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10 - The Three Cheats the God Brings Forth

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[00:05] Gremoire
    This Elements changes form based on the
    heart of the human that challenges me.
[00:11] Gremoire
    This is the first time the Casino
    of the Gods has been projected.
[00:16] Fay
    Are you Gremoire?
[00:18] Gremoire
    Correct. As soon as a human arrives,
    I analyze them physically, mentally,
[00:23] Gremoire
    as well as their Arise, but I couldn't
    get enough information from you.
[00:29] Fay
    I'm pretty surprised by your appearance.
[00:32] Gremoire
    I chose this form from one of the
    humans I recently transformed into.
[00:36] Gremoire
    Now, then. The game is The Three Cheats.
[00:40] Gremoire
    Coin flip.
SIGN    Coin Flip
[00:43] Gremoire
    Poker.
SIGN    Poker
[00:45] Gremoire
    Old maid. I'm going to win
    in all of these games.
SIGN    Old Maid
[00:52] Fay
    So you're going to cheat.
[00:55] Gremoire
    Yes. To win, you'll have to see
    through my Cheat of Certain Victory.
[01:00] Gremoire
    Oh, and here is a very important promise.
[01:02] Gremoire
    I will only use one kind of cheat.
[01:07] Fay
    Oh? That sounds interesting.
[01:09] Gremoire
    I'm going to tell your friends
    my cheat before we start.
[01:14] Gremoire
    If we're all satisfied
    with that, let us begin.
[01:18] Leshea
    Well, you seem confident.
    Fine, let's hear it.
[01:26] Gremoire
    My cheat is...
[01:32] Pearl
    H-Hey!
[01:32] Nel
    W-Wait, wait!
[01:33] Leshea
    What the heck?!
[01:36] Leshea
    That's great. We believe in Fay, right?
[01:39] Pearl
    I'm sure he'll see through it.
[01:41] Nel
    I believe in you.
[01:44] Leshea
    So, yeah. Do your best.
[01:46] Gremoire
    Can you see through the three cheats
    this god is going to bring forth?
[01:53] Fay
    I'm in.
SIGN    Gods' Games We Play
SIGN    Gods' Games We Play
SIGN    The Three Cheats the God Brings Forth
SIGN    The Three
    Cheats
SIGN    Victory
    Condition
SIGN    See
    through
    the
    Cheat
    of
    Certain
     Victory
SIGN    Loss
    Condition
SIGN    Player is
    unable
    to see
    through
    the
    god's
    cheat
[03:38] Gremoire
    All right. Let us begin our
    first game, the coin flip.
[03:43] Gremoire
    Choose your coin.
[03:45] Fay
    All right. I choose the
    black and white coin.
[03:55] Fay
    Am I tossing the coin, or are you?
[03:58] Gremoire
    To be fair, I'm going to have your friends
    be the dealer in all three games.
[04:03] Gremoire
    You're first.
[04:07] Nel
    I really don't want to do this, but
    all right. I will be the dealer.
[04:15] Fay
    What are you doing?
[04:16] Nel
    I'm supposed to toss the coin/chip.
[04:18] Nel
    I can toss it better by kicking it.
[04:21] Nel
    My Arise involves my legs, so
    I'm always practicing my kicks.
[04:25] Fay
    I see.
[04:27] Nel
    Master Fay's face, the white
    side, is heads. Black is tails.
[04:31] Nel
    We'll go in this order.
[04:32] Nel
    I'll kick the coin into the air.
SIGN    ①Kick the coin into the air.
SIGN    ②While the coin is in the air, call heads or tails.
[04:34] Nel
    While the coin is in the air,
    you'll call heads or tails, Master Fay.
SIGN    ③After it's called, kick it up once more for
    fairness.
[04:39] Nel
    After you call it, I will kick
    it up one more time to be fair.
[04:43] Nel
    When it hits the ground,
    that'll be the result.
[04:46] Nel
    Okay, here we go, Master Fay.
[04:52] Fay
    She won't be able to do any blatant trick
    to the coin once it's up in the air,
[04:55] Fay
    and I get to call heads or tails.
[04:58] Fay
    So the cheat must be to not let me
    choose heads or tails correctly.
[05:04] Fay
    Heads.
