# E2 - The Mysterious Stranger
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G0DUN1XM8/the-mysterious-stranger)
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**[00:03] Mom**
Berry, it's morning. Time to get up.
**[00:09] Mom**
Berry?! What are you doing out there?
**[00:16] Berry**
There was this weird kid...
Phantom Zero...
**[00:20] Mom**
A weird phantom?
**[00:22] Mom**
Did you fall asleep while logged in again?
**[00:26] Berry**
Logged in? Oh, yeah...
I *was* in the Hyperverse...
**[00:30] Mom**
It's almost time for school. Come on,
it's time to get up and get ready.
**[00:34] Mom**
And make sure you actually
*go* to the doctor's today.
**[00:37] Berry**
'Kay.
**[00:39] Berry**
Huh? Was it... all a dream?
**[00:44] Berry**
Nope!
**[02:16] Hack**
Giga!
**[02:18] Hack**
Tera! Peta! Exa! Zetta!
**[02:21] Hack**
Yotta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta!
***SIGN*** The Mysterious
Stranger
***SIGN*** The Mysterious
Stranger
***SIGN*** The Mysterious
Stranger
**[02:24] Hack**
This just ain't happa-bappa-happening!
**[02:29] Hack**
Za-bam-bam-bam-bam-bam-bam-bam!
**[02:39] Hack**
Cheese it!
**[02:42] Hack**
Where oh where is the outty-boutty?
**[02:44] Berry**
What ya lookin' for?
**[02:46] Hack**
The sorti-exit!
**[02:48] Berry**
An exit?
**[02:49] Hack**
But glitchy-witchy's setups are too
high-spec, so the exit's a missing thingy!
**[02:53] Berry**
Just what I'd expect from a
high-def custom Hyperverse space.
**[02:57] Berry**
So Love-y!
**[03:01] Hack**
No backdoor?!
**[03:04] Berry**
Guess we need time to find
the legit exit, or we're stuck.
**[03:08] Hack**
Let's just bail already!
**[03:10] Berry**
Yeah!
**[03:32] Berry**
Wow!
**[03:33] Hack**
Rargh!
**[03:44] Hack**
Tick-tocky?!
**[03:45] Berry**
What *is* this?!
**[03:57] Berry**
What's going on?! It's kinda fun!
**[03:59] Berry**
Hey, wait up!
**[04:08] Hack**
Quit tryna gobble us up already!
**[04:10] Berry**
Zappo!
**[04:26] Berry**
Ka-ching!
**[04:28] Berry**
Got me some data on glitchy-witchy!
**[04:37] Berry**
Okay, so what do we do next?!
**[04:39] Hack**
Gotta scope the shell outta the town!
**[04:47] Berry**
Wow.
**[04:49] Berry**
What is it?
**[04:55] Berry**
A program that spreads like slime mold?
I've never seen anything like it.
**[04:59] Hack**
Gimme the big search.
**[05:01] Hack**
Get all sticky-wicky with the network.
**[05:07] Hack**
Bingo!
**[05:11] Berry**
Love-y!
**[05:12] Hack**
Time to bail!
**[05:13] BerrY**
Ah, wait up!
**[05:22] Berry**
Is this the finish line?
**[05:26] Hack**
Ker-clunk.
**[05:35] Berry**
Guess there's one last bit to go!
**[05:38] Berry**
Huh?
**[05:42] Berry**
Hey...
**[05:49] Hack**
Alley-oop!
**[05:52] Hack**
Hey, nerdy-birdy! Gimme five!
**[05:56] Hack**
Take it!
**[05:59] Berry**
Hey!
**[06:01] Hack**
Let's bail on outta here.
**[06:13] Hack**
Whoa, there.
**[06:16] Hack**
Bailing!
**[06:17] Hack**
And away we go!
**[06:42] Trooper B**
There are signs of
Demo-camouflage at the scene.
**[06:44] Captain**
Copy that. I want everyone
using camo-compensator mode.
**[06:59] Trooper A**
We're the Customer Center's
Special Eval Committee Task Force.
**[07:02] Hack**
You guys come to stare at me too, huh?
**[07:04] Trooper B**
You're wanted on suspicion
of illegal Love fabrication
**[07:07] Trooper B**
and unauthorized
Love score modification.
**[07:10] Trooper A**
Don't move. We're going to restrain you.
**[07:12] Trooper A**
Fire!
