At the end of the pain you bear
A possibility you'd lost track of is waiting
You'll soon forget even your tears
And be drowned in a new pleasure
The story of history, striving towards its destruction
If I'm with you, it's not that scary
Even now, the hopeless world
Seems like it'll end, but it isn't ending
I'm sure the scene you've half given up on
Will look rose-colored if we're together too
We aren't getting any jobs, are we, Ban?
Hevn hasn't contacted us lately either.
Then how about going out and posting some flyers or something
instead of just spacing out around here?
We don't even have the money to make flyers.
Good grief, I have to get you guys to hurry up and pay your tab.
It's really building up, you know.
By the way, about how much is it?
658,754 yen.
Too many numbers... my head... it hurts...
Don't ask that question, Ginji.
I can't keep on always being soft on you guys, you know.
Until I can get you to pay up, I'll have to ban you from the store again for...
Welcome.
It's been a long time, huh, Paul?
Azuma...
The way you drink your coffee hasn't changed.
Neither has the taste of your coffee.
So you were alive...
I looked for you a lot after that.
Then I thought you were already dead.
I might as well be dead, with this body.
They say now you're a jack-of-all-trades.
Yeah, at this point, I'm an old cafe man through and through.
I don't go out on a limb anymore.
I found Sakai.
Party Diet Member Ishibashi Inspects Construction Site
The item you know about is at his place too.
I want to recover it from him.
Will you help me?
I'm just the owner of a cafe.
I'll come again.
Think about it for me.
Ban...
There was something weird about the Master today, wasn't there?
It looked like he knew that guy. I wonder who it was?
I once heard that a long time ago, there was a three-person team of expert thieves-for-hire.
They were legendary thieves, see.
Without ever getting involved with their clients, without hurting anyone,
without making a single noise, they snatched what they were after.
Apparently, that's what they were like.
One was an expert marksman, in charge of the scene of the crime.
One was a hacker, backing them up with the latest information.
And one was a negotiator with a huge intelligence network.
No one knows their true identities.
But they say the leader, the man in charge of the scene of the crime,
had a tattoo of a black scorpion on his right hand.
More than ten years ago, they failed a job.
The man who was the leader died,
and the other members went their separate ways, or so I heard.
That guy was their leader?
He sure didn't look that impressive.
But why would the Master know someone like that?
Who knows.
But they say the man who was the negotiator was ten years younger than the others.
A young negotiator?
We've got a job, you two.
You're late, Paul!
Shut up and get in, fast!
We did it!
It's me.
I want to know a little bit about a Diet member named Ishibashi.
Yeah, that's right.
Party Diet Member Ishibashi Inspects Construction Site Yeah, that's right.
Party Diet Member Ishibashi Inspects Construction Site
That Diet member Ishibashi.
It's an old Chinese vase.
Apparently, the current price is several hundred million yen.
This is what we're going after next.
Sakai...
Sakai betrayed us!
What?
Azuma!
Do you plan to do it with that arm?
Paul...
I see. So, that Sakai guy used that vase to curry favor with the Mafia.
Now he's changed his face and he's living as a politician under the name of Ishibashi.
Although he's still tied to the Mafia.
I'd never have thought you were once in with a group of thieves, Master.
That's in the past.
Right now the vase is at Sakai's estate.
I hear he received it from his Mafia boss in exchange for services rendered.
So, what are you telling us to do?
We want to get back that vase.
We'll go too of course.
But I also want you guys to help.
That's fine, isn't it, Azuma?
Yeah...
Ban, Ginji, please help.
No way.
Why not forget something that happened that long ago?
At this point even if you do get the vase back,
it's not like your mistake is going to disappear.
Ban...
In a nutshell, you lost.
If you're a man of this world, Paul, you should understand that already.
People who've lost should hurry up and disappear.
I'm not in the habit of wiping other people's asses for them!
Ban, you don't have to put it that way!
Is that so? I see.
Master? You guys aren't going to go alone, are you?
Yeah...
That's too reckless!
Your opponent's got ties in the Mafia, right? That's...
I've got my pride too.
Sakai and the client were in league from the beginning.
From the beginning, they meant to have us steal the vase and then eliminate us too.
But that's...
Everyone bore a grudge against us after all.
Not seeing through the client's lie is my responsibility as the negotiator.
It's just like Ban said. This was my mistake.
As long as we don't wipe away the stain of this mistake,
neither Azuma nor I can move on.
See you later.
Hey, Master!
Ban...
We're expensive, you know.
How much?
658,754 yen.
Our tab gets forgiven!
Whoops, there.
How refined.
We do our best not to hurt anyone.
That's our motto, you see.
Found it! Wait a second, I'll...
Just try it.
This whole house will lose power,
and they'll find out about us just like that.
So what do we do, then?
It's this cord.
Right.
This'll do it.
I turned off just the security system along the route we're taking.
Whoa!
Looks like you haven't gotten rusty.
Not at things like this anyway.
Let's go.
Those two are kind of awesome, huh?
Quit being impressed; we're going.
