"WeIrome to the world of OZ." "OZ is o yirtuoI world thot brings people from oround the world together" "so they ron enjoy themseIyes." "You ron eosiIy orress the world of OZ through your personoI romputer, reli phone, or teIeyision." "Now let's try experienring the world of OZ." "First, you'II wont to rreote your oyotor." "An oyotor is like on OZ yersion of you." "You ron rhonge it ony woy you wont, from your rIothes to your hoirstyIe." "Whot o rute-Iooking oyotor." "Your personoI informotion is proterted by the world's most odyonred serurity system," "so you ron reIox ond enjoy this world." "In the shopping moII, you ron find oil kinds of musir, moyies, furniture, ond onything else." "You can reach out and touch them, just like experienring them in reoI life." "For eyen greoter shopping experienres, you ron yisit the sperioIty stores." "OZ is olso home to mony of the high-rIoss foshion shops of the world." "You ron eyen put some of the rIothes from them on your oyotor." "But, aboye all, what is neressory is rommunirotion." "In OZ, oil Ionguoges ore tronsIoted on the fly, so you ron hoye nire ronyersotions with people oil oround the world." "At present, there ore four million different rommunities." "You ron oIso use your oyotor to ploy sports." "The world of OZ hos o full ronge of support seryires for businesses os well." "Corporotions throughout the world hoye bronrhes in OZ." "You ron even set up your own offire inside it." "Mony odministrotiye ogenries ond IoroI goyernments hoye ronsuItotion seryires in OZ." "Eyerything from poying toxes to filing doruments ron be done here." "LostIy, Iet's see the guordion ongeIs of OZ, John ond Yoko." "We weIrome you to the world of OZ!" "Stort your fobuIous life in OZ todoy!" "Here is the midday news for Monday, July 26th." "This morning, the Arawashi asteroid probe left its solar orbit" "and entered orbit around Earth." "Although the Arawashi was plagued with trouble, it is now on schedule to release its capsule" "with samples taken from the Matogawa asteroid." "Now for our next story... I was so close to representing Japan..." "You're still depressed over that?" "Get over it- -Hey, part-timer!" "Get back to work!" "Yes, sir... I was so close... I'm sick of hearing about it." "You should move on to something new." "Let's choose a theme for this summer!" "How about "girls"?" "!" "Summer goes hand-in-hand with watermelon, fireworks, and girls!" "Watermelon and fireworks are enough for me." "Man, you live a bland life." "Boring and bland is fine with me." "Hey!" "Want a part-time job?" "!" "That's what we're doing right now..." "You are?" "We're OZ system maintainers." "You are?" "OZ's?" "Wow!" "No, we're on the very lowest rung there is, so it's nothing much." "Oh, you're already working..." "Darn... lf only I could find someone to help me out..." "Umm, Natsuki?" "I can help!" "Really?" "!" "Hey!" "What about this job?" "!" "Sorry, I can't after all." "Darn." "It's not even real work; you just have to take a trip with me to the country..." "Okay!" "I'll do it!" "Huh?" "!" "You gotta be kidding me!" "Th-Then, okay, I'll go too!" "I think two might be too many... I only need one applicant!" ""Shor's Factorization Algorithm"" ""Shor's Factorization Algorithm"" ""Getting on the bullet train now."" ""Getting on the bullet train now."" "Oh, Kenji!" "Over here!" "Sorry I'm late!" "No, you're right on time." "I doubt Sakuma would have been." "You can count on me!" "I'll do whateveryou need!" "Thanks." "You can carry these, then." "Ueda City in Nagano?" "My great-grandma's having a birthday party." "Relatives from all over Japan are coming, so we need lots of help." "So, what were you almost the Japanese representative of?" "Huh?" "!" "Sakuma said you were really close to representing Japan for something." "What was it for?" "Uhh, it's called the Math Olympics..." "Olympics?" "Really?" "For math?" "You must be good at it!" "Well, it's the only thing I'm okay at, actually..." "Really?" "Do something, then!" "Okay..." "When were you born?" "Me?" "July 19th, 1992." "It was on a Sunday." "July 19th, 1992 was a Sunday." "Wait, do you have it all memorized?" "No, I used something called modular arithmetic..." "Was I right?" "Sorry. I don't know what day of the week it was." "Ueda!" "Ueda!" "My great-grandma is turning 90..." "She was born in 1920?" "She's really living a full life!" "Natsuki?" "Natsuki!" "Aunt Noriko!" "It's good to see you!" "She's the 16th generation head of the Jinnouchi family." "16rh?" "!" "We have family graves dating back to the Muromachi period." "Our family refil Iy hit it big with our silk business in the Meiji period," "but our late grandfather was so loose with our money..." "Oh, Aunt Yumi!" "Natsuki!" "We're flat broke now!" "We don't have flnything left, no mines, no wholesale stores, no factories!" "Uh-huh..." "But I'm still shocked whenever I see the NewYear's cards Granny gets every year." "So many famous CEOs and politicians...!" "Natsuki!" "Nana!" "Maybe that's why Granny sometimes says surprisingly scary things." "It must be the warrior blood in her." "I'd be careful if I were you!" "Whoa... lt must've been rough, coming all this way!" "We have some nice, cold watermelon!" "Yay!" "I love watermelon!" "Umm, happy 90th birthday... lt's my mother's birthday..." "Kenji." "Right!" "I know I should've mentioned this before," "butjust play along when we see my great-grandma." "Play along...?" "Mother." "Come in." "Granny!" "You came." "I missed you!" "Are you all right?" "l'm doing just fine." "l heard you weren't well lately... lt's just the summer heat." "There's nothing to worry about." "That's good!" "Hi." "Remember what I promised?" "This is him?" "Kenji Koiso." "H-Hello. I'm in the same physics club at school as Natsuki" "Umm, he's my boyfriend." "Boyfriend..." "Yep." "My future husband." "Husband..." "Yes." "My husband." "I see..." "See, I told you I'd bring him to see you!" "Umm, what exactly is...?" "Kenji." "Yes?" "!" "She's a somewhat selfish and naive girl." "Are you confident you can give her happiness?" "U-Umm, well..." "Uhh... I'm asking ifyou are prepared or not!" "Yes... you're sure?" "Yes, I guess so..." "Even if it costs you your life?" "Huh?" "!" "Yes..." "That's great to hear!" "Oh, yes." "What is it?" "To congratulate." "Oh, the morning glory yukfltfl!" "Thank you!" "It is wonderful to meet you, Kenji." "Oh!" "l-lt's a pleasure to m-meet you, too!" "I'm sorry!" "I can't do it!" "Let me go over the job description again." "I can't do it!" "I want you to pretend to be my boyfriend in front of Granny and my relatives." "I can't!" "I can't!" "I absolutely can't!" "I've never even gone out with a girl before... I don't want to disappoint her!" "I just sort of blurted it out." "I heard she was bed-ridden, so without thinking," "I told her she can't die until I bring my boyfriend to see her..." "You understand, don't you?" "l-l understand..." "Thanks!" "Then from now on you should act like we're really close, okay?" "Huh?" "You also have a backstory." "Huh?" "A backstory?" "You go to Tokyo University, you come from an old family, and you just came back from studying in America." "Tokyo University, old family, studying abroad..." "That's the exact opposite of me!" "Got all that?" "No, I can't do it after all!" "I can't!" "You said you'd do whatever I want..." "Please?" "Only for four days." "After that, I'll say we broke up." "Please?" "!" "You're