[05:11] Nel
    It's tails. I'm sorry, Master Fay.
[05:14] Fay
    You don't need to apologize, Nel.
[05:16] Fay
    I didn't notice any unnatural movements.
[05:19] Fay
    Considering my one-in-two odds,
[05:20] Fay
    it looks like I coincidentally lost...
[05:22] Fay
    but the Cheat of Certain Victory exists.
[05:26] Fay
    Okay, let's move on to the next game.
[05:29] Gremoire
    Well, aren't you in a
    hurry... Are you panicking?
[05:33] Fay
    Well, Chief Secretary Miranda
    is awaiting our return.
[05:37] Gremoire
    All right. In this game of poker,
    we won't be using any coins.
[05:41] Gremoire
    We'll be able to swap cards just once
    from the original hand we're dealt.
[05:45] Gremoire
    Then we'll determine a winner.
[05:47] Fay
    So it'll be completely based on luck.
[05:49] Gremoire
    You mean Certain Victory. That's
    the name of the cheat, after all.
[05:52] Gremoire
    The dealer will be...
[05:53] Leshea
    Me!
[05:57] Leshea
    Looks like all the cards are here. Doesn't
    look like any of the cards are tagged, either.
[06:02] Fay
    She's using the same
    cheat in all three games.
[06:05] Fay
    If there was a trick to
    the coin in the last game,
[06:07] Fay
    that means this game, the cards
    will have the same trick.
[06:09] Fay
    But considering Leshea
    hasn't spotted anything,
[06:12] Fay
    the possibility that the god's power
    has influenced the cards is low.
[06:19] Fay
    Two pairs... and one of them is
    of the highest card, the ace.
[06:23] Fay
    If I swap out this seven and
    happen to get an eight or an ace,
[06:26] Fay
    I'll almost certify my
    victory with a full house.
[06:30] Gremoire
    How's your hand? I hope
    you got good cards.
[06:34] Fay
    Who gets to swap out their cards first?
[06:37] Gremoire
    Either one of us.
[06:38] Fay
    Then I'll swap mine out first.
[06:41] Fay
    I'm swapping out my hand.
[06:43] Nel
    Wh-What are you doing, Master Fay?
[06:45] Pearl
    Yeah! I mean... didn't
    you have two pairs?
[06:49] Fay
    If I only swapped out one card, the rest
    of that deck would be available to the god.
[06:54] Fay
    I'm swapping out all my cards
    to see if the cheat is there.
[06:58] Leshea
    Okay, I'm dealing you your cards.
[07:03] Fay
    One pair.
[07:04] Fay
    There was no obvious bias in the deck.
[07:07] Fay
    Are you swapping any cards?
[07:11] Gremoire
    A straight flush.
[07:13] Fay
    This is too blatant.
[07:15] Fay
    All right,
[07:16] Fay
    I need to figure out the cheat that she
    used in both the coin flip and poker.
[07:20] Fay
    Did she somehow control the coin itself?
[07:22] Fay
    No, that wouldn't explain the straight flush.
[07:26] Gremoire
    Let us proceed to the final game, old maid.
[07:31] Leshea
    Okay, off you go!
[07:40] Pearl
    I'm too nervous!
[07:42] Fay
    It doesn't look like there are any tricks
    on either side of any of the cards.
[07:45] Pearl
    The hands are huge at 27 and 26 cards, but
    please move your pairs off to the side.
[07:52] Fay
    Twenty-seven...
[07:54] Fay
    So I get an extra card.
[08:05] Gremoire
    Since you have more cards,
    I'll let you choose our order.
[08:11] Fay
    The end card on my left.
[08:16] Gremoire
    All right, it's my turn.
    By the way, human...
[08:20] Pearl
    Yes?!
[08:21] Gremoire
    Why are you trying to leave?
[08:23] Gremoire
    You want this human to win, don't
    you? I'll do you a huge favor.
[08:28] Gremoire
    You can stand right behind me
    to ensure that I don't cheat.
[08:31] Pearl
    Huh?!
[08:33] Fay
    What brought this on?
[08:35] Gremoire
    It's my style to choose games that are fair.
[08:38] Gremoire
    Do any of my cards seem out of the ordinary?
