E5 - A Fighting Chance in Eyes of Blue
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[00:01] Shirayuki
I am no longer able to
lose our game tomorrow.
[00:06] Shirayuki
I am very sorry. You may
punish me any way you wish later.
[00:10] Shirayuki
So I would ask you to please
refrain from trying to win.
[00:15] Noa
So you know she's safe now.
Told you I didn't do anything to her.
[00:18] Noa
Anyway, catch ya tomorrow.
[00:22] Sarasa
I see how it is.
[00:25] Sarasa
So the Little Devil was behind it all.
[00:28] Hiroto
Guess she's famous, huh?
[00:30] Sarasa
Well, with that personality
and being a Six Star, yeah.
[00:33] Sarasa
She has to be one of the
most famous people in Eimei.
[00:37] Sarasa
But I can't forgive her for
kidnapping Yuki like that.
[00:41] Hiroto
Still, it was the perfect strategy.
[00:44] Hiroto
We also don't have proof that
Akizuki's the brains behind it.
[00:47] Hiroto
There might also be someone else.
She's really good at fooling people.
[00:51] Noa
Mnyah!
[00:52] Hiroto
She watches what she says
and won't let anything slip.
[00:55] Sarasa
Wheeling and dealing is
the Little Devil's specialty.
[00:58] Sarasa
Anyway, I don't know how
we're going to win without Yuki.
[01:02] Sarasa
Cheating isn't my thing.
[01:05] Hiroto
That's the problem.
[01:06] Hiroto
I don't know how to contact
the Company, so what should we—
[01:09] Kagaya
I'm hooome!
[01:12] Hiroto
Kagaya-san?
[01:15] Kagaya
Uh-huh, Kagaya-chan.
Dat's me. Probs. Maybe.
[01:19] Kagaya
Huh? What's Hiro-kyun doin' at my place...
[01:25] Hiroto
Nice timing.
[01:27] Kagaya
'Scuse me?
[01:29] Kagaya
Sh-Sh-Sh-Shirayuki-chan's missing?!
[01:33] Kagaya
Hiro-kyun, did you force
yourself on Shirayuki-chan?
SIGN A Fighting Chance
in Eyes of Blue
[01:35] Hiroto
No way! She didn't run away.
[01:38] Hiroto
Akizuki probably ambushed her.
She was kidnapped.
[01:41] Kagaya
Oh, how awful!
[01:43] Kagaya
And who's Little Miss Suspicious here?
[01:45] Sarasa
I'm, um... Shinohara's collaborator.
[01:49] Hiroto
Yeah. She's a friend I trust.
[01:51] Sarasa
And the interrogation stops there.
[01:53] Sarasa
Anyway, nice to meet you.
[01:55] Kagaya
Okay, I'll call you Hoodie Girl.
[01:57] Sarasa
W-Well, that's fine, I guess.
[01:59] Hiroto
Anyway, let's get started.
[02:02] Hiroto
We've got to come up with
a strategy to rescue Himeji.
[02:07] Kagaya
Here's the game
Shirayuki-chan requested.
[02:10] Kagaya
Scalene Love Triangle.
SIGN Scalene Love Triangle
SIGN Scalene Love Triangle
[02:13] Kagaya
It's a kind of card game.
[02:15] Kagaya
Each player gets 10 cards
that they play one at a time.
[02:19] Kagaya
The cards have relative values, and whoever
plays the higher card gets both cards.
SIGN Reveal
Area
SIGN Reveal
Area
SIGN Superior
SIGN Inferior
SIGN Reveal
Area
SIGN Superior
SIGN Inferior
SIGN Collection
Area
SIGN Collection
Area
[02:24] Kagaya
When all the cards have been played,
the player with the most wins.
[02:28] Kagaya
So you have to get more
cards than your opponent.
[02:31] Kagaya
If it's a draw, the cards stay on the board
and whoever wins the next round gets the lot.
SIGN Same
SIGN Same
SIGN Same
SIGN Same
[02:35] Kagaya
Each player starts with 10 cards.
SIGN Reveal
Area
SIGN Collection
Area
SIGN Collection
Area
[02:37] Kagaya
With the one bonus card on the board,
that's a total of 21 cards.
