# E9 - Iron Maiden
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**[00:03] Fb**
I've missed you so.
**[00:05] Fb**
Shall we begin?
**[00:08] Akira**
Yes.
**[00:09] Akira**
Let's begin the proposed exchange.
***SIGN*** Episode 9 "Iron Maiden"
**[01:43] Rin**
I accept your terms.
**[01:45] Rin**
Trade complete.
**[01:48] Rin**
Look at you, jumping at shadows!
**[01:51] Rin**
If I wanted to do *that*,
it would already be done.
**[01:53] Akira**
I'm not about to give you an opening.
**[01:56] Akira**
I still don't know how your ability works.
**[01:58] Rin**
Then we're in the same boat.
**[02:01] Rin**
I'm using every resource I have to survive.
**[02:05] Rin**
You're the same way, aren't you?
**[02:07] Rin**
You're using Team Green to
achieve your objectives.
**[02:11] Rin**
You're using me, too.
**[02:14] Rin**
And what about that charming girl, Yuuri?
**[02:16] Rin**
Wasn't she supposed to be with you?
**[02:19] Akira**
It's none of your business.
**[02:20] Rin**
Well, then...
**[02:21] Rin**
If there's an empty spot by your side,
**[02:24] Rin**
why not give me a trial run?
**[02:26] Rin**
I can offer you much more than she can.
**[02:31] Akira**
I only came here to make that exchange.
**[02:33] Rin**
A pity.
**[02:41] Rin**
Hello?
**[02:42] Rin**
I found Akira Shiroyanagi,
the one you're after.
**[02:48] Kumagiri**
*Hareka's right.*
**[02:51] Kumagiri**
*Someone's coming.*
**[02:56] Kumagiri**
No one there?
**[02:57] Yuuki**
Boy, you scared me!
**[03:00] Kumagiri**
*I was sure he was in grappling range...*
**[03:03] Kumagiri**
*Is that his ability?*
**[03:05] Yuuki**
Say, could you tell me where
I might find the rest of your team?
**[03:10] Yuuki**
I asked the last group I encountered,
**[03:12] Yuuki**
but even after all I did,
they just wouldn't tell me!
**[03:19] Kumagiri**
You...
**[03:20] Kumagiri**
What did you do to them?!
**[03:22] Yuuki**
What did I do?
**[03:26] Kumagiri**
The cuff is shrinking?
**[03:31] Yuuki**
I took them out more or less like that.
**[03:34] Kumagiri**
Then your ability...
**[03:36] Yuuki**
Yes!
**[03:37] Yuuki**
My ability is to shrink things.
***SIGN*** <>
Mr. Yuuki Setoguchi
Your ability is
"The ability to shrink things."
**[03:41] Yuuki**
Oh, heck.
**[03:42] Yuuki**
I keep running my mouth, don't I?
**[03:45] Yuuki**
What an awful habit!
**[03:47] Yuuki**
But you're already dead, so it's no big.
**[03:50] Kumagiri**
What?
**[03:53] Kumagiri**
*A string?*
**[03:54] Kumagiri**
*No...*
**[03:55] Yuuki**
Shrink.
**[04:00] Yuuki**
And off goes the hand!
**[04:03] Kumagiri**
Damn you...
**[04:04] Kumagiri**
Is this what you did to them?
**[04:06] Yuuki**
If your teammate was in trouble,
**[04:08] Yuuki**
you'd all go scamper to their aid.
**[04:10] Yuuki**
That's just what we were waiting for!
**[04:12] Yuuki**
Poor stupid babies!
**[04:14] Kumagiri**
You really do run your mouth...
**[04:16] Kumagiri**
You sadist.
**[04:17] Yuuki**
There I go again!
**[04:19] Kumagiri**
If there's one thing I hate,
**[04:21] Kumagiri**
it's people talking like a match is over.
**[04:23] Yuuki**
Oh, but it is!
**[04:25] Kumagiri**
I don't agree.
**[04:27] Kumagiri**
And...
**[04:28] Yuuki**
And?
**[04:29] Kumagiri**
You don't know them.
**[04:32] Yuuki**
Huh?
