The Mystery of Mamo1978

[Detective Zenigata and his Police Commissioner are eating in a Japanese restaurant in Colombia, Zenigata is rapidly eating a bowl of rice]

Commissioner:
Slow down, Zenigata!

Detective Zenigata:
[stops eating, surprised] Hm?

Commissioner:
Don't make yourself sick, my boy! Have some more pickled radish.

Detective Zenigata:
I appreciate the meal, chief, but couldn't we have found a place that served steak and potatoes?

Commissioner:
No, I wanted to give you a real treat--something special. On your salary, you'd never be able to afford a place like this.

Detective Zenigata:
[upset] You're right… [chomps on a radish, crying] I don't deserve this! Commissioner… I really am… so lucky… to have a chief like you! [breaks down in tears]

Commissioner:
[hands him a handkerchief] Stiff upper lip.

Detective Zenigata:
[blows his nose] You're a real prince, treating me to dinner like this even after I let that lousy thief get away! But I haven't given up, sir, I'll catch him!

Commissioner:
Oh, well, about that…

Detective Zenigata:
I'll nail him, chief!

Commissioner:
You're off the case.

Detective Zenigata:
Huh?

Commissioner:
Nothing personal. Actually… we’re dropping the whole business. That’s why I came to this Godforsaken town in Colombia – to find you and order you off the Lupin case. It seems our boy’s involved with some pretty important people. It’s a diplomatic affair, now… a lot bigger than you and me, Detective.

Detective Zenigata:
Would you repeat that? I think I’m still a little soggy.

Commissioner:
The Lupin case is finished. You got that? Forget about him. Oh! One more thing. [hands a small document with Zenigata’s name on it] A little something in the way of a bonus for all your efforts. Oh, you’ll be happy to get home after all this time, eh! Your daughter’s all grown up. Well, your plane leaves in a couple of hours.

Detective Zenigata:
With all due respect, sir, I’m the only one who can catch him!

Commissioner:
I know how you feel…

Detective Zenigata:
[shouting] Chief, you can’t do this!

Commissioner:
Wait a moment, now! It’s an order!

[Detective Zenigata angrily growls, and tears up the bonus. He kicks away the table he and the Commissioner are eating at]

Detective Zenigata:
Well, now it’s confetti! I resign, chief! I’ll go after him on my own! [he storms out of the restaurant to the surprise of the customers]

Commissioner:
I’m warning you! Come back here at once!

[Detective Zenigata stands on the outskirts of the city as the sun sets]

Detective Zenigata:
[narrating] I'm absolutely positive he's hiding here... somewhere in South America! They always end up somewhere in South America...