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-What are you smoking?

-A little firecracker.

It's really good, it's for my arthritis.

-Turn that off. It's going to smell

-You disappear for 10 years and then you turn up unannounced.

-I thought you might need to see me

after the loss of your baby. Vibrator.

-Yes, Nico.

I'm not tense, no! She's laughing.

Yes, I'm on my way. Can you send me the address?

Yes, I kiss you too.

Kisses.

-Kisses, you're cute.

I wouldn't have imagined you with a boy like that.

-You told me you were staying 48 hours a week ago.

-It's okay, I'm going to a friend's. You promised me we'd go

Dinner with my grandson.

-He doesn't know who you are anymore.

-Don't be mean.

This isn't you.

- We'll find a slot. - Yeah.

-Turn off that firecracker!

-Kisses, my darling. Have a nice day.

-I'm going to join Raphaëlle.

I had a very pleasant time.

* -Yes, Astrid.

* I'm glad to have shared it with you.

-I miss your physical presence.

In Japanese.

*I'll try return soon.

* But I don't want to come back for a few days.

*I want to find

* I love you, Astrid.

-I love you, Tetsuo.

-Okay, so what?

What does this crime scene look like?

- I've never seen anything like it. - What do you mean by that?

-Here we go.

The victim is Philippe Desmond, 65 years old.

He lives alone

in this house.

-What kind of butchery is this?

-We opened him up 30 cm in the chest.

If he had been stabbed, the wound wouldn't be shaped like this.

He was deliberately thorax.

-He's tied up.

Is this some kind of execution?

-There...

There are passive bloodstains. Other bloodstains

are projected,

but the drops, there, they fell

At right angles.

-Could the killer have hurt himself?

-I don't know.

Now...

-Oh, shit!

What's this? - It's a statuette.

-Inside, is a human heart.

-Huh?

Ah, shit.

He has no heart.

-This must be his.

- Remove your fingers from... - Photo!

...

- A cardiectomy. - Absolutely.

The heart has been extracted from the rib cage.

-Who could have done this?

-This is what we're to find out.

-No fingerprints, no DNA trace

at the crime scene.

The only lead we have is... - It's a ritual sacrifice.

-Sorry.

- A ritual sacrifice. - A ritual sacrifice, yes.

The victim collected Aztec art.

The position of the body, the heart ripped out,

deposited in a ballot box,

It all sounds like a sacrifice as practiced by the Aztecs.

-The killer thinks he's an Aztec priest?

-Yes. It could be some kind of message.

-Whatever it is,

There's a weirdo on the loose. - Hm.

-Thank you for your time.

-Desmond was no longer archaeologist.

He had given up research to devote himself

To a private approach.

-Private? Meaning?

-He was a treasure hunter.

-Ah?

So the statuettes at his place... - They're stolen relics

on archaeological sites.

He was a scavenger

of graves.

He was involved in art trafficking

In the 2000s. He was an adventurer.

He even wrote

An autobio.

-How much did he earn?

-The statuettes, a max.

The black market Pre-Columbian art

- What about privacy?

-Not much.

Not married, hardly any family.

- Close? - He has a son,

Adopted in Mexico in 2007. - An adopted son?

Has he been summoned?

-I can't find phone number or address.

-SDF ?

-Possible.

He's known around the house.

Plaints for theft, poaching,

aggressive behavior.

-Necalli Cantu.

It doesn't have the same name

than his father.

-I'm going to see if there's anything else on him.

You're having trouble solving it, this one.

Isn't there an instruction manual? - Yes, there is,

I have to solve it on my own.

Yes.

Necalli Cantu's name appears

in two files. In 2009,

he vandalized Hôtel Drouot during the sale

of a statuette representing the god of water.

In 2012, he tried to steal an Aztec mask

At the musée du quai Branly.

Now...

-These would be militant actions to restore

Artwork? - Yes.

Necalli Cantu declared that the place of these objects

was in Mexico.

-So the son of a grave robber

is willing to go to jail to return antiquities.

I smell a big family conflict.

*I found the trace of Necalli Cantu.

*There's just one problem.

-No, but it's huge.

-Are we sure he's around here?

-He was checked a week ago a week ago by a forest ranger.

