Signore dei Lupi

The price for insulting the Signori dei Lupi is a heavy one.

He may dead, but I won't stop until his bloodline is ended.

Son of Bernardo, you will pay for the sins of your father!

The price is his bloodline and your life!

......

Price?

Did you say 'price?'

My father may have been wrong, but his dream was always about bringing change to the times.

He wanted a Siracusa without the famiglie, and spent his entire life planning it.

I thought his own family was a chip to him.

I thought he acted when he did because it was the right time.

But now I know.

He decided he was out of time. This was his only chance to get revenge on you and achieve his dream.

I taught him everything he knew! He repaid me with betrayal!

You wouldn't understand.

Signore dei Lupi on high, thinking everything under his control.

To father, even his own life was just another chip.

He was determined to make his dream come true, even if it meant paying the ultimate price.

But you're the one who will pay!

Ignorant whelp!

Welcome back, Texas!

Are you done over there?

Yeah.

Time to clean up the trouble over here.

The last Texas.

Do not forget who permitted you to break from Siracusa.

How dare you defy me?!

I kept my bargain with Bernardo. I owe you nothing.

Fool!

Bernardo killed himself?

Why?

The game is over, Lavinia.

So that's what you really meant...

A Siracusa without the famiglie. That was your true dream.

Why didn't you tell me?

Try to keep your head in the fight, Judgie.

Lappland—

Why didn't you tell me you were throwing a party, Texas?

You would've come anyway.

Yeah, you're right.

Get lost, cub without a pack. There's no place for you here.

Let me tell you some good news, Signore dei Lupi, Figlio dei Lupi, whatever you are.

Starting now, everything Siracusan is my enemy.

Even supernatural beings like you.

Idiot!

What about you, boss? If you were there, looking me in the eye, would you tell me without a doubt, that you choose your dreams, like Leon?

I mean... I don't know the answer anymore.

Stay focused, if you don't want to die.

You're—

The feeble Fang of Agnese.

Did you think yourself worthy to stand before me just because you caught a glimpse of the death of my Fang?

I promised Bernardo that I'd help his kin.

Agnese has raised a feeble Fang.

It's time to put an end to her part in this game.

You cannot destroy me, no matter what you do.

You cannot even harm me.

Humans built cities, trapped themselves within, and think themselves the masters of the lands beneath them.

Do not presume to have risen because you learned to use a few tools.

You have never conquered the wastes.

Ladies and gentleman.

You stand in the presence of the Emperor, Lungmen's superstar!

Boss?!

Lemme take this chance to remind you your vacation's almost up, Texas.

Why are you here?

You askin' me?

Sora and the girls ran off after you.

You know what the past month's been like for me?

I ain't been this bored in three thousand years!

I got nobody to party with!

......

Emperor—

Hold it, Zaaro.

You gonna say I got no business in Siracusa. It ain't my right to stick my flipper in here.

Honestly, I don't give a shit.

But, if I think on it, I'm gonna pass on some dumbass fight with you...

Beatin' you at your own game, that'd make me happier.

So—

Look, I brought the other Wolf Lords. They bored too.

Lemme give you the good news.

You're a loser.

In pretty much every way a man can be a loser.

Tell ya the truth, Zaaro?

Your whole thing, the way you talk about power, the way you play with it, gives me the heebie-jeebies.

The way you stew in your anger, lookin' to tear everything in your way to pieces...

That's what shows you still true to your nature.

But all you wolves, don't you get bored playin' a dumbass game like this for thousands of years?

You oughta come to Lungmen. I'll teach ya to play poker.

Or mahjong. Mahjong ain't bad.

Thanks, Boss.

Don't thank me.

Someone woulda done somethin', even if it wasn't me.

She just delegated the job. Didn't ya, sexy?

It's been a long time since anyone called me 'sexy.'

You're welcome to spend some time enjoying Siracusa, if you like.

Just call me Emperor.

Interesting name. You're not arrogant or ignorant, like the Signori dei Lupi, Siracusa welcomes you, Emperor.