**[04:35] Oogami**
I baited the trap.
**[04:36] Oogami**
Why haven't the Greens shown?
**[04:38] Oogami**
Did you arrange this, Kuro?
**[04:40] Kuroiwa**
*Yes.*
**[04:41] Oogami**
You said I could have my way!
**[04:42] Oogami**
*You said I could have my way!*
**[04:44] Kuroiwa**
And you're having it.
**[04:46] Kuroiwa**
* But I'm also free to use*
* you to serve my own ends.*
**[04:50] Oogami**
Damn him!
**[04:52] Oogami**
If you're worthless as bait,
I don't need you at all.
**[04:56] Oogami**
Say goodbye.
**[04:57] Asuka**
I'll see you in hell,
**[05:00] Asuka**
you bastard.
**[05:01] Oogami**
Hell?
**[05:02] Oogami**
Yeah, right.
**[05:04] Oogami**
We're already there!
**[05:05] Oogami**
Bye-bye now.
**[05:07] Asuka**
Everyone...
**[05:09] Asuka**
I'm sorry.
**[05:10] Asuka**
Take care
**[05:12] Asuka**
of Taro!
**[05:23] Asuka**
See that, Kuro?
**[05:24] Asuka**
I got what I wanted!
**[05:27] Kumagiri**
You don't know those two.
**[05:32] Kumagiri**
The fight's just getting started, scum.
**[05:35] Yuuri**
Asuka is a mother.
**[05:40] Yuuri**
She's a really good mother.
**[05:42] Yuuri**
She does everything for Taro.
**[05:46] Oogami**
Then after I murder her,
**[05:49] Oogami**
I'll send the kid to join her.
**[06:03] Oogami**
*The way she's moving...*
**[06:06] Yuuri**
*A plan to counter Oogami?*
**[06:08] (Flashback) Akira**
Yes.
**[06:09] (Flashback) Akira**
If you both have quintupled abilities,
**[06:11] (Flashback) Akira**
you won't beat him with force.
**[06:13] (Flashback) Akira**
So we'll counter with agility.
**[06:15] Akira**
*So we'll counter with agility.*
**[06:20] Oogami**
*Making do with hit-and-run tactics?*
**[06:23] Oogami**
*How boring...*
**[06:27] Oogami**
And stupid!
**[06:31] Oogami**
I just have to catch you,
**[06:33] Oogami**
and it's over!
**[06:36] (Flashback) Oogami**
That's what Oogami will
be thinking, at least.
**[06:39] (Flashback) Oogami**
But I've learned that when
a person grabs another,
**[06:43] (Flashback) Oogami**
the first instinct is to pull in.
**[06:45] Oogami**
*Therefore...*
**[06:46] Yuuri**
You're the stupid one here!
**[06:49] Akira**
*Use that moment to land a counterblow.*
**[06:55] Yuuri**
And you deserve way more than that!
**[07:07] Yuuri**
Learned your lesson yet, stupid?!
**[07:12] Oogami**
Hey, Kuro...
**[07:16] Oogami**
This is interesting.
**[07:17] Oogami**
I don't think Kuro understands this,
**[07:20] Oogami**
but I really do want my answer!
**[07:23] Yuuri**
Sounds good to me.
**[07:27] Kuroiwa**
That's right, Ichi.
**[07:29] Kuroiwa**
I want you to find it...
**[07:31] Kuroiwa**
Our kingdom.
**[07:34] Kuroiwa**
It's almost time
**[07:36] Kuroiwa**
for our surprise to pay off.
**[07:40] Shirasagi**
Kuroiwa will think things are
proceeding according to plan.
**[07:44] Shirasagi**
But he won't have realized it yet.
**[07:48] Shirasagi**
We've already caught his spy!
**[07:51] Shirasagi**
I'm told it was your ability
that located them.
**[07:54] Ringo**
Y-Yes...
**[07:55] Ringo**
Akira asked me to find out if any of the
slaves were lying about their abilities.
**[08:02] Shirasagi**
So he suspected it from the start?
**[08:05] Shirasagi**
I want to use their trap against them.
**[08:08] Shima**
It's no use.
