E9 - The Committee to Conquer Steel Lady Nanase

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[00:04] Kotoko
    I will stop at nothing to win.
[00:07] Kotoko
    I will put everything I have into these lies.
[00:10] Kotoko
    The committee to conquer Steel
    Lady Nanase is now in session!
SIGN    Does Steel Lady Nanase truly exist?
[01:53] Kotoko
    Does Steel Lady Nanase truly exist?
[01:56] Kotoko
    Or is she a fictional being
    existing only in rumors,
[01:59] Kotoko
    who was created by
    someone for some reason?
[02:02] Kotoko
    Isn't she just an urban legend?
SIGN    Name: kuebiko 09/04 22:15 ID.Mmimn
    Does Steel Lady Nanase truly exist?
    Or is she a fictional being existing only in rumors,
    who was created by someone for some reason?
     Isn't she just an urban legend?
[02:08] Kotoko
    Saki-san.
[02:09] Kotoko
    Please let me know if there is any
    significant change with Kuro-senpai.
[02:13] Saki
    All right. For now, he's managing to
    defend himself against Steel Lady Nanase
[02:17] Saki
    without getting killed.
[02:20] Kotoko
    Until yesterday, all the talk
    about Steel Lady Nanase was
[02:22] Kotoko
    "Someone told me they saw her," or
    "Someone told me they were attacked."
[02:28] Kotoko
    But today, there's been a big change.
[02:32] Kotoko
    There was an incident where
    a detective named Terada was
[02:35] Kotoko
    killed by someone believed
    to be Steel Lady Nanase.
[02:39] Kotoko
    The location is Makurazaka City.
    The time was the middle of the night.
[02:42] Kotoko
    Despite getting his face smashed in,
[02:45] Kotoko
    there were no signs that
    the detective resisted.
SIGN    Active Duty Detective Found Dead
SIGN    The victim, Sergeant Terada Tokunosuke
[02:48] Kotoko
    The cause of death that was
    announced was the blow to his face.
[02:52] Kotoko
    So, yes, unless something
    like Steel Lady Nanase
[02:55] Kotoko
    had hit him in the face
    with a steel beam,
[02:58] Kotoko
    it's hard to believe anyone
    would die like that.
SIGN    Name: kuebiko 09/04 22:16 ID.Mmimn43
     The location is Makurazaka City. The time was the middle of the night. Despite getting his face smashed in, there were no signs that the detective resisted. The cause of death that was announced was the blow to his face.
    Despite the fact that this detective named Terada was big and had judo training, he was easily killed. So, yes, unless something like Steel Lady Nanase had hit him in the face with a steel beam, it's hard to believe anyone would die like that.
SIGN    The location is Makurazaka City. The time was the middle of the night. Despite getting his face smashed in, there were no signs that the detective resisted. The cause of death that was announced was the blow to his face.
    
    Despite the fact that this detective named Terada was big and had judo training, he was easily killed. So yes, unless something like Steel Lady Nanase had hit him in the face with a steel beam, it's hard to believe anyone would die like that.
SIGN    Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:18 Id.mvtg
    But that just means Steel Lady Nanase
    was responsible for that incident, right?
[03:11] Kotoko
    No.
[03:12] Kotoko
    That's what the killer wanted you to believe.
[03:18] Kotoko
    That's exactly why the killer
    needed Steel Lady Nanase.
[03:24] Kotoko
    In order to murder Detective Terada,
    the killer created
[03:28] Kotoko
    an urban legend called Steel Lady Nanase.
[03:32] Kotoko
    They made up a ghost that has no way
[03:34] Kotoko
    of actually existing.
[03:39] Kotoko
    Now... Let's see how many will latch on.
[03:54] Kotoko
    Detective Terada was very good at his job.
[03:58] Kotoko
    He always kept his eye on
    the changes within the city,
[04:01] Kotoko
    so he sensed when a crime
    was going to happen,
[04:04] Kotoko
    and he wanted to take action
    before the incident got out of hand.
[04:07] Kotoko
    He was an excellent detective.
[04:09] Kotoko
    That's what the killer
    tried to take advantage of.
