15 - The Witching Hour

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[01:12] Nar
    Hunting a monster.
[01:14] Nar
    Akagi agreed to Ougi and
    Yasuoka's outrageous proposal.
[01:20] Nar
    His heart was moved by this mechanism
    of a challenge that brings death.
[01:25] Nar
    And he picked up a scent in the
    monster that was similar to his own.
[01:31] Aka
    He is bored.
[01:32] Aka
    Just like me.
[01:39] Aka
    He's tired of living.
[01:43] Aka
    This man stands alone
    and hopelessly bored
[01:47] Aka
    at the summit of the
    mountain they call success.
[01:52] Aka
    His whole life was filled with success,
[01:55] Aka
    but now it's past its expiration date.
[01:58] Aka
    It can't intoxicate him anymore.
[02:01] Aka
    You're like a giant serpent
    being roasted alive.
[02:05] Old
    I can't die yet.
[02:07] Old
    There must be something else...
[02:10] Aka
    Except there isn't.
[02:12] Aka
    So just die already, you heretic.
[02:14] Aka
    That is your only salvation.
[02:17] Aka
    You and I will never be understood.
[02:20] Aka
    We're just outcasts.
[02:23] Aka
    We are of the same kind.
SIGN    Episode 15
SIGN    The Witching Hour
SIGN    The Inada Group
[02:28] Nar
    After Akagi got back to Tokyo,
[02:30] Nar
    he stayed with the Inada Group,
    where Ougi was the second in command.
[02:35] Nar
    Akagi now waits for his moment
    to approach the monster,
[02:39] Nar
    for the negotiations to close.
[02:42] Nar
    Akagi imagines the monster.
[02:45] Nar
    What is that man's core?
[02:50] Nar
    Washizu Iwao.
[02:54] Nar
    Washizu graduated from the
    Old Imperial University in 1912.
[02:57] Nar
    He joined the investigative
    bureau at the age of 22,
[02:59] Nar
    what is called the police force today.
[03:02] Nar
    He distinguished himself considerably
[03:04] Nar
    with his brilliant intelligence and ambition.
[03:07] Nar
    In 1932, at the age of 42,
[03:09] Nar
    he became the superintendent
    of a special police unit.
[03:12] Nar
    And in 1940, at the age of 50,
[03:14] Nar
    he rose to the position of what would
    be the Chief Commissioner today.
[03:20] Nar
    But in 1942 he suddenly retired.
[03:26] Nar
    Washizu foresaw...
[03:29] Nar
    the destruction of this country.
[03:32] Nar
    Undoubtedly, he has the ability to
    see one or two steps into the future;
[03:36] Nar
    a remarkable sense of foresight.
SIGN    Kyousei Consulting
[03:39] nar
    After the war,
    Washizu started a consulting firm.
[03:44] nar
    He possessed knowledge of
[03:46] nar
    many a politician's scandals
    from his time in the police,
[03:49] nar
    and he used it to obtain
    information from them.
[03:53] nar
    This meant he knew what
    places would be developed,
[03:56] nar
    what laws would be lifted.
[04:00] nar
    With this valuable information,
    he was able to consult with many firms.
[04:07] nar
    Of course, Washizu's advice
    was always spot on.
[04:09] nar
    Those firms grew rapidly,
[04:11] nar
    and he continued to skim a
    percentage of the profits.
[04:16] nar
    He amassed a seemingly
    infinite amount of money.
[04:19] nar
    Money that continued to increase.
[04:21] nar
    Money.
[04:23] nar
    Next thing he knew, he was
    standing all alone at the summit.
[04:27] nar
    In his grip, he held the power of money
[04:29] nar
    as well as the secrets of
    politicians and business men.
[04:32] nar
    Nobody was any longer in a position
    to point a finger at him.
[04:36] nar
    He was an absolute power
    overwhelming all others.
[04:38] nar
    The hidden king who rules the
    country from the shadows.
[04:42] nar
    But then, this undefeated man fell
    victim to old age... and insanity.
[04:48] nar
    The shrewd man who had overcome the
    changing times by his own power
[04:53] nar
    and had such control over himself
    ended up destroying his own spirit.
