"when Mr. Akiyama was still a senior in college..." "a leader in the field of Criminal Psychology." "too." "The midterm results are in." "A member of this class received honors..." "Akiyama-kun." "as always!" "Mr. Akiyama was always at the head of the class." "always stuck in 2nd place was Ms. Katsuragi." "I'd like you to determine what kind of person wrote this letter." "The assignment was to guess what kind of person wrote this balloon-launch message an activity also called "Profiling." "do you know the author personally?" "of course." "I know the correct answer." "the day of their final presentations... like "hope" and "courage optimistic person." "Mr. Akiyama gave a fantastic presentation." "Ms. Katsuragi had a very different answer... male high school student." "it'd be pessimistic." "The letter was composed sometime early in March." "It was launched from the Southern tip of the Bōsō Peninsula." "That is all." "let me tell you whose response was correct... and now the two are face-to-face once more." "It was the start of the Semi-final's first half:" "The Angels and Demons Game." "Ms. Katsuragi manipulated other players and took control of the game." "Mr. Akiyama discovered a way out and lead our team to victory." "you..." "LOSE." "But then..." "I won't lose." "150)}Contract" "There's no way I can lose." "Ms. Katsuragi had planned well ahead of Mr. Akiyama." "was it? You were too quick to assume victory." "will you?" "HOLD IT RIGHT THERE!" "I'm still short one Cross!" "At this rate...at this rate..." "I'LL LOSE! but we've already connected." "We can't make any more Crosses." "BITCH!" "ANYBODY!" "connect with me!" "I don't want to lose!" "Nooooo!" "Y-you!" "?" "everybody wins!" "Nao-chan!" "T-thank you!" "Thank you so much!" "Time is up." "This concludes the Angels  Demons Game." "Now to announce the results: all of you will proceed to the 2nd half." "Yes!" "We won!" "We won!" "We won!" "Everybody won!" "Right on!" "Why the celebration?" "you'll come to regret not eliminating your fellow opponents." "That's not true!" "again." "You'll see which one of us was right in the next game." "we will now begin our Semi-final 2nd Half." "SO SOON!" "?" "I'll be your guide to the next stage." "Wait a minute..." "Already!" "?" "The Semi-Final is divided into two halves." "in this building." "right this way..." "Move!" "This is the vault our next game employs." "Vault!" "?" "we have the territorial border where players will go head-to-head." "Border...?" "welcome once again to the 2nd Half of our Semi-Final." "This is where we will determine who will make it to the Final Stage." "Wha--!" "?" "Wait...is this...!" "?" "you all do remember... the CONTRABAND GAME?" "That was the game you all enjoyed during our 3rd Round." "It holds an infinite number of opportunities by which to mislead and counter your opponents." "we've prepared a special edition of the Contraband Game that befits our Semi-Final Round..." "And it is...!" "THE GOLD RUSH GAME!" "Gold Rush..." "Game...?" "Akiyama-kun." "{\cH1E00B9\3cHFFFFFF\b1}L{\cH000000}IAR {\cH1E00B9}G{\cH000000}AME {\cH1E00B9}S{\cH000000}eason {\cH1E00B9}2 35)}{\cH1E00B9\3cHFFFFFF\b1}NOT FOR SALE OR RENT." "DO NOT UPLOAD TO ANY STREAMING SITES!" "{\cH1E00B9\3cHFFFFFF\b1}T{\cH000000}ranslator: {\cH1E00B9}s{\cH000000}hrimpy" "{\cH1E00B9\3cHFFFFFF\b1}E{\cH000000}ditor: {\cH1E00B9}s{\cH000000}hrimpy" "THE GOLD RUSH GAME!" "America experienced the "Gold Rush" West." "The sudden discovery of raw gold drew a rush of people from all over the world." "two separate groups have arrived in search of gold." "each side has discovered a tremendous amount of gold in the other's territory." "The situation is such that each side must secretly transport the gold to their home territory." "enemy Sheriffs are protecting the border." "Your goal is to elude the Sheriff and carry the gold back home." "The money we'll use in our game is right here." "These are extra-large bars of pure gold." "Each bar will be exchanged for 100 Million yen at the end of the game." "Here are the rules for our game:" "You will be divided into 2 teams and your goal is to carry gold from the enemy's vault back to your territory." "you each have one gold bar." "there are 3 bars per person in the enemy vault." "each player begins the game with 4 bars available." "A Card Key is required at the vault to withdraw your gold." "* Note" " You can only carry one bar at a time." "A Sheriff awaits you at the territorial border... the