Despair brings courage to the cowardly 02
Nomad registers himself for another fight when his motorbike is hotwired and stolen by an immigrant boy. He follows the boy back to a makeshift community in an abandoned amusement park where Nomad finds that the boy, Mio, already gave the bike and Megalo Boxing gear to his mother Marla for scrap. As she offers to help him repair the bike, Nomad collapses. He later wakes up in a trailer as the community is preparing for a festival. Suddenly, a construction crew appears and demands that the immigrants clear out, as the land is about to be sold at auction. However, Chief appears at the front, and convinces the crew to hold off demolition until the auction actually goes through. Later that night, Chief admits to Nomad that he isn't a real ranked Megalo Boxer, but he pretended to be one so he could earn money by throwing matches. In the past, he was inspired by "Gearless" Joe's battle as an undocumented fighter himself to travel to this country and chase the dream of a better life. Mio overhears Chief refer to Nomad as Joe, and ends up telling a mob lieutenant named Tetsu about him. The next day, Nomad speeds off on his bike as mob boss Hikawa comes looking for Joe, only to find him gone, while Chief boasts about his plan to win the upcoming Megalobox tournament and buy his community's land back with the prize money. Meanwhile, Nomad flashes back to his last moments with Nanbu, and blames himself for his death as he opens another bottle of painkillers before a fight. The next night, Nomad returns to Chief, and offers to train with him, saying he stopped taking the drugs. (Source: Wikipedia)
4/11/2021
