All the people here are here for one reason... that mountain!
Mt. Kagero!
The people here are aiming for the gold on top of that mountain!
I can't see the mountain!
If you question the mountain...
At that very instant, this mountain will disappear before you.
Episode 7 To the Summit
W-We're saved...
Bucky, what are you doing?
We're gonna leave you behind!
It's no use... I'm exhausted, I can't move...
But, Sis...
Is this mountain even really here?
Frank said he couldn't see it, and...
Idiot!
How could you even think that, Bucky?
But... I just can't believe that this mountain really exists...
Don't, Bucky! Don't even...
Bucky!
Hold it, Daisy!
Calm down!
I said calm down!
Bucky... God damn it!
In this cold climbing the mountain's impossible, I guess.
Tonight we will pitch tents here.
Shit... Bucky...
Shut the hell up, bomb squad.
How long are you gonna keep blubbering?
It's his own damn fault he's dead.
Well, isn't this nice for you, huh?
Now your share just got bigger.
What? Try sayin' that again, woman.
Leave her be.
Save that energy for tomorrow, 'kay?
We still got a long way to the top.
I don't like you.
Since when'd you become the leader, huh?
Leader?
Sorry, but I ain't got time to worry about anyone else but me.
But, see, we're all climbing hanging from the same rope.
Just one of you try doubting this mountain,
and in an instant your footing'll be gone from under you.
Then it's straight to hell for the lot of us.
We should get to sleep soon.
The temperature is dropping.
Be careful. The energy of these barrier tents runs out while you're sleeping, and...
...you'll be a popsicle by morning.
What is it, Linda?
Can't get to sleep?
I'm... frightened.
Will you let me sleep here tonight?
Hold me, Johnson.
I'm scared.
Whenever I think of this mountain, the fear...
Stop with the crappy acting Linda.
What you're scared of isn't this mountain.
You're scared for your share after we find the gold.
Don't matter how well you're known in New York,
'cause out here you're just a single woman.
Without that bodyguard Frank, your confidence is gone.
So you figured you'd win me over as a replacement.
You're one cunning little man, you know that?
But are you sure you should have said that?
I know.
I know that you're the pirate Cobra with a bounty on your head!
What do you think would happen if the others knew?
You think on your feet pretty good for a woman.
So this time you threaten me?
You'll be fine even if you're alone.
You could seduce the devil himself.
What's the matter?
Look! Ms. Daisy has...
...frozen to death!
That's horrible. Her barrier tent's energy ran out during the night.
No.
This was not an accident. Someone did this on purpose.
The energy tube has been pulled out.
Then, she was killed?
Did Daisy smoke?
The woman was a bomb maker.
She'd stay far away from fire.
Then one of us paid her tent a visit.
How could this be?
One among us is a killer!
And we don't know which one of us it is.
Nope, we have a clue.
He dropped this near Daisy.
The person who killed Daisy was left handed.
How the hell do you know that?
Look at those matches.
They've been used from left to right.
A right handed person would do the opposite.
Are you saying it was me?
Who knows?
There are three of us lefties here.
There's you, Father Sebastian, and...
And you're also left handed...
...Cobra!
His name isn't Johnson!
It's the pirate, Cobra!
The murdering thief!
Say what?! You're Cobra?!
I see... You're Cobra.
It's no wonder you knew our names!
You changed your face, huh?
But I'll never forget you, Cobra!
The man who shot out my left eye!
It suits someone like you who uses trick cards to cheat poor people out of their money!
Shut up, and die!
My Lord...
You didn't have to kill him...
Don't sweat it. He was definitely gonna die.
Definitely going to die?
Only God can decide that!
I just saved God the trouble.
Blasphemy!
You desecrate God's name!
You are possessed by the Devil!
Ain't that the truth.
But how about you?
Didn't you say something about restoring your faith in God?
Sure that the gold hasn't caught your eye?
There's got to be plenty of other ways to restore your faith than climbin' this mountain.
B-But... I...
Bull's-eye...
And you're left handed too, after all.
It will be impossible to climb like this.
We will wait until the storm subsides.
What're the others up to?
Everyone is taking shelter in crevices they have found.
Mr. Cobra, you are always holding up the watch on your left wrist to your ear.
What are you listening to?
The call of love.
Hey, Father!
I can't find Linda.
You know where she went off to...
Father Sebastian!
Looks to me like you killed the guy.
You were pretty hard on him back there.
Guess he couldn't stand having a guilty conscious.
The Father killed himself?
Well, too bad he's dead.
Anyway, I can't find Linda.
Let's go after her.
