# 4 - Cleaner HQ
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**[00:41] Enjin**
Welcome to the Cleaners.
**[01:03] Riyo**
See ya later, Rudo.
**[01:07] Rudo**
*So she can mess with me some more?*
**[01:09] Enjin**
Rudo.
**[01:11] Enjin**
This is our receptionist, Semiu.
**[01:13] Enjin**
We have her take a look at anyone who joins.
**[01:18] Enjin**
Semiu's ability is—
**[01:27] Semiu**
It's a pleasure to meet you,
promising newcomer.
**[01:32] Semiu**
Enjin told me about you.
**[01:35] Semiu**
Including where you came from.
**[01:36] Semiu**
But I'd like to have a look for myself...
**[01:39] Semiu**
at your potential.
**[01:41] Rudo**
*Potential?*
**[01:43] Enjin**
Those glasses are Semiu's vital instrument.
**[01:46] Enjin**
They boost her kinetic vision.
**[01:48] Enjin**
If she focuses, she can see
what a person's really made of.
**[01:52] Rudo**
*You can use vital instruments like that, too?*
**[02:05] Enjin**
What's up? See something?
**[02:09] Semiu**
Ah, of course.
**[02:11] Semiu**
He's quite athletic already,
so he won't need that kind of training.
**[02:16] Semiu**
He has a good relationship
with his vital instrument as well.
**[02:19] Semiu**
His use of it is still unstable, though.
**[02:22] Semiu**
He'll need practice to be able to
draw on his power on command.
**[02:26] Enjin**
Is that all?
**[02:28] Semiu**
Not all.
**[02:32] Semiu**
You've got scat on your neck.
**[02:37] Enjin**
For real?! No wonder that fly
wouldn't leave him alone!
**[02:40] Enjin**
No more playing in poop, okay?
**[02:43] Rudo**
I wasn't playing in it!
**[02:45] Enjin**
Thanks a bunch, Semiu.
**[02:47] Enjin**
I'm gonna take him to meet the boss.
**[02:49] Semiu**
Sure.
**[04:31] Enjin**
There's about a hundred
of us Cleaners in total,
**[04:34] Enjin**
counting combatants,
sentinels, and supporters.
**[04:37] Enjin**
Our jobs take us all over the place, though,
**[04:40] Enjin**
so it's rare to have everyone here at once.
**[04:43] Enjin**
Wanna meet a few folks?
**[04:46] Rudo**
Meet them?
**[04:47] Enjin**
There shouldn't be too many here today,
**[04:50] Enjin**
so it won't take too lo—
**[05:03] Enjin**
There's a ton of them here.
**[05:05] Enjin**
Let's do that later!
***SIGN*** Episode 4
***SIGN*** "Cleaner HQ"
**[05:15] Enjin**
This is the boss's room.
**[05:17] Rudo**
I'm gonna ask how to get up—
**[05:18] Enjin**
Hold on a minute!
**[05:20] Enjin**
I bet you're thinking of opening with,
"Tell me how to get to the Sphere!"
**[05:26] Enjin**
Info's a valuable commodity everywhere.
**[05:28] Enjin**
Like I told you earlier, it doesn't come free.
**[05:32] Enjin**
You need to be the one saying
you'll work here in exchange.
**[05:37] Enjin**
Also, I volunteered info about my vital
instrument earlier because I had to,
**[05:41] Enjin**
but I'd recommend against
asking about the boss's.
**[05:45] Enjin**
None of us know what it is either,
or what power it has.
**[05:50] Enjin**
But all of us Cleaners follow the boss.
**[05:55] Enjin**
That's a loyalty you earn not just from skill,
but the ability to command trust as well.
**[06:19] Enjin**
Huh?
**[06:20] Semiu**
Oh, I forgot to mention.
**[06:23] Semiu**
The boss is off on business
and won't be back for a while.
**[06:27] Rudo**
Wait, what?
**[06:29] Rudo**
Huh?!
**[06:29] Enjin**
Well, that explains that.
**[06:31] Enjin**
Fine. This again, huh?
**[06:34] Enjin**
Sorry, Rudo! Guess the boss isn't here!
**[06:37] Rudo**
I heard! What now?!
**[06:39] Enjin**
Any ETA on a return time?
**[06:43] Enjin**
You'd think a leader would
show a little more discipline.
**[06:48] Enjin**
Could be a long wait, I guess.