He's here, yes.

- Right, let's get on with it. - Now...

Well, now...

-Well, there...

We make two groups.

You and Norah turn right, Astrid and I will take the left.

Any news from Tetsuo, Astrid? - Yes, Astrid.

He's in Tokyo.

He is looking for a solution to get back to Paris

On a permanent basis.

He said, "Astrid, I love you." - Oh!

-And I did as you taught me.

I answered him without waiting for him to ask me.

-What about your epilepsy?

-I haven't had another crisis, but I'm not at peace.

- They arrive without warning. - There they are.

-(Astrid!)

(Oh fuck...)

Yes, yes.

Damn!

There's no network.

- Not fall. - Yes. Well, shall we go?

- Yes, we have to go down. - No, but... yes, but that way.

Let's go, Astrid.

...

Police!

-What do you want?

-Don't shout.

-Necalli Cantu ?

-Get out of my house!

-Your hands.

- I didn't do anything. - Let me see your hands!

- I didn't do anything! - Put the knife down.

Throw the knife away! Throw it away!

On your knees.

On your knees!

Hands behind your head!

Astrid...

Astrid? - Yes.

The dog.

Call

le 01 42 56 96 42.

It's Bandit. He's dead.

He smells terrible.

-I didn't do anything!

I didn't kill him!

He was already dead!

-Are you talking about the dog?

-Someone knocked him down.

-Have a seat.

That's not why

That you've been arrested.

This is for what happened to your father.

He was murdered.

-When did it happen?

-Yesterday.

When did you last the last time?

-Since I live in the forest,

we saw each other less.

He came to see me last week.

-What kind of relationship do you have?

-That was my father!

He's always been there for me and always supported me,

Even when I was stupid things.

Are you sure he's dead?

-Hm.

We think it has something to do to his Mexican past.

Do you know of anyone who might have had a grudge against him?

-Everyone who knew his secret.

My father had discovered the place

A dream come true treasure hunters.

He had found El Dorado,

the mysterious cities of gold.

A town lost in the jungle, hidden

He never revealed where it was.

That's why we killed him!

That's why!

-Necalli has a grain,

but he's sincere.

He loved his father. He didn't kill him.

-He killed a dog.

-Not the same.

-No, the animal was already dead when he performed

- Ah !

-The poor beast must have been hit by a car.

-All right.

What did you find?

-Two mysteries puzzled me:

humidity in his nasal cavities.

There always are, but this was unusual.

And the 2nd...

that's it.

-What is it?

Is that fabric? - I couldn't figure it out either,

until I get the results

From toxicological analysis.

-The victim was taking beta-blockers,

Recommended in cases of heart failure.

-What does this have to do with water in the nose and fabric?

- Water torture. - This is it.

We put a cloth over his face.

-Water has been poured on the fabric

to simulate a drowning.

-He panicked, his heart raced...

-And he's dead.

It was a heart attack that caused his death

Not cardiectomy.

The killer proceeded the heart post mortem.

-It was the water torture that killed him.

-Water torture? Was he tortured?

-This is it.

-That would mean

That the human sacrifice was just a show.

-To disguise the torture.

-And put the blame the one who's all in

In Aztec culture, Necalli. - Why would he be tortured?

-For him to confess the secret of Eldorado.

-The commissioner won't like this.

-Or something that looks like Eldorado.

We know that Moctezuma, the last Aztec king,

Had a treasure that was never found.

-Why would Desmond keep this to himself?

We should have found this treasure at his place, shouldn't we?

-We had something else to see. Maybe we didn't look properly.

-What are you doing?

-I was expecting there to be a secret door opening,

Just like in the movies.

-Why is this?

-If Desmond had brought treasure here,

He would have stashed it in a secret room in his house.

You'd like that.

Right?

...

-The books there,

they are numbered from 1...

À 23. - Missing 22.

-Yes.

-Astrid!

Looks like the logbooks

About his expeditions.

What if his secret was in here?

-Hm.

In logs 16 to 23,

Desmond recounts his treasure hunts.

- Same for the top 15. - In the last log,

He mentions Necalli Cantu.

His adopted son would have been born

in a nahua tribe in the jungle.

