Making a hurried departure from King Kuron,
Captain Ahab and his crew head for my planet, Moad.
They're doing this, of course, to help the people in danger on Moad.
The plan was that if we sailed at full speed,
it would have taken a little over a month to arrive.
But trouble as we were departing threw a huge monkey wrench in our plans.
No matter how I calculate it, we're short on fuel!
We will need to stop somewhere to get more on the way.
If only the police hadn't had their concentrated crackdown,
we could've gotten the amount of fuel we planned for.
Same with the food supply! I had already placed my orders!
Sheesh, the Federation Police stuck their noses where they shouldn't have!
Doo-doo head! Doo-doo head! Doo-doo head!
Say, where did the Captain go?
Moron! Moron! Moron!
Shut up!
Captain, just, to the bottom of ship, went.
What for?
Dunno.
You say the Captain saved that guy, right?
Plus, I hear he's an ex-prison guard turned detective, right?
What is the Captain thinking?
Dunno.
In any case, he's not much of a looker.
You fools! You've just ran out of luck by making me prisoner!
Before long, the entire Federation Police Force
will come desperately searching for me so they can bring me back!
I don't think he's really that important.
Yeah, I agree with you.
Big brother... At any rate, right now we're headed for Moad.
One step, two steps, three steps...
We're steadily coming closer.
Episode Seven Nice to Meet You, Haunted Ship!
Where will I drift to?
Who knows this?
Even in darkness, if you don't give up
Light will definitely come
Solitude and love are fighting against each other
I will go with the wind, no matter how far
As long as I have a dream
I shall continue to live, no matter what happens
As long as you are here
Yo, Dew! What are you doing here?
What are you doing here, Captain?
Well, you see, I lost my wallet.
Huh?
I guess you don't really get jokes very well, huh?
I knew it.
It's around the charger bulb on the third engine.
I was wondering why my Lady Whisker wasn't making her usual beautiful noise.
Seems like we got carried away and went a little too fast.
Stop the engines!
Turn the fuel bulbs off!
Don't be slow!
This is no time to be eating!
Cut off the battery! Turn on only emergency lights!
At this rate, there is a risk of explosion and fire.
I will now assemble a repair squad.
The repair squad will go outside the ship and check the third engine.
Please work on removing the cause of the charge bulb malfunction.
Yes, Sir!
The members will be selected by... Aca, you pick them.
I understand, Sir!
Yo, yo, Detective White Hat, Sir.
So, how about it? Have you decided to join our staff?
Being so stubborn won't help you get out of those ropes, you know?
No matter how long you keep this up.
Don't underestimate me, Ahab!
I've been a public servant in the prison for fifteen years, then in the police for ten years.
I'm like the perfect model of an earnest man!
How could I be a part of a group of people who are like pirates?!
Spearnest whale... Oh, bad pun...
Is that all you've got? You still haven't earnest my respect! Get it?
Anyway, I like that damn tenacity of yours.
Don't fool with me!
Well, you have lots of time. So think it over, okay?
Drink in clover, I say!
Ah, this is it.
We've picked up a meteorite!
This is going to take a while to fix!
First remove the meteorite! Carefully, okay?
Okay, okay, I got it.
I'll try it.
Oh, it's Dew.
Move it, Speed. Dew says he'll get it.
You guys get along now!
I'm sorry, Lucky, as much as you'd like to get to Moad right away,
I'm afraid life doesn't go as scheduled.
It's all right, I understand.
Everyone is giving it their best.
We've completed the removal of the meteorite. Over!
Please report what parts need to be replaced.
I'm going to check the back stock.
Let's see... One bulb timing coil.
The fuel vapor circulator pipe needs some backing, one set of that.
One red-light-green-light panel, and let's see...
Hold on a second, Aca.
Incoming, at 100 degrees.
100 degrees?
Ah, there it is...
Oh no! It's the Mortician!
What? That's the legendary...
Oh no!
Oh no... So we've finally crossed paths with her?
What? What's so "oh no" about it?!
If you ask any sailor, they'll tell you. It's a famous story.
No one knows who built that ship, or when, or where,
but they say if you see her, you need to hide your thumb like this
and quietly see her off as she glides away.
Or else, she'll suck out your life.
It's the death ship that wanders the vast universe...
The mysterious haunted ship!
Uh, Captain...
By haunted, you mean... uh... like, ghosts?
Skeletons, zombies, bodiless heads, evil spirits, thingamabugaboos,
household gods that look like red-faced kids, long-neck monsters, medusa...
And so on and so forth, more of them then you can count.
Well, that's how it is,
so you kids should just go to the bathroom then do your homework or something.
Hey, this doesn't look good.
They're starting to circle around us.
It's so creepy!
Yo, senior!
I'm not your senior!
You're rebellious as usual.
Of course.
Charge!