**[06:51] Riyo**
In that case,
**[06:53] Riyo**
why not come watch me work?
**[06:56] Riyo**
You can't officially join the Cleaners
until the boss is back anyway,
**[07:00] Riyo**
so why not tag along as a trainee?
**[07:04] Riyo**
Besides...
**[07:06] Riyo**
I wanna know more about you.
**[07:09] Riyo**
Okay?
**[07:12] Semiu**
I'll explain the client's request.
**[07:16] Semiu**
A town near the polluted zone is reporting
small trash beasts approaching their barricade.
**[07:21] Semiu**
They want a cleaning just to be safe.
**[07:24] Semiu**
That's about it.
**[07:25] Rudo**
Polluted zone?
**[07:27] Semiu**
Enjin. You didn't tell him about that?
**[07:30] Enjin**
I just called it "the dump area"
to make it easier for him.
**[07:35] Semiu**
Rudo, I'll explain
what this half-wit failed to.
**[07:39] Enjin**
Half-wit?
**[07:40] Semiu**
The Ground is divided into "safe zones"
that support human life,
**[07:44] Semiu**
and garbage-tainted "polluted zones"
where trash beasts live.
**[07:50] Semiu**
The location you came down in was
an especially dangerous polluted zone—
**[07:55] Semiu**
a No Man's Land.
**[07:59] Semiu**
There are six confirmed
No Man's Lands at present.
**[08:02] Semiu**
Most people would die
almost immediately in one.
**[08:06] Semiu**
They're swarming with trash beasts
that even Givers struggle with.
**[08:10] Semiu**
It was a miracle that Enjin came across you.
**[08:14] Semiu**
What were you even doing
in that No Man's Land, anyway?
**[08:17] Enjin**
What's wrong with a man stretching his legs?
**[08:20] Semiu**
Your legs?
**[08:22] Semiu**
Well, anyway, make sure you wear a gas mask
as much as possible in polluted zones.
**[08:29] Semiu**
Breathing in anything toxic
could make you dangerously ill.
**[08:34] Semiu**
In a No Man's Land, you could die
without a mask in about fifteen minutes.
**[08:46] Riyo**
This should be an easy job,
but I want you watching closely.
**[08:52] Riyo**
Okay?
**[08:58] Rudo**
*Still... it really is a garbage heap, huh?*
**[09:03] Rudo**
* How many minutes was I in there,*
* breathing the air?*
**[09:11] Rudo**
* Thinking back, this is how I pictured*
* the Pit when I was up in the Sphere...*
**[09:16] Rudo**
* I never even thought there*
* might be people living here.*
**[09:21] Rudo**
*Do the people up there not know about this?*
**[09:25] Rudo**
* Or do they know, and send people*
* and trash down here anyway?*
**[09:31] Rudo**
*Still...*
**[09:32] Rudo**
* When I really stop and look around,*
* this polluted zone looks...*
**[09:36] Rudo**
*Like a total treasure trove!*
**[09:38] Rudo**
*I wanna take it all back to fix up!*
**[09:45] Rudo**
By the way, I've been wondering.
**[09:47] Rudo**
Who're they?
**[09:48] Riyo**
They're Cleaners, too.
**[09:50] Riyo**
"Supporters."
**[09:52] Riyo**
They don't have powers,
**[09:54] Riyo**
but they're an important part of the team,
helping us do what we do.
**[10:01] Gris**
Nice to meet you.
**[10:03] Rudo**
S-Sure.
**[10:05] Rudo**
Nice t—
**[10:12] Riyo**
This guy's so awesome!
**[10:13] Riyo**
His grip strength is godly!
**[10:16] Riyo**
He can smash through
a trash beast's outer shell!
**[10:18] Riyo**
Isn't it great? Coolest guy ever!
**[10:21] Rudo**
*Not sure if I can keep up with this energy...*
**[10:21] Riyo**
Sure is nice to have a strong man around!
**[10:25] Rudo**
* But even if it's an "easy" job,*
* I need to make sure I watch and learn.*
**[10:25] Riyo**
Gris here's always saving our hides!
**[10:27] Gris**
I've got you. I train hard for this.
**[10:30] Toumu**
Riyo, trash beast sighted.
**[10:47] Rudo**
How come there's so many?!
**[10:49] Rudo**
Hey, you didn't say we'd
be fighting a whole herd!