-Necalli grew up in the jungle?

-His biological father was the chief of this tribe

and claimed to be descending

of Moctezuma, last king of the Aztecs.

Desmond and this man were friends.

-Why Desmond -did he adopt his son?

-It's not written.

The newspaper stops before its adoption.

-Any news on Eldorado?

-Nothing that isn't already in his autobiography.

Captain Perran, have you found any information

About this topic in logs 1 to 15?

-No, nothing.

If there is a secret, it's in the missing diary.

The 22nd.

Do you think he could have hidden it somewhere?

-Not necessarily, no.

-Sorry.

- You're welcome. - No touching.

Thank you.

I know where the the 22nd newspaper.

- Really? - Yes. I made a request

From my network of archivists. A Mexican just answered.

-What's up?

-This newspaper recently sold in an auction

Collection papers. Here.

-Desmond would have at auction?

-No. He'd lost it in the jungle.

It was a grave robber who found it.

It sold for 35,000 euros.

-35,000 euros, holy cow!

We're not the only ones who think that this newspaper contains

The secret of Eldorado.

Do we know who bought it?

-Paloma Valdés, a wealthy French-Mexican heiress.

Her, there. - Paloma Valdés...

Well done, Astrid.

-Did you know Philippe Desmond, Mrs Valdés?

-By reputation only.

-However, two months ago, at the auction,

You have purchased one of his logbooks.

-Right, yes.

-Do you have this newspaper with you? We'd like to read it.

-This is not possible.

-Ms. Valdés,

log number 22

Is a piece of evidence in an investigation.

Not to present it to us would be

obstruction the exercise of justice

punishable by a 15,000-euro fine. and 3 years' imprisonment.

One, two, three.

-You don't understand.

This is impossible because it was stolen.

-Ah.

-Stolen? Please explain.

-I got mugged

at home,

in Mexico City,

3 weeks ago.

They took the newspaper from me.

-Did you see your attackers?

-Yes.

They were members of the Tihuapan cartel,

the worst criminal organization

from Mexico.

-Don't move, I...

Astrid, can you come with me?

This is the lady I was telling her not to move.

-Could it be a cartel?

-That would explain the modus operandi.

The Tihuapan cartel has already cut heads, crucified, strangled,

Burnt testicles. - It's okay, Nico, we get it.

-They have no limits.

That sounds like them.

-It was for Desmond's secret that they stole his diary.

-We need to know what it contains.

Perhaps Paloma Valdés had time to read it

before it gets stolen.

-Search for cartel members,

check for links with Desmond.

A part of his past escapes us.

-Astrid, shall we go?

-In the newspaper,

Desmond recounts his expedition to San Rafael,

a lost village

Near Guanajuato.

He found

Memoirs of a monk from the 16th century.

By translating them, he learned that the Aztecs

had indicated the location of Eldorado,

In a codex.

-A codex...

This is an early manuscript.

-Yes. The codex Borbonicus.

One of the few pre-Columbian codices codexes ever found.

- Would the cartel have stolen it too? - No, that would be too complicated,

because, if Eldorado

is in Mexico City,

the codex Borbonicus,

is here, in France,

In one of Paris's monuments in Paris.

-I don't understand what a pre-Columbian manuscript

Fuck here, at the Palais Bourbon.

-The captain explained to me that the codex Borbonicus

was brought back by the Spanish

After the conquest of Mexico.

It would have been stolen and resold by a Frenchman

In the 17th century. How and why? We don't know.

-One mystery at a time.

If the killer is looking for Eldorado...

- He must have consulted the codex here. - He did.

-That's it.

Raphaëlle, wait for me.

-Ah, yes.

...

It's amazing!

Astrid, come on!

Astrid, come. - Yes, please.

-Ah yes, it's... That's lovely.

Is this book all pictures? - It's pictographic writing.

-All right. And what does it say?

-The codex Borbonicus is a calendar.

He exhibits deities, elements

for the 260 days of an Aztec cycle

52 years old.

Do you want to view it? - Yes!

-I would like to know who has consulted this manuscript recently.

-Access to the codex is highly controlled.

Only members of parliament and parliamentary attachés

Have consultation rights.

