Here you are, ma'am.
Thank you.
Pardon me.
You're pretty buff.
Thanks.
Want to have some fun?
My hotel is right there.
I appreciate the offer…
but I'm still on the clock.
Such a serious boy. How sweet.
See you around.
Nice doing business with you, ma'am.
What's wrong?
It's nothing.
Nice doing business with you, ma'am.
What bad timing.
Gladiator!
That's as far as you go, sneak thief.
What bad timing!
You've done it now!
I'm the one who dragged you outta Mama's cunt, asshole!
Not that fucked-up true story again.
You're batshit crazy, my brother.
You fucking bastard!
If you're gonna fight, then make it pay.
That's right. Just like The Heat taught us.
What's this about?
This is bad timing.
Yeah.
That's the best he could do?
Thanks for coming.
I'm glad to have you here.
Of course I came. I was waiting for your call.
How many years has it been?
I lost track. Chicago sure has changed.
My baby chick has spread her wings. I've heard the rumors even here.
You should come to the West Coast.
That place isn't my style.
Aw, man.
I think I've come to the wrong place.
Don't you worry. This is simply a facade, right?
By the way, what's your name?
I'm Johnny.
If you're going to hide, the best place is somewhere busy.
And the best kind of busy place is somewhere that makes money.
The best places have always been cleaners, garbage collection centers,
and butcher shops.
How come?
Nobody likes places that are filthy.
Everyone stays away.
Really?
And picky parole officers like it because it's steady work for their wards.
And for those who haven't worked in the underworld for years,
it's a helpful way to make a living.
Don't you dare touch that!
The electric shock could be deadly.
That doesn't bother me.
I'm not worried about you.
I'm worried that machine could short out from your power.
When did you tell him?
Tell him what?
About my power.
I never told him.
In fact, I didn't even tell him you were coming.
Then how did he know?
That's what makes him The Heat.
Seriously?
These all bring back memories.
It was a golden age for villains.
"Legendary supervillain, The Heat."
That's right.
And Chicago was controlled by the underworld gangs.
It's where the first supervillains came into existence.
In 1927, that bastard Thompson was elected mayor.
He became connected with
the gang called the Chicago Outfit via a Cicero nightclub.
That was the start of Al Capone's control of the underworld.
In the global financial crisis of 1929, Chicago went deep into debt.
Then after the St. Valentine's Day Massacre,
gangs led by the likes of Tony Accardo
and Sam Giancana ruled the city
from the '40s to the '70s.
It was the legendary Chicago Villain Brothers,
who sometimes worked alongside those gangs and sometimes opposed them,
who built the golden era.
Sounds like the damn Blues Brothers.
And Chicago's first supervillain was The Heat.
Refusing to partner with those gangs,
he gathered together villains who were in similar circumstances.
Those are yours, aren't they? I saw them on that cable show.
You mean Crime History?
Yeah, that's right. These things could melt any steel safe around, right?
They're Heat Canisters.
They instantly fire a heat ray hotter than a blast furnace.
They were my trustworthy partners.
They don't work now though.
You don't have superpowers?
In that era, supervillains didn’t need that kind of thing.
What was needed was to be at the right place at the right time.
That's the key to being a good villain.
On TV, the legend is that you were never once caught.
But you were caught tons of times.
People only believe what they want to see,
what they want to read, and what they want to hear.
In other words,
there's no need for the legend of The Heat to be true.
The Heat is a kind of ideal that other villains have constructed.
Therefore,
the key to being successful is to take advantage of that ideal.
As a supervillain, that is the destiny I must bear.
Destiny? Sounds more like lies about your past.
Johnny!
Villains don't work for anyone. I work for myself.
I do it in order to live free.
I face real dangers head-on. They ain't no lies.
That pride of yours isn't worth a cent.
You okay?
Sorry about this.
Oh, you gotta be kidding.
This is the place.
The other members are already here.
Welcome to the gangster city of Chicago.
Let me introduce you. This is Kasey-Anne.
And this guy is…
I'm Johnny.
Oh, that's right. Johnny.
You're the one with that freaking amazing power, right?
I heard a rumor that you're the key to this.
Nice to meet you.
Thank you for coming, everyone. Now then…
Moving along…
As you all know, recently in the US,
due to the appearance and rise of
the superhero organization, The Union of Justice,
there's been an explosion in the number of heroes with superpowers.
Due to this, business for us has improved as well.
What's more, the Network was formed.
Exactly.
The Network was formed
to overcome the grave situation that villains faced.
However, to villains like us who don't want to be involved with them,
they're a stifling presence.
I'll admit, those guys are pretty fishy.
They get a cut when all they do is make the plans for the members to follow.
And if it fails, it's us guys who get caught.
It doesn't hurt the Network at all. We're treated like pawns.
What's more, for Supermax Prison,
the capture of villains like us
is an excuse for them to keep their business running.
That ticks me off.
Those restraint vests stink too.
Especially when the last guy had bad BO.
For sure. It's not easy to make it in this world now.
So what's this nice job you've got?
Oh, that's right.
I'd like to know why you've gathered obscure villains like us.
What? Who you callin' obscure, slim!
We're the great Diesel Brothers, pal!
Sorry.