getting up there in age, too." ""Jinnouchi Fishery"" ""Jinnouchi Fishery"" ""Jinnouchi Fishery" --Hey!" "Hey!" "Hey!" "Hey!" "Thanks for the lift!" "Hey, the helmet!" "He misses!" "And that's the game!" "Jinnouchi gives a victory pose!" "He misses!" "And that's the game!" "Jinnouchi gives a victory pose!" "We did it!" "Hurray!" "He misses!" "And that's the game!" "Jinnouchi gives a victory pose!" "What?" "!" "Did he win?" "!" "Ryohei's awesome!" "Ueda High School wins I to 6!" "Moves to the quarterfinals!" "What?" "!" "Did he win?" "!" "Ryohei's awesome!" "Who would've thought it?" "!" "l'll go tell everyone!" "Me too!" "Me too!" "Who would've thought it?" "!" "Not me!" "A miracle happened here today!" "Just look at this excitement!" "Not me!" "A miracle happened here today!" "Just look at this excitement!" "A miracle happened here today!" "Just look at this excitement!" ""Who would've thought it?" How rude!" ""Who would've thought it?" How rude!" "Ryohei won!" "Oh!" "That's great!" "Go tell Granny!" "Okay!" "Let's go!" "Natsuki!" "Where are you, Natsuki?" "!" "Shota!" "Quit stomping around!" "Fiancé?" "!" "I refuse to accept it, Natsuki!" "Damn, I was too slow!" "Ryohei won again!" "He's going to the semifinals!" "That's great!" "Okay!" "Pre-victory celebration!" "What is that?" "!" "Tadah!" "Squid!" "And...!" "More squid!" "Great, huh?" "!" "It's all squid..." "Umm..." "Okay, let me introduce you." "First is the main family:" "Aunt Mariko, her children Rika and Riichi." "Over here are Uncle Mansuke, Tasuke, and Naomi." "This is Kiyomi and Tasuke's son Shota." "Over here is Uncle Mansaku, who has three sons." "There's Yorihiko and his wife Noriko, Kunihiko and his wife Nana," "and Katsuhiko, his wife Yumi and their sons Yuhei and Kyohe' i." "And this is Nana's daughter Kana, and Noriko's children Shingo and Mao." "Got all that?" "Oh, uhh, I'm not sure..." "Well, for now..." "lt's good to meet you!" "l-lt's good to meet you all... lt's amazing that Granny gave him the okay!" "She drove away every boy I ever brought home!" "But he goes to Tokyo U., comes from an old family, find studied abroad!" "Talk about being well-rounded!" "Yeah, almost sounds too good to be true!" "Your Singles Club should be taking notes!" "Oh, be quiet!" "l'm single because I want to be!" "My divorce wasn't my fault!" "So, future husband." "When is it due?" "Huh?" "You know, your kid." "What in the world are you talking about, you dirty old man?" "!" "He only came to say hello!" "Huh?" "But that basically means, "Me and Natsuki did it," right?" "Am I wrong?" "You're in college, right?" "You still haven't done it?" "Knock it off!" "C'mon, it's okay." "He's gonna be a part ofthe family soon enough." "Right?" "Part of the family, my butt!" "I refuse to accept it!" "Be quiet, Shota!" "You shut up!" "How dare you talk to your father that way!" "I've watched Natsuki since she was this little!" "Since she was thflt little?" "And she doesn't even ask me, her second cousin, for approval!" "Yes, second cousins are so close!" "Still...!" "Mother's approval is the only thing that matters." "That's how things work in this family." "You really gave your approval, Granny?" "!" "Of course." "Kenji will be a great member of the family." "My eyes never deceive me." "The Jinnouchi family has no need for mediocre men who aren't able to protect our family and homeland!" "That's right!" "Jinnouchi men need to be strong!" "The Jinnouchi clan was originally a part of the all-powerful Takeda army!" "Here he goes..." "But when the Takeda collapsed, all the clans under them broke up." "So the entire careers we built up instantly vanished." "After we came to Ueda, we fought countless battles to protect it," "despite its small size." "In 1 5$5, 2,OOO of our ancestors fought I,OOO elite Tokugawa soldiers!" "Thus began the First Ueda Conflict!" "Yes!" "The Tokugawa managed to reach the second enclosure of the castle!" "But our ancestors didn't falter!" "Using their knowledge of the land, they fought back and drove them all" "Turn around." "Man, why did I have to lose rock-paper-scissors to you... I'm so jealous." "You get to be her boyfriend..." "There's nothing to be jealous about." "This is work." "So, are you having fun?" "I'm not good with being surrounded by strangers." "Don't be like that!" "You're sharing the same roof with the most popular girl at school!" "Since you're playing her boyfriend, have her sleep next to you!" "Wh-What?" "!" "I can't do that!" "Well, good luck!" "Huh?" "Where am I?" "Man, this place is big..." "You want something?" "Oh, umm, I'm lost..." "The bathroom's back and to the right." "Th-Thanks." "You're not going to join everyone else?" "Mommy!" "You need to dry off first, Kana." "S-Sorry!" "Oh, the bath's open now.You can use it." "No, I, uhh, think I'll pass tonight..." "Natsuki was in this bath... lt's a tie... lt's me, Hayate." "Don't you remember me?" "Why are you here?" "What are you talking about?" "This is my house." "The hell it is!" "You're still as harsh as ever, Aunt Mariko." "You haven't changed in ten years." "You're the one who hasn't changed!" "Suddenly showing up out of nowhere..." "What's with your attitude?" "!" "Why is the whole family here?" "Her birthday party is on Sunday." "Whose?" "Wabisuke." "Wabisuke?" "Hey, ol' hag." "You're still alive?" "Likewise. I assumed you had died in a gutter by now." "Sounds like you'll be past 100 before you kickthe bucket." "Have you... eaten?" "I don't need any of your food." "Japan's one lousy place." "It's always humid, the streets are all narrow, and it's crowded as hell." "But it definitely has good beer." "Uncle..." "Uncle Wabisuke!" "Natsuki?" "Is that you?" "I'm so happy!" "You came back!" "Natsuki!" "Get away from him!" "What?" "Why?" "He's- -lt's been ten years already." "Time flies." "Umm, who is Wabisuke?" "Oh, right, you've never met him." "lt's kind of complicated." "Complicated how?" "He was adopted into the main family." "Basically, he's great-grandpa's illegitimate son." "Huh?" "!" "It happened a lot backthen." "He had the nerve to sell what little Granny had left" "and the nerve to run off with the money to America!" "He's got some nerve, basically!" "Really?" "You aren't married yet?" "Do you have a girlfriend, then?" "Don't ask dumb stuff like that." "That's great!" "I'll come visit America sometime!" "Take me to the Disney resort!" "First the one in California, then Florida!" "And I can stay at your place!" "Tell me how I can contact you." "Only if you win." "Aww, cheapskate!" "It's more fun that way." "Okay, then!" "Oh!" "I got a 3 Bright!" "All right!" "Are you going to collect your points?" "Hmm..." "Not yet." "Koi Koi!" "Oh, okay." "Then it's my turn..." "Urgh..." "Trying for a 4 Bright, huh?" "N-No...!" "Oh, too bad!" "Three junk cards." "Huh?" "!" "You're not going to call Koi Koi?" "!" "Nope." "You can't be serious!" "I win." "Brush yourteeth and get to bed, kid." "No!" "Let's play again!" "I'm a firm believer of running away with yourwinnings." "Tap." "Oh, I still don't know the rules..." "Hey, how long are you here for?" "Dunno." "You should stay!" "What do you say?" "Hmm..." "What am I doing?" "What is this?" "I solved it!" "What was that?" "Now let's see here..." "Get up!" "Get up!" "Get up, you!" "Get up!" "The damage appears to be spreading." "W-Whoa!" "Wh-What's going on?" "!" "Yes." "Immediate action needs to be taken." "W-Whoa!" "Wh-What's going