We're married now,
Sakamoto.
We are, Himiko.
In the world of BTOOOM!.
We can be true to ourselves and to each other here.
We can be true to our love.
Even so...
I want to meet you.
Let's not.
I like it this way.
I want to keep dreaming like this.
I like you the way you are.
Himiko.
If they're farther away in my next scan,
we won't have to fight.
Damn it.
What the hell?
He attacked me with a knife and not a BIM?
Don't move!
Why did you attack me?
Don't you think trying to kill each other is stupid?!
Stop this, and work with us.
We'll escape together.
How?
Well...
No plan, huh?
You can't beat a BIM with a knife!
First persuasion, then threats?
I hate selfish kids like you more than anything else.
Say what you like.
I'm leaving.
If you try to follow me...
So that's who I saw!
They're working together?
An explosion!
That's where Sakamoto went, isn't it?
Is he okay?
He has three types of BIMs...
For all that talk, you're a murderer too!
There's no point in wasting BIMs on him.
Just kill him with your knife, Miyamoto.
If you want, I can—
Damn it!
What did you do?
W-Wait!
The stun gun's getting weaker?
Crap!
That stupid kid...
You have to go after him, Miyamoto.
I intended to let him go.
This is what he said to me:
"Work with us."
He has friends.
S-Sakamoto!
You took your time.
Are you okay?
I'm fine.
My BIMs were taken though.
You didn't let them follow you, did you?
It's all right.
I took the longest way back I could find.
And they weren't using their radar.
They must have lost track of me by now.
Radar?
No!
I'm talking about footprints or other traces like that!
No, I can't stay here.
I'm leaving.
I'm taking my stuff.
Wait.
There's only one trunk.
I'll take it then.
Listen...
What?
Don't move.
H-How did you find us?
I'm a former mercenary.
Tracking someone in the jungle is simple for me.
We meet again, girl.
When I saw his stun gun, I realized...
If I followed him, we might meet again.
Are those the BIMs and food you took from me?
I'd like them back.
Come to think of it, wasn't that fat ass Akechi with you?
You killed him, didn't you?
Do you have his chip?
I-It wasn't me!
It's not my fault!
I don't know where his chip is.
I don't have it!
That's fine.
I'll just strip search you.
Stop it!
Leave us alone.
Get out of here!
You still don't understand?
This island is hell. You live or you die.
It's impossible to escape on your own.
The only way out is to kill others and take their chips.
Don't you want to get the eight chips and leave this place?
If you ask me, the people playing the game
are the sane ones.
Shut up!
Shut the fuck up!
No matter what's going on,
nothing gives you a reason to kill!
This is a game someone made.
A game of this scale can be exploited somehow, somewhere.
I worked as a debugger for Tyrannos Japan,
the guys who are probably running this.
That's how I can tell!
This game isn't complete.
It's still being developed.
There's bound to be loopholes!
I know it!
Your "plan" is nothing but a naïve child's foolish optimism.
I'm not interested.
Time to die.
It'll be a pain getting that chip...
Right, girl?
Himiko...
Himiko.
H-Himiko...
Ouch.
I fell from up there?
G-Guys!
Taira?
S-Sakamoto.
We need to stop the bleeding.
The trunk...
And the BIMs!
He took them all?
Where's the girl?
Did he take her?
No way.
It's my fault.
It's all my fault.
BTOOOM!?
A Type-Theta cosplay?
Himiko.
That's her name?
No way... Is she...
Himiko?
I have to go.
I have to save her.
Himiko...
No! Don't go!
Please don't go...
I don't want to be alone anymore!
We need clean towels and water for you.
I'll be back soon.
I promise.
No!
Please, no! Don't leave me!
Not anymore... This time...
If you leave me here, I...
I'll lose my mind!
Please... Stay with me!
Sa—
Sakamoto!
This is great...
Stop!
I feel so much better.
That's my food!
You bitch,
that was mine to begin with.
Just hurry up and kill me.
I won't fight back...
In exchange,
let me die pure.
Did you think that's why I brought you here?
There are better forms of entertainment here.
Like torturing my enemies...
by flaying.
I'll skin you like an apple.
Let me slowly peel you, and see how long you can survive.
You can stay pure,
just the way you want.
No!
What?
That was someone's radar, wasn't it?
Was it the old man?
Or another player?
Don't you dare!
They each fired their radar twice.
