Sorry, but she doesn't suit ya
You guys get back!
Impressive
Why didn't you let me down first?! That was dangerous!
I'll take her back now Think you can get outta here?
I'm not very good at giving up Neither is Mr Nabikov
Be seein' ya!
Wwhy?
Damn! Jigen!
Are you all right?! How 'bout you?!
I guess
What the?!
Aah!
Your notorious Combat Magnum and Zantetsuken
are useless against this magnet
Don't move your legs, now
That there's an antipersonnel mine One step and all hell breaks loose
But if that doesn't kill you, this will
Take your pick
Well, when you see Lupin, tell him I'll see him again someday
Now what?! Die full of holes, or die blown up
I don't want either!
What is this?!
The power went out and the mine deactivated
What about the bomb?!
It's active! It must be different!
Let's scram! Will we make it?!
It appears they refuse to let us escape!
The end of Lupin's gang
Did the good Lord keep you safe?
Who ARE you?!
Instead of praying to God
how's about a miracle?
Lupin! Lupin!
Is it really? Lupin!
But how?
All my past deeds were so bad I got kicked out of Heaven AND Hell!
Get serious! Ow! OK, OK!
It was more thanks to this old friend and not God
I was definitely lucky that Jigen had given my Walther back
That's my beloved Waltherchan for ya!
Oh? Then what about me?! Oh? Do I sense jealousy, Fujikochan?
But how did you survive such a high fall?
That'd be this
Yep, good thing I had that giant airbag with me!
What's more
lucky for me, I found the perfect stunt double
The rest was a little charismatic makeup work!
I get it So when Nabikov checked the body
That's right
So, now what will we do? Ain't it obvious?
Carry out our original plan and get the treasure back!
The broach that grants world domination?
We need money, not the world! I got cheated out of everything I own!
Still more into money than love, huh
How much is ''everything''? 80 million dollars
In Japanese yen, that's 9 billion
Whoa! You saved up that much?! Call me Ms Reliable
Whadya say we split it when I get it back?
No! But get it back! You KNOW
I wanna settle the score with Nabikov I wish to collect funds
Alright, alright It seems you all have your own objectives,
but for now, we're taking a vacation to a southern island!
Vacation?! Yup!
I guess Japan's too far
The minute I say I'm resigning, they tell me to pay my own way back
But I have no money left
Here comes another one!
L Lupin?!
Oh?! Having fun hitchhiking?
Lupin! You're alive?! Yep! Just peachy!
Then you're under arrest! You just never give up
Later, Pops!
Lupin!
So long, Pops!
Lupin!
Lupin! I'm SO glad you're alive!
Outta the road, moron! Idiot!
Ow!
So why'd we come to this island?
The only guys out here are underwater oil riggers
Isn't it obvious? We're gettin' rich off of oil, too
Yeah, right! Oil's all dirty! Talk about selfcentered
Nobody said WE were going to drill
They already drilled plenty enough; we don't need to bother with
What do you see? Two large, stunning mountains
He never learns He lacks training
Bingo!
''Richman Oil'' has a nice ring to it!
You the president here? Can I help you?
I earned quite a bit during the '97 Asian monetary crisis
What trick do you have to please me this time, Cynthia?
The ultimate means Ultimate?
A war
Many modern corporations have used wars to grow much larger
In short, can you not say wars are the ultimate business chance?
If we're to expand our control any further
But how do you start wars in this day and age?!
All we need is for a dictator to appear
Yes The charisma to draw mankind in
This ring is definitely your old man's work
I see
It's not worth much 'cause of this scratch, though
But it's NOT a scratch, is it?
No, it's secret writing we craftsmen often engrave
What's that?
Something like an old film or slide projector, I suppose
Hieroglyphics Where from?
It's ancient Mayan 3rd century Central America
What's it say? You don't need to know
I don't have any cash on me
Can't use cards out here in the mountains
Thanks for lending me your shop That's OK Nothing else going on
Thanks a bunch!
This much? Are you sure?
