Pluto Volume 3 Act. 16 Uran - Page 3 - Nakamura: You felt they were scared...? - Page 4 - Uran: Yep. Nakamura: Is that what you're saying, Uran? That the tigers and lions that escaped from the truck were frightened? Uran: Hmmmm, I dunno... Investigator: And that's why you came to the site of the tornado, 3 kilometers away from your normal school route? Uran: Yep. Investigator: You could feel the animals' fear from that far away? - Page 5 - Uran: I guess. Nakamura: Really. Investigator: That's quite an ability. Uran: Hey... Men: Huh? Uran: Can I leave now? Act. 16 : Uran - Page 6 - Nakamura: Well... Atom is coming to get you... Uran: Yeah, he's right over there. Nakamura: Huh...? Oh, you're right. Atom: I'm sorry for the trouble Uran's caused you, Mr. Nakamura... - Page 7 - Nakamura: Actually, she did us quite a favor. Uran: That's right. Thanks to me, they caught the lions and tigers, and saved the little boy. Nakamura: Haha... We ought to give you a Commissioner's Award. Uran: I don't want any dumb awards. Atom: Uran!! I'm sorry. We'll be leaving. Uran: If you're going to give me something, I want a lion. Nakamura: Haha... Man: Chief Nakamura!! He's here, at the front entrance...!! Nakamura: What? What about Chief Tawashi...?! Man: I just called him!! - Page 8 - Uran: It was so cute. It was thiiis big. A white lion. Those must be rare. Its eyes looked so soft. I wish we had one. Atom: Uran. Uran: It's in Central Park, want to go see? Atom: I always tell you not to wander off like that!! Uran: I couldn't help it! They were scared. Atom: Who? Guard: You kids are on this side. - Page 9 - Atom: No, we're this one. Guard: What? Really? It's true, you really CAN'T tell anymore... Man: Right this way, sir. Footsteps: (click)(click) (click)(click) - Page 10 - - Page 11 - Uran: It was such a mess, you wouldn't believe it. If I hadn't been there, those poor animals would have been shot... What's wrong, Atom? Atom: Mm... Nothing... Uran: So you see, I wasn't wandering off... Tawashi: It was very good of you to come, sir... I am Police Superintendent Tawashi. - Page 12 - Tawashi: Uh... uhhh... Dr... Ab... Abracadabra... H-hey, get me a translator bot... Abra: No need... I can speak Japanese. Tawashi: O... ohh!! No wonder they call you Central Asia's greatest intellect!! Have a seat, and please excuse the dreary view... Professor Abra. Abra: Japan is a wonderful country, no matter where one looks. Compared to Persia, my motherland... - Page 13 - Tawashi: We were very saddened to read all those reports. Abra: We appreciate it. Tawashi: It was just so hard to understand the justice in that war. Abra: As you say. Tawashi: It made sense when they sent those inspectors to monitor Persia's robots of mass destruction... Nakamura: But before it had even been decided whether they existed or not, the war had broken out. Abra: It is true that up until that point, the oppression that our country put our robots through... was difficult to even describe. - Page 14 - Abra: But now we are slowly progressing towards democracy... Tawashi: And your visit to Japan is linked to the postwar reconstruction...? Abra: Yes. The Convention for Science for World Peace is being held in Tokyo... Tawashi: Well, we certainly hope that things will turn for the better. Abra: Yes... Tawashi: Now, Professor Abra... You also visited Japan three months ago, did you not? Abra: That's right. It was a very short visit. Our provisional government ordered me to return as soon as I arrived... - Page 15 - Tawashi: What was the reason for that visit? Abra: It was an exchange of information to aid in the creation of our Ministry of Science. I would have liked to see Dr. Ochanomizu, but didn't have the time... Tawashi: But you did meet with the legal scholar Junichiro Tazaki, didn't you? Abra: Yes. Tawashi: Mr. Tazaki... Has since passed away. Abra: I was shocked when I heard the news... Tawashi: It was not an accident or an illness. It's true that a large tornado materialized, and obliterated Tazaki's mansion that day. - Page 16 - Tawashi: But Tazaki himself was murdered. By someone. Abra: Why would anyone want to kill such a great man...? Tawashi: That is the problem. We cannot identify any motivation for his murder. ...that is why we asked for this visit. - Page 17 - Tawashi: You were the last person Tazaki met. Did you notice anything strange? We don't suspect you, have no fear. The incident took place as you were leaving the airport. Abra: It was a short, but very enlightening meeting... Dr. Tazaki was the founder of international robot law. It was his greatest wish... That robots and humans could coexist... - Page 18 - Atom: This happened before, didn't it? Uran: Huh? Atom: You felt something was scared, and made a big fuss... Uran: Oh... Atom: It was that dog that was drowning in a lake in Hokkaido. Uran: Yep. I'm glad that dog was saved. Atom: Your senses are pretty funny, Uran... Uran: Can you tell, too? - Page 19 - Atom: Hmmm... I think that fear is a very human sensation. Uran: I think robots understand a lot more things than humans realize. Atom: Yeah... Uran: But it's kind of hard to express them. Humans say they can't tell the difference unless we pass through the gates. But I can tell right away. Humans make the weirdest faces. Like this... Atom: That man we passed at the gates... - Page 20 - Atom: I couldn't tell if he was human or robot. Tawashi: Thank you for your cooperation. Abra: I only hope that I was of service... Tawashi: Trust me, your testimony will aid our investigation greatly... Nakamura: H... hey!! Bot: Huh? Nakamura: You've marked the professor down as "robot" instead of "human"!! Abra: He can't help that. - Page 21 - Abra: I lost most of my body during the war, you see. Men: Oh... I... I'm very sorry to hear that... Abra: Please, don't let it bother you. You said that Dr. Tazaki died the day of that tornado... But I hear that another tornado occurred again, today. - Page 22 - Nakamura: Yes. Tawashi: The weather has certainly been strange recently. Abra: Where might this one have happened...? Nakamura: It was right around the Central Park area... Atom: Since you saved the lions and tigers, does that mean you can't sense the fear anymore? Uran: The one I felt today, came rushing in at a really high speed. - Page 23 - Atom: High speed...? Uran: Yeah, like "byeowwww"... Atom: And then? Do you still feel it now? Uran: Really faintly... Atom: Which direction? Uran: It's too small to tell... You know lions...? When they get very afraid, they hide their fear... - Page 24 - Uran: But the scaredest one here now... Is YOU. Abra: (click)(click) Excuse me... Guard: Yes? - Page 25 - Abra: Which way is Central Park? [Central Park] Noise: Urr... - Page 26 - Noises: Uhhhh... (Urrrr...)(crack)(snap snap) (RRRRR...!!) (URRRAAAAAA) (snap crack) - Page 27 - Noise: (RAAAAAAAHH) - Page 28 - - Act. 16 End -