**[08:08] Shima**
He's not talking.
**[08:11] Ringo**
E-Excuse me...
**[08:13] Ringo**
I could clean you up and
patch up your wounds.
**[08:16] Spy**
You...
**[08:17] Spy**
Why fight this losing battle
instead of running away?
**[08:20] Ringo**
We don't know it's a losing battle.
**[08:22] Spy**
You know what they're capable of.
**[08:25] Spy**
They'll kill all of you.
**[08:27] Spy**
And me, for screwing up.
**[08:28] Ringo**
Someone I care about deeply is here.
**[08:32] Ringo**
So although I'm afraid,
I'm going to stay here.
**[08:35] Spy**
Are you stupid or something?
**[08:37] Spy**
He'll die, too!
**[08:39] Ringo**
We'll win!
**[08:40] Ringo**
Because he's Key!
**[08:42] Spy**
Key?
**[08:43] Ringo**
Yes!
**[08:44] Ringo**
See, there was this game
called *World Logic Play*.
**[08:47] Ringo**
It was a forum for online debates.
**[08:47] Spy**
*What's with this girl? Why...*
**[08:49] Ringo**
He was really good at it—
**[08:50] Spy**
Enough!
**[08:53] Ringo**
S-Sorry.
**[08:54] Ringo**
I keep talking about myself.
**[08:57] Spy**
Wait.
**[08:59] Spy**
I'll talk, too.
**[09:01] Spy**
Could you bring me a glass of water?
**[09:03] Spy**
I can ask for that much, can't I?
**[09:05] Ringo**
S-Sure!
**[09:08] Shirasagi**
You think you can convince him?
**[09:10] Ringo**
Yes.
**[09:11] Ringo**
Just give me a little time.
**[09:13] Shirasagi**
Okay. I'll leave it to you.
**[09:15] Ringo**
Sure!
**[09:18] Shirasagi**
Hareka?
**[09:25] Ringo**
N-No...
**[09:26] Ringo**
What happened?
**[09:29] Shirasagi**
What?
**[09:30] Shirasagi**
Enemies heading for the camp?
**[09:32] Shirasagi**
*Why?*
**[09:33] Shirasagi**
*We captured the spy before we set up camp.*
**[09:35] Shirasagi**
*There's no way they could—*
**[09:38] Both**
*There's another spy!*
**[09:41] Momoko**
*I'm sorry to have lied for so long.*
**[09:45] Momoko**
*But I didn't have a choice.*
**[09:48] Momoko**
*It's for the boys.*
**[09:52] Kuroiwa**
Don't screw it up, old lady.
**[09:57] Yuuri**
Oogami's after Asuka!
**[10:00] Yuuri**
We've got to help her!
**[10:02] Akira**
No. We can't do that.
**[10:04] Yuuri**
Why the hell not?
**[10:05] Akira**
We need to meet with Rin Kashii first.
**[10:08] Akira**
Our current target is Kuroiwa,
the brains of Red.
**[10:12] Yuuri**
But what about Asuka?
**[10:13] Akira**
The others will be heading her way.
**[10:15] Yuuri**
But—
**[10:16] Akira**
They all knew what they were getting into.
**[10:20] Yuuri**
If anything happens to Asuka...
what happens to Taro?
**[10:23] Akira**
Wait, Yuuri!
**[10:25] Akira**
To defeat him, I need a partner.
**[10:27] Akira**
I need you!
**[10:28] Yuuri**
Then work with Ringo!
**[10:31] Yuuri**
I bet the things you're saying
would make sense to her!
**[10:33] Akira**
I have her playing a different role.
**[10:35] Yuuri**
Role?
**[10:37] Akira**
Bear it for now and come with me.
**[10:39] Akira**
It's so the team can win.
**[10:41] Yuuri**
What do you see me as?
**[10:44] Yuuri**
You talk about trusting me, needing me...
**[10:47] Yuuri**
Is that all about ways you can use me?
**[10:51] Yuuri**
It's not that, is it, Akira?
**[10:53] Yuuri**
If it's not, then you'll have to
understand how I feel right now.
**[10:57] Akira**
Yuuri...
