The brainwashed Hakuryuu fights his own friends until Alibaba manages to destroy his metal vessel and he collapses from exaustion. Madaura attempts to escape but she is captured by the Actian military along the rest of the pirates. Back at the port, a commotion is started by the locals who attack the imprisioned Madaura until Hakuryuu stops them not to defend her, but to decapitate her in front of the pirates who swear revenge on him. Questioning him for his actions, Alibaba learns from Hakuryuu that his true objective to to take revenge on his own mother for joining forces with Al-Thamen to have his uncle usurp the throne of the Kou Empire by orchestrating the death of his father and his older brothers. Realizing that the children under Madaura's spell are almost falling into depravity, Aladdin looks for a way to help them, but it is Alibaba who takes custody of the pirates and inspires them to move on with their lives as despite Madaura's death they still have each other to care for. As his friends watch the children depart to Sindria, Hakuryuu decides to leave without bidding farewell to them and when Morgiana appears looking for him, he confesses his feelings for her and asks for her hand in marriage but she refuses. Upon learning of Hakuryuu's sudden departure, Alibaba intends to reason with him fearing that he may end up suffering for killing his own parent just like Cassim did, but Aladdin decides to talk with him by himself. After properly bidding farewell to Hakuryuu, Aladdin returns to his friends' side as they also prepare themselves to follow their separate paths.
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