**[10:52] Rudo**
You said it'd be "easy"!
**[10:54] Riyo**
No problem.
**[10:56] Riyo**
These types are slow and not strong at all.
**[11:07] Riyo**
See? Can't even dent the barricade.
**[11:11] Riyo**
Perfect for you to watch and learn.
**[11:14] Riyo**
You're such a lucky guy, Rudo.
**[11:16] Rudo**
Wow...
**[11:18] Rudo**
* True, they seem a lot milder*
* than those first trash beasts I saw.*
**[11:22] Rudo**
*So some are stronger than others?*
**[11:24] Rudo**
*They look a lot like animals, too.*
**[11:37] Rudo**
They're not mild at all!
**[11:40] Rudo**
Hey! Hey!
**[11:41] Rudo**
Those ones seem way more dangerous!
**[11:43] Riyo**
C'mon, it's just fine.
**[11:45] Rudo**
It's not fine at all!
**[11:47] Rudo**
They're not weak like those others!
**[11:49] Rudo**
We should call for reinforcements!
**[11:50] Riyo**
They're just a slightly tougher version
of those small ones.
**[11:55] Riyo**
They're a bit stronger, but still
perfect training for a newbie.
**[12:00] Riyo**
Now that we're seeing the big ones,
I doubt the herd gets any larger.
**[12:05] Rudo**
It's plenty large as it is!
**[12:08] Riyo**
But if we round them up quick,
we get to go home early.
**[12:12] Riyo**
I know. Let's get back and
throw you a welcome party!
**[12:16] Riyo**
What's your favorite food?
**[12:18] Rudo**
I'm not officially in the Cleaners yet...
**[12:21] Riyo**
A "Welcome to the Ground" party, then?
**[12:24] Rudo**
H-How are you so laid-back?
**[12:27] Rudo**
Aren't you risking your life here?
**[12:29] Riyo**
Rudo.
**[12:31] Riyo**
To be part of the Cleaners...
**[12:32] Riyo**
Rather, to survive on the Ground,
**[12:35] Riyo**
it's important to keep your cool!
**[12:39] Rudo**
Th-That's true!
Enjin always kept his cool too.
**[12:43] Rudo**
Is that what I've been missing?
**[12:46] Rudo**
Which means I need to keep cool too!
**[13:02] Rudo**
No worries. No worries.
**[13:04] Rudo**
Keep cool. Just keep cool.
**[13:07] Rudo**
Right?
**[13:08] Riyo**
This one's nuts!
**[13:10] Riyo**
I've never seen a trash beast so stylish...
**[13:13] Riyo**
Not great teaching material...
**[13:17] Riyo**
But...
**[13:19] Riyo**
A tough opponent sure
does get my blood racing!
**[13:25] Rudo**
No worries.
**[13:28] Rudo**
Keep... cool.
***SIGN*** Gachiakuta
**[13:39] Rudo**
*Scissors?*
**[13:42] Riyo**
Before I tidy up the big one,
**[13:44] Riyo**
I'd better do a little light dusting.
**[14:01] Riyo**
Cleaning time!
**[14:08] Rudo**
What just happened? What did she do?!
**[14:11] Rudo**
She swung the scissors with her foot?
**[14:13] Gris**
Those scissors are Riyo's vital instrument—
**[14:16] Gris**
the Ripper!
**[14:17] Gris**
Most people use scissors with their hands,
**[14:20] Gris**
but Riyo mainly wields them with her feet.
**[14:23] Gris**
Ill-mannered though it is.
**[14:26] Rudo**
*So everyone uses objects their own way?*
**[14:30] Gris**
By the way, Rudo.
**[14:32] Gris**
Don't drop your guard
just because you're observing.
**[14:53] Gris**
Riyo!
**[14:56] Riyo**
Gotcha.
**[15:03] Riyo**
Send a few more of them my way, 'kay?
**[15:05] Gris/Follo**
Yes, ma'am!
**[15:14] Rudo**
* Without powers, they can't*
* defeat the trash beasts,*
**[15:17] Rudo**
* but they can disable them*
* and let the Giver strike the final blow.*
**[15:24] Rudo**
*So this is how the Cleaners fight.*
**[15:26] Rudo**
* I'm just lending a hand*
* until I get what I'm after!*
**[15:40] Riyo**
Let's see...
**[15:42] Riyo**
Looks pretty spic and span to me!
