Halloween Police Episode 2 Part 3

Touji starts asking Alp if he's calmed down now, but Alp doesn't answer. Touji then tries suggesting he talk and explain things, because nothing will change if he stays quiet. Hotei also tries asking Alp what happened to make him act like this after how excitable he was yesterday. Touji tells you guys Alp acted like this earlier in front of Kioh Academy, what with him yelling and crying about wanting to be arrested. Touji couldn't bring himself to leave him alone, and if Alp hasn't actually done anything wrong he couldn't be arrested anyway. But since Alp has been so insistent he went with the rope thing, and Touji says his senpai will call him if something comes up when a phone ringing cuts him off.

Hotei says the timing is convenient and prompts Touji to answer it, but Touji says it's not his phone that's ringing. Maria realizes it's actually hers, then gets curious about Arslan calling as she picks it up. Arslan is flustered when he asks if Maria is there, so Maria asks why he's so worked up. Arslan says things have gotten worse, then asks if the Halloween Police are with her. Hotei can hear him and answers that they're there, arbitrarily deciding now that he's the Halloween Police's teacher. Arslan nods at this and tries to remember what promise they made for times like this, but Managarm bursts into the chapel to tell Maria they have an emergency with a weird prankster gang causing havoc. Arslan hears Managarm, then yells for the Halloween Police to show up.

Scene shifts to the event area at Daikanyama as Gabriel yells about being caught, though she doesn't really get how things got to that point. A Hero trickster dramatically laughs and asks if people are having fun playing tricks, then he and the other two tricksters with him yell their stupid catchphrase of "trick yay!" Managarm demands to know who the little brats are as well as Gabriel's return.

Trickster Silver declares that they are part of the Halloween Bad Brats Brigade, prepare for trouble and make it double when they fill the city with pranks! Yellow rants about how the kids of today are fed up with things like studying, exercise, school, cram school, and teachers. Purple says they're going to blow off that stress with tricks and treats, and Silver brags that the pranks of brats are heug u gais and that their catchphrase is trick yay!

Managarm sympathizes with the mobs and says he's had times when he felt as trapped and miserable as the kids, then asks if they're just going through their rebellious phase. Silver yells to Managarm that he's going to ignore his on-point commentary just for today, so Azazel comments he must be right. The party arrives around this point as Maria asks what's going on and who the kids are. Arslan is glad to see you all, then explains that the kids are a group of prank-playing tricksters.

You express shock at the idea of a gang of kids coming together to make a team of pranksters and/or ask Azathoth if they're connected to him in any way. Azathoth laughs at how things are heating up and asks if they're some sort of kiddie prankster resistance. He denies being involved with them and doesn't even know who they are. The kids however recognize him and call him a legendary prankster. They've heard about what happened at Yoyogi and are amazed he can toy with adults. They say they started doing what they're doing after seeing what Azathoth did and yell their catchphrase. Azathoth parrots it back, baffled himself.

Hotei notes that Azathoth influenced the kids, so Azathoth laughs about being bigger than a last boss, so he just oozes charisma everywhere. Silver then declares they're going to try pulling a prank that'll make them a legend too and break them out of their frustrating everyday lives. They spout their catchphrase once more, pulling out water guns, BB guns, and paper shurikens. This also somehow causes some vending machines to beep up and parrot their catchphrase and move around. Randos witnessing this react in shock to the machines moving on their own, and you are taken aback as you ask if that's also their doing, note that it doesn't seem to be Hotei's work, and/or ask why this is happening.

As the tricksters start making a mess of things, random mob children take notice that everyone else is running rather than getting mad, so they start getting ideas about rejecting candy to play as many tricks as they want. Azathoth finds this mildly impressive, saying the tricksters are influencing people even if they aren't do so as strongly as he did. Maria however says the more important thing going on is the vending machines. Hotei complains that they're stealing his schtick, which prompts Azathoth to comment on his priorities.