[04:13] Kotoko
    There was an urban legend
    from Makurazaka City
[04:15] Kotoko
    going around in a small
    community on the Internet.
SIGN    Steel Lady Nanase Wiki
[04:17] Kotoko
    By taking advantage of the
    monster, Steel Lady Nanase,
[04:20] Kotoko
    they were able to commit the actual
    crimes and attempted crimes
[04:23] Kotoko
    one after another.
[04:26] Kotoko
    The killer dressed up the way
    Steel Lady Nanase was perceived
[04:29] Kotoko
    and attacked people night after night.
[04:32] Kotoko
    They made their steel beam
    from either wood or Styrofoam,
[04:35] Kotoko
    and padded their chest
    to attract attention.
[04:38] Kotoko
    With black paint on part of their face,
[04:40] Kotoko
    it would probably look smashed
    in when seen at night.
[04:43] Kotoko
    Then there's the large bow in their hair.
[04:45] Kotoko
    Witnesses wouldn't have
    time to confirm it all,
[04:47] Kotoko
    so they'll think her face had been smashed in.
[04:51] Saki
    Is that actually believable?
[04:52] Kotoko
    It may not be.
[04:54] Kotoko
    This is a lie, after all.
[04:56] Kotoko
    It just needs to be somewhat believable.
SIGN    Name: kuebiko 09/04 22:25 ID.Mmimn4
    With black paint on part of their face, it would probably look smashed in when seen at night. Then there's the large bow in their hair. Witnesses wouldn't have time to confirm it all, so they'll think her face had been smashed in.
SIGN    Name: kuebiko 09/04 22:25 ID.Mmimn43
     And then the killer waited for statements like "I was attacked by Steel Lady Nanase" to spread, not just as a rumor, but in reports taken to the police.
[05:01] Kotoko
    And then the killer waited for statements like
[05:04] Kotoko
    "I was attacked by Steel Lady Nanase" to spread,
[05:06] Kotoko
    not just as a rumor,
    but in reports taken to the police.
[05:09] Kotoko
    But the police didn't immediately
    take this seriously.
[05:12] Kotoko
    And I'm sure many victims had second
    thoughts about turning in a police report.
[05:16] Kotoko
    But if incidents like that start
    occurring all over the city,
[05:20] Kotoko
    wouldn't a good detective think something
    was going on and take action?
[05:23] Terada
    Maybe someone is acting like
    a monster from an urban legend
[05:27] Terada
    named Steel Lady Nanase
    as part of some plot.
[05:30] Terada
    Given all the work they're putting into this,
    it can't be dismissed as a mere prank.
[05:34] Terada
    They might actually be planning some crime.
[05:37] Kotoko
    That thought crossed his mind,
[05:38] Kotoko
    so he began investigating
    the incident on his own.
SIGN    Traffic Safety
[05:41] Kotoko
    This is exactly what the killer wanted.
[05:44] Kotoko
    If Detective Terada started investigating
    Steel Lady Nanase on his own,
[05:48] Kotoko
    they'd be able to get the detective alone.
[05:52] Kotoko
    The killer was able to create a time frame
    where the detective would be on his own.
SIGN    Anonymous
[05:59] Anon
    Too long. I don't have time to read this.
SIGN    Anonymous
[06:01] Anon
    What are you basing this on?
SIGN    Anon
[06:03] Anon
    Steel Lady Nanase is real!
SIGN    Anonymous
SIGN    Anon
[06:05] Anon
    There's no logical explanation other
    than that it was really a ghost.
SIGN    Anonymous
SIGN    Nameless
[06:09] Anon
    Let's hear them out a little longer.
SIGN    Anonymous
[06:12] Anon
    I'm sure there are some people
    here who don't believe in ghosts.
[06:17] Kotoko
    And then the killer contacted
    Detective Terada.
[06:24] Terada
    What's up?
[06:25] Killer
    Terada-san!
[06:26] Killer
    I was just attacked by Steel Lady Nanase!
[06:29] Killer
    They ran off,
[06:31] Killer
    but they dropped their weapon and bow.
[06:34] Killer
    There are also some footprints left
    here, so I'd like you to come.