Hell if I'm gonna let that woman get the gold all to herself!
How much longer until I reach the top?
No matter how high I climb...
No matter how high you climb, you'll never reach the top, see...
Linda.
No... You're...
Think about it.
There shouldn't be a mountain around here.
This is all a dream. You can't actually climb a mountain that doesn't exist.
T-That's not true!
This is a mountain! There is a mountain!
No. This is a dream.
All an illusion.
S-Stop it!
There's a mountain, there is!
No... No!
That's...
Linda...
Foolish woman.
This is what she gets climbing by herself without a lifeline.
Ms. Linda was not able to keep believing in the mountain.
I can see the summit!
Hey, Geronimo! Climb a little slower, will you?
I was raised in the city unlike you!
Leo!
Shit! I hit the rocks and I think I broke my left arm!
Leo!
Are you okay?
Here, grab on!
I'm just dandy! You think I'd bite the dust with the gold right in front of me?
Gold, you say? There's no gold on this mountain.
W-Who are you?
There's no gold here.
Only death.
Shut up, there's gold!
20 tons of pure gold, at the top of this here mountain!
And how do you know?
It's not like you've seen the gold.
You just heard rumors and showed up here.
Stop it! There's gold, I tell you, gold!
There was never any gold in the first place.
So there's no reason for you to climb to the top.
Don't be fooled by what he's saying!
Leo, there's gold! Believe it!
B-But... If there isn't really gold...
Leo!
Damn it!
Show yourself! I know it's you!
Show yourself...
...Father Sebastian!
Now I get it... You're a cyborg.
Can't hang yourself with a neck like that, can you?
Why? Why did you know it was me?
You seriously think a Catholic Priest who is banned from committing suicide would hang themselves?
Just as the rumors said.
The pirate Cobra lives up to his name.
And yes, I killed Daisy and Linda as well!
Now you will also die!
What a pity. Hell has been waiting for a guest like you.
Now there's only one left.
You think that'd kill me?
Don't make me laugh.
I've got business up above.
I've found you, my gold...
It's all mine!
F-Father...
Y-You... You're alive?
Yes...
And everyone else is...
...dead!
Now there's no one left.
Nope, there's one left.
Well, this is a surprise.
I thought I'd already sent you to Hell.
I have one thing I don't get, though...
It bothered me so much I couldn't go dying yet...
All the others were worried whether or not there was really gold here.
But you were different.
You were quite sure there was gold here.
Now, why is that?
Go to Hell and tell the folks there.
That it was me who planted the bomb on the plane!
I see!
Now I can send you to Hell without any worries!
Head above the snow, and from the neck down sent to hell.
Geronimo, you okay?
Do not worry. It's just a scratch.
What's the reason for you to come here?
This.
This is my father.
The Chief of the Aba tribe, Long Horn.
Under the laws of my tribe,
the one who is Chief must show their courage by climbing Mt. Kagero.
My father climbed this mountain.
But he did not return.
The tribesmen said that my father was a coward and ran from the mountain.
But I believed in him.
My father would not run away.
He climbed this mountain, and died here.
And you came here to prove that?
Everyone who could not keep believing in the mountain died.
But, why did only we three make it all this way?
They say a mountain climber will make it to the top
only if they have the desire to conquer the mountain.
But that bunch had a pretty weak reason to climb this mountain.
They came looking for some gold that may or may not exist.
When they started to doubt whether that gold existed,
there went their reason for climbing it, and the mountain disappeared.
The reason that fake Father managed to get here
was because he knew for sure the gold was here.
He had a reason to climb this mountain.
You also had one, Geronimo.
Mr. Cobra. You have constantly been holding that to your ear.
What exactly are you listening to?
I told you... It's the call of love.
I figured you'd come for me, Cobra.
Yeah, I had some time to kill.
So you picked up my emergency distress call?
If you'd taken any longer, my systems would have shut down completely.
Take a nice bath and it'll warm you right up.
A friend of yours was on that plane?
I see... You didn't care one way or the other whether there was gold on this mountain.
Your only reason for climbing this mountain was her.
And the mountain answered your call.
Lady, do you think this mountain is really here?
Oh, what are you talking about?
A mountain is a mountain, no?
Yeah...
All I needed to believe in was you.
Okay, let's get down already...
It's too damn cold here.
A beautiful woman is waiting for me to appear.
She said she wanted the seed of a flower that looked just like a human's face.
Why would she want that?
And why did I take up this request?
Because it seems she's taken Secret hostage...
Well, guess I'd better get to work.
This is a warning to everyone: You'd better watch out if you do a favor for a beautiful woman.
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