Long ago, in a faraway place, there lived a giant with a hundred eyes.
Since the giant could only rest its eyes in turn,
it had never slept a wink in its entire life.
Because the giant would spend the whole day watching,
able to see everything and everywhere, and learning all,
the people gave it the responsibility of looking after the world.
The giant was glad to be of service.
Under the watchful eye of the giant, the people enjoyed quiet, peaceful lives.
One day, the giant witnessed someone doing something treacherous,
and informed the people about it.
However, after incurring the wrath of not just the traitor but everyone,
the giant was killed.
The people had come to fear this giant who never slept.
Existing beyond time, and out of reach,
this giant that was able to see everything that happened, no matter where or when,
had become an object of fear.
But in time, people took pity on the giant, and turned its hundred eyes
into the pattern on the feathers of the beautiful peacock.
And so, the giant that had never known rest became the feathers of the peacock,
and was able to sleep at long last.
The end.
Finn!
Burning Brand
Can you fix this Deco?
Burning Brand Let me see it.
Burning Brand
The picture's all messed up. I can barely see anything.
Yeah. Looks like it's a hardware issue.
Can you fix it?
I just need the parts.
Really?
Let's go find them!
Yeah!
Hey...
Yeah?
Is it me or is there more trash now?
Well, sure. People are always generating new trash.
Yeah, but it's supposed to get processed at the Waste Management Facility.
Who cares? Let's find those parts for the Deco.
Once it's working, I won't have to look at all this trash.
Food's ready, people!
Please! I'm begging you!
It's gapao rice with extra cilantro today.
Okay, but not now.
It's gapao rice with extra cilantro today. Aw, c'mon.
It's gapao rice with extra cilantro today. Sorry!
Finn? What's wrong?
Deco-sickness. He fixed a Deco for one of the kids in the neighborhood.
Again?
You know you get sick using those things. Keep your face out of them.
I'll make sure Finn's food doesn't go to waste!
I can eat!
Hey! Go wash your hands first!
Ugh, there's that weird smell again.
These idiot neighbors of ours keep grilling fish, I swear.
Hey, I'm back.
Bro!
Welcome back!
How was it in town?
Slip your Decos on.
Oh, hey! You've got five more Love!
How'd you manage that?
Seems you can win Love at some vending machines in town when you buy a drink.
Some idiot didn't realize that and didn't redeem his prize.
So I swooped in and scooped up the Love he'd left behind.
Let me borrow your Deco! I wanna see!
You've got Deco-sickness, remember? Do you want to have to lie down again?
Oh, yeah. I actually got something for you, Finn.
What is it? What is it?
Huh? Why only for Finn?
You said your Deco-sickness has been really bad lately, right?
Turns out, there's a model you can use even if you usually get sick.
Wow!
No fair! I want one, too!
Ta-da!
Good for you, Finn.
It's not as intense, so you should have less trouble using it.
You'll even be able to go into the Hyperverse.
What do you think?
Huh? What's wrong?
Just would've been nice if the design was a little... cooler, that's all.
Hey, if you don't want it...
I can give it to someone else.
Ah! I do want it! I do!
Thanks!
It looks good on you.
Wow, you really have more Love!
Right? All because some dumb* left his behind.
Who's the dumbass in this?!
Love can't fill an empty stomach. We don't need it down here!
This again?
Let the folks in the city living under the Customer Center's thumb obsess over Love.
We live how we want in these parts because we have real freedom.
We can get by just fine without Love.
Grandpa!
You okay?
Yes... Yes, I'm all right.
Grandpa, it's not like the old days anymore.
The system the Customer Center built is the "ultimate in liberalism." Might as well enjoy it!
That means Love is approval. Love is value.
And who wouldn't wanna show off that their value's increased?
Grow a cilantro plant to maturity, then take the seeds, plant them, and grow another.
Then you'll have more cilantro to eat.
Cilantro you can taste is better than Love you can't see. Right, Finn?