[02:41] Kagaya
Those are all the cards
you can use in this Trial.
SIGN Reveal
Area
SIGN Collection
Area
SIGN Collection
Area
[02:44] Kagaya
Basically, you need to get more than half.
If you end up with 11 cards, you win.
[02:49] Kagaya
Then, the skills on the
Commoner cards come into play...
[02:51] Hiroto
Man, she's fast. She's a total genius.
[02:54] Hiroto
Um, so, what are the different card values?
[02:58] Kagaya
I just finished putting that together.
[03:01] Kagaya
Here you go!
SIGN Royalty
SIGN Knight
SIGN Assassin
SIGN Commoner
SIGN Royalty
SIGN Knight
SIGN Assassin
SIGN Commoner
SIGN Royalty
SIGN Knight
SIGN Assassin
SIGN Commoner
[03:03] Hiroto
Oh, I get it.
SIGN Royalty
SIGN Knight
SIGN Assassin
SIGN Commoner
SIGN Royalty
SIGN Knight
SIGN Assassin
SIGN Commoner
SIGN King
SIGN Prince
SIGN Queen
[03:06] Hiroto
Wait, but isn't the Commoner too weak?
[03:09] Kagaya
Right, the Commoners.
[03:11] Kagaya
They have special skills the others don't
to make up for being so weak.
[03:15] Kagaya
Let's see...
SIGN King
SIGN Queen
SIGN Prince
SIGN Knight
SIGN Knight
SIGN Assassin
SIGN Assassin
SIGN Commoner
SIGN Commoner
SIGN Commoner
SIGN King
SIGN Queen
SIGN Prince
SIGN Knight
SIGN Assassin
SIGN Commoner
SIGN Commoner
SIGN Commoner
SIGN Commoner
SIGN Commoner
[03:16] Hiroto
Are those the sets?
[03:18] Kagaya
Yup. But which one you get is random.
[03:20] Sarasa
Set A looks stronger.
[03:22] Kagaya
It is. So if you get Set B,
you start off with a big handicap.
[03:29] Sarasa
What's that?
[03:31] Hiroto
This was sent to me from Himeji's Device.
SIGN These are the
abilities I will
use in Scalene
Love Triangle:
SIGN Probability Fluctuation
Lv. 4
SIGN Forced Control
[03:34] Sarasa
The abilities she's using tomorrow?
Why's she showing us what's up her sleeve?
[03:39] Sarasa
Well, whatever she's thinking,
this does make our plan easier.
SIGN Probability
Fluctuation
[03:42] Sarasa
Yuki will use Probability Fluctuation to
eliminate the randomness and secure Set A.
SIGN King
SIGN Queen
SIGN Prince
SIGN Knight
SIGN Knight
SIGN Assassin
SIGN Assassin
SIGN Commoner
SIGN Commoner
SIGN Commoner
SIGN King
SIGN Queen
SIGN Prince
SIGN Knight
SIGN Assassin
SIGN Commoner
SIGN Commoner
SIGN Commoner
SIGN Commoner
SIGN Commoner
[03:47] Sarasa
You'll definitely get the
weaker Set B, Shinohara.
[03:52] Hiroto
What's the Forced Control one about?
[03:54] Sarasa
It's a tricky ability that lets you take
control of the opponent's moves.
[03:58] Hiroto
Eep.
SIGN Forced Control
SIGN Collection
Area
SIGN Collection
Area
[03:59] Sarasa
In this game, it means you don't control
your own moves for the first three turns.
SIGN Reveal
Area
SIGN Forced Control
Activated
SIGN 3 Turns
[04:05] Sarasa
The powerful cards in your hand will be
wasted, and she'll take an early lead.
SIGN 2 Turns
SIGN 1 Turn
[04:10] Sarasa
The real game starts after that.
[04:12] Hiroto
Th-This is an absolute nightmare.
[04:15] Sarasa
It sure is. Yuki's really going for the win.
[04:20] Kagaya
And that's where we come in. When you
can't win, use whatever's at your disposal.
[04:24] Kagaya
That's our type of justice.
[04:26] Kagaya
First, as a woman blessed by electronics,
[04:29] Kagaya
your big sis Kagaya here
will hack into the system,
[04:31] Kagaya
then our flawless leader,
Shirayuki-chan, will do all sorts of...