gold is yours." "then your gold will be confiscated." "133)}Confiscated!" "The Sheriff is forced to pay one gold bar as consolation." "each team takes turns to carry gold and serve as Sheriff for a total of 20 Games." "Please note that you are not allowed to enter the vault as Sheriff." "the Sheriff will pay a 100 million penalty." "322)}100 Million Penalty we will only reveal the remaining amount of gold in each vault during the last 5 Games." "204)}m 0 0 l 0 85 183 85 183 0 204)\b0}Displayed only during the final 5 Games" "Any gold leftover in the enemy's vault will become property of the enemy team." "The winner is the team with the highest overall amount of gold." "254)}Team with the highest TOTAL gold wins 308)}*Note: individual earnings may vary" "Please note that the amount each player may have is not necessarily the same." "does the winning team proceed to the Final?" "No." "By no means will the entire team have entry rights." "This is a ticket to the Final Stage." "One is awarded per 1.4 Billion of the team's total earnings." "304)\4cH34C1C5}Team Winnings 384)}00 Million" "345)}Participant(s) you'd win three entry tickets." "215)}If willing participants outnumber tickets available" "332)}Preference is given in order of individual earnings highest to lowest." "that is perfectly acceptable." "Withdraw?" "we have required half of your total earnings as penalty to withdraw from the Game." "as a special bonus to our Semi-Finalists..." "We will allow you to withdraw without paying any penalty." "Honestly!" "?" "Yea-haa!" "There's no penalty!" "Now to divide the teams..." "we've divided everyone into two teams based on the number of Crosses you had." "Nao Kanzaki" "Yasufumi Tsuchida" "Wataru Makizono" "Yuuji Fukunaga" "Shin'ichi Akiyama" "Norihiko Yasukawa" "Teppei Ikezawa" "Hiroka Saiki" "Marie Ootsuka" "Ryou Katsuragi" "Tatsuya Kawai" "Momoko Taninaka we need each team to elect a leader." "Leader...?" "Yes..." "and has the right to decide who will carry gold next." "But be warned... The Team Leader will bear the responsibility... 366)}Leader ...and be forced to shoulder half of the team's entire debt." "169)}Must pay half the team's debt" "Would each team please elect a leader?" "Half the debt...!" "I'll do it." "Nao-chan!" "?" "please come and collect your team's Card Keys." "I'll be team leader." "Any objections?" "just like before..." "How many of you want to enter the Final Stage?" "Okay...then we need to aim for 3." "We'll win with at least 4.2 Billion." "And now...we will begin the GOLD RUSH Game!" "Team Flame will carry and Team Shine will serve as Sheriff." "Please select who." "Guess that's my cue!" "taking turns." "boss?" "Sure." "I'll leave the order up to you guys." "Your cards... everybody." "Let's do this!" "Go~!" "please go on our behalf." "Okay..." "Marie" "T-this card's... now is there?" "Huh!" "?" "What the hell!" "?" "you can't carry any gold." "...awarding you an instant 300 Million debt." "You'll do as I say or else..." "DIE." "I will award each of you "Loyalty Points. -10." "+10." "The player with the highest points will win a prize." "For 1st place 300 Million yen." "and one more thing take a tape recorder." "record their voice and report to me." "I'll give you more points." "my dear do you know what "perfect pitch" is?" "see? Gold and Iron have just slightly different pitches when they hit a table." "Eh?" "So I already know..." "That sound... was GOLD!" "Huh!" "?" "No way!" "CHECK!" "DO~" "RE~" "MI~" "FAAAAAAA~~!" "He did it!" "and Mr. Fukunaga was on a roll!" "PASS." "Ya-HOO!" "Rally-ho!" "Rally-ho!" "We took the lead right from the start." "PASS." "P-pass!" "...but Ms. Katsuragi had already put her secret plans into motion." "on the 4th Game... but he was nowhere to be found." "HE'S LATE!" "What's taking him so long!" "?" "Ah!" "AH!" "Pass." "he didn't do anything special." "The Game ended the way it began." "What were you doing!" "?" "Experimenting to see what might come in handy to win." "our Cards." "you can use one that's not your own." "Huh!" "?" "I borrowed Nao's Card this turn." "It worked without a hitch." "And I also found that you can deposit gold just as easy." "I might add." "I tried doing this." "AAAAH!" "they tendered a new card on the spot." "does this mean you have a plan?" "more or less..." "Eeeh!" "?" "All right!" "What is it!" "?" "Tell us!" "Not so fast..." "I'm still missing something." "Missing what!" "?" "that is." "A traitor!" "?" "Yep." "That's