# 26 - Madness and Darkness and...
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***SIGN*** Episode 26
***SIGN*** Madness and Darkness and...
**[01:25] Was**
*What?*
**[01:27] Was**
*What the hell is he?*
**[01:31] Was**
*Who does he think I am?*
**[01:38] Was**
*I am this country's king.*
**[01:40] Was**
* Until now, all have bowed*
* before me, without exception.*
**[01:44] Was**
* Be it ministers of the cabinet,*
* organized crime bosses, police,*
**[01:50] Was**
* bureaucrats, banks, zaibatsus,*
* religious leaders.*
**[01:57] Was**
*I ruled over them all of them.*
**[02:02] Was**
*And yet this punk... this brat!*
**[02:07] Was**
*It's ridiculous!*
**[02:10] Was**
*This cannot be allowed.*
**[02:13] Was**
*It simply can't be allowed.*
**[02:17] Was**
*You will bow down before me.*
**[02:19] Nar**
If he discards the 4 of circles,
Washizu will be in tenpai.
**[02:32] Was**
* This 4 of circles is most likely*
* the enemy's winning tile.*
**[02:36] Was**
*Damn it!*
**[02:38] Was**
*I can't discard it.*
**[02:42] (Flashback) aka**
You're actually quite the
coward, Washizu Iwao.
**[02:48] (Flashback) aka**
So then all I have to do is target...
**[02:50] (Flashback) aka**
those weak spots.
**[02:52] Was**
*That's insane.*
**[02:53] Was**
*I am the king!*
**[02:55] Was**
*The king!*
**[02:57] Was**
*You peasant.*
**[03:00] Was**
*I'll make this pass.*
**[03:02] Was**
*I'll make it!*
**[03:10] Aka**
Ron.
**[03:11] Aka**
5,200.
**[03:16] Man**
*This is horrible.*
**[03:18] Man**
* He couldn't even keep*
* himself from dealing into*
**[03:20] Man**
*that obvious 4, 7 of circles wait.*
**[03:22] Man**
*He has completely lost himself.*
**[03:26] Nar**
It's true for ordinary Mahjong as well,
**[03:28] Nar**
but in Washizu Mahjong, keeping a
cool head is even more crucial.
**[03:32] Nar**
Specifically, keeping
control of your own fear.
**[03:36] Nar**
Should you waver here, you will
sink into a bog of endless doubts.
**[03:41] Nar**
You will be led astray by illusions
**[03:43] Nar**
and either destroy your hand by
wandering off into the void
**[03:46] Nar**
or make a bold move
just to get away from that.
**[03:54] Nar**
It's a reactionary failure.
**[03:59] Nar**
Once it starts,
there is no stopping it.
**[04:04] Aka**
Ron.
**[04:07] Nar**
He will keep falling and falling.
**[04:11] Nar**
Right now, Washizu looks exactly
like the young men he's killed until now.
**[04:17] Nar**
They were also controlled
by their own fear.
**[04:20] Nar**
They lost their balance
and started a chain
**[04:21] Nar**
of outrageous discards and
giving up on the game.
**[04:24] Nar**
They died, having lost the sense of
what is normal and what is abnormal.
**[04:30] Nar**
This is Washizu's first taste of that,
**[04:34] Nar**
that essence of Washizu Mahjong.
**[04:49] Was**
*I can't discard the 7 of bamboo.*
**[04:55] Nar**
That's right.
**[04:56] Nar**
Washizu has played Washizu
Mahjong many, many times,
**[04:59] Nar**
but he has never participated
in the truest sense of the term.
**[05:03] Nar**
While his opponent fought for his life,
**[05:06] Nar**
Washizu alone always stood protected.
**[05:10] Nar**
By his overwhelming funds.
**[05:13] Nar**
It never was a fair fight.
**[05:18] Nar**
A handicapped fight.
**[05:19] Nar**
Or rather, for Washizu,
the battle called Washizu Mahjong
**[05:22] Nar**
existed in another dimension.