[04:56] nar
    Most likely through despair
    so overwhelmingly deep,
[05:00] nar
    the average person cannot
    even hope to comprehend it.
[05:04] Was
    Why can't I be satisfied?
[05:06] Was
    Why must I die?
[05:09] Aka
    Of course you'll die.
[05:11] Aka
    Even the greatest kings die.
[05:13] Aka
    Your mistake was closing
    your eyes to that truth.
[05:18] Aka
    I bet he hates people
    just for being young.
[05:21] Was
    What is this? What is this?
[05:24] Was
    A piece of trash with no
    intelligence or talent,
[05:27] Was
    but he will outlive me.
[05:29] Was
    I won't allow it.
[05:31] Was
    I won't allow it.
[05:33] Was
    I won't allow it!
[05:40] Nar
    It's August, 1965.
[05:43] Nar
    For the first time in his 75 years,
    the monster Washizu Iwao was in trouble.
[05:49] Nar
    His arrest was imminent.
[05:53] Nar
    Witnesses testified to the meeting
    of Fake Akagi and Washizu's underlings.
[05:58] Nar
    Items found at the site of the
    buried corpse matched items
[06:01] Nar
    that had been used in Washizu's home.
[06:03] Nar
    The tire tracks at the scene matched those
[06:05] Nar
    of a car found at his mansion.
[06:08] Nar
    There was nowhere left to run,
[06:10] Nar
    but Washizu still escaped
    the predicament cleverly.
[06:14] Nar
    Using his vast fortune,
[06:17] Nar
    he bribed high-ranking politicians
    and members of the police.
[06:21] Nar
    He also blackmailed them by threatening
[06:23] Nar
    to expose their scandals to the public.
[06:27] Nar
    Mixing these soft and hard methods,
    he slowly turned the situation around.
[06:31] Nar
    He got away.
[06:36] Was
    It looks like the last local cop who was
    still against me gave in to the bribe.
[06:41] Was
    You can all rest assured.
[06:44] Was
    I made it fit.
[06:46] Guy
    Congratulations, sir.
[06:49] Was
    Of course.
[06:50] Was
    This is the natural outcome.
[06:52] Was
    Of course they would want
    to cover up a murder
[06:55] Was
    committed by a former police officer.
[06:57] Was
    This is the natural outcome.
[06:59] Was
    Though, those stubborn fools did
    extort quite a sum out of me.
[07:04] Was
    But it's all the same.
[07:07] Was
    No matter how much I give them,
    I can always get it back.
[07:11] Was
    I know all of their secrets.
[07:15] Was
    It's not a problem.
[07:17] Was
    I won't fall.
[07:19] Was
    I will never fall.
[07:22] Was
    However, they say I have to
    leave the country for a while.
[07:27] Was
    I wouldn't normally excuse such
    insolence committed against me
[07:30] Was
    by the country I have
    devoted my life to serving,
[07:32] Was
    but it looks like the media is
    close to uncovering something.
[07:36] Was
    Yoshioka.
[07:37] Was
    I have no choice.
[07:38] Was
    Will you accompany me?
[07:40] Yoshi
    Yes, of course, I will.
[07:42] Yoshi
    Your entire fortune,
    including the worth of this mansion,
[07:45] Yoshi
    is ready to be liquefied at any
    time and accompany you, as well.
[07:49] Yoshi
    You could hide yourself for years.
[07:54] Was
    Yoshioka.
[07:56] Was
    How dare you suggest I "hide" myself?
[08:00] Was
    Have you forgotten all I
    have done for this country?
[08:04] Was
    I laid the very foundations
    for this nation!
[08:08] Was
    Have you forgotten my contributions?
[08:15] Was
    Compared to such
    overwhelming contributions,
[08:18] Was
    how can anything I do be a problem?!
[08:21] Was
    It's no problem if I decide to
    kill five or six useless punks.
[08:26] Was
    They should allow me to do that.
[08:28] Was
    Am I wrong, Yoshioka?
[08:30] Yoshi
    It is as you say, sir.
[08:38] Was
    I want you to contact Ougi.
[08:41] Was
    It seems they have someone
    who could play me.
[08:43] Yoshi
    Sir, but it is precisely
    that game that has—
[08:46] Was
    Silence.
