8:00 on the dot. As always, you're right on time, Mr. Doubt.
Get a move on, Melancholy.
Wait up, Big Sis!
I'm sorry. It took some time to get this one ready.
Not at all. I've only just arrived myself.
Miss Mizerka. Miss Melancholy.
Say, Sis...
Do you think this flower suits me?
Hey!
We're wasting time.
Let's get right to business, Mr. Whist.
What the heck?!
I hate waste.
Japan has a lot of cute girls.
I stared so long that I got here late.
Here. A sign of apology for you young ladies.
No thank you.
Such crude flowers!
Both those who arrive later than agreed,
wasting other people's time...
and those who arrive earlier than agreed,
thus wasting their own time, are fools, if you ask me.
I-I'm sorry I'm late, Freecell.
Rather than being late and breaking an agreement,
it's much better to arrive early and waste time.
Agreements MUST be honored.
It would seem we are all here,
so I would share a few words with you...
Words from Klondike,
the leader of our Orpheus Order.
Lost
Tesaguri de sagashiteta I've searched, groping
Tozasareta mirai no kotae nante doko nimo nai The answer to a future that's been closed off
Tozasareta mirai no kotae nante doko nimo nai Is nowhere to be found
Hashiru shoudou, ima kaidoku funou The impulse to run, it's impossible to decipher now
Found
Kudaketa hazu no unmei o A fate that was supposedly smashed
Mijuku na yume no naka de kikoeta kitanda I've come to hear it within that half-formed dream:
Saigo made I'll be there for you Until the end, I'll be there for you
Tachidomaranai, kono hari dake wa It won't stop, not this needle
Boku no asu o kizamu oto o tsukisasu It will pierce the sound that engraves my tomorrow
Shinjitsu kara nigetara ima If I run from the truth, then now...
Genjitsu ni mo maketara ima If I lose to reality, then now...
Nani ga nokoru no? What will remain?
(Nokoru no?) (Will remain?)
Kazoekirenai kono kizu dake ga These countless wounds of mine
Boku no kinou o zanzou to shite kataru They tell of my yesterday as an afterimage
Unmei ga hodoketemo ima Even if fate were unraveled, now...
Sonzai o kowashitemo ima Even if my existence were smashed, now...
Boku no michi o yuku yo I will travel my path
It's now or never
That is what they say
Live your life today, yeah, yeah
There will always be, there will always be a way
That is what they say
Live your life today, yeah, yeah
There will always be, there will always be a way
That is what they say
Live your life today, yeah, yeah
Night of the Knights
Hey!
Not it.
You two!
This isn't it, either.
Hey, Nonoha!
What the heck are you doing?
It's obvious, isn't it?!
I'm making sure no one's wearing a Ring.
Huh?
That earring and ring that acted
just like an Armlet of Orpheus
caused trouble for the vice president and Airi, right?!
Cube is still analyzing the ring's remains,
and Ana is asking friends to search all through town.
...would you tell me?
And the vice president and Airi are...
If you please...
If you please!
If this OWL rings a BELL... Student Council Ah!!
If you please.
An owl?
It's an owl accessory.
It's quite dangerous if you put it on!
In any case, wearing accessories is against school policy.
If you see it, please let us know at once.
So, Kaito, you need to...
Hey! That hair band!
Good grief.
I'm tired, somehow...
There, there.
Well, walkin' around with a face like THIS
will get ya tired.
I mean, come on!
Have you learned anything, Cubik?
This seems different from the
Armlet of Orpheus that Kaito and Rook had.
What do you mean?
There was a microchip invented only
very recently inside the remains.
Very recently?
Yes.
The Armlets of Orpheus should be ancient artifacts.
That means...
That this is a fake, made by the Order of Orpheus?
I think "replica" would be more precise.
Why would they make that?
Maybe they want to get good at puzzles.
They said they were collecting data.
Makes you wonder, doesn't it?
What they're after doesn't matter.
I can't forgive guys who'd use puzzles
to hurt other people!
Agreed! I, Ana, cast my vote with you!
Me, too!
Well, goin' off half-cocked will get us nowhere.
If you want clues, we should wait
till someone puts on one of those Rings.
Gammon!
If someone puts a Ring on, it could cost them their life!
We just have to solve the puzzle, right?
If we do, we can take it off.
The more awesome they make their puzzle,
the more I look forward to it.
Gammon!
I swear...
Gammon may have a point.
Huh? Kaito, what are you saying?!
No matter what...
I can't believe they're gonna keep lying low.
Hey, w-wait!