[04:34] Kagaya
But Shirayuki-chan's not here!
[04:38] Kagaya
It's hopeless. Shirayuki-chan's the one
who always plans the strategies.
[04:42] Kagaya
A body can't move without its brain.
[04:45] Sarasa
We've got one. Right here.
[04:46] Kagaya
Huh?
[04:47] Sarasa
I'll do it.
[04:49] Sarasa
When it comes to developing strategies,
I'm sure I'm at least as skilled as Yuki.
[04:53] Kagaya
Can I ask you to do that?
[04:55] Sarasa
Yes. Of course.
[04:56] Sarasa
First, could you tell me about
the Commoner card skills?
[04:59] Kagaya
Oh, right, right. Roger that.
SIGN Ability Characteristics: Draw
SIGN Special Characteristics
SIGN Simple Extraction
Choose one card from the opponent's
hand and exclude it from the game
SIGN Reset All
Return all of the opponent's
collected cards to the board
SIGN Undefeated Hero
Able to defeat any card
SIGN Explosive Growth
Increase your collected cards by X cards
(X is the turn number)
SIGN Great Revolution
From this point on,
all card values will be reversed
SIGN Trojan Horse
Activates when defeated
by a royal or knight card.
Add half of the opponent's
collected cards to your own collection
[05:02] Kagaya
For a card skill to activate,
it has to stay on the board.
[05:06] Kagaya
Basically, the skills only
activate when there's a draw.
[05:09] Hiroto
They all look like really powerful skills.
[05:12] Kagaya
Yeah, but they're really weak unless
the opponent plays a Commoner or an Assassin.
[05:16] Sarasa
And no matter the skill,
we'll still get crushed at the start.
[05:21] Sarasa
Those first three turns are going
to screw everything up for us.
[05:25] Sarasa
But that's how we know
exactly what will happen.
[05:28] Kagaya
What will happen?
[05:29] Sarasa
Well, there are two Commoner skills
Yuki will definitely try to lock down first.
[05:33] Sarasa
Explosive Growth, which allows
you to increase your collection,
SIGN Commoner
SIGN Explosive Growth
SIGN Commoner
SIGN Trojan Horse
[05:37] Sarasa
and Trojan Horse, which turns the tables.
[05:39] Hiroto
Hm, yeah. But Forced Control
lasts for three turns, right?
[05:43] Hiroto
Won't she nab Great Revolution, too?
[05:45] Sarasa
Yuki has Simple Extraction in her hand.
[05:48] Hiroto
Oh. So it'll go like this:
SIGN Reveal
Area
SIGN Collection
Area
SIGN Collection
Area
SIGN Forced Control
Activated
SIGN 3 Turns
[05:50] Hiroto
Himeji will play the Simple
Extraction Commoner first,
[05:53] Hiroto
and make me play my Assassin,
so it ends in an draw.
[05:56] Hiroto
She'll then use the skill's effect
to remove the Trojan Horse card.
SIGN Skill
(Simple Extraction)
[05:59] Hiroto
Next, she'll play a Knight to get
the Explosive Growth Commoner,
SIGN 2 Turns
SIGN 1 Turn
[06:03] Hiroto
then use a Royalty card
to get my Knight.
[06:05] Sarasa
Yeah. By the end of the third turn,
her lead over you will be devastating.
[06:11] Sarasa
Counting the bonus card, we'll be seven cards
behind by the time we start playing for real.
[06:16] Hiroto
So she'll only need four more to win.
[06:19] Hiroto
There's no way! The cards I'll have in Turn 4
will be too weak to turn things around.
[06:23] Sarasa
But, thinking about it, if we can
reverse that seven-card gap, we can win.
[06:30] Sarasa
In the abilities restricted to Six Stars
or above, there's one called Enchant.
SIGN Enchant
SIGN Grants an additional effect.
SIGN Installation Requirements:
Six Stars or Above
SIGN Enchant
SIGN Grants an additional effect.
SIGN Installation Requirements:
Six Stars or Above
SIGN Enchant
SIGN Grants an additional effect.
SIGN Installation Requirements:
Six Stars or Above
SIGN Enchant
SIGN Grants an additional effect.