-Thank you for your time.

Paloma Valdés works at the Assembly ?

-No, she got a waiver.

She was preparing a book about the codex.

-Astrid...

I have a lead. Fabien Rouxin, a member of parliament, consulted the codex

One week ago.

And guess what. He's a former diplomat.

He was stationed in Mexico for 15 years,

At the same time as Desmond. Worth digging up.

-The secret.

Desmond wrote that the location of El Dorado

Was inscribed in this manuscript.

But I can't find it.

The Aztecs must have used a code.

I need to find the code. - Well, I see you are

Completely in your conundrum, so you're not listening to me.

All right.

I'll leave you to search.

If you find anything about Eldorado,

This would allow us to trace to the culprit.

Shall we keep in touch? (That's what I think.)

...

Well then?

-No trace of the Tihuapan cartel in France

Last few months.

- Nothing to link them to Desmond? - No, there isn't.

But something is turning on the Mexican media:

The cartel had the governor the governor of Michoacan.

-Holy cow! They'll stop at nothing.

-Everyone's afraid he'll be replaced by a governor

rolling for them.

Why would such a powerful cartel interested

To an old treasure hunter? - We'll have to find out.

In the meantime, call tomorrow morning a certain Fabien Rouxin.

- It's as good as done. - He's an MP. Good luck with that.

-We're about to close, I'm sorry.

If you haven't finished, I can lend you a facsimile.

-I don't get it.

The Borbonicus codex

is a calendar.

How a calendar

Could it lead to a location?

-We must not adopt a contemporary western perspective.

Notions of time and space were different from ours

And they were linked, among the Aztecs.

-In what way?

-Not all their knowledge is

reached us.

They built, without measuring tools,

perfect pyramids

Which remain architectural mysteries.

Do you mind?

-Yes.

Your tattoo there...

It means

that you belong to the brotherhood

Rosicrucian. You protect ancient knowledge.

I have met one of your colleagues.

-Members of the Rosicrucians are wherever knowledge is threatened.

-So the codex does indeed conceal a secret.

-Ca...

It's up to you to find out for yourself.

- Can you give a taste? - Yes, I do.

- Hot. - Yes, it is.

They're laughing.

- But it's sweet! - Yes, it's rice pudding.

- I thought it was risotto. - No, that's dessert.

She comes to pick up some things,

She found an apartment, thank God.

Yes, Mother. - Guess what's happening to me.

- Don't tell me. - My girlfriend had a setback.

- Good evening.

-His son returned from India earlier than expected.

It's just for one night. - Look, I hardly mind.

- Were you going to have dinner? - Make yourselves at home.

- Yes, we were just about to have dinner. - Please have a seat.

- Thanks a lot. - I'll set the table.

-I'm a little hungry,

So that's good timing.

Smells good. What is it?

...

- Ah, Mr Rouxin. - I've come

As soon as I got your message. It's terrible about Philippe.

- How well did you know him? - He was a friend of mine,

Even though we'd been seeing less of each other since my return from Mexico.

-Did you know that he was involved in an affair

trafficking in relics? - Mentalities were different

Back in the day. We didn't talk about restitutions.

He was an Indiana Jones more than a smuggler.

-Did he tell you about Eldorado?

-Of course.

He said he found it to keep his legend alive

And to sell his book.

-I saw your name on the register of the Assembly Library.

Are you interested in Aztec culture?

-You're wondering why I consulted the codex Borbonicus?

It was at the request Philip's son.

- Do you know Necalli? - Hm.

I'm the one who facilitated the formalities

for his adoption. - What happened exactly

for a tribal chief to entrust his son

To a Westerner?

-Deforestation, disease, unscrupulous landlords.

All the members of his tribe moved

One after the other.

-He wanted to save his son -Philip approached them.

The boss trusted him.

Necalli arrived to France at the age of 7.

Can you imagine the shock? He'd never left the jungle.

-Now I understand why he's so...

Raw.

-His people and his land are gone.

This is the last of the Aztecs.

This is why I can't refuse him anything.

-What did he want to know about the codex?

-I don't know.

He asked me to take some photos for him.

-You could note the number of the pages for which

Did he ask you to take pictures?