on?" "!" "Look!" "See?" "That's his face!" "Please take another look" "No doubt about it!" "It's him!" "at this photograph our staff obtained" ""The culprit is a minor and a student!" "?"" ""The culprit is a minor and a student!" "?" --No doubt about it!" "It's him!" "at this photograph our staff obtained" ""The culprit is a minor and a student!" "?" of the central figure behind this incident." ""The culprit is a minor and a student!" "?" He looks to be quite young, possibly a student." "He looks to be quite young, possibly a student." "Th-That's Me!" "Shockingly, this boy broke into the system that runs OZ" ""OZ as of this morning"" ""OZ as of this morning" Shockingly, this boy broke into the system that runs OZ" ""OZ as of this morning" and threw it into chaos in just one night!" ""OZ as of this morning" It is expected to take quite some time to fix." ""OZ as of this morning" He did it for the fun. I haven't been able to use my e-mail all morning." ""OZ as of this morning" OZ is as prevalent as cell phones are, right?" ""OZ as of this morning" Our entire society depends on OZ accounts for everything" ""OZ as of this morning" from shopping to government and business management." ""OZ as of this morning" So despite the minor trouble caused, he'll be treated harsher than a vandal!" ""OZ as of this morning" --l couldn't have put it better myself." "They said he's a vandal!" "l couldn't have put it better myself." "They said he's a vandal!" "lt also appears that the damage to OZ --Handle the vandal!" "is affecting areas throughout the world, not just Japan." "What's so funny?" "Breakfast is ready!" "...only be a matter of time until he's arrested, right?" "Yes. I also look forward" "Give it back!" "Give it back!" "Vandal!" "Vandal!" "to OZ being fixed as quickly as possible." "l-lt wasn't me...!" "What?" "!" "Breakfast!" "Huh?" "!" "Huh?" "!" "Why?" "!" "Where was it again?" "!" "Let me think..." "There you are!" "Did you do this?" "Hey, lemme borrow your computer!" "That's not how you ask." "Say it more like a business partner." "l-l'm sorry to ask, but may I borrow your computer?" "Thanks!" "Why?" "!" "What're you worked up about?" "l think someone's stolen my account!" "Oh, it was an impersonator?" "What do I do?" "Call the support center." "That's it!" "Hello?" "!" "Your cell phone cannot connect to the network because your OZ account cannot be authenticated." "I c-c-can't connect!" "I can't connect!" "Calm down." "Koiso?" "I said calm down." "You have a call from Tokyo." "Someone named Sakuma." "Don't tell me you were behind this!" "No!" "I didn't think so." "You don't have the motive orthe guts." "If you already know, then do something!" "Can't." "Our passwords were changed." "We can't get into the admin building." "Isn't OZ supposed to have the world's best security?" "!" "A weird e-mail was sent all over OZ yesterday." "A weird e-mail?" "!" "OZ is protected by a 2,056-digit security code." "It'd be tough to break, but someone did it in one night!" "2,056 digits?" "What was the first number?" "!" "Eight." "It was me..." "I did it..." "What?" "!" "l thought it was just some math problem, so..." "You solved it?" "!" "You idiot!" "I'm sorry!" "Whoa..." "Anyway, I registered a guest avatar using the phone number there." "It doesn't have any privileges, but it's better than nothing." "Use it to figure out what's going on!" "This... is me?" "This is a message from OZ." "A number of services are currently offline." "U-Umm, excuse me...!" "C-Could you please stop causing trouble with my avatar?" "This person isn't me!" "He took over my account!" "Who in the world is he?" "!" "Wh-What's so fun about causing trouble like this?" "!" "You're sorely mistaken if you think you can do anything you want online!" "Battle mode?" "!" "But that shouldn't be enabled in this area!" "This is bad!" "Collision detection rules have been completely rewritten!" "Which means...?" "All of OZ is a battle coliseum now!" "Run!" "Umm, let's talk this over!" "Let's talk this over!" "Defense!" "What are you doing?" "!" "Give me that!" "That's King Kazma!" ""All right!"" ""All right!" ...King Kazma!" ""All right!"" "Whoa..." "I didn't know you were..." "Don't talk to me." "You'll break my concentration." "You got him!" "This guy's nothing at all." "There he is!" "I've located the criminal!" "Okay!" "Let's arrest him!" "You're under arrest!" "Stop!" "He..." "...changed..." "Damn!" "Damn!" "Damn!" "This guy's...!" "Are you playing a game?" "Lemme play!" "Don't touch!" "KO!" "Challenger wins!" "oh!" "That was close..." "He almost took your account too..." "Here we go!" "Ready, start!" "_ Happy birrhday ro you!" "Happy birrhday ro you!" "_" "Come sing with us, Uncle Wabisuke!" "I'll pass." "Forget about him." "Uncle." "What are you looking at?" "A woman with big boobs." "What did you do in America?" "l was a ninja." "Really?" "!" "I think I knowwho's behind this now!" "Not human?" "!" "What do you mean it's not human?" "!" "It's an A.l. An artificial intelligence." "Apparently a prototype hacking A.l. under development escaped from a robotics school in Pittsburgh." "Escaped?" "It's called the "Love Machine."" "Love Machine?" "I wish he'd give us a break already." "You can say that again. I can't even use my cell phone now. I hope they fix it soon." "Let's go to the hot springs if Ryohei makes it to the national tournament!" "l'll pay!" "That sounds great!" "Huh?" "Haven't I seen him before?" "Natsuki!" "What's going on here?" "!" "Break up with him this minute!" "I searched OZ's registry just now and guess what?" "!" "He's notfrom an old family!" "He's the son of an average office worker!" "And he's in high school!" "He's youngerthan you!" "We just got this fax at the station!" "Look!" "Tokyo University, my butt!" "And he never studied in America!" "U-Umm, well..." "And now for our next news story." "The Arawashi asteroid probe failed to release its capsule as scheduled." ""King Kazma, King of the Wimps!" "You betrayed us, Kazma!"" ""King Kazma, King of the Wimps!" "You betrayed us, Kazma!" The Arawashi asteroid probe failed to release its capsule as scheduled." ""King Kazma, King of the Wimps!" "You betrayed us, Kazma!"" ""King Kazma, King of the Wimps!" "You betrayed us, Kazma!" Man, these posts are terrible..." ""King Kazma, King of the Wimps!" "You betrayed us, Kazma!" But don't worry about it." "It's just a game." ""King Kazma, King of the Wimps!" "You betrayed us, Kazma!" --lt's not a game." "It's a sport." "Huh?" "lt's not a game." "It's a sport." "Huh?" "I don't like games." "I just like to compete to win." "Oh..." "But he's different." "He likes games. I can tell." "Which would mean his goal is..." "There he is!" "There he is!" "They found out the truth..." "Well, Saku Chosei High is really tough," "but I thinkwe can win the championship!" "Let's go, Ueda High!" "Yeah!" "Yeah!" "Huh?" "Why did you lie like that?" "Do you think Granny will be happy about this?" "!" "I was suspicious of his story from the moment I heard it." "Though we actually do have a Tokyo U. graduate from an old family who's backfrom America..." "Oh, now that you mention it, Wabisuke..." "You're right!" "But why...?" "Hold on." "Wasn't Natsuki's first love...?" "oh!" "Yeah!" "She's always been especially close to Wabisuke!" "She even had her love fortune told when she was in kindergarten..." "And she wrote an essay called, "My Uncle and I."" "No!" "No more!" "Forget