He ran away, he ran away!
But where does he think he's running to?
It's not ready yet! Wait another six minutes!
Hey, I told you it's too early...
Oh? Maybe I was hearing things.
Great! A ship!
Hey, White!
White! Where do you think you're going?!
Hey! I'm Detective White from the Federation Police!
The circumstances are a long story, but I request immediate rescue!
I'm not responsible for whatever happens.
Hey! Anyone! Please respond!
White Hat! If you can hear me, then answer me!
Hey, White, say something!
You sure his life hasn't already been sucked out by now?
It's gotta be cause he didn't hide his thumbs!
Captain!
Captain! Where are you going?
Where I go is up to me!
Don't, Captain! A guy like that, you should just leave him!
Yeah, you don't have to save him twice!
Don't worry. I'll make sure to keep my thumbs hidden.
Don't go! Don't go!
Besides, that ship might surprise us and have lots of fuel on board.
Don't you think so? Mr. In-Charge-of-Fuel Speed King?
They might have food supplies on board too,
Mr. In-Charge-of-the-Food-Squad Cook.
Are you saying I have to go with you?
I'm not forcing you to.
I'm not going!
I'm not going! I'm not going! I'm not going!
I'm not going... I'm not going...
Yo, Dew.
What, are you guys going too?
Wait a second!
If everyone leaves, the Lady Whisker will be unmanned!
In the end, the selection was done at the Captain's sole discretion.
The White Hat rescue squad, headed by the Captain,
included Dew, Mutz, Cook and Barba.
Academias, Speed King, and Doc were the ship's repair squad.
And guess what? Atre, Lucey and I were put in charge of communication.
Okay! Let's go!
How is it, Mutz?
That hole... What do you think it is?
Isn't it the entrance?
Should we go in? For some reason, I really think it's a trap.
We've made it too far to be afraid of every little trap we come across.
Sorry, Barba, I'm getting away with having an easy ride.
Captain, leg, not good. Me, brain, not good.
Put together, good balance.
Well, that sounds about right.
Captain! Hole, hole, hole!
Ah? Oh, a hole. Shall we enter?
Didn't your ancestors eat humans?
Meat, okay. But skeleton, no!
What a worthless...
Hey! This is...
This is what White Hat was riding when he ran away!
The metal parts are already starting to deteriorate.
Hey, White! Where are you?!
White Hat!
What the...
This is really well-done, but it's a fake made of poly-carbo-mix.
Fake?
That's what it is.
So, that means...
Someone deliberately created this haunted ship with an agenda in mind.
Agenda in mind.
Hey, White Hat!
Hey!
Now, this time it's from below.
There are two intruders coming from the bottom of the ship.
You know what to do, right?
Yes, yes, of course!
Please leave it to me.
Here it comes!
No!
Help! Help!
White Hat!
Wait, White!
White Hat!
Wait!
White!
This is a surprise.
The inside of the haunted ship is a giant tanker!
It's from about a hundred years ago, but it's premium grade.
Even now, it's more than likely possible to use it as fuel.
A hundred years ago, eh?
Stay away!
Get out of here!
Go back to your own ship!
Snap out of it, White. Come with us.
You know, I've made an agreement with the family that owns this ship.
I've promised I would take the cargo on this ship safely
to Cain Sheikdom in the Abel Nebula.
They've begged me to help them!
I've made a promise as a man!
Wake up, White.
What kind of agreement did you say you'd made with those holograms of beautiful women?
Cain Sheikdom in the Abel Nebula, you said?
It was destroyed a hundred years ago
during the Fifty-Year War with the Earth Federation Government.
That country is long gone.
Yeah...
Even if they had lived, the youngest child would be over a hundred years old now.
About a hundred years ago,
I don't know for what reason but this ship had to go to the Cain Sheikdom
and by any means had to carry the cargo there.
Probably, this Haunted Ship facade was one of their ways to protect their cargo.
It must have been just women and children, desperately trying to fulfill their mission.
But halfway through the mission,
they probably caught some sort of epidemic and lost their lives.
The rest was entrusted to their holograms and their automatic defense system.
Now then, Detective White Hat,
we've definitely learned that you've got a weakness for beautiful women,
but how about we go back to the Lady Whisker?
Okay...
Oh, Captain.
What?
What should we do with the fuel on board?
I think it would be better if we took some...
Let's do it some other time.
This is a just a rumor that everyone's talking about,
but apparently for a while after that incident,
a ghost would appear in Captain Ahab's quarters almost every night.
Not just any ghost, but a really beautiful female ghost.
Our country is now fighting.
We must carry our cargo by any means.
For our victory!
Please, let us depend on your strength and kindness!
Go ahead!
Go ahead, go ahead.
Wow, I'm flattered.
Cain Sheikdom? No problem, no problem at all!
In any case, big brother, we are headed for Moad.