It just seems to me that one of the requirements
for being called here is that you're obscure enough
not to be mixed up with the Network.
Right?
-What? -What?
That's right.
You're pretty sharp.
Which means that this is one heck of a job.
What do you mean?
It's a job that even the Network won't touch.
In fact, they don't even want people to know about it, boy.
What?
Which means even an obscure guy like you is qualified to participate, boy.
What the fuck did you just say?
Stop it, Johnny!
And your only power is electric shock, huh?
Why, you bastard!
Johnny! Cut it out, would you!
Fine.
Continue, Heat.
As just mentioned,
one requirement is that you're not mixed up with the Network.
But that's not all.
All of the supervillains gathered here have a special power
that makes them each essential for their unique role in this plan
that only they can play.
Except for your pathetic electric shock.
You…
Cut it out, you two!
Johnny!
I've had it with you!
And what the fuck can you do?
Son of a bitch!
I'm The Ghost, and this is my power.
Ghost?
I'm a man who has no presence, as if he were a ghost.
I can go from anywhere to anywhere, passing through anything.
I'm a phantom.
After my power was awakened,
I soon realized that since I could go anywhere,
I belonged nowhere.
No matter who I joined up with, since I had no presence,
I would merely be used.
So I decided that I would use them as well.
But one time,
it was discovered that while I was working with both the racist skinheads
and ecoterrorists, I was scamming both of them.
If you want to be part of a cult, then be part of our cult.
The Villain Brothers.
When Carmine let me into that group of supervillains,
I fortunately ended up not having to read either Mein Kampf or Silent Spring.
Magnificent!
That was an excellent display of your power.
But that's not all that you're capable of.
Isn't that right?
Yeah.
That ability of yours is exactly what we need right now.
How about it, Johnny?
You got it.
Nice, Johnny.
I look forward to working with you.
Yeah.
Okay, let's get started.
-You're good too, right, Josh? -Yep.
For this job, we'll…
Moving along…
This mission is made up of two main parts.
You could say there's a first and second half.
Of course, the second half is the actual job.
But the first job is naturally an essential and dangerous mission.
Enough of the lecturing!
Yeah! Hurry up and tell us!
Okay. The first mission is
to rescue a member of the team who's necessary for the final mission.
Rescue?
Yes. While on vacation in Florida, he was enjoying a little larceny,
when he was unfortunately caught by a superhero.
What? Who is this loser?
TK.
TK? You mean TK McCabe?
TK was carrying out a splendid plan to steal from a warehouse
that is connected to a luxury hotel in Florida
where there are relatively few superheroes.
Unfortunately, the superhero Gladiator was vacationing in Florida at the same time.
Of all people, Gladiator!
TK was arrested and locked up,
and is scheduled to be escorted to prison via military plane.
If he ends up detained in Supermax Prison,
he'll have to spend a maximum of ten years locked away.
Our first mission is to safely rescue TK.
Hey, come on!
Why do we gotta save this bumbler's ass 'cause he went and got himself caught?
Damn right! Generosity has its limits!
Is he really so absolutely necessary?
Yes. He is an important part necessary for the completion of this plan.
That guy?
I'll admit, his power would be helpful.
After assembling the necessary members,
we'll prepare to obtain the other necessary part.
What do you mean?
Now, now.
Why don't you just look at what comes next as a nice surprise?
There you go lecturing again.
Florida?
I like it.
Oh, well. I guess we'll go get him.
I don't mind going to Florida,
but I bet we'll need a ton of money to prep for this mission, right?
Don't worry about that either.
The client has already sent it.
A sugar daddy? This is looking good.
Is that client a Romanian?
How did you know? Did you read my mind?
I don't need to go to that kind of trouble.
I mean, look at this.
It's so unlike you to drink pálinka.
It was a gift, right?
You're as sharp as ever.
As you know, the US villain world is going through a slump.
So I traveled far, to Eastern Europe, outside of the clutches of superheroes
in order to find work.
I sold this plan to a certain bigwig who's in seclusion in Romania.
I was already quite certain that this bigwig would very much want
for this mission to be realized. Then…
he went for it, exactly as expected.
At any rate,
we have ample funds to prepare for this mission.
And we're about to put the plan into action.
I like it.
Oh, well.
This is nice timing.
Also, quite fortunately, Mr. Matts, The Bastard,
is currently handing over his business to his younger subordinate.
So the Network's on hiatus?
Right. The fees that supervillains normally have to pay
according to the Network's rules, won't have to be.
We can circumvent the Network. I like it.
Come to think of it, a guard at Supermax mentioned something about that.
This truly is good timing.
We'll start by rescuing the first necessary part, TK.
As for what comes next,
I'll explain it all to you after he's been rescued.
But don't you worry.
If this plan succeeds,
each of you here will become millionaires.
This job could become the biggest ever in my 75 years.
If it succeeds, the front page of the newspaper that reports it
will be displayed in a place of honor and proudly shine as a new legend.
A new legend?
All the articles displayed here are of when you got arrested.
It better not be an article of us getting arrested along with you.
That's for sure.
Agreed.
Darn you people!
It doesn't matter as long as you're on the front page!
Listen! Being a legend means…
Moving along…
Cheers!
-Yeah! -Cheers!
Subtitle translation by: Brian Athey