SIGN Installation Requirements:
Six Stars or Above
SIGN Enchant
SIGN Grants an additional effect.
SIGN Installation Requirements:
Six Stars or Above
[06:34] Sarasa
It lets you give items an additional effect.
[06:37] Sarasa
You can take a regular
Commoner from your hand
[06:40] Sarasa
and give it a skill like
"Exchange All Collected Cards."
[06:44] Hiroto
Oh. Is that doable, Kagaya-san?
[06:46] Kagaya
Huh?
[06:47] Hiroto
Can you cheat and recreate a skill
like the one she just said?
[06:51] Hiroto
Basically, I wanna make it look like
I used Enchant turn things around.
[06:54] Kagaya
Uh, I don't know.
[06:56] Kagaya
Maybe I could ask one
of the other members...
[06:58] Kagaya
Wait, no. They might be
monitoring communications.
[07:01] Hiroto
But it's super lucky you're here right now.
You're the only person I can ask.
[07:06] Kagaya
Fine. I'm a little unsure about it,
[07:09] Kagaya
but I am the Company's
Head of Electronics, aren't I?
[07:12] Kagaya
I'll come up with the best
possible exploit for you, Hiro-kyun.
[07:15] Hiroto
Thank you very much!
[07:17] Kagaya
Be sure to take care of Shirayuki-chan.
[07:19] Kagaya
I'm borrowing the server room.
[07:24] Sarasa
I really hope she finishes in time.
[07:26] Hiroto
Don't worry. She's a goof,
but she's also a real genius.
[07:30] Sarasa
Gotcha. You'd still better
make sure to load your abilities.
[07:34] Sarasa
The go-to has to be Afterthought.
Then put in as many as you can.
[07:38] Sarasa
Hey, what's wrong?
[07:40] Hiroto
Himeji told me, "Don't try to win."
[07:43] Hiroto
I know I can't just lose,
but something about this is bothering me.
[08:00] Sarasa
Th-Thanks for waiting, Shinohara.
[08:10] Sarasa
I-I know I've said this already,
but this is for my safety.
[08:13] Sarasa
I snuck out to come here even
though it's way past my curfew.
[08:17] Sarasa
If I went back this late,
I'd get in a heap of trouble,
[08:20] Sarasa
then be watched even closer, which
would mean I couldn't help you tomorrow.
[08:24] Hiroto
I get it. I get it already.
[08:26] Hiroto
I wouldn't throw someone out
in the middle of the night, anyway.
[08:30] Sarasa
Until Yuki gets back safely,
I can't take the risk...
[08:33] Hiroto
I said it's fine!
[08:35] Hiroto
Jeez. If you're that nervous,
go sleep in a different room.
[08:38] Sarasa
T-Today's special.
[08:40] Sarasa
I don't want to be alone. I'd get anxious.
[08:50] Hiroto
I-I'm turning out the lights.
[08:53] Sarasa
O-Okay.
[09:02] Hiroto
Hey, you still awake?
[09:05] Sarasa
You can't sleep either?
[09:08] Hiroto
Guess not.
[09:09] Sarasa
Good.
[09:11] Sarasa
It's too early for me to get sleepy,
and I keep worrying about Yuki.
[09:17] Hiroto
You wanna chat until you're tired?
[09:19] Sarasa
I guess. How about a quiz?
[09:22] Sarasa
There's still stuff about
the island you don't know, right?
[09:25] Sarasa
The system, the abilities, and so on.
[09:28] Hiroto
Oh, u-uh, Himeji filled me in on all that.
[09:31] Sarasa
Sounds like her.
[09:33] Sarasa
I could test you to see
how much you've retained.
[09:36] Hiroto
Nah, Kagaya-san will take care of that.
[09:39] Sarasa
But you never know what might happen.
With what's going on, you must see that.
[09:43] Sarasa
It never hurts to keep your guard up.
[09:46] Sarasa
Oh, right, right.
[09:50] Sarasa
Shinohara, hold out your hand. Here.
SIGN Ability Card
SIGN Pinch Hitter
SIGN Pinch Hitter
[09:54] Hiroto
What's this?
[09:56] Sarasa
I'm giving it to you.
It allows you to install a rare ability.