It's all yours
It's a fact there's tons of oil hidden on the ocean floor,
but nobody's ever hit the big one
Hit the mother lode and you're filthy rich The modernday gold rush
Yep! It's been great for my business, too!
Hidden oil and hidden Lupin
Which would I be more likely to find?
No, I mustn't be weak!
I MUST find him
They fired us without any warning! We can't help it!
Still, you need to pay your hotel bill
Tell it to the oil company that laid us off!
What's with them?
They say they lost their jobs and can't pay their bill
An oil company, huh?
Yes Just last week they said they struck oil,
but it suddenly dried up two days ago
Then the next company over supposedly hit it big
They do say drilling for oil is like gambling That's too bad
Oh yeah
Have you seen these people?
No
I see
Although we're still in the prospecting stage,
our underwater oil field
boasts an extraction rate of 5000 gallons per minute,
and the deposit has been confirmed to contain 670 million tons
and 200 billion cubic meters of natural gas
After the tour, I will explain the terms for investing in our company
Then we will draw up a formal contract with the company we choose
I already said I accept your terms! Just give me the contract!
We'll pay more! What?! Stay out of this!
This is a domestic affair!
Now, now Many people want this contract,
so I must give everyone a chance to name their price
You're just trying to hike up the price! Yeah!
We've taken our own risks to come this far This is business
Hey! It's slowing down! Is it leaking somewhere?
It's all over if they find out we're stealing oil from our neighbor!
Understood I will check
This, too, is for training and funds!
Everything's so hitech and simple these days
I put the image I secretly took with Digicamchan into PCchan
and after some processing I drop it into an ancient language translator
and voila the puzzle is solved!
A bunch of numbers, huh? So it's not decoded yet?
Wait The numbers only go up to 26
Which means
if I convert them into letters
But where's the romanticism in this?
''We have sealed the symbol of greed and ugliness of mankind
which has brought chaos and total destruction to human society
in the hopes it will never appear in our history again''
''September 22, 1958 Written by Rick Fishbarn''
This is some bigheaded message Sandy's grandpa wrote
Well, that's enough for hitech
Now it's the world of romanticism involving smarts and experience!
Lupin!
Oh, Sandychan! How'd it go? Perfect! I landed a job!
Really?
Yeah! I'll be singing at a club in town
That's not bad at all Good for you!
Yeah!
So the Middle East is OK? How about the new oil fields on Cari Island?
They've hit the biggest deposit in years, including natural gas
All the major oil companies are there to get the contract
But what are we gathering all this oil for?
Are we starting a war or something? It's already started
OUR war, that is
That's right
I'm making a bet Gather all the funds you can
Huge profits? Naturally
Have I ever failed to get what I want?
Point taken I wouldn't be living in Beverly Hills had you ever
I trust you, Cynthia
Puttin' on dancing shoes
Gonna lead me straight to you
Hey! Get me another drink!
You've had enough, Mister!
Aw, shaddup! I can't find Lupin, so all I can do today is drink!
I have it so tough!
I dunno what your story is, but you're not the only one who has it tough!
That man there, he drilled for oil for 50 years
Then three days after he sells his place, oil starts gushin' out!
He really must have it tough
This one's on me! Thanks
But it's so strange What is?
It's not possible Striking oil there in only 3 days
But you can't help that
Whoops
That's them! You know them?!
They're the ones who bought me out!
What?!
Well?
We can start your war any time you want
out its game
Puttin' on dancing shoes
Gonna lead
THIS is the best club on the island?
I mean, it's the best by far!
all night through
How was I, Lupin?
Marvelous! Whitney doesn't even compare!
Thanks! When you say that, I feel like I can succeed!
Now you just need a big break I bet you could even get a major debut!
Even if I do, I won't forget about you, Lupin
Thank you
By the way, didn't your mom live here before she went to America?
Yeah I heard the Fishbarn family was pretty well off
Could you do another song, Sandy? OK!
Do you know where the Fishbarns lived?
The Fishbarns? Oh, them
They were ruined after the coup in '75
I believe the new government also confiscated their home
So Sandy's mom took refuge in America
What's their home used for now?
