with ambitions of obtaining wealth:
The Replica Ring's ultimate form...
The Final Ring, has been completed.
Everything went how Klondike calculated, huh?
Now, no one is capable of stopping him.
Feels like you're up against the wall, maybe?
Sure enough, Japan's apple juice is the best.
Upperclassman Jikukawa!
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
God's Miscalculation
Upperclassman Jikukawa!
I've heard what you've been saying.
What do you think he wants to do
with the completed Final Ring, this Klondike?
Upperclassman...
Upperclassman Jikukawa!
Hey, you been well, Cubik?
Upperclassman Jikukawa!
Just where have you been?!
Cube!
Well, it ain't hard to see why he's mad.
Where have you been, Upperclassman?
Everyone's been worried about you.
I..I went to Crossfield Academy.
This is a souvenir from there.
The heck is that?
A diary...
From someone formerly of the Orpheus Order.
I found it looking into Freecell and the others...
This diary, hidden in an abandoned cottage.
I'm impressed you were able to find it.
Is this enough for you to forgive me?
So, what's written in that thing?
The truth...
About the Replica Rings.
The Orpheus Order was formerly a stoic group
dedicated to freeing mankind and heightening
their own mental faculties.
But when one man entered their ranks,
things began to go awry.
He was young, and filled
Ludwig Loewenherz.
Also known as...
He's Klondike?!
Since ancient times,
the unbroken symbol of the Orpheus Order
has been the Orpheus Ring.
He knew of its existence,
and planned to claim it for himself...
But the Ring refused him.
And Klondike, determined to acquire the ultimate intellect,
began a shocking plan of action.
I hereby propose that
we scientifically analyze the Orpheus Ring
and begin industrial operations to mass produce it!
These "Replica Rings" will boost the mind's potential!
Unless that happens, we shall never change!
We can change nothing!
It was such an absurd notion.
But Klondike had the charisma and
intellect to sway them all.
And he possessed the funds to execute his plan.
With group sentiment behind him,
Klondike began analyzing the Orpheus Ring,
and completed his first Replica Ring.
According to the diary,
the one selected to be
the first test subject was a girl named Solitia.
In order to set humanity free,
she offered herself up to accept the Ring.
However...
The Replica Ring was incredibly dangerous.
She tried several times to convince the others.
"This plan using the Rings is dangerous."
But the Orpheus Order was already under Klondike's control.
No one would pay any heed to what she said.
Sensing danger, Solitia
escaped the Orpheus Order....
With the Ring, unable to be removed, still on her.
And with a young Freecell.
Freecell?!
Sheeit! So that's it?
It can't be; Solitia was...
Yes, she was his mother.
The Replica Ring's first sacrifice...
was none other than Freecell's mother.
For real?
Solitia successfully escaped,
and settled somewhere far away.
At last, her days had become peaceful.
But they didn't last long.
Her mind had already become twisted by the Ring.
I am in the midst of anguish.
Happiness fairly brimming with light,
and malice as if blown from the depths of the earth...
I am buffeted by a wave of emotions
that drives me between the two.
I love Freecell,
and yet in the next moment,
I find myself loathing him.
Why am I unable to smile at him?
Always and forever...
Such sad words.
It's like Freecell said.
His kind mother was a fake memory.
The cold mother was the real one,
and he hated her.
But both memories were true.
His mother had just
been swallowed up by the Replica Ring.
This diary...
It's repentance for her sins.
Yeah.
But Solitia died before she could entrust it to Freecell.
What a cruel turn of fate:
For the son to wear a Replica Ring,
the thing that twisted his mother.
What's more,
it was all an experiment devised by Klondike
in order to complete the Final Ring.
Freecell was the same as me?
He got drawn into the motives of grownups...
and lost his parents!
Kaito...
The fate that has enveloped Freecell,
Solitia and the Replica Rings
is a twisted, difficult puzzle.
The one person who can solve it and set him free...
is you, Kaito, only you.
You who made that promise to him.
Yeah, you're right.
I gotta help him!
Set him free from that puzzle of fate!
Kaito!
There's no puzzle I can't solve!
Yes!
But Klondike has captured Freecell.
What will you do?
There is a way.
Rook!
Destroy the Final Ring and stop Klondike.
Do that, and you can save Freecell.
Stop Klondike?!
Yes, the plan is already in motion.
The hell?
What's this plan of yours?
The POG has asked for help.
They want to thwart Klondike's ambitions
and free Freecell.
However, there's only so much two high schoolers can do.
You are under no obligation to help,
but we would ask that you assist us...
All of us.
Well, shall we begin?
Yeah.
At last, it's finished...
The Final Ring!
Uncle, where will you begin?
First, shall we test the power of this Ring?
You gonna take over the world?
Not bad, but I could do that anytime.
I want to try something even more elaborate.
For example, creating a new universe!
Wow, that's great!
Oh, Uncle!
No you don't.
We're going to destroy that Ring.
Oh my, that voice.
It's Pinochle, Mr. Relieved of Duty.
You all think you can actually do something?
I know my limitations.
So...
I'm grateful to you all, POG.
We may be sister schools,
but answering the students' wishes...
is a principal's job.
The Final Ring's completion
is a situation we cannot overlook.
I never imagined the POG and the
Orpheus Order would fight side by side.
