Wait, Lupin!
Today's the day I won't let you get away!
Fire! Fire!
Hey, Pop! You're in a rut.
Oh, shut up! There is no rut for a guy fired up with obsession!
Fire!
Aye-yi-yi...
Ha! How do you like that?
It's what I call "Operation Sticky Rice Cake"!
Lupin, you're under arrest!
Hey, Pops, you did a pretty good job...
but that's not how it works.
Damn it! Chase him!
Hey, get off me!
Lupin, something like this won't keep me from giving up!
Life has its ups and downs, but in the end justice shall prevail!
That Lupin, he's really quite a guy.
Madam, it looks like it's gonna be a fun job again.
Doctor, please get started with the preparations.
Hey, sweetie, how do you like your candy?
I'd better get home soon and go to bed.
What's that?
Oh, man!
I wonder how a big hill got here without my knowledge.
Well, I guess I have no choice but to take a detour.
- Please don't go, Lupin.
- Hmm?
Whoa! It's a monster!
What's going on here? They're too huge.
"The Mysterious World of Madam X" (Madamu X no Fushigi na Sekai)
Fujiko dear...
I'm scared... Huh?
Are you awake, sir?
Madam X is waiting for you in the hall.
- Madam X?
- Yes, sir.
Ah, wait a minute!
Thanks for the great meal.
Now... Madam X, was it?
Do you mind telling me what is going on here?
What you see is what it is.
What I see is what it is?
So, that gigantic Fujiko... she wasn't a dream?
That's right.
Oh, come on! That's got to be some sort of trick!
Trick?
A magic trick! A hoax! A hallucination!
Her head is laughing!
This is not a magic trick or anything like that, Lupin.
There are many things in this world that are hard to believe.
Don't be ridiculous! What do you want?
Your life.
My life?
Please take a look.
They're wax figures, aren't they?
It's my hobby to turn celebrities into wax figures.
They look so real.
Of course they do.
I pour wax over the actual people themselves.
What did you say?
Are you surprised, Mr. Lupin?
The medicine I've invented...
keeps people preserved forever.
Fu-Fujiko!
Fujiko!
Don't worry. She's just sleeping.
Madam X, are you trying to kill us and...
You seem to have finally got it.
The only thing missing from my collection is...
Lupin and his gang.
Once I have all of you waxed, my collection will be complete.
You're a freaky old woman.
But I wonder if you're gonna succeed so easily.
Fujiko, I'm gonna rescue you right away.
Damn it!
You're too optimistic.
This place is far different from what you might think.
You'll never get out of here alive.
Mars!
Even Lupin is no match for my creature.
Damn you!
I'm sorry, Fujiko. I promise I'll rescue you later.
Here he comes again!
You should just give up, Lupin.
Uh... this is it...
I can't breathe! I can't breathe!
Jigen! Goemon! Help me! She's gonna turn me into a doll!
Something is bugging me.
You mean Lupin?
Right. He hasn't called now for over two days.
Strange, isn't it?
It's Lupin we're talking about.
He must be flirting with women. Don't worry.
I hope that's the case.
But even Pops lost sight of Lupin, and he's over there watching us.
It really bothers me.
Where the heck did Lupin disappear to?
Here!
- Back to you!
- Yours!
Wait, Jigen! Something is wrong here.
Let's see. "We have Lupin. If you want to save him...
"be at the cemetery at 12 A.M."
This may be a trap.
But we can't afford not to do anything, either.
Let's go, Goemon.
He's such a troublemaker.
Pops is so persistent.
We have no time to play with him. Just leave him alone.
- It's almost midnight.
- Right.
This is such an eerie place. What are they thinking?
Hey, Goemon!
Is this the work of an evil spirit?
Aah! Goemon!
Ouch... it hurts.
Good morning.
Now that you have been captured, it's really hopeless.
Huh?
Lupin, what's going on? We were looking for you.
Why are you hiding in such a place, Lupin?
This time you won't get away. You're under arrest, Lupin!
Don't bother, Pops. Even if you arrest me...
we can't get out of here.
We are...
...We're gonna be turned into wax figures.
Fujiko, my sweetheart, is also a prisoner here.
Hey, get hold of yourself, Lupin. It's not like you.
Easy for you to say, but I can't escape from here...
even with all my skills.
I have no respect for you, Lupin.
This is silly. Why can't you escape from this place?
You dummy! Don't!
Whoa... help me!
Lupin, what the hell is going on?
It happens here all the time.
Madam X doesn't belong to the ordinary world.
More importantly, we've gotta help save Pops! Hey, Lupin!
Goemon.
I think I've figured it out.
Did you figure out how this trick works?
We can assume Madam X's telepathy has caused these mysterious events.
We must find her and confront her! That's the only way to get out of here.
All right. Now that we know what the problem is, let's do something!
You just don't know when to give up, do you, Lupin?
Doctor, aren't you ready yet?
I'm almost ready. Bring them in.
Wh-what's that?
Goemon!
Calm down.
How can you calm down?
I'm running away.
Phew, that was close.
Unless we find Madam X right away, we're doomed.
Now we have all the members of Lupin and his gang.
Take a look, Lupin.
F-Fujiko!
Goemon!
She's not the one using telepathy. It's someone else!
How could it be?
Just give up.
I'll turn all of you into wax figures.
Wait a minute. I have nothing to do with them.
I'm not one of them. I'm a policeman.
You're just a footnote in this story.
A footnote?!
Who do you think I am?!
I'm leaving.
Doctor, Wax Figure Number One will be Inspector Zenigata.
All right.
He'll look quite good because his face is so irregular.
P-Pops! Pops!
You look so pathetic.
Listen, Madam X.
If I'm gonna die, then who gives a damn what happens?!
- Jigen!
- Yeah!
Jigen, that doesn't work. Target the machines.
Damn!
Lupin! Goemon!
It's no use trying to escape. Doctor, hurry up and do it!
Stop! Stop! I'll apologize if that will save us!
Hey, Goemon! Haven't you figured it out yet?
Damn! Calm down! Feel the power.
Goemon! Goemon!
You'll become a wax figure, Lupin.
Wax figures that I love...
Goemon!
Goemon...
Watch out!
I won...
Goemon, hurry up and rescue us. What are you doing?
Run quickly!
I won't let anyone have my wax figures!
They are mine! No one can have them!
They are mine!
So, Goemon, that boy was creating the illusions?
Right. He had amazing psychic powers.
He used telepathy to affect our brains, and to create illusions.
So, the mysterious world that we saw and that castle were all illusions.
But, now that I think about it, I feel sorry for that boy.
Madam X was just using him.
Madam X... huh?
I wonder if she's dead or alive somewhere.
By the way, what are we gonna do with Pops?
Why don't we leave him as is? He's kind of annoying, you know.
That's a little too cruel.
Everything is taken care of, Pops.
Now, gotta go, see ya!
Are you gonna be in a rut again?
Wait, Lupin! I'm not done with you yet!
Wait, Lupin!
Suicide Beam... a dose of it makes you feel like killing yourself.
The Basala Army developed this weapon.
They were trying to shoot me...
because they were after the jewels that I had hidden in India.
I don't want to die yet. The next episode...
"Holy Cow" (Flowers of Suicide Bloom in India.)
See ya!
"Flowers of Suicide Bloom in India"