[10:01] Hiroto
Thank you. Can you really buy abilities?
[10:04] Sarasa
Yup. Official and non-official ones.
[10:07] Sarasa
J-Just think of it as a good luck charm.
[10:09] Hiroto
A good luck charm? Thanks.
[10:12] Sarasa
Sure. If you see a chance
to use it, please do.
[10:16] Sarasa
I'm counting on you to help Yuki.
[10:18] Hiroto
Right.
[10:19] Sarasa
I think you can pull it off.
You cheat better than anyone.
[10:23] Sarasa
And because you're my accomplice.
[10:26] Sarasa
Not even Akizuki Noa can
get the best of you that easily.
[10:31] Hiroto
Yeah. It's on me.
SIGN m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
SIGN m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
SIGN m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
SIGN m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
SIGN You despise that Shinohara Hiroto
guy who trampled all over your
hard work, right?
SIGN You despise Eimei for allowing that
and betraying you, right? And you
hate yourself for not being able to
do anything, right?
SIGN In the All-Campus Elimination Game,
nobody will think twice if two Eimei
students fight each other. Take
advantage of that to steal Stars
from Shinohara. The method is
up to you.
SIGN If you need some abilities to do that,
I'll get them for you, legal or illegal.
Shinohara Hiroto is obviously doing
something unjust.
SIGN So it would be justice to take him
down, right? Am I wrong?
SIGN If you can pull it off, Shinohara
Hiroto will be demoted...
and you'll become the new
Seven Star
[10:41] Ichinose
Next up, the transfer student who's
already our academy representative,
[10:45] Ichinose
Shinohara Hiroto-kun, will address you all.
[10:47] Hiroto
Hey, guys. I'm the new
Seven Star, Shinohara Hiroto.
[10:53] Hiroto
For the next two years, one guy is gonna
stand on your heads and reign over you.
[10:58] Hiroto
And I'm that guy.
[11:02] Noa
It's okay. I know I can win this time.
[11:05] Noa
I'm so cute and clever. There's no way
I'd lose to a lying impostor like that.
[11:10] Noa
Never.
[11:22] Hiroto
Class is over at Ouka, too. That brat
said she'd sneak onto Eimei's grounds.
[11:27] Kagaya
Hiro-kyun, you know that program? It passed
final checks, so you can use it anytime.
[11:32] Hiroto
Thank you very much!
[11:34] Noa
Oh, what's this?
[11:36] Noa
We meet again.
What a coincidence, Hiroto-kun.
[11:40] Hiroto
"Coincidence," my foot. Shameless.
[11:42] Noa
Aw, you're such a meanie.
[11:46] Noa
Hey, Hiroto-kun. You're about to play
a Trial with your "maid-chan," right?
[11:50] Noa
I'd love to sit in and watch.
[11:52] Hiroto
Suit yourself.
[11:54] Hiroto
I was hoping we'd have an audience.
[12:02] Hiroto
It's all set up, Himeji.
[12:04] Shirayuki
Thank you very much for accommodating
my selfish request on this occasion.
[12:10] Shirayuki
As I explained yesterday,
I absolutely must not lose this Trial.
[12:15] Shirayuki
Even though you are my opponent, Master.
[12:17] Shirayuki
Or rather, it is precisely because
you are my opponent that I must not lose.
[12:23] Shirayuki
As such, I will give it my all.
SIGN Scalene Love Triangle
SIGN Scalene Love Triangle
SIGN Scalene Love Triangle
[12:31] Shirayuki
I have used the Probability
Fluctuation assist ability.
[12:35] Shirayuki
The hands were originally supposed to be
assigned at random, but I will take Set A.
[12:39] Hiroto
Right.
[12:40] Shirayuki
Also, I beg your forgiveness,
but my turn has not ended yet.
SIGN Forced Control
SIGN Allows you to forcibly control
the opponent's actions.
[12:45] Shirayuki
I have activated Forced Control.
[12:48] Noa
Ooh! Hiroto-kun, your maid-chan's having
her way with you for three whole turns!
[12:53] Hiroto
Exactly as expected. I'll start with my
exploits as soon as Forced Control runs out.
[13:05] Hiroto
Great Revolution?
