# 0_0 Star Actor
# 0_1 Treasure
# 0_2 Client: Go for it, VAR(258, 0)!
# 0_3 Client: Go for it, VAR(258, 0)!
Just a little more!
# 0_4 Client: There! Now!
VAR(258, 0), end this!
# 0_5 Client: Listen, this statue is a great
discovery that may unlock the\f
mysteries of an ancient civilization.
We need you to remove whatever it is
that is possessing this statue.
But be careful!
It's a talkative spirit, and if it doesn't
like your answers...
It will do its best to make you suffer.
# 0_6 Young Assistant: I upset it, and it
pummeled me like a punching bag. Ouch!\f
Please be careful!
# 0_7 Old Assistant: Uh-huh.
I put it on its guard, so then I couldn't\f
even get close enough to attack.
Do be careful.
# 0_8 VAR(258, 0): Got it.
I also got quite a substantial fee,\f
so let me get to it.
# 0_9 Voice: Who dares to disturb my sleep?
You! Why are you here?
# 0_10 VAR(258, 0): ...
(...Uh, um, what should I say?...)
# 0_11 VAR(258, 0): Begone from the statue!
# 0_12 Voice: I see what you are now. Enemy...
# 0_13 VAR(258, 0): Um, I just want to talk!
# 0_14 Voice: Talk?
We are talking already.
# 0_15 Voice: Who are you?
What do you mean by disturbing me?
# 0_16 VAR(258, 0): ...
(...I better be careful here...)
# 0_17 VAR(258, 0): I'm a Ghost Eraser!
# 0_18 Voice: You're a Ghost Eraser. To erase me?
Even though I have no body, I have a life...
To erase a life...
Not a thing to say lightly.
# 0_19 VAR(258, 0): I'll mourn your passing.
# 0_20 Voice: I see.
# 0_21 VAR(258, 0): I'm VAR(258, 0)!
# 0_22 Voice: I see.
# 0_23 VAR(258, 0): Who do I look like?
# 0_24 Voice: Answering a question with
another question is rude.
# 0_25 Voice: Disturbance, answer the question.
What...do...you...want?
# 0_26 VAR(258, 0): ...
(...I'll take a risk here...)
# 0_27 VAR(258, 0): Money!
# 0_28 Voice: Mwa ha ha ha...
A greedy fool!
I'll pummel you with rage and finesse!
# 0_29 VAR(258, 0): Love!
# 0_30 Voice: Mwa ha ha ha...
A needy and pitiful person!
I'll thoughtfully pummel you
for your own good.
# 0_31 VAR(258, 0): Power!
# 0_32 Voice: Mwa ha ha ha...
A lowly coward!
I'll pummel you and pity you equally!
# 0_33 VAR(258, 0): I don't need anything!
# 0_34 Voice: I see.
Interesting...
# 0_35 Voice: Disturbance, answer my question.
What is important to you?
# 0_36 VAR(258, 0): ...
(...I gotta be careful here...)
# 0_37 VAR(258, 0): Myself, of course!
# 0_38 Voice: You cherish yourself most... Heughh.
I'll pummel your ego down to size.
# 0_39 VAR(258, 0): VAR(258, 0)!
# 0_40 Voice: I see.
Interesting...
# 0_41 Voice: Well...
Do you finally understand who I am?
# 0_42 VAR(258, 0): No, I don't.
Who are you?
# 0_43 Voice: Alas, I don't know the answer myself.
Memory tells me that I am a strong and
powerful being.
One thing more I know. Only during a battle
will my past memories come back.
# 0_44 VAR(258, 0): Did your memories come back?
# 0_45 Voice: Completely!
It was a long, long time ago...
Arkham talked me into challenging
this old statue, just as you're doing now.
During the battle, I was drawn
into the statue. This statue absorbs\f
the strong and powerful.
Since that day, I've become
the protector of this statue...
# 0_46 VAR(258, 0): Arkham?
Please tell me about him!
# 0_47 Voice: Do you want to know about him?
Only the strong have the right to answers!
Enough! Let us continue our battle!
# 0_48 Voice: Disturber, answer my question.
You must guess who I am.
# 0_49 VAR(258, 0): It's so obvious!
# 0_50 VAR(258, 0): Evil spirit!
# 0_51 Voice: Is that what I look like to you?
Hm. Even I don't know who I am.
But the end is near...
One last punch will finish you off!
# 0_52 VAR(258, 0): The Majin of Mayhem!
# 0_53 Voice: The Majin... Is that what I look like?
Hm. Even I don't know who I am.
But the end is near...
One last punch will finish you off!
# 0_54 VAR(258, 0): I don't know!
# 0_55 Voice: I see.
Exactly...
Even I don't know who I am.
My memories have faded away,
yet here I remain.
# 0_56 VAR(258, 0): A human!
# 0_57 Voice: Wh-what are you talking about?
You think I'm a human!
Argh! Enough!
One last punch will finish you off!
# 0_58 VAR(258, 0): Ooogh... Aaagh...
(...I'm no match for it...)
# 0_59 Voice: I've used up too much power.
But I can't afford to disappear.
Therefore, weakling, I shall absorb
your life energy.
...
# 0_60 VAR(258, 0): Stop it!
I feel weak...
S-stop...
Shhhhhrrrssssssssssshhhh!