[08:42] Pearl
    No. I don't see anything
    wrong with the cards.
[08:46] Gremoire
    It's my turn to pick a card, isn't it?
[08:49] Fay
    Well, this was unexpected.
[08:52] Fay
    I thought her cheat might be to
    avoid my joker completely but...
[08:55] Fay
    Is this coincidence, or did
    she purposely choose it?
[08:58] Gremoire
    As you know, I now have the joker.
    Now, it's your turn to pick.
[09:03] Fay
    Okay, the left.
[09:07] Gremoire
    Now, it's my turn.
[09:13] Fay
    I totally have the advantage.
[09:15] Fay
    If I get a three or a nine here, I win.
    The chances of me winning are 66.6%.
[09:20] Fay
    As long as I don't pull the joker...
[09:24] Fay
    I'll take the right.
[09:29] Fay
    Did she make me pull it? Unless
    she's using precognition,
[09:32] Fay
    she wouldn't have been
    able to place it there.
[09:33] Fay
    But that wouldn't give her certain
    victory in the coin flip or poker.
[09:38] Gremoire
    I'll also choose the right.
[09:42] Gremoire
    All right. Next, you'll
    take this card, and I win.
[09:47] Gremoire
    As promised, I won all three games.
[09:51] Gremoire
    Now, tell me your answer.
[09:54] Gremoire
    Tell me what my cheat is.
[09:58] Fay
    I'm dealing with a god.
[10:01] Fay
    She can do anything.
[10:06] (Flashback) Pearl
    H-Hey!
[10:07] (Flashback) Leshea
    What the heck?!
[10:09] Fay
    But would these three agree to a cheat
    that's impossible for a human to deal with?
[10:14] Fay
    There's one other thing... the
    strangeness I felt during old maid.
[10:21] Fay
    The god didn't see through my joker.
[10:24] Fay
    This cheat should be solid, but in
    that moment, she showed her weakness.
[10:28] Fay
    Remember everything that
    happened in that game.
[10:41] Fay
    Let's play one more time.
[10:43] Fay
    I'll get my revenge in old maid.
[10:45] Fay
    Pearl, deal us the cards one more time.
[10:48] Gremoire
    If you're trying to buy some time because
    you were unable to see through the cheat...
[10:52] Fay
    No.
[10:53] Fay
    I'm going to break through your
    Certain Victory in this next game.
SIGN    Gods' Games We Play
[11:04] Fay
    Do you mind if I go first again
    since I have more cards?
[11:08] Gremoire
    Go right ahead.
[11:09] Fay
    The very left.
[11:14] Gremoire
    The second from the right.
[11:22] Gremoire
    What's the matter?
[11:24] Gremoire
    You're staring so hard.
[11:27] Fay
    The right.
[11:31] Gremoire
    Then I choose this one.
[11:36] Gremoire
    Oh, that's too bad.
[11:38] Gremoire
    Do you think you're lucky?
[11:40] Gremoire
    If you take my five, it
    looks like you might win,
[11:44] Gremoire
    but the result will be the
    same as the last game.
[11:48] Gremoire
    You'll be drawing the joker.
[11:50] Fay
    No, your Certain Victory's been shattered.
[11:54] Fay
    It's time to review our answers.
[11:56] Fay
    Right!
[12:00] Gremoire
    My cheat is still in effect. You should've
    chosen the joker no matter what!
[12:05] Pearl
    Fay.
[12:06] Fay
    That must've been rough.
[12:09] Fay
    The cheat is based on our accomplices.
    The ones we had on our side.
[12:15] Fay
    This was a game of four versus
    one. But you weren't the one.
[12:19] Fay
    I was the one.
[12:21] Fay
    Right, Leshea?
[12:22] Leshea
    Yup! I knew you'd figure it out.
[12:26] Leshea
    Were Nel and Pearl that obvious?
[12:28] Pearl
    Th-This wasn't my fault.
[12:31] Gremoire
    How did you figure it out?
[12:33] Fay
    You drew the joker.
[12:35] Fay
    At that point, I was able to figure out
[12:37] Fay
    that the only way you'd achieve certain
    victory is by having me draw the joker.
[12:41] Fay
    Which means, this cheat only works
    when the joker is in the god's hands.