**[07:16] Hack**
Quit yellin'!
**[07:23] Trooper A**
Dammit.
**[07:24] Troopers**
There's no citizen registry data.
**[07:26] Trooper A**
A "Yurei"? Watch yourselves.
**[07:34] Trooper A**
Digital smoke!
**[07:35] Hack**
Blammo!
**[07:42] Trooper B**
That fried my Deco.
**[07:49] Trooper A**
Suspicious Yurei spotted at the scene
of a Zero Phenomenon in District 16.
**[07:53] Trooper A**
Requesting a perimeter based
on the findings of our search.
**[07:56] Trooper A**
Code 410!
**[08:02] Council Chairman**
We'll dispatch a cleanup crew to the scene.
**[08:05] Council Chairman**
What happened to those Yurei
tags the search team mentioned?
**[08:08] Councilman A**
Well, Mr. Chairman,
**[08:10] Councilman A**
we've found what we believe to be a
safehouse hidden behind a Deco facade.
**[08:27] Search Trooper**
SEC Task Force!
**[08:29] Trooper C**
No sudden moves! Come quietly!
**[08:38] Trooper C**
It's a recorded decoy.
**[08:39] Trooper D**
We were too late.
**[08:42] Trooper C**
Damn Yurei.
**[08:47] Trooper C**
Huh? Are you getting static?
**[08:47] Hack**
Sneaky sneaky sneak...
**[08:49] Trooper D**
What's wrong?
**[08:50] Trooper C**
My Deco's being tampered with!
**[08:52] Trooper D**
Is that Yurei still around here somewhere?
**[08:55] Trooper D**
There you are!
**[08:57] Trooper C**
Don't give us trouble!
**[08:57] Hack**
Nein, nein.
**[09:01] Trooper D**
Wh-What the...
**[09:03] Trooper C**
Our Decos have been hijacked!
**[09:06] Hack**
And a-bailing we will go!
**[09:08] Hack**
Hup!
**[09:13] Hack**
Switch the Deco camo back on and...
**[09:21] Hack**
Tera!
**[09:42] Girl A**
Hey, you hungry?
**[09:43] Guy B**
Sure. Wanna go get something fancy?
**[09:45] Girl A**
Good idea! We can splurge our Love—
**[09:48] Girl A**
What was *that*? Crazy.
**[09:50] Guy B**
Made me jump.
**[10:10] Professor**
With that being the case...
**[10:12] Harper**
Say what? The Zero Phenomenon?
**[10:14] Logi**
What are you talking about?
**[10:16] Berry**
Like I said, it happened in
my neighborhood last night.
**[10:20] Harper**
You live in District 16, right?
**[10:23] Harper**
Can't be. There'd be records of alerts
and stuff if something had happened.
**[10:28] Harper**
You've been actin' weird lately.
**[10:29] Logi**
Yeah. The office yesterday
being a prime example.
**[10:32] Berry**
Does this mean that weirdo *wasn't*
a new character from the game?
**[10:37] Harper**
What weirdo?
**[10:40] Logi**
Wait, the game got a new character?
I didn't hear about that.
**[10:43] Harper**
Besides, Berry, you weren't
even logged in yesterday.
**[10:48] Berry**
Huh? You're right.
**[10:49] Berry**
Then, what was that...
**[10:51] Logi**
Your Deco's acting up, right?
**[10:53] Harper**
Yeah, it's gotta be that.
**[10:55] Logi**
You *did* say that was how you were
able to see this "weirdo" of yours.
**[10:58] Berry**
Even so...
**[10:59] Logi**
You imagined the whole thing.
**[11:04] Berry**
I'll just have to investigate.
**[11:06] Harper**
Then, let's play the game!
**[11:07] Berry**
Yeah!
**[11:07] Logi**
I'm in! I wonder if the
new story content's out.
**[11:13] Professor**
You three! Are you muted *again*?
**[11:16] Professor**
This is your doing, isn't it, Berry?
**[11:19] Berry**
Yeah! Sorry! Bye!
**[11:21] Professor**
Hey! Get back here!
**[11:25] Berry**
It doesn't make sense.
**[11:26] Berry**
Maybe it's 'cause I fell
asleep in the Hyperverse.
**[11:32] Berry**
And this thing...
**[11:34] Berry**
I have no clue what it is.
**[11:52] 0-N Zero**
Now, let us begin.
**[11:55] 0-N Zero**
My puzzle is a mystifying one...