everything!" "I see!" "So that's why..." "Never mind that!" "Shouldn't you be concerned that this guy's a criminal?" "!" "That's right." "We can't let him stay with us." "You're a cop." "Why don't you take him in?" "Oh, right." "All right, you!" "Whoa..." "lt's a real-life arrest!" "Don't look!" "The time is 12:30." "You're charged with, uhh... ls that really you on the news?" "I don't really know what's happening or who's being troubled." "But is that really you in that photograph?" "l'm innocent." "Save your excuses for the station!" "Hey, you!" "Umm, even after everything that's happened, I want to say that I really enjoyed my time here." "Huh?" "!" "Be quiet!" "My father works away from home, and my mother's so busy with her job that it's usuallyjust me at home." "Eating dinner and playing cards together in a big group... I've never really had such a lively experience before." "It made me happy..." "Anyway, I thank you very much." "Thank you all very much, too." "Bye!" "Thank you, too!" "Natsuki..." "At the top of the 4th, Jinnouchi of Ueda High still hasn't given up a hit!" "Come on, no-hitter!" "He nods." "Now he winds up, and..." "Huh?" "!" "Oh, uhh, and nowfor an emergency news update." "Enough with the dumb Arawashi!" ""More problems with Arawashi!" "?"" ""More problems with Arawashi!" "?" Enough with the dumb Arawashi!" "Enough with the dumb Arawashi!" "Yumi." "Yes?" "!" "We're going to have a lot of visitors today." "We're going to be really busy." "Help out, okay?" "Okay!" "I see this isn't a patrol car..." "Shut up!" "Sorry." "Hey!" "Yes?" "!" "It's green!" "Why aren't we moving?" "!" "Sorry!" "Huh?" "What do you mean you won't be here?" "I think the navigation system's broken... I'm in Saitama but it says I'm in Hokkaido." "And the traffic's really bad." "I have no idea when I'll be there..." "Don't give me that!" "Her birthday's the day after tomorrow!" "Don't worry!" "My husband will take the bullet train tonight, so tell Natsuki." "Can he do it?" "!" "He hits it into the infield!" "He rushes to first!" "He's safe!" "Sorry, I don't think I'll be able to leave Tokyo today..." "You, too?" "!" "Why not?" "!" "Apparently someone's been messing with the water pressure." "At this rate, the gas and power lines underground will be in dangertoo... I promise I'll take a bullet train tomorrow, so let Natsuki know." "You have to come!" "We've already scheduled everything in advance!" "A successful sacrifice bunt!" "He's safe!" "Emergency vehicle coming through!" "You can't come home?" "Why not?" "All the senior citizens are pressing their emergency buttons non-stop." "But it can't be for real..." "What?" "In Suwa too?" "We responded to the alarm, but there isn't any fire here at all." "It's been like this all morning!" "But I thought you had the night shift?" "But we hflye to check it out, just in case." "I bet it's just another false alarm though." "My boat arrived in a different port?" "Nagoya's in chaos too?" "Can't you make it anyway?" "Kazuma's waiting for you..." "You turned back?" "At Sendai?" "Bathroom?" "Oh, that's probably for the best." "Yeah, don't worry about me." "Got it. I'll tell Aunt Mariko." "Hey, Uncle Kazutoshi in Matsuyama is..." "Foul ball!" "Bases loaded with no outs!" "Huh?" "Why can't anyone come?" "!" "What's going on?" "!" "Jinnouchi is in a tough spot now!" "Damn it!" "What's going on?" "!" "Lunch break's about to end!" "Come back!" "The traffic jam's 60 kilometers long!" "I'm only doing this because Natsuki asked,just so you know!" "What's happening?" "Could be terrorists." "Huh?" "Welcome back!" "Huh?" "Why are you back?" "Sorry, I have to..." "Did you forget something?" "No, I just..." "Listen!" "Don't use the boat's GPS." "Tell the fishing association too." "Weren't Yorihiko and the others going to do a ladder performance for us?" "I don't think they have the time for that." "I ordered all those red and white steamed buns for everyone, too..." "Who knows if they'll even arrive or not..." "Give me a break!" "You branch members haven't lifted a finger" "while we've been preparing all morning!" "It's obvious the Love Machine is behind it." "It can steal as many accounts as it wants using that password." "Accounts?" "People's IDs inside OZ." "You can do pretty much anything in OZ nowadays, so accounts have basically the same privileges as their owners in real life." "Steal the water department chief's account and you can control the water system;" "steal a JR employee's account and you can mess with the train schedules." "There are over a billion registered users." "institutions all over the world use OZ accounts to run now." "OZ's advanced security capabilities are working against us now." "Exactly." "If it takes the president's account, it might even be able to launch nuclear missiles." "It's all my fault..." "Y-You're under arrest after all!" "All this traffic is proving daunting for emergency vehicles." "All drivers..." "This is almost like we're being attacked by an enemy." "An enemy?" "If we're not careful, people might die." "Ambulance #5." "Huh?" "Granny?" "!" "Why are you calling this reserved line?" "Yorihiko!" "Cheer up and visit as many seniors as you can!" "Got that?" "!" "Kunihiko!" "Don't lose heart!" "Show the world what you're made of!" "Listen, Katsuhiko!" "This is a war!" "I'm going to do what I can too!" "What do you mean?" "Huh?" "Kan?" "This is Sakae." "We haven't spoken since Nori's funeral." "Seeing as both of ourfamilies served undertheTakeda family," "I thought I'd ask what the Ministry of Infrastructure is doing to handle this." "What?" "You were just thinking of doing something?" "Don't give me that!" "Sone." "Even retired doctors will do." "I'd like you to call as many medical professionals as you can and have them assist the fire department." "This is the chance foryour idiot son's NPO to actually help the world!" "litomi." "What's most important is that people communicate and talkto one another, like in the old days." "Surely you understand that more than anyone else." "Sen. It all rests on your decision." "Yes, it'll require a lot of manpower." "But people's lives can't be replaced!" "Oh, don't be like that." "Just consider it an old woman's simple request." "Don't bring up those old times, Naki." "It was over half a century ago that I hit you." "Thousands of people are in need of help." "Ifyou don't do your best now, when will you?" "Don't give up." "That's the most important thing." "This is something onlyyou can do." "I knowyou can do it!" "You can!" "Yes!" "That's the spirit!" "That was the metro police commissioner she was just talking to!" "Whoa..." "She's cheering everyone on..." "Am I hard of hearing?" "Don't give me that!" "Did you remember to put your dentures in?" "!" "Don't treat me like a feeble old woman!" "All of OZ's engineers are working on the situation, but we still can't get into the admin building." "Type in a random number." "If you enter an incorrect password, a code gets displayed." "This is a code?" "I knowyou can do it!" "You can!" "Who is this guy?" "The Japanese representative at the Math Olympics." "Almost, anyway." "Got it!" "You got in!" "Great news, Kenji!" "Huh?" "According to the gate security logs," "55 people around the world broke the code last night." "But you aren't on that list!" "Wh-Why not?" "You got the last letter wrong!" "Ha ha!" "Damn." "You're not a criminal after all?" "But everyone who replied had their