Do you think it's some kind of signal?
Which means it's probably...
That kid survived.
The storm has stopped.
He'll be here soon.
You head to the front hall.
I'll go around from the left.
We took all his BIMs.
He's unarmed, so don't screw up.
Leave it to me.
Your BIMs have a ten-second delay before they explode.
Set them to three, so you don't mess up.
Right!
Okay.
He's heading toward Natsume.
That fool.
I can tell exactly where he is.
Did you get him, Natsume?
He's getting closer.
Did Natsume miss?
No, he didn't.
If there isn't another explosion,
did he get Natsume?
He's heading straight for me.
So he'll be coming through here.
I'll take him in one strike.
Do you think I can't hear you?
You're mine!
Where is he?
What happened?
I-I saw him, so I attacked.
But he disappeared completely!
Is it possible to blow someone up so thoroughly that there's nothing left?
Of course not, fool!
Look harder!
I'm certain she was around here.
That was close!
That's a trap they teach in the army.
I avoided it though,
and got a valuable BIM in return.
A BIM that's been disabled
becomes the property of whoever disarmed it.
I proved that with her BIM.
Maybe I can create a miracle with this.
I came to save you, Himiko.
H-How do you know that name?
Sorry, I saw your phone wallpaper.
You played BTOOOM! as "Himiko," didn't you?
Y-Yeah.
It isn't my real name.
My name is Sakamoto.
Have you ever heard it?
We might have played together a lot.
I know it.
You're one of the top-ranked players.
My friends all know the name.
That's all I know.
I've never played with him.
It wasn't you?
I don't play that much.
That's right.
The game sold three million copies.
Of course there would be users sharing the same name.
But I got the courage to come this far
because I thought I was saving Himiko.
So from now on,
I'll just have to trust my instincts.
Can I call you Himiko, even if it's not your real name?
I don't mind, I guess.
Thanks.
That bastard's with the girl.
But he never showed up on the radar!
Did he avoid the trap and make it to the room?
Christ... This shit about radars and BIMs...
I knew this was the only thing I could trust.
There are only two ways down from that room.
You go this way.
I'll get the other side.
Don't screw it up this time.
Right!
Off I go!
Article 35, Chapter Seven of the Penal Code: self-defense!
An act unavoidably performed to protect the rights of oneself
or any other person against imminent and unlawful infringement is not punishable.
Self-defense! Self-defense!
I found you!
Die, die, die!
Useless fool!
I can't die in this crazy world...
I am an elite lawyer!
Fool!
That's a dead end—
Not bad, kid.
I'm impressed.
I've got the girl though.
Come on out.
I'll give you a chance.
Hand-to-hand combat.
It's not a bad deal, is it?
Now, come on out.
If I can get that...
Your pouch had three BIM types.
You should have at least two chips.
This girl killed that fat ass Akechi, so she has one too.
I said I don't have it—
You're still playing dumb?
That's fine...
You should have three between you.
Once I kill you, I can take my time looking.
Natsume, that old fool from back then,
and the one I killed before gives me eight.
That's all I need.
So come on out!
If you beat me, you can get all eight too.
Now.
The knife's the first thing most people go for!
Damn it!
I won't let you die so easily.
I said to fight unarmed,
but you ignored me and went for the knife.
You broke the rules.
Is this my Game Over?
Life didn't work out the way I wanted.
I thought it would somehow, but it never did.
A life wasted on games.
If I could have at least met the real Himiko...
What are you doing?
You little bitch...
Hurry, run!
What did you...
What?
Come on, this way!
She flipped the switch?
The gas is coming!
Where's the exit?
A dead end?
No way!
What are you going to do?
Wow.
Come on!
Gotcha.
Just a little more...
What?
I-I'll show you hell.
The real hell that I saw on the battlefield.
He's tough.
But...
A timer?
Why would he?
I have ten seconds before it explodes.
I've got plenty of time.
I'll make it mine and toss it back...
Set them to three, so you don't mess up.
He took Natsume's...
S-Sorry.
Fabulous!
Absolutely fabulous!
It's like a movie!
Sakamoto defeated Miyamoto Masashi, the odds-on favorite!
What do you think, everyone?
Looks like it's third time lucky for our game balance!
After Himiko and I barely fend off the enemy,
a new threat approaches.
A white ghost that Himiko says she saw in the dark.
Does it mean there's a new enemy?
Or is it...