01x07 - Episode 7

[bunniefuu]

There's a fire

at the back of the building!

We have to find whoever m*rder*d Momoka

and burn them in the Fire of Judgement.

A witch hunt game, huh?

This ought to be good.

The game started.

Rain check on our date?

All right, let's go witch hunting!

You, you're always with her.

Why weren't you with her today?

What?

That's true, you weren't.

What happened? You fight?

- Are you our witch?

- It's not me!

I guess we'll know

when we throw you in the fire!

I was in my room! She was my friend!

So you're with her everyday,

except the day she gets k*lled.

Great, then we're agreed,

she's the witch. Take her to the fire!

Come on, let's go!

- Let me go!

- Come on!

I didn't k*ll her!

- Let me go!

- That's enough!

Put down Asahi.

We're all suspects in this game.

Where were all of you?

And what were were you all doing?

And can you prove it?

I can prove that you and I were having

a good time in bed.

Everyone will take turns explaining

what you did in the past hour.

Look, blood!

- I can explain this.

- Finally, this is getting interesting.

- I say she's the witch!

- You're wrong.

This is Hatter's blood.

I was examining Hatter's body.

That's how the blood got on me.

His body?

Hatter was m*rder*d.

- Hatter was k*lled?

- Why didn't you tell us?

The executives believed

that this might throw everyone

into a panic.

What else are you you people hiding

from us? Huh? What?

- No more secrets, okay?

- Calm down.

I took this b*llet from Hatter's body.

Its caliber is the same

as those we have here at the Beach.

Uh-huh?

This means that someone here

at the Beach k*lled Hatter.

Do you think that maybe

the witch k*lled Hatter?

I mean, that doesn't sound so crazy,

am I right?

Uh, the witch could be one of them

I found her annoying.

Let's just burn everyone.

If someone here is the witch,

then everyone in this room except me

could be the witch.

So, who here is the witch? Step forward.

If no one here will admit it,

then all of you will burn.

Yahoo!

Woo-hoo!

Get up!

1 PER PERSON

Come on!

Comb through all of them, got that?

No one escapes!

Are you really gonna do what he says?

We worked together as a team until today.

- Eh?

- If the game doesn't end

after you do this,

then eventually, we'll have to k*ll

Woo-hoo!

Burn him. He's of no use to us now.

Let's go, guys!

Suzuka, hurry!

We have others to question

and time's running out.

Listen, hide inside this room.

Alone? I want to stay with you.

I have to go and find someone.

Let me come too, Usagi.

It's sure to be game over for me

if I stay here.

It's me, Tatta!

Listen, hear me out.

I think we should work together

like we have before.

Help me find Arisu.

We gotta keep moving,

they're getting close.

They're getting closer.

Come on, hurry.

Suzuka!

Don't sh**t, she's not the witch! I swear!

Don't think, just sh**t.

Please

Don't k*ll me.

It's not me.

Please!

Don't do it!

I have to

or I'm next.

You're not human!

They've all gone crazy.

Not their smartest move.

Why would they go so far just to survive?

There's no way to find out

who the witch is this way.

You could be the witch. Right, Kuina?

Or it could be you.

Herd them out through the courtyard.

It'll be easier to move their bodies.

Some of them are hiding inside the hotel.

But I'll force them all out.

Arisu!

- Arisu!

- Arisu.

Arisu!

Arisu!

Arisu!

- Arisu!

- Arisu!

GASOLINE, KEROSENE

Asahi?

Are you okay?

I I can't do this.

Have you seen Arisu?

He's in the main building.

- Arisu!

- Arisu!

Come here you bastard!

Joe.

Saiko, you bitch!

Where is Arisu?

He's somewhere on

the fourth floor.

How do you know that?

I saw Niragi come out of a room there.

- What do you want?

- Hey.

What are you doing?

Come here and give me a hand.

Are you the witch?

Unfortunately, not.

What about you?

I'm guessing not.

Anyone trying to find the witch

on their own is not one.

