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Funds are short again. When was the last time a successful heist has occurred? Have I lost my groove? Am I living up to my title? Those questions have floated around in Lupin's brain far too often lately. “Aye Lupin, are we just going to continue to sit here with our thumbs up our asses wasting our talent? Have there really been a lack of heist opportunities lately, or have you lost your grip, old man?” “Jigen, that was so uncalled for. I’ll have you know I have plenty of opportunities and ideas on where to go next!” “Oh really? When was the last time my Zantetsuken has felt the sensation of slicing through an object?” “Goemon, you’ve been picking miscellaneous items around our safehouse daily to quench your bloodlust” “I am not so barbaric, Lupin.” “Whatever, I’m sure our next heist will knock our socks off and be brought up at any second.”
And Lupin was correct, how unfortunate. “Hey guys!” Fujiko suddenly burst through the door, within seconds of Lupin saying that, with no shame or code of decency. “Fujicakes you have come to save us all!” With the energy of a well fed man, something which Lupin was not, Lupin sprang up and started jumping for joy, like a child at a playground. “Not so fast Lupin, what exactly do you think I’m here for? I don’t exactly enjoy rotting safehouses with no booze or jewels.” “Materialistic as ever I see, Fujiko.” Jigen will never truly accept Fujiko. No amount of alliances or team work will ever get him on board with her inclusion, whether it be jealousy or misogyny is yet to be clearly decided. “Oh shush, you. I’m here to get you all out of poverty! Aren’t I so generous?” “There has to be a catch to all of this, right?” Jigen could be so cynical. “Nope! Just do all the heavy lifting and whatever I say, and we’ll be swimming in riches, split seventy thirty, of course.” “A catch, of course.” “This is great news Jigen, Goemon! I haven’t lost my edge yet! Oh thank you Fujicakes, I am as always at your service.” “That’s what I like to hear.” With a wink, Fujiko went on to describe to the boys what all they must do.
“Are you serious?! This man has nothing on me, Fujiko!” Turns out, Fujikos master plan involved some rich dude with stakes in something worth extreme value. Typical. “Are you rolling in riches and living a high value life? I don’t think so. Besides, he’s incredibly intelligent, and this ‘space metal’ he’s been working with and creating tech we could only dream of sells for millions, possibly billions in several research markets.” “I am very intelligent too, Fujicakes! How are you certain this is even worthwhile? He could be just some kooky nerd who just wants to impress a pretty lady!” “I have seen it in person, Lupin. The things it can do, just one spark against key components, and it creates otherworldly dimensions!” The air in the room shifted drastically. Otherworldly dimensions? “Have you been hitting your bong too often, Fujiko? Do you really think we’ll believe that crap? Yeah, people may want it because it’s rare, but for something so obviously fake?” Jigen wasn’t buying it. He was too annoyed and hungry to care for Fujikos bullshit, but just bored enough to listen.
“Well, I’m willing to try, How about you guys?” Lupin was desperate, his eyes pleading with Jigen and Goemon to comply. “We sit and rot, I have no qualms with trying.” The last of the three expected to show signs of boredom would be Goemon. He spends most of his time meditating anyways, so Lupin figured he didn’t care about the gang's lack of action as much. “Great! How about you, Jigen?” “Good grief, I guess I don’t have much of a choice. Sure, lead the way, boss” ''Will Do!” “I wasn’t talking to you, bitch.” And with that, Fujiko layed out the plan. There was to be a huge experiment downtown in a neighboring city, some nameless town between France and Germany. The laboratory the experiment was to take place in is very secluded, so any big boom from the experiment would go mostly unquestioned by civilians. “There we have it, the experiment will take place in a few days, so we have to travel quickly. I have laid out exactly where the key piece with the elusive metal will be, and what our plan of attack must be.” Fujikos confidence and preparation was shocking to the crew. As of late, she played such a damsel role, It was hard to believe she had any heist skills. Something must’ve happened to kickstart her determination so impressively. “I admire your teamwork, Fujicakes. I can tell with something so important going on there will be lots of reinforcement, so we should rehearse what we’ll do and come up with back up plans.” Jigen and Goemon were still finding it hard to believe that there was some space metal that is key to interdimensional travel, yet knowing the government, they aren’t surprised it’s a thing and is very top secret. “The geek who just blurted out all this valuable information to you is definitely going to be executed” “I’m counting on that, Jigen” Fujikos comment and added wink should be questioned, as well as her being so secretive about who the man is and several other details pertaining this little heist.
None of the boys had the energy to engage Fujiko in conversation about her secrets and this heist plan, so some questions get left unanswered it seems. “Oh yeah, I plan on getting us some food tonight. Can’t let my lackeys go without proper energy and nutrition!” “Oh Fujicakes, you really are our hero!”