[13:12] Shirayuki
And now for my second turn.
SIGN Commoner
SIGN Simple Extraction
SIGN Commoner
SIGN Simple Extraction
SIGN Commoner
SIGN Explosive Growth
SIGN Queen
SIGN Knight
SIGN Assassin
SIGN Commoner
SIGN Trojan House
SIGN Commoner
SIGN Explosive Growth
[13:31] Shirayuki
And now for my third turn.
SIGN Undefeated Hero
[13:45] Hiroto
Something's not right.
SIGN Commoner
SIGN Commoner
SIGN Trojan Horse
SIGN Assassin
SIGN Knight
SIGN Prince
SIGN Queen
[13:47] Hiroto
I still have the Trojan Horse Commoner,
the Knight, and the Assassin in my hand.
[13:52] Hiroto
And from Himeji's hand, the way she wasted
the powerful Undefeated Hero like that...
[13:57] Hiroto
She's going way too easy on me.
[13:59] Hiroto
Just careless?
[14:00] Hiroto
No, she's guiding me.
That must mean this whole Trial is a trap.
[14:07] Hiroto
I bet if I beat Himeji,
something bad will happen to me.
[14:13] Hiroto
But Himeji would never
just go along with that.
[14:18] Hiroto
Think. She must have given me a sign.
Something only I'd notice.
[14:24] Shirayuki
Please refrain from trying to win.
[14:27] Hiroto
She said she mustn't lose.
But she's obviously not trying to win.
SIGN Reveal
Area
SIGN Collection
Area
SIGN Collection
Area
[14:33] Hiroto
There are 21 cards in total.
The 10 cards in each hand, plus one bonus.
[14:39] Hiroto
It's an odd number so that
the game can't end in a draw.
SIGN Reveal
Area
[14:42] Hiroto
Odd? Oh! That's it!
[14:44] Hiroto
That's what you were going for!
[14:48] Kagaya
Huh? Abort the operation? H-Hiro-kyun, why?
[14:53] Hiroto
Thanks for waiting, Himeji.
I'll take my fourth turn now.
SIGN Penetrate Defense
SIGN Temporarily disable opponent's defense ability
SIGN Display Bug
SIGN Make opponent's display bug out
SIGN Blackout
SIGN Make a selected area pitch-black,
obscuring the opponent's vision
SIGN Delay
SIGN Allows you to continue extending your turn
time limit until the end of the game.
SIGN Assassin
SIGN Assassin
SIGN Commoner
SIGN Commoner
SIGN Trojan Horse
SIGN Trojan Horse
SIGN Afterthought
SIGN Allows you to completely anticipate
moves and turn the situation to your
advantage.
[14:57] Hiroto
I'm activating the Afterthought ability.
[15:01] Shirayuki
Yes, Master.
SIGN Knight
[15:06] Hiroto
As expected.
[15:15] Noa
Huh?
[15:18] Noa
I just got a little excited,
wondering why you'd play a card like that.
[15:22] Hiroto
Then this might be
exciting until the very end.
SIGN Assassin
SIGN Queen
SIGN King
SIGN Prince
SIGN Prince
SIGN Knight
[15:44] Noa
Hey, Hiroto-kun. What are you trying
to pull? You need to take this seriously.
[15:49] Hiroto
It's fine. Why don't you
just shut up and watch?
SIGN Commoner
SIGN Reset All
SIGN Afterthought
SIGN Allows you to completely anticipate
moves and turn the situation to your
advantage.
SIGN Penetrate Defense
SIGN Temporarily disable opponent's defense ability
SIGN Display Bug
SIGN Make opponent's display bug out
SIGN Blackout
SIGN Make a selected area pitch-black,
obscuring the opponent's vision
SIGN Delay
SIGN Allows you to continue extending your turn
time limit until the end of the game.
[16:12] Shirayuki
This is the last one, correct?
[16:14] Hiroto
That's right.
SIGN Queen
SIGN Assassin
[16:16] Hiroto
Himeji has collected 15 cards.
She has Queen and Assassin left.
[16:21] Hiroto
All I'm holding is a Commoner. If you
play the Assassin, you win the game.
[16:26] Shirayuki
I believe so.
[16:30] Hiroto
If she's played the Assassin,
it will mean utter defeat for me.
