And now, the last item up for bid. Program number 308: ''Innocent''.
This painting is eighty years old, and was the last work of art to...
...be produced while the world was still ecologically healthy.
Sotheby's requested opening price: 700 million dollars.
Yes! 800 million... 800 million...
Yes! 900 million... 900 million...
Going once... Going twice...
Sold! For 900 million dollars, the painting, ''Innocent''.
After a one week cooling-off period, ''Innocent'' will be formally sold...
..for 900 million dollars. Thank you very much...
DOMINION
''CRlME ETHIC''
Hot Dance in Cherry Moon!
The glass ship sails above the skyline...
And in stardust, two lives meet.
No one really wants to say, fashionable lines.
They just want to admit how lonely they are, my love!
Your unadorned face, is enough to heat me up!
The kiss l've been waiting for is the spark...
...that ignites my heart!
Your unadorned face, whispers to me:
''Love my dreams, love my tears.''
Hot dance in Cherry Moon...
Buaku, why'd we have to take such a bogus job?
Yeah! We had plenty of good offers. Why'd you have to turn them down?
That old guy's drug smuggling job sounded like fun.
And the hold-up that the government guy offered was pretty good too.
Now that the Counselor's dead, we could've met the boss ourselves!
There are three types of work a man does for no money at all.
First is for his life's work. Second is for obligation...
And this is for your life's work?
I'm still working on that...
So, this is for obligation?
We owe nothing to no one!
Then what?! ls it for the 900 million dollars?
OW! What'd you do that for?
I said there were THREE types of work you do for no money!
Quit complaining and concentrate on this job! Paddle faster!
He's been acting weird!
REALLY weird. He isn't himself at all!
Here! Here it is! lt's gotta be! Okay, if anything happens...
...we meet at the usual place in 24 hours. Got it?
Uni, he said in 24 hours. Do you have a watch?
Nope. How about you?
Don't own one...
- Oh, never mind. - Yeah, yeah!
IT'S SHOWTIME!
And now, to get things rolling, here's our host, Leona Ozaki!
Hi guys! Are we having a good time?
Our contestant tonight is this drug pusher who l arrested...
And he just doesn't feel like talking to us!
Kill 'em! Kill 'em! Tie him up and throw him down the sewer!!
Let's dissect him, and not use any anesthesia!
Hey! Hey! What're you doing? This ain't no police state!
A suspect's got rights, you know? Like the right to remain silent!
Rights? What rights? You see any rights, Specs?
Not around here...
Last chance, man.
You just have to tell us your drug connection. You gonna talk?
You ain't gonna scare me!
All right!
Oh, Heavenly Father...
Forgive us, Thy sinful Tank Police!
Okay, Leona! l bet 40 seconds!
Al, don't overestimate him! He'll last 20 seconds, tops!
lt's one buck for every second. I say 15 seconds!
God bets 25 seconds!
And l say 30 seconds.
You hear that? You'd better last that long!
Okay, ready..GO!
5 seconds... 10 seconds... 15 seconds...
All right! Just 30 seconds!
Finished! I'm finally finished!
Now l can go home and take a bath... Maybe l can even have an affair...
I'll kill him... I'll boil him alive...
BRITAIN!!!
Britain?!
Chief, that wasn't me.
I was right here helping you. Remember?
Then, that explosion just now...?
That little bitch!
They'll be out 'til morning...
What the hell...?
This year, we vacation on the Cote D'Azure again.
Swimming and tennis all day... Boring parties every night...
Oh, the dreariness of it all...
How l envy you...
All l do is spend my time meeting the men my father has selected...
...for me to marry. Ah, such is our sad destiny...
You idiots! What're you doing, acting like a couple of debutantes?!
What's so hot about the high life?
We didn't come here for that!
We came here for a higher motive!
Leave us alone! This is a girl's dream. A fairy tale!
A fringe benefit for this job... Getting to act out our dream!
