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Ladies and gentlemen,\ngood evening.

At long last, the time has come for my friend\nto bid farewell to things of beauty.

Sincerity. Trust. Friendship.

All those virtues, all those wonderful things\nthat we possess during childhood,

...he has now cast into the darkness\nof space, bidding them adieu.

Act 16: Scandal

"Planet Janina invaded\nby Empire 15 years ago."

"Space Forces\nhurriedly deployed,"

"...commissioned officer makes\nsecret deal with Empire."

Paris has been shaken to its\nfoundation by this scandal...

...involving lead presidential\ncandidate General Morcerf.

Take me to Space Forces\nImperial Headquarters.

I'm Albert de Morcerf.

That's the son\nof the general!

Were you and your family aware of what\nyour father had done on Janina?

Was the General trying to get at\nthe Pasha of Janina's fortune?

Ow! Hey, watch it! Don't push!

What do you think of your\nfather's shameful acts?

Get out of my way!

The General should apologize\nto the people of Paris!

Yeah, he's right! Issue an apology!

We've heard rumors to the effect that\nyour parents are from Marseilles.

I don't know anything about that! Didn't I tell you to stand aside?!

There are rumors going around that\nyour family isn't really of nobility.

Is it safe to assume that they\nfalsified their background?

Don't be rude! I've had about enough\nof you people insulting my father!

Insulting?! The ones who have been insulted\nall these years are us! The citizens of Paris!

You're the son of a traitor who colluded with the\nenemy and sold out the Pasha out of greed!

Viscount Morcerf?!

Where's my father?! Tell me where my father is!

You came in through the front gate? What a foolish thing to do...

Come with me to the back entrance. It's not safe for you here.

My father! Where is he? Let me speak with him!

Unfortunately, he is preoccupied with\ndealing with everything that has come up,

...so I believe that he might\nnot return here today.

Oh, I see.

In that case, give my father this message. There is something I want to discuss with him.

And also tell my father\nthat I believe in him.

Understood.

Enter.

I have done everything\nthat I can.

However, explaining things to the National Assembly may prove difficult.

Their discussions are already centering\naround issuing subpoenas for witnesses.

Understood. You can go.

Your son was\njust here, sir.

As per your orders, I told him\nthat you were not here.

What did he say?

Your son said that he\nbelieves in his father.

Albert! Quick, get in!

Eugenie!

Where do you think you're going\nat a time like this?

Why can't you do as\nyou're told for once?!

No! Let me go!

Let go of me!

Was I talking to myself when I ordered\nyou people again and again...

...not to let my daughter\nout of the house?!

Call security!

Yes, Monsieur! At once!

Something terrible has happened to my\nfriend's family, and you're telling me...

...to look the\nother way?!

You little fool! If you went out there now,\nthose journalists would eat you alive!

They'll write about your relationship with Albert,\nblending fact and fiction until it becomes a farce,

...and we'll be made into toys\nfor the public's amusement!

Can't you see that?!

I don't care about\nany of that!

Listen, this matter isn't\njust about you!

I won't tolerate anything that might lower\nyour value, whatever it might be!

Keep a close eye on her to make sure\nthat she doesn't leave the house!

Are you truly that worried\nabout Viscount Morcerf?

If you like, I will go in your place to inquire\nafter Monsieur Albert's well-being.

But I...

You should stay here.

I can't bear the thought of a wonderful person\nlike you being disgraced by heartless people.

I've been looking everywhere\nfor you, Albert.

We're in the middle of a huge scandal, and you\nwalk right into military HQ, the belly of the beast.

That was one stupid stunt,\nyou know that?

"A Word of Advice to General Fernand Morcerf. By Robert Beauchamp."

I want you to take me\nto Beauchamp's place.

Right now!

Hey, sorry I kept\nyou guys waiting.

Albert, what are you...

You bastard! All this time, you were\nonly pretending to be my friend!

"Watch out for scandals,"\nmy ass!

You were planning all along to sell out\nmy father to get your big scoop!

