Fill 'er up!
We Don't Care What You Think
Hey! What the...
Thief!
Stop, thief!
Is something wrong?
Somebody stole his truck.
That one.
- Come in, station. This is... - Um, that's okay.
No it's not! Your truck's been stolen!
Never mind.
I-It's okay. Don't worry about it.
Hey! Hold it!
Hey!
Hold it!
Shit! Let go! Get off me, pig!
One of those bad elements, huh?
Hello, Takasaki Police Department.
This is Assistant Inspector Shinobu Nagumo...
with the Tokyo Metro Police's SV2.
I'd like to speak to Goto.
Mr. Goto?
National Safety Week Our Second Unit is supposed to be there...
National Safety Week as part of your centennial celebration.
And so, our hypothesis is that the target...
is currently heading north on the Kan'etsu Expressway.
This is the one? That unbelievable case where a thief...
stole a cargo trailer that had already been stolen?
According to the statement we got...
from that Beach House sympathizer we arrested, yes.
Now I've seen everything.
But what makes you think that the thief...
is going north on the Kan'etsu, Captain?
Because there's no sign that he's gotten off it.
Don't you know that if you close off the exits...
a highway is like the room in a locked-room case?
It's what's in the containers that worries me, though.
It's a demo Labor that was scheduled to be shown...
at the International Labor Show at Harumi three days from now...
but it was stolen the first time right after...
it arrived from West Germany last weekend.
Captain Nagumo is working on what happened after that...
but the manufacturer's being tight- lipped and hasn't told us much.
Who cares what happened?
All we have to do is stop it and take back the container, right?
I'm hoping that it's not...
gonna turn out to be a jack-in-the-box when we open it.
But I have a feeling it will.
Fujioka Exit
Huh? They have a checkpoint set up over there!
Can I speak to the person in charge here?
That's me. I'm Gunma Prefecture Police Superintendent Kusumoto.
Wow, the Superintendent came out to personally take charge?
That's amazing.
And your response time is excellent.
Well, I can't let regional police get a bad reputation.
This is really great.
But do you think you could take down the checkpoint right away?
What?
We don't want the thief to get off the highway.
So we don't want to make him nervous with checkpoints like this.
B-But...
Let's just assume for the moment...
that he's carrying something very dangerous in that container.
This is, mind you, highly probable.
What if he sees the checkpoint and uses it here in desperation?
Or what if he forces his way past you and uses it in town?
What would you do?
Report from the Fujioka Interchange!
A semi that they believe to be the target has just left the highway!
- What? - Oops.
This is GP2 Haruna.
Target spotted. Now pursuing.
The Foreign Affairs Section?
It looks like they were planning to smuggle the stolen container...
into the Communist bloc to raise operating funds.
Ah. Which is why Foreign Affairs is getting involved.
Chief Kaiho is wound up, trying to score points with this.
Try to rein him in, okay?
Could you hang on for a second?
Yes?
Everything is set up as you instructed.
Do all you can to catch the criminal before he leaves the prefecture.
- We're counting on you. - Yes, sir. We'll get right after him.
Where was I?
Never mind about the Chief, though.
Where do you think the first thief would have gone...
if it weren't for the second theft?
Niigata Harbor, maybe.
Bingo.
But still...
What are the chances that some other group set up the first thief?
None, I'd say.
Anyway, I don't have the slightest idea why he's driving that truck.
This is GP2 Haruna.
Target has gotten back onto the Kan'etsu at the Maebashi IC.
Roger. Stay on him.
Chief command car here. All cars, report in.
Kannagawa, ready!
Kaburagawa, ready!
Yamagawa, ready!
Torikawa, ready!
The target's just a few kilometers behind us, right?
How come we're going to all this trouble?
We can't get civilian traffic involved, you moron.
Geez, you're starting to think like Ota!
Don't say that!
What's that supposed to mean?
Where are we now?
Hey, Asanuma! Do you hear me?
Move along! There's nothing to see here!
So there's no chance he'll leave the highway before he reaches us?
His side-trip to Fujioka not withstanding...
considering that he got back onto a high-risk road like the highway...
it's safe to assume that he's heading someplace far away...
probably towards Niigata.
But what if there was some slip-up...
and he's really trying to make it past Mikuni Pass?
You sure worry a lot.
It's gotten me where I am today.
So you look before you make others leap, huh?
Two unidentified Labors have been spotted at Mikuni Pass!
What?
We're after a semi, right?
You crazy bastard!
Make sure you stop him, okay, Izumi?
Just leave it to me!
Here it comes!
No way!
I don't get it.
Why?
Sure, I stole the truck, but how come...
they're making such a big deal about it?
