Deadliest Warrior Chapter 3: Ninja vs. Maori
A Ninja; the legendary master of death from Japan.
(A ninja is seen on a roof, cloaked in darkness).
A Maori warrior; fierce, unforgiving, slayer of the south seas.
(a maori is seen engaged in a battle with a rival tribe).
WHO IS DEADLIEST?
To find out, our world class fighters are testing histories most lethal weapons. Using 21st century science, we'll see what happens when the two warriors go toe to toe. No rules. No safety. No mercy. It's a duel to the death, to decide who is....THE DEADLIEST WARRIOR!
Ninja:
Height - 5' 2"
Weight - 135 LBS
Armor - None
Gear - 10 LBS
Maori Warrior:
Height - 5' 9"
Weight - 180 LBS
Armor - None
Gear - 8 LBS
Here in the Fight Club, we will test four of the Ninjas' weapons:
- Black Eggs
- Ninjato
- Kusarigama
- Blowgun
against four deadly Maori weapons:
- Stingray Spear
- Mere
- Shark Tooth Club
- Taiaha
First the two teams will test out their mid range weaponry: The Ninjas' Black Eggs against the Maori's Stingray Spear.
The ninjas' teammate steps up and quickly crushing the egg in his palm, tosses the blinding powder in the eyes of a gel torso (which to provide a bit of context and realism has been drawn with Maori tattoos on it ). The dust achieves full, blinding coverage.
Dr. Dorian: Now, this weapon is scary because when this glass gets into your eyes, you can't get it out. And every blink, you're digging the glass deeper into you eyes, which will result in permanent blindness…. But this attack isn't enough to kill anyone, just blind them.
But, the Maori don't seem at all intimidated, and respond with a weapon of their own, the stingray spear!
The Maori teammate steps up to a gel dummy and with a quick thrust, ram the spear deep into the dummy's chest. The team inspects the frightful damage: the stingray spines had remained lodged in the gel's chest cavity, as they were removed they continued to do damage.
Dr. Dorian: This weapon does terrible damage even after the initial thrust. Against the black eggs which, while a good distraction, have no killing ability, the advantage for mid range goes to the Maori.
Edge: Maori
Next, the two teams test out the respective close range weaponry: The Maori's Mere club against the ninjas Ninjato.
The maori team steps up with there special club, and take aim at their dummy. The man first swings and hits the dummy in the jaw, and then hits the temple on the back swing. When the team inspects the damage, they see that the skull has a broken neck and jaw, and the top of the skull is fractured.
Dr. Dorian: This weapon was very impressive to me. Any one of these hits could be a kill shot. This is defiantly a deadly weapon, however, it is not very fast and the reach is not very far.
The ninja team is not impressed. They step up with their own deadly weapon: the Ninjato. The ninja team mate readies himself, and then performs a series of deadly lightning fast slashes, two on the chest, and the last on the neck, nearly decapitating the dummy.
Dr. Dorian: There's no comparison really, the ninjato is longer, faster and deadlier. Therefore, the advantage will be given to the ninjas'
Edge: Ninja
Next the teams will compare the Maori's mid Taiaha to the Ninjas' long range blowgun and Shuriken.
The maori took hold of the taiaha and walked up to a hanging slab of beef. He took hold of the weapon in both hands, and went to town on the beef. The heavy wooden staff easily broke bones and flesh, and after a few more seconds, had reduced the beef to a bloody mess.
Dr. Dorian: This weapon is truly terrifying. It's so versatile, it can block or attack, and I think the ninjas will have a hard time beating that.
The ninja team takes a shot at a gel dummy with several shuriken. While most just bounce off, some do hit, but are only light scratches. The blowgun on the other hand, did manage to score some hits, but only when at a closer distance.
Dr. Dorian: Unfortunately for the ninjas these weapons just won't cut it. The shuriken are just plain ineffective and the blowgun only has a limited range in which it is genuinely useful.
Edge: Maori
Finally the two teams will test out their special weapons: The Ninja Kusarigama, and the Maori Shark Tooth Club.
The ninja steps up to his gel dummy and begins to twirl the chain of his weapon, causing the ball to spin rapidly. When he felt he'd gained enough momentum he threw the ball at the dummy, where it collided with the skull. Then he walked over and using the bladed end, stabbed the dummy straight threw the heart.
Next the maori walked up to a slab of meat and, after waiting for the signal, went to town on it with his shark tooth club. Soon the meat was nothing but shreds, sporting several deep gashes. And inside those gashes were places where shark's teeth had broken off in the body.
Dr. Dorian: Both of these weapons are very deadly, no doubt about it. But which one is deadlier? The club, provides several lacerations, and the teeth provide damage even after ward. However, the kusarigama is basically two weapons in one, is very versatile, and being steel is just a bit more powerful in terms of strength. That's why I have to give the edge to the kusarigama.
Edge: Ninja.
Narrator: With all the testing complete, Max Geiger uploads the data gathered from the tests into the battle simulation, developed by Slitherine Studio, to simulate a battle to the death between these two warriors. To make sure that victory isn't snatched by a single lucky blow, the battle will be simulated 1000 times. Who will win in this battle of opposites? The stealthy ninja, or the direct maori? Steel or Nature?