**[15:44] Riyo**
That just leaves...
**[15:49] Riyo**
This big mess!
**[15:53] Gris**
Riyo's moved on to the big one?
**[15:55] Gris**
We'll do what we can
to take apart the small ones
**[15:58] Gris**
and keep them out of the fight.
**[16:00] Follo**
Yes, sir!
**[16:17] Gris**
Hey! Get out of there!
**[16:19] Follo**
Y-You kidding me?!
**[16:25] Follo**
Rudo?
**[16:25] Rudo**
If I want to get that info,
I need to join the Cleaners!
**[16:32] Rudo**
I won't just be a burden to everyone!
**[16:36] Rudo**
I'll be able to do this too!
**[16:39] Rudo**
I'll prove it...
**[16:52] Rudo**
What's with this shape?
**[16:56] Rudo**
*Hang on a minute.*
**[16:58] Rudo**
*This... My power...*
**[17:02] Rudo**
*How do I use it again?*
**[17:24] Riyo**
Instinctively rushing to help someone.
**[17:27] Riyo**
Nice work, Rudo.
**[17:33] Gris**
Riyo! Rudo!
**[17:35] Gris**
Sorry. We got careless.
**[17:38] Gris**
Thank you both.
**[17:40] Gris**
So, did you clean up the big one?
**[17:43] Riyo**
Cut it in two.
**[17:46] Riyo**
But that didn't do the trick.
**[17:49] Riyo**
I've cut it a few times with my instrument,
but it just won't go down.
**[17:56] Gris**
A trash beast impervious to vital instruments?
**[18:00] Riyo**
Pretty weird, right?
**[18:02] Riyo**
A trash beast's weak point is usually
where it is on a living being,
**[18:06] Riyo**
so if you cut it in two with an instrument,
it should be dead meat...
**[18:11] Riyo**
Ah, well.
**[18:13] Riyo**
It's still a trash beast, so I can probably
just dice it up until it can't move.
**[18:18] Riyo**
Let's do it that way!
**[18:19] Gris**
As it's a new type, we'll log and report it.
**[18:23] Gris**
We'll warn the surrounding towns as well.
**[18:27] Riyo**
Have a good time!
**[18:29] Rudo**
What do I...
**[18:40] Riyo**
All right...
**[18:42] Riyo**
Let's thin out that mop top of yours first!
**[18:48] Riyo**
Do you know what style you'd like, sir?
**[18:54] Riyo**
What? The full crew cut?!
**[18:58] Riyo**
I don't have my clippers,
so it might take a while!
**[19:10] Riyo**
And there you are!
**[19:13] Riyo**
Huh? You've got something shining here, sir...
**[19:16] Riyo**
Got something to hide?
**[19:46] Gris**
It's gonna hit us too!
**[19:59] Rudo**
* I said I was gonna kick the ass*
* of the guy who killed Regto,*
**[20:02] Rudo**
*and all those assholes up in the Sphere...*
**[20:07] Rudo**
*But I can't use my power.*
**[20:09] Rudo**
*I keep being a burden.*
**[20:11] Rudo**
*What am I doing here?*
**[20:30] Gris**
Get a grip already!
**[20:31] Gris**
I don't know what made you freeze up like that,
**[20:34] Gris**
but if you've got a goal, run toward it
while you have a chance to accomplish it!
**[20:38] Gris**
Learn from us!
**[20:49] Redo**
Yeah, keep screaming!
**[20:51] Redo**
The screaming means...
**[20:54] Redo**
I've found your weak point!
**[21:08] Gris**
Did she... beat it?
**[21:15] Gris**
Riyo! You okay?
**[21:17] Gris**
How did you beat it?
**[21:20] Riyo**
It died when I stabbed through this.
**[21:23] Riyo**
I think this is what was powering it.
**[21:26] Riyo**
But...
**[21:30] Gris**
A vital... instrument?
**[21:33] Gris**
What does it mean?
**[21:35] Gris**
A vital instrument... in a trash beast?
**[21:37] Gris**
What's going on here?
**[21:48] Dress Shirt**
Huh?
**[21:49] Dress Shirt**
What the heck am I...
**[21:51] Dress Shirt**
I think...
**[21:53] Dress Shirt**
That Sphereite kid kicked my ass, and then...
**[21:59] Dress Shirt**
Who're you?
**[22:06] Jabber**
A Sphereite, you say? Where is he now?