[12:46] Leshea
    In other words, the god
    can't cheat with Fay's hand.
[12:50] Fay
    Yeah. And this is where the other
    strangeness I felt became the key.
[12:55] Fay
    Pearl, why did I get 27 cards?
[12:58] Pearl
    Huh?
[12:59] (Flashback) Pearl
    The hands are huge at 27 and 26 cards...
[13:03] Fay
    I had the extra card, making my hand 27.
[13:07] Fay
    Both times, I should've been at
    a disadvantage with that hand.
[13:11] Fay
    That's the first time I doubted
    my friends and realized...
[13:15] Fay
    Pearl was standing behind
    the god the whole time.
[13:18] Fay
    Yes... to make it look like she was
    just keeping an eye on the cards.
[13:21] Fay
    But it was for the sake of
    using an Arise to switch cards.
[13:24] Fay
    As soon as I drew the card, it got swapped
    out with the joker with Shift Change.
[13:29] Fay
    If my hypothesis goes as
    planned, the rest is easy.
[13:32] Fay
    In the coin flip and poker, the ones
    who were cheating were Nel and Leshea.
[13:36] Fay
    But I'm impressed.
[13:38] Fay
    You were already hinting at the trick
    from the beginning in your explanation.
[13:43] (Flashback) Gremoire
    As soon as a human arrives,
[13:45] (Flashback) Gremoire
    I analyze them physically, mentally,
    as well as their Arise...
[13:50] Fay
    You already knew about Pearl
    and Nel's abilities...
[13:53] Fay
    So you told them to help you cheat back then.
[13:57] Nel
    I'm so sorry. This cheat is outrageous,
    but I used my Arise to control the flip.
[14:05] Fay
    Yeah. At that moment, Nel
    used her Moment Reversal,
[14:09] Fay
    to make sure the coin
    would come up tails.
[14:12] Nel
    I-I'm so sorry.
[14:14] Fay
    Leshea's doesn't need explanation
    so we can skim past it.
[14:17] Leshea
    Why though?!
[14:18] Fay
    I mean, there's nothing
    actually behind the poker game.
[14:20] Fay
    You were the one dealing
    the cards, right?
[14:23] Leshea
    I can get a straight flush on my first
    hand in poker even with my eyes closed!
[14:28] Fay
    Well, Gremoire?
[14:29] Gremoire
    That final game of old maid
    is not sitting well with me.
[14:32] Gremoire
    Even if you saw through the cheat, it
    should've been impossible for you to win.
[14:37] Fay
    Of course. Normally, you wouldn't be
    able to stop Pearl's Shift Change.
[14:43] Gremoire
    You broke the rules?
[14:44] Gremoire
    You purposely didn't use
    your Arise, didn't you?
[14:47] Fay
    No. She couldn't activate it.
[14:49] Gremoire
    What?
[14:51] (Flashback) Pearl
    I can't usually swap things unless
     I've touched them in the last three minutes.
[14:55] Fay
    It'd been three minutes
    since she dealt the cards.
[14:58] Fay
    Therefore, she couldn't
    activate her Shift Change.
[15:02] Pearl
    Yes, that's correct.
[15:05] Gremoire
    You were buying time.
[15:06] Gremoire
    Her watching over me was a bluff.
[15:08] Gremoire
    But then, we were on even ground.
[15:10] Gremoire
    So you were only able to
    draw that five by pure luck.
[15:13] Fay
    Not exactly.
[15:14] Fay
    You didn't change the position
    of your joker, did you?
[15:19] Fay
    Normally, you'd shuffle
    if you got the joker,
[15:22] Fay
    but you didn't.
[15:26] Fay
    Because you overestimated her Shift Change.
[15:33] Gremoire
    I'm surprised. I lose.
[15:36] Gremoire
    Here's the prize I promised you.
[15:40] Nel
    Huh?
[15:44] Gremoire
    Okay, all done.
[15:47] Nel
    D-Does this mean I made
    my comeback to the games?
[15:51] Gremoire
    There's one more answer I'd like to review.
[15:54] Gremoire
    You said this was "all according to plan,"
[15:57] Gremoire
    and you were certain you'd
    win no matter how it went.
