Beyblade: Metal Fury S3 E18

## Plot

The episode starts with a treasure hunter blader named Ryuto solving a puzzle. He's basically a teenage version of Indiana Jones. He has white and red hair similar to Ryuga. His bey is Omega Dragonis. He's been looking for a bey with a star fragment in it, but finds a glowing gold scarab beetle instead. He's frequently accosted by the same three thieves over and over again. They might not be the same incompetent trio, but I just wanted to make a Team Rocket comparison, okay? They threaten him with knives. He throws the beetle, and when they go after it, they trigger a trap that causes the place to start collapsing. Don't worry, the thieves are still alive; we can hear them complaining from behind the wall, and Ryuto probably called the local authorities to pick them up. The next likely place for him to look is the titular Mist Mountain, also known as the mountain of no return. Meanwhile, Ginga, Yuki, Madoka, Kyoya, and Benkei have left the U.S. and met up with Nile and Demure somewhere in the African savannah to continue their search for the legendary bladers. They're also heading to Mist Mountain. If the data Madoka sent Nile and Demure from Russia is accurate, a star fragment fell there. For some reason, the whole mountain is covered in mist all year long, meaning that once they enter, they could get lost. Demure says the star fragment might not have fallen there by chance. There are ruins of an ancient civilization there, which flourished because of beyblade. It's also rumored that there's a guardian that protects those ruins even to this day, and is a descendant of that ancient civilization. They have to assume that the guardian is a legendary blader. Kyoya just hopes that whoever it is isn't like King, and the others actually agree with him. Yuki doesn't understand how the star fragment chose the legendary bladers it was going to fall on. Madoka wonders if it was the right call to leave King in the U.S. Ginga says they didn't have a choice. He and Masamune bonded so much that he didn't want to leave. At least if he's at the Dungeon Gym, Toby, Zeo, and Coach Steel can keep an eye on him. They reach Mist Mountain. Johannes, Bao, Aguma, and the rest of the Beylin Fist are also there. The heroes reach the ruins of the mountain and enter a maze. Luckily, Nile has a map that shows the path through it. There are also traps set up. Madoka and Ginga discover this the hard way when they lean against tiles on the wall that push in and send them down trapdoors. Ginga saves Madoka, but no one is able to save him. He's okay, but he can't climb back up. The others want him to wait there, but he sees light coming through a crack and decides to follow it to see if it's a way out. The others decide to keep moving through the maze. They might meet up with him along the way. No matter how far Ginga runs, the light just looks like it's getting further away, and then the pillars start collapsing. He meets Ryuto, who is embarrassed that he triggered a trap, and thinks Ginga is a member of the grave robbers he ran into before. He tells him that he won't hand over the star fragment to anyone. Ginga thinks he works for Johannes, and they battle each other. The others make it to the end of the maze. Nile decides to go back and look for Ginga, but before he can, they see the defeated Dragonis rise up from underground and land near them, with Cosmic Pegasus following suit, but it's still spinning. They see Ginga and Ryuto. Ginga tells him to go back to wherever he came from and give a message to Johannes, but he doesn't know who that is. He calls Ginga a grave robber, but Ginga says he isn't a grave robber, and Ryuto realizes that he's Ginga Hagane. He apologizes for the misunderstanding, finally introduces himself, and explains that he's a treasure hunter searching the world for something called the star fragment. He wants it so he can become the world's strongest blader. Yuki and Madoka wonder how he heard about the star fragment, and if there are other people out there like him. He decides to lead them to the temple as an apology for mistaking Ginga for a grave robber, and in exchange, they'll battle again once they get there to decide who gets the treasure.