[06:37] Killer
    I'm not sure of everything yet,
    so I'd prefer if you came alone.
[06:41] Kotoko
    That's likely all it took
[06:43] Kotoko
    for Detective Terada to
    rush over there on his own.
[06:47] Kotoko
    And the place he was called to
    ended up being the scene of the crime,
[06:50] Kotoko
    the abandoned gas station.
[06:53] Saki
    If he was called like that,
[06:54] Saki
    Terada-san might've really gone to an
    abandoned gas station alone, but...
[06:59] Kotoko
    Before Detective Terada showed up,
[07:02] Kotoko
    the killer rigged a few things
    at the abandoned gas station.
[07:06] Kotoko
    They hung a huge pendulum from the roof,
[07:09] Kotoko
    attached a rope to the hook on the roof,
[07:12] Kotoko
    and tied a weight at the bottom.
[07:15] Kotoko
    The weight had to be heavy enough
[07:17] Kotoko
    that it could crack someone's
    head open with one swing.
[07:23] Kotoko
    And it needed to swing at
[07:25] Kotoko
    Detective Terada's height, which the
    killer had researched previously.
[07:31] Kotoko
    Once they had all that done,
[07:32] Kotoko
    the killer would keep the rope extended,
[07:35] Kotoko
    take the end of the pendulum
    that had the weight on it,
[07:37] Kotoko
    and set the weight on the other
    hook set up on the roof.
[07:43] Kotoko
    But this hook could be undone
    at any time by remote control.
[07:50] Kotoko
    Once that hook was undone...
[07:52] Kotoko
    the weight would come flying
    down at incredible speed.
[07:56] Saki
    This is so much work just to kill one person.
[08:02] Kotoko
    The killer would have Detective
    Terada stand in the spot
[08:05] Kotoko
    they had previously chosen.
[08:07] Kotoko
    It's not that difficult.
[08:09] Kotoko
    The killer was holding something
    of interest to Detective Terada.
[08:14] Kotoko
    If they waited with that in hand
    at the abandoned gas station,
[08:16] Kotoko
    Detective Terada would stop
    his car near the killer.
[08:20] Killer
    Here's the bow that she dropped.
[08:22] Killer
    And there are still footprints over there.
[08:26] Killer
    It's a bit dark, so I'll go on ahead
[08:28] Killer
    and turn on some lights
    so that you don't trip.
[08:30] Killer
    Please wait here.
[08:32] Terada
    Sure.
[08:33] Kotoko
    That's probably all it took to get
    Detective Terada to stand there.
[08:38] Kotoko
    At that moment, the killer undid the hook
    holding the weight by remote control.
[08:46] Kotoko
    The weight being held by the
    rope would act as a pendulum,
[08:50] Kotoko
    swing across the dark, abandoned gas station,
[08:52] Kotoko
    and split open Detective Terada's head
[08:54] Kotoko
    in a single blow, since he
    was standing in its path.
[08:57] Kotoko
    There were no homes near the scene,
    and cars rarely drove by,
[09:01] Kotoko
    so no one would've spotted
    the rigged pendulum easily.
[09:06] Kotoko
    Detective Terada wouldn't see
    the pendulum set up to kill him
[09:09] Kotoko
    until it was too late.
[09:13] Saki
    I see... This explains that mystery.
[09:17] Kotoko
    This is how a strong and outstanding detective
[09:20] Kotoko
    was killed so easily without a struggle.
[09:23] Kotoko
    There was no way he could predict that
[09:25] Kotoko
    he'd suddenly be attacked by a pendulum,
[09:27] Kotoko
    so he'd defenselessly get
    his head cracked open.
[09:31] Kotoko
    After murdering Detective Terada,
    the killer puts the setup away.
[09:35] Kotoko
    They remove any trace of them ever
    being there and then flee the scene.
[09:39] Kotoko
    All that's left after that is to
    burn the costume they used
[09:43] Kotoko
    as Steel Lady Nanase,
    along with the pendulum rig.
[09:48] Anon
    But the scene is right
    next to the expressway.
SIGN    Nameless
[09:50] Anon
    There's no telling when a car would pass by.
