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The Louvre Museum was closed for the night as the lights were switched off. Two figures ran across the museum. One was wearing a red blazer and a yellow tie, and one of them was wearing a black fedora.
Jigen: We have already stolen the Mona Lisa. Why are we here?
Lupin: Remember, the first time we stole the Mona Lisa, it was a fake. The second time, it was painted by someone skilled at copying it.
Jigen: Oh yeah.
Lupin and Jigen then reached the part of the museum where the Mona Lisa was displayed. Lupin removed it from its protective case.
Lupin: Come on! Let’s go!
The lights in the Louvre Museum then turn on instantly. Lupin and Jigen look behind them as Inspector Zenigata and a group of police officers rush into the room.
Zenigata: LUPIN!! How many times do we have to play this game?!
Lupin: How many times do you want to play it with me, Pops? I just love playing games with you.
Zenigata: Damn you, Lupin! Get him, boys!
The police officers run towards Lupin and Jigen, who jump over all of them and dash towards the exit.
Jigen: Told you this was a bad idea.
Lupin: Hey! I just love the thrill of it all.
****
In Seoul, Korea, the members of the K-pop band HUNTRIX—Rumi, Mira, and Zoey—had just finished a dress rehearsal for their concert scheduled for tomorrow night. Their manager, Bobby, ran up to them as they headed backstage.
Bobby: Once again, girls, you've done fantastically.
Rumi, Mira, and Zoey (in unison): Thanks, Bobby.
The girls then head to their dressing room.
Mira: Finally. After this, we get to rest.
Zoey: Yeah. But that’s what you thought before we had to fight a demon K-pop band.
Rumi: But we defeated Gwi-ma months ago. Sure, leftover demons have been popping up now and then, but we don’t need to worry.
The girls sense something. Demons. Mira and Zoey sigh.
Mira: Nothing to worry about?
Rumi: Come on, guys!
Rumi, Mira, and Zoey then draw their weapons and sneak out of the studio.
****
Lupin and Jigen are currently running through the Louvre Museum, trying to evade the police and Zenigata.
Zenigata: They’re getting away!!
As they close in on Lupin and Jigen, someone slices through the police’s guns and trashes some of the officers’ uniforms.
Lupin: Jeez, took you long enough, Goemon.
Goemon sheaths his sword, the Zantetsuken.
Goemon: You told me to wait in the car in case something happened.
Lupin: Come on! Let’s go!
*****
Rumi, Mira, and Zoey are currently battling demons in a back alley.
Zoey: Slaying demons has been pretty easy since we defeated Gwi-ma, now that I think about it.
Mira: What did you expect? They don’t have a leader controlling them.
As Rumi takes out a demon, she notices something. Some of the demons are attracted to a small beacon of light.
Rumi: Do you see that light?
Mira: Yep. Should we follow it?
Rumi: What do you think?
The girls then cautiously follow the demons toward the small beacon of light.
*****
Lupin kicks down the exit door to the Louvre Museum, with Jigen and Goemon close behind.
They hurried into Lupin’s Fiat 500. Zenigata runs outside.
Lupin: Sorry, Pops! I need to hurry because I’ve got something else to do!
Lupin drives away as Zenigata watches them.
Zenigata: Get the patrol cars! Start chasing!
Officer: Yes, sir!
*****
The HUNTRIX girls reach the source of the light—an antique store that is currently closed. They see the door slightly ajar.
Zoey: We’re not breaking in if it was already open, right?
They enter and, after defeating the demons inside, they spot the source of the light. It’s a small statue, shaped like both a heart and a square.
Mira: What is that?
Rumi: I don’t know. But it looks pretty strange.
Rumi takes the statue and examines it closely.
Rumi: We should take it and see what it is.
The girls leave the antique store with the statue.
*****
As police cars rush down the street, Lupin’s Fiat waits under a bridge for the traffic to pass.
When the sirens fade, Lupin starts to drive.
Jigen: So, why are we heading to Seoul?
Goemon: Yeah. Didn’t we just pull off a heist?