avatars stolen." "But cheer up!" "You did solve this latest one!" "...a chaotic day nationwide, but miraculously there were no deaths similar problems throughout the world were caused by system errors" "resulting from the spontaneous generation of accounts." "However, some reports continue to state that the unauthorized use of OZ accounts is technologically impossible... lt's now the tenth day of the Nagano High School Baseball Tournament..." "Quiet, everyone!" "After a long, arduous game, Ueda High managed to defeat Saku Chosei" "and advance to tomorrow's finals!" "All right!" "I'm amazed they won after allowing 30 hits!" "It's a miracle!" "Yeah, whenever he's about to lose you can see it written on his face..." "Like father, like son!" "Huh?" "Natsuki." "Where are your parents?" "My dad's working all night fixing pipes." "My mom's still in Saitama." "She said she's going to stay at a business hotel because she's tired." "Glad to hear they're okay." "It wouldn't have been resolved so quickly if Granny hadn't given orders to everyone!" "Right, Granny?" "I didn't give any orders to anyone." "Oh, you're such a kidder!" "You're great, Granny!" "Greatest in all Japan!" "You're so silly!" "Kenji. I hear you worked very hard today." "No, I didn't really do much..." "Natsuki's boyfriend?" "He's not her boyfriend!" "Apparently he fixed the problems with OZ!" "He's still only in high school, too!" "Way to go, boyfriend!" "He's not her boyfriend!" "Why do you care?" "Concerning the issues that plagued OZ this morning..." "Although the system was restored, the accounts of at least" "two million people throughout Japan are presently unusable." "As the cause is unknown, the Ministry of Communications is warning..." "What now?" "OZ." "...or use of accounts." "But we still haven't..." "...beaten the Love Machine." "Exactly." "Love Machine?" "What's that?" "Like the song?" "An A.l. that steals accounts." "Let me see!" "That's a mean-looking avatar..." "lt definitely looks like a bad guy..." "This guy was behind everything today?" "But why isn't it being reported?" "I think it's only a matter of time, Master." "The online world is huge, and people who've noticed him are already taking action." "If we work together and share info, we should be able to stop him." "Sorry to break it to you, but that won't work." "How do you know it won't work?" "!" "How do I know?" "Because I developed him." "You created the Love Machine?" "Yeah." "It's a hacking A.l. I developed." "All I did was one thing:" "give a machine the desire to learn." "I gave it a thirst for knowledge, in other words." "Then some military officials showed up and asked to buy it for a lot" "depending on how experiments with it went." "I never imagined they'd use OZ for the experiment." "But as you can see, the results are tremendous." "It's constantly gathering information and privileges throughout the world," "exactly how its instincts tell it." "Just one of him is equal to an army of millions now." "Understand?" "That's why you can't beat him." "Do you know how many people were affected today?" "Do you know how much trouble you caused society?" "!" "You're blaming me?" "Don't be silly." "The A.l. did it." "It's the reason the world is all screwed up now!" "You just don't get it." "The A.l...." "You can't talk your way out of this!" "Stop, Katsu!" "Don't act like nothing's happened, dammit!" "Stop it!" "I only developed the artificial intelligence!" "I didn't tell it to do any of this!" "Maybe so, but...!" "Stop it!" "Not in front of Granny!" "Wabisuke..." "What's all the shouting about?" "Shh!" "Granny." "You understand, don't you?" "I'm sorry for all the trouble I've caused." "I worked really hard to try to redeem myself." "I wanted to be able to come back home filled with pride..." "Look at this, Granny." "I just got an official offer from the U.S. Army." "We're about to be even richer than when Gramps was alive!" "And it's all thanks to you." "The money you gave me allowed me to develop it on my own." "Mother!" "Run!" "Wabisuke!" "You deserve to die right here!" "I shouldn't have come back." "Uncle!" "Natsuki!" "All right, everyone!" "Let's clean up after our family member's misstep!" "Natsuki..." "Natsuki..." "Stay away. I have too much to deal with right now..." "These legs of mine refuse to listen to me..." "You did overexert yourself." "Thank you..." "Well, I should get backto cleaning." "Tell me, do you know howto play Hanafuda?" "We used to play as a family, but I have so few people to play with now..." "You can go first." "Okay." "That was a very embarrassing family incident earlier.." "Not at all..." "Not to mention Natsuki's foolishness..." "Koi Koi." "You're good." "Thank you." "Hmm, if I win this match..." "Huh?" "It wouldn't be very fun without a wager..." "Okay!" "Koi Koi!" "Okay..." "Okay, then if I win please take good care of her." "She's the kind offoolish girl who'd ask someone to pretend to be herfiancé," "but ifyou can accept that, then I'll ask again." "Please take good care of Natsuki." "I..." "I'm still not confident of myself... I knowyou can do it." "I'll try." "That's all I can say for now." "I win." "Mansaku!" "Hurry!" "l'm coming!" "Hurry!" "Granny!" "Wake up!" "Granny...!" "Let me do it." "That's enough." "No, Katsuhiko!" "Keep trying!" "lt's no use." "Keep trying!" "Looks like everyone's here." "5:21." "She had angina." "She was taking nitrates for it." "I was using this to monitor her health." "Pulse, blood pressure, perspiration..." "An alarm was supposed to go offthe minute anything changed." "But her data stopped being sent last night..." "The OZ trouble..." "Someone who worked on the system must've had their account stolen..." "Then she could've survived if things had been normal?" "!" "No, it might've been her time..." "Damn!" "I refuse to accept this!" "Where's Wabisuke?" "!" "I'm gonna find and strangle him!" "Apparently he left in Shota's car last night." "He was away for ten whole years." "No one knows how to contact him." "Damn!" "Sorry." "Sorry." "Stop them..." "My tears..." "Hold me here..." "Stop them..." "And now for our next story." "Ten million users worldwide are unable to use their accounts" "as a result of the OZ-related trouble that began yesterday" "Did you tell Ryohei?" "We should wait until after his championship game today." "Yeah..." "We're going to be busy today." "Noriko, Yumi, Nana." "You're in charge of the kitchen." "I hope we'll have enough saké for the wake." "Mansaku, go make arrangements with the temple." "Yorihiko and the others contact the neighborhood asso'ciation and commerce association." "Decide who'll be the organizer." "Everyone got that?" "Isn't there something more important to do first?" "!" "That's right, Mom!" "The red and white steamed buns!" "Oh, I need to switch them to funeral buns!" "I'm not talking about the buns!" "I mean revenge!" "We have to destroy that Whatever-it's-called Machine!" "You're unbelievable!" "What?" "!" "Second sons really are useless!" "That's got nothing to do with it!" "The Jinnouchi family has always hoisted its flag high, no matter what!" "Don't be silly, Dad!" "We're about to have Granny's funeral!" "Are you kidding me?" "!" "Fighting would be the best way to honor her memory!" "Umm... I agree." "I never imagined that the OZ incident would end up taking someone's life." "He's dangerous." "lncidents like yesterday and this morning could happen again anywhere." "We