[16:01] Fay
    Everyone, put up your right hands.
[16:07] Gremoire
    You all have the same number?
[16:08] Fay
    Yeah. We adjusted our victories.
[16:12] Fay
    We made it so we all had three victories.
[16:15] Gremoire
    Why would you do that?
[16:17] Fay
    I want my whole team to get ten
    victories at the same time.
[16:20] Fay
    We're a team, so we have the same goal.
[16:22] Leshea
    If Nel won, it would've been a bonus.
[16:24] Fay
    Even if she lost, we were
    able to get enough victories.
[16:29] Gremoire
    I see. This was fun.
[16:32] Gremoire
    I'm all for you Clearing the gods'
    games, but come see me again sometime.
SIGN    VS
    The Polymorphic
     God Gremoire
SIGN    After playing for
    27 minutes and
    1 second and
    achieving victory,
    Nel's 3 losses
    disappeared
SIGN    Comeback
    achieved
[16:46] Pearl
    Congrats on your comeback!
[16:48] Nel
    Th-Thank you...
[16:51] Leshea
    Board games are best played
    with four players.
[16:55] Leshea
    It's the perfect number.
[16:56] Pearl
    Eating our meals together with the four of us
[16:58] Pearl
    will make us feel even more like a team, too.
[17:01] Nel
    I'm glad that you're welcoming
    me, but Master Fay,
[17:03] Nel
    don't you need to contact
    the chief secretary?
[17:06] Fay
    She seems a bit busy.
[17:08] Pearl
    That just won't do! We have
    to report that Nel's back!
[17:11] Leshea
    Oh, yeah. She actually contacted me because
    she had something urgent to tell us.
SIGN    In a meeting
[17:18] Leshea
    Miranda, you need to tell
    us something, don't you?
[17:22] Subordinate
    It's here, Chief Secretary. The
    request from the control department.
[17:25] Leshea
    Let's go in.
[17:29] Miranda
    You four...
[17:31] Miranda
    This is bad.
SIGN    Urgent Matter: Escape the
    Labyrinth of No Return
SIGN    209 dived globally
SIGN    Zero apostles returned
[17:33] Miranda
    Over 200 apostles were forcefully
    gathered into a giant labyrinth,
[17:38] Miranda
    and even after 57 hours,
    none of them have returned.
[17:41] Fay
    You mean it's impossible to return?
[17:43] Miranda
    That's why HQ immediately
    put together a rescue squad.
[17:48] Miranda
    From the Ruin branch, your
    team's been chosen, Fay.
[17:51] Pearl
    Once you lose, you usually come
    back to the real world, don't you?
[17:56] Miranda
    Apparently in this game, you can
    challenge over and over again.
[18:00] Pearl
    Huh?
[18:01] Miranda
    You can keep dying, but you'll have
    to start from the beginning each time.
[18:05] Miranda
    Meaning, you have to start
    at the respawn point.
[18:08] Nel
    But doesn't that method certify
    that the human side will win?
[18:12] Nel
    If you can keep retrying, you'll be
    able to leave that labyrinth someday.
[18:15] Miranda
    This infinite respawn isn't a
    privilege. It's an obligation.
[18:20] Fay
    So you're saying that until they
    clear this incredibly difficult game,
[18:23] Fay
    they can't return to the real world.
[18:25] Miranda
    There are two ways to rescue them.
[18:27] Miranda
    The first is to clear the game.
[18:29] Miranda
    The second is to find a certain
    save item in the labyrinth.
[18:34] Miranda
    Everyone who disappeared
[18:35] Miranda
    hasn't been able to do that, so
    they haven't been able to return.
[18:38] Fay
    That's interesting. This is completely
    different from all the games we've played.
[18:42] Miranda
    You mean the infinite respawn?
[18:44] Fay
    No. I mean the forced participation
    from people around the world.
[18:49] Leshea
    That’s true. I don't remember there
    ever being a game where apostles
[18:52] Leshea
    from all around the world were
    forced into a single game.
[18:55] Fay
    I want to find out what this god is after.
[18:58] Fay
    If we don't, there's a possibility
[19:00] Fay
    these games where people are forced
    to play might keep happening.
[19:03] Miranda
    Anyway, the first priority
    is to find this save item.