Lupin: Relax, guys. You’ll get a break on the plane.
Jigen lights a cigarette.
Jigen: So, what’s the target this time?
Lupin: …The Sable Heart!
****
A secretary walks through a corridor in a large building, reaching her boss’s office.
Secretary: Mr. Kang!
Kang: Yes?
Secretary: We’ve just received intel that Lupin is travelling to Seoul for the Sable Heart.
Kang: Excellent. Seems your friendship with him paid off, Fujiko Mine.
The secretary steps out of the shadows, revealing herself as Fujiko.
Fujiko: I’ve got his number. Plus, you're paying me.
Kang: Now, we wait for him to return to Japan and steal it from right under him.
*****
Lupin, Jigen, and Goemon had just entered Seoul via a private jet they ‘‘borrowed.’’ Lupin, Jigen, and Goemon stepped out of the jet.
Jigen: Why did you force the flight attendants and pilots to stay instead of just ejecting them?
Lupin: I’m a thief, Jigen, not a monster. Also, we needed someone to cook us dinner. At least I paid them with solid gold bars.
Jigen: Sure. You should totally pay someone you just took hostage.
Lupin, Jigen, and Goemon are shown walking the streets of Seoul. They then arrive at an antique shop.
Jigen: Thought it was in a museum.
Lupin: Nope. Just a small antique shop. Gotta convince the shop clerk to give me a discount.
Lupin, Jigen, and Goemon go inside the store. Lupin approaches the clerk.
Lupin: Hey there. I’m looking for this statue.
Lupin shows the clerk a picture of the sable heart.
Store clerk: Sorry. That isn’t here.
Jigen: What do you mean?
Store clerk: I remember having it here when I closed the shop. The next thing I knew, it was gone the next day.
Lupin then checks a security camera in a corner. He flicks a hacking device onto it.
Lupin: Well, it looks like we’re out of luck. Let’s get out of here.
Jigen: We’re just giving up?
Lupin gestures towards the security camera as Jigen and Goemon look at him.
Lupin: Let’s go.
Lupin, Jigen, and Goemon then leave the antique store.
******
Rumi, Mira, and Zoey are in their shared penthouse, sitting on the living room couch, researching the statue they found last night.
Zoey: It looks like a heart.
Mira: But it’s shoved into a square.
Rumi is typing away on her laptop.
Rumi: I keep finding Valentine’s products. How hard is it to find an old statue online?
Rumi’s phone then goes off. Rumi picks it up, and she, Mira, and Zoey look at the notification that says “Get Ready For Concert”
Zoey: Did we spend that long researching that thing?
Mira: Come on. We’ll probably research it once we get back.
Rumi, Mira, and Zoey walked out of the door as the statue then glowed.
*******
In a parking garage, Lupin, Jigen, and Goemon are in the Fiat, watching over the security footage from the antique shop. It was mostly fuzzy, but they were able to make out the thieves who stole the Sable heart.
Jigen: It’s 3 girls with weapons, that’s for sure.
Goemon: But who?
Lupin then scanned the 3 girls’ faces using the laptop that had the security footage on it. It came up with 3 results for each girl. Rumi, Zoey, and Mira: Members Of the Girl Kpop Group: HUNTRIX.
Lupin: Bingo!
Jigen: A K-pop band? Why would they want a stable heart?
Lupin: Corrupted managers, them wanting more jewelry, you know what I mean.
Goemon: What is your plan now, Lupin?
Lupin smirked as he typed on his computer a couple of times. He then pressed enter.
Lupin: I just got tickets to their concert tonight!
Jigen: Seriously?!
Lupin: Yep. Get your light sticks ready, boys!
******
The venue for the HUNTRIX concert was insanely packed. Lupin, Jigen, and Goemon got their digital tickets checked and also bought some light sticks and were wearing some t shirt and hats themed after HUNTRIX to blend in and not be so recognizableZ
Goemon: I don’t get the meaning of these light sticks.
Goemon fidgeted with the on and off button.