need to stop him, even ifwe have to on our own." "Huh?" "!" "What nonsense is that?" "!" "We need to prevent any more of this--!" "How can you say such stupid things in anotherfamily's home?" "!" "B-But..." "Why should we worry about others when we're having a crisis of our own?" "!" "But..." "Okay, everyone!" "I can't believe them..." "And they call themselves members of the Jinnouchi family?" "!" "I understand how you feel." "But you should act more mature, Dad." "Like you're anyone to talk." "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have said anything..." "No, you were right. "You have to protect others to protect yourself."" "is that the Self Defense Force's motto?" "No, it's from "Seven Samurai."" "Uncle Tasuke." "Do you sell computers at your store?" "Of course." "Do you have anything better than this?" "Of course." "Kazuma... I want to know howto fight him." "I want a rematch." "Sheesh, how can Mansuke do that at a time like this?" "lt's surprisingly hard to find one..." "Hey!" "How about this one?" "Oh, that's when the governor gave her a medal!" "Perfect!" "In 1600, a 3$,OOO-man army led by Tokugawa Hidetada" "invaded Ueda-Chiisagata." "We only had 2,OOO men to fend them off." "So, what did our ancestors do?" "They provoked the enemy, lured them into the castle's second enclosure," "then closed the gates and used the surrounding town to fence them in." "Thrown into chaos and completely helpless, the Tokugawa army lost the will to fight and retreated." "That was the strategy behind the Second Ueda Conflict." "ls that any help?" "We'll use that idea!" "Okay, then that's the plan." "Hello, Sakuma?" "What are you up to now?" "We're going into battle." "How about this for the pillowside decoration?" "I don't know." "Seems good to me." "She died looking very nice..." "You can say that again." "Man, I hope this'll fit..." "You sell stuff like this too?" "!" "My local electronics shop is only a side business." "Most of my orders are from government offices and schools." "This one's going to a university, in fact." "is it okay for us to be using it?" "!" "Don't worry about it!" "We're just borrowing it!" "But why did you suddenly...?" "Kenji." "You stood up to Aunt Mariko and the others earlier." "I bet Kazuma's changed his mind about you." "The women in this family are usually the ones in charge; the men are weak." "Now, where's an outlet..." "Make way!" "Nice boat, huh?" "!" "I rushed it here from Niigata in two hours!" "It can supply up to 300 kilowatts!" "Whoops, almost forgot!" "It's water-cooled!" "Whoa..." "What is that?" "An EHF transmission antenna module." "I borrowed it from the military garrison in Matsumoto." "What part of the Self Defense Force do you work in, Riichi?" "Some place I can't name." "Are flllthe men in our family idiots?" "!" "The funeral car is here and it has an antenna!" "The ship is full of light bulbs!" "Quiet down!" "Behave yourselves, okay?" "Okay... ls it okay for us to sit around like this?" "We're in mourning." "Just stay put." "Three days is a long time." "l feel guilty. I keep thinking about work." "Forget about work." "l can't." "Granny did always tell us to be helpful to people." "Yeah." "Everyone!" "Please listen!" "Oh, this is good!" "We could really use your help, Naomi." "I can't, this is too good." "Oh, what time is it?" "!" "It's about to start!" "Yumi!" "Kazuma!" "Your change of clothes!" "Later." "Kazuma almost seems like King Kazma." "He doesn't look like it, but he used to get bullied a lot." "Huh?" "His Grandpa Mansuke taught him Shaolin martial arts through OZ." "So that's why he calls him "Master."" "Don't touch that!" "I mean it!" "We aren't touching it." "We're just looking." "Cooling is the main issue." "This house doesn't have an air conditioner." "There's plenty of ice on the boat!" "Lend me a hand!" "LCDs have too much response time." "Do you have any HD CRT monitors?" "Sure do!" "What kind of house is that?" "!" "A normal one." "A 200 teraflops supercomputer with a 100 GHz EHF connection..." "Those are not normal specs!" "We want to issue a challenge." "A challenge?" "From King Kazma. "l'm nothing like the King Kazma I was before."" "Why would you say that?" "Because I'm King Kazma." "That's funny." "Seriously?" "Master." "Can I beat him?" "You're an adult." "It's up to you whetheryou win or lose." "l'm an adult?" "But I'm in junior high..." "You're about to be a big brother, right?" "Not by choice." "I didn't ask to have a sister..." "Having siblings isn't so bad." "You get half the snacks, you fight a lot," "and the very sight of them annoys you!" "One minute to go!" "All set!" "Ready here!" "Win this time!" "Give it your all!" "Let's do it." "Ueda High faces the indomitable Matsusho Academy after a long, hard struggle this year to reach the championship game!" "If they win, they'll be in the national tournament for the first time in 24 years!" "Matsusho is tough, though." "They'll have to play their very best here." "Watch over Ryohei, Granny!" "It's time for the game to get underway!" "He came!" "All right!" "He's really fast...!" "I can do this...!" "Don't let him get away!" "Lure him to the spot!" "I can beat him myself!" "He's controlling stolen avatars!" "He can do that?" "!" "Oh, no!" "Get out of there, Kazuma!" "Master!" "Use this chance to run!" "Master!" "Just lure him to the spot!" "He fell for it!" "Sakuma!" "Exactly as planned!" "We did it, Granny!" "Kazuma got him!" "Yorihiko!" "You guys are up!" "Yeah!" "Leave it to us!" "Don't underestimate our 30 years of playing games!" "I haven't played much lately, but I think I'll unleash some serious moves for old times' sake!" "Yes!" "is that Dad's avatar?" "Yeah." "l wa nt th is one too!" "Daddy's so cool!" "Cool!" "It's the bottom ofthe $th!" "Ueda High scores three runs to take the lead!" "Yumi!" "He's trapped like a rat." "Now it's just a matter of" "Wh-What is this?" "!" "Huh?" "!" "Something's wrong with the stage!" "What's going on?" "!" "Behind you, Tasuke!" "Behind?" "What is it?" "Oww!" "Hot!" "lt's overheating!" "What?" "!" "What happened to all the ice?" "!" "There was so much of it!" "Shota carried it away." "What?" "!" "There." "Does that feel cooler, Granny?" "Apparently today's the hottest day on record!" "It's the bottom of the 9th with two outs, and Jinnouchi is suddenly flustered!" "Yes, things are looking strange." "This batting lineup isn't showing him any mercy." "Ryohei!" "This batting lineup isn't showing him any mercy." "This batting lineup isn't showing him any mercy." "Could it be the heat?" "This batting lineup isn't showing him any mercy." "Natsuki..." "lt could be." "He's been pitching non-stop;" "he's likely running out of stamina." "Yes, it's very worrying." "Ueda High's desperate situation continues!" "Matsusho Academy is on the offensive!" "Natsuki!" "These are all the avatars that were absorbed!" "Over 400 million!" "Kazuma!" "Run!" "Kazuma!" "You kids are just sittin' here, playing games while Granny's about to start rotting in this heat?" "!" "It's your fault..." "Huh?" "What was that?" "It's your fault!" "lt's all your fault!" "Stop, Kazuma!" "What the hell?" "!" "Are you okay, Shota?" "Nothing good's happened since you came here!" "First, Natsuki's an idiot!" "Then Granny dies!" "Then Kazuma slugs me!" "Shota..." "Wh-What is this?" "!" "Huh?" "The World Clocks..." "They're going crazy..." "What's... it counting down to?" "Wh-Why is it showing