Hey, Master, is that...
Yeah, that's it, no mistaking it. It's that vase.
Shouldn't we be in a hurry?
Yeah, you're right.
What's that, Master?
Underneath that vase is a pressure-sensitive alarm.
Pressure-sensitive?
A device where the vase is on top of the switch, and if you move it the alarm sounds?
Yeah...
So we'll put this between the vase and the switch, and take that chance to...
What?!
Azuma, you...
Ban!
Call Ishibashi.
Call Ishibashi! Tell him Azuma is here!
He'll understand!
Azuma! Paul!
Sakai...
So you were alive, Azuma, and Paul too.
It's been awhile.
Why, Sakai? Why did you betray us?
You guys don't change, do you?
I'd like to talk about old times a bit,
but now that we've met this way, I can't let you guys live.
It would be inconvenient to have someone around who knows who I was.
Sorry, Azuma, Paul...
Which one of us is going to die, I wonder?
On my way here, I planted small bombs all over this house.
If I push this, you'll also...
When did he do that?!
Azuma, you meant to do this from the beginning?!
You see, I couldn't even get as close to him as I am now.
I'm sorry I tricked you, Paul.
But you of all people should be able to escape with the vase.
Now, go!
Azuma...
You can't kill anyone.
Azuma, stop!
Let me go, you idiot!
Kill them!
Azuma!
Sakai!
Why, Azuma? Why did you come back?
Just one minute.
Did you have a dream?
What was that?
Azuma!
Don't stop me, Paul.
Sakai, I'll ask you one more time.
Why? Why did you betray us?
I got sick of it.
Of that life of being nothing more than the pawn of strangers.
And then I was approached by those guys about selling you out.
That was the only way to carve a new life, a new path for myself.
But...
But I'm still just being used by the Mafia.
The life I gained by selling out my own... by selling even my face...
In the end, it too...
Shoot.
You, I wouldn't mind being shot by.
We've changed, Azuma.
Us and him...
We're not in that place anymore.
Even if you shoot him, we won't be able to go back there,
back to the way we were then.
Don't shoot, Azuma.
I don't think we were the pawns of strangers.
We...
News Flash: Diet Member Ishibashi Arrested for
Violation of the Firearms and Swords Control Law.
What happened to that guy?
Illicit Gang Ties, Too? What happened to that guy?
Illicit Gang Ties, Too? He left.
Where to?
Who knows.
That's cold. Didn't he used to be one of your own?
He still is one of my own.
The paths we're walking are different, that's all.
No matter what kind of friends people are,
when they're together for a long time their ways of thinking start to change.
And their goals start to change too.
So eventually the time comes when they go their separate ways.
I'm sure that time will probably come for you guys too, someday.
But when that time comes...
Ban, that's mean! You know that's mine!
Shut up!
What was that for?! You already ate, didn't you?!
What's mine is mine, and what's yours is mine too!
Why?! Hey, hey, hey, quit making such a racket!
I'll bake another pizza for you, okay?
Wow, thanks, Master!
Oh, then while you're at it, I'll have a ham sandwich too!
I'll have an egg sandwich then!
I'll take money for them, of course.
Aw, man...
Put it on the tab!
Yeah, on the tab! Put it on the tab!
Yeah, on the tab! So total, that's...
Just 300 thousand. Did you have a tab increase?
What?!
This time sing a song!
Come on!
Dance the night away tonight, get down
Shake that girl's body too, breakdown
Your tears will fly away too, get down with me
She said high, she said low
A capricious prima donna
Oh, for the courage to lure her out get down with me
Yeah, come on!
This is the first time
This is the first time my heart's pounded so hard
Say bye-bye to the season of being tired
Dancin' on the boogie woogie night Say bye-bye to the season of being tired
Dancin' on the boogie woogie night
"You can wish for your dreams, you can embrace"
"But if you don't tear it down the wall won't break for you"
My soul sensation
Skydive toward the shining dance floor
Baby Gotayou!
Changin' Change, settle it tonight!
Settle it! Tonight, changin' Changin' Change, settle it tonight!
Settle it! Tonight, changin'
Changin' Change, settle it tonight!
Rock on! Tonight, changin' Changin' Change, settle it tonight!
Rock on! Tonight, changin'
Changin' Change, settle it tonight!
Settle it! Tonight, changin' Changin' Change, settle it tonight!
Settle it! Tonight, changin'
Changin' Change, dance and open the door to your heart!
Tonight, changin'
Fresh! Fresh! Fresh!
Forgetting the precious sweetness, easy love
Gotama, let the singing fly
You's rap is chic
Nona Reeves's rockin' expert beat
This talk is gettin' with it and gettin' fired up
I didn't think we'd end up coming back again this way.
The Limitless Fortress...
Makubex and the others are working as the New VOLTS, trying to make a new Lower Town!
So why did things happen like this?!
There's no choice but to find out what's happening on the inside.
We've got to hurry. I have a bad feeling.
Next time: "The Man Who Came Back... The Limitless Fortress, Once More"
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