[16:33] Hiroto
All of Saionji and Kagaya-san's help will
have been wasted, and I'll lose everything.
[16:38] Hiroto
But my trust in Himeji is absolute!
[16:41] Hiroto
This isn't a battle. It's a performance
where we're both acting to trick Akizuki.
[16:47] Hiroto
Right?
[16:49] Hiroto
Before the All-Campus Elimination Battle
started, we decided on a secret phrase.
[16:55] Shirayuki & Hiroto
"Yes, my Master."
[16:58] Hiroto
I know that's the Queen, Himeji.
[17:00] Shirayuki
Are you certain about that?
[17:02] Hiroto
If it isn't the Queen, I'll share
dozens of embarrassing secrets with you.
[17:06] Shirayuki
It is unfortunate, then.
[17:08] Shirayuki
I would have loved to hear all of
your embarrassing secrets, Master.
SIGN Commoner
SIGN Trojan Horse
SIGN Queen
[17:15] Hiroto
When it's Commoner versus
Queen, the Queen wins.
[17:20] Hiroto
But this is where my
Trojan Horse comes into play.
SIGN Trojan Horse
[17:27] Shirayuki
Yes. Half of the cards I have
collected transfer to your collection.
[17:33] Hiroto
And now I've collected 10 cards,
with none left in my hand.
[17:37] Shirayuki
My final card goes into my collection.
Now I also have exactly 10 cards.
[17:42] Hiroto
When you said not to win,
[17:44] Hiroto
what you were really telling me
to do was to force a draw, right?
[18:03] Noa
A draw, huh?
[18:05] Shirayuki
Yes. The State of Conflict has expired,
but neither of us lost,
[18:09] Shirayuki
so both Master and I remain in
the All-Campus Elimination Battle.
[18:13] Noa
I guess so.
[18:15] Noa
I think I'm feeling a little tired.
[18:18] Noa
See you later.
[18:22] Hiroto
Wait!
[18:23] Noa
Girls hate it when you grab them like this.
[18:26] Hiroto
Why don't you just come clean?
[18:28] Noa
About what?
[18:30] Hiroto
Quit acting dumb.
[18:31] Hiroto
From the start, your aim was to make me lose
my spot as the strongest on Academy Island.
[18:36] Noa
What do you mean? I was just trying—
[18:38] Shirayuki
You cannot talk your way out.
[18:40] Shirayuki
I know that you installed Spying on
my Device last night, Akizuki-sama.
SIGN A dangerous program has been detected
SIGN Detected Program: Spying
Threat Level: Extremely high
Time: April 26, 7:41 pm
Type: Illegal ability
Details: Monitors data, leaks private information
[18:45] Kagaya
Yuck! That's a really nasty illegal ability.
All data handled by the Device gets leaked,
[18:50] Kagaya
and it can record and monitor stuff.
It's a seriously gnarly program!
SIGN Shinohara Hiroto
SIGN I have bought the cutlet sauce.
I am returning home now.
SIGN Roger. Thanks.
[18:58] Hiroto
So that's why you cut off all
communications and didn't come home.
[19:02] Shirayuki
Yes.
[19:03] Noa
Until tomorrow night, you can't quit the
elimination battle, walk away, or give up.
[19:08] Noa
If you keep your promise, the Spying
program will delete itself automatically.
[19:12] Noa
Do you understand, "Maid-chan"?
[19:16] Shirayuki
It was set up so that if the
owner of the Device lost the game,
[19:19] Shirayuki
the program would transfer
to the winner's Device.
[19:24] Hiroto
Th-That's insidious!
Thank you, Himeji! Nice call!
[19:27] Shirayuki
I have backed up last night's access log.
[19:30] Shirayuki
You thought Display Bug
would hide your actions,
[19:33] Shirayuki
but in the hands of Headmistress Ichinose,
the source of the hack can be traced.
[19:37] Noa
Why?
[19:39] Noa
Why does it always have to be you?!
[19:43] Noa
Why? Why?! It makes no sense!
[19:46] Noa
I worked so hard to set all of this up!
[19:50] Noa
How could you possibly win?!
[19:53] Noa
It isn't right. You used dirty tricks
to sneak your way to the top.