impossible!" "finding someone willing to help is us hard but not entirely out of the question." "What do you mean!" "?" "Their team's reeking with discontent..." "Discontent...?" "Mm-hm." "It's clear Katsuragi has them all under her thumb." "is exactly how she's doing it. their team is being ruled by fear." "But a rule by fear breeds discontent." "a traitor will come forward." "It's time for our 5th Game!" "I'll go." "Nao-chan!" "Listen...our only shot at winning depends on scouting out the right person." "even if it kills you." "Right." "noes!" "It's Katsuragi!" "What should I do...!" "?" "Ms. Katsuragi came!" "Aren't you going to ask me any questions?" "right...um..." "I have to say something...but what..." "Ms. Katsuragi do you know Mr. Akiyama personally?" "I was his classmate in college." "let me tell you whose response was correct..." "Her response had something yours lacked." "Our professor determined that my ability to read people's hearts was superior." "Time is up." "Would Team Shine's Ms. Kanzaki please make her call?" "Pass." "Be seeing you." "I did my best to probe our opponent's minds in an attempt to fulfill the task Mr. Akiyama left me with." "how was it?" "I did all I could..." "Good job...now it's my turn too." "What did you learn?" "but everyone's pretty unhappy under Ms. Katsuragi." "I think we can find someone willing to cooperate." "I see... won't you tell us your method already?" "The way to win this game is to plunder all of our gold in the enemy vault." "I'm talking about transferring all of the gold into the enemy vault without crossing the border." "HAH!" "?" "How in the heck!" "?" "how did you all plan to win this game?" "what else!" "?" "Nope." "There's something even more essential than that and that's the amount of Gold leftover in vault." "the fact is anything left in the vault goes to the enemy nation. but this is the real factor which decides who wins." "So what the heck should we do!" "?" "That's when the idea of looting the vault came to mind." "we have 17 bars in our vault." "We have one person go and withdraw all of them." "we leave those bars right next to bank itself." "We just need them to deposit all of that gold into their vault. while the gold in their vault will be doubled." "it's all ours." "But can that really be done?" "Of course! there's no way for anyone outside to know what's going on." "for example." "we'll never again have to risk carrying gold across the border... after all." "Amazing!" "That plan is perfect!" "We can win!" "We can win this!" "YAHOO!" "U-um... pops!" "?" "right?" "so!" "?" "U-um...we...don't have... 17 bars..." "Huh?" "We have 23...!" "Wha...?" "What do you mean?" "The truth is... lemme clue you \Min on something good..." "Wh...what?" "right?" "Drop by our vault on the way..." "There's 3 bars outside the vault." "You can take 'em if you want." "E..eh!" "?" "Put them in your vault with your card." "'Cuz the truth is... too!" "that's the same as Mr. Akiyama told us earlier!" "Katsuragi put that gold there for some big plan she's going to pull." "B-but...why are you telling me..." "I hate her guts." "But you teamed up with her!" "at first..." "But I'm not listening to her anymore." "too." "it'll knock her off her throne." "don't you?" "You can carry across all the gold you want without being afraid of going into debt." "right?" "So...just take 'em!" "What!" "?" "You deposited them in our vault!" "?" "All 3 bars!" "?" "S-s...sorry!" "I was so surprised when I saw them there!" "I..." "I'm sorry!" "Huh?" "But wait a minute... then that'd be 20?" "But you said 23...?" "U-um..." "You didn't." "You I took...3...too..." "Wha...?" "T-the exact same thing happened when I went on the next turn..." "YOU FRIGGIN' MORONS!" "HOW'RE YOU GONNA FIX THIS!" "?" "HUH!" "?" "THE BOTH OF YOU!" "DIE!" "DIE!" "DIE!" "DIE!" "DIE!" "DIE!" "Pass." "Of course I took 'em all!" "we can't lose!" "When you keep on moving~ Happiness will come your way~" "So keep on truckin' till you find it!" "Haha!" "We're up by 3 again." "So that means we're at 26 now." "Eh?" "What's up?" "gramps!" "?" "To crush Katsuragi's plans." "That's OBVIOUSLY a lie!" "We only have 13 games left!" "It's impossible to carry all the gold across now!" "Another 3... how're you going to fix this?" "*Gulp*..." "Hm?" "3?" "It...wasn't 3..." "Huh!" "?" "When I went over to their vault... like I was told." "But..." "I found...even more..." "Even more!" "?" "HOW MANY!" "?" "!" "All together... 