If you were the witch,

you'd be hiding right now

or having fun k*lling people.

Again, what are you doing?

Looking for the witch.

Ah, here it is.

What's that?

Cyanoacrylate glue.

It's a super glue.

And?

And if we heat this up

and apply it on the m*rder w*apon,

all the moisture

in the cyanoacrylate will evaporate

and hopefully, leave behind fingerprints.

Fingerprints?

Then I'll be able to use cocoa powder

to dust for fingerprints

on the Kn*fe handle.

After I lift the fingerprints

with cellophane tape,

I'll be able to identify the witch.

What did you do before you came here?

Forensics, Tokyo Metro Police.

Pretty good.

We can clear the game with this.

You, go ahead.

What?

We need you to help us to clear this game.

Run, come on!

Down there!

Run for the annex!

No!

Okay, aim!

Let's do this, come on!

Steady, aim

Did you see that?

Hey! Stand up!

We're not done with you yet! Come on!

Get up!

If you don't move, you can have lunch.

Pissy rice soup!

- Okay, whose turn is it?

- Mine! Mine!

Come on, stand up! Come on!

On your feet, Niragi!

Don't you get tired

of bullying people weaker than you?

And where were you hiding?

Oh, there are lots of places

for me to hide.

You really get on my nerves,

you know that?

Think you're so g*dd*mn smart.

Acting like you're so damn clever!

I don't have to act clever.

Okay then.

Why don't we put an end to this right now?

Whoa, pretty good.

What'd you do before you got here?

I sold wedding gowns.

Never hesitate to strike.

Not in my house!

You're a boy! A boy, not a girl!

Hikari.

Don't ever come back.

Hikari? Hikari?

But enough about me.

What about you?

Our main power supply's

been diverted since this game started.

What?

The electricity we've always used

from these power generators

was switched to the hotel's power supply.

That means that whoever's running the game

snuck into the Beach

and controls its power from underground.

What the hell are you saying?

I think you know

who the witch is. That it's

someone close to you.

You saying you think I'm the witch?

Sorry, but you're wrong.

Only the executive members

have information

on how the power grid operates.

I also know that only the executives have

the key to access the underground.

And I'll k*ll all the executives

to get that key, starting with you.

Sorry, but I can't let you do that.

I've got plans.

Uh-huh.

Back off!

What the hell was that?

Robert Edwin Peary.

An explorer who devoted his entire life

to reaching the North Pole.

THE BOUND UNIVERSE

He failed to reach it several times.

In fact, he lost eight of his toes

on one particular expedition.

However, in 1909, he became

the first Westerner

to reach the North Pole.

I'm leaving your dinner here.

As he marched ever forward

towards certain death,

people often wondered

what drove him to do so.

I believe,

that by facing the possibility of death,

it was in fact,

his way to feel truly alive.

When will I, too, feel truly alive?

Hey.

What can Mom do?

Even though I am alive,

I am in a place where I cannot even choose

what it is that I eat.

I lived this life

without having any consciousness of death.

How should I feel, then,

about truly living life?

I need to escape

from this temporary home I live in.

I want to live in the real world.

And then

I came to this land.

Game cleared. Congratulations.

GAME CLEARED

CONGRATULATIONS

This was the first time I felt it.

The joy of life.

I have heard

I heard you were a tattooist

in the old world.

Yeah.

I want you to tattoo

something astounding on my body.

So astounding that it won't be acceptable

in the old world.

By doing this, I pledged to myself

that I will live in this world forever.

My story

has no past.

Oh, sorry, sorry.

I understand it all now.

I always thought

that you and I were the very same.

Me and you?

Both of us hate our past.

But there's a very big difference

between us.

You keep turning your back on your past.

But I will face my past.

And it will ensure that I survive.

Do you remember that arcade that closed?

What was its name again?

Uh, it was

in front of our high school, right?

- What the hell was it again?

- Dream World.

You're right, Dream World!

That's it! It was Dream World.

I'd skip class to go there

and Arisu would already be there.

