before. They reach a bar, where they meet the Taiwanese mafia leader, along with four of his subordinates. We see Son sitting beside the Taiwanese mafia leader, Mr. Chan, and seems bent on ignoring Sho even when Sho greets him. Sho pulls a cigarette out and then makes a sudden move as if he is about to attack them, when he is in fact just getting his cigarette lit. This also serves as a warning to the mafia leaders that he didn't come unprepared. Mr. Chan then tries to strike a deal with Sho, asking him to join the Taiwanese group. Sho refuses, saying that his buddy was killed by their people and that he will never join them.

Sho's new group
Sho and Shinji enter a shop, which turns out to be Shinji's new bar. Jessie comes out and greets them. She, too, seems to have profited from Sho's rise in power. Sho walks into the bar where a group of men are fooling around. This is Sho's gang, which is made up of mainly immigrants and foreigners. Even though he jokes around with his gang members as well, he seems more reserved and it is obvious that it's a boss-subordinate relationship as opposed to the friendships he shared with Toshi and Kei. In the bar, Shinji and Jessie are calculating their earnings and Shinji scolds her lightly for getting the numbers wrong again. Shinji puts the money in the same green box which they had used when they were still young boys and which was passed to Sho when he grew up. Sho sits alone in a corner and smiles slightly as he watches the people around him.

Reunion with Kei
The scene then jumps to a place somewhere far from Mallepa, which seems to be under siege. We see a detective and a doctor walking into a prison cell and inside the cell is Kei tied to a chair. The doctor starts explaining Kei's situation to the detective, whose name is Lolli, and Lolli starts asking Kei questions in English, Cantonese, and Chinese. Kei suddenly replied in Japanese and requested a death sentence. He even told them how he can be killed, by placing him under direct sunlight. However, Lolli decides to reserve judgment and persists in seeking the truth instead of giving him a death sentence straightaway.

Back in Mallepa, Sho and his gang members break into a jewelery store. At that exact moment, four of the Taiwanese mafia are playing mahjong in a private room in the jewelery store. Unfortunately for the mafia, one of them runs out of money and heads back into the store to get more cash. The mafia bumps into Sho and his gang members and all four of them are killed. That night, when Sho is at home with Yi-che and Hana, he sees a news report about Kei on television.

Sho visits Kei in his cell. His voice is back to the slightly softer and younger voice we know from his days with Toshi and Kei. Sho keeps talking and trying to get him to join the conversation but Kei remains silent, staring blankly to the side. Sho then takes out a picture of Hana and he explains about some of the things that happened after Kei left Mallepa, such as his marriage to Yi-che and the birth of his daughter. When Kei remains unresponsive, Sho leans forward and puts the picture against the glass wall. He begs Kei to take a look at Hana and confesses that he has always hoped to show him his daughter. At that, Kei finally looks up and stares for a long time at the photo before asking Sho about the rest. Kei then asks him about Son when Sho did not mention anything about him. He tells Kei that Son has joined the Taiwanese mafia but assured Kei that he will keep trying to work things out between the two of them. Kei admits that he is glad to see Sho still alive and doing well. Sho smiles at him.

Murder of Sho's newfound group
Lolli who has been watching some of the talk between the two of them, asked Sho for details about Kei's life. Sho admits that he doesn't know much about Kei's past either. But Lolli says to Sho that he was the only one Kei talks to, and expresses his desire to find out the truth, and perhaps help Kei. Nevertheless, Sho walks off without telling him anything much. Sho makes a phone call to Mallepa, requesting the best lawyers available. At this exact same time in Mallepa, his gang members are brutally gunned down in the middle of the street by two young men.

Shinji's death
Sho and Shinji are the only ones left. Shinji blames Sho for not being there when it happened, and for running off to help Kei instead. He shows his displeasure and his disgust towards Kei and calls him a "monster". Filled with anger himself, Sho starts accusing Shinji of being useless and reminds him that it was because of him that Shinji has this new bar, and got off drugs. Shinji jumps up in anger and punches Sho. Sho calmly gets up before returning his punch. He then grabs Shinji by the collar and pushes him to the floor. He shouts at Shinji to do something on his own for once instead of depending on him all the time. Jessie, who was listening to their argument, simply watches the fight silently from a corner of the room. When Sho leaves, Shinji starts doing drugs again. Jessie steals all the money in the green box where Shinji keeps his savings and walk out of the bar. Shinji sees an illusion of the big fish swimming in front of his eyes again.

