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My body starts to melt

It was waiting for this miracle

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009

You've got the chance to express you

Here comes the imagination

Time, place

Truth and lies

Joy and sorrow

Kindness, hateness

Happiness, sadness

Smile, tears, friendship

Alone, together, birth

Death, sleep, fight

Space and oneself

In that promised place

I feel it once again

The spreading of a dream that's come true

I start running today too

Episode 36: Frozen Ground

This huge waterfall is frozen.

Don't, Tadashi.

This place could be dangerous.

They say a giant white snake lives here, right?

But that's a bunch of hooey.

Hey, wait!

Listen to me!

Wow, it's like a glacier!

Even though it's almost summer...

Don't come crying to me if something happens.

It'll be fine. I just wanted to get a look and then we'll go home.

Papa told me to stay away, but that only made me more curious, y'know?

Tadashi, let's just go home.

Footprints? Whose footprints...?

Amid record heat, the water shortage in Tokyo has become even more serious,

with a suspension of the water supply for the past few days.

Meanwhile, the abnormal situation in the mountain regions persists,

as the cold wave remains, leaving the snow unthawed.

The government and Meteorological Agency have begun an investigation

into a connection between these two issues.

The length of the glacier is 30 km. Its thickness reaches 200 meters.

It's unbelievable. For a perfect glacier to form at this elevation...

And the low temperature is -30 degrees Celsius.

Will the Meteorological Agency even believe us?

Let's examine the west side slope before it gets dark.

Prepare to move.

Yes, sir.

What's happening?!

Is the abnormal weather by the source of the river causing the water shortage?

The snow is not only not melting, it's freezing up and becoming a glacier.

It seems the research team met up with an accident on the site.

Supposedly the glacier keeps growing, expanding outward.

It's a problem for my restaurant, since I can't get the mushrooms I need.

Monster!

What's wrong, kids?

Help! The giant white snake!

We saw it!

The giant white snake of Sanjindou!

Mikio, I told you to stay away from Sanjindou!

I know, but Tadashi insisted on going.

ow!

What kind of excuse is that?!

Okay, okay, Miyake-san, calm down.

This is Miyake-san.

He procures mushrooms for me.

I appreciate this.

So you'll take us to the glacier?

Sanjindou... Is something there?

Tadashi!

Papa...

What are you doing?

Get home right now.

Now that I can't get any more mushrooms,

I'm getting ready to unload the house and move to the city.

My restaurant is suffering too, now that I can't buy mushrooms from you.

The place is Sanjindou?

Yes. Everyone in the village says it's cursed by the princess who lives there.

Cursed, huh?

By the way, who was that man earlier?

Kanji Sako, an artist who's kind of well-known in Tokyo.

Kanji Sako. Have you heard of him, 009?

No, I don't know much about art.

His son, Tadashi, has a weak constitution, so they moved here about a year ago.

The idea is to have him rest and recuperate with this fresh air.

I guess the father is making a living now

by selling landscape paintings of this area.

I envy people with talent like that.

Mugs like me have to eke out an existence from the land itself.

$anjindou is just past this glacier.

So the abnormal weather first started in this valley?

And right after it, Sanjindou...

Sorry, this is as far as I go. I'm not scared of the curse, but...

Thank you.

We'll call you later.

You're getting up there in age, Doctor.

Maybe you should turn back.

Nonsense!

If I turned back here, how could I investigate?!

Dammit, let's go, 006! Follow me!

It certainly is strange.

Even though the trees in this area were trying to bud,

the temperature suddenly plummeted.

You don't even have protective clothing. This is too much for you, Doctor.

Shut up!

It's slippery here, too.

Why?!

Are you okay, Doctor?!

008, that's terrible, abandoning me!

Doctor, are you all right?!

I just got a minor cut from the ice. No big deal.

We'd better get that treated.

You...

My car is parked near here.

Come on.

What's wrong?

I saw a huge figure in the spray of snow.

That was a Brocken spectre.

Brocken spectre?

It's your own magnified shadow, projected onto clouds or snow in this case.

It's a common phenomenon in the snowy mountains.

But let's get going.

R-Right.

All of these paintings are creepy.

I couldn't use any of them to decorate my restaurant.

Still, that Sako fellow isn't very friendly, but doesn't seem to be a bad guy.

Well, I appreciate the loan of this jacket.

I'll drop you off at the base of the mountain.

Oh, no, thanks to you, my scratch is patched up,

so we're going to have another go at Sanjindou.

