In the final, brutal confrontation, the train became a floating arena. Amidst the clanging steel and rushing wind, A-No.-1 and Shack faced off with axes and chains. It wasn't about politics or money; it was a pure, primal struggle for dominance—the Emperor of the North Pole versus the Law of the Line.

As the train thundered toward Portland, the stakes turned bloody. Shack began to dismantle his own train to find them, his obsession turning into a localized war. He set fire to a car, hoping to smoke them out, indifferent to the damage as long as he saw his prey bleed.

The train disappeared into the horizon, carrying the only true Emperor into the mist, leaving the pretenders behind in the mud.

A-No.-1 eventually cast the broken conductor into the dust of the tracks, but his victory was somber. As Cigarette cheered, bragging about "their" win, A-No.-1 threw the kid off the train into a nearby river.