Still appearing to feel the effects of the drug, Shinji finds the Taiwanese mafia leader and points a gun at him. But he is holding a young baby at that moment and Shinji did not shoot him. Other young children playing on the streets notice Shinji and his guns and run away from him, thus alerting Mr. Chan's bodyguards. They shoot him and he dies on the spot. Son, who was standing beside Mr. Chan, recognizes him and looks at the scene with an expression close to guilt.

All alone
It is also Son who is waiting beside Shinji's body in the mortuary. Sho and Yi-che walks over to where Shinji's body is, and Sho is extremely shaken by his brother's death. He pulls his gun out and fires at Son in anger, but Yi-che grabs his hands in time and he misses. Sho starts shouting at Son and Son also pulls out his gun while explaining angrily that it was Shinji who started it. Sho shakes off Yi-che's hands and the two point a gun at each other's chest. Sho then threatens to kill Son and his entire family and friends. Suddenly, Yi-che speaks up. The two turn around and look at her in surprise. She begs them not to fight and asks them why they must be fighting each other now. Sho looks up, breathing deeply, and appears as if he is trying to control his emotions. In the next second, he reaches forward to hold her in his arms and he cries on her shoulder.

The scene jumps to the park again, where Hana is blowing bubbles and playing alone while Yi-che sits on a bench and stares at her mural quietly.

A few months later, Yi-che is hospitalized and Son visits her in the hospital. Yi-che speaks normally and greets Son as her father and asks Hana to greet her "grandfather" too. After that she turns around and calls Sho "Kei". Son looks up and sees Sho staring down silently. They walk up to the roof and Son asks about her condition. Sho tells him that she has a brain tumour and that she doesn't have much time left. Son apologizes, saying that he is sorry for not knowing earlier, but Sho only says that he has abandoned his family and friends for an easier path. Son replies that the reason he joined Mr.Chan is because he wants to make a better place and he believes that Mr.Chan can do it. Son answers that they each have chosen their respective paths to walk. Sho then says that it will be better if either one of them were to disappear. Son smiles and predicts that the next time they meet will be at gun point.

Far away from Mallepa, Kei is getting ready for his death sentence. Even towards the end, Lolli still hopes to know the truth and he hopes that they might meet again in the future when they are reborn onto this earth. As he is being moved, Kei receives a phone call from Sho. On the phone, Sho begs him to return and tells him that he still needs him. Kei remains silent for a few minutes and Lolli takes the phone from him and tells Sho that Kei will be put on death row the next day. Kei walks away from the phone looking uncertain and worried. Sho drops the phone and stands dejectedly in his empty and silent house.

Kei returns
In the car, as Kei is being transported out, Lolli hears gunshots from behind and finds his guard dead. He looks around and sees Kei running away with a blanket wrapped around his body. Lolli takes aim and gets ready to shoot, but at that moment Kei turns around and looks at him in the eye. They share a look and Lolli hesitates. With an expression of determination, Kei turns around and continues running and Lolli fires.

Back in Mallepa, Sho is walking back to where Hana is standing in the park after purchasing a cotton candy for her. He stops halfway, surprised to see Kei standing in front of Hana, watching her. Sho takes Kei to the hospital and whispers to Yi-che that Kei is here. He asks Kei to hold her hand and Kei approaches her bed slowly. Kei reaches out and holds her fingers gently. Yi-che reacts slightly to his touch.

When they have returned from the hospital, Sho tells Kei that he wants Yi-che to be turned into a vampire. Kei refuses, saying that he hates and curses his own self for having to feed on others to survive and says that he cannot do the same to Yi-che. Sho insists that he doesn't care as long as Yi-che is alive, but Kei tells Sho that he cannot let her turn into a monster like him. Sho looks at him in frustration and suddenly reaches out to open the curtain. Kei withdraws quickly, but soon realizes that it is raining. Kei starts singing the lines from "Orenji no Taiyou", the song that Luka used to sing, as Sho watches from a corner. Sho reveals his plan of taking revenge on Mr. Chan and asks Kei to accompany him. He passes Kei a gun and Kei accepts it.