[19:08] Miranda
    We need to save the ones
    stranded in that game first.
[19:10] Fay
    Right.
SIGN    VS ??????? (God)
SIGN    Escape-the-
    Labyrinth
    Game
SIGN    Victory
    Condition
SIGN    To defeat the
    final boss deep
    within the
    labyrinth
[19:13] Leshea
    We don't have all the details, right?
[19:16] Leshea
    I'm excited to see how giant this labyrinth is.
SIGN    Loss
    Condition
SIGN    None (But
    the players
    will also not
    be allowed
    to retire)
[19:19] Nel
    A game of no return... Does that mean we'll also...
SIGN    Additional
    Rule
SIGN    There is a
    save item
    that allows
    players to
    return to the
    real world
[19:22] Pearl
    W-We'll definitely make it back alive!
[19:26] Miranda
    This is unlike anything we've faced before.
[19:28] Miranda
    Fay, I'm sorry to have you do this
    right after facing the Bookmaker.
[19:32] Fay
    I'm just going to do what I usually do.
[19:34] Fay
    I'm going to play a game with a god.
[19:46] Fay
    The difficulty setting...
    PMD means "player must die."
SIGN    Please choose your
    difficulty setting for
    the dungeon
SIGN    ①Almost Merciful ②PMD
SIGN    PMD
    Player must die
[19:51] Pearl
    Sorry, what?
[19:52] Fay
    You might as well die. Meaning we have to
    choose between an almost-merciful easy mode
[19:57] Fay
    or an ultra-hard mode that'll try to kill us.
[20:00] Pearl
    That's a bit too extreme!
    Obviously, I choose this one.
[20:04] Nel
    Me too!
[20:07] Pearl
    Wait, what are you doing?!
[20:10] Fay
    I'm definitely picking this one.
[20:12] Leshea
    Yup, yup.
[20:13] Pearl
    But we might not be able to
    return to the real world!
[20:16] Fay
    The ending might change
    depending on the difficulty.
[20:19] Nel and Pearl
    What?!
[20:19] Fay
    There's a possibility that the only way
[20:22] Fay
    to get back to the real
    world is in hard mode.
[20:25] Fay
    So I want to find out.
[20:27] Meep
    You have chosen your difficulty.
[20:30] Meep
    Welcome to your adventure.
[20:32] Meep
    Let us begin this epic
    exploration of the labyrinth.
[20:36] Pearl
    Huh? What's this number?
[20:39] Nel
    It instantly disappeared. Does it
    show the number of our respawns?
[20:56] Nel
    It's so peaceful. Are we
    really inside the labyrinth?
[21:00] Pearl
    No, we can't let our guard down!
[21:02] Pearl
    I'm sure it just looks peaceful,
    but there're traps everywhere!
[21:09] Pearl
    It would be so much fun to
    have lunch under those trees!
[21:13] Pearl
    I should've brought some sandwiches with me.
[21:16] Leshea
    You already let your guard down.
[21:18] Pearl
    But it really is peaceful!
[21:21] Fay
    Well... we have a long road ahead of us,
[21:23] Fay
    so it wouldn't hurt to take a short
    break to plan out our strategy.
[21:26] Pearl
    I agree!
[21:29] Pearl
    Wow, what a yummy looking apple!
[21:32] Nel
    Is it an apple? I guess it would
    be too big to be a cherry.
[21:36] Pearl
    Who cares about the small details?
[21:38] Pearl
    Considering how red it is, it's
    definitely going to be sweet and yummy!
[21:42] Fay
    Look out!
[21:48] Meep
    Respawn.
[21:52] Leshea
    Pearl...
[21:53] Pearl
    That was somehow my fault?!
[21:55] Nel
    I see... so that's how this game works.
[21:58] Fay
    This is definitely gonna take a while.
[22:04] Gremoire
    Aw... I'm going to be bored again.
[22:07] Gremoire
    I wonder how many decades it'll
    be until the next human shows up.
[22:15] Gremoire
    Well, this is a rather rare guest.
[22:18] Gremoire
    You're always cooped up in your own world.
[22:22] Gremoire
    What brought this on, Uroboros?
[22:26] Uroboros
    Where'd the humans from earlier go?