Round 13. Three minutes remaining.
I don't want you.
Damn it!
There are two players remaining until checkmate.
Miss?
Nobody cared about saving that kid.
When given the option, they sided with the Queen.
They'll do whatever it takes not to die. It's a fact.
Nobody wants to see a child be killed.
But in the end, everyone wants to save their own skin.
Each and every human being is that way.
Then I guess…
you've never met somebody
that you really cared about.
Fucking hypocrites like you make me wanna throw up.
If you really cared about this kid so much,
you'd die with him.
But something tells me you'll change your mind soon.
You will.
Are you okay?
I promise
I won't stop protecting you.
Round 14. Challenger Team's turn beginning.
This turn will last five minutes.
Turn, start.
Usagi!
Stay where you are!
-You okay? -I have an idea.
Follow me.
Ow!
You all right?
Did you see them?
Okay, there isn't much time left on the clock, so we have to--
Run!
Usagi. We need to capture five more.
I saw people upstairs. Let's go!
Wait!
Let's go! Come on, Usagi.
Wait.
You guys…
Do you really wanna keep working for the Queen?
Yeah, of course we do.
We don't wanna die.
If we keep playing for the Queen's side and we win,
then we can stay right here.
If we're in this arena, we don't need to play anything else.
No getting hunted down or shot.
You've gotta be kidding me. Winning isn't the most important thing!
Right now? Yeah. Yeah, it is.
No. You're wrong about that.
Listen.
The most important thing isn't just winning the game!
It's getting back to our world.
If all you really care about is winning,
then sure, you're doing everything right.
You're protected by the Queen, and you can live in this world forever.
But is that what you want?
If our side wins, we can beat the Queen.
If we beat every single face card game,
then there's a chance…
a chance we can get back home again.
There's no going back there. Ever.
That world's all over.
It's just over.
These games have rules, just like the rest.
The face card guys, if they lose, they get killed.
Just like us.
Which means if we beat them,
then there won't be anyone else.
This will all end if we win every face card game.
That's just a guess, man, and nothing more.
Yeah, a guess.
And hope.
Maybe hope is what we need to survive.
I won't give up.
Sure, you can extend your lives here with the Queen.
But what does that mean?
Y-- you're spending the rest of your lives killing each other.
That's not a life.
Why don't you take a chance with us?
This place isn't that different from our world.
You guys want to go back to our world so badly?
That place sucked.
Maybe…
Maybe this one'll be better.
Yeah.
I thought the same until recently.
Going back might not be all that great.
But you know…
I want to go back, I really do.
I wanna make it back to our world.
For all the pain and heartache I lived with,
I was born and raised there.
And it made me who I am today.
I miss that world.
At times, it was unbearably lonely.
But I believe it taught me kindness.
That life that I had…
I'm kind here because it made me that way.
This world makes kindness easy to forget.
I want to return.
I want to give that life another shot.
I…
I wanna go back.
I do.
I want to return and see
my family.
Do you think…
Could I start over?
Two turns remaining.
Round 15 is the final one for the Queen Team.
This turn will last five minutes.
Turn, start.
They have 14 on their side?
We need to get back five people for a majority.
How do we do that in just one turn?
The other side can win just by running.
Okay, then. We chase and catch them one by one.
Wait.
There's one more option.
I want that guy on our side before the game's over.
And the woman?
I don't want her.
Let's teach her that fake virtues have no place in this world.
-Aah! -Let's go!
Come here!
Stop running!
Okay. Run!
Down there!
Stop running!
We don't need you. Move!
After her!
-This way! -All right!
You, upstairs!
Run.
Over there!
Found him!
Woo-hoo!
Faster!
Round 15 is ending shortly.
Thirty seconds remaining.
Grab him!
Final turn, start.
Go!
Arisu!
They went that way!
Get him!
-Oh! Oh! -We did it! Yeah!
-I can't believe it! -Fuck, yeah!
-Yeah! -Yes!
We won!
-This is incredible! -We won!
Yeah, we did so great!
We pulled through!
-Yes! -We showed them!
-We did it. We won. -Yes!
-Oh yes! -That was so bad!