Pin the container!
What're you doing, Noa?
Get out of my way, Izumi!
You're in my way, Ota!
- Fight later! - Yeah!
Okay, criminal!
- Izumi! Get on the trailer! - Roger!
Unit 2! Get back onto the trailer! We're going after him!
Gotcha!
Shit!
I knew that was no ordinary container.
Who the hell are you?
Who am I? Who are you?
It's foolish to give your name when asked...
but when they talk about Yu'ichi Moritomo, code-named...
"The Wrath of the South Seas," member of the Beach House...
sympathizer group, the " Earth Defense Force Independents..."
they're talking about me.
What happened to Comrade Asanuma?
I don't know!
Are you a new contact?
I'm just a seasonal worker who stole the truck on impulse!
A seasonal worker?
Then you're one of us!
Another helpless victim of the government's twisted policies!
No, l...
Let's fight side by side!
Our dawn is fast approaching!
Um... that's west.
An archive container works on the same principle as a...
computer file archive: it stores a Labor by compressing its volume.
If you knew that, why didn't you tell us?
Until that Labor's arm popped out, I completely forgot about it.
And you're a cop?
You've got room to talk.
Cut it out, you two.
- This is partly your fault, Noa! - What?
Yeah! If you had moved faster, we could've pinned down the container!
But...
It's a good thing the container was set to send out a signal...
when it activated, because if it hadn't, we'd have lost it by now!
If Ota hadn't blocked the road, we could've chased after it!
Right?
Um... I suppose.
- See? - What?
Anyway, that happens because you're never paying attention!
Yeah, tell him! Tell him!
Shinohara, you son of a...
- What's your problem? - Ota, the way you...
Good work. What's the target's status?
Right this way.
Heading north on National Highway 17.
It's managed to outdistance us.
This may be sudden, but the Second Unit will now coordinate with SEE.
Shaft Enterprises Europe? That thing's manufacturer?
So is this to be a joint operation between Industry and the police?
They felt partly responsible for having caused a scandal...
so they asked to help.
And seeing as how one of our Labors is looking like that...
I don't see any reason for you to turn them down.
I have a meeting in the morning, so I have to go.
Don't let me down, Goto.
Some Labors have gotten past Mikuni Pass.
SEE is acting independently?
If they set up a joint operation, they justify their actions, right?
I think what they're really trying to do is destroy evidence.
I mean, what was in that container was smuggled into the country...
by SEE under the pretext of the International Labor Show.
The Type-7 Brocken is a bona fide military Labor.
It's not something that a civilian organization...
can just waltz into the country with.
Muika Interchange
Hey!
Are you okay?
C-Comrade.
Trade places with me and take this to Niigata Harbor.
Our foreign comrades are waiting at the central wharf.
I'm not your comrade, but I'm kind of in a hurry...
so lend me this for a little while, okay?
Once I've taken care of business, I'll bring it to the harbor.
This is pretty much the same as the ones I use at work!
Noa! At worst, this is gonna be 3-on-1!
If you're scared, trade with Ota!
Instead of consolation money, get me two premiere movie tickets.
Go see it with me once we get back to Tokyo.
Roger!
Trailer 2, raise your deck and block the road!
The SV2's Second Unit has taken custody of this Labor!
Thank you for your cooperation. Well done.
We'll wrap things up here, so please withdraw.
I warn you that further involvement will constitute...
interference in the performance of official duties.
Oh. You're going to try it, anyway. Officer Izumi? Take them on.
Don't worry about the Brocken.
In a straight-out slugfest, those guys have the edge.
Use your edge in speed!
Hey, that's easier said than done!
Smartass!
You're under arrest...
for interfering in the performance of official duties...
as well as destruction of public property!
Not too shabby.
It's not time for that yet! Behind you!
Get up, Noa! Get up! Noa!
Asuma!
I'm the kind of guy who repays his debts.
You...
You hurt my...
You hurt my Pattie!
Clothesline!
Plump and sound asleep.
Thank God. Thank God you're okay.
When I called last night, I... I...
What's going to happen to him?
Who?
Wasn't the guy driving that semi and piloting that Brocken...
somebody named Yu'ichi Moritomo?
Nobody knows about that guy in there.
If we wipe the monitor records from Unit 1...
there won't be any trace of him at all.
But Moritomo will talk!
Who are they going to believe?
The word of the Second Unit's captain or that of a criminal?
Unbelievable.
You know that's illegal.
He should get a medal for what he did!
We found out about all this because of him.
How could we arrest him?
I didn't see anything, I didn't hear anything.
Hey, why don't you go see the baby?
Oh, right.
Forget it.
Ah.
SV Units, go North!