Eyes glued to some dirty magazine,

reading it out loud.

The p*rn magazines in the '90s were

the best.

Yeah, they were really good.

Actually, I liked reading the articles.

They were well-written.

The day the arcade went bankrupt,

Arisu stood in front of the building

- and cried.

- Yep, just me and the owner.

Ah, those days were the best.

Even though we bitched about it,

high school was awesome.

Arisu.

Do something with your life.

Yeah. And remember us.

Promise, Arisu?

Help me.

I'm here.

Someone!

Smoke?

Huh? Is there a fire?

I hear someone.

Help! Someone!

Someone, help me!

In here!

Arisu!

The door won't open!

- I did that.

- I can't do this anymore.

Arisu!

Usagi.

Is that all you've got? Hmm?

I knew it when I saw you.

Your will to survive is weak.

It's weak, is it?

Really?

Hikari?

You look completely different.

To me

you look beautiful.

Thank you.

"Never hesitate to strike."

I have done as you taught me,

Father.

It's good to see you.

- You're okay?

- Uh-huh, thank you.

I hate to break this to you now,

but we only have 30 minutes left.

Okay, explain the rules to me quickly.

Out of a*mo.

We've k*lled a lot of them,

but we still haven't found the witch.

What the hell are we doing?

This is the worst of the games yet.

But just like those horse-headed taggers

we met before,

they were forced to participate

with rules of their own.

I'm sure it's the

the same this time.

The witch had to k*ll that girl

to start the game

and try to survive until the end of it.

In other words, the witch clears the game

if everyone at the Beach gets a Game Over,

or gets k*lled by the laser.

But who the hell could be the witch?

If I were the witch,

I'd join the others in the hunt.

Because it'd be Game Over if I was caught.

So, it's someone in the militant corps?

Niragi, Last Boss, or Aguni, huh?

No. If that was the case,

the militant corps would simply k*ll

each other.

It doesn't feel like

that's the purpose of the game.

The purpose of the game?

This is a Hearts game.

It's not just a physical game.

I know because I've cleared

a Hearts game before.

It's the most evil of the games.

You toy with people's feelings.

You betray and try to k*ll each other.

The Hearts game can eat away at your soul.

Even if the militant corps wins,

other conflicts will turn up.

So, what should we do?

Something's not right.

What could it be?

If I was the witch,

how would I steer

the game to win?

It doesn't suit you.

Who would've thought

that the best men's club host in Kabukicho

would wind up being a hatter?

It was my father's dying wish.

You were an SDF officer, weren't you?

You could've done anything

but join the yakuza.

Speaking of the yakuza,

Shogo was k*lled

for skimming the government's payoff.

You know, you're the only old friend

that I've still got left.

Live long, friend.

You too.

No.

I shouldn't be putting myself

in the witch's shoes.

I should be in the shoes

of the game master.

Game master?

Don't you see?

The game was designed to suit

both its location and its players.

Right after Hatter was k*lled,

Momoka was m*rder*d.

Someone who knows

the ins and outs of the Beach

constructed the game and its timing.

They constructed the timing?

The two deaths didn't happen

at the same time by chance.

It's like that that the game master

has been waiting for this moment.

Seriously?

Then, who's the witch?

Hatter's death was announced

after Momoka d*ed.

The only people who knew

of his death before that

were the militant corps

and the executives.

But the game master may have known

about Hatter's death too.

Then everyone at the Beach is a suspect.

When I passed by the lobby

an hour before the game started,

Momoka's body wasn't there.

Someone must have moved her body there

sometime during that hour.

No point questioning someone.

The witch can simply lie.

The question is

why did the game start when it did?

Why did they wait for Hatter's death

before starting the game?

I'm guessing it was

to throw the Beach

into a state of confusion.

If that's true

If I were the game master,

what would I do next?

But of course.

I know who it is!

If we stop here,

then all we did would be pointless.

We can't stop now!

Time remaining, 20 minutes.

What is it?

I think that I know

who the witch is.