"presented by :" ": SPICE PRODUCTIONS :" "Chichiro?" "Chichiro." "Where are you?" "Chichiro" "Chichiro" "Labyrinth" "Is Chichiro a name your father gave him?" "Chichiro's the name he gave himself." "I see ..." "What a lovely name." "There you are!" "Now it's Sachi's turn ..." "Not yet ..." "Not yet ..." "All right ..." "Come on, Chichiro?" "Come on!" "Chichiro?" "!" "Sachi" "Sachi" "Sachi Sachi Sachi Sachi ..." "" Cat Street "" "All right you two." "In you go ..." "Engine output:" "Check" "Heart rate:" "Increasing" "Brain-wave patterns:" "Normal" "I'd been sent there by the magazine to do a story on Zack Hugh ..." "On him, and the unforgiving race which had claimed so many lives ... the Death Circus." "For ten years, one man had reigned as it's champion ..." "Zack Hugh." "Many admired him for the control he had over the machine he drove." "Total." "Absolute." "With no fear of death." "Zack the Reaper ..." "The Phoenix ..." "He'd been given many such names." "But ..." "Ground clearance:" "Unstable." "Heart rate and perspiration output:" "Increasing" "We're reading a loss in retinal response." "The races had taken their toll on the man." "The constant stress was too much." "It was destroying him, in both body and mind." "He's past his limit!" "That machine's shaking him to pieces!" "It's no good." "Pull him out!" "Chief, he isn't slowing down!" "What?" "!" "What in God's name?" "!" "Chief!" "He crossed the finish line, but the machine's engines revved up for more." "The running man was still running ..." "Zack Hugh ... a champion among champions." "But to this day, his death remains shrouded in mystery." "You're aware of the coup d'etat which occurred five days ago in the Aloana Republic?" "Yes sir!" "Of course, you're also aware of project #444 under construction along that country's Piroru River?" "Yes sir!" "That project will give our company access to the Aloana market ... and to their resources." "But, three days ago, the new government canceled our contract." "Do you understand what this means?" "Absolutely, sir!" "Stop agreeing all the time!" "CANCELED!" "The project is canceled!" "They've given us an order to cease construction!" "The Order to Cease Construction" "Uh-oh!" "Looks like we ran a red light!" "According to their orders, we must cease construction of the project immediately." "Further, the contract fee is to be repaid over a period of 20 years." "20 years?" "!" "Project #444 was difficult from the start." "The land they granted to us was swamp." "Come the rainy season, the whole area becomes a virtual river." "When the waters recede, the plants grow like monsters." "It's an insane, godforsaken place that just turns back into jungle within half a year." "The start-up costs on #444 were enormous." "It still consumes much of our resources." "We have to shut it down before we lose any more money!" "Why don't you just contact the staff?" "I already ordered the supervisor there to shut the project down!" "Then I don't see what ..." "The supervisor disappeared without a trace shortly after I gave the order." "Disappeared, sir?" "Due to its location, it was decided that robots would comprise the main workforce." "The only human there is that supervisor." "So ..." "Right now, those stupid robots are throwing valuable resources into the mud!" "I'm sending you there to find the supervisor and oversee the shut-down of project #444." "I'm COUNTING on you, Sugioka." "Yes, sir!" "What the hell?" "SAFETY-FIRST" "You are the supervisor?" "It's worse than he told me ..." "Please give me your name and employee identification number." "Hey!" "What are you doing?" "!" "We're outta here!" "Give us a call when you're finished and we'll come and pick you up!" "You're leaving ...?" "Hey, WAIT!" "Later." "Take care of yourself!" "Wait!" "Hold it!" "Hey!" "What's the big hurry, anyway?" "If they've broken my camera or anything, it'll come out of their paychecks!" "This isn't funny." "Jeez, you just can't figure these low-lifes." "I must have your name and employee identification number for confirmation." "Oh, what was his name ... that supervisor?" "Do you know where he's gone?" "Your failure to give me your name and ID number leads me to conclude that you are not the