**[10:59] Yuuri**
I'm sorry, Akira.
**[11:01] Akira**
Wait, Yuuri!
**[11:03] Akira**
Damn it!
**[11:08] Akira**
* I prepared a Plan B for if*
* Yuuri and I got separated.*
**[11:12] Akira**
* The others running into trouble*
* was within expectations.*
**[11:16] Akira**
*It's not a major problem for me.*
**[11:22] Akira**
* I'm going to win this game*
* and move to the next stage.*
**[11:26] Akira**
*It's not a problem...*
**[11:27] Akira**
*Is it?*
**[11:32] Akira**
*Right?*
**[11:38] Kirisaki**
I've been waiting for this, Akira.
**[11:41] Akira**
*Damn.*
**[11:43] Akira**
*This isn't the right time...*
**[11:45] Kirisaki**
Let's finish this!
**[11:51] Kirisaki**
Nice aim, genius!
**[11:57] Kirisaki**
Take this!
**[12:01] Kirisaki**
Lots of branches I can use for weapons here.
**[12:05] Kirisaki**
No way your cannon can beat all of these.
**[12:08] Akira**
Are you sure about that?
**[12:09] Akira**
* I don't want to take any*
* more damage than this.*
**[12:12] Akira**
*Can I make it?*
**[12:13] Kirisaki**
Still want to get the last word, eh?
**[12:16] Akira**
After all, I told you before...
**[12:19] Akira**
I'm not bothered by the
idea of fighting you.
**[12:21] Kirisaki**
Keep talkin' like that, Akira.
**[12:24] Kirisaki**
It'll feel all the better when I beat you!
**[12:27] Kirisaki**
A presence?
**[12:29] Kirisaki**
Who's that guy?
**[12:31] Kirisaki**
Jump, Akira!
**[12:36] Rindo**
Remember this in the afterlife...
**[12:38] Rindo**
The man who took your head is named Rindou!
**[12:45] Rindo**
Why stop me?
**[12:46] Kirisaki**
I'm the one who'll kill Akira.
**[12:48] Kirisaki**
Not you, baldy!
**[12:51] Rindo**
I see.
**[12:52] Rindo**
Then after I slay Akira Shiroyanagi,
**[12:54] Rindo**
I just need to slay you next.
**[12:56] Rindo**
Is that right?
**[12:57] Kirisaki**
So I'm an afterthought, huh?
**[12:59] Kirisaki**
Interesting.
**[13:01] Kirisaki**
Hey, Akira, let's call a truce.
**[13:03] Kirisaki**
Nobody gets in the way of our duel.
**[13:06] Akira**
*Just in time after all.*
**[13:09] Rin**
I called him just like Akira asked...
**[13:12] Rin**
I hope it worked out.
**[13:14] (Flashback) Rin**
I found Akira Shiroyanagi,
the one you're after.
**[13:18] Kirisaki**
*Akira?*
**[13:19] (Flashback) Akira**
Kirisaki.
**[13:20] (Flashback) Akira**
If you really want to kill me,
**[13:22] (Flashback) Akira**
let's have a one-on-one duel.
**[13:24] Rin**
*His location is...*
**[13:24] Akira**
My location is...
**[13:27] Akira**
*This was my Plan B.*
**[13:29] Akira**
* You'll be my partner while*
* Yuuri is gone, Kirisaki.*
***SIGN*** <>
Mr. Masakado Rindou
Your ability is
"The ability to turn a stick into a sword
that can cut through anything."
**[13:35] Akira**
Kirisaki, his ability is—
**[13:37] Kirisaki**
Same as mine, right?
**[13:39] Kirisaki**
The bastard blocked my
knives with his sword.
**[13:43] Kirisaki**
The only things my blades can't cut are
blades made with the same ability.
**[13:47] Akira**
That saves us some time.
**[13:49] Akira**
My plan is—
**[13:50] Kirisaki**
Skip it. I know more about
my ability than you.
**[13:53] Kirisaki**
You follow me.
**[13:54] Akira**
You?
**[13:55] Kirisaki**
Duck!
**[13:59] Rindo**
So close!
