[An exhausted Zenigata knocks on the door of a Swedish police car]
Zenigata, with Interpol. Would you give me a lift?
FSFirst Swedish Officer
Ja, sure.
I'm beat. [He gets in] It's ten o'clock. Why is it still light out?
FSFirst Swedish Officer
We have a thing here called the midnight sun, and it...
THAT WAS RHETORICAL! THE POINT IS, I HAVEN'T SLEPT IN A WEEK!
FSFirst Swedish Officer
Ah, well. Here, try this eye mask.
Oh, yeah? Huh. [He ties it around his face, then yawns]
SSSecond Swedish Officer
[not realizing Zenigata is already asleep] I'm guessing you got some tip about Mr. Lupin.
[startled] ARGH! WHERE? DAMN! LUPIN! [He holds up his hands] Whoa! I can't see! What's goin' on?! Hey! Is it... the apocalypse?
FSFirst Swedish Officer
It's just the eye mask. You're fine.
[Zenigata pulls up the eye mask]
[sheepishly] Uh... I knew that. [He looks out the back window] Damn midnight sun's a menace!
[He clears his throat and pulls the eye mask back down]
FSFirst Swedish Officer
So, what's Lupin doing here?
Well, it isn't really that clear yet. Could be, he's trying to make his way to the North Pole. Yep, it's the closest place to the old midnight sun this time of the year. He'll blast off in a rocket ship and steal it, I tell ya. I just figured it out. He's gonna steal the sun, mama, so he can get away with everything. [The officers exchange confused glances] But I'm not gonna care at all, 'cause it's gonna be... so dark.
[He yawns loudly. The officers shrug. Lupin and Jigen approach the car]
Is that Pops in the back seat, blindfolded?
Sure looks like it. Poor guy just can't seem to catch a break.
[He gets out a cigarette and goes up to the officers]
Hi. How's it going, guys? Mind if I borrow your lighter for a second?
SSSecond Swedish Officer
There's no smoking in our town.
[reaching in through the back window] Ah. It slipped my mind.
[He and Jigen walk away laughing. Zenigata wakes up suddenly]
Hey! Wait a minute! Lupin did it! Seen that everything's all dark!
SSSecond Swedish Officer
Inspector, take off your mask.
[Zenigata does so]
I didn't... talk in my sleep or anything, did I?
SOSwedish Officers
[as Zenigata rubs his eyes] Not a word.
Come on, Lupin, please just let him catch you this one time.
So, I guess this means we're going to be giving up together.
Sure! That's the power of love.
'Cause this is all you need.
You're gonna need a doctor.
[feeling like he's having to come between a pair of squabbling children] Just shut up, you two! Both of ya!
[Zenigata and Fujiko rush to the morgue]
Chief! Fill me in! What have you got here?
Well, sir, we got a DOA [meaning "Dead on arrival"]. And we got his partners here waiting to be interrogated.
Hold on! Are you saying Lupin's deceased?! Do you think I was born yesterday or something?! Huh?! THE ONLY DUMMMY AROUND HERE IS THE DOA!
[Zenigata, Fujiko and the chief enter the morgue]
[scoffing] The old coffin gambit, Lupin? Come on, you big con artist. [He waves his handcuffs] Alright, open 'er up.
[The mortician opens the coffin. Lupin lies inside, motionless and pale]
Hey, Lupin! Get up! Come on! Hey, Lupin! Cut it out, willya? Come on! [He shakes the thief's head] I'm not kiddin', Lupin! This isn't funny! [He starts crying] Damn it, Lupin! It can't be true!
Inspector, please, maybe you should control yourself.
[sobbing] You can't really be dead! I never told you this before, but I love you! What am I gonna do without you? You're my whole reason to live! How could you do this to me? I hate you! No, I don't! I don't! I'm sorry! [He rubs his tear-streaked face against Lupin's] Please don't leave me, Lupin!
[placing a comforting hand on Zenigata's shoulder] It's alright, Inspector.
[Zenigata furiously handcuffs the officer, then, sobbing hysterically, tears out of the building, firing his pistol into the air]
Puma! I'll get you, you son of a bitch!
[Lupin lies in his casket. Six feet above him, we hear the voices of the mortician and Fujiko]
MMortician
It should be wearing off by now.
And you're sure there's no chance he could have suffocated?
[Inside the casket, a light turns on. We hear Lupin's heartbeat steadily growing louder]
MMortician
A body in this kind of suspended animation requires very little oxygen.
[Lupin exhales, then opens his eyes]
You'd better be right about that.
[Lupin's casket is unearthed, just as the drugs he needed to fake his own death have worn off]
Mommy. [He yawns] What a nap.
[Fujiko lifts off his casket lid and greets him with a knowing smile]
[sitting up with a rose in his hand and an amorous expression on his face] You tell me. [He leans in to kiss Fujiko, surreptitiously placing the flower into her shirt, and she slaps hm] Hey, what the hell kind of greeting is that? I mean, especially after that touching tribute that I gave you on my headstone.
[sarcastically] Yeah. Real romantic.
[Lupin takes a look at the headstone]
[forgetting part of his phone conversation with the mortician] Hey! That's just crass!
[Jigen and Fujiko are hanging up garlic all over their hideout]
Oh, come on, guys! This is the pits, literally. I mean it's starting to smell like Pavarotti's armpits in here.
Yeah, well, I'm sorry about that, pal, but when it comes to vampires, I don't take any chances.
[He gives Goemon a chained cross]
I mean, I know your family's been Shinto for like ten generations...
But that doesn't mean crap to a vampire.
You know, there's something very offensive about that.