"You cold?" "No." "When I'm with you, it doesn't bother me." "Mariko... you look your best when you're smiling." "Logan!" "Logan!" "One year later" "Dammit!" "You want another cold one?" "You were late, and I figured you got distracted chasing a skirt, so I went looking for you..." "Asano." "Logan!" "And I find you hanging out with a buncha Advanced Idea Mechanics scum instead of trying to score." "Dunno whether to be happy or sad about that." "Logan!" "Welcome to New York." "I'm glad you found me Logan." "Been about ten years, eh?" "I wanted you to take a look at something." "Mariko...!" "I wanted to tell you where she is." "She disappeared into thin air one day." "How'd you find her?" "Kuzuryu... the Nine-Headed Dragon." "They're the largest organized crime group in Japan, and they've quietly been providing A.I.M." "With a foundation for their operations throughout all of Asia." "And this man..." "He's the head of the Kuzuryu." "Yashida Shingen." "He doesn't just sit in the Don's chair either..." "I've heard he's a sword expert who doesn't hesitate to cut his way through a shootout." "Your girl is Shingen's daughter." "What?" "!" "We've been monitoring Shingen's activities..." "It's been impossible to catch him red-handed, but we in the Metro-PD's special task force have been trying to prosecute Shingen and dissolve the Kuzuryu for a long time." "So where's Mariko?" "!" "She's gotten engaged with a certain man..." "Or rather, her engagement was arranged..." "This is him." "Kurohagi Hideki." "What's this?" "This is an island where the world's criminal organizations have cooperated to establish a sovereign city-state..." "The most lawless city in the world..." "Madripoor." "The person who owned the majority of the island died last year, and the person who succeeded him was his son, Kurohagi Hideki." "If he and Yashida Shingen join forces," "Shingen will get to expand his international operations, and Kurohagi will get a important financial backer." "She's probably being dragged into a political marriage to broker the deal..." "She was forcibly taken from New York, and is now being confined by her father in Tokyo." "In Tokyo?" "What's wrong?" "You looked sad." "You never ask anything about me..." "I've never been one to live in the past, or the future..." "The present is the thing I care about the most." "That's part of why you're so kind..." "Logan, I...!" "You look your best when you're smiling." "Logan..." "Seems like Mariko's father and past are keeping her from me and her present..." "Logan's going past the front door." "He's deviating from the plan, Asano-san!" "Well if he tries going through the front door, they'll just throw a wall of bodies in his way." "We'll leave it in Logan's hands for now." "Logan's missing!" "I lost sight of him when he went around the back!" "Did he go inside?" "I can't say for sure." "This is bad!" "Illegal trespassing..." "It's fine!" "I'll take responsibility for it." "Logan..." "I've tapped into the Shingen estate's security cameras." "Mariko!" "Father..?" "Is something wrong, chief?" "Shingen..." "I suppose these expensive electronic eyes are no match for a warrior's perception." "Logan!" "Where'd he come from?" "!" "What're you going to do now, Logan?" "Logan... the famed Wolverine." "I guess I oughta be proud that you've heard of me." "You're after my daughter, I presume?" "That saves me the trouble of explaining myself." "I wanna see Mariko smiling again." "I leave her here and that smile's gonna be locked up in a closet." "She's already engaged." "I don't care." "Are you as formidable as I've heard?" "Why don't you give it a shot, bub?" "Logan!" "Dispose of him!" "I see." "I'm taking Mariko." "Logan..." "Will you face me?" "Face you?" "If you beat me, you can take my daughter." "You wanna have it out with katanas?" "Don't be vulgar!" "We will compete with wooden swords." "I can't get footage from inside." "I think they've got it protected." "This is bad!" "Shingen's a master swordsman." "Wooden sword or not, the tip of his blade can approach supersonic speeds, and even without landing a blow he could pulverize him!" "Logan!" "I guess you really are a master with a sword..." "Logan!" "You sure that thing's made of wood...?" "To mask your own incompetence by claiming our tools are different!" "I've had enough of you!" "I ain't done!" "I'm taking Mariko with me!" "This is a drug that A.I.M. just developed, that paralyzes the central nervous system at high speed." "You son of a..." "She's gotten engaged with a certain man." "Kurohagi Hideki." "Faster than your famous "healing factor," even." "Kurohagi-san!" "That's cheating!" "Cheating?" "I simply put him on even footing with your father, Mariko-san." "You'll be able to focus on me, without distractions." "Logan!" "Chief, finish him off." "I can tell you this much:" "I'm not your enemy." "Father..." "I'll do as you say." "I'll make..." "I'll make Shingen pay." "Next Time on Wolverine:" "Yukio."