Jigen: I don’t either. But K-pop is a fad, I guess.
Lupin shoved some merch in a backpack.
Lupin: Guys, can you just shut up and enjoy the moment?
Jigen: It’s kind of hard when we’re taking a very sharp detour to get a statue.
The lights then dim, the crowd goes wild, and the spotlights turn on.
Announcer: Now it’s about time to introduce the phenomenal K-pop band. HUNTRIX!!!!
Rumi, Mira, and Zoey then walk out on stage and perform their song “How It’s Done.” The entire crowd erupted in song.
Goemon: I don’t see why this is catchy.
Lupin: Hey, I told you this was a good idea.
HOURS LATER.
When the concert ended, the Venue was spilling out with Fans trying to leave. But instead of walking left to the multiple exits, Lupin, Jigen, and Goemon snuck backstage.
Goemon: So, where do they reside?
Lupin: It’s a Penthouse apartment.
Jigen: So that giant building we passed earlier.
Lupin: Exactly.
Lupin, Jigen, and Goemon quickly hid as workers walked past.
Lupin (Whispering): Come on. We’ll slip this in the dressing room.
Lupin pulled out his calling card. And quickly wrote something on it.
Lupin: He he.
Lupin wrote on it quickly.
*******
HUNTRIX had just entered they’re Dressing room.
Mira: Finally. After this world tour, I feel like hibernating.
Rumi: You could say that again.
Zoey: I also wanted to try to make these recipes I’ve been seeing on my For You Page.
Mira: You’ve tried that before, and they never work.
Zoey: Come on, I learned my lesson from before.
Mira: “Before” was literally 4 weeks ago.
As Mira and Zoey were laughing and chatting. Rumi looked at herself in the mirror and noticed something. A playing card was stuck to the top right side of the mirror. She grabs it, looks at the card, and reads what it says on it.
Rumi: Guys?
Mira and Zoey (In unison): Yeah?
Rumi: We should probably hurry to the Penthouse.
Rumi showed Mira and Zoey the playing card with a written message and Lupin’s symbol on it.
Rumi:…..We have a problem.
**********
Rumi, Mira, and Zoey were riding the elevator up to their Penthouse. As Rumi kept reading the playing card, over and over again.
“I’m going to take the Sable Heart. Get the mics ready, girls…. you're gonna need them.
-Lupin the 3rd.”
Mira: So who’s Lupin again?
Zoey: he was practically talked about when I was a teenager. He’s a well-known thief who usually wears a red blazer and a yellow tie, but sometimes wears different jackets and ties depending on where he is, and he has a Walter P38 gun as a weapon.
Rumi: And that thing is called the Sable heart? It would’ve been so easy to research it if we knew its name.
Mira: Can we just call security? He’s just a normal guy, no less an actual demon.
Zoey: Hello?! He’s a master thief, not even the military can stop him!
The girls then reached the penthouse. The 3 of them looked at each other before slowly walking in and seeing someone sitting on the couch.
Lupin (off-screen): Well, well, well. It looks like the infamous “HUNTRIX” has arrived.
Lupin slowly got up and faced the girls. He then revealed that he’s holding the Sable Heart.
Rumi: Let go of that! …or else.
Lupin: Or else what? You're just a K-pop band.
Lupin walked over to Rumi, Mira, and Zoey before reaching the doorknob.
Lupin: I bet you don’t even know how to slap someone.
Rumi then thought of something, and she threw her sword at the door, only a couple of feet away from Lupin's hand.
Lupin: Ha, neat. Wanna bet that wasn’t from the props department?
Jigen then came out of hiding and shot at Mira, but she blocked the bullet with her gok-do sword.
Jigen: The heck?
Goemon then came out of hiding, grabbed his sword, and tried to slice Rumi. She grabs her sword from the door and blocks Goemon’s sword with hers.
Goemon: Impossible! The Zantetsuken can cut through everything!
Rumi: I guess I have a special type of blade then.
A full-on brawl then started. Mira was too fast for Jigen, and Goemon tried at any given moment to slice Rumi’s sword. Lupin fought Zoey while she wielded her Shin Kal’s.
