You worry too much, Viktor. They only got away with a notebook.
That notebook has the combination to the safe in it!
What in the world?!
Did you do this?!
Hold it!
Nice work, rookie!
This place is as deserted as ever.
The dictionary definition of the boondocks.
Indeed.
You two noticed how all 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 continual inability to apprehend us has shaken his confidence,
and he has resigned from his position to wander the land as a ronin.
Nah. Not that guy.
Well, he's been pursuing Lupin III, the greatest thief in the world, after all.
He should consider it an accomplishment that he's almost caught me as often as he has.
Right, guys?
Hey, don't all agree with me at once.
Wow. Real party town.
We have been here before. Why have we returned?
Turns out, if you do a little digging, you can find plenty of loot ripe for the taking here.
We might be in the middle of nowhere,
but this is where the Russian mob does its banking. Here, in the Yevgeny Bank.
The Krakenhaus is a jewelry chop shop where they "recycle" and sell on stolen wares.
And the famous One-Winged Venus, an authentic piece from the time of the Colovini dynasty,
was "acquired" by a previous mayor as a spoil of war.
Zenigata, Gentleman Thief
Would you look at that? Cops rushing to protect mafia money.
All right, off I go!
What?
We're under attack! Get in a car in the rear!
What the...
Give that back! Get back here!
Someone has spirited the target away before we could.
Whoa, what the heck? Did someone just swoop in and swipe our loot?
Hey, watch it! It wasn't me! I wasn't involved!
Give it a rest, would you?!
You tryin' 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 time and time again.
He has learned from your example, Lupin.
Kinda sad that the master got "out-heisted" by the student.
Why would Zenigata be copying my act?
It's obvious, isn't it? It's some kinda trap.
He pretends to be in the same line of work...
and once our guard is down, he will attempt to apprehend us!
Did you just cut something?
Just don't go chopping the car in half, man.
You insult me.
Hey, the shutters are coming down.
All right-y. Off to work we go.
Hold it, Lupin.
Who are those men?
No way...
Isn't the manager of Krakenhaus supposed to be off partying with his paramour right now?
Then, could these people be...
Nicely done.
Did you think copying me would throw me off or something?
Though, I admit, it did come as a bit of a surprise.
But I'm not gonna let you slap the cuffs on me that easily.
Dammit! It was a trap!
Lupin!
Hey!
We're trapped.
Sounds like the cops are on their way.
You're right.
Come.
That little... Okay, on to the next one!
He didn't even give Lupin a second glance. Just ran off with the loot.
I see.
Perhaps Zenigata truly has fallen from grace.
"Fallen"?
Dismissed from the force due to his lack of results...
...but with no other way of earning a living,
he could only think of using our methods to make money.
So I'm his role model again? Gimme a break.
I'm all set here.
Let's do this!
What's going on? A black out?
What's happened to the emergency power?
What was that?
Come to papa!
Huh?! What?!
What the...
They're making a run for it!
Get back here, you finks!
Uh, hi there, folks...
Stop!
Shoot him! Shoot him!
Round up every police officer in town and hunt them down!
Good thing there's all this snow around, huh?
Hey, first-degree burns heal up in no time.
Seryoga!
Crud.
These people are not police, after all.
Hey, there!
You again?!
You're always so friendly.
You did a hell of a job back there, I'll admit.
What's got you pulling these kinds of heists, anyway?
Why would I tell a thief like you?
Is it the money?
What?!
Doesn't sound like you, though.
I don't need money!
Oh, yeah? So what's the statue for?
I'm looking for something.
And I absolutely have to find it.
I get the feeling that each theft brings me closer to finding it.
Hey, thief! What's your name?
Shouldn't you be telling me yours first?
True enough.
But I don't know what my name is.
That's what I'm searching for.
I need to learn who I really am.
Wait... you mean to tell me...
Monety. That's the name I'm going by for now!
We'll cross paths again!
You've really done it now!
Shut yer face!
This guy...
Hey, you okay, pal?
So you don't have a clue who you are?
Well, with no ID, there ain't much we can do about that.
I chased someone here...
But they got away, so I was drowning my sorrows.
My head hurts. I can't remember anything else.
You can crash here till yer memory returns.
But in exchange, you hafta come out on jobs with us.
Hey!
Jobs?
They're a little risky, but we did save yer life.
So no complainin', y'hear?
The name's Vacov.
Oh well...
I'm Seryoga.
We're countin' on you, rookie.