Primary Range Edge: Ninjas' Ninjato
Mid Range Edge: Maori's Stingray Spear
Secondary Weapon Edge: Maori's Taiaha
Special Weapon Edge: Ninjas' Kusarigama
It's time to find out which warrior is truly the deadliest. Max hits the button on the computer, and suddenly the screen goes "Matrix" on us.
The fight takes place in a densely wooded forest. In a small clearing, we see a ninja meditating, his ninjato placed across his lap. Suddenly he hears a strange chanting. He looks up and on the other side of the clearing, is a maori, performing the Haka.
The maori, his chant finished, picks up his stingray spear in one hand, and mere in the other and charges at the ninja.
The ninja stands wide eyed as the attacker is soon upon him. The maori jabs out with his spear, but the ninja bends over backward to avoid it. Quickly the ninja uses his ninjato to slice the spear in half.
Growling in annoyance the maori tosses his now defunct weapon aside and tries to bring down the mere club on the ninjas' head. The ninja steps back to avoid however, and returns the strike with his sword. The maori manages to deflect the blade with his club, the strong jade managing to withstand strikes from the longer steel sword.
After trading a few more blows, the ninja decides to try a different tactic and suddenly turns and runs; the maori in hot pursuit.
Spying a large log, the ninja hops up on it and tosses down his ninjato on the other side, while simultaneously reaching in to his pocket for a special surprise for his pursuer. Turning to face his charging opponent, the ninja quickly crushes the object in his hand, and tosses it at the maori.
The maori, has no time to react, and so is caught full in the face with the blinding black egg. Screaming in pain as the blinding agent goes to work on his eyes, his hands reflexively fly to his face; and he drops his mere club.
Seeing an opening, the ninja kicks the club off into the thick bushes. He then punches the maori in the gut, causing him to double over. The ninja then leaps over the log, grabs his sword and runs off into the thick foliage.
The maori somehow managed to get the blinding dust from his eyes, only to find himself alone on the edge of the clearing. The maori quickly went behind a tree where he had stored some of his spare weapons before the battle, and after arming himself with his taiaha and shark club began to search for his prey.
While trekking through the woods, he heard "fwick" noise, and turned his head as a small dart buried itself in the wood next to his head. He turned and saw the ninja loading another poison dart into the barrel, and quickly stabbing his taiaha into the ground picked up his shark club and charged unthinkingly at the ninja.
The ninja fired another dart, but unfortunately the dart hit the side of the shark club, which the maori had brought up to deflect the dart. Knowing he had no time to fire another shot, the ninja turned to flee. But before he made it far, or even had to time to grab his ninjato, the maori struck him across the back of the shoulder with the shark club, the teeth tearing at flesh.
Looking up and seeing the islander tower above him, the ninja tried to fend him off by throwing a shuriken. The metal star flew true and logged in the maori's thigh. This caused the maori to pause, which was all the time the ninja needed.
The ninja lashed out with his foot and caught the maori in the stomach, where he doubled over. He then kicked up, hitting the maori in the jaw. The maori stumbled back as the ninja quickly stood up and grabbed the maori's wrist. The ninja quickly karate chopped the maori in the neck, twisted the wrist holding the club, and jabbed his knee upward. The maori soon found himself out of breath and with out his weapon; and by the time he'd looked up the ninja was gone again.
The maori angrily picked up his taiaha and, forgoing all pre-tense of stealth, charged through the bramble. Soon he had found his way back to the clearing. Hearing a clink of metal he turned and saw his hated adversary, holding a wicked looking kusarigama.
The ninja twirled the weapon's chain slowly, but began to pick up speed. He tossed the metal sphere, but the maori ducked. He tried again , but the maori was able to bat the offending weapon away with his taiaha.
Now close enough to where swing the chain would be impossible, the ninja was forced to duck under a swing from the maori. The ninja was soon having to fend off more vicious swing using the blade end of his kusarigama.
But seeing an opening, the ninja managed to roll away from the maori and, putting some distance between them, began swing the chain again. By now both warriors were breathing heavily. The both new that the battle had to end here and now.
For a third time the ninja threw his chain, and again the maori batted at it with his taiaha. But this time the chain wrapped around the staff. Seeing this the ninja pulled on the chain. Hard. Not expecting this the maori found himself being pulled forward, and soon fell flat on his face.
Seeing a true golden opportunity, the ninja lunged forward with the bladed end of the kusarigama. With it he buried it into the back of the maori's neck, killing him instantly. The maori jerked under the ninja, then lay still. After making sure his opponent was truly defeated, the ninja gathered his gear and limped off to find a place to heal his wounds.
Winner: Ninja!
Ninja: 520
Kusarigama: 277
Ninjato: 180
Blowgun: 61
Shuriken: 2
Black Egg: 0
Maori: 480
Taiaha: 194
Mere: 121
Shark Tooth Club: 116
Stingray Spear: 49
Narrator: In this battle of opposites, it was the ninja who proved victorious. This was due largely to his ninjato and kusarigama which both had kills in the triple digits. The maori while scoring an impressive 480, and having three of his four weapons have triple digit kills, it simply wasn't enough to over come the skills of his opponent.
Dr. Dorian: I will say that the maori did have some weapons that impressed me. He did the best with the materials he had on hand, but, there is a reason we still use steel today for weapons instead of wood and bone.
We see the ninja, wearing fresh bandages for his wounds. He is sitting in a meditative pose once more, admiring the beautiful carvings on his new taiaha staff, at his feet, we see a shining jade club amongst his other equipment.
The End.
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