Oh, come to think of it!
Phantom Zero showed up in the city again!
No way! Where?! Awesome!
You really do love Phantom Zero, don't ya, Finn?
I mean, he resets everything to zero!
It's so cool!
Please respond! Please respond!
This is Finn! I've found Phantom Zero's secret hideout!
I'm going in!
Elusive and enigmatic!
Phantom Zero is here!
I'm gonna reduce all your Love to zero!
Zero Beam!
Pew pew pew pew pew!
Zero Punch! Zero Chop! Zero Chop!
Zero Kick!
So this is what's inside the waste management building...
What's that smell?
This stuff's so old, the purification system's stopped working.
That's it!
That's why so much untreated trash is showing up in town.
Maybe that's why...
Finn! Time to eat!
Finn!
I was right.
What's up, Finn? You still awake?
I figured it out, Bro!
There's an issue with the purification system, and it's causing pollution!
Check it out, Finn.
I got another Love.
Pretty sweet, right?
Yeah.
Anyway, the pollution is causing all kinds of diseases,
and I think that's why certain people develop Deco-sickness.
Oh, yeah?
Yeah!
We've gotta get them to fix the purification system.
Then maybe everyone will start to feel better...
I have something to report about the Waste Management Facility.
You are not recognized.
This is the data I've put together.
More and more people with delicate constitutions
Malfunctioning systems in the Waste Management Facility
More and more people with delicate constitutions are causing a rise in cases of Deco-sickness and respiratory conditions...
I am unable to find your identification.
Please enter your ID within the next ten seconds.
If we are unable to verify your login, you will be flagged as an unauthorized user.
If nothing changes... people won't be able... to live in that part of town anymore.
Please... fix it quickly.
I thought you could use it even with Deco-sickness.
Not for long periods, I guess.
Come on, sit down.
Are you okay?
They're here!
What's this about?
We're with the Customer Center's Loss Management Service.
Unauthorized software accessed the Customer Center from this area.
Unregistered devices are illegal. Please surrender any such devices now.
Wait a second. I was the one who used that program!
The purification system for this area is broken.
I was trying to report how the resulting pollution was causing Deco-sickness.
I showed them the data!
Any data given was unverified and has been deleted as illegitimate information.
No way.
Then, come see inside the building with me!
The Customer Center assures a safe existence for all.
No!
Got some illicit Love here.
Confiscating now.
Hey, cut it out! That's my Love!
I dunno...
Seriously?
I hear Finn sold us out.
He made a bogus claim about a busted facility to get the Customer Center here
so they could snatch black-market Decos from anyone caught wearin' em.
Explains a lot.
I was wonderin' where his bro was gettin' all that Love lately.
They're snitchin' on us to the Customer Center and hoggin' the Love for themselves.
Scumbags.
Shameless
We've found a hospital that'll take me.
I'm gonna be staying there...
Look after yourselves.
Finn.
That's for you.
Take good care of it.
If they'd just fixed the system, Grandpa could've stayed with us...
Give it a rest already.
But my Deco-sickness, the landslides of trash,
our laundry stinking, and Grandpa's coughing
are all down to the purification system being broken!
It's true!
I wasn't able to explain it to them before because of my Deco-sickness.
If I just try again—
Give it a damn rest!
It doesn't matter what the truth is! Don't you get that?!
I've had enough!
Why are you making things harder for us?!
No one wants to see their family get sick!
"Family"?
You seriously think we're a family?
We're not family. We're not anything!
We're just a bunch of outcasts who have nowhere else to go!
Liar!
This is all your fault.
Get out! Leave this neighborhood now!
"The Customer Center assures a safe existence for all," huh?
One day, I swear...
Finn...
Damn.
So that's what he went through, huh?
Maybe he was after the capsule to figure out
the truth behind what was happening in his neighborhood.
Even so, why would he keep that secret from us?
Is that Finn's account?
As if Finn the Fool could keep me out of anythin'.