That was amazin', man!
Yeah, man! You're a natural-born thief!
For some reason, I know a lot about thieving.
It's about the only thing I remember.
You're just like this town.
Yer head's full of snow right now.
When springs rolls around, everything will thaw.
When I'm stealing, I feel like I'm close to remembering who I am.
The bigger the job, the stronger the feeling gets.
Well, we'd better set our sights on a bigger score, then.
Monety. We're gonna call you Monety.
It means money.
After all, that's what you're gonna be makin' fer us!
Money... Monety.
I like it!
I'm Monety!
Vacov... Seryoga...
Even on my own, I'm gonna keep at it.
I need to pull off an even bigger heist.
Otherwise, I...
I'll never remember who I am.
We've got a sale on second-hand vehicles! Get Japanese cars at an unbelievable price!
I figured it had to be something like that.
Returning to this remote town in the far north for a second time...
Looking back, our last clash with Zenigata when he was a police officer was in this town.
And afterwards, our heists suddenly became a lot easier to pull off.
You came back here because you were worried about Zenigata.
Lupin, you old softy.
It ain't like that, stupid.
At least, not now, it's not.
What I'm worried about right now...
I mean, come on!
That amateur managed to snatch the score out from under me! Twice!
Me! The greatest thief in the world!
It makes me sick! I'm so mad, I don't know what to do!
He's using my own moves to upstage me! I mean, what the hell, man?!
It's a farce! Next time we run into that old bastard, he's really in for it!
What will we do next time?
Ain't it obvious?! Next time, we beat him to the punch!
I'm gonna grab the loot before he can!
Looks like you'll get your opportunity soon enough.
The wealthiest man in town, Mr. Volhynia,
today received a calling card from the gentleman thief known as Monety.
The card states the thief's intention
to steal the family's prized possession, the Eyes of the Romanovs,
and the police have been mobilized
at Mr. Volhynia's request to ensure that they are kept safe.
Ha! He just keeps aiming higher and higher!
Every officer in town is in position, sir. Security couldn't be tighter.
I'm counting on you.
My wife loves the Eyes of the Romanovs.
She says she can't sleep at night if she doesn't look at them first.
Leave it to us, sir.
Beat some sense into this fool who calls himself a gentleman thief!
I'm freezing!
Don't catch a cold now!
Dammit! After them!
We can't!
Our patrol cars are in pieces...
I win, Lupin!
What am I saying?
"Lupin"? Does that name sound familiar to you?
Well... I thought it was the name of the greatest thief in the world,
but now, I'm not so sure.
I feel so fulfilled!
You see?! I've beaten you!
Zenigata looks like he's on top of the world.
Maybe he's actually happier like this.
What... am I doing?
You...
Have we met before?
It's a shame how things turned out, huh?
What could we do? He wasn't gonna be workin' with us forever.
Hey, look at this.
Why did they have this on them?
The snow will melt, eventually...
I... I'm...
Gone! They're gone! The Eyes of the Romanovs...
You grabbed the right eye.
And it's one of a set, you see.
What?!
Huh?
Looks like I win the final round of our little thieving contest! Yeah!
This won't stop me!
I refuse to let you beat me!
What is this feeling?
For some reason, it's so familiar...
See ya around!
Lupin!
We're here at Monety's hideout, the gentleman thief behind a recent spate of burglaries.
Two members of his gang have been arrested,
but Monety himself is still at large.
Police suspect that Monety is in fact master thief, Lupin III, in disguise.
The methodology of both share a lot in common,
leading local police to reach out to Interpol for assistance.
I'm embarrassed to admit this,
but my memories of the last few weeks are a bit hazy.
But rest assured!
As Interpol's primary investigator in all Lupin-related matters,
he will not slip through my fingers again!
I swear that I will do everything in my power to restore order to this town!
Just you wait, Lupin!
In the end, it actually got kinda lively.
Spring has arrived.
"Monety," huh? You were one hell of a thief.
After all, you stole all your plays from my playbook.
The global IT company, Shake Hands, is run by Enzo Bron.
And now, the guy is using his new social networking service to hunt me down.
It's called "PeopleLog."
Somehow, this thing can tell you where someone is,
and what they're about to do just from a single photo of their face.
This time, it's not some game cooked up by a bunch of amateurs.
If my disguises don't fool anyone anymore, what am I gonna do?
Next time: An Outdated Master Thief.
An Outdated Master Thief
Things are actually looking pretty hairy this time.