**[11:57] 0-N Zero**
But there is no puzzle
that cannot be solved.
**[12:01] 0-N Zero**
You needn't worry on that score.
**[12:04] 0-N Zero**
However, it's a question of speed.
**[12:07] 0-N Zero**
Who came up with these
impossible means, and how?
**[12:11] 0-N Zero**
And what did they do to pull it off?
These are the questions you must answer.
**[12:16] 0-N Zero**
Yes, you must up your speed of
thought until you surpass all others.
**[12:21] 0-N Zero**
Phantom Zero is a magician from a fairy tale,
capable of doing things no one else can.
**[12:30] Logi**
Awesome! Phantom Zero rules!
**[12:33] Harper**
That was totally wizard!
**[12:35] Berry**
Yeah...
**[12:36] Logi**
C'mon, Berry. It's the hotly
awaited new story stuff!
**[12:38] Harper**
It's Love-y, right?
**[12:39] Berry**
Yeah.
**[12:40] Logi**
You really *are* acting weird.
**[12:42] Berry**
Sorry, I'm gonna log off for today.
**[12:45] Harper/Logi**
Berry?!
**[12:47] Berry**
A magician, huh?
**[12:49] Berry**
Normally, that'd be the kind of Love-y
new twist that'd get me really excited...
**[12:54] Notification**
* It is almost time for your*
* ophthalmologist appointment.*
**[12:55] Berry**
Ah, I'd better go.
**[12:59] Berry**
Oh, right. I should probably wear this.
**[13:14] Berry**
Maybe it really was part of the game.
**[13:17] Berry**
Looking back, it all started with
that Phantom Zero ad I saw.
**[13:22] Berry**
And that weirdo...
**[13:27] Berry**
I think it was around here.
**[13:30] Berry**
Maybe the ad I saw tagged me for access?
**[13:40] Berry**
If it was some kind of secret test,
that's kinda impressive.
**[13:43] Berry**
Maybe I was chosen at
random for a beta test?
**[13:47] Berry**
Would that be Love-y?
**[13:50] Berry**
Crap, I'm late!
***SIGN*** Prescriptions
***SIGN*** Checkout
***SIGN*** Checkout
**[13:56] Commercial**
*The next generation of Deco.*
**[13:57] Commercial**
* Let the world you see be more*
* beautiful than anything else.*
**[14:00] Commercial**
* The procedure is simple.*
* Talk to your clinician about it.*
**[14:05] Commercial**
*All citizens are required to use Deco.*
**[14:09] Commercial**
* For those who would prefer*
* not to undergo optical surgery,*
**[14:13] Commercial**
* a number of convenient and comfortable*
* Glasses Decos are available.*
**[14:17] Commercial**
Reception
**[14:18] Commercial**
*Ask about availability.*
**[14:21] Robot Nurse**
Next patient, please. Miss Berry.
**[14:24] Berry**
Here.
**[14:26] Eye Doctor**
I'll take a look at the right eye now.
**[14:30] Eye Doctor**
I see. Look to the right, please.
**[14:32] Eye Doctor**
And the left.
**[14:34] Eye Doctor**
Yes, it's definitely broken.
**[14:36] Berry**
I-I see...
**[14:39] Eye Doctor**
The fastest thing would
be to simply replace it.
**[14:42] Eye Doctor**
Let's begin the procedure immediately.
**[14:44] Berry**
U-Uh, I'm—
**[14:45] Robot Nurse**
Okay! Preparing the patient!
**[14:50] Berry**
U-Um, listen—
**[14:53] Eye Doctor**
Don't worry. This won't take a second.
**[15:01] Logi**
Your Deco's acting up, right?
**[15:04] Harper**
Yeah, it's gotta be that.
**[15:06] Logi**
You *did* say that was how you were
able to see this "weirdo" of yours.
**[15:09] Hack**
Nerdy-birdy.
**[15:12] Berry**
*The weirdo!*
**[15:16] Robot Nurse**
Oh, no! Sit back! Sit back!
**[15:17] Eye Doctor**
It's okay. There's nothing to worry about.
**[15:20] Berry**
Y'know what? Forget it!
**[15:22] Berry**
See ya!
**[15:23] Robot Nurse**
Wait! It's not scary! Not scary at all!
**[15:27] Berry**
I'm home...
