The location of the Tower of Babel—not the legendary one, but the original one made of solid gold—has been mysteriously revealed by mysterious Babylonian tablets discovered in Manhattan. Lupin & Co. face off against a ferocious fly-swatting Polish Mafia leader, a bevy of beauty-contest policewomen, Zenigata, the hard-luck Interpol Inspector, a strange bag-lady, AND his own girl-friend in a cross-country quest for a treasure of biblical proportions. It's Thugs vs. Thieves.