-We pulled through. You pulled through! -No, you were great!
-Great! Well done! Well done! -Yes!
I don't know how you convinced everyone.
But congratulations,
Miss Goody Two-Shoes.
When I go back,
I'm not going to be alone.
I'm leaving with my friends.
They matter.
That's what you think?
You have way more freedom here, you know.
This place is much more my scene than that rigid world.
You were players, weren't you?
You were brought here to play, just like us.
You had to play the games.
Well, am I wrong?
Oh, you'll find out soon enough.
-Once the games are done. -Not before then?
What'll we learn when they're all over?
First you clear all the face cards.
Then you'll know everything.
Will we learn where we are?
Can we go back to our world?
You'll have to wait and find out, baby.
-Time is up. -Hey!
It is game over for everyone on the Queen's Team.
I wanna live free until my last breath.
See you later.
I want to finish these games.
I want the answer.
But more than that…
I wanna go back to our world.
Both of us together.
So do I.
Hey, look.
That smell…
Did you fart?
Of course not!
Hot!
Wow!
It's a hot spring!
There's a hot spring!
Usagi! Look!
-It's really a hot spring! -Oh…
The water's perfect over here!
Really? Then let's get in!
When's the last time we took a bath? We can't pass this up!
-Huh? Together? -Huh…
Huh? Oh…
I could die right now and I'd be happy.
I just wish that…
the painful memories washed away as easily as dirt.
Yeah, I know.
What's wrong?
Usagi?
Hey!
Usagi?
That's not possible.
They can't be real, can they?
They're taking a bath too.
Maybe they escaped from a zoo or something.
If we hadn't been brought here,
we'd have never seen this.
Yeah.
You know what's kind of crazy?
I'm feeling emotional.
And I'm not entirely sure why.
Right there with you.
I'm sorry. I didn't see anything!
Just elephants! I'm only looking at them.
I love elephants.
It's okay.
You can stay.
Found it.
KIMIKO KUINA ADMITTED: JUNE 2, 2021
Mom, I wanna see you again.
This makes me sick.
All the work of some twisted fuck.
Stuff like this makes me lose hope for humanity.
This person knew they were gonna die.
But they fought until the very end.
They didn't give up hope.
There's still hope here.
SUPREME COURT
Fascinating.
So you were the King of Diamonds all along.
The Beach executive.
Former Number Two.
Kuzuryu.
Why was the King of Diamonds at the Beach?
I was curious.
Undercover, then.
Difficulty, King of Diamonds.
Game, Beauty Contest.
Let us begin.
Rules. Contestants have three minutes
to choose a number between zero and 100.
The average of the numbers everyone selected is multiplied by 0.8.
The person who chose the number closest to that result is the winner.
Multiply the average value of what we all chose by 0.8.
Whoever's number is closest to that result wins.
Hmm?
Multiply the average value by 0.8?
Why 0.8? What's 0.8 mean?
I get it.
Multiplying the average by the fixed value of 0.8
disrupts the scale's balance.
That's why it's a game.
0.8 is a drop.
A single drop straight from heaven.
One point will be deducted from the four losers,
and the round is concluded.
When a player reaches negative ten points, they will receive a game over.
The last player standing will clear the game.
However, every time a player is eliminated, a new rule is added.
A new rule? What's with that?
And nobody's explaining these scales.
Round one, start.
Hmm…
Time limit reached.
The average of the numbers chosen in the first round
is 32.8.
After multiplying this value by 0.8,
the player closest to this number
is Master Kuzuryu,
the winner.
If everyone picked 40,
then the average value
would be 40, of course.
Multiplying that by 0.8 is 32.
Even if everyone anticipated that and chose 32,
multiplying the average value by 0.8 will yield a lower number.
So that won't work.
If everyone picks the same, that means
getting stuck in a cycle and no one wins.
So we can't do that. Nah.
Ah, I understand.
You just need to predict your opponents' moves and be a few steps ahead.
Mmm… This feels like a heart more than a diamond.
Hmm! We're reading each other.
Whether you play poker or chess,
in an intellectual game, you have to read your opponent.
Not reading their minds,
but predicting their reasoning.