**[15:32] Notifications**
*Your Deco treatment is incomplete.*
**[15:34] Notifications**
*Please schedule a—*
**[15:36] Notifications**
*Your Deco treatment is incomplete.*
**[15:38] Notifications**
*Please schedule a follow-up.*
**[15:41] Notifications**
*Your Deco treatment is incomplete.*
**[15:41] Notifications**
Knock First!
**[15:41] Notifications**
Knock First!
**[15:41] Notifications**
Knock First!
**[15:42] Notifications**
Knock First!
**[15:42] Notifications**
Knock First!
**[15:43] Notifications**
*Please schedule a follow-up.*
**[15:43] Berry**
Oh, give it a rest!
**[15:45] Berry**
Fine.
**[15:47] Sign**
Incomplete
**[15:47] Sign**
Deco Exam
**[15:48] Berry**
Set the exam to complete.
**[15:49] Sign**
Completed
**[15:49] Sign**
Update Successful
**[15:49] Notification**
*Your exam has been completed.*
**[15:52] Berry**
That oughta do it.
**[15:59] Berry**
Now I might see that weirdo again...
**[16:02] Berry**
Love-y!
**[16:11] Berry**
Mom?
**[16:14] Berry**
Dad?
**[16:15] Berry**
They're not here.
**[16:17] Berry**
I guess I did get back from the doc's early.
**[16:22] Berry**
Which means this is my chance!
**[16:27] Berry**
If I use their work Hyperverse space,
**[16:31] Berry**
I can find out about yesterday's
Zero Phenomenon and that weirdo!
**[16:39] Berry**
It's my birthday.
**[16:52] Mods in the background**
Rejected. Rejected. Approved.
Rejected. Approved.
**[16:56] Mod in the foreground**
Approved.
**[16:56] Mod in the foreground**
That new crêpe place downtown
is super good! Recommended
#crape #decogenic
**[16:56] Mod in the foreground**
Another day of defending world peace!
#hiro #peace #worldpeace #SekaiHeiwa
**[16:56] Mod in the foreground**
That new crêpe place downtown
is super good! Recommended
#crape #decogenic
**[16:56] Mod in the foreground**
That new crêpe place downtown
is super good! Recommended
#crape #decogenic
**[16:56] Mod in the foreground**
Another day of defending world peace!
#hiro #peace #worldpeace #SekaiHeiwa
**[16:57] Mod in the foreground**
Another day of defending world peace!
#hiro #peace #worldpeace #SekaiHeiwa
**[16:57] Mod in the foreground**
That new crêpe place downtown
is super good! Recommended
#crape #decogenic
**[16:57] Mod in the foreground**
Puuko's been really full of it lately.
So annoying. Let's all ignore her!
#classmute
**[16:57] Mod in the foreground**
Another day of defending world peace!
#hiro #peace #worldpeace #SekaiHeiwa
**[16:57] Mod in the foreground**
Approved.
**[16:57] Mod in the foreground**
Puuko's been really full of it lately.
So annoying. Let's all ignore her!
#classmute
**[16:57] Mod in the foreground**
Puuko's been really full of it lately.
So annoying. Let's all ignore her!
#classmute
**[16:57] Mod in the foreground**
Another day of defending world peace!
#hiro #peace #worldpeace #SekaiHeiwa
**[16:58] Mod in the foreground**
Rejected.
**[16:58] Mod in the foreground**
Puuko's been really full of it lately.
So annoying. Let's all ignore her!
#classmute
**[16:58] Mod in the foreground**
Another day of defending world peace!
#hiro #peace #worldpeace #SekaiHeiwa
**[16:58] Mod in the foreground**
Another day of defending world peace!
#hiro #peace #worldpeace #SekaiHeiwa
**[16:58] Mod in the foreground**
Another day of defending world peace!
#hiro #peace #worldpeace #SekaiHeiwa
**[16:59] Mod in the foreground**
Another day of defending world peace!
#hiro #peace #worldpeace #SekaiHeiwa
**[16:59] Mod in the foreground**
Another day of defending world peace!
#hiro #peace #worldpeace #SekaiHeiwa
**[16:59] Mod in the foreground**
Approved.
**[16:59] Mod in the foreground**
Another day of defending world peace!
#hiro #peace #worldpeace #SekaiHeiwa
**[17:00] Mod in the foreground**
Another day of defending world peace!
#hiro #peace #worldpeace #SekaiHeiwa
**[17:00] Berry**
Wow...