Hotei says if the kids want candy, then he'll give them some. He puts on his vending machine form on and starts firing stuff out from the pickup slot. When Silver catches the candy, he asks what it is, then says he's done with pumpkin candy and rejects it in favor of playing tricks. The others follow suit, though there's a note of hesitation on their end. You either get frustrated at this not working, say the kids seem like they were born to play tricks, or note that standard sweets don't have enough of a punch.

Hotei switches back out of his vending machine form, then tries throwing Ebisu's Ebisu-maki. Silver is baffled at it and says it's not Halloweeny at all. Hotei tries to point out that it's like a mummy, then encourages the kids to eat them. Silver gets pissy as he calls it just a hot dog wrapped in white, leading Hotei to yell about kids these days having discerning eyes and tastes. Silver gets offended at being underestimated for being a kid, so he leads the other two in playing more tricks. Managarm demands the kids give him back the candid photos of Gabriel they took, then tells them stop pulling on his tail so hard. Azazel tries telling them the Lord sees all, then asks them to stop pulling on his chains. Kimun says he can't give them much more without issues and he tells them to wait, but they apparently tug at his clothes some more or something.

Silver laughs and asks how their pranks are, then pushes his teammates to play tricks on the vending machines now. You note that stopping these outrageous tricks is to give them treats, but you ask how you guys can do that. Ebisu finally catches up to the party by now, panting as he says he's bad at running. Hotei reacts to him in surprise, then starts asking if him being back means what he thinks it means. Ebisu confirms that he's done with his True Ebisu-maki, commenting that he got through it like he had several hands. He also knows what's happening, so he says you guys need to stop the tricksters. Maria asks if he can make it work, so Ebisu confirms but says you guys need to tire them out first. He'll take over from there and asks for everyone's help, so you agree and say there's only one thing to do.

Ebisu passes a message from Zabaniya about how that one thing they've talked about earlier is ready to go whenever. Maria is glad to hear that, saying it made it in time from Kamata. She then turns to Hotei to ask him to do the motto catchphrase, so Hotei agrees and thanks Maria. Azathoth laughs to himself and considers aloud about what he'll do, so you turn to him and ask for his help. Azathoth is surprised by this and tells you he may or may not have said at one point that he's a wall that stands in front of you guys. You then ask what he thinks about pretending to be your ally and say that'd be a cool plot twist too, so Azathoth laughs about how well you know him. On further thought, joining you guys on a whim sounds kinda fun actually, so he pulls a police badge out of a rift in space saying he's borrowing it from someone figuring this would happen.

Time passes as Zabaniya turns up and informs Arslan he's arrived. Arslan is glad he's there, then asks what that thing in his hand is. Zabaniya answers that he doesn't know, but Maria told him to turn it on when Hotei gives the signal. Arslan is confused by this, but Hotei tells everyone to put their badges up into the air. Everyone acts like a police sentai squad calling out their transformations, and on cue Zabaniya turns on his floodlight or whatever on the party.

Hotei quickly passes everyone their Halloween Police uniform, then acts like a TV show narrator once everyone's changed. Azathoth plays along with the hero team setting, then laughs about how multiplayer can be fun sometimes. Maria declares that she won't let tricks and thievery go unchecked, and Ebisu declares he'll make the kids say they want his special treat. Silver reacts to the party revealing themselves to be the Halloween Police with utter seriousness, and he says they've been tricked if the Legendary Prankster is joining them too. Azathoth laughs that he let himself be tricked since that's what Halloween is all about. Silver is offended at this deception of their poor innocent hearts, then declares their gang will play a special trick on you guys, and the episode battle begins as Alp reacts in surprise at seeing the tricksters. More happens after that.

After the battle Silver bristles at being beaten, and he starts to say he's trained at sports before stopping himself there and saying he'll pull all the pranks. Azathoth laughs at him asking if he's tired, noting his will to play tricks has been broken down. You attempt to ask Azathoth to act more like an actual police officer since he's sounding pretty villainous himself there. He just looks abashed as he does another quiet laugh.