The army hospital, I think
HospitaI, huh...
Take me,
or leave me Darn it!
The house he told me about was empty
I never would've drunk had I known it'd be this easy
to find out about him!
Nope! I'm not drunk! As long as Lupin's out there
Drunk?
Yeah! Maybe he is, too! I'll ask around!
Welcome
Damn, he's aIready here?!
Things're gonna get tough now,
and I was just about to visit the hospitaI where Sandy's famiIy
HospitaI?
I just had a great idea!
I am NOT drunk! Pops!
L L L Lupin!
Hiya, Pops! You're earlier than I expected!
You're under arrest, Lupin!
or a shoulder to lean on
Don't you know the saying,
''Don't drink and chase, don't chase and drink?''
What?!
Catch me if you can!
I got you now, Lupin!
Gotcha, Lupin!
Who're you?
Call an ambulance!
I'm telling you, I'm Inspector Zenigata of the ICPO!
I caught the notorious international thief, Lupin the 3rd,
but he turned into this other man
Whatever you say, drunk!
I am NOT drunk
Do we charge him for spying? This moron?
All he did was bodily harm
You showed up at just the right time, Pops.
Thanks to you, I got a free ride into the hospitaI...!
Now, then...
So THAT'S it!
The current king is nothing more than a puppet
We, the military, have true control
over our country's government, economy, and law
So you can have any kind of dispute you want
even a war
How were you able to contact the military leader on such short notice?
We're old friends Afghanistan, the Middle East
I see
Now, about this war of yours
We don't need a dictator nowadays
We'll launch simultaneous guerrilla attacks in the Middle East, Africa,
the Americas, and other oilrich countries
While making sure OUR cover isn't blown, of course
We'll make terrorist attacks and ethnic conflicts and the like
look like acts of antigovernment factions
We can then develop this into an allout world war
When that happens, whoever controls the oil can control everything
You're a real businesswoman You don't like businesswomen?
Not as long as we both share common interests
Wars today aren't about killing the most people
They're about who can steal the most money
I leave you to create the world's greatest ''Oil Shock''
Oil prices will go through the roof once the Asian markets open!
Buy like crazy while there's time!
The patterns on the decoration tiIes on the hospitaI fIoors and waIIs
are the same Mayan symboIs used in Sandy's grandfather's code
and pretty much most of that Ietter...
In other words, the message is written aII over this hospitaI...
These are the onIy cIues about the broach...
If I compare the symbols on the tiles with the ones on the ring
and remove all commonalities
and then convert those results using our alphabet pattern
and then search for words out of all possible combinations
Main bed? Ah, the master bedroom
Place a sketch from when Sandy's mom lived there
on top of the hospital's blueprint, and the master bedroom was
the operating room, huh?
Well, can't really work during the day
Mysterysolving time's over!
And now
And now I say adieu until it IS time for work!
For you!
Well, I'm all better now! Bye!
I'm sorry, but we have no intentions of transferring control
I'm home!
I solved the puzzle!
Basically
Then how about a joint venture?
Ajoint venture?
Doing business just because you struck oil must be tough
Won't the commercialization facilities require a large investment?
But if it's managerial control you want
How much?
That's a hefty price
I heard it was at $10,000
It's the going rate
In return, what do you say to 25% of our company stock
and 50% of the extracted amount until the deposit is depleted?
I'd have to insist on 50% of your stock
Must be pretty loaded to pay that much for stolen oil
Guess I'll say hello to our new business partner!
Wait! Lupin!
Let's have a toplevel conference, Cynthia
Lupin!
Surprised I'm alive?
Yyes
So this is your company
Yep I heard you guys were going after oil, so I beat you to it
By only one dollar, though
Fujiko That'll be all
Ow!
Take your time!
What's her problem?
Is this payback for that $1 outbid?
Nope Just business
It's all water under the bridge now
How does 100 billion dollars sound?
And your stock percentage?
30 Make it 40
How's 35?
When do we get the money?