Huh? He's been looking up a lot of stuff about this area.
Perhaps home really is where the heart lies.
You think this is where Finn grew up?
Sure seems like it to me.
That stupid jerk!
He's not getting away!
Dumb*
Big bro!
Hey! What's up?
Over here!
Sounds good! Where we goin'?
I found something good!
Hurry, hurry!
What is it?
Hang on, I'm coming.
You're sure this is the place?
He's got nowhere else to go.
Finn's bound to have gone back to where he grew up.
Let's split up and find him.
Well? Did ya find him?
Nope.
Same here. Zero leads.
You see him?
That's...
What are you doing?
You guys... Why are you all here?
They still haven't fixed it?
It's even worse than when you were a kid.
I guess you know everything now.
It's an invasion of privacy to pry into someone's past.
Well, you wouldn't tell us anything!
Why'd you run off without saying a word?
We might be able to help!
No, you can't.
This is my problem. You're not involved in this.
Please leave.
There's plenty we can do that you can't! Ya think we can't?!
"Not involved"? * that!
We ate together, slept under the same roof, and got up together!
Ate together! Slept under the same roof! Ate together!
Life has "involved" you a lot for a long time now!
Your problems involve us big time!
And you're involved big time in our problems, too!
That's just how it is!
You can't bail on us after all that, stupid!
Y'know what we are?!
We're a bunch of outcasts with nowhere else to go who came together...
And became a family!
Come on, man. Is there any problem out there we can't solve together?
You seriously shouldn't underestimate us.
Who do you think you're dealing with?
We're the Yurei Detective Club.
And we can solve your case, whatever it may be!
We'll even give you a family discount, Finn.
You are so stupid.
"Elusive and enigmatic! Phantom Zero is here!"
He did that when he was by himself.
"I'm gonna reduce all your Love to zero!"
"Zero Beam!"
"Pew pew pew pew pew!"
"Zero Punch! Zero Chop! Zero Chop!"
"Zero Kick!"
Hey, stop that!
Hey!
I said stop already!
Hack, Berry, Pup, move all that debris out of the way.
Check it out, Pup! Zero Love Kick!
We're on it!
Check it out, Pup! Zero Love Kick! Smiley, Hank, will you be able to restore the power?
I think we can manage it.
We got this!
Watson, I need some light.
Hey! Stop *ing around.
Finn the Stick-in-the-Mud.
If you've got time to run your mouth, do some work instead.
He's back to his usual bossy self.
If we can use the data I recovered from the capsule to reset the system...
That should start it purifying normally again.
Seriously?
What is it?
You all right?
Starving...
Huh? The system can't be reset?
Well, it's technically possible, but...
It'll end up resetting all the Love in the downtown area.
You mean...
Gobble, gobble, gobble.
It means everyone who lives here will have zero Love.
What's that meant to mean?
What do you mean we'll have zero Love?
Explain yourself.
It's what it sounds like.
Everyone who lives here will end up with zero Love.
What's all this?
What's he mean?
We're here to repair the purification system for this town.
Even as we speak, the trash continues to spread and the pollution gets worse.
If nothing's done, it won't be habitable.
What a load of crap!
If you need proof, look at how many more people get Deco-sick now than in the past.
If we reset the system, you'll lose your Love, but you won't have to worry about the trash.
If you wear a Deco, you don't even have to see the trash!
That's right!
Don't you care about losing your homes?
You don't need Love to survive.
You never change.
Hey, Finn, you trying to take my Love away again?
Finn?
Isn't Finn...
Wait, that Finn?
It's for the future of this neighborhood.
The future, huh?
A future without Love is just depressing, man!
It doesn't matter how little it is, we want Love!
And you're gonna take it all away? You're just like the Zero Phenomenon!
Down with the Zero Phenomenon!
If you plan to take our Love away, that makes you Phantom Zero!
Yeah! Phantom Zero!
Phantom Zero!
You guys are Phantom Zero!