Your past, Rui...?

Yes.

There was a time when I'd also given up on wanting to be around others...

Oh...

Right... Before you met everyone, you were putting on shows all by yourself.

Yes, because I'd fallen under the impression that no one would ever understand me or how I thought...

Rui...

In reality, I wanted to do shows with others.

But no one was able to understand my shows, which led me to think that I shouldn't even bother with them.

And then, I met...

Meeting all of you made me realize that.

And since then, I've changed quite a bit.

So much so that I looked for ways in which we could keep doing shows together.

Oh...! Are you talking about Emu?

Yes. In retrospect, what I did seems rather selfish.

No, don't say that!
You guys get to keep chasing your dreams together because you worked up the courage to go talk to Emu's brothers.

And here we are now!

Yes, you may be right.

I honestly couldn't be happier about how we're able to keep doing shows together like this.

Me too...!

All this may also apply to our zombies. They act all prickly... But deep down, they seem to want to be friends with everyone.

So, I'd like to help them turn that wish into a reality.

Just like how you all did for me.

Yeah! I wanna help the zombies!

Hmm... But how do we do that?

Hehe... In our case, I suppose there's always only one answer. We need to do...

Do what...?

Hello, my zombie friends!

What?! You again?!
Look, we're not telling you anything about that phoenix.

No, I'm here to ask you about something else.

Would you like to do a show with us?

Hm? Why are there so many plushies gathered here?

They're doing a show!
And the plushies from Zombie Island are gonna be in it!

What?! The zombies?
That sounds scary... But what's it supposed to be about?

Hehe. We have quite an audience here now.

So, are you all ready?

Yup! Ready!

You really caught us by surprise when you said that we're doing a show...

But we all know exactly what to do since this is a modified rendition of Potato Ghosts!

Zombies, are you all ready?

Y-Yeah.
But...

Maybe this isn't such a good idea...

We agreed to do this after you told us over and over that we'd be able to become friends with everyone if we did... But I still get the feeling that they're gonna be scared of us...

Don't worry! I'm sure they'll all be smiling in the end!

Yes, shows have that kind of power. Please trust me.

O-Okay...

We also need to thank you for allowing us to put on a show here on such short notice, Mr. Innkeeper.

Nah, that's all good.
I mean, shows and parties go hand in hand.

Then, we'll get started.
A real zombie show with our plushie friends here.

“Director! We have a remarkably large audience today!”

“Oh? Excellent!
Let's see what sort of demographic it is this time... Huh?”

“CHOMP CHOMP CHOMP.”

“Those look like...zombies!”

“No...!
Stay away. You're never going to catch me!”

“Wait. We just want to... Ow!”

“Oh, you went for quite the tumble.
Your head and arms appear to have fallen off... A-Are you okay...?”

“We're fine! I mean...”

“We're zombies!”

“I forgot! I need to keep running!”

Haha. The zombies are funny!

“CHOMP.”

“No! I got bit!”

“Director! A-Are you hurt?”

“Owwwwwwww...
Wait, no... It doesn't hurt...?”

“Huh?”

“Odd... That didn't hurt at all...
Also, they seem to have settled down all of a sudden...”

“CHOMP CHOMP. Nice to meet you... Greetings...don't hurt...”

“Wh-What?! Is this how zombies greet each other?!”

“Director... What if they just want to become our friends...?”

Wait, is that true?

Hold on. That means when they bit me that other time...

“Yes, that appears to be the case...”

“Then, nice to meet you too!
CHOMP!”

“Oh, thank you!
Hehe. Now we can nibble on each other as much as we like!”

“Yeah! CHOMP CHOMP CHOMP!”

And so, the zombies were able to spend Halloween at the amusement park and have a wonderfully fun time with all the guests.

The end...
Thank you all for watching.

That was a great show!
And the zombies were really cute!

Yeah. Also, I guess they just wanted to become friends with the rest of us.

Now I feel bad about being scared of them...

Then, why don't we finish things off by greeting all of you?

What?

As a way of showing thanks for watching our show until the end. Of course, zombie style.

O-Okay...!

Oh, do it to me too!
Here, I'm ready!

O-Okay...
Um, CHOMP!

Your show made it possible for everyone to become friends, Rui♪

Yes, I'm glad we were able to help them somehow.

(Also...)

Now it's my turn to say hi!
I'll bite you this time! CHOMP!

(The other plushies seem to be much less scared of the zombies now.)

(Hehe. Shows really are wonderful.)

(They're able to wash away any misconceptions that the audience has lingering within their minds.)

(And I'd like to keep putting on shows like this. Ones that transcend borders. Ones that can really bring people together.)

(That kind of show.)

Hey, do you have a minute?

Yeah, sure! What's up?

So, thanks for putting on that show for us. We were able to become friends with everyone because you did...

Hehe. No worries.
It was something I just felt like doing is all.

Still... Thanks.

Also, you said you were looking for a phoenix.

We've heard a rumor that someone in the harbor knows a lot about them.

Really?! Can you tell us who?

Yeah. They're...

We did it, Rui!
We got our next clue to finding that phoenix!

Yes, we can finally take our next step forward.

So, let's keep doing our best and find that phoenix.