Isn't that right?! Right?!

Listen, Albert, I'm going tell you everything\nthat I uncovered in my investigation.

Just the plain truth. No lies.

So before you do anything rash,\njust hear me out.

Take a look\nat this.

This is a copy of a title deed that I bought\nfrom a black-market merchant in the Empire.

"I cede ownership of Queen Vasiliki\nof Janina and Princess Haidee..."

"...for the sum of 100 million Francs."

"Seller, Fernand Mondego."

What's this supposed\nto prove?!

I followed the tracks of\nthis "Mondego" person.

But every last bit of information\non him had been erased.

It was almost as if he\nhad never existed.

But Mondego existed,\nall right.

When he returned\nto Marseilles,

...he immediately used the money he\nhad received to purchase orders of nobility.

And that's when he\nchanged his name.

Prove it! Show me your proof!

Albert, I was also able to learn through Ministry of the Interior records...

...that Mondego was an old friend\nof Villefort's.

They were both originally\nfrom Marseilles.

And then Villefort purged all information\nregarding Mondego from all public records.

And that's how the man known as Mondego\nwas erased from existence,

...and the man known as Fernand de Morcerf\nwas born in his place.

What're you two saying?! That my father is\nthe same man as that monster, Mondego?!

Do you two get your kicks by ganging up on\nsomebody and writing about their problems?!

Come off it! Do you seriously think I decided to\nhave some fun by writing a made-up article?!

Do you have any idea what it did\nto me to write that article?

Do you really think I'm a slimeball who\nwould sell out his friends for a scoop?!

All right, that's enough.

I'm a journalist.

I have a duty to get the truth out\nto the people, no matter the cost.

Dammit!

Gankutsuou, the immortal man\nliving in the Chateau d'lf...

That mark I saw on the Count's forehead\nthat night in Auteuil...

...was the mark of Gankutsuou,\nno doubt about it.

Then does that mean that the Count\nhas turned into Gankutsuou?

What's he doing\nin Paris?

If you keep pushing yourself this hard,\nyou'll ruin your health.

Did you stay up all night\nagain last night?

You sure are a worrywart, Maximilien.

Please eat. It's just country food, but it\nwill help you keep your strength up.

Hey, that looks great...

Thanks.

Go on, take it\nto him.

No way! I'm too embarrassed!

You were the one who said that you\nwanted to meet Franz, weren't you?

Then you come in\nwith me, big brother.

And what are you two\nup to out here?

Big brother!

Um... Uh...

Come on over.

Here! Eat this!

She said you looked like you were in\nthe dumps, so we made these together.

Thanks, you two.

Mark my words! You'll be next!

Disaster will come calling\nat your house, too!

This feels strange.

For there to be so many family members\nin the same house, I mean.

Aren't there a great many people living\nin your own house, Monsieur Franz?

A long time ago, maybe. There were lots of servants, too.

But now, there's just a few servants\nand my mother.

Oh, I didn't know.

There are a lot of different\nkinds of aristocrats.

The engagement between Valentine and me\nwas forced on us by Monsieur Villefort...

...just because my family has been known for\ngenerations in Paris as staunch royalists.

Unlike Albert's family, mine\ndoesn't have a large fortune,

...so we thought it wouldn't hurt to have\nsome backing once I got into diplomacy.

I'm sorry. I said all those things without knowing\nthe circumstances behind your engagement.

Hey, I'm not so dumb that I need\nto have you worrying about me.

You'd never guess it by looking at me,\nbut I hit the books pretty hard.

Monsieur Noirtier\nsaid it, too.

He said that he wanted you to make Valentine happy in his place.

I will!

Who's this man?

My father. He passed away\nthree years ago.

That's a beautiful ship\nthat he owned.

She was called the Pharaon. She was the star of our fleet.

She's changed hands now,\nthough.

Edmond Dantes?

Oh, Edmond? You know Edmond Dantes?

You know him? You know who he is?!

Yes, he worked as first mate\nfor Morrel and Son.

No go, huh?

