[Detective Zenigata and his Police Commissioner are eating in a Japanese restaurant in Colombia, Zenigata is rapidly eating a bowl of rice]
Slow down, Zenigata!
Don't make yourself sick, my boy! Have some more pickled radish.
I appreciate the meal, chief, but couldn't we have found a place that served steak and potatoes?
No, I wanted to give you a real treat--something special. On your salary, you'd never be able to afford a place like this.
[upset]
You're right... [sniffs, then chomps on a radish, crying] I don't deserve this! Commissioner... I really am... so lucky... to have a chief like you! [breaks down in tears]
[blows his nose]
You're a real prince, treating me to dinner like this even after I let that lousy thief get away! But I haven't given up, sir, I'll catch him!
Oh, well, about that…...
I'll nail him, chief!
You're off the case.
Huh?
Nothing personal. Actually... we're dropping the whole business. That's why I came to this Godforsaken town in Colombia – to find you and order you off the Lupin case. It seems our boy's involved with some pretty important people. It's a diplomatic affair, now... a lot bigger than you and me, Detective.
Would you repeat that? I think I'm still a little soggy.
The Lupin case is finished. You got that? Forget about him. Oh! One more thing. [hands a small document with Zenigata’s name on it] A little something in the way of a bonus for all your efforts. Oh, you'll be happy to get home after all this time, eh! Your daughter's all grown up. Well, your plane leaves in a couple of hours.
With all due respect, sir, I'm the only one who can catch him!
I know how you feel...
Wait a moment, now! It’s an order!
[Detective Zenigata angrily growls, and tears up the bonus. He kicks away the table he and the Commissioner are eating at]
Well, now it's confetti! I resign, chief! I'll go after him on my own! [he storms out of the restaurant to the surprise of the customers]
I'm warning you! Come back here at once!
[Detective Zenigata stands on the outskirts of the city as the sun sets] [narrating]
I'm absolutely positive he's hiding here... somewhere in South America! They always end up somewhere in South America...