# 0_61 Voice: This is your fate...
It's all for the sake of this world...
I'll fall asleep again.
...
# 0_62 VAR(258, 0): ...
# 0_63 Addendum to
“Ghost Eraser Case Files: File No. 003":
After this case report was received,
we lost contact with VAR(258, 0).
His whereabouts remain unknown.
# 0_64 VAR(258, 0): The statue is acting weird...
# 0_65 Voice: Well done.
I've been waiting for a strong person
like you...
# 0_66 VAR(258, 0): You've been waiting?
# 0_67 Voice: For many thousands of years after
the creation of this statue, one human\f
after another challenged the statue to\f
combat for the sake of the glowing gem.
The weak were defeated, and the statue
devoured their life energy.
They vanished, never to be seen again.
The strong were recognized as worthy
and drawn into the statue to become\f
its new guardian.
# 0_68 VAR(258, 0): Its guardian?
# 0_69 Voice: Yes. You defeated me.
That means the statue affirmed you
as its new guardian.
Accept your destiny.
Come to me! Now!
# 0_70 VAR(258, 0): No. I refuse
to be pent up in that confined place.
...Oh no. I'm losing my strength...
I'm being drawn in...
Shhhhhrrrssssssssssshhhh!
# 0_71 Voice: When you next wake,
your memories will have vanished.
You'll have taken my place as the
guardian inside the statue.
When your time as the guardian ends,
your existence will also end...
# 0_72 VAR(258, 0): ...
# 0_73 Addendum to
“Ghost Eraser Case Files: File No. 003":
After we received File No. 003,
we lost contact with VAR(258, 0).\f
VAR(258, 0)...is missing.
# 0_74 VAR(258, 0): ...
# 0_75 Voice: Disturber, your frown troubles me.
Explain yourself!
# 0_76 VAR(258, 0): Oh, give it up.
Your lies are obvious to me.\f
Get out of there right now.
# 0_77 Voice: ...
What are you saying? Don't be ridiculous.\f
I'll make you disappear with my power!
# 0_78 VAR(258, 0): Oh, knock it off.
Or...don't you know enough to take
the Ghost Erasers seriously?
# 0_79 Voice: ...
I-I must apologize.\f
Please forgive me!
# 0_80 VAR(258, 0): Well, well...
It's past time to stop your silly playacting.
# 0_81 Voice: I do apologize!
As you suspected, I'm just a human.
The whole story about the ancient statue
is completely made up.
And so is the statue's curse.
It was all a sham--a ploy to get money.
# 0_82 VAR(258, 0): That was a whole heap of lying.
What made you do it?
# 0_83 Voice: It was your client! Over there! Him!
He promised me a substantial fee...
How could I resist?
# 0_84 Client: You fool!
If we'd tricked a Ghost Eraser, an expert
in getting rid of evil spirits, the value of\f
the cursed statue would have skyrocketed!
I could've unloaded it on some unsuspecting
collector for a boatload of dough!
# 0_85 VAR(258, 0): I see.
Then, let's head over to our office,
where we can go over the details\f
of your story, slowly--and carefully...
# 0_86 Client: Gulp...
# 0_87 Addendum to
“Ghost Eraser Case Files: File No. 003":
The cursed statue was the work of liars
in search of easy cash.
There have been many false reports of late.
Please be aware.
# 0_88 Voice: Well done!
Congratulations on showing such strength!
You have removed my protection on
the statue's secret power!
This great power is now yours. With it,
you can make your wish come true.
# 0_89 VAR(258, 0): I feel enormous power
radiating from the statue's gem.
What's going on?!
# 0_90 Client: Mwa ha ha!
That's an energy crystal!
It's a chunk of energy said to have been
stolen from the Majin of Mayhem long ago.
The guardian protected the statue to
prevent anyone from gaining the power\f
of the Majin.
What a battle-scarred veteran that
guardian was. So strong!
I was really no match for him.
# 0_91 VAR(258, 0): The Majin of Mayhem?
The power was sealed inside the crystal?
# 0_92 Client: Of course!
Once the guardian is defeated and the seal
is broken, the energy returns to the Majin.
The Majin regains that power and reawakens!
Well? Pretty cool, eh?
Gets you pretty excited, eh?
Mwa ha hardy har ha!
# 0_93 VAR(258, 0): That voice... You sound like...
# 0_94 Client: Aw, how depressing. Did it really
take you this long to recognize who I am?
You're so forgetful.
I'll tell you one more time!
My name is--Arkham!
I'm the genius magician!\f
My goal is to revive the Majin of Mayhem!
# 0_95 VAR(258, 0): Arkham...
# 0_96 Arkham: A-a-and, thanks to you, voilà!
The seal of the Majin has been shattered!
Now! Look at the gem!
# 0_97 VAR(258, 0): Oh no...
The gem is melting...
# 0_98 Arkham: Back it goes!
Back to its original owner!
# 0_99 VAR(258, 0): I've made a horrible mistake...
# 0_100 Arkham: Mwa ha hardy har ha!
...
# 0_101 VAR(258, 0): Arkham! Wait!
# 0_102 Addendum to
“Ghost Eraser Case Files: File No. 003":
Arkham's plot succeeded in shattering
the seal protecting the energy crystal.
The Majin of Mayhem could now reawaken.
My immediate goal is to locate Arkham.
--Code name: VAR(258, 0)