![]() Unknown to Barrada, it is wearing a bullet-proof vest. ![]() ![]() He wants one of Sofia's dogs, but she is unwilling to give the dog to him. Before they can leave, Berrada demands a gift. He tells John to go to the desert and to follow the stars until he is almost dead, where The Elder may or may not find him. Berrada doesn't know where he is, but knows that The Elder only finds those who he wants to find. John asks Berrada to take him to The Elder, the one who sits above the High Table, so he can make amends. They arrive at a complex and meet with Berrada, Sofia's old boss. John assures her he just wants to talk to her boss, but she's skeptical. She hides a weapon on one of the dog's vests. The Adjudicator tasks him with doing so, as well as going after all those who helped him. He already knows about John and is interested in hunting him down. The chef is Zero, who recognizes her coin and tells her he didn't expect her so soon. The Adjudicator goes to a small sushi shop. She asks him not to present the marker, but John insists that she must take him to see her old boss. She tells him she ought to kill him, but he presents a marker that she made with John some years before, as a result of John having rescued her daughter. He falls to the ground, but his suit is bullet-proof. The manager, Sofia, steps out of the shadows and shoots him in the chest. He sees photos of a woman and her daughter, before two growling dogs come and stand guard beside him. He and John go to Morocco's Continental Hotel, where John is taken to see the manager. The assassin isn't happy and attempts to attack John, but the man shoots him. One is killed in the battle but the fight is cut short by a man who informs them both that the manager has granted John amnesty. Almost immediately, he is set upon by three knife-wielding foes. He laughs in her face, claiming that he cannot step down from the throne because he is the throne. However, she informs him that no-one is free from the High Table's rules and that he must leave town because he gave John a gun knowing what it would be used for. He tells her that he is honoring the 'excommunicado'. The Bowery King is visited by The Adjudicator. After asking to see Santino's body, The Adjudicator informs Winston that he must step down from his position due to the fact that he allowed John to live after spilling blood on Continental grounds. She slides a coin over to Charon, who informs Winston, the manager, that an adjudicator is here to see him. A mysterious woman enters the Continental. She agrees, breaking all ties with him and branding him with the cross in the process. She takes him to the back of the theater, past training ballet dancers and ju jitsu wrestlers, and asks him what he wants. They discuss John's history: this is where he was raised. He meets with The Director and asks for her help by presenting the cross he picked up from the library. John arrives at a theater, where he is told to empty his pockets and remove his belt. He leaves the stables on horseback but is followed by two men on motorcycles. They follow him into horse stables, where John uses the horses and their powerful kicks to kill several foes. John emerges into the street and is set upon by more assassins. They corner him in an antique arms shop, so John uses the old weaponry to kill them in a vicious series of fights involving all kinds of antique knives. John leaves and is immediately set upon by a wave of assassins. After stitching himself up and taking some pills, John shoots and wounds the doc at his request to persuade the High Table that the doc obeyed the 'excommunicado' order. John's $14 million bounty is in full effect. The doc agrees to help, but has to stop stitching halfway through. So, he visits the doctor at his home address, with only five minutes to go. It leaves him with a bad stab wound on his shoulder, though. John tells him he still has time left, but Ernest doesn't care: who is going to know about a few minutes? The two have a fight which culminates in John using the book to break Ernest's jaw and snap his neck. A large man, Ernest, corners him in the bookshelves. He arrives at the Library and asks for a book, in which he reveals a hidden compartment containing some coins, a cross, a marker and a picture of him and his wife, which he kisses. With only twenty minutes until he is officially 'excommunicado', he decides to get out and run again, but not before he gives the driver a gold coin to get his dog safely to the continental. He gets into a taxi, but the roads are gridlocked. He tuns into an alley and sees the Tick-Tock Man, one of the Bowery King's spies. John runs through New York as time runs out on his 'grace period'.
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