Pluto Big Comic Original #2, 2008 Act 50 Eat the World - Page 1 - Kids: "The giant made the south pole in the desert" "The giant flowed rivers of fire and floated mountains of ice" (thump) "The giant caused many rains and floods..." "The giant ate fire and ice, and drank the rain" "He ate the whole wor... Whoops... Men: You're the ones who should leave!! - Page 2 - Men: This is OUR village!! We're not evacuating!! Go home!! Leave!! Old Man: This place... Was to be a paradise. So said the king. You cannot touch our holy land with your filthy hands!! Men: That's right! Begone, U.N.!! Out of our land, U.N.!! - Page 3 - Soldier: Hey, this way. Watch your step, it's dark... Oh wait, you're a robot. ...In fact, can't you use your magical photon energy to brighten the place up a bit? Epsilon: (flash) Soldier: Hey, not bad. I guess you CAN be useful after all. - Page 4 - Steps: (kthukkk)(kthukkk) Soldier: I've brought Epsilon, sir. Scott: Good work. Could you ease the light down a bit? Brigadier General Scott, U.N. Army. You must be Epsilon, the robot who refused to enlist. You've got an awfully fragile body, for a robot. No wonder you're a coward. - Page 5 - Scott: Well, we'll need you to do some work with the post-war clean-up. This will be your job. Epsilon: W-what do you mean...? Scott: Melt all of this down. Shouldn't take a minute with your photon energy, should it? - Pages 6 & 7 - From Tetsuwan Atom, "The Greatest Robot on Earth" PLUTO Act 50, Eat the World Naoki Urasawa x Osamu Tezuka Produced by Takashi Nagasaki / Supervision: Makoto Tezuka / Assistance: Tezuka Production Epsilon: You... You want me to do that to all these...? Scott: They're high-functioning robots, but all with their A.I. units removed. It's nothing more than a junk pile, now. Epsilon: My goodness... I had thought Persia had accepted the concept of robot rights... - Page 8 - Epsilon: Where did their A.I. units go? Scott: Used in some experiment, wouldn't you think? Anyways, make it quick. I'll call you when I've evacuated the residents. I hear you work impressively, for being so quiet. - Page 9 - Helicopter: Residents, comply with orders peacefully!! Soldier: Get on!! Helicopter: I repeat, residents, comply with orders... And evacuate!! Radio: All ready, Epsilon? I'm going to count the seconds. Epsilon: Wait... - Page 10 - Radio: You're past your allotted time. Finish your duty, Epsilon. Epsilon: No!! There's still someone in the village!! Radio: What...? That's impossible. We evac'ed all the people!! Epsilon: Someone's there... I'm picking up signals of life!! Radio: Then it's a cat or a dog. Your job is the top priority!! Epsilon: (scrape) Come out of there... - Page 11 - Epsilon: It's okay. Nothing to be afraid of. Come on out. Let's go... Wassily: Bora... Bora... - Page 12 - Soldiers: (tmp) Epsilon: You were going to... No, *I* was going... To burn this poor boy... Scott: We will take the boy. (tmp) There's no time. Get moving. - Page 13 - Radio: 5... 4... 3... 2... Epsilon: (fzz)(zzt) Radio: 1... - Page 14 - Scott: This is more of a fortress than a simple safehouse. - Page 15 - Scott: Important figures from around the world use this location when the time comes. Three months in such a luxury spot... I'm jealous. But I suppose the sunlight pouring down on you now must be the best part of all. - Page 16 - Scott: Good to see you again, Epsilon. Scott, U.N. Army. Only I'm a general this time. I remember our last meeting. That was quite a blast. You've got enough power in you that it's practically presumptuous of us to need to guard YOU. But you're now the last of the world's highest-level robots. Losing you would be an international tragedy. - Page 17 - Scott: As I'm sure you already know, according to the late Agent Gesicht's data... The enemy's name is Pluto... He has control over natural phenomena strong enough to create tornadoes. He has the A.I. of a robot named Sahad in his processing unit. Sahad was created in Persia... And he holds a strong hatred for the West, due to our part in the Central Asian Conflict. Epsilon: What is Bora? The corpses of those robots I destroyed... What does that have to do with Bora? - Page 18 - Scott: To do with? Epsilon: What WAS the Bora Investigation Squad, anyways? The members of the squad who saw that robot graveyard have been killed off one by one. This is no time to be hiding secrets. You're in danger, too. Pluto has a terrible power... But the evolution of that power holds something even stronger at the end... And this combined A.I... That must be... - Page 19 - Epsilon: ...What will "eat the world," right? Scott: Come again? Hogan: You mean the song that boy was singing. He's still singing it now. I still have a line open to Epsilon's orphanage back in Australia. Epsilon: You're right... I can hear the kids singing... Kids: "The giant made the south pole in the desert" - Page 20 - Kids: "The giant flowed rivers of fire and floated mountains of ice" "The giant caused many rains and floods..." Hey Wassily, everybody really likes your song!! "The giant ate fire and ice" "And drank the rain" "He ate the whole world!" Bora! Bora! Bora! Heeheehee!! - Page 21 - Kids: "The giant flowed rivers of fire..." What's wrong, Deacon? Huh? What's up? What is it? Whoa, what's THAT... - Page 22 - Epsilon: No! Get away from there, kids! Scott: W-what is it?! What's happening...?! Hogan: Epsilon!! Epsilon: I have to go back to Australia... Kids: Wow... What IS that...? - Page 23 - - Page 24 - Epsilon: Get out of there, kids!! Huh...? What's in the sky...? Not here, TOO...!! - Act 50 End -