Wouldn't you say?
Huh, King?
Their reasoning?
You ignoring me?
What's that?
Water?
That is sulfuric acid.
-What? -Oh, so you'll answer him…
If someone reaches negative ten points, the scales will tip.
It'll melt our bodies.
Best case, we end up horribly disfigured.
Scales, well…
Let me guess.
The King of Diamonds is a lawyer.
At least, he used to be.
Yes, but that's in the past.
That bad, was it?
But even so, you selected this venue.
Interesting game arena, the Supreme Court.
This giant installation.
The badge a lawyer wears represents equality and fairness.
All life, including yours, is equally valuable.
Is that what you wanna say?
What you want us to understand?
The scale will always tip to whatever side has more gold.
Not all life has the same value, you know.
Round two, start.
Since 26 was the answer before,
maybe I'll multiply that by 0.8 this time?
No, everyone might be thinking the same thing.
Ah, maybe I'll multiply it by another 0.8?
Suppose everyone chooses 100.
The product after multiplying it by 0.8 would be 80.
In order to win, picking a number higher than 80 is pointless.
If 80 is the highest average we can have, multiplying it by 0.8 is 64.
If the highest average is 64, then multiplying that by 0.8 is 51.2.
So 51.
And we can go on and on, getting closer and closer to zero.
The law of the stock market is to invest
in stocks that everyone wants to invest in.
You have to predict everyone's desires.
The crux of this game is to read a few steps ahead
of everyone else's deductions.
There are already equations that exist to help read an opponent's rationality.
Time limit reached.
The average of the numbers chosen in the second round
is 16.6.
After multiplying this value by 0.8,
the player closest to this number
is Master Kuzuryu, the winner.
You were even closer this time.
The number is getting smaller.
So, what, we're supposed to pick zero?
The rational conclusion would be zero.
In other words, everyone will pick zero in the end.
Picking zero is the most rational choice.
But the rational limit is different for everyone.
Kuzuryu.
What?
I think I understand now.
The thing that you're trying to measure…
it's the value of life, isn't it?
No, it's not.
Then what are you doing?
You can tell me.
Perhaps we could propose a new settlement figure?
The contaminants that the factory dumped actually did cause environmental issues.
Twenty people in the surrounding community died as a result.
Diseases can be caused by many factors.
What proof is there that our company is responsible?
I heard that you were an extremely talented lawyer,
but it seems you do not understand the law.
Laws don't exist to protect the weak from the powerful.
Everyone is equal in the eyes of the law, sir.
That is naive.
In order to save starving people,
you first need the power to influence the world's economy.
Your principles are not enough to change a world so full of contradictions.
Let me ask you.
What do you think we should do to maintain a respectable, modern society?
We need a justice system.
A fair justice system must exist at all levels.
You mentioned…
You mentioned the importance of respecting the world's economy.
But prioritizing economic growth will create more inequality.
-A wealth gap-- -No!
Your duty as a lawyer isn't to make sound arguments.
Any fool is able to preach equality.
Fairness and justice have no place in a world more full of monsters than men.
However, thanks to the power of human imagination,
we can make an unfair argument sound fair and just.
And you will do just that.
It is your solemn duty that is given to you by God.
Time limit reached.
The results of the third round.
100?
The average of the numbers is 20.2.
After multiplying this value by 0.8,
the player closest to this number is Master Daimon, the winner.
Huh? I won?
I won?
Ah! Yes!
What's up, man?
Why'd you do that?
You picked 100. That means you'll always lose.
There's a zero percent chance of winning, don't you know?
I think all of you are overthinking this.
That kind of stuff just gives me a headache.
So I blew it up.
Wow, you're insane.
The winner of round six is Master Chishiya.
The winner of round seven is…
…Master Daimon.
Oh yeah!
I definitely don't wanna die like that.
I'm at minus nine points.
If I miss any more, I die.
My formula must be foolproof.
What do I do? I'm so lost here. I can't use the same strategy.
I can't make a single mistake.
The next time I lose, it's game over.
Rationally speaking,
the average should be getting closer to zero.
I bet he predicted this outcome.