With that circus out there, I'll never make it\nthrough the front door OR the back door.

This way, this way!

Over here.

This is the one gate in the whole mansion\nthat isn't hooked into the security system.

How do you know\nall this stuff?

Hey, Peppo!

Get a move on. The paparazzi\nare coming.

I owe you one.

Goodbye, Albert.

Hey, there's somebody over there!

C'mon, let's go!

Mother! Are you here?!

Mother!

Mother, aren't you home?

Mother!

Albert...

Mother! I'm glad\nyou're okay.

Thank goodness you're safe. Thank goodness...

Mother, l...

Look at how haggard you are. I bet you haven't eaten.

Wait here. I'll have them\nfix something for you.

Stop it, Mother. Stop pretending\nthat nothing's wrong.

I'm sick of people treating me\nlike some clueless kid!

I don't want to hear\nany more lies.

Fernand and I aren't\ntrue aristocrats.

We were commoners born in a small village\noutside of Marseilles called Catalonia.

Mother...

Then what is Father's\nreal name?

Your father's real name\nis Fernand Mondego.

By the time I realized what was happening,\nit was already too late to turn back.

Once I said that we were aristocrats by birth, I had no choice but to keep playing the part.

And then the truth finally struck home in the\nmiddle of your father's campaign speech.

Why?! Why are you saying these\nthings, too, Mother?!

Why don't you have\nany faith in Father?!

I heard the speech given by the Janinan\nprincess that day with my own two ears.

If I had sensed even for an instant\nthat her words were lies,

...I would have passed judgment over her\nin Heaven's stead right then and there.

But it was true...

Albert... We each must face the consequences\nof the things we have done.

We must never be allowed to\navert our eyes from the truth.

Haidee wanted this to happen\nfrom the very beginning!

Damn it! DAMN IT!

Every year, my father and I would go to\nplace flowers on Edmond Dantes' grave.

Father would always stare out at the sea,\nand would never tell me much about him.

But as my father lay on his deathbed, he kept\ncalling out his name, tears in his eyes.

"I want to see Edmond! I want to see Edmond!"

"Why wasn't I able\nto save Edmond?!"

Maximilien, show me Morrel & Son's\ncrew roster.

I haven't seen many of the records\nthat date back to my father's time.

Edmond... Edmond...

This is him!

It's not him... His face is completely different.

Still...

What is it about\nthis person?

The name Edmond was in Monsieur Noirtier's memories.

He said he was sent to a prison in deep space\nfor a crime he didn't commit.

I don't believe it!

Danglars?! He was the ship's purser?

Now I get it... So THAT'S what this is all about...

I have to get back there, and fast. Albert's in danger.

What in the world\nis the matter?

He's alive!

Edmond Dantes\nis alive!

Haidee!

Get out here, Haidee!

Show yourself! Haidee!

Long time, no see,\nlittle boy.

Not since we met\nback on Luna, right?

Luigi Vampa?

What are you doing\nin the Count's home?

"What are you doing,"\nhe says...

This boy's still as wooly-headed\nas ever, isn't he?

Go ahead and explain things\nto him.

But you said that you'd\nleft the bandit gang, Peppo!

I've been keeping an eye on you all this\ntime on the Count's orders, Albert.

I've also been sending detailed reports\nof your movements to the Count.

Why would the Count\ndo such a thing?

Come on, you must have\na vague idea by now.

About why the Count made friends with you\non Luna, and then came to Paris.

Shut your mouth! Where's Haidee?!

Hurry up and\nsend out Haidee!

His servants have\nleft the mansion.

Their master is due to arrive\non Earth any time now.

"General Morcerf,\nthe Scandal of Janina"...

You're making your move,\naren't you, Count?

Albert, please stay safe.

Haidee!

Count, you have to tell me. Where can I find hope?

Where is the truth\nyou spoke of?

Next time on Gankutsuou,\nthe Count of Monte Cristo act 17,

Act 17: The Confession

..."The Confession."

Bide your time,\nand hold out hope!