Series Blake and Mortimer Language French Illustrator Edgar P. Jacobs | Published in Tintin magazine Originally published 1977 Preceded by The Necklace Affair | |
Followed by Professor Sató's Three Formulae, Volume 2: Mortimer vs. Mortimer Edgar P. Jacobs books SOS Meteors: Mortimer i, The Time Trap, The Necklace Affair, Atlantis Mystery, The Secret of the Swordfish | ||
Professor Sató's 3 Formulae, Volume 1: Mortimer in Tokyo is the eleventh book in the Blake and Mortimer series. It was written and drawn by Edgar P. Jacobs and was the last book of the series to be created by him.
Plot
At the international airport of Tokyo-Haneda, a 'spot' appear on the radar of air traffic controllers. The UFO (UFO) threatening air traffic, two aerial fighter planes take off to intercept him. They are then faced with a gigantic Ryū, the legendary Japanese dragon, and one of the pilots was just the time to inform its base until both are destroyed. While the news is spreading in the Japan, the Professor Akira Satō, specialist of Cybernetics and robots, wondered about the upheavals that have animated his flying creature. Before revealing his involvement in this incident, he decides, against the advice of his assistant Kim to consult his friend Professor Philip Mortimer, currently the Japan. But his intentions are immediately reported to one mysterious submarine where none other than colonel Olrik.
Le same evening, leaving a show of kabuki in Kyoto, Mortimer is assaulted by a group of gunmen who takes her to an alley away. But he manages to escape them and join his hotel, where he receives the message from the Pr Satō asking him to come urgently to Tokyo. No train not leaving until the next day, Mortimer accepts the proposal of a leader of the Mainichi Daily News to take advantage of its business jet to reach the capital. But shipping, Mortimer recognizes the man who assaulted him at the theatre leaving the tarmac, which brings him to beware of the occupants of the plane and feint lose knowledge after having drank sake. As the men prepare to throw overboard, Professor catches them in defending themselves and a struggle agrees with to end the plane crash. Only survivor, Mortimer manages finally to reach Tokyo by bus and then by train. Arrivé hotel New Ōtani, Mortimer is greeted by Kim, the assistant to the Pr Satō, who take him to his master's villa overlooking the Bay of Sagami near Miura. SATO announces to Mortimer that he managed to create autonomous flying androids, such the Ryū seen at the airport and Ozu, a Dead Ringer for the cybernetician. He explains also doubt that the dragon accidentally escaped his laboratory and suspect his assistant Kim. By security, he gives him power of attorney to access the three banks where he put away the results of his research: three formulas. Meanwhile, Mortimer is advised to appeal to his friend Captain Francis Blake of MI5, which is located in Hong Kong. But Kim, who has spied on their conversation, reports to Olrik, who decides to intervene immediately.
Le next day, Pr Satō press Mortimer to visit him at his villa. But once there, Mortimer is immobilized by Satō, who turns out be its dual robotics, then is neutralized by the Samurai robot controlled by Kim and Olrik. In a few days, the assistant manages to create an Android in the image of Mortimer to retrieve the three formulas of Satō. Olrik explained to Mortimer that he is part of the 'group Scorpio"which attempts to capture the Pr Satō's research. The operation works perfectly for the first two banks but the robot knows a major breakdown before the third. Olrik must wait for Kim to fix it but it will then have to deal with Captain Blake, arrived at the Japan.