The winner of round ten is…
…Master Kuzuryu.
Two players now have negative ten points.
It is game over for these participants.
Take this off! Someone! I'll do anything!
Don't! Ah! Take this off! Hey! Take this off!
What do you want, huh?
You want money? Please!
What can I do?
Please, stop this! Just stop!
Now, this is more like a face card game.
Is this the equality you're after?
As two players were eliminated,
two new rules will be added.
Rule number one.
If two or more players choose the same number,
they will be disqualified from the round and will each lose one point.
Rule number two.
Choosing the exact correct number
will cause the other players to lose two points instead of one.
Results for round 11.
All of us picked zero?
All three players picked the same number and are disqualified from the round.
All three players lose one point.
Huh?
Everyone ended up choosing the same number.
If that happens one more time, it's game over for me.
Round 12, start.
Results for round 12.
As the winner chose the exact correct number,
the other two players will lose two points.
No way.
No way! This can't be happening! How did you…
You saw my answer, didn't you?
He cheated! He did!
You did! How else would you be able to know which number I chose?
I knew it because I've been watching.
At the start of the last round, you had negative eight points,
and I had negative nine.
Even if you lost, you'd still get another chance.
So you took a risk, thinking we'd eliminate each other.
I thought about that, and I figured you'd pick a random number.
You want us to believe you just guessed?
Impossible!
I knew what you thought we'd pick.
Odds are we'd choose numbers under 50.
It's like he read my mind.
The King was up by three points before.
I couldn't catch up if we chose the same number.
But I still had a chance if I could get them to pick the same number.
So you'd have to avoid numbers under 50.
And if you were going to do that,
you'd have to avoid them by a large margin.
Even so, you wouldn't pick too high. Ninety and up is too much.
So over 50, under 90.
When you ask people to guess a number, a few things come to mind.
Double digits, so they're out.
Same thing with nice, round numbers divisible by ten.
When you put someone on the spot and ask them to choose a number,
they'll usually go for eights, threes and fives,
and some of those are prime.
You'd try not to pick them.
Not too many options left now.
How do we narrow the list further?
Some of these numbers we see every day.
Game systems,
movie titles,
brand logos.
Easy associations.
By my count, that just leaves 62 and 74.
No way to narrow it down.
So I… Well,
I got lucky.
I knew I shouldn't have picked 74.
A player now has negative ten points.
No, no. No. No, no!
No! No, no!
Don't!
Please! Just let me go.
I'll do anything! Let me go! Let me go!
No!
Well…
She said that not all lives
have the same value.
Think she still believed it?
Up until the bitter end?
Tell me…
Have you ever peered behind the curtain, seen how the world really works?
Watched children die because their parents couldn't afford a few yen for medicine?
Seen girls sold off to pay for their parents' debts?
Been powerless to break the cycle of poverty?
A new rule is being added.
If a player chooses zero as their number,
the other player will win if they choose 100.
A-ha.
Since there's only two players left in the game at this point,
the one who picks closer to zero
is inevitably going to be the winner.
Just math.
So if you pick zero each time, you'll win. You're further from negative ten.
But this new rule changes everything.
I still have a chance.
If you choose zero,
I can win by choosing 100.
But then if you think I'll choose 100,
you can choose one, and you'll win.
Three choices.
It all comes down to three choices.
Zero, one, and 100.
Rock, paper, scissors.
But I've only got one point left.
If we tie, that's game over for me, isn't it?
The stakes couldn't be higher if you tried.
I get it.
You're desperately trying to make this fair.
But why? Why bother?
Hypothetically,
if there were a million doses of a vaccine for a disease,
which million people would you save?
Ahhh.
I see it now.
You don't wanna have to choose who gets to live and who has to die.
You don't want to determine the value of a life.
Exactly.
How could I weigh all the variables?
What makes one life worth saving
and one worthless?
How can I know?
So,
tell me what you think.
If you had to answer the question put before you…
What I'd do?
Give 'em to kids with no parents or money.
You would?
I would try to do that.
But I wouldn't be the one to choose.
It's about money.
Because anyone with enough money can choose a life's value.
I bet you've seen it. Am I right?
