Now, then, we'd better hurry, or we're all Sphere-bound.
I'll set aside all the things I want to know and do for now.
Goodness me. Work's never fun.
Then we'd better tidy up here quickly.
Why did you tie him up?
You threw him?!
That boy...
Is he going to break through the wall?
Bro.
Hey, Bro.
You'd better stop him already.
Even the most charming ragamuffin needs to be introduced to reality.
Overindulging them is toxic.
The real toxic behavior is trying to stop your child
when they're on the verge of making progress.
You want to keep your ears open to their progress as well.
The more he hits something, the more power he drains from it
and the stronger he gets.
Drain!
That's the power of Dear...
The power of Centralian!
Looks like we've got a long ways to go to reach the outer shell.
But something this big is very punchable.
You're gonna get even stronger!
Well done, Dearie boy!
So you drain it with that pacifier?
Interesting.
I'll just have to stop that growth of yours with my own hands.
Vital instrument—Hands.
You want to clean up the trash beast and get out of here.
I'm going to stop you, take the victory, and get a prize.
That's a good development.
Wh...
What?!
Sorry! This is a bad development after all!
Looks like it's ready to fly!
Before our airborne crossing of the border decides who lives and who dies...
I'll have to finish this!
Dear!
No need to worry!
Listen, Dear! We're gonna get through this, and we can all go home!
Just like we did that day!
And I said I was going to stop you!
I'm after my prize...
So give me my victory!
We're inside a car?!
W-W-W-Wait a minute! Dodge it! Dodge it!
In front of you! Incoming! Incoming!
Hurry! Hurry!
Wh-Which way?!
Stop the car!
Right! To the right!
You stink at this! Give me the wheel!
S-Stop it! Don't touch it!
Why a car?!
Don't ask me!
This is so dangerous!
What's going on here?!
Dear!
Enough! Look ahead!
What the...?!
Where's the wheel? Where?
It's gone! It's gone!
What did you do?!
I refuse to die in a miracle like this!
We need to change direction!
Get us into that big pipe there!
Easier said than done!
You're the one who got us into this!
Enjin... So that's where you were.
Hey, you guys!
Why were you off on a road trip with a Raider?!
Hey, buddy. Don't point that umbrella at people.
It's not safe.
Fu?
What are you doing lying around on the floor?
And how haven't you beaten your opponent yet?
I just...
He wouldn't attack me no matter what I did.
I thought that once I told him where we were,
he'd decide to fight and point his vital instrument at me.
Later!
But instead, he ignored me to go find his team!
Please just try to fight me!
Huh? But if I try to fight you, you'll fight back.
Hard pass.
You really are a mess.
Enjin, we don't have time to stand around and talk.
We've got to get out of here or we'll die!
They plan on taking us all over the border on this flying trash beast!
People die when they cross the border, right?!
I'm going back there.
I'm going back, no matter what you say!
I see. This could be Rudo's ticket back to the Sphere.
Wait, we're flying?!
In this enormous thing?!
How does that work?!
How should I know? We have to get out of here!
Do the others know about this?
If we don't tell them fast...
I got through!
Are you guys okay? What's going on?!
Man, is it good to hear from you!
Cut the banter and fill me in!
Turns out we're all inside a trash beast.
I'm with Bro and Dear, but everyone else is MIA.
We're with two Raiders, uh... fighting them?
Why do you sound unsure about that?
They say we're all about to die crossing the border.
Are you Cleaners or aren't you?
Clean up that trash beast and get out of there!
To think they all got kidnapped while you were with them...
You really dropped the ball this time!
Sorry.
And if you weren't underground, why couldn't the chokers get through?
How should I know?
We all assumed we were underground t—
Enjin?
So you can't get through to Zanka and Riyo?
No. No luck there.
Boy, oh boy. Another mystery for the pile, huh?
We'll find a way to escape ourselves—all together.
The others are still missing, aren't they?
How are you going to find them without choker communication?
"Enjin" was a name given to me by someone I owe a big debt to.
In an old language, it meant someone who connects people.
I'll become the ensign to bring us all together.
Umbrellas, by their nature...
do tend to stand out.
Understood.
I leave it to you, then, Enjin.
The others are on the way as well.
We've been able to pinpoint your location thanks to what you said earlier.
The boss's information broker informed him of everything out of the ordinary.
So the cavalry's on its way right now.
The trash storm comes once every six years.
Today is the day.
This trash beast is capable of riding the winds of that storm.
I merely altered its posture slightly to make that possible.
I'd prefer not to make you an offering.
You have too much information about the Sphere.
Don't take the choice lightly.
I can get you a ticket to the Sphere faster than anyone.
You can accomplish your goal and close the book on your painful past.
Meanwhile, what can the Cleaners offer?
With their only goal being to clean up trash beasts,
they'll play around aimlessly, undermining your goals.
It's the height of nonsense.
Let me teach you this: Eliminate waste.
If you have a goal to achieve, and the will to achieve it,
then throw out the trash.
I gave these gloves a name.
It's a phrase people of the past said in the face of environmental issues
to mean using things better to throw out less trash.
The leader of the Cleaners told it to me.
"3R."
A perfect name for my treasure, right?
Yeah. That's right.
Trash, humans... none of it is "waste."
Meeting you wasn't a waste either.
It let me realize what I have that you don't, Zodyl—
a team that held their hands out to me.
I was nobody to them—a garbage kid with nothing but anger to his name,
and they gave me a home.
Even though, as a Sphereite, I brought danger to their door,
they didn't treat me like a nuisance either.
They treated me like me!
The only people besides Regto, on the Sphere or the Ground,
who ever saw me as me...
were them!
My revenge, my anger...
I'll never forget either of them.
But...
It's not enough for me anymore!
If you want to know what I'm getting at...
I wanna live with them, have fun with them,
and happily get my revenge!
You piece of shit!
Words infused with poison.
Wasteful overindulgence.
Let me make a prediction.
You've experienced "anger," then "togetherness."
But what you'll face next...
is "regret."
Someday you'll understand.
Your soul will accumulate waste until it's opaque with sludge,
and you'll wish to return to square one.
Then I guess you've picked up a little more sludge today...
'Cause your jealousy of my team is showing!
Then where is that team right now?
Right here!
Bang bang braid.
EPISODE 20 "ENSIGN"