Act out your...? Oh, for crying out loud!
Would you guys just look for ''Innocent''?
Oh, that...We already found it.
The ''higher motive'' is fulfilled!
Here's your picture.
lt's me, all right...
Right down to the mole next to my belly button!
900 million for THAT?
Stupid, if you ask me... Now, l prefer THIS little beauty!
I can't stand it! A nude of Buaku sells for 900 million dollars!
Gives me the creeps.
Why?! Why won't someone pay that for a nude painting of US?
Damn it, did we settle for too little money again?
900 million dollars!!!
Red Commando!
That's a Red Commando? Wow, l've never seen one before!
They're private security agents!
Even if that's you in the painting, you can't have ''Innocent''.
We're guarding it. Now put it down!
You...You gotta be kidding!
The other valuables are no concern of mine.
But you have to put that painting back where you found it!
Ready, Anna?
Ready and waiting, Uni.
Then let's get it on!
Bonaparte!
Ohhh, and l just put all that Bacteria-Seal wax on you.
Don't worry, Leona.
lt's bad to breathe a lot of the Bacterial Cloud...
But a little bit won't hurt you.
Don't you understand? lt blew up right in front of Bonaparte!
Oh, poor baby! Did it hurt you?
lt's scratched!
Damn him. How dare he...
Just what l need! Gimme that gun!
For what you did to Bonaparte, YOU DIE!!!
All right, I'll tell you everything! Just stop shooting! STOP!
Too...late... l...don't...CARE!!!
Leona! Leona, wait!
Which is more important? A man's life, or a tank?
A TANK!
Oh Lord, our God. Rejoice this day!
Thy little lamb has become a true member of the Tank Police!
Leona, I'll fix Bonaparte for you.
Really? You really mean it?
lt's as good as done!
Oh, l really appreciate it.
Al, you're such a nice guy.
Want to go out for some dinner? I found a really great restaurant!
That sounds great! Tell me, does the restaurant have indoor parking?
Of course it does.
Great!
Why?
Because... l don't want Bonaparte to catch a cold!
I wish l was young again...
The only thing l get to eat dinner with is an 8 inch long cockroach!
I get to eat with the chemical breakdowns for URINE!
Don't be so gloomy. Let's talk about the Bible!
Guys! We got an emergency!
Calm down, Squad Leader. This city has an emergency every 36 seconds.
lt's a SPECIAL emergency!
lt's always a special emergency.
lt's a REAL emergency!
Every 36 seconds, there's a real emergency in this city. Whoopee!
God damned clowns... lt's Buaku and his gang!
And I'll deck the next guy who makes me repeat myself!
Buaku?!
Exactly! They're involved in a shootout...
...at Sotheby's Newport branch.
Sotheby's?! You mean the famous auction house?!
The one with the really rare and irreplaceable art treasures?
Right! The place is just bursting with tons of valuable stuff.
Now, doesn't that sound like a really special emergency to you?
Fun time, man! Fun time!
PARTY!!! PARTY!!!
Okay then, let's get out there! We'll show 'em what we can do!
They're at...Oh, never mind. TO SOTHEBY'S!!!
You maniacs! What're you aiming at? Don't you know I'm wounded?
Ouch...What'll you do if you shoot me by accident?
The guy's over THERE!
That's why we're shooting there!
Quit jumping around, or you'll get killed.
Not here. THERE!! Shoot over there!
Shoot over there?
No, wait! Wait! Uhh, okay. This time, shoot at me, not him.
Shoot at you this time...?
You're still shooting at the same place!
I'll be damned. lt's the same direction. Did you know that?
'Course l did.
Then why did you do it?!
No time for arguing! Buaku, we'll handle this joker.
Just get out of here!
Once the Red Commando's out of the way, we'll meet at the usual spot.
Do you have your Bio-Ball?
Bio-Ball?
Yeah, yeah. l got it.
Well, use that if you run into any trouble.
We're the only ones who have the remover, so you can use it.