I think Siracusa's gonna like me.

Signora Sicilia!

The games of the Signori dei Lupi are archaic and stupid.

Leontuzzo, son of Bernardo.

Rest assured, he'll never trouble you again.

...!

Pardon me, Signora Sicilia. I didn't expect to have the honor of your presence in this way.

You may already know what happened. You may already have made your decision.

But I hope you'll give me and Lavinia a chance.

A chance. What kind of chance?

A chance to talk.

Even if we're doomed to die, I hope you'll grant us an audience before that happens.

......

Ah.

Agenir always says I should listen to the youths more.

I think he overestimates his age.

Come with me, children. You have earned the chance.

May I have a moment first?

Hm?

I would like to take one last look at Bernardo.

Alright.

Exusiai! Texas!

You okay?!

We're fine.

...Yeah.

What are you doing here?

I was too worried. Giovanna's stable now, so I brought Croissant.

Looks like everything's more-or-less hunky-dory over here, though?

I guess so.

Whew... it still feels like something's missing, but I guess we can throw our party now?

Yeah.

You guys decide what kind of party you want.

Where are you going, Texas?

Toilet.

Toilet isn't that way.

I know.

Feel a weight off your shoulders? Like you just got over a hill?

There's still big trouble waiting, right there.

Ha. Shall we go?

We'll go.

By the way, Texas.

I got a letter from Signora Sicilia before you went back to Siracusa.

Cool.

Guess what it said?

No thanks.

Oh, you're no fun. Signora Sicilia invited me to join the Bocca di Lupo.

Bocca di Lupo...

Basically, become one of her wolves.

So I burned the letter.

I figured I was gonna get some Siracusans giving me trouble for a while.

Then you went back to Siracusa, all of a sudden.

Do you have any idea how surprised I was when I realized you were gone?

*sigh*...

So you've made up your mind?

Yes.

I'll stay and help Lavinia and Leontuzzo.

What about you?

I've made up my mind too.

I heard you made a hell of a scene with your own famiglia.

I just went to say goodbye to my father.

Texas... Do you really not get what I see in you?

Sometimes I think I do.

Sometimes I think I don't.

All I know is that you seem to have gotten over something.

Oh? Are you showing concern for me?

I just think you're kind of annoying.

At the end of the day, we have to do this.

I guess so.

Do you remember?

Seven years ago, you came to me, in front of the burning mansion, looking to get away from it all.

I got hell for it that day.

Seven years later, you came to me again, in a rainy park, to issue a silly challenge to Siracusa.

I'll kill you today.

That's my line.

You could call me your past, Texas.

I believed that no one could escape this swamp.

You escaped your past, once, and made up your mind to cut all ties with it, after returning to Siracusa.

You proved to everyone that you had what it took to escape the swamp.

You're staying here of your own accord, to help that young cub change the place.

You're giving me too much credit.

My dream has always been to live a simple life with a few good friends.

I'll defend it, if someone threatens to destroy it.

There's nothing complicated about it.

I never truly knew you, Cellinia.

I didn't realize how Siracusa exhausted you, or how you resented Columbia.

Now that I think about it, I was like my grandma.

She spent her entire life hoping that old Salvadore would change his mind.

But she never even asked, never tried to fight for it.

The same for me. I assumed the good times would last forever.

I was so proud, and arrogant.

You wouldn't mind me staying with you, and I would love to chat more with Sora.

But I don't deserve that. Not yet.

And so, let me close the curtains on Act 3 of La Morte di Texas, on Cellinia Texas's story.

You're free, Cellinia.

No one defines you.

So let me put it a different way.

You're my nightmare, Texas.

You always surprise me.

You're always a step ahead of me.

You made all the decisions that I couldn't.

And now I can finally say this, after finally taking that step, like you did.

You're right.

There's nothing complicated about it.

If I hated everything about Siracusa so much, I should've destroyed it.

In the end, you're the one who made me take this step.