nuclear reactors...?" "This is bad." "Alarms are going off across the U.S. Army's confidential network." "Japan's Arawashi asteroid probe is out of control and plummeting to Earth..." "What?" "!" "The Arawashi can hit any given location using GPS guidance!" "If he's controlling the Arawashi...!" "Then this countdown is...?" "!" "The time left until the Arawashi hits one of the 500-plus nuclear facilities throughout the world..." ""The world might end!" "Someone help!" one of the 500-plus nuclear facilities throughout the world..." ""The world might end!" "Someone help!"" ""The world might end!" "Someone help!" A truly strenuous match!" "We're going into extra innings!" ""The world might end!" "Someone help!" This is for the national tournament." ""The world might end!" "Someone help!" That's got to be a lot of pressure on his shoulders for sure." "That's got to be a lot of pressure on his shoulders for sure." "On top of that, he already pitched for fifteen innings in yesterday's game." "How much does he have left in him?" "Ryohei!" ""To my family-- Read if something happens to me"" ""To my family-- Read if something happens to me"" ""To my family-- Read if something happens to me" --Th-This is..." "..." "Granny's..." "Th-This is..." "..." "Granny's..." "H-Hold on, Natsuki!" "Natsuki!" "Wait!" "What are you doing?" "Everyone!" "A game?" "You call the end of mankind a game?" "!" "You can't be serious..." "This is just a game to him." "It's not doing this out ofwant or hate." "Sounds like the U.S. Army is in chaos too." "They never anticipated that a simple experiment would lead to this." "An object one meter in diameter reentering at I kilometers per second" "is as powerful as a meteor or a ballistic missile." "If it hits a reactor and scatters radioactive material over a wide area," "the damage would be unfathomable." "What do we do, then?" ""King Kazma!" "Beat that monster!"" ""King Kazma!" "Beat that monster!" What do we do, then?" ""King Kazma!" "Beat that monster!" 3$M of all OZ accounts have been stolen so far, 412 million in all!" ""King Kazma!" "Beat that monster!" We need to take back the account that controls the GPS system..." ""King Kazma!" "Beat that monster!" Within two hours." "Within two hours." "There's no way we can take back 400 million OZ accounts!" "But there's no other way..." "Kazuma..." "What's happening?" "This isn't real, right?" "It's just part of a game, right?" "No, King!" "You don't stand a chance!" "Shut up!" "Granny..." "I'm sorry... I couldn't protect Mom... or my sister...!" "The only person who can do anything now is Wabisuke." "But I don't think he'll come back..." "We haven't lost yet." "Kenji..." "We hflye lost." "No, we haven't." "We lost!" "No, we haven't yet!" "There's gotta be something else we can do." "Yeah, sure!" "This isn't math, you know!" "It's the same idea." "If you give up, you'll never solve anything." "You'll never get the answer." "Are you...?" "Natsuki!" "How did you get this address, Natsuki?" "Where are you?" "What does it matter?" "How did you figure out my phone's password?" "Come back." "Granny put you up to this, didn't she?" "Just listen." "I'm never going back." "Not as long as she's living there." "Please, just listen... I wouldn't have come back if I'd known it was her birthday." "Uncle..." "l'm not going-- --You don't even know what's going on!" "What are you talking about?" "Great-grandma Sakae is dead." "She had a weak heart." "Uncle Mansaku couldn't help her because of all the OZ trouble!" "Granny's..." "Granny's dead?" "You lied!" "You didn't forget her birthday!" "Your password was "August 1st"!" "You came here to see her!" "I knowyou did!" "Please!" "Come back and say goodbye!" "To my fomiIy..." "First, just reIox." "It's oIwoys importont to stoy roIm." "Moke my funeroI o quirk one, with only those rIose to us," "ond then go on with your normoI Iiyes." "I don't hoye on inheritonre to Ieoye behind," "but I'm rertoin oil of my old orquointonres will be helpful to you," "so there's nothing to worry obout." "PIeose rontinue to work hord." "And..." "And, when Wobisuke romes bork... lt's been ten yeors sinre he left, so I don't know when he'II return," "but if he eyer does, I'm sure he'II be hungry so let him eot" "oil the yegetobIes, gropes, ond peorhes in our fields he wonts." "I remember the doy I first met him yery well." "I wos shorked by the woy his eors looked just like my husbond's." "while we woIked through the field of morning glories, I told him he would be o member of our fomiIy from thot doy forword." "_e didn't soy onything, but he neyer let go of my hond." "I think my hoppiness of bringing him into the fomiIy got through to him." "Remember, never let go of fellow fomiIy members..." "Neyer let life get the best of you..." "And you oIwoys eot together os o fomiIy, eyen during diffiruIt times..." "Berouse being hungry ond being oil oIone ore the worst things thot ron hoppen to onyone... I om yery hoppy to hoye Iiyed with oil of you by my side." ""Thank you." "Goodbye."" "Uncle!" "Granny!" "Granny!" "Wabisuke." "Go and see Granny." "Then we can all sit down and eat together." "Come on, Ryohei!" "Huh?" "Come on, Yumi!" "Aww!" "But the game's not over yet!" "I'm back, Granny." "It's trying to cause a nuclear explosion?" "!" "That's terrible!" "Yeah, things are looking bad." "Should we really be eating?" "!" "It wfis her dying wish." "The enemy's really strong, right?" "!" "We helped take on the huge Tokugawa army of 150,OOO soldiers" "during the Osaka Summer Campaign of 1615." "But didn't we lose?" "It isn't about fighting if you'll win or not fighting if you'll lose." "Our family fights losing battles all the time." "What an idiotic family!" "Yes." "And we're their descendants." "That's true. I'm one of those idiots." "But... you have a plan, right?" "!" "I'm going to dismantle him remotely." "But it's only a 50M chance we'll make it in time." "It all boils down to the fact that he steals accounts." "So how can we steal them back more efficiently?" "Efficiently?" "You said he likes games, right?" "Huh?" "This is the answer!" "One hour left!" "Welcome to the OZ Casino Stage." "Do you want accounts that badly?" "!" "Then I'll give you mine." "But only ifyou can beat me!" "Japanese Hanafuda selected." "Please place your bet." "I bet my family!" "I bet fill of our accounts!" "Okay!" "Your accounts are in my hands, guys!" "Watch over her, Granny!" "It's just like our family to fight using Hanafuda..." "Wabisuke." "Work on dismantling it in parallel!" "Will it accept, though?" "There's only 20 of us, including Sakuma." "That's not much of a bet..." "Be quiet!" "We're talking about our lives here!" "Fight her!" "Yeah!" "Take her on!" "lt will accept." "Definitely." "A challenger has appeared." ""l'll play."" ""l'll play." A challenger has appeared." ""l'll play." This is it!" "This is it!" "Win, Natsuki!" "The fate of the world is resting on you!" "Casino rules apply to this stage." "Points are doubled for each Koi Koi called." "The last player to collect gains all points amassed." "Willow and swallow." "Iris and junk." "The initial play goes to Natsuki." "Let the game begin." "Be quiet!" "A Blue Tanzaku!" "Will you Koi Koi?" "Koi Koi!" "Koi Koi!" "Natsuki calls Koi Koi." "Dry 3 Bright.Will you call Koi Koi?" "Tanzaku." "Will you call Koi Koi?" "Natsuki wins." "All right!" "This is great!" "This guy's an amateur!" "Our family means business!" "Granny