You've peered behind the curtain.
I have.
After an accident, there was no settlement paid out.
People died when they couldn't afford the proper treatment.
So you understand.
Why do you bother striving for justice at all?
Because I must.
Equality is something we fight for.
Very good. You were great.
Next week is the big day.
You keep it up, okay?
Yeah.
Thank you.
Doctor, thank you so much.
Of course.
-Excuse me. -Yes, yes.
Hayato's condition is finally stable.
And that means this next surgery should save his life.
Yes. About the surgery…
Listen.
There's been a change to the transplant priority list.
-You've made a change? -Yes.
This patient was just moved up the list.
The grandchild of a good friend of the director's.
-And what about Hayato? -Postponed.
They're important.
Their support keeps the hospital running.
We don't have a choice.
Medicine is all about this sort of thing.
Now, go inform the patient's parents.
But what do I say?
You'll think of something. He's your patient.
Hayato…
Well…
Even if he got the transplant last week,
there was a chance he wasn't going to make it.
This isn't my fault.
You should know by now your ideals aren't enough to save a life.
That's clear.
I'm not gonna carry it with me, sir.
This is our job.
SAKURAZAKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
PHYSICIAN PEDIATRIC CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY
So, take care of it.
Sir.
How fascinating.
Perhaps I was brought to this place
so I could play this game with you.
I'm going to choose 100.
Why would you say that?
Just giving you some help.
Are you mad?
You can't just tell me what you'll choose.
Unless I select zero this round, you've guaranteed your death.
Sitting across from you
is a man who is charging towards death.
You have to decide.
What value does this life hold?
What value does my life hold?
It's huge. Why bother?
We lost everything when we came here.
To abandon our ideals would be mad.
Ideals?
Hey. Come on.
What are you doing? Just go.
I can't do that.
In the last game I played, a young man saved my life.
Now it's my turn to save someone. I have to pay it forward.
You're not getting left behind.
I'm choosing to fight for this.
You're choosing?
Now let's go.
Time limit reached.
The winner of round 13 is…
…Master Chishiya.
You actually selected zero?
Round 14, start.
The winner of round 14 is Master Chishiya.
That's it then, isn't it? Only one point left each.
This is the last round.
Round 15, start.
So, then,
can you do it?
If you're finding it hard to make your choice,
you can just kill me.
That's fair, don't you think?
I cannot make that decision.
Was that your aim the whole time, Master Chishiya?
To make sure that our scores ended up tied?
In a way.
I wanted to witness this.
I wanted to be around for your final choice.
If you pick one, you win.
Ms. Momoka.
Would you answer a question for me?
You volunteered.
Someone had to be the witch.
But that means killing yourself.
Why would you do that?
I did it for my ideals.
The human heart is a beautiful thing.
Human life is precious.
I believe that, truly.
And when I look at my life,
I know I've been able to survive because of those ideals.
Your games and rules don't get to kill me.
I'm not going to die because I lost.
I'm doing this to show you all that you're wrong.
They're not going to kill each other because they're not all bad.
If I'm destined to die here someday…
then I get to choose how I walk that path.
I'm just one man.
I don't know the value of a life.
Or the meaning of one.
And I don't think I ever will.
I'll never be the one to decide that.
But there's one thing I'm able to decide now.
The final round is over.
So you made your choice.
The value of a life can't be decided.
Tell me why you did it.
I did it for my ideals.
The winner is
Master Chishiya.
A player has reached negative ten points.
It is game over for that player.
It's nice to see that you can actually smile.
I'm finally free.
I made my own choice.
And based on my own ideals.
It's all because of you.
At last. It's our turn.
What?
That doesn't excite you?
If I'm going to have a game to myself…
I want it to be fair.
You quit while you were ahead.
I gave you the chance to make that choice.
I'm so jealous of you.
GAME CLEAR CONGRATULATIONS
We've almost died a thousand times.
We could still die, any second.
I don't believe it.
It's a miracle we made it as far as we have.
If it was a miracle that got us here,
let's take the opportunity and fight.
Me and you.
Yeah.
I'm going to make it home.
For the future. For the me of tomorrow.