Gotcha! Sorry about this, but l gotta cut out on you.
Whoops! Can't forget this.. Mm?
What do we have here?
Look at 'em go! Look at 'em go!
That's Buaku all right!
Are they fighting a SWAT team in there?
Don't make me laugh! Those SWAT wimps couldn't handle this stuff!
Then maybe it's Sotheby's security... No, couldn't be!
Leona! Take that pee-wee tank of yours and check the place out!
See who this hero is who's been fighting Buaku for us.
We'll wait out here for 5 minutes, and if you're not back by then...
Then we'll all come charging in after you.
Actually, let's make it 7 minutes. Got it?
Roger! Al, let's roll!
The combination of the worlds of art and money tend to produce works which seem to have immense...
...value. But the slightest change in the ''treasure's'' appearance...
...will render it worthless. In short, collectors spend huge amounts for potential garbage!
A heretical view, but one that sums up the contradictions we of the...
...20th century live with, and one that is brilliantly parodied in that seminal literary work, ''DOMINION''...
Careful, Al.
I'm trying, Leona.
But l don't think we can keep from rolling over all the art in here.
Oh, who cares about that stuff.
I just don't want Bonaparte to get scratched or anything, O.K.?
Well, well... Good timing. We meet again, Buaku.
lt's that crazy girl from the Tank Police.
One move and l shoot!
Actually, you probably wouldn't get very far with a wound like that.
Oh, man...
What is it?! What'd he do?
lt's called a Bio-Ball. You'll never get it off.
- Bio-Ball? - What's that?
Leona!
CHARGE!!!
Hey...Squad Leader... What kept you?
We've looked all over the place, but Leona's... gone.
Help...Help me...
The more you move, the tighter it wraps.
Once the Bio-Ball's on you, you can never get it off.
A buddy of mine once tried it out on himself.
For three days and three nights, that thing put him through hell.
I felt so sorry for the poor bastard that l tried to rip it off him.
lt came off all right...
Thing is, it took a big hunk of his brain stem with it!
You monster! Get this disgusting thing off me!
Proposal...
We have the stuff to remove it, specially made for that type.
Different from the stuff the doctors or the Tank Police have.
lf I'm gonna die, I'll blow your head off first!
Big victory. Look at how bad off l am.
I just need you to help me get somewhere.
You do that, and then you get away. I get away. Happy ending, right?
You'd force one of the glorious Tank Police to deal with a crook?!
What's glory mean when you're dead?
I just want the painting. That's all.
I heard about it on the news. lt's worth 900 million dollars!
I swear, this time I'm not in it for the money.
For what, then?
Agree to help me, and I'll tell you. l...l...
Wha...HEY! Don't just die on me, stupid!
What kind of a man are you?!
You just left Leona there, and came back alive?!
DROP DEAD!!
Chief, what're you saying? lt wasn't his fault.
Al did a fine job!
First of all, didn't you say YOU wanted to kill her?
''He who loves deeply, can also hate in the extreme.''
Oh, I'm just so worried about her!
Squad Leader, what happened to the other guys who were there?
Never mind about that! Just get some rest.
Actually, they all kinda...got away.
SHUT UP!
They all split up and ran off! There was no way to catch them!
You even let one get away.
- l did? - Oh yes...
I just wish... I wish l could've done something!
Don't blame yourself.
lf the Squad Leader had gotten captured, it wouldn't be so bad...
What?!
- But it was Leona... - Why you... DROP DEAD!
Britain, l feel the same way.
You do, Chief? Fine... I'll just go out and die somewhere.
And you animals are coming with me!
Before you all die, may l ask you some questions?
Who're you?
I'm looking for ''Innocent'', a painting that was at Sotheby's.
Ahh, you're with the infamous Red Commandos, l presume?
lt wasn't at the scene of the crime.
Hold on...So it was YOU guys who were shooting it out with Buaku...
Where's the painting?!
