Please fight with me, Kaito.
Upperclassman! Your eye!
Ah, has its color changed?
It's all right. I haven't changed at all.
This is an important experiment. And a challenge, too.
Will you help me?
Kaito...
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
Forbidden Fruit
This is friggin' heavy!
Oh, dear. Thanks for your hard work.
The heck is this thing?!
"SJ"?
Sliding Junction.
A special puzzle I made for my graduation project.
Why'd we have to bring it to the roof?
This is my special seat.
I thought this would be best for doing a puzzle with you.
This may be the last puzzle.
Kaito, will you help me set it up?
It's like...
Upperclassman Jikukawa seems the same as always, huh?
His brain is definitely in an activate state. But...
Souji hasn't changed.
Is that Ring broken?
No. Upperclassman Jikukawa is suppressing the Ring's power.
There's no way one of their fakes could swallow me up.
If anything, I will control IT.
A normal person would have lost control by now.
Upperclassman Jikukawa is incredible!
All right, now it's complete.
This is... SJ.
Oh, my. I almost forgot.
What is that?
A bomb.
I made it so that I can control something
of the Orpheus Order's making.
When the fuse burns up, the bomb goes off.
Half of Root Gakuen will sink into the ground.
If you win, Kaito, I'll tell you the password to stop it.
For real? You're saying this for real?
So that you treat this with due importance.
Otherwise, you won't know the power of this Ring.
I told you, didn't I?
This is an important experiment, and a challenge.
Still, a bomb is just-
Upperclassman Jikukawa.
The truth is, that Ring already swallowed you up, ain't it?
There's no way that could be! Upperclassman Jikukawa...
Upperclassman Jikukawa wouldn't be beaten by the Ring!
The bomb is just to get Kaito motivated!
That... That's right...
Cube.
That's right, right? Upperclassman Jikukawa!
We know more than anyone how dangerous those Rings are.
Fine, then I'll go take a look!
If there's a bomb, I'll dismantle it myself!
But if there isn't one...
You better kowtow before Upperclassman Jikukawa!
Cubik...
Nonoha. Ana.
Hurry up and get the students still at the academy to go home.
Huh?
Wha-?
Just in case.
Let's go, Nonoha.
Hey! Wait! Ana!
I'll stay and keep an eye on ya.
After all, there's a kowtow involved.
Are you all ready, Kaito?
Yeah. I'm good.
Puzzle time... Let's begin.
Sliding Junction...
You move red and blue trains on same-colored rails,
heading for the opponents' station in a competitive sliding puzzle, huh?
In the Solver's turn, you slide two rails
while the train proceeds two blocks.
Slide three rail blocks and the train will advance one block.
In the Giver's turn, you use the
handheld panel to select new blocks.
Those blocks appear above the field.
Once arranged, they create new rails.
On either turn, you can't move the block on which the train moves.
It's time to switch turns. Kaito.
Yeah.
A one-on-one puzzle, with Giver and Solver switching places...
That's pretty friggin' fun, Upperclassman Jikukawa!
That's right.
No one knows just how skilled Upperclassman Jikukawa is.
Newton vs. Einstein, huh?
That bomb is buggin' me,
but this is one battle I can't take my eyes off of!
Time to switch turns, Upperclassman Jikukawa.
Well done, Kaito.
It helps that you've learned the rules so quickly.
Is he...
Is he really the same upperclassman as always?
Upperclassman Jikukawa can't lose to that Replica Ring!
Still, why would he fight with me
to the point of setting off a bomb?
If it's like Gammon says...
and he's been swallowed up by the Ring...!
All right!
Now, most of the rails Upperclassman Jikukawa
could've used to move forward are gone.
What's more, his train is ass-backward from the goal.
Comin' back from this will be pretty tough.
I'm surprised.
Very well done, Kaito.
With that move just now,
you've made victory for me rather difficult.
But it's strange...
Somehow, I don't at all feel like I'm going to lose.
So we can speed things up a bit.
Huh?
How about this?
Hey! What the hell are you doing?!
You're changin' the rules?!
Just hurrying things up.
To meet our speed.
Ana! Any luck over there?
Not a creature stirring, not even a hamster!
Upperclassman Chieno!
Oh, my. What's going on?
Let's go. It's dangerous!
Dangerous? What is?
At the ruins in the mountain-
Nonoha! At the ruins in the mountain-
U-Um... Going home at night is dangerous!
Sorry. I have to sort through these documents
that piled up during the elections.
But, you don't have to do that now.
That won't do!
If I do my job slipshod like that,
it will be an insult to Upperclassman Jikukawa.
Upperclassman Chieno...
I, Ana, will help.
I'll help you, too!
Let's get it done soon and go home!
Thank you.
It's my turn, as a Solver.
He joined the friggin' rails!
It's your turn to be Solver.
I can see it.
I can see it... I can see it, Kaito.
All the moves you're trying to make!
U-Upperclassman Jikukawa!
This is... the power of the Ring, is it?
His apple juice!
He threw it down?!
Yes. It has no flavor at all.
Abandoning all senses and emotions,
shifting all areas of the brain toward thought, eh?
My, this is a surprising experience.
Sir... Sure enough, you...!
It's all right. I'm all right.
Over there.
It's my turn as a Solver.
I can see it... I can see it!
Dammit!