That's why you said goodbye to your father, and why you're standing here in front of me.

You want to settle things with your past.

Yes. Just like you.

......

We didn't have to go at each other's throats like this.

But it happened.

We each decided, on our own, that to kill each other is the way to settle things.

The best way to say our goodbyes.

The one who survives will become stronger.

Ugh...

It's over.

Texas!

Stay back.

Ha. Alright.

Texas. So you were just Texas after all.

Of course I'm just Texas.

What about you?

Looks like I'm just Lappland.

Texas, am I your friend, or your enemy?

You're my friend, and my enemy.

Then go.

Let me do what a friend should.

......

I heard my friends talking about what you did.

Let me ask you one thing, child.

All the nations across these lands are seeking change, trying to move with the times.

But the impetus for change is an awareness of inadequacy, or a search for breakthrough.

Does Siracusa need that? Does Siracusa really need to change?

Do you think... that the famiglia is something that must exist?

Nothing is. But it existed for centuries before I was born.

We can't deny our history, or so easily destroy what already exists, can we?

That's why you chose to continue the famiglia system when you established Grey Hall, except now all the famiglie have to operate under your control.

I don't intend to deny it.

In fact, I think it was the correct decision, in its time.

But things are different now?

Correct.

The return of the Columbian famiglie brought advanced technology and philosophy.

The Columbians are exerting an increasing influence on famiglia-style rule, but many haven't realized it.

Some of what my father did was overly radical.

Our motivations are different, and so are our means.

But one thing is the same.

We both believe that—

Siracusa doesn't need the famiglie anymore.

What are you planning to do, then?

The simplest thing would be to kill you here, or die trying.

But that's the choice my father would have made.

As for me...

I would like to borrow a city.

An interesting proposal.

A new city needs new blood.

But you're on your own, child.

How am I supposed to believe that you can reach your goal?

Hm?

Cellinia. The last Texas.

Come here and let me get a good look at you.

I see your grandfather in you.

...Thank you.

Looks like Giovanna has given you the necklace that I gave her.

What is it you want?

If you want to go back to Lungmen, I guarantee that Siracusa will never disturb you again.

......

I want to ask you to spare Famiglia Rossati.

Oh? That's a surprise.

Wallach assassinated Giovanna, and tried to kill you many times.

Do you really want to spare him?

They're only trying to survive, in their own way.

You can keep the necklace. I never intended to do anything to them.

Or, you can trade it for the right to leave Siracusa forever.

......

Don't need that. I'm extending my vacation.

What about you, Lappland?

Lone wolf, Saluzzo's traitor.

Heh. I got a simple dream.

I wanna destroy Siracusa, just like them.

The difference is that I'm not as civilized.

And you, Judge Lavinia, instrument of my will?

Your will was once Siracusa itself.

But now, I'm going to change it.

You believe that I'm wrong?

I believe that no one can be right forever.

I won't live forever, but I have a few decades left.

Until the moment that my eyes close forever, Siracusa will continue to enjoy the peace that I bring.

What about you, child?

You stand on your father's shoulders, seeking to make the system better and fairer.

Do you think you chose the correct path?

If I gave you Siracusa, could you guarantee that she would walk a better path, and become a better country?

...I can't guarantee that.

But, just as you're willing to listen to me here today...

If someone else comes along, looking to change my ways...

I'm willing to sit down and hear him out.

You see, I don't hear any fighting. They're fine.

You're the only one who could be so at ease like this. That's the head of state there, you know?

Sorry for making you worry.

It's fine.

Huh? Where's Lappland?

She...

She's fulfilled her duty as a friend. Who knows what form she'll take, when she shows herself next time?

The only thing I can be sure is this.

We haven't seen the last of her.

My head hurts just thinkin' about it.

Never mind. Let's see how Giovanna's doing.

Yeah.

Giovanna, we're back!

The part that Giovanna was struggling with in Act 3 of La Morte di Texas...

Is this what you left for us?

You didn't have to leave.