**[14:01] Akira**
What was that?
**[14:03] Kirisaki**
No idea!
**[14:04] Kirisaki**
Guess it's not the same ability after all?
**[14:06] Rindo**
Let's keep it going!
**[14:11] Akira**
Kirisaki!
**[14:12] Akira**
Let's withdraw for now!
**[14:23] Kirisaki**
What the hell is his ability?!
**[14:25] Akira**
Hush!
**[14:26] Akira**
Keep your voice down!
**[14:27] Akira**
He definitely has the same ability as you.
**[14:30] Akira**
I have a source on that...
**[14:31] Kirisaki**
It's just turnin' a stick into a
sword that can cut through anythin'!
**[14:34] Kirisaki**
Does it do more than that?
**[14:36] Akira**
Most likely.
**[14:37] Akira**
Something only he knows.
**[14:39] Akira**
Your knife pierced my cannon,
**[14:41] Akira**
but his attack didn't.
**[14:44] Akira**
That makes me think
**[14:45] Akira**
it's not us he's cutting through.
**[14:48] Akira**
It's something else.
**[14:49] Kirisaki**
Something else?
**[14:51] Akira**
And whatever it is, that's creating
those invisible slashes.
**[14:54] Kirisaki**
*A sword that can cut through anything...*
**[14:56] Kirisaki**
But his ability's still
the same as mine, right?
**[15:01] Kirisaki**
As long as I know that, I'll be fine.
**[15:03] Akira**
You're sure?
**[15:05] Kirisaki**
Four steps.
**[15:06] Kirisaki**
If you'll help me, I can
nail him in four steps.
**[15:11] Rindo**
Did they run away?
**[15:13] Rindo**
No, they'll be back...
**[15:19] Rindo**
Naïve fool!
**[15:23] Kirisaki**
You can't use that move when I'm this close!
**[15:27] Kirisaki**
*He's damn good!*
**[15:34] Rindo**
Where is Akira Shiroyanagi?
**[15:40] Kirisaki**
Go, Akira!
**[15:48] Rindo**
Four steps after all!
**[15:52] Kirisaki**
Akira!
**[15:53] Rindo**
The ambush, the close combat...
**[15:55] Rindo**
If the distraction was the third move,
**[15:57] Rindo**
the real attack would be the fourth.
**[15:59] Rindo**
A cannon blast from my blind spot...
**[16:01] Rindo**
All just as I predicted it!
**[16:05] Akira**
It was five steps, wasn't it, Kirisaki?
**[16:11] Both**
*The splinters!*
**[16:30] Kirisaki**
* He fired the cannon twice*
* to blast the tree away...*
**[16:35] Kirisaki**
*He predicted everything!*
**[16:37] Akira**
Interesting.
**[16:38] Akira**
We might make a good team after all.
**[16:43] Renka**
Renka's army has purged the cannon fodder!
**[16:51] Mari**
The...
**[16:53] Mari**
The last of my... power...
**[17:07] Mari**
Good luck... everyone.
**[17:25] Renka**
How dare you harm sweet li'l Renka!
**[17:29] Renka**
Killing's too good for you.
**[17:31] Renka**
I'll rip you to shreds and
make an example outta you!
**[17:37] Renka**
You...
**[17:39] Renka**
How long you been there?
**[17:41] Rin**
No "How can I help you"?
**[17:44] Renka**
I don't give a shit about helping you.
**[17:46] Renka**
What did you see?
**[17:47] Rin**
Your neck...
**[17:48] Rin**
Is your ability invincibility?
**[17:50] Rin**
Then the control of the fighters is—
**[17:52] Renka**
Shut up.
**[17:53] Renka**
From the first moment I met you,
**[17:55] Renka**
I really didn't like you.
**[17:58] Renka**
Time to die!
**[17:59] Rin**
But we're on the same side.
**[18:01] Renka**
Like I give a shit!
**[18:03] Renka**
I'll just tell everyone the Greens did it.
**[18:06] Rin**
Was that your plan?
**[18:09] Rin**
I was thinking the same thing myself.
