01x03 - ACT-III "Crime Ethic"

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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:


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

DOMINION
''CRlME ETHIC''

Hot Dance in Cherry Moon!

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


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!

k*ll 'em! k*ll '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!




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 k*ll him...
I'll boil him alive...

BRITAIN!!!

Britain?!

Chief, that wasn't me.

I was right here helping you.
Remember?

Then, that expl*si*n just now...?

That little b*tch!

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!



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?



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 g*n!

For what you did to Bonaparte,
YOU DIE!!!

All right, I'll tell you everything!
Just stop sh**ting! 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 c*ck!

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 g*ng!

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
sh**t me by accident?

The guy's over THERE!

That's why we're sh**ting there!

Quit jumping around,
or you'll get k*lled.

Not here. THERE!!
sh**t over there!

sh**t over there?

No, wait! Wait! Uhh, okay.
This time, sh**t at me, not him.

sh**t at you this time...?

You're still sh**ting
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 sh**t!

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 b*stard
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 k*ll 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 sh**ting 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 a*s outta
here before l sh**t 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!