Gets you fired up, huh? For real.
Let's begin.
I challenge you, Klondike!
Let's play up.
A fire?!
The building's systems have been hacked and
are sending out spurious information.
This building's security is perfect,
unable to be broken by one such as Pinochle.
He has enlisted help...
from the POG.
The POG?
They plan to capture me and destroy the Final Ring.
A good opportunity.
I shall prove the Ring lets me predict the future,
and the accuracy of its power.
He plans to escape via the heliport on the top floor.
There are a total of eight elevators.
I'm gonna shut them all down, leaving him trapped.
You're not getting away, Klondike!
The target has begun moving via elevator.
Access the elevator system.
This is...
All the elevators operate on independent systems!
So, we have to gain control of them one at a time?!
It's our only option.
Start hacking!
Hacking complete in...
5...
4...
3...
2...
1!
A few seconds later and
we would have been trapped.
He got off right before we stopped the elevator.
Just as we'd planned.
Hurry and hack the next elevator!
Already doing it!
So close!
Found you, Klondike!
Oh, Doubt, you too?
The cause of the Orpheus Order
was to elevate ourselves,
strive for mankind's further growth.
You used us, disgraced us, brought us
to ruin for your own greed,
and so you and that Ring...
I cannot forgive them!
Mr. Klondike, please leave this to us.
Sure.
Wait!
Don't let him get away!
Doubt has begun running on the 21st floor.
How you doing over there, Diceman?
Just a little longer, be done in...
3...
2...
1!
What?!
We've pared down Klondike's crew.
Heading to the next point.
Klondike is headed for the seventh elevator.
Just as we'd planned, huh?
Yes, but something's strange.
Exactly.
Klondike's movements are
always one second ahead of ours.
It may be Klondike for whom things are just as planned.
You mean he's figured out our entire plan?!
So this is the Final Ring, eh?
Klondike has moved to the last elevator.
He will reach the top floor.
No, I won't let him!
Has the elevator system been compromised?
The POG are kinda good, huh?
That's...
A maze using the fire doors.
It seems that to reach the top floor,
we must go through this maze.
Yes, precisely.
Klondike has entered the maze on the 59th floor.
Got it!
Not much longer and I'll get you...
at the ideal point!
Klondike's executive office on the 59th floor...
There are no other exits or entrances.
If I can trap them here on the top floor...
they'll have nowhere to run to!
This is your executive office, Uncle?
It would seem that we were led here.
That's right.
Hand it over, please, the Final Ring.
And Freecell too.
Well...
Give it up!
There's nowhere you can run.
If you pin me in here, you can win.
It would seem that is your thinking.
But are you aware that I have this sort of system?
This room is rigged so that in an emergency,
I can go directly to the top floor.
In trying to capture me,
you in fact led me to my goal.
Th..That's impossible!
My, such unsightly faces.
I thank you.
This has proven that my ability
to predict the future is 100% accurate.
Klondike!
I should be grateful to Doubt and Pinochle.
Thanks to the commotion they caused,
I made it here without difficulty.
Sure enough, you came, Freecell.
This was in your calculations too?
Of course, and what happens next as well.
You want this Ring, don't you?
However, do you think you can defeat me?
I who have achieved power equal to God?
Very well,
then let us challenge each other as opponents in a game.
This is the Straying Field?
What's going on?
On its own, the Ring...
They're resonating.
Mr. Klondike's Final Ring...
Miss Melancholy's Orpheus Ring...
And Mr. Freecell's Replica Ring...
In the end, whose Ring shall remain?
Whist...
You couldn't predict his betrayal.
I guess it's only natural.
From here on, it's the future that I've seen.
I see, interesting.
Then, let us make certain:
Which future is correct, yours or mine?
There's no need.
Hey, the game hasn't started yet!
I have no intention of playing with you.
My opponent in the game...
will be Kaito, no one else.
Th..That eye!
That eye was scary.
Like it would swallow everything up...
That eye!
No, stay back!
Do you want this Ring?
I'll give it to you!
I'll give it, just stay back!
Melancholy, you're saying you'll abandon the Orpheus Ring?!
I mean, this thing just attached itself to me!
Uncle, hurry and take it off!
Otherwise, this monster will...
No, I don't need this thing anymore!
Useless.
I'll correct an error like this with the Final Ring!
All electrical power in the Foundation's main building has shut down.
All access has been cut off.
What's happened?!
Understood.
I ask that you please gather more information.
Is something going on?
Well...
Hello?
Kaito? It's me, Pinochle.
Pinochle?
Dude, are you okay?
I have a message from Freecell.
From Freecell?
You saw Freecell?
Is he all right?!
Yeah, Freecell is all right.
This is Freecell's message:
"Kaito, I'm waiting for you at the Puzzle of God."
The Puzzle of God?!
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)
Damn you, Whist!
Taking Nonoha Itou hostage to
draw Kaito Daimon out is playin' dirty!
It seems the place for the final battle is the Himalayas, huh?
Himalayas...
Those frozen mountains?!
Only two episodes left.
Can we climb them in time?
Huh?
Get ready at once!
Next time, "The Closed-Off World"
The Closed-Off World
Make sure you're protected against the cold.
Don't throw trash on the mountains!
Are we really climbing them?!