[08:47] Was
    I only have a few more
    days left in Japan.
[08:53] Was
    Tonight is my last supper.
[08:56] Was
    Stop your bellyaching.
[08:58] Was
    The showdown will be tonight.
[09:00] Was
    Call him right now.
[09:02] Was
    Hurry up.
[09:03] Yoshi
    Yes, sir!
[09:08] Nar
    Akagi had stayed with the
    Inada Group for two weeks.
[09:19] Oug
    Akagi, we're going.
[09:23] Nar
    The time to play against
    Washizu Iwao had finally arrived.
[09:28] Nar
    At 9 PM, three cars depart
    for the Washizu mansion.
[09:32] Nar
    Two of the cars hold armed
    members of the Inada gang,
[09:36] Nar
    who are going along to make sure
    the terms of the game are upheld.
[09:39] Nar
    Ougi, Yasuoka and Akagi
    ride in the first car.
[09:44] Aka
    Ougi-san.
[09:45] OUg
    Yeah?
[09:47] Aka
    There's a place I'd like to
    stop at on the way.
[09:50] Oug
    Where?
[09:56] Oug
    A doctor?
[09:57] Yasu
    Is his shoulder not healed yet?
[09:59] Guy
    It seems it has not
    completely healed yet, no.
[10:03] Aka
    Thanks for waiting.
[10:06] Yasu
    Is the wound on your shoulder okay?
[10:09] Aka
    It's totally fine.
[10:12] Aka
    I went for these.
[10:15] Yasu
    Energy drinks?
[10:17] Aka
    I just wanted something,
    anything, to hydrate me.
[10:20] Aka
    I'm not about to drink a single
    drop of anything they offer us there.
[10:26] Oug
    Sorry!
[10:28] Oug
    We're the ones who should
    have thought of that.
[10:32] Aka
    They wouldn't think
    twice about drugging us,
[10:35] Aka
    seeing as we're trying to
    take 500 million from them.
[10:38] Nar
    500 million yen in 1965 would
    be over five billion yen today.
[10:46] Aka
    There's no such thing
    as being too cautious.
[10:50] Nar
    At 10 PM,
[10:51] Nar
    Akagi steps inside at last.
[11:27] Was
    So you're my opponent for the night.
[11:30] Aka
    Yeah.
[11:32] Was
    My, are you young!
[11:33] Was
    But that's good.
[11:34] Was
    That's good.
[11:35] Was
    Youth is valuable.
[11:37] Was
    It's perfectly proportional to the
    huge sum I'm putting on the line.
[11:43] Was
    Then, why don't we start...
[11:45] Was
    this game of Washizu Mahjong right away?
[12:07] Was
    I still haven't caught your name.
[12:09] Aka
    Akagi.
[12:11] Was
    Akagi-kun, is it?
[12:13] Was
    Take a seat.
[12:17] Was
    I'm sure they've briefed you already,
[12:20] Was
    but before we start playing,
    I need to explain a few things...
[12:23] Was
    about the house rules of
    this mansion's Mahjong.
[12:28] Was
    In general, though, the rules
    are the same as anywhere else.
[12:32] Was
    What's different is the tools we use.
[12:36] Was
    I'm fairly certain this is
    the first time you've seen these.
[12:40] Yasu
    So those are Washizu Mahjong tiles...
[12:43] Was
    We will be using these transparent tiles,
    which can be read even when facedown.
[12:49] Was
    Three out of the four of each
    kind of tile is transparent.
[12:52] Was
    Only one of the four is a
    regular tile with a back black.
[12:56] Was
    As you'll find out,
[12:58] Was
    you'll find yourself getting stuck often.
[13:00] Was
    You won't be able to discard
    because you can see almost everything.
[13:04] Was
    Imagine if you were
    walking along a path
[13:06] Was
    and suddenly you were informed
    it was actually a minefield.
[13:08] Was
    You wouldn't be able to take a
    single step further, am I right?
[13:11] Was
    This is just like that.
[13:13] Was
    These transparent tiles are a tool
    to make those land mines visible.
[13:18] Was
    It's an intriguing execution, am I right?
[13:20] Was
    Awareness breeds fear.
[13:23] Was
    People tremble only after
    they have become aware.