I can see it. Limitless moves!
I can beat Kaito...
A Phi-Brain child!
This puzzle sure is fun.
We can enjoy bein' both Giver and Solver.
Nice one, Upperclassman Jikukawa!
It's tough, but the more you
think about it, the more fun it gets.
For sure, I feel it...
The thought you put into this puzzle.
"SJ." You even gave this your own initials.
Isn't that right, Souji Jikukawa?
I don't know what you're thinkin', but...
I'm gonna enjoy this.
This puzzle is the best!
All finished!
I, Ana, too!
Okay, let's go home.
H-Hey!
Come on, come on!
Hang on a minute, Miss Itou!
Come one, come on!
Here I go, Upperclassman Jikukawa!
I see it!
That settles it. With this, Kaito wins!
I've solved it, Upperclassman Jikukawa.
Well, well. You're most talented, Kaito.
But...
It's my turn as a Solver.
U-Upperclassman Jikukawa.
Our duel is already decided...
Just a little more, and I might be able to reach it...
Phi-Brain level!
What... am I doing?
I lost, huh?
Upperclassman Jikukawa! Hang in there!
Hey!
What about the bomb?!
It's all right.
All the explosive mechanisms have been disabled.
Sure enough, this was part of the upperclassman's plan.
All of it!
Kaito No problems with the upperclassman or the school
Thank goodness!
I, Ana, was so worried!
Me, too!
What...
Now that I can relax, I'm SO hungry!
I, Ana, too!
Oh! Ma'am, shall we
get something to eat on the way back?
To celebrate.
Celebrate? Celebrate what?
Celebraaaate!
Hey, hold on.
Getting something to eat on the way home
is against school rules!
Upperclassman Jikukawa!
I'm sorry for doubting you!
My apologies for thinking that, once you'd put the Ring on,
you would lose to Kaito.
Well, I hope you've learned from your mistake.
Upperclassman Jikukawa, you...
As soon as the Ring came off,
I realized what I'd wanted to know.
The key to removing the Replica Ring
is the feeling of having lost.
People are freed from the Rings
when they've admitted that they've lost.
Huh? That's...
Correct. It's what we'd surmised from our data up till now.
But it was only a hypothesis.
I wanted to get some concrete data.
And we got PLENTY of data!
From when you put it on up until it came off. Right?
That's why you went so far, doin' this reckless stuff?
Even keepin' US in the dark.
They say it takes an ally to dupe an enemy, right?
We didn't want to arouse the Orpheus Order's suspicions.
Still, I forced you to be my accomplice in this, Cubik.
Thank you. And...
I'm sorry.
It's fine!
After all, I got to see Gammon kowtow.
Sure enough, this stuff is delicious.
Yes. We have finished compiling data
on the beta-test Orpheus Rings.
Yes. We shall now move to the feedback stage.
Congratulations on winning the election, Miss Student Council President!
Victor
Thank you, everyone.
Now, I can protect Upperclassman Jikukawa's student council.
-dera Chieno
2 Naoki Takeda 6 Shichiro Okudera
Whaaaa?!
Two votes? Just two votes?!
Who do you think the other voter was?
I have to do my best.
So Upperclassman Jikukawa won't be disappointed
when he comes back.
That's right.
I wonder where Upperclassman Jikukawa is right now...
He's a selfish bugger, as always.
He just left without sayin' anything.
I, Ana, think...
He'll be back soon!
'Cuz he's got so many absences that he can't graduate.
When that happens, I'll teach you how
to give our upperclassman a proper kowtow.
When that happens, your ass better be doin' a kowtow, too!
Kaito,
From Jikukawa To Kaito
Is everyone mad that I suddenly disappeared?
They may be rather surprised.
I texted you thinking I could tell you, at least, the whole truth.
I think you've realized that, at the time,
I was completely possessed by the Replica Ring.
My, my. That Ring really is something else.
Brain activity is increased, and puzzles
can be solved faster and more profoundly.
It is truly the forbidden fruit that must not be eaten.
Wearing the Orpheus Order's Ring,
removed from my own perception,
I was once again made aware of your incredible ability.
Still, all of this was expected.
I didn't mention this to Cubik,
but there was something else I wanted to investigate.
The truth behind the Replica Rings.
A fake can never approach the real thing.
I know that all too well.
And yet, there is a way to
approach the real thing, one without boundaries...
If a real Phi-Brain child like yourself were to
wear a Replica Ring,
it would seek to become a true Orpheus Ring.
It is YOU the Replica Rings seek, Kaito.
I was drawn too far into the Ring trying to learn this,
but thanks to you, I was able to return.
However, if you were to put on a Ring,
who would be able to stop you?
Moreover, if that is what the Orpheus Order is after...
I will leave the academy to find the truth.
This is my final mission as a member of Section Phi.
Kaito. Please take care of yourself.
See you.
Oh, and one last thing...
I was happy.
To have an all-out duel with you.
Thank you, Einstein.
Upperclassman Jikukawa...
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)
Kaito Daimon! I have returned.
I shall make you taste ignominy, despair,
beautiful fear and death!
I won't allow it.
Y-You! Rook Banjo C-
Next time, "The Devil Has Returned"
The Devil Has Returned
I see. This title refers to YOU.
Kaito, everyone, sorry for the wait.
Now then, puzzle time... Let's begin!