Show me your watch!
Look, give it a rest already!
Jeez.
It's him!
What's the matter?
Kaito!
This is bad!
I analyzed the Orpheus Ring
and searched for a signal.
And when I did...
No way! These are all Ring signals?
The Orpheus Order has spread them
out to people throughout town!
We have to get them all, fast!
Impossible. There are too many!
But-
Wait! This is a puzzle.
This blinking has three patterns.
If we overlap them and connect all the dots...
They're arrows!
The place these arrows are pointing to is...
Don't tell me, that's...!
I'm back! Miharu, I'm home.
Welcome back, Brother.
Tonight's dinner is your favorite:
my special spicy tomato dumplings!
Say, Brother... What do you think of THIS?
Gammon!
Sure enough, it was your apartment building, huh?
This is bad!
Someone in there has an Orpheus Ring!
What's that?
They gave a Ring to my sister... to Miharu!
Huh?
So...?
She's fine.
I won't forgive 'em.
They got Miharu mixed up in this crap!
I won't forgive 'em!
Gammon...
This was with the Ring.
"To the Phi-Brain Children, Nippon Dome Stadium.
The game begins at 18:00."
This is... an invitation, for us.
What about the scattered Orpheus Rings?
It's all right. They were all dummy transmitters.
It is 6:05.
You're five minutes late.
It looks like you solved the puzzle.
It was a little bit of a production, but did you like it?
What's the big idea, calling us to a place like this?!
You have made replicas of the Armlets of Orpheus
and placed our students in harm's way.
I would like to know why.
I told you, didn't I?
To free Man from the yoke of the Gods.
Dude...
Using those replica Rings?
Perish the thought.
We shall make the ultimate replica Ring.
You mean, you're trying to artificially create a Ring
with the same powers as Armlets of Orpheus?
I see.
Everything up till now was an experiment for that.
Experiment?
The replica rings the vice president and Airi
were given were supposed to record data.
I get it.
You used them both to collect data
for getting as close to a real Armlet as possible.
Bravo.
We will strike at Kaito Daimon with
people whose minds have been
forcefully activated via replica Rings.
The stronger the opponent he fights,
the better data we can collect. Right, Sis?
That's just cruel!
The ultimate replica Ring...
Just what do you hope to accomplish by creating it?
We will distribute them to people throughout the world.
This will allow all Mankind to awaken
the powers that have been locked inside them.
You mean, you'll use the Armlets
to forcibly raise Mankind's abilities?!
We shall guide them. Humanity.
But the experiment is on brief hiatus.
We're starting a new game.
A new game. Namely...
Kaito Daimon: We shall destroy you.
What?
This is...?
You cannot leave until the game has been solved.
I have prepared a new game, one even
Mr. Freecell and the others are unfamiliar with.
You get no credit if it's boring, Why.
The name is "Whist".
I believe you're sure to be satisfied, Miss Mela.
It's Me-lan-cho-ly!
We have not yet been introduced.
I have been entrusted with the personal care
of Mr. Freecell and the others. I am Whist.
It's a pleasure to make your acquaintance.
The game is played four against four,
a competition to steal each other's territory.
I call it, "Lightning Position".
Kaito Daimon and associates comprise Red Team.
Mr. Doubt and associates comprise Blue Team.
Each side has five attacks before changing turns.
Players continue gameplay by inheriting prior territories.
Consulting or giving advice within your teams is forbidden.
Contestants on the losing team...
...shall meet THIS fate.
Again... Another deadly puzzle?!
I swear. You're pretty tacky, Why.
Kaito. Everyone...
You and I are here,
so why isn't this five vs. five?
You have no right to participate.
What does that mean?
You were not chosen by the Rings.
You have no chance of becoming a Phi-Brain, do you?
Kaito Daimon...
The man who came so close to the Phi-Brain.
Phi-Brain...
One who is free from the yoke of the Gods,
has awakened to the true power Humanity possesses.
If we beat you,
we might be able to be Phi-Brains, too.
You all, become Phi-Brains?
We are Phi-Brain children, too.
Chosen by the Orpheus Rings.
What?!
Th-those are...
Upperclassman Jikukawa, are they...?
A-Armlets of Orpheus.
And not replicas.
We are the real thing.
You all are Phi-Brain children too, right?
Let's do our best.
Still, you don't have any Rings, though.
Let's play up.
Go ahead.
T-tails.
Heads. Miss Melancholy and the Blue Team go first.
Now then, first game: begin play.
Here I go.
Players move the same way as knights in chess,
a right-angle path in four directions.