[13:26] Was
    And it is watching
    people become aware
[13:29] Was
    and start to tremble
    that I find so amusing.
[13:36] Was
    Now, as for the house rules.
[13:39] Was
    More than rules,
    they are adjustments to make
[13:42] Was
    playing Mahjong with
    transparent tiles possible.
[13:44] Was
    There are three rules altogether.
[13:48] nar
    The first is that no wall will be built.
[13:51] nar
    It's no fun if you know the
    next tile you will draw.
[13:55] nar
    In Washizu Mahjong,
    the tiles for the starting hand
[13:58] nar
    and each draw are taken from the
    hole in the middle of the table.
[14:01] nar
    The second rule is that
[14:02] nar
    draws are made with a leather glove,
[14:04] nar
    so that the tiles can't
    be read with the fingers.
[14:06] nar
    The third rule regards
    the indicators for dora,
[14:08] nar
    reverse dora, and new dora from kan.
[14:12] nar
    After everybody has their starting hand,
    the dealer draws one more tile from the hole
[14:15] nar
    to be the dora indicator for that hand.
[14:18] nar
    The same method will be
    applied for reverse dora
[14:20] nar
    and kan dora as the need arises.
[14:24] nar
    To avoid cheating, a machine
    will shuffle all the tiles.
[14:28] nar
    The machine will automatically
    shuffle the tiles
[14:31] nar
    when someone touches the
    metal rim of the hole.
[14:34] Was
    What do you think?
[14:35] Was
    Pretty interesting, huh?
[14:37] Was
    But the problem is still ahead.
[14:39] Was
    Not even Ougi-kun knows about the
    rule I am about to reveal to you.
[14:45] Was
    There was a time when I used to
    play Mahjong for hundreds of millions.
[14:50] Was
    For a while I was quite enthralled,
    but now it's no more than a distraction.
[14:55] Was
    It's not enough for me anymore.
[14:57] Was
    My tastes have gone elsewhere.
[15:00] Was
    To make a long story short,
    I'm wagering something else.
[15:03] Was
    That is to say...
[15:04] Aka
    I have a good idea what it is.
[15:06] Aka
    You mean... the player's blood.
[15:11] Aka
    You're telling me to bet my blood, right?
[15:17] Was
    You got it!
[15:19] Was
    You're a sharp one.
[15:21] Was
    If you figured that out based on
    these serial incidents of late,
[15:24] Was
    this will be a quick explanation.
[15:26] Was
    You are exactly right.
[15:27] Was
    I am asking you to
    bet your own blood.
[15:30] Was
    If you lose, you die.
[15:35] Was
    The human body has approximately
    four to five liters of blood.
[15:40] Was
    Judging by your size, I'd say
    you have about 4.5 liters.
[15:44] Was
    You wouldn't be betting
    all of that amount.
[15:48] Was
    Of course not.
[15:49] Was
    You would die long before all
    your blood has been drawn.
[15:54] Nar
    It also depends on the speed with
    which one loses blood, but death
[15:58] Nar
    generally starts creeping
    in once the body loses about
[16:01] Nar
    a third of its blood supply.
[16:04] Nar
    Usually the blood loss is
    fatal before the 50% mark.
[16:09] was
    You have about 2,000
    CCs of blood to bet.
[16:12] was
    That is the lethal amount for you.
[16:15] was
    Were it to be drawn quickly,
[16:16] was
    even 1,500 CCs would be
    enough to kill you.
[16:20] was
    But even if you didn't die,
    your mind would be so muddled
[16:23] was
    that you would be in no
    condition to play Mahjong.
[16:27] was
    Considering all that, we can say
    that your limit is 1,500 CCs.
[16:32] was
    But I will be aiming at the amount
    that will, undoubtedly, kill you.
[16:37] was
    There is no point in
    merely weakening you.
[16:39] was
    You will continue playing
    to your last breath,
[16:43] was
    even if it means croaking
    right here on this table.
[16:47] was
    You will not be allowed to withdraw
    in the middle of the game.
[16:49] was
    2,000 CCs are the price of your life.
[16:52] was
    And that price is 20 million.
[16:57] Nar
    20 million yen in 1965 would
    be over 200 million yen today.