[09:52] Anon
    Wouldn't that make this whole convoluted
    setup for a murder kind of risky?
[09:57] Kotoko
    The killer had researched
    traffic in that area
[10:00] Kotoko
    and knew that very few cars pass
    by during the chosen time period.
[10:06] Kotoko
    They experimented with the pendulum
[10:07] Kotoko
    to determine where Detective
    Terada should stand
[10:09] Kotoko
    and researched everything months prior
    to ensure this setup would work.
[10:15] Anon
    The detective died after
    being struck in the face.
SIGN    Anon
[10:19] Anon
    Even if it was dark and hard to see,
[10:21] Anon
    would the killer really go to the
    trouble of rigging a pendulum
[10:24] Anon
    that would hit him in the face?
SIGN    Anon
[10:25] Anon
    If they were going to set this up,
    wouldn't they have the detective stand
SIGN    Anonymous
[10:29] Anon
    where the weight would
    strike him from behind?
[10:31] Anon
    If it was coming from the front,
[10:33] Anon
    he might see it and try to dodge
    or guard his face with his hands.
SIGN    Anon
[10:40] Kotoko
    Precisely. The killer's pendulum setup
[10:43] Kotoko
    was originally rigged so that the
    weight would strike the detective
[10:47] Kotoko
    from behind, so he wouldn't see it.
[10:49] Kotoko
    But Detective Terada noticed that something
    seemed to be coming toward him.
[10:54] Kotoko
    He may have been unarmed,
    but he was an outstanding detective.
[10:57] Kotoko
    He might've sensed the
    killer trying to kill him.
[11:01] Kotoko
    He might have even heard
    the hook being released.
[11:06] Kotoko
    That's why he instinctively
    turned that way.
[11:10] Kotoko
    But the weight was coming at high speed,
[11:13] Kotoko
    and it was dark. It was too late
    for him to dodge or guard his face.
[11:17] Kotoko
    That's why Detective Terada died by getting
    smacked in the face by the weapon.
[11:23] Saki
    You come up with these things so fast.
SIGN    Anon
[11:26] Anon
    So was the blow to his face accidental,
    or was it what the killer wanted?
[11:31] Kotoko
    It's hard to be certain
    one way or another.
[11:34] Kotoko
    For the killer to intentionally have
    Detective Terada hit in the face,
[11:37] Kotoko
    after dropping the weight
    with the remote,
[11:38] (Flashback) Killer
    Look!
[11:40] Kotoko
    they draw his attention
    toward something.
[11:43] Kotoko
    If the killer looked in a certain direction,
[11:46] Kotoko
    there's a good chance that Detective Terada
    would do the same and look that way.
SIGN    Anonymous
[11:50] Anon
    Wouldn't that method involve some risks?
[11:53] Kotoko
    Yes. In this case, there's a possibility
[11:54] Kotoko
    that Detective Terada's head would move
    away from the path of the weight.
[11:58] Kotoko
    That's one con, but the victim dying
    with a blow to the face is a pro.
[12:03] Kotoko
    It's hard to say which the killer chose.
[12:07] Kotoko
    What can be said is that the end result
    was indeed what the killer wanted.
SIGN    Anonymous
[12:12] Anon
    All right, I understand the trick.
SIGN    Anonymous
[12:15] Anon
    But you haven't explained
    one very important thing.
[12:17] Anon
    That's right.
[12:18] Anon
    Why did the killer bother
    going to all that trouble?
[12:22] Anon
    Not to mention, using the urban
    legend of Steel Lady Nanase itself
[12:26] Anon
    as a cover for murder is also a hassle.
[12:29] Anon
    Even if the detective was outstanding,
    they could've tried to poison him.
[12:34] Anon
    Rather than preparing Steel Lady
    Nanase's costume and a pendulum,
[12:37] Anon
    it's far easier to just obtain poison.
[12:40] Saki
    That's a good point. Why would
    they bother using that trick?
[12:44] Saki
    This lie isn't very persuasive.
[12:47] Kotoko
    The reason the killer
    went to so much trouble
[12:49] Kotoko
    is that if Detective Terada was killed,
[12:52] Kotoko
    they wanted to distance themselves from
    the investigation as much as possible.