**[17:02] Berry**
First, we need a disguise.
**[17:05] Berry**
*Nice view from up here.*
**[17:07] Berry**
Hey, how's it going?
**[17:11] Berry**
*Now, where does Dad sit?*
**[17:20] Lady Mod B**
Approved.
**[17:22] Lady Mod B**
Approved.
**[17:25] Lady Mod B**
Rejected.
**[17:29] Lady Mod B**
Rejected.
**[17:34] Lady Mod C**
Rejected.
**[17:35] Lady Mod C**
Rejected.
**[17:37] Lady Mod C**
Rejected.
**[17:39] Lady Mod C**
Rejected.
**[17:40] Berry**
*Wait, that's from...*
**[17:43] Guy Mod D**
Rejected.
**[17:45] Guy Mod D**
Rejected.
**[17:46] Guy Mod D**
Rejected.
**[17:48] Guy Mod D**
Rejected.
**[17:49] Berry**
*"Delete" means they're being wiped, right?*
**[17:52] Berry**
*Then, it really* did *happen.
It wasn't just part of a game.*
**[17:56] Lady Mod E**
Rejected.
**[17:59] Lady Mod E**
Rejected.
**[18:00] Guy Mod F**
Rejected.
**[18:02] Guy Mod G**
Rejected.
**[18:03] Lady Mod H**
Rejected.
**[18:05] Berry**
*What's going on here?*
**[18:06] Berry**
*I'd better find what I need, and fast.*
**[18:11] Berry**
*Here we go. Dad's seat.*
**[18:17] Berry**
*I need to grab some evidence.*
**[18:21] Dad**
Berry! What do you think you're doing?!
**[18:27] Mom**
Berry, what were you trying to do?
**[18:30] Berry**
Well... you weren't here,
so I went looking...
**[18:33] Dad**
In our office, without permission?
**[18:35] Mom**
Come on. What were you *actually* doing?
**[18:38] Berry**
What were *they* actually doing, Mom and Dad?
**[18:42] Dad**
You don't need to know that.
**[18:44] Berry**
But everybody was deleting a bunch of data!
**[18:48] Dad**
That's our job. We're content moderators.
**[18:52] Berry**
Your job?
**[18:54] Mom**
That's right. We make it so people don't
have to see things that'd make them worry.
**[18:58] Mom**
It's a very important job.
**[18:59] Berry**
But what happens if people
can't tell what's real anymore?
**[19:03] Mom**
Listen. If it *is* something important,
deleting it won't make it go away. Right?
**[19:09] Berry**
But isn't that just *lying*?!
**[19:11] Dad**
Berry!
**[19:12] Mom**
Honey...
**[19:21] Dad**
Berry.
**[19:22] Dad**
For now, you're grounded, and you can
only log onto the Hyperverse for school.
**[19:28] Berry**
Fine!
**[19:30] Mom**
Berry, wait a minute!
**[19:31] Dad**
Let her go.
**[19:33] Mom**
But honey... This is too complex for her.
**[19:39] Berry**
Lies. It all really happened.
**[19:51] Berry**
Mom and Dad are just liars, and all that
was nonsense. I don't care anymore.
**[19:56] Berry**
That weirdo's really out there.
**[19:58] Berry**
And this time, I'm gonna track you down.
**[20:02] Berry**
This thing has to hold some kinda clue...
**[20:09] Berry**
Wow!
**[20:12] Berry**
What's this?
**[20:23] Berry**
Found you!
**[20:29] Berry**
Okay.
**[20:33] Berry**
Let's do this!
**[20:44] Berry**
This is totally different from the daytime.
All these bright lights are pretty hype!
**[20:50] Berry**
Whoa, wait a second...
**[20:52] Berry**
I'm *actually* running away from home.
**[20:54] Berry**
That's Love-y!
**[20:58] Berry**
Something smells good!
**[21:04] Berry**
What's that?
**[21:07] Berry**
An... avatar?
**[21:12] Berry**
Excuse me—
**[21:13] Drunk**
Care for a sip, bambina?
**[21:19] Berry**
What was that? Why was there a cat?
**[21:26] Berry**
So weird.
**[21:27] Berry**
Oh, right.
**[21:29] Berry**
I need to go there... Which is this way!
**[21:41] Berry**
This is the spot.
**[21:50] Berry**
Wh-Who are you?
**[22:01] Finn**
Where is Hack?
**[22:04] Berry**
Hack?