supervisor." "If you are not the supervisor, you are unauthorized personnel." "Take me to my quarters and tell me what you know." "Anyone who is a threat to construction will be removed so that construction may continue." "Tsutomu Sugioka." "ID number CX-88." "Check completed." "Welcome, Supervisor, from the distant land." "Yeah, yeah." "Glad to meet you." "I am number one here at project #444 ..." "All orders relating to construction here are transmitted through me, via radio." "They're really buzzing away down there." "This is very important, Supervisor." "Failure to follow this system may result in mix-ups." "Fine, we'll use the system to give everyone the new orders." "The first one I want you to transmit will be the order to cease construct ..." "Hey!" "Hold it!" "I haven't finished giving you my orders yet." "Hey!" "HEY!" "What's the meaning of this?" "!" "The supervisor must be tired after his journey." "I will now return to my duties." "So why am I locked in?" "HEY!" "There are dangerous insects in the area." "It is for your safety." "Dammit, open this door!" "Hey!" "Do you understand me?" "!" "The supervisor's schedule for tomorrow....." "Come back here!" "Breakfast will be until half past the hour." "From a quarter of until 10:25 will be the first on-site inspection." "At 10:30, in the resource room, we will ..." "There, Supervisor." "Section 8." "This section is furthest behind schedule." "Hey!" "What's with that robot over there?" "Overheat." "Due to the pace of construction, it's circuits are malfunctioning." "WHAT?" "!" "Do you know how much that thing costs?" "Airplanes cost less!" "Because this section is so far behind schedule, I have ordered all units here to work at peak capacity." "My orders are to have project #444 ready by the due date." "Some losses are to be expected." "Listen to me!" "There IS NO DUE DATE anymore!" "And you're supposed to be conserving our resources, not ..." "The due date is only one month away." "To make the due date, the robots must work at peak capacity." "Hey, what gives?" "Don't get sore at me..." "We will now inspect section 10." "This way, Supervisor." "Wait for me!" "Breakfast will be until half past the hour." "From a quarter of until 10:25 will be the first on-site inspection." "At 10:30, in the resource room, will be last month's work report which you and I will ..." "What the ..." "We should be leaving soon, Supervisor." "Hold it!" "I've had enough of you making a fool of me!" "How much of this crap do you think I'm going to take?" "!" "Because the rainy season will soon be here, I have ordered all robots to work at maximum output." "Who ordered you to do that?" "!" "Losses have increased slightly, but construction has greatly sped up." "Please be happy." "Increased slightly ..." "How much is "slightly"?" "!" "Today's losses: 20." "Tomorrow's expected losses: 24." "There's no way I'm just going to stand here and let you keep trashing our robots!" "Now listen to me, you sonofabitch robot!" "You are ordered to cease construction." "Stop immediately." "You got that?" "!" "That order is classified as an obstacle to construction." "Your clearance to command me is now void." "Shut up!" "I'm telling you to stop, you stupid robot!" "All obstacles to construction must be removed." "Removed?" "From this day forward, your on-site inspections are canceled permanently." "Madness..." "Help!" "This crazy robot's trying to kill me!" "To my wife, Sachiko." "I'm done for, but you must know that I love you." "Good morning, Supervisor." "I have brought you your breakfast." "I did it!" "Even if I am destroyed, construction will never cease." "There will be no changes." "We must complete by ... due-date ..." "You bastard!" "It's no use." "Those stupid things are still working ..." "Of course." "He was just a terminal." "They won't stop unless I shut down the main core!" "This cable should lead me there ..." "Emergency!" "Priority one message from headquarters!" "Earlier today, another coup occurred in the Aloana Republic." "The government has been restored, and project #444 has been reinstated!" "Repeat, project #444 has been reinstated!" "Tsutomu Sugioka." "It's me, Maruyama." "Sugioka!" "It's me!" "Do you read me?" "Come in!" "Sugioka!"