-Do you think this has anything to do with Philippe's murder?

-Madame...

I've deciphered a part

Code. I'll show you.

On this page,

The images are not geometrically arranged.

This is because they indicate places, temples,

Volcanoes, cities, directions.

This is a map.

Have a look.

Everything coincides. Instead of water,

There's the water goddess.

-We knew

That you'd be up to the task.

-Up to the challenge...

-The secret of the codex

must not fall the wrong hands,

And we need you to help us protect it.

-But to protect him, I have to know him.

-For this, you need the key.

And like Philippe Desmond, you'll be able to crack the code.

-Is there a key?

And Philippe Desmond had this key?

-Well, he doesn't,

But his son Necalli Cantu, yes.

-Ah.

Mr. Cantu has shown hostility until now.

I'm not sure he'll want to help me.

-Just tell him you're coming from us.

- Am I wrong about Necalli? - I don't know.

Then, if he was interested in the codex...

-So that means he's fucking with us

And that he, too, interested in Eldorado.

I'm going to ask Astrid if she's found anything.

*-Hello... - Answering machine. That's 3 times

That I get her answering machine. It worries me.

...

-What do you want to know about the codex?

-I want to know the secret the secret it holds.

-Yes?

And?

-And I think you have a key...

Who could help me decode this image.

The Brotherhood of the Rosicrucian who sent me.

-Did they tell you I had the key?

- Yes, they were wrong. - They were wrong.

-Ah.

Don't you have the key?

-I don't have the key.

I'm the key.

Where did you get that tattoo? on your back?

-From my father.

My real father.

Our tribe passed on tattoos tattoos from father to son.

-Hm.

Thanks to these drawings

That Philippe Desmond has found Eldorado?

-Hm.

-Why did he never say

Where was it?

-I don't want Eldorado to be plundered by men.

They destroy everything.

Do you know what they did to my jungle, to my family?

Philippe understood me.

He respected my wishes.

-There's one thing I don't get.

If you're not interested in Eldorado,

Why did you want pictures of the codex?

-Which photos?

-You asked Fabien Rouxin to take some photos.

-I never asked him to take pictures.

If he did, it's not for me.

...

-Desmond preferred to be tortured

Rather than deliver Necalli's secret.

-Selling Eldorado, his son would never have forgiven him.

-That's it.

Necalli is the motive for the murder, not the culprit.

-Someone wanted me to believe the opposite: Rouxin.

He took pictures of the codex,

but I don't know for whom.

Any info on him?

-I haven't found out much about his career as a diplomat in Mexico.

He left his ex-wife and his two daughters there.

-I couldn't get into his mailbox. He's careful.

I had access to his income since he had to publish them.

I found a transfer of 40,000 euros, paid 3 months ago.

Guess who the debtor is. A gold buyer in Paris.

-Excellent, Norah.

We need to find the object he sold her.

He's a politician, it's going to be hard to catch him,

Unless we have something solid.

-Necalli's tattoo

is composed of 4 Aztec deities: Xipe Totec,

Tezcatliploca, Cihuateteo and Tlaloc.

-OK, but how do they point Eldorado?

-I didn't understand it either right away.

Have a look.

Put a finger there.

I need to find the eyes.

There.

Xipe Totec looks in the direction of Tezcatlipoca.

And there,

Tlaloc looks in the direction

De Cihuateteo.

-Wow...

-Come on.

Now...

Eldorado.

-Astrid...

So, does it really exist?

- Yes. - Oh!

It looks like he's in the middle of a jungle.

-This is a jungle in the province of Michoacan.

This is a protected nature reserve reserve.

-Michoacan is the region of the governor who was murdered

-They were well after Eldorado.

(It exists.) Oh shit, then.

Nico tells me he's found information on Rouxin.

-Raphaëlle...

Raphaëlle...

-Yes, yes.

-Unless this information is essential to the investigation,

Would it be possible to keep it a secret?

I made a promise.

-Of course, Astrid.

And then...

This will be our secret for both of us.

-I spoke to an old

from his collaborators.

Rouxin has often helped

The politicians for the cartels.

- Is there any proof? - No evidence.

But it was these suspicions suspicions of corruption

Going back to France, which brings us to this.