**[05:26] Nar**
In other words,
**[05:28] Nar**
a hunt.
**[05:30] Nar**
A hunt where he hunted down a wild,
running beast with an ultimate weapon.
**[05:36] Nar**
Far from being a deathmatch,
it was one-sided murder.
**[05:42] Nar**
Washizu is the one who kills.
**[05:44] Nar**
His opponent is the
one who gets killed.
**[05:48] Nar**
That is what Washizu
Mahjong was to Washizu.
**[05:55] Nar**
But now...
**[05:57] Nar**
a beast beyond his wildest
imagination has appeared.
**[06:05] Nar**
Not only does this beast not
fear death, it also happens...
**[06:12] Nar**
to attack Washizu.
**[06:19] Nar**
It wants to kill Washizu.
**[06:22] Was**
*Why?*
**[06:23] Was**
*Why does this man exist?*
**[06:28] Was**
*Why does this...*
**[06:33] Was**
*demon... exist?*
**[06:35] Was**
*I can't deal any bamboo tile.*
**[06:40] Aka**
Ron.
**[06:42] Aka**
Tanyao, one dora.
**[06:43] Aka**
2,900.
**[06:55] Nar**
In the end, Washizu lost the third match
**[06:57] Nar**
and then the fourth, in succession.
**[07:01] Nar**
At his wit's end, he falls apart.
**[07:04] Nar**
After the third match,
**[07:05] Nar**
the gap between him
and Akagi is 107,000 points.
**[07:07] Nar**
At the end of the fourth,
it's 63,000 points.
**[07:10] Nar**
Altogether, that's 170,000 points.
**[07:13] Nar**
Adding in the direct hit
and tsumo bonuses makes a
**[07:16] Nar**
grand total of 195,000 points.
**[07:18] Nar**
In other words,
Washizu has lost 195 million yen,
**[07:22] Nar**
and his total loss amounts
to 313.5 million yen.
**[07:27] Nar**
This amount in 1965 would equate
to about 3.2 billion yen today.
**[07:34] Nar**
At the start of the game,
Washizu's 500 million seemed endless,
**[07:38] Nar**
but he has now fallen
under 200 million.
**[07:41] Nar**
On the other hand, the amount
of blood Akagi lost in the third
**[07:44] Nar**
and fourth matches only
amounts to 300 CCs.
**[07:46] Nar**
It is a miracle he was
able to keep it so low,
**[07:48] Nar**
but he has already lost
a total of 1,400 CCs.
**[07:56] Nar**
Akagi versus Washizu.
**[07:58] Nar**
This battle wagering their
death and destruction
**[08:01] Nar**
has now been going
for over three hours.
**[08:04] Nar**
The trend has been set.
**[08:06] Nar**
Washizu, four consecutive losses.