It's a large amount I'll need to get the board of directors' approval
Think you could do it today? That's an unrealistic request
Make it realistic and I'll throw in an extra bonus
The broach that the ring leads to
You solved the puzzle?!
''Set a thief to catch a thief'' So why would you give it to me?!
It's only fun up until you solve the puzzle
Just like thieves and stealing
Yes Just like stealing
Welcome aboard, partner!
I'm really into her!
Lupin
Are you in love? Yeah, right! She's dangerous!
Exactly! I'll have you know!
Oh That's too bad For once, a girl feels that way about you
What?!
Hey, now, Fujiko!
Girls can tell these things
Antigovernment and terrorist groups will be receiving these tomorrow
All at once, the world will go
''Bye!'' Peace is as good as dead!
''Welcome, wartime!''
Excuse me, sir!
About the man we caught last night who claims he's from the Interpol
Interpol?
I told you! Call the ICPO and see who I am!
They'll tell you I'm a famous inspector out to get Lupin the 3rd!
We DID contact them
But they faxed this back
''An 'Inspector Zenigata' does not exist in our current records''
That can't be
Oh no! My letter of resignation!
Haven't I seen you before?
You're the one who shot Lupin!
Mr Zenigata Is Lupin alive?!
Oh, Cynthia?
Don't worry The others said they sent you the funds
But even I was nervous about this
After all, this is 100 billion we're gambling If we were to lose
we'd be known as the biggest fools in the world
But that won't happen, will it, Cynthia? No
Our 100 billion will grow several dozenfold
Maybe I'll buy myself a castle A country would be fine
I trust you, Cynthia
Good night
A smoky room
Ajazzy tune
I looked across
And then, there was you
Lady Luck
She transferred us the money Dry Manhattan
Homesick? You usually drink Scotch
Probably her voice
Probably
Well, then
Pardon me
Thanks
Time to settle the score
I'm good, if I do say so myself! Quit saying so yourself!
Ow!
Find it? You sure it's in here?
I gave you the pictures
Keep looking around; it should be on the floor
Easier said than done! The whole place is full of tiles!
Go complain to Sandy's grandpa!
Lupin! You find it?!
Lupin's inside! Kill him on sight!
This is the mysterious broach that turns its owners into rulers?!
Yeah Looks like you'd find it in a yard sale, though
Nothing beats all our years together!
No horseplay inside the hospital!
I thought you said no horseplay? Just as long as the nurses don't see!
There's no end to 'em!
Lupin?
I see You're not surprised he's alive?!
Don't tell me the oil company you partnered with was
That's right Both the oil and the broach will be mine
What did you say?!
Damn, these guys are annoying!
OK! Then let's go check out some ladies!
Ooh! Nice!
See! They had red ones! There WERE purple ones!
Lupin!
Yahoo!
Lupin!
After them!
Where are you Fujiko?! Come save us!
Listen, Lupin! You know the 100 billion?!
I moved it to another account, so we're in the clear!
Goodbye, poverty! Hello, designer brands!
You're hopeless Hey! Ahead of us!
An army base?!
As I said, I've confirmed that Lupin is still alive!
I was hoping you could void my resignation
Eh? You don't need me? But I've put in years of hard work!
What?! I'm incompetent?! Hello?!
Hello?!
It's no use
The cord's cut, Pops So it is
Lupin! You're under arrest!
Are you sure YOU'RE not the one under arrest?
What?!
Later, Pops!
Whew! We're really lucky all of a sudden!
You gonna be a dictator? Maybe with women!
Good luck, my ass! They got us surrounded!
Leave it to Goemonchan to make a perfect entrance!
Same ol' pattern, though
Patterns are also a part of training!
Yet more trifling things
cut too much!
It all serves as training!
What's with all the dangerous stuff?
They gettin' ready to start a war?
Ah! So that's why ol' Cynthia wanted oil
Huh?
Geez
So she's gonna start wars in other oilrich areas and rake in the dough
Pretty girls ALWAYS think they can get their way
You have a chip on your shoulder? Tons of 'em!
End of the line!