In moving from your position,
vertically, horizontally or diagonally,
you can change the color
of the panels in eight directions.
If you run into enemy panels,
you make just one of them yours and halt in place.
Panels that have already been made
your color shall continue as-is.
First game: The winner is Miss Melancholy.
Honestly. You weren't even a challenge.
Well, take care.
I'm sorry, everyone.
What're you talkin' about? We can still turn this around!
And who is MY opponent?
I, Ana, will go!
Do us proud, Ana!
Second game: The winner is Miss Mizerka.
I, Ana, tried to make a face, but I couldn't quite do it.
Anyway, I'll be back!
Huh. I thought you'd come out last.
I was asked in no uncertain terms.
Well, order is of no consequence.
If you were a girl, I'd take it easy on you, though.
Third game: Play.
Here goes!
Even if I take his territory, he just takes it right back.
I won't get anywhere at this rate.
Oh.
Third game: The winner is Mr. Pinochle.
We're up to just 10 points behind!
Kaito, you're great!
That's Kaito, all right!
Still...
Pinochole. That was unsightly.
You're the worst!
What's more, the final move
was a mistake by Kaito Daimon.
Mistake? Is that right?
True, he would've been able to get more territory
if he'd moved to a different spot.
That was rather helpful, Kaito Daimon.
Kaito made a mistake?
Is that possible?
Gammon Sakanoue.
The man selected by Rook Banjo Crossfield.
As a stepping stone for the purpose
of raising Kaito Daimon as a Phi-Brain.
Your whole existence is a waste, worm.
I'll finish this thing quickly.
Now then, the last game.
Play.
I'll have you apologize for involving my younger sister!
Sister? Oh, you mean THAT.
I couldn't care less how that turned out.
What?!
Rather, if it proved useful to our goals...
That shallow existence served
some small purpose in having been born.
Then I'm gonna make you regret having been born!
Being born and meeting ME!
We caught up to them!
Dammit!
They pulled out in front again.
There are five paths I can take.
The one that gets me the most panels is...
HERE!
What's this?
A tie?!
Whist! What's the meaning of this?
Let's leave today's game as a draw.
Kaito really is incredible.
What do you mean?
He made a mistake.
Even if you change a panel's color,
it can soon be taken back.
Simply repeating that is meaningless, yes?
Huh.
Yes. That's why Kaito made choosing
panels that were difficult to take back,
rather than getting as many panels
at once, his priority.
The panels on the game board's periphery.
Those panels stayed red till the end.
So that's it?
He didn't make a mistake at all.
Great job, Kaito!
You're so smart!
Kaito's an idiot.
You shouldn't underestimate him.
Even though he's an idiot.
Quit sayin' "idiot" already!
Kaito Daimon...
He's the same as always.
Indeed. Just like the old days.
He still pisses me off.
What're you talkin' about?
You still can't remember?
Can't... remember?
Let's meet again, Kaito.
Everyone!
Kaito!
Mama. Kaito hasn't changed at all.
Just like before, he's good at puzzles.
Like that time before, he was...
Ruthless.
Eiyuukidori Playing the hero
Itsudatte shinjita muteki no kankaku A sense of invincibility you always believed in
Tatakatte iru no wa chikyuu no tame nanka ja nai You're not fighting for the sake of the world or anything
Motto maipeesu de It's for a more leisurely
Sou, motto shoujiki na onegai no tame Yeah, more straightforward request
Nandotonaku kizutsuitemo tachiagare, hero Even if you're wounded over and over, rise up, hero
Kitto daijoubu, kimi o mamorunda It's sure to be all right, I'll protect you
Machigai da to shitemo tomarenai Even if it's wrong, it can't be stopped
Seikai ka nante wakaranai I don't know if it's the right answer
Donna toki demo original ni No matter the situation
Step o fumidashiteku I'll take those first steps, originally
Dramatic ni, mawaru sekai de On this spinning world, I'm searching, dramatically
Kiwameita wonder sagashiteru For wonders that sparkle
Boku, shijou saikou no tabi o tsuzukeyou Me, I'll keep going on the greatest journey in history
Image shite shiawase na mirai e To the happy future I imagined
Mirai e To the future
(Mirai e) (To the future)
This is bad!
Gammon is angry and there's no calming him down!
I, Ana, think that Gammon is hungry!
Let's make eat lots of food!
Uh, that's not it. It's about Miharu-
I get it!
He's not getting enough calcium.
Let's make him drink milk!
Next time, "Wandering Galileo"
Okay, let's give him some cheese!