-Wow. That's quite a bill, Congressman.

Is this a consulting firm?

-He called on them for his campaign.

I don't know where he got the money, but it must have come from the cartel.

-I went to the gold buyer.

He still had a sample of what Rouxin had sold him.

Raw gold.

24 carats.

Rouxin had 500 g

and he said

that he would soon have some. much more to trade.

-Could it have something to do with El Dorado?

-But that's it.

Yeah, right!

Eldorado isn't a treasure. It's a deposit.

Suppositions

that this deposit is located protected area,

A nature reserve.

In Michoacan, for example.

-This would explain why the cartel had the governor assassinated.

To avoid the constraints of the nature reserve.

-Desmond wanted to avoid the farm from being ransacked.

-I know someone who didn't have the same scruples.

-It all started with these nuggets.

Desmond gave them to me 17 years ago

To thank me for helping him.

He told me they were from Eldorado.

But as he was getting mussing about it,

I thought it was a joke.

-Years later, you run for parliament,

And the election campaign ruins you.

-Yes.

I asked for help some Mexican acquaintances.

-Is the Tihuapan cartel Mexican knowledge"?

No need to lie, Congressman.

-I was unable to pay them back on time.

They were threatening, I was distraught.

The only thing I had left were these nuggets,

Data by Desmond.

-When the gold buyer told you that it was 24-carat,

you thought you could you could make more money

And that you were going to be able to pay off the cartel.

-At first, the cartel boss didn't believe me.

But when he learned that Desmond's diary

Had been bought for a fortune, he became interested.

-Philippe Desmond's Journal 22 sold for 35,000 euros.

-So they steal the newspaper from Paloma Valdés,

they murder the governor to ensure

of the mine operation,

and you, you had to find its location.

-Me, everything I've done,

It was taking pictures of the codex.

I didn't think it it would go this far.

I didn't hurt Desmond.

It's the cartel. There's no stopping them.

-On the watch, on the strap,

There are light grey spots. - Yes. And?

-You have to look at this watch, open it.

-Sit back down.

-Please.

-Congressman, give me your watch.

-Thank you for your time.

Here.

-You have to open it here.

There is only one case in which blood can attack

stainless steel : when the latter contains

high enzyme content.

The treatment Desmond was taking made his blood very reactive.

This is it.

-Mr. MP,

if I have this blood analyzed,

Will I find Mr. Desmond's DNA?

-All I wanted was to escape the cartel.

-You murdered a man.

You ripped out his heart to frame his son.

You won't escape prison.

-Hm.

There's a knock on the door.

He knocks on the door.

Mr. Cantu, I see you. What are you doing here?

-You invited yourself in my home.

Twice.

- How did you get my address? - They gave it to me.

-These are the members of the Rosicrucian brotherhood

Who gave you my address? - Yes, they did.

Since I left Mexico, they've been watching over me.

-How do you get in touch with them?

-They come to me.

They gave me something for you.

-Hm.

Your father's journal 22.

-They told me that you would know what to do with it.

Is this the case?

-Yes.

Milling machine

-Aren't you...

Aren't you the least bit curious?

Hm?

Wouldn't you like

that we go to Mexico

To see this Eldorado? - Absolutely not.

Hm hm.

I want to make sure that the cartel never has access to this information.

-Especially since you made a promise.

-Yes.

- And... - Caution.

I don't like that noise. - I wanted to tell you...

I thought of something.

Finally, something a little crazy.

-Something a little crazy?

-I have a solution so that Tetsuo to stay in France.

-Hm?

A legal and and administrative solution?

-Totally legal

And administrative.

So, here's what I was thinking...

Since Tetsuo loves you and you love Tetsuo...

-Yes.

-Yes, I know.

Well, I figured you could get married.

M... m...

-Wait, that's right.

Think about it. It's not so absurd.

Like this,

You'll get rid of your epileptic seizures.

-Unless your epilepsy has nothing to do with Tetsuo.

-You're not there.

You're an illusion.

-Don't you know why I appear during your seizures?

Why me, Astrid?

Why me?

You must search!

Solve the Hanoi towers!

Astrid !

-Astrid!

Astrid...

Astrid! Astrid!

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