[17:02] Was
    You can have enough fun for the
    rest of your life with that money.
[17:05] Was
    With some restraint, you will
    never have to work again.
[17:09] Was
    What do you say? Worth betting
    your life, don't you think?
[17:13] Was
    Now, how do we convert my money
    and your blood into Mahjong points?
[17:20] Was
    I'd say that 200,000 points
    would be the appropriate amount.
[17:25] Was
    If you lose 200,000 points
    during six East-South matches,
[17:29] Was
    you will lose 2,000 CCs of blood and die.
[17:32] Was
    However, should you complete all six
    with enough blood left to survive,
[17:38] Was
    you will have more money than you could
    ever earn through a lifetime of work.
[17:41] Was
    But as for those 200,000 points
    in six East-South matches...
[17:46] Was
    This is a one-on-one battle
    between you and me.
[17:50] Was
    We are competing only against
    each other for points.
[17:55] Was
    Let's say I was in first place and had
    30,000 points with the first place bonus.
SIGN    Amount Won
[18:00] was
    And you were in last
    place with minus 20,000.
SIGN    Amount Won Amount Lost
[18:03] was
    Taking the ranking bonus into account,
[18:03] [SONG] Text
    Rank bonus Rank bonus
[18:05] was
    the difference between us
    would be 110,000 points.
SIGN    Points Points
SIGN    Point Spread Points
[18:08] was
    Which means that you would
    lose 1,100 CCs of blood
[18:11] was
    in just one East-South match.
[18:16] was
    Were that to happen twice,
    your 200,000 points,
[18:19] was
    your 2,000 CCs of blood,
    would vanish in a flash.
[18:23] was
    Still, if you think about
    the other side of that risk,
[18:26] was
    it means that you have a high chance
    of gaining a large amount of money.
[18:31] was
    If you think positively,
    it's a great arrangement.
[18:36] was
    Six East-South matches,
    200,000 points.
[18:39] was
    A pure one-on-one battle.
[18:41] was
    That's the root of Washizu Mahjong.
[18:45] was
    The payments will be settled
    after each East-South match.
[18:47] was
    If you have more points,
[18:49] was
    you can choose to take money
    or regain some of your blood.
[18:51] was
    Or, of course, you can do both.
[18:55] was
    The winner gets to decide
    how to split the winnings.
[18:58] was
    And one more thing.
[19:00] was
    In Washizu Mahjong,
    there's something like a bonus.
[19:05] was
    If there is a direct
    hit on your opponent,
[19:08] was
    or if you get a tsumo win,
    along with the points,
[19:11] was
    the equivalent amount of money or
    blood will be transferred, as well.
[19:16] was
    The winner decides what
    form of payment it will be.
[19:21] was
    I'm repeating myself,
[19:22] was
    but this is a condition that
    only applies to you and me.
[19:26] was
    With this addition, it becomes more clear
    that it's really a one-on-one contest.
[19:32] was
    It's actually quite interesting
    that money or blood
[19:36] was
    is transferred during the East-South match.
[19:39] was
    For example, if you
    keep chasing my money
[19:41] was
    and choose to not regain some of
    the 1,100 CCs you lost earlier...
[19:46] was
    ...and you happen to deal
    into a yakuman hand...
[19:51] was
    ...you will lose over 320 CCs
    in the middle of the game.
[19:56] was
    That means the game could be settled even
    before the second East-South match is over.
[20:02] was
    You could die.
[20:05] was
    What do you think?
[20:06] was
    I bet you won't be able to play carelessly.
[20:10] was
    You'll start shaking.
[20:13] was
    That's not just a figure of speech,
    you will literally start shaking.
[20:16] was
    With each tile, the deepest
    core of your being
[20:21] was
    will freeze and you'll really start shaking.
[20:26] was
    That's what I want to see.
[20:28] was
    That fear, that horror.
[20:32] was
    I need to see it.
[20:34] was
    I need to see it so badly!
[20:39] was
    So badly that I've killed
    so many men already!
[20:56] nar
    The genius, Akagi, versus the
    monster, Washizu Iwao.
[21:00] nar
    The unprecedentedly gruesome game
    of Mahjong is about to begin.
[22:16] nar
    Next time,
    "The Mahjong Game of Destruction."
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