**[18:14] Renka**
*Turning your hand into a blade?*
**[18:16] Renka**
*Never seen an ability like that before.*
**[18:19] Renka**
But you still can't beat me!
**[18:22] Renka**
What?!
**[18:34] Renka**
I thought you were a
slow-witted little bitch,
**[18:36] Renka**
but you're actually pretty speedy!
**[18:38] Rin**
I used to do hot yoga!
**[18:51] Renka**
What's the matter?
**[18:53] Renka**
I was hoping you'd put
up more of a struggle!
**[18:56] Rin**
No, I've had more than enough.
**[18:59] Renka**
Then prepare to—
**[19:00] Rin**
More than enough to finish you off.
**[19:02] Renka**
Huh?
**[19:07] Renka**
What in the world?!
**[19:16] Renka**
The blood...
**[19:18] Renka**
This bitch turns her blood into knives!
**[19:20] Rin**
Isn't that something?
**[19:22] Rin**
Even after all that, you're not dead!
**[19:24] Renka**
You stupid whore!
**[19:34] Renka**
No! Not that way!
**[19:36] Renka**
Stop her!
**[19:48] Rin**
*Found you.*
**[19:49] Renka**
No!
**[19:51] Rin**
You're the one controlling it all!
**[20:02] Renka**
How... dare you...
**[20:06] Rin**
Renka is not an invincible ability user.
**[20:09] Rin**
She's a puppet, just like
the tanks and helicopters.
**[20:13] Rin**
Then the real one must be...
**[20:16] Souta**
How... did you know?
**[20:18] Rin**
Well, it was just too bizarre!
**[20:21] Rin**
Invincibility in a death game?
**[20:24] Rin**
That didn't seem like the kind
of thing Mion would allow.
**[20:27] Rin**
So I thought there must
be someone behind her...
**[20:31] Rin**
Hiding in a safe space
sealed off by the tanks.
**[20:34] Rin**
And what about you?
**[20:35] Chaen**
I-I can make toys become real!
**[20:39] Chaen**
They took me as a slave.
**[20:40] Rin**
I see...
**[20:42] Rin**
And he was using you?
**[20:45] Chaen**
You're on our team, aren't you?
**[20:48] Chaen**
Why?
**[20:49] Rin**
Well, he clearly intended to kill me soon.
**[20:53] Rin**
I'd be in danger even if Red won.
**[20:56] Rin**
So I thought I'd kill him first!
**[20:58] Rin**
I've made a deal with Green, you see.
**[21:01] Rin**
If I killed one Red general,
**[21:03] Rin**
they'd attest to Mion that
I was a spy for Green.
**[21:09] Rin**
Now, whether Red or Green wins, I'll survive.
**[21:14] Rin**
To make it perfect...
**[21:17] Rin**
I just have to tie off one little loose end.
***SIGN*** <>
Ms. Rin Kashii
Your ability is
"The ability to make torture devices from bodily fluids."
**[21:24] Rin**
I've decided I'll survive no matter what.
**[21:27] Rin**
Red or Green... who will come out on top?
**[21:30] Rin**
Not that it matters to me either way.
***SIGN*** <>
Your ability is
"The ability to make torture
devices from bodily fluids."
***SIGN*** Mion and Yang's
Next Episode Preview!
**[23:10] Yang**
Mion and Yang's Next Episode Preview!
**[23:12] Yang**
Did you enjoy the ninth episode
of *Battle Game in 5 Seconds*?
**[23:15] Yang**
Oh, you're asleep again!
**[23:17] Mion**
Thank you for everything, Yang.
**[23:19] Yang**
Wait, are you dreaming about me?
**[23:21] Mion**
Sorry for always interrupting
the next episode preview.
**[23:23] Yang**
Aw, she actually felt bad. It's okay!
**[23:25] Mion**
I'm also sorry for selling
your underwear online.
**[23:28] Yang**
If you've seen the errors of your
ways, it's... wait, you did what?
**[23:31] Yang**
Mion, you're actually awake, aren't you?!
**[23:33] Mion**
Nope, I'm totally asleep. See you next time.
**[23:36] Yang**
You won't get away with this!
**[23:37] Yang**
Look me in the eyes and explain, Mion!