11 bars... 11 bars!" "?" "What did you do!" "?" "I transferred them into our vault all of 'em." "11 bars?" "No..." "That's...all their team had left." "They were able to transfer everything with just 3 people...!" "you mean to say that Ms. Katsuragi beat Mr. Akiyama to the same plan!" "?" "It's over." "We were finished." "We had lost to Ms. Katsuragi before we even had a chance to fight back." "Akiyama-kun." "I can't believe it's over so soon!" "Katsuragi is superior to Akiyama it's as simple as that." "Aaah!" "B-but...but!" "Are we really finished!" "?" "!" "pops!" "We've got 34 bars in our vault." "But there's only 13 Games left!" "269)}13 Games Remaining we'll only make it to 21!" "247)\3cH332FF2}GAME OVER" "It's game over! they're going to win no matter what!" "SO!" "Our chances of winning... are zero." "Mr. Akiyama." "No..." "It's okay." "We don't need words of encouragement." "It's over for us." "Nothing can change this situation... stupid!" "but we can." "I've got a way to turn things around." "There's a way to turn things around...?" "How in the world!" "?" "What is it?" "Tell us!" "Think back to the trick you fell for..." "Marie!" "Mr. Kawai..." "Ikezawa...!" "...now we make them carry the gold they gave us." "Team Flame's turn to carry." "please send your Sheriff." "You go next." "It's Marie!" "Mr. Akiyama!" "?" "Gotcha." "It's Marie!" "Mr. Akiyama!" "?" "Gotcha." "Mr. Akiyama's plan was simple." "and get them to carry gold without crossing the border." "But...could we really convince them to join us?" "We had no choice but to trust in Mr. Akiyama." "What now? our victory is 100% guaranteed." "right." "WE win." "had we followed your instructions." "But you made one big mistake." "Mistake?" "Mm-hm." "We moved 17 bars into our vault or so you believe." "But the truth is... it's not in the vault." "your team hasn't made a dime." "Quit bluffing!" "We checked afterward!" "The bars we left out all disappeared!" "'cuz we took them." "But we didn't deposit them." "We put those 17 bars someplace secret." "HAH!" "?" "!" "He's trying to bluff!" "We already came up with the exact same plan as you. we immediately caught on to you." "we decided to act along with it and hide the gold!" "but Marie has no physical way to prove or disprove Akiyama's lie." "Where?" "WHERE ARE THEY!" "?" "Where do you think?" "Figure it out yourself." "consider this:" "what will happen to your precious 17 bars?" "where did they originally belong?" "The answer's simple: they'll immediately see whose accounts they came from." "your accounts." "it's yours." "by hiding your gold... it's as if you left it all in your vault from the very beginning." "you can't lay a finger on it since we have it hidden." "Think about what happens if we do nothing for the rest of the game." "Can you see the final scores?" "so I bet you are." "without a doubt." "shit..." "I'm screwed..." "Screwed?" "who knows what'll happen!" "you'll lose points." "Relax." "Eh?" "I'll save you." "Are you crazy?" "I can't believe you!" "Sure you can." "Because our team has Nao." "Nao Kanzaki...?" "Mm-hm." "absolutely." "But..." "I lied to your teammates." "There's no way they'll help me now!" "Yes they will...because she's there." "No one in their right mind would forgive me!" "really?" "Think back... left Yasukawa out to dry." "But Nao Kanzaki saved him; an opponent." "Do you know why?" "That's because she believes in a certain creed:" "everyone can be saved." "is the perfect method to beat the LIAR GAME." "even now." "she will save everyone." "That's the kind of person our team's leader is." "Understand now?" "you can't win." "your only way out." "So...what will it be?" "They're sure taking their time..." "Could he...have failed to convince her?" "Oh...it's over!" "Pass." "has splendidly seen through the enemy's feint." "Akiyama!" "Mr. Akiyama!" "How did it go?" "Marie is on our side." "YEAH~!" "what a relief!" "No...not yet." "We still need Kawai and Ikezawa." "too? they'll never admit their mistake." "they're as good as ours." "Mr. Kawai showed up." "Akiyama!" "How was it!" "?" "too." "Yeah!" "YEAH!" "I have an announcement to make:" "Somewhere among us lies a traitor." "We were confident we could turn this game around." "But..." "little did we know..." "Mr. Akiyama's plan was already discovered." "35)}{\cH1E00B9\3cHFFFFFF\b1}NOT FOR SALE OR RENT." "DO NOT UPLOAD TO ANY STREAMING SITES!" "{\3cH1E00B9\cHFFFFFF\b1}NOT FOR SALE OR RENT." "DO NOT UPLOAD TO ANY STREAMING SITES!"