**[08:09] Man**
*This is harsh.*
**[08:11] Man**
*More than that...*
**[08:13] Man**
*is it over?*
**[08:16] Man**
*But that kid really is immeasurable.*
**[08:21] Man**
* Not once has he dealt*
* into Washizu's hand.*
**[08:24] Man**
* All of the blood he's lost has been*
* due to Washizu-sama's tsumo wins.*
**[08:30] Man**
*Can this even be possible?*
**[08:32] Man**
*He is like a demon.*
**[08:35] Man**
* Thinking of the fatal amount though,*
* he's already lost 1,400 CCs.*
**[08:41] Man**
*It'll only take a small push now.*
**[08:44] Man**
*Not even a mangan.*
**[08:45] Man**
*A direct hit of 5,200 would kill him.*
**[08:49] Man**
* But that's only because he has yet*
* to transfer any of his blood back.*
**[08:55] Man**
* Looking at his overwhelming*
* skill and luck,*
**[08:58] Man**
* it's deceptive to say*
* "only a small push."*
**[09:01] Man**
*That's an illusion.*
**[09:03] Man**
*One must not be fooled by it.*
**[09:05] Man**
* This is the strategy of*
* the demon called Akagi.*
**[09:08] Man**
* It beckons us on to the next stage*
* of the battle, to our destruction.*
**[09:13] Man**
*If we keep going,*
**[09:16] Man**
* he won't have to take any more*
* drastic measures to keep us playing.*
**[09:20] Man**
* Should he lose any more blood,*
* he will naturally transfer some back.*
**[09:25] Man**
* If that happens, Washizu-sama won't*
* even have a 1% chance of winning.*
**[09:30] Man**
*This is the end.*
**[09:32] Man**
*It would be wise to end it here.*
**[09:35] Man**
* The 300 million loss hurts, of course,*
* but there's nothing we can do.*
**[09:41] Man**
* Looking at it another way,*
* we still have 200 million left.*
**[09:44] Man**
* In a regular match, he probably*
* would have taken all of the 500 million.*
**[09:50] Man**
*We stop every two matches and we have*
**[09:52] Man**
* the power to get out of the*
* game at any of those stops.*
**[09:57] Man**
*This privilege will keep us alive.*
**[10:00] Man**
* Looking back, putting in this*
* condition was priceless.*
**[10:04] Man**
*Because we survived.*
**[10:06] Man**
*Wounded, but still standing.*
**[10:15] Oug**
It's over.
**[10:17] Oug**
He's not going to keep going.
**[10:20] Oug**
The game has been decided.
**[10:22] Yasu**
Well, we didn't get the full 500
million, but this is enough.
**[10:28] Oug**
I'll be honest, I'm relieved.
**[10:30] Oug**
The money was one thing, but if we'd
lost, I would've lost one of my arms!
**[10:35] Oug**
Hey.
**[10:36] Oug**
Get ready to leave.
**[10:38] Guy**
Yes, sir.
**[10:39] Aka**
What are you talking about?
**[10:44] Aka**
It's not over yet.
**[10:48] Aka**
Washizu will keep going.
**[10:52] Oug**
What are you talking about?!
**[10:54] Yasu**
That's crazy!
**[10:55] Yasu**
It's not possible!
**[10:57] Yasu**
This is the time to stop!
**[10:58] Yasu**
What possible reason could
we have to keep going?
**[11:01] Yasu**
Besides, Washizu's exhausted.
**[11:04] Yasu**
He can't even stand up.
**[11:06] Aka**
Of course, we can't continue *this* way.
**[11:10] Aka**
He needs a compromise,
from our side.
**[11:13] Both**
What?
**[11:16] Aka**
So far, all of my wins have
been surprise attacks,
**[11:19] Aka**
taking advantage of Washizu's
misunderstandings and his carelessness.
**[11:24] Aka**
He got caught up in it
and started to sink.
**[11:28] Aka**
Once he noticed, it was irreversible.
**[11:33] Aka**
He hasn't fought me directly yet.
**[11:36] Aka**
Which means he hasn't fought
me at his full capacity yet.
**[11:40] Aka**
But if we keep going, it will be different.
**[11:45] Aka**
It'll be a real face-off.
**[11:48] Aka**
There will be no carelessness
nor underestimating.
**[11:52] Aka**
I want to fight him like that.
**[11:56] Aka**
In a real face-off.
**[11:59] Aka**
Or I would leave here, not knowing
what the real Washizu is like.
**[12:04] Aka**
It would end without me seeing the
true nature and power of Washizu.
**[12:10] Aka**
Seeing him like that,
he looks just like a lone rat.
**[12:15] Aka**
The truth is, at one point,
I thought of him like that.
**[12:18] Aka**
Is it possible though?
**[12:22] Aka**
For such a small person, such a rat,
**[12:24] Aka**
to gain the title of the king ruling
from the shadows in just one generation?
**[12:29] Aka**
Could he have risen to such
a feared, lofty position?
**[12:34] Aka**
No.