[12:55] Kotoko
    If an able-bodied detective
    was killed out in the open
[12:58] Kotoko
    by being struck in the face,
[12:59] Kotoko
    the proposed description of the suspect
    would probably be very biased.
[13:04] Kotoko
    If they couldn't figure out the trick,
[13:05] Kotoko
    they'd suspect a male who had equal or more
    physical strength than Detective Terada,
[13:09] Kotoko
    and who was probably
    an acquaintance of his.
[13:13] Kotoko
    Meaning the killer is the exact
    opposite of this description.
[13:16] Kotoko
    They are weaker than Detective Terada
[13:18] Kotoko
    and could not hit him with that much force.
[13:21] Kotoko
    Someone it would seem unnatural for him
[13:23] Kotoko
    to be alone with in the middle of the night.
[13:26] Kotoko
    If they had killed him with poison,
[13:29] Kotoko
    it would seem like an obvious method
    for them to use to kill him.
[13:34] Kotoko
    Which means...
[13:35] Kotoko
    the killer is a woman!
SIGN    The Committee to Conquer Steel Lady Nanase
[13:48] Kotoko
    If the killer was a woman,
[13:50] Kotoko
    it would seem unlikely that she'd be
[13:52] Kotoko
    meeting a man in the middle of
    the night in such a secluded area
[13:54] Kotoko
    unless they were dating.
[13:57] Kotoko
    It also seems unlikely that
[13:58] Kotoko
    she'd be strong enough to kill him by smacking
    him in the face before he could retaliate.
[14:03] Kotoko
    Detective Terada was an
    acclaimed judo athlete.
[14:05] Kotoko
    There's no way he'd be
    easily killed by a woman.
[14:08] Cop 1
    Yeah.
[14:08] Kotoko
    That would allow the killer
    to escape the investigation.
[14:09] Cop 2
    I knew it.
[14:12] Kotoko
    That's why they created a
    ghost like Steel Lady Nanase!
[14:17] Saki
    Why did the killer
    need Steel Lady Nanase,
[14:19] Saki
    and why did they use such a
    specific way of killing him?
[14:22] Saki
    This should explain that.
[14:23] kotoko
    If we can figure out why they used
[14:25] kotoko
    that setup for the murder and created
    the Steel Lady Nanase incidents,
[14:29] Kotoko
    that will help us narrow
    down the possible suspects.
[14:33] Kotoko
    The killer was able to find out
    Detective Terada's height.
[14:37] Kotoko
    The killer was able to summon
    Detective Terada in the
[14:40] Kotoko
    middle of the night without
    it seeming suspicious.
[14:43] Kotoko
    The killer was able to predict that
    Detective Terada would make a move
[14:46] Kotoko
    if he noticed something
    strange going on in the city.
[14:50] Kotoko
    Our killer is someone who
    fits all these descriptions.
[14:54] Kotoko
    The killer...
[14:57] Kotoko
    is a female police officer stationed at the
    same department as Detective Terada!
[15:04] Kotoko
    If they work at the same department,
[15:06] Kotoko
    it'd be easy to find out the victim's height,
[15:09] Kotoko
    as well as where his head would
    be in relation to, say, a door.
[15:13] Kotoko
    If they worked in the same department,
[15:15] Kotoko
    they'd know Detective
    Terada's reputation, as well.
[15:17] Kotoko
    If they're a police officer,
[15:19] Kotoko
    after supposedly being attacked by a suspect,
[15:20] Kotoko
    they'd know how to properly
    preserve evidence,
[15:22] Kotoko
    and no one would suspect
    anything if they contacted
[15:25] Kotoko
    a detective they could rely on.
[15:28] Kotoko
    The description of the killer
    that comes from all these factors
[15:31] Kotoko
    can only be a female police officer.
[15:33] ---
    We'll just have to imagine
    her motive, though.
[15:36] Kotoko
    Perhaps the victim was pursuing
    the killer romantically,
[15:40] Kotoko
    and she was troubled by that.
