Cyborg 009: Call of Justice (CYBORG009 CALL OF JUSTICE)

Damn it. Where the hell is the enemy?

002, 003, come on.

Don't take all day now.

Joe.

Ivan, I've got your milk.

Listen.

Behave yourselves. I mean it.

Yeah, yeah.

Ms. Davenport, what exactly do you want to hear from us?

Why come all this way?

It's urgent. Needless to say, it concerns your past.

Our past?

Don't be clueless.

I mean what the U.N. and world governments have covered up,

all those military actions you were involved in.

Military actions, you say?

Doctor, we--

There seems to be some sort of misunderstanding.

No, I don't believe so.

This photo was taken in 1965.

At that time, a giant robot appeared in Tokyo,

causing a huge uproar.

As I'm sure you can see, the man in this photo is clearly you.

And this one was taken the following year,

1966, in Vietnam.

The man standing next to that odd-looking,

high-tech black weapon, that's you, isn't it?

And later that year

in the Aegean Sea, a volcanic island

suddenly exploded and sank.

There, the person flying right beside the eruption,

that would be you, correct?

Oh, believe me,

I have plenty more photos of you people.

1967, the Middle East.

-1975, Bolivia. -

1976, Venezuela.

1979, Southeast Asia.

1985, New York.

Whenever some kind of conflict or crisis has occurred,

there have also been multiple sightings of you people,

and in every case,

you looked exactly the way you do right now.

Just how do you explain all of this?

You people are cyborgs, aren't you?

Built by Dr. Gilmore.

Impressive research.

You have us all figured out, then?

Of course I do.

Code name 001. Ivan Whisky. Russian national.

Possesses prodigious intelligence

and telepathic powers.

Ditto 002. Jet Link. U.S. national.

Able to fly at the speed of sound.

003 would be Françoise Arnoul.

French national.

Possesses superhuman sight and hearing.

004, Albert Heinrich.

German national.

Has weapons installed throughout his body.

005, Geronimo, Jr.

U.S. national.

Possesses a steel-like body and superhuman strength.

006, Chang Changku. Chinese national.

Spews white-hot flames from his mouth.

Ai-yah.

007, Great Britain.

British national.

Able to shape-shift into anything

through molecular conversion.

Piece of cake.

008, Pyunma.

Kenyan national.

Able to function at deep sea levels.

And finally 009, Joe Shimamura. Japanese national.

Possesses the ability to move at supersonic speed.

Listen, I've got to be honest with you.

It's hard to believe the technology

for advanced cyborgs already existed in the sixties,

and yet the truth is that's exactly what all of you are.

Yes, your hunch was correct. Like you said, we're cyborgs.

But know this. None of us became one by choice,

and we haven't been fighting

under anyone else's orders either.

Where am I?

Who are you?!

What are you doing to me?

Where am I?

Huh?

I'm--I'm alive.

Impossible.

What's happened to me?

Well done, 009.

You've passed with flying colors.

We were abducted and changed.

It was Black Ghost, a mysterious organization.

They are responsible.

We were created as a new breed of soldiers for the nuclear age

so that Black Ghost could take over the world.

So you're saying you had no idea of this

when you took on the job?

None at all.

I was under the impression that I was doing research

to augment human capabilities through science and cybernetics.

Black Ghost also said that our subjects were donors

who agreed to participate voluntarily.

Dr. Gilmore, he was the one

that figured out their diabolical intentions.

He took us under his wing,

and together we fought back against them.

And then? Whatever became of it, this Black Ghost organization?

Uh...

After a prolonged battle, we finally did it.

Against all odds,

we successfully destroyed Black Ghost.

Foolish boy.

That won't have any effect on me.

No matter what you use, no power in existence can annihilate me.

What did you say?

You might succeed in destroying me,

but that doesn't mean you've brought about

-the demise of Black Ghost. -Hmm?

And that's because the being you see before you

is nothing more than a single cell

of what you call Black Ghost.

Some kind of barrier.

Utterly futile.

Then how 'bout this?

I'm not going to give up.

I will never do that!

Listen to me. If you're nothing but a single cell,

then I'm going to destroy every last cell in sight,

right down to the last one.

Is that so? Impossible.

And why?

Because in order to kill

every incarnation of Black Ghost,

you'd have to kill every single human being on Earth.

Huh? What do you mean?

Just what I said.

Black Ghost was created from what lurks inside human souls,

a monster created from the malice

and unseemly desires of humans.

You see? It's unstoppable.

009, watch this now.

It's the end of Black Ghost.

It's like a science fiction story, isn't it?

I guess that's what it might sound like to you.

All right, then. Assuming this is all true,

after you destroyed Black Ghost,

why did you and your people continue fighting?

Even though Black Ghost had been destroyed,

there was still war in this world.

You see, we knew we could help,

so we battled suspect parties and led covert operations

behind the scenes of international conflicts.

So to continue your cover,

you established the Gilmore Foundation?

Yes, exactly.

But, of course, once the Cold War had ended,

that was the end of that as well.

I do remember it.

It happened several weeks

after that historic U.S.-Soviet summit.

At United Nations headquarters in New York,

a meeting was held concerning major powers

reducing their armaments stockpiles,

and it was afterwards that things went south.

The end of the Cold War

will usher in an era of peace for us all.

Please, Dr. Gilmore. You must be aware

that the Communists aren't our only enemies.

It's very likely that a new foe will confront us soon enough.

You can rest assured.

These enemies you describe are exactly

what my Zero-Zero cyborgs will be on the lookout for.

With them operating under the banner

of a so-called "Mini U.N.,"

we will pursue our goal of maintaining world peace.

So, gentlemen, I hope that you'll seize this opportunity

- to achieve disarmament-- -That's the problem right there.

They have the powers of a small nation's military.

With such powerful weaponry there in your hands,

who can guarantee that you yourselves

won't emerge as that new world threat?

Wait. What are you saying?