taught us all from a young age!" "Transferring 26 accounts." "26 out of 400 million..." "Next!" "You have first play, Natsuki." "Please set your rate." "Dry 3 Bright." "Viewing the Cherry Blossoms." "Dry 4 Bright." "Five 10s." "Rainy 4 Bright." "Boar Deer Butterfly." "Natsuki wins." "Natsuki has raised the rate." "Koi Koi!" "Koi Koi!" "Koi Koi!" "Natsuki's amazing..." "She's already freed over 300,OOO avatars!" "But she still hasn't taken an account that can avert this crisis!" "Wabisuke!" "Viewing the Cherry Blossoms." "Oh no!" "Unknown did not call Koi Koi." "Natsuki loses." "Transferring points." "Natsuki currently holds 14 accounts." "Not good!" "Under 30 minutes left!" "You lack enough to make a bet at the current rate." "Will you quit the game now?" "You lack enough to make a bet at the current rate." "Will you quit the game now?" ""To Natsuki" " Please use my account."" ""To Natsuki" " Please use my account."" ""To Natsuki" " Please use my account." --lt's from a boy in Germany!" "Who is it?" ""To Natsuki" " Please use my account." --A fan of Kazma's?" "l don't know him." ""To Natsuki" " Please use my account."" "Whoa!" "13.$31M of all the accounts have gathered!" "Over 150 million in all!" "Why are there so many?" "lt must be because Natsuki's so pretty!" ""l'm giving my account to you, Natsuki."" ""l'm giving my account to you, Natsuki." --Why are there so many?" "lt must be because Natsuki's so pretty!" ""l'm giving my account to you, Natsuki."" ""Please protect our family."" ""Please protect our family."" "Wh-What happened?" "!" "OZ's guardian angels granted Natsuki an auspicious rare item!" "l don't really understand, but..." "Thank you!" "Unknown has raised the rate." "Each mon is worth 10 million avatars." "10 million!" "He's going forthe win!" "Let the game begin." "Dry 3 Bright." "Boar Deer Butterfly." "Koi!" "Red Tanzaku." "Koi!" "Rainy 4 Bright." "Koi!" "Koi!" "Go!" "Do it, Natsuki!" "Finish him!" "You can do it, Natsuki!" "Hit him hard!" "5 Bright." "Natsuki wins." "Transferring accounts." "It... lt stopped..." "We..." "We..." "We did it!" "We did it!" "Natsuki!" "Kenji... I..." "I... I did it!" "N-Natsuki!" "Whoa...!" "Wait!" "Something's not right!" "The countdown is still going!" "What?" "!" "That can't be!" "It's stopped everywhere else in the world!" "It's only here?" "!" "What?" "!" "lt's going to drop the Arawashi here?" "!" "That's the only thing it can mean!" "Dammit!" "That bastard!" "You still haven't dismantled it?" "!" "l'm working on it!" "Less than ten minutes!" "lt's impossible to alter its course now!" "Stay calm." "First, we evacuate." "We gotta alert everyone in the neighborhood!" "There's no telling what kind of damage it'll cause!" "Let's go!" "ls our house going to blow up?" "Let's just hope that's all that happens!" "What do we do about Granny?" "!" "Carry her out, of course!" "What?" "!" "Mom!" "Your bankbook!" "Natsuki!" "Hurry!" "Natsuki!" "Sakuma, any logs of him inside the admin building?" "!" "l'm on it!" "You're still not giving up?" "He said we can't change its course!" "Riichi, you said the Arawashi uses GPS for guidance, right?" "!" "Y-Yeah." "If we can send their atomic clocks fake correction data like he did yesterday...!" "Found 'em!" "His footprints are clear as day!" "Yeah, that'd cause a positioning error!" "That could change its course a little...!" "But there's no guarantee it'll work, so you should evacuate!" "Kenji..." "Hurry!" "All of you, too!" "Hurry!" "We haven't lost yet!" "Let's see, how does this work..." "Oh, here we go!" "Wh-Why?" "The password was changed!" "He's interfering!" "Y-You can't be serious..." "Pull yourself together!" "We're with you!" "Only you can solve this!" "We're counting on you!" "Right!" "You can do it!" "Yes!" "It's open!" "So fast...!" "He shut you out!" "Damn!" "I'll solve it again!" "Kazuma!" "I lowered his defense to zero!" "Demolish him!" "Go on!" "Master!" "Two minutes!" "It opened!" "Not again!" "H-He's doing it in his head...?" "One minute left!" "Stay out of his way!" "Yes, please!" "It's a hot spring!" "A hot spring!" "It made a hot spring!" "A miraculous comeback victory!" "They're going to the national tournament!" "After fifteen grueling innings, the warriors of Ueda High have prevailed!" "But their exhaustion has left them!" "They're absolutely overjoyed!" "_ Happy birrhday ro you!" "Happy birrhday ro you!" "_" "_ Happy birrhday, dear Granny!" "Happy birrhday ro you!" "_" "Happy birthday, Granny!" "Natsuki!" "Here, Ryohei." "Don't cry." "lt moved!" "Gross!" "She's saying, "Thank you."" "Dad!" "You did great." "I sawWabisuke on the news." "He came forward with the truth." "However, the professor only developed the Love Machine." "The Department of Defense was responsible for releasing it into OZ." "Luckily, there are no reports of death as a result of this incident," "but it goes without saying that the military bears a heavy responsibility to the people around the world who were affected by its experiment." "Oh, and tell Kenji not to come backfor a while." "He says you don't need to go back." "Yes, I do!" "You two should get married!" "No, you need to date first!" "What do you say?" "!" "Say you like her and I'll kill you!" "You don't like Natsuki?" "l'll kill you if you don't like her!" "l-l like her a lot!" "You little...!" "That makes me happy." "Thank you." "Kiss her!" "Kiss!" "Kiss!" "S-Stop!" "Don't make me arrest you!" "Shut up!" "I have a nosebleed...!" "What a wimp!" "Just oyer thot hill lies our summer" "Just oyer thot hill lies our summer" "AII the things thot don't rhonge, oil the beoutifuI things..." "It's oil there" "AII the things thot don't rhonge, oil the beoutifuI things..." "It's oil there" "The sunflowers rhose ofter the sun" "The sunflowers rhose ofter the sun" "And we goze ot eorh other so intently thot we ron't eyen heor the wind" "And we goze ot eorh other so intently thot we ron't eyen heor the wind" "_eort otop heort, filling with drops of light" "_eort otop heort, filling with drops of light" "If we hold our honds tightly enough o smoII mirorIe will be born lf we hold our honds tightly enough o smoII mirorIe will be born" "I wont you to beIieye I wont you to beIieye" "I ron see the future eorh time the blue sky is refIerted in your eyes I ron see the future eorh time the blue sky is refIerted in your eyes" "Sinre the times long ogo when Zero fighter pIones flew through the sky," "Sinre the times long ogo when Zero fighter pIones flew through the sky," "we were surely destined to meet here we were surely destined to meet here" "Let's troyeI oIong the thousonds of memories of Ioye" "Let's troyeI oIong the thousonds of memories of Ioye" "I will protert you foreyer I will protert you foreyer" "Our history begins" "Our history begins" "Oh, whereyer fote ends up toking us" "Oh, whereyer fote ends up toking us" "I'II neyer forget thot white promise thot wos pirtured in the rIouds I'II neyer forget thot white promise thot wos pirtured in the rIouds" "_eort otop heort, we'II dreom of the summer" "_eort otop heort, we'II dreom of the summer" "If we hold our honds tightly enough lf we hold our honds tightly enough" "o smoII mirorIe will be born o smoII mirorIe will be born" "Our mirorIe will be born" "Our mirorIe will be born" "A midsummer mirorIe..." "A midsummer mirorIe..." "Mother of Summer" "Mother of Summer" "We ore together..." "We ore together..." "Mother of Summer" "Mother of Summer"