The last fight
The scene changes to an old dilapidated building, where Mr. Chan and his gang members are reviewing a plan to rebuild that plot of land. As Sho and Kei walk down the corridor to where Mr. Chan is, Sho asks Kei to reconsider his suggestion (of turning Yi-che into a vampire) if he dies today. If both Yi-che and Sho pass away, Hana will be left an orphan and he doesn't want that to happen, so he asks him to take care of Yi-che. Kei replies vaguely.

They walk into the building and are surrounded by the mafia. Sho refuses to take cover and keeps advancing recklessly. Mr. Chan reminds Son of what he needs to do in order to fulfill his dream and Son walks away determined. Sho continues the gunfight with the mafia while Kei tries to persuade him without much success to be more careful. Mr. Chan is now left alone with the two young men who killed Sho's gang members, but they suddenly turn around and fire at him, claiming that they are now free. Son finds Sho just as he has taken down the last mafia. By now, Sho is already covered with wounds and injuries. Son approaches him cautiously and asks for a one-to-one duel and Sho agrees. Son suddenly notices Kei, but Sho raises his gun to the air and starts firing at the roof, letting streams of sunlight into the building. Kei is now trapped in a corner, surrounded by sunlight streaming down from the roof of the building. Sho stands silently amidst the sunlight and then walks off with Son.

Sho and Son start fighting each other in a huge room with two rows of pillars. Kei is looking up at the sky when he notices two young men. The two men pull out their guns and fire successively at him. Kei slides down to the floor, bleeding profusely. Meanwhile, Sho and Son continue their duel. As the two men walk away, Kei stirs. One of the men walks over to check and Kei shoots him. He gets up suddenly and dashes forward. He kills the other man when he tries to stop Kei from leaving.

Sho and Son are now preparing for their last shot and they stand facing each other. Both are down to their last bullet. They laugh at the irony of their fates before becoming serious again. On the count of three, the sounds of gunshot ring in the air... and Sho collapses. Son stares at him in shock. He walks over and accuses him of not firing on purpose, but Sho denies. Kei walks in and sees Son standing over Sho who is barely alive. Son tells him that this is their fate and raises his gun towards Kei. Kei fires at him and Son falls over, dead. Kei sees flashbacks of the time the five of them spent together. Then the scene switches to Sho lying on the ground bleeding, before the flashback continues to Sho and Kei's first meeting. Kei walks over to Sho and tries to stop his bleeding. Sho says that everybody has gone and then asks Kei to remember the promise. Kei shouts his name and asks Sho not to leave him.

In 2045
The next scene is in 2045 and we see a young woman putting on the finishing touch to a mural, titled "Hope" in the park. The design of the drawing is almost similar to the old one done by Yi-che. She receives a bouquet of flowers to the applauses of the gathering crowd. Then it quickly changes to night time and the woman is standing alone. She turns around and sees Kei sitting on a bench. She thanks him, and we find out that this is Hana, daughter of Sho and Yi-che. She then walks a few steps and looks around. When Kei asks her what she is worrying about, she replies that she feels as if someone is watching her from the dark. Kei apologizes for not being able to send her off on her flight tomorrow and asks her to study hard and paint great pictures. They bid farewell and Hana thanks him for one last time before walking off.

Once Hana has left, Kei turns and walks towards the mural, where Sho is standing. Sho praises her talent and the painting. From the conversation, we can tell that Sho had not been in Mallepa all this while and Hana was left to Kei's care. Sho tells Kei he is no longer angry at him, but he just couldn't accept what he had become and didn't want Hana to see him like that. Kei asks him whether he would have turned Yi-che into a vampire if they had made it that time. Sho answers that he doesn't know what he would have done, but that he is glad they didn't do it. Kei then asks him if he wants to go to the beach.

Kei and Sho pass away
On their way to the beach, Sho starts singing the song "Orenji no Taiyou". When they reach the beach, Kei passes him the photo of the five of them together on the beach. They sit side by side in the car and watch silently as the sun rises. When the sun has risen, all that is left is the white car parked on the green grass.

Then we see Yi-che, Kei, Sho, and Son squatting on the beach during day time and Toshi's voice asking them to get ready. Toshi runs over to join them and the five of them pose for the camera. At first it looks just like the picture they had taken on the beach many years ago, but suddenly, they smile and raise their three fingers in a kind of salute.

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