# 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."
***SIGN*** Next episode
***SIGN*** The Mahjong Game of Destruction