**[12:35] Aka**
An ordinary person cannot aggrandize
himself to that degree.
**[12:39] Aka**
There's something to him.
**[12:41] Aka**
Washizu's core is not
the rat we see now.
**[12:46] Aka**
There is something deeper within him.
**[12:49] Aka**
And if that's true, we must see it.
**[12:53] Aka**
That thing deep within,
Washizu's true self,
**[12:57] Aka**
his source of power.
**[13:00] Aka**
So then...
**[13:03] Aka**
Can you push that for me?
**[13:07] Yasu**
Akagi...
**[13:08] Yasu**
Hey, wait.
**[13:10] Yasu**
What are you thinking?
**[13:16] Man**
What?
**[13:17] Man**
What do you want?
**[13:18] Aka**
Break time is over.
**[13:21] Aka**
Get up.
**[13:23] Aka**
It's time to start.
**[13:26] Man**
Stop this.
**[13:28] Man**
That is not possible.
**[13:30] Man**
Washizu-sama is not in
a condition to continue!
**[13:35] Aka**
You okay with that, Washizu?
**[13:37] Aka**
Having this punk talk for you?
**[13:41] Aka**
Here, I'll wake you up.
**[13:46] Aka**
I'm going to borrow one of these.
**[13:53] Yasu**
What the hell are you...
**[13:55] Yasu**
Hey!
**[13:58] Oug**
Akagi, what are you doing?
**[14:00] Oug**
That's your blood!
**[14:01] Oug**
You need to get that transfused back!
**[14:09] Oug**
You idiot!
**[14:11] Oug**
What the hell are you doing?
**[14:12] Oug**
That's dirty!
**[14:14] Oug**
That thing is not sterilized, Akagi!
**[14:18] Aka**
I don't care.
**[14:19] Oug**
What do you mean?!
**[14:21] Oug**
Hey!
**[14:22] Aka**
I mean this...
**[14:29] Yasu**
What?!
**[14:30] Oug**
You idiot!
**[14:31] Oug**
Hurry up and get that out!
**[14:41] Oug**
You moron!
**[14:44] Oug**
How could you do that?
**[14:47] Man**
*H-He's crazy.*
**[14:49] Man**
*What is this?*
**[14:51] Man**
*Where is the good in this?*
**[14:55] Aka**
You awake now, Washizu?
**[14:58] Aka**
I'm throwing it out.
**[15:00] Aka**
As you can see, I'm throwing away the
1,400 CCs of blood I've lost thus far.
**[15:05] Aka**
We'll go on from here.
**[15:07] Aka**
How about matches five and six?
**[15:09] Oug**
Akagi!
**[15:10] Oug**
You idiot!
**[15:11] Oug**
What are you saying?
**[15:12] Oug**
Take that back!
**[15:14] Oug**
I'm not going to let you do this.
**[15:16] Was**
What happens now?
**[15:19] Was**
What happens to the blood I
draw after this, when I tsumo?
**[15:24] Aka**
I don't need that, either.
**[15:26] Aka**
You can throw it away
as soon as you draw it.
**[15:28] Oug**
Akagi!
**[15:29] Oug**
Are you even aware of what
you're saying right now?!
**[15:33] Oug**
This is suicide!
**[15:35] Oug**
Akagi!
**[15:44] Was**
300 CCs more.
**[15:47] Was**
I want you to draw 300
more CCs right now.
**[15:51] Was**
As a bonus.
**[15:54] Oug**
You idiot.
**[15:57] Aka**
Looks like you're getting
back into it, Washizu.
**[16:00] Aka**
That's more like you.
**[16:01] Oug**
Hey!
**[16:03] Aka**
But I can't do that.
**[16:05] Aka**
My blood is my life.
**[16:07] Aka**
You can only take it by
winning it from me in a game.
**[16:19] Was**
I just wanted to see how far I
could get by pushing my luck.