The tricksters sigh about being hungry enough that they can't move, so Hotei points this out to Ebisu and asks if he has a plan. Ebisu readies himself and gets things rolling by throwing his wrapped sausages into the air. Hotei complains that he hasn't done anything differently with them, but Ebisu says he's worked them more than before and signals to Zabaniya. Zabaniya says he'll help as another person dressed up as a mummy, then uses the work duty burner the Missionaries have lying around to fire off flames to cook the Ebisu-maki, searing them off in an instant. The batter wrappings get sweeter and look more like old bandages as a result. Azathoth decides to pitch in too by using his teleportation ability to pull a disappearing trick on the food.

The mobs complain about the Ebisu-maki disappearing since they wanted it, and narration talks about how something that was nearly attainable but suddenly isn't catches attention. Arslan walks up laughing saying it's a payback trick, then hands them the Ebisu-maki that got teleported into his hands. Silver starts to complain that regular treats won't work on them, but upon further inspection he sees it wasn't the same thing he was given earlier. The batter wrapping is a crisp light brown in color with pumpkin seeds used to make eyes, and an upside down triangle has been carved in as a mouth to look like a smile.

Yellow asks if the thing is a mummy, then asks about it smiling. Purple tries to assert that it won't be enough to convince him, but then he notices that his looks different than Yellow's. Ebisu says that is what his True Ebisu-maki is and encourages them to take the batter wrapping off as they eat it., having changed back into his mummy costume at some point. Purple says it smells nice from the openings, then asks if he's supposed to eat that. Yellow is disappointed that his wrapping breaks when he tries pulling it apart, so Purple laughs that he did a better job.

Ebisu explains that the sausage meats he used are bologna, lyoner, and frankfurters, then tells the kids to look forward to the sauce he worked into them. The kids bite into the sausages, then react in surprise to the sweet, sour, and spicy flavors that hit their tongues. Ebisu looks nervous as he awaits their verbal reactions, then bows as he introduces himself to them and asks what they think. The tricksters coordinate their answer, and on the count of three shout Happy Halloween.

You think on this being Ebisu's take on Halloween expression and note that taste isn't everything to it. Hotei laughs that the kids and Ebisu are all smiling, and Maria compliments Ebisu for making a great Halloween dish. She asks in surprises if he managed to get it all done himself, but Azathoth laughs that Ebisu has plenty of hands to help him because He's Not Alone. Ebisu never really answers the question as he thanks the kids for accepting his food, then laughs as he asks the kids to show him what to do on Halloween for times like this. Silver tries to act proud as he thinks on it, then says he'll let him off there before thanking Ebisu for the food. The kids then say this isn't the end of things since there's a rumor about the Top Pranksters who equal the legend. If the seven of them rise up against you, who knows what will happen?

You wonder who the people the trickster is talking about are, but the kids decide to run off at this point and thank Ebisu again for the food, smiling happily. Hotei goes back to playing TV narrator as he narrates how the tricks have stopped and peace has returned to Daikanyama. He thanks the party for their efforts, narrates how they'll set out again to protect the peace, then tells people to tune in next time as he beatboxes a closing tune.

Some time later Ebisu talks about how he tried to look at Halloween with his own sort of expressions, and he thought it would be nice if everyone was happy. He doesn't know for sure if there's anything underneath that, but he at least wanted things up top to be all smiles. He did his best to show that, have a reality within that people would want to look at, and put a wonderful look on it like a mummy hoping that smiles will come someday to Halloween. Zabaniya tells Ebisu he did great and compliments his cooking, so Ebisu laughs and says he's glad an excellent mummy like him would say that to him.

Maria thanks everyone for what they've done, then asks what you'll do from here. Hotei figures the party may as well go to Ueno since they're supposed to open next on the schedule. Touji comments that it seems like things are done for now, then says the Halloween Bad Brats Brigade is a stupid name. Alp tries to ask everyone to listen to what he knows about the kids, but Touji apologizes and says he needs to speak first. He just got a message from his senpai, and he reads out that Ueno has cancelled their Halloween festival to Alp's shock as the episode ends.