[15:42] Kotoko
    If we were to consider the trouble to
    set everything up, as well as the fact
[15:46] Kotoko
    that she went so far as to kill him,
[15:48] Kotoko
    the motive could have come from
    an obsessive web of emotions.
[15:52] Kotoko
    That should cover everything
    for my first claim.
[15:55] Kotoko
    Steel Lady Nanase is not a ghost.
[15:58] Kotoko
    She was created by a female police officer
[16:00] Kotoko
    who made society believe in her existence
    so that she could murder Detective Terada.
[16:03] Kotoko
    In other words, she is a means to a murder.
[16:09] Saki
    Even without naming the killer,
[16:11] Saki
    she was able to convince
    everyone that the killer
[16:13] Saki
    could exist just by narrowing
    down the possible suspects.
[16:16] Saki
    By creating such a detailed
    description of the killer,
[16:19] Saki
    she basically narrowed
    down who they could be.
SIGN    <855> Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:50 ID.Hkeoppq
    That seems like a valid reason
    
    <856> Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:50 ID.Dcvotrz
    I mean, if that's the case, that probably was the reason
    
     <857> Name: kuebiko 09/04 22:51 ID.Mmimn43
    Steel Lady Nanase is not a ghost
    She was created by a female police officer who made society believe in her existence so that she could murder Detective Terada
     In other words, she is a means to a murder.
    
     <858> Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:51 Id.nipary
     For real?
    
     <859> Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:51 ID.ukojmlw
    I'd say it's pretty like that it is a woman
    
     <860> Name: Anonymous 09/04 22:51 ID.utkzn
     I totally thought it was a guy since the detective's face was crushed
    I guess I overlooked that possibility
[16:22] Saki
    And just like that, the flow of
    the forum completely changed.
[16:33] Saki
    Kuro-kun must be working to find a future
[16:36] Saki
    where everyone supports
    Iwanaga-san's solution.
[16:43] Saki
    Wait a minute!
[16:45] Saki
    That suspect is basically me!
[16:48] Kotoko
    Oh, so you noticed.
[16:50] Saki
    Did you think I wouldn't?!
[16:53] Saki
    A female officer who worked at the same
[16:54] Saki
    police department, and someone
    Terada-san had feelings for...
[16:57] Saki
    Even the chief could figure
    that out in one guess!
[17:00] Kotoko
    You'll just have to bear with me.
[17:01] Kotoko
    I can't just frame a random
    female police officer.
[17:05] Kotoko
    Besides, this solution
    won't hold for much longer.
[17:08] Saki
    Huh?
[17:09] Anon
    I don't agree.
[17:12] Anon
    I have to question if a lone female killer
[17:13] Anon
    could've set up the pendulum trick
    by herself on the gas station roof.
[17:18] Anon
    Would it really be safe to make
    up an urban legend big enough
[17:21] Anon
    to cause trouble in the city and make
    Detective Terada take action?
[17:26] Anon
    Yeah, I don't see the
    pendulum thing happening.
[17:28] Saki
    Wait, why did the flow change again?
[17:30] Saki
    I know the solution's not that realistic,
[17:32] Saki
    but it's odd that they'd change
    their minds again so quickly.
[17:35] Saki
    Didn't the flow just change
    because of Kuro-kun's ability?
[17:41] Saki
    Iwanaga-san,
[17:43] Saki
    the one who's trying to give Steel Lady
    Nanase a form is Rikka-san, right?
[17:46] Kotoko
    Yes.
[17:48] Saki
    And she has the same ability as Kuro-kun
[17:49] Saki
    that allows her to choose the future, right?
[17:52] Kotoko
    Yes. Just as I explained earlier.
[17:55] Saki
    That means Rikka-san can also
    force the future she wants.
[18:00] Kotoko
    Yes. And that's exactly why the
    tides turned so quickly again.
[18:05] Kotoko
    The idea that this is all caused
    by a ghost is a popular view.
[18:08] Kotoko
    All she had to do was point out
    a few flaws in our solution,
[18:12] Kotoko
    then die once, and she could easily
    shift the flow back in her favor.
[18:17] Kotoko
    It's very possible that a number
[18:19] Kotoko
    of the posts are being
    written by Rikka-san herself.