**[16:25] Was**
But you're pretty stingy, Akagi.
**[16:29] Was**
Very well.
**[16:31] Was**
For your arrogance in throwing
away your own blood...
**[16:34] Was**
For that conceit...
**[16:36] Was**
I'll kill you.
**[16:38] Man**
Washizu-sama!
**[16:39] Yasu**
Don't worry.
**[16:44] Was**
Now, let's go on.
**[16:46] Man**
Washizu-sama!
**[16:50] Man**
But...
**[16:53] Was**
It's fine.
**[16:54] Was**
There is nothing to fear.
**[16:56] Was**
Now I know what I must do.
**[17:00] Was**
I wasn't using the right
strategy before now.
**[17:04] Was**
To put it short,
that man is utterly mad.
**[17:06] Was**
He's a psycho with a death wish.
**[17:09] Was**
Just think about it.
**[17:11] Was**
He's already lost 1,400 CCs of blood.
**[17:15] Was**
He is literally one
step away from death.
**[17:17] Was**
One more push would be enough.
**[17:20] Man**
That is undoubtedly true,
but that man, he is...
**[17:25] Was**
Just watch.
**[17:28] Was**
I'll win.
**[17:29] Was**
I won't even have to go
until the sixth match.
**[17:32] Was**
I'll kill him sometime in the
East round of the fifth match.
**[17:43] Was**
If there is any justice in the world.
**[17:51] Was**
And yet...
**[17:54] Was**
they seem rather lonely.
**[17:57] Was**
You.
**[17:57] ---**
Sir?
**[18:00] Was**
Come with me.
**[18:10] Oug**
*This is unbelievable.*
**[18:11] Oug**
*What the hell are you doing?*
**[18:14] Oug**
* You should've stopped*
* while you were ahead.*
**[18:19] Oug**
* That is the natural order of*
* things, that would make sense.*
**[18:22] Oug**
* There's no reason to force*
* it into the next match!*
**[18:26] Oug**
* Not to mention that you*
* threw away all your blood!*
**[18:32] Oug**
*You're beyond crazy!*
**[18:35] Oug**
*You're marching off to your own death.*
**[18:38] Oug**
* Washizu said it: this time, it's not*
* about being this or that kind of genius.*
**[18:44] Oug**
*It's not about that at all.*
**[18:46] Oug**
*You're a lunatic.*
**[18:47] Oug**
*Nothing but a lunatic with a death wish.*
**[18:51] Oug**
*I misjudged you.*
**[18:53] Oug**
* This guy is beyond anything*
* we can conceptualize.*
**[18:58] Oug**
*An outlier.*
**[19:01] Oug**
*A lunatic.*
**[19:03] Oug**
* At this rate, I'll get dragged*
* down with this lunatic.*
**[19:10] Oug**
*Straight down into hell.*
**[19:22] Oug**
What is that?
**[19:27] Was**
My last secret savings of 100 million.
**[19:31] Both**
What?!
**[19:34] Was**
With this addition,
I have 300 million left.
**[19:39] Was**
With this, I'm safe.
**[19:43] Was**
I can go forward in the game,
knowing I'm protected.
**[19:48] Was**
And I'll draw that last
600 CCs of your blood!
**[19:57] Was**
There are no exceptions.
**[20:00] Was**
Everyone is equal in
dying after 2,000 CCs.
**[20:05] Was**
You will die.
**[20:11] Was**
I'm sorry I kept you waiting.
**[20:13] Was**
Then let us begin, Akagi Shigeru!
**[20:24] Nar**
The genius wagering a
meaningless death, Akagi Shigeru,
**[20:27] Nar**
and the king of the shadows
wagering his ruin, Washizu Iwao,
**[20:30] Nar**
are yet to reach the
conclusion of their battle.
**[20:34] Nar**
This all happened on August 11th, 1965.
**[20:45] Nar**
And eventually, this battle will
be handed down as a legend.
***SIGN*** 1999 Summer