Albert Heinrich  

004, アルベルト・ハインリヒ

Albert was originally from Germany. He and his fiancée Hilda tried to escape to West Berlin disguised as circus members. In the manga, Albert drove a truck with an animal cage while Hilda wore a lioness costume and stayed in the cage with a real lion. However, Albert forgot to get his forged identification from a guard, causing him to panic and speed off. The border guards opened fire on the truck, injuring Albert and killing Hilda. Black Ghost agents arrived and lied that they would take Albert to a hospital. In the 2001 series, after waking up as a cyborg, Albert became depressed and suicidal due to the side effects of his modifications which caused him additional physical pain and strain. This led Black Ghost to halt the cyborg program for decades and put existing cyborgs in suspended animation until technology advanced enough to create more stable future soldiers.