Where have they taken ''Innocent''?
Sorry, but we really don't have any time for this.
Especially now that one of my team has been taken hostage.
Now get your mercenary ass outta here before l shoot it off!
Very well!
That was easy...
The painting must be safe.
They wouldn't have taken a hostage, especially a cop, just to escape!
Let me tell you now: We're concerned only with ''Innocent''.
You'd do yourself well to stay out of this one, my dear Squad Leader!
Who were they?
Men without any regard for human life, Chief.
They're private commandos who'll do anything to get that painting back.
They were probably hired by the one who bought the thing.
That means Leona's in even more danger!
This is getting REAL messy...
You don't have anything to get this Bio-thing off me. Liar!
I'm the one who should be moaning!
Stop it... Wh- What have l done? Stop...
STOP!!!
As doctors of Abnormal Psychology, our role is to study, not to judge.
We aren't here to argue whether the project is right or wrong.
You are to record every detail of our experiments here.
- But... - ls that clear?
The world is contaminated by the Bacterial Cloud...
This project has assumed a national, no, an INTERNATIONAL scale.
We've already succeeded in creating a prototype lifeform which is...
...capable of breathing the contaminated air of the Cloud.
From this point of view, the project is a complete success.
What we face now is the question of whether or not...
...its mental framework can be made completely human in form.
At the moment, its mind exists in a state of cognitive sterility.
Cognitive sterility?
A mind without memory, without experience, without any education.
A veritable ''Tabula Rasa''.
What can such a being accomplish?
The brain requires food for the body to keep its systems functioning...
But, in a body that doesn't require food...
What would the mind need to sustain its soul?
That is the final question to be raised by modern psychology.
lt is this question that we must ultimately answer.
So, the collection of the data needed to answer that question...
...is our task here.
Of course, there's no one alive who exists in that state of...
...''Cognitive Sterility'' I was just talking about.
And the risks involved with using the main prototype are too great.
Therefore, we'll use these dummy test units for our research.
They look so human...
But their cognitive functions are utterly blank.
Their brains are constructed of Bio-Chips, and they duplicate...
...the structure of an adult human brain.
However, we shall be the ones to imprint experiences on them.
God only knows what sort of psychological structure will result.
We face the task of creating a human intellect from nothing.
The Forced Circulatory and Respiration Lifeform Project...
..is just a cover for the TRUE quest of Abnormal Psychology.
The classification of the human soul!
Our subjects will happily cooperate. That is, if we're successful.
I feel rather sorry for our unfortunate guinea pigs.
They have no comprehension of their situation; no say in their own fate.
That's from an aid kit for humans.
lt should last for a while, but not long.
Did l... say anything while l was out?
Lots of stuff. Couldn't make heads or tails of it.
And another thing, you don't have the Bio-Ball remover with you!
Not here...My partners'll have it when we get to the meeting place.
Honest?
Honest. ls it a deal?
Squad Leader... He'd never forgive me if l did...
I'm not human, you know.
I figured that out while l was dressing your wound.
I'm not human, so l don't lie like a human.
lf l say my partners have the remover, then they have it.
- What're you doing?! - Too hard to carry this...
Wait! l didn't say we have a deal!
We don't have time...
lt's just a matter of time.
I can't promise you any more at this point.
Correct... One more thing, the Tank Police are on this case too.
l'd appreciate it if you could do something about them...
Yes, the Tank Police.
LEONA! Where are you?!
STOP! STOP!
You there! You know anything about a missing Tank cop?
What's that?
What? What's going on?
lt's pulling us in!
We'll be cut to ribbons!
Not if l can help it!
Don't underestimate the Tank Police!
- You okay?! - That was close!
My painting!
My arm...
My neck...
My hand...
lt's all right. Let me go! Let me go, or you'll die too!
SHUT UP!!!
You never agreed to the deal... Why are you helping me?!
ldiot! lt's the HUMAN thing to do!
Let me go... Let me go!