[18:23] Kuro
    Ri...
[18:33] Kotoko
    This site itself has many people
    reading and posting at the same time,
[18:37] Kotoko
    but the server isn't going down,
    and we haven't really run into any trolls.
[18:43] Kotoko
    That's not exactly normal, is it?
[18:46] Kotoko
    So Rikka-san is probably choosing
    the future with the fewest problems
[18:51] Kotoko
    and maintaining the site.
[18:53] Kotoko
    She may not be censoring the posts,
[18:55] Kotoko
    but she clearly has an advantage.
[18:59] Saki
    Rikka-san also surpasses the laws of nature.
[19:01] Saki
    That means the way to solve
    this hasn't changed at all.
[19:04] Saki
    In fact, because Rikka-san got a head start
[19:06] Saki
    and had everyone believe that a
    ghost named Steel Lady Nanase exists,
[19:09] Saki
    we're at a disadvantage.
[19:11] Kotoko
    This assembly is unique.
[19:13] Kotoko
    The truth never existed here.
[19:16] Kotoko
    All that's here is fiction.
[19:22] Kotoko
    Both Rikka-san and I know that
    Steel Lady Nanase didn't exist before.
[19:27] Kotoko
    But she is still trying to
    give that fiction a form.
[19:31] Kotoko
    Meanwhile, Kuro-senpai and I
    are trying to get everyone to
[19:35] Kotoko
    believe the fiction that
    Steel Lady Nanase doesn't exist.
[19:49] Kotoko
    In other words, this is a
    committee of dueling fictions.
[20:00] Kotoko
    I will win.
[20:02] Kotoko
    I've only used one solution out
    of four that I have so far.
[20:06] Kotoko
    All I need is for part of the
    assembly to believe it.
[20:09] Saki
    Part of it...
[20:11] Saki
    I see.
[20:12] Saki
    The Internet is just a swirling
    mass of different views and values.
[20:15] Saki
    It's not easy for everyone
    to believe in a single truth.
[20:20] Saki
    In that case, you need a variety of
    truths to match the variety of views.
[20:27] Saki
    We couldn't completely turn around
    everyone's belief in Steel Lady Nanase
[20:30] Saki
    with the pendulum solution,
[20:32] Saki
    but at least a few of them
    should have some doubt now.
[20:36] Saki
    She's going to repeat this
    process three more times...
[20:41] Saki
    to try to chip away at
    Steel Lady Nanase's support.
[20:44] Saki
    Even if she doesn't gain the
    majority with one theory,
[20:46] Saki
    she just has to make them believe
    that Rikka-san's proposed bill
[20:50] Saki
    is not worth voting for.
[20:53] Saki
    That's why this strategy has a chance.
[20:58] Saki
    This girl is unbelievable.
[20:59] Saki
    She's using every bit of her knowledge
    to wield a blade in one hand
[21:02] Saki
    while injecting poison with the other.
[21:05] Saki
    To think that someone
    who's decided to use lies
[21:08] Saki
    as her weapon could be so diabolical...
[21:12] Anon
    No. Steel Lady Nanase is a real ghost.
SIGN    Nameless
[21:16] Anon
    I saw her with my own eyes!
[21:17] Anon
    She appeared in front of
    my car out of nowhere!
[21:20] Anon
    This happened five days ago.
[21:22] Anon
    She appeared like smoke, went berserk,
    and started swinging a steel beam at me!
[21:38] Anon
    That was definitely a vengeful spirit.
SIGN    Nameless
[21:41] Anon
    I could've been killed like that detective!
[21:49] Kotoko
    I'm going to win.
[22:05] Kotoko
    All right,
[22:06] Kotoko
    let's commence solution number two!
SIGN    To Be Continued
SIGN    Preview
[23:46] Kotoko
    We deploy the second and third solutions
    to defeat Steel Lady Nanase.
[23:50] Kotoko
    However, Sakuragawa Rikka stands in our way.
[23:53] Kotoko
    Will we be able to vanquish the ghost?
[23:56] Kotoko
    Next time, "Dueling Fictions."