You really did it this time, Lupin! You crushed her dreams and mine!
Dreams? Ha! Of an outofdate warmonger?
The century of war is over now
I bet you just want power so you can impress the ladies
Half of that matches your dream Aw, shaddup!
You won't talk so big once you're dead!
Careful
You wouldn't want the stuff behind us to blow up, now
If you want chicks, buy flowers, not those
Flowers suit pretty girls, not bombs
Don't!
Fujiko!
I appreciate the help, but why?
I do want money and designer brand stuff,
but a girl's grudges are even scarier!
Where's Lupin?
He is still inside
You're not gonna run?
I know I just ended your second-rate dreams,
but you can't beat me and my newfound luck!
No! There's one dream left!
Killing the world's greatest thief
and getting the world's greatest woman!
Lupin! Lupin!
I thought we were goners
Guess this really does bring good luck!
I TOLD you flowers suit women better than bombs
You can have the rest of your dream in the next world
Unfortunately, the plan has failed
It will take at least 6 months to reattempt
All right I'll mull it over back at the office
Room 1001
I'm sorry to ask, but could you pay your hotel bill?
Why?! You have a copy of my card!
Yes, but your card has become invalid
How can that be?!
The money in your account reached zero
Lupin!
What did you do?
The lesson is that it's not smart to hand over checks carelessly
Especially to someone good at forging signatures
You were that watchmaker?!
The money you sent from your company wasn't enough,
so I used plenty more, even to build that oil platform
That was fake, too? Yup
We borrowed the oil for a limited time from the next platform over
I leaked that info onto the Net, so BOW's stock'll probably nosedive
Congratulations, You're flat broke as of this morning
Oh
I guess this is all I have left again
Your lust for this was your undoing
My father wanted it
He was a dictator of a small country
He was assassinated during a revolt
Just before we could escape
So you wanted the broach so you could follow in his footsteps?
Dictators are long out of fashion, you know
Even this country's commander told me
But I could've been a financial dictator! I see
Last chance
If the water spills, you lose The winner gets the broach
What do you say?
You're an awful man
I've always wanted to be told that
A dollar is nothing to scoff at
Did Lupin check out?!
Cynthia Craymov
His Royal Highness has requested help from the Interpol
You're under arrest on suspicion of rebellious and terrorist activities!
So? Who wound up rich?
Fujiko, I'd guess She always runs off with the dough
Can hardly even buy a paper thanks to her
Goemon!
What's up, Goemon? I thought you were doing religious training?
She disappeared
The priestess took all the alms I collected and vanished
So you lose, too! How cruel
That reminds me, Lupin What did you do with that broach? A smoky room
It's the only treasure we got Gave it away A jazzy tune
You gave it away?! Who to?! I looked across And then, there was you
Lady Luck is on my side tonight
Lupin! Is that Yep It definitely brings good luck! Lady Luck is on my side tonight
She didn't need it to make it big, but a promise IS a promise Your smile's so warm in candlelight
To the broach's good fortune And life's a flame
Lupin!
An amber flame
Help me!
That's burning bright Playing out its game
Some broad just run by?! No
What happened? Gonna sing my special song tonight
She didn't pay up! All the way from Florida, too! Gonna sing my special song tonight
Gonna find my way to you all right
What was that about, Fujiko?
I got ripped off! Like stars that cross only once now and then
I invested the 100 billion dollars Like stars that cross only once now and then
in stocks and then they nosedived! Like stars that cross only once now and then
It's ALL gone! Like stars that cross only once now and then
Coming so close and yet parting
Two carefree travelers meeting again
Found you, Lupin! Two carefree travelers meeting again
Your persistence has gone up by 100 times, Pops! Two carefree travelers meeting again
Each time we meet love begins
Let's go! Each time we meet love begins
After them! Get them! This way! Each time we meet love begins
And life's a Flame
Never the same
But burning bright
Playing out its game
Puttin' on dancing shoes
Gonna lead me straight to you
Get back here, Lupin! Gonna lead me straight to you
So dance with me all night through