[19:57] Hiroto
What are you talking about?
[19:58] Noa
Becoming a Seven Star as soon as you
got to Academy Island? There's no way!
[20:02] Noa
I really, really hate people who cheat!
[20:06] Noa
And remember what I told you? How, in
the Elimination Battle predicted rankings,
[20:10] Noa
you were way more popular, Hiroto-kun?
[20:13] Hiroto
Y-Yeah.
[20:15] Noa
And, you know, there was a poll like that
at the closing ceremony before.
[20:19] Noa
Asking: "Who do you think
will be the school's ace?"
[20:22] Noa
And I was at number one then.
[20:25] Noa
But the instant you transfer in,
[20:28] Noa
everyone turns their backs on me
and flocks to you instead.
[20:32] Noa
I spend all those years working
harder and harder to build myself up,
[20:37] Noa
then you show up out of nowhere
and I lose everything in an instant?
[20:41] Kagaya
Whew, close one. Looks like she doesn't
have any proof of our exploits, after all.
[20:46] Hiroto
But it's true that I'm cheating.
And she's worked so hard...
[20:51] Noa
That's why I decided to get my revenge.
[20:55] Noa
Without your "Maid-chan,"
you wouldn't be able to fight so well.
[20:59] Noa
I set it up so you two
would have to face each other.
[21:04] Noa
Man, and it was so much trouble to set up.
[21:08] Noa
I even made a deal with that devil—
[21:11] Hiroto
That must be who's pulling the strings.
[21:14] Hiroto
Even if she's really talented,
[21:16] Hiroto
a student wouldn't be able to
put all of this together by herself.
[21:20] Hiroto
Well, your scheme hit a brick wall.
Come clean and tell us everything.
[21:26] Noa
What are you talking about?
It's not over yet.
[21:29] Noa
I'm not going down like this!
[21:33] Noa
I'm so cute and clever, I made a backup plan
in case something like this happened.
[21:39] Noa
The ability I installed on
Maid-chan's Device works in two stages.
[21:43] Noa
When the main skill, Spying, is disabled,
another one activates in the background.
[21:49] Hiroto
In the background?
[21:50] Noa
Yeah. And that skill is
called Destructive Impulse.
SIGN Destruc
SIGN tive
SIGN Imp
SIGN ulse
SIGN Destruc
SIGN tive
SIGN Imp
SIGN ulse
[21:53] Noa
It smashes all of the data on that
Device to bits. It's a really killer ability.
[21:59] Noa
All I have to do is press the start button,
[22:02] Noa
and Maid-chan's Device
turns into a useless object.
[22:05] Hiroto
What?
[22:07] Noa
And then, Maid-chan won't be able
to stay on Academy Island anymore.
[22:12] Shirayuki
Are you sure about this?
If they find out you used an illegal ability,
[22:16] Shirayuki
the whole of Academy
Island will turn on you.
[22:19] Noa
I can't back down now!
[22:24] Hiroto
Himeji!
[22:26] Noa
Hey, Hiroto-kun,
you and I should play a game.
[22:30] Noa
Not a Trial. A real game where we bet Stars.
[22:34] Noa
But it won't be fair and square.
[22:38] Noa
I'm fed up with all of that.
[22:43] Noa
Just like that devil,
[22:45] Noa
I sold my soul and now I can't go back.
[22:53] Hiroto
"That devil..." Who the hell does she mean?
[22:56] Hiroto
No, this comes first.
[22:57] Noa
So, Hiroto-kun, if you want me to return
your little Maid-chan, lose to me, 'kay?
[23:03] Noa
Hand over your Stars right now, then
bow down before me in front of everyone,
[23:09] Noa
and declare that I'm the one true
Seven Star to pay for your sins!
[23:12] Noa
Doesn't that sound right?
Because I know everything about you is a lie.
[23:17] Hiroto
Something seriously isn't right here.
She knows too much. All I can think of...
[23:21] Hiroto
is the stolen Green Unique Star
that enhances perception!
[23:27] Noa
I won't let you off the hook
with a draw this time.
[23:30] Noa
We'll fight one last, decisive battle.
Tabletop Treasure Hunt.
[23:35] Noa
All righty. Why don't we get started?