There are many strange things in this world.

Some of them aren't meant to be examined by people.

I have a feeling some strange things have to remain mysteries.

I'm telling you this for your own good.

You should stay away from that cave.

Strange things that aren't meant to be examined by people...

Hello?

Yeah, I'm good.

Papa, phone! It's Aunty.

Again?!

My aunt wants me to live with her.

Maybe it's because Papa doesn't have a steady income.

Sorry, Tadashi-kun, but I'd be really grateful

if I could also borrow a pair of climbing boots.

Sure, if you don't mind wearing Papa's.

How many times do I have to tell you?!

This is a really deep cave.

Footprints. Was someone else down here?

Doctor, be careful!

Sorry about that.

It's freezing in here, huh?

Especially this frigid blowing wind!

The cause of this bizarre weather must be deep inside this cave.

Stay on point, 006.

I know, Dr. Gilmore!

Gonta! Gonta!

Where did Gonta go?

I can't do it! I can't use this!

W-What's this?!

Could it be... a cooling device?

No, I'm sure of it!

This device is freezing the Earth!

Who could've made such an infernal machine?

Black Ghost?!

But they don't exist anymore.

Could this be a machine they left behind?

Anyway, thanks to this machine, I'm losing business!

I'll wreck it!

Wait, 006!

What?

If you destroy it now, the glacier will melt and not just this village,

but all of the Kanto area will be submerged!

Ai-yi-yi! And my restaurant would be in the middle of that!

This is a disaster waiting to happen.

We have to take control of this machine, so it doesn't do that, but...

Dr. Gilmore, is something wrong?

I can't find this machine's control panel.

Oh, come on! Keep looking, Doctor!

The fate of my restaurant depends on your skill, Doctor.

Freezing!

We've got a chilly breeze in here now!

Someone forgot to fasten the doors!

Ai-yi-yil 009!

What the...?!

The white snake of Sanjindou!

Doctor! Please look for the control device!

We'll handle this!

Wait a second! Miyake-san was saying that if this snake is beaten,

the curse will be in effect!

That's ridiculous!

Not here?!

Where is the control panel?!

It's driving me into a corner!

Acceleration Mode!

W-What's this?!

Oh no! We have to get out of here!

The machine has started to melt the glacier!

Water is going to rush through here!

First we have to get back to the surface!

What should we do, Doctor?!

Is Tokyo going to be a sunken city?!

Here it comes!

The glacier is unstable.

Geothermal energy has started to make it break down from the lower level!

Is there some way we can stop it?

Think, Doctor!

Can't you come up with a good idea?!

Shut up!

I can't concentrate, so keep quiet!

Doctor, get down!

Who are you?! And why do you have a laser rifle?!

Stop it!

Stop it, Papa!

Sako-san!

Ai-yi-yi!

Tadashi!

A flash flood!

Run for the falls!

This is way beyond me!

There should be a control device somewhere, but...

I'm fired up!

Energy Magnum!

I don't hear anything.

For now, the glacier has settled down.

"Don't let anyone near the machine."

"Check to see whether it's operating normally on a periodic basis

and report to us."

Yes, that's what they told me.

I didn't even know what kind of machine it was.

When my paintings stopped selling, I jumped at this chance.

I desperately needed the money.

Papa...

Be a good boy for your aunt, okay?

So Black Ghost wasn't destroyed?

Then that machine wasn't just a leftover.

Perhaps a war is about to begin, different from before,

a war beyond anything we've anticipated.

What are they up to?

I held my heart up high proudly

I held my heart up high proudly

There wasn't even a lingering trace of that scent

There wasn't even a lingering trace of that scent

Once again I'm dancing, arcing through the air

Once again I'm dancing, arcing through the air

I'm surprised by the meaning of the pain

Like the red light from a towering building at night

My blinking heart won't turn off

Now I'm starting from here again

Now I'm starting from here again

Along with a vow

There are things I don't want to forget and things that will be wiped away

There are things I don't want to forget and things that will be wiped away

My courage, one courage, a kind courage

My courage, one courage, a kind courage

I can see

Dancing you and me

It happened in a little rural town.

Who are you? Where did you come from?

A girl appears in front of me. She doesn't say anything, but only smiles.

It's a quiet world, with a sky full of stars.

On the night of the star festival, I make a wish about a distant memory.

Next time on Cyborg 009:

Next time on Cyborg 009:

Episode 37: The Night of the Star Festival.

Episode 37: The Night of the Star Festival