Lupin the 3rd (ルパン三世)

Hmph.

Ah, ha!

Hmm.

You worry too much, Victor.

They only got away with a notebook.

- That notebook has the combination to the safe in it.

Huh?

What in the world?

Why did you-- -

Whoa!

Stop!

Nice work there, rookie.

Hm.

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This place is as deserted as ever.

The quintessential definition of nowhere.

Indeed.

- Have you two noticed how all of our jobs

have gone off without a hitch lately?

- Zenigata has not intervened. - Exactly.

And since persistence is the guy's middle name,

it's starting to freak me out.

- Perhaps his inability to apprehend us

has shaken his confidence and he has resigned

to wander the land as a ronin.

- - Nah, not that guy.

- Well, he has been pursuing Lupin III, the greatest thief

in the entire world, after all.

It's an achievement that he's actually almost caught me

as often as he has-- right, guys?

- - Hey, don't sound so excited.

Real lively, huh?

- We have been here before. Why return?

- Well, if you do a little digging,

you can find a lot of loot ripe for the taking.

We might be in the middle of nowhere,

but this is where the Russian mob does its banking--

the Yevgeny Bank.

The Kraken House is a jewelry chop shop

where they recycle and sell stolen wares.

And the famous one-winged Venus, an authentic piece

from the time of the Culovini Dynasty,

was acquired by a previous mayor as a spoil of war.

- Would you take a look at that?

Cops rushing to protect mafia money.

- All right. Up, up, and away.

Hm?

Hm.

Hmm?

Huh?

What's this?

We're under attack!

Get to the rear!

What now?

Huh?

- Give that back. Get back here!

Jump on!

Hey, take them out.

- Somebody has spirited the target away.

What the heck's going on?

Did someone swipe our loot?

Huh?

- Hey, watch it! It wasn't me.

I wasn't involved. Give it a rest, would you?

You guys trying to kill me?

Say what?

Zenigata was one of the thieves?

That explains everything.

The execution was like clockwork.

I believe someone like Zenigata could manage such a feat,

as he has witnessed your methods countless times.

He has learned from your example, Lupin.

Kind of sad that the master got out-heisted by the student.

- What reason would Zenigata have for copying my act?

- It's obviously got to be some kind of trap, right?

- He feigns undertaking the same line of work as us.

Once our guard's down, he gets us.

You just cut something?

- Just don't go chopping the car in half, man.

That's disrespectful.

Hey, the shutters are coming down.

All righty, then. Time to go to work.

Hold it, Lupin. - Huh?

Who are they?

No frickin' way.

- Hey now, isn't the manager of Kraken House supposed

to be off partying with his paramour right about now?

Then these people are--

Hmm.

Nicely done, guys.

Did you think copying me would throw me off

or something like that--

though I admit it did come as a bit of a surprise.

But you know, there's no way I'm going to let you slap

the cuffs on me that easily.

- Crap! It was a trap!

Lupin.

Huh?

Hey!

We're trapped.

- Sounds like the heat is already on their way here.

You're right.

Come.

- Why, that little-- let's go.

- He didn't even bother giving Lupin a second glance.

Just ran off with the loot.

I see.

Perhaps Zenigata truly has fallen from grace.

What do you mean?

- Dismissed from the force due to his lack of results,

but with no other way of earning a living,

he can only think of using our methods to make money.

So I'm his role model?

Give me a break.

I'm all set here.

Let's do this.

- What's going on? A blackout?

What happened to the emergency power?

What was that?

- Come to Papa. The good one--

- They're getting away! - Hold it right there!

Stop, you thieves!

Hi there.

- What are you waiting for? Shoot him!

- Notify every police officer in town

and hunt them down.

Yahoo!

Thank God for this snow, huh?

Hey, don't worry-- first degree burns heal up in no time.

Seryoga.

Damn.

Come on.

Noooo!

- It would seem these people are not police after all.

- Hey. - It's you again?

You're always so friendly.

Even I have to admit, pops, you did a hell of a job.

Tell me something-- why are you stealing all this stuff anyway?

- Why would I ever tell a thief like you?

- Is it money? - What?

- That doesn't really sound like you though.

- I don't need money. - Oh, that's so?

Then why'd you steal the statue?

- There's something I'm looking for,

and I absolutely have to find it no matter the cost.

I get the feeling that each theft

brings me closer to finding it.

Hey, Mr. Thief, what's your name after all?

- You should be telling me yours first.

True enough.

But unfortunately, I don't know what my name is.

That's what I'm searching for.

I need to learn who I really am.

Nothing else matters.

You mean, you don't--

Moneta.

That's the name I'm going by for now.

Yeah!

We'll cross paths again.

You've done it now.

Shut it.

This guy.

Hey, you OK, pal?

- So you don't even have the slightest clue who you are?

- Well, there ain't much we can do about that

with no I.D. on you.