Lupin: Oh, come on! At least try to fight me harder!
Zoey then kicks Lupin into the wall.
Mira: Why are you trying to steal from us?
Jigen: We didn’t want to “cause harm,” but you forced us to! That’s practically Lupin’s motto.
Mira then throws a glass bowl at Jigen. HUNTRIX was gaining the upper hand, but Lupin wasn’t going to let that stop him.
Lupin: Alright! Since you want to fight it out… then here you go!
Lupin throws a smoke bomb to the ground as Mira throws a vase at him. The smoke clears as Rumi, Mira, and Zoey look around and see that Lupin, Jigen, and Goemon are gone. The penthouse is now an utter mess.
Rumi: Great! What will our excuse be for all of this?
Zoey: …..we tried to kill a housefly?
Rumi and Mira look at Zoey, unimpressed.
Zoey: What?!
**********
After the events of the fight. Lupin, Jigen, and Goemon stayed at a rundown motel in Seoul. The Sable heart is right next to Goemon, who’s sitting on the floor meditating. Jigen was watching Lupin pace around the room.
Jigen: What was the deal with them??
Lupin: Oh, I don’t know Jigen. Maybe because those K-pop stars just grabbed weapons out of thin air!!
Jigen: Also, I wasn’t expecting K-pop idols to be highly trained fighters.
Lupin: Maybe they did a self-defense class or something.
Jigen: A self-defense class doesn’t teach you how to use swords, Lupin!
Lupin: Well, sorry, Jigen. I haven’t been to a self-defense class.
Jigen: NEITHER DID I JACKA**!!
Goemon tried to drown out the sound of Lupin and Jigen arguing. He was still baffled about how A Rumi’s sword could take on the Zantetsuken. He then realized something.
Goemon (Thinking): That sword. It glows with something I can’t think of. The last time I looked at a weapon like that was when I was reading a book on……..Wait……No, it can’t be.
Goemon sat up and looked over to Lupin and Jigen, who were still arguing.
Lupin: La la la la! I can't hear you!
Jigen: Lupin, if you don’t knock it off, I’ll kick you into next week-
Goemon: -The Security cameras!
Lupin and Jigen (In unison): Huh??
Goemon, check the security cameras! The cams from the antique store!
Lupin got his laptop out and opened the security tape as Goemon and Jigen huddled around him.
Jigen: We’ve seen all this before. It’s just HUNTRIX stealing the sable heart and running away.
Goemon: Rewind it.
Lupin rewinds the tape on the Laptop. The tape got fuzzy before showing something Lupin and the others had never seen before. The three of them saw 4 or 6 creatures walk into the antique store.
Lupin: Whoa!
Jigen: What the Hell?!
Goemon: Wait for it.
The three of them watched the footage and saw three figures sneaking into the antique store and taking out the creatures. Those three figures in the footage… were Rumi, Mira, and Zoey.
Lupin: What the heck was in that footage we just watched?!
Goemon: It was something I was afraid to admit when I noticed the sword the purple-haired lady had during our sword fight earlier.
Jigen: Admit what?
Goemon: HUNTRIX. The Kpop girl group……
Goemon took a small pause..
Goemon:..…..Are Demon Hunters.
Lupin and Jigen (In Unison): DEMON HUNTERS?!?!
**********
In Japan. Fujiko hacked into Lupin’s Laptop on her own laptop to see what he was doing and discovered the same thing that he, Jigen, and Goemon found out about HUNTRIX. She got up from her chair, got her phone out, and called someone. That someone then picked up.
Kang (On Another Line): Any Updates, Fujiko?
Fujiko (To Phone): Lupin and the others have the Sable Heart.
Kang (On Another Line): Good. Anything else?
Fujiko starts walking out the door.
Fujiko (To Phone): Also, you know the K-pop Band HUNTRIX? There’s a secret about them that Lupin just discovered.
Fujiko turns the lights off and shuts the door behind her.
To Be Continued?