The first person to get four rings
can be the absolute winner of the game of life!
Have a match,
Shirube and Zero.
One person stands at each direction,
so there are four "voices" in this game.
If the "voice" can get the "jumper" to jump in their direction,
they'll get one ring.
See through who is really at the safe direction, and jump.
This is Quarter Jump.
It's me, Kazuya Yamaguchi.
It's my side. It's safe here.
I'll kill you, hypocrite!
I'll jump to your side!
I thought the two of them were friends back in high school?
I know he wants the ring, but...
Friendship between men can't beat the 100-billion yen.
You have to deceive even your friends to survive here.
Just one more step! Just take one more step forward.
All right.
Good. Now, jump from there.
Don't worry, it's just one meter.
What's the matter?
Are you scared?
No...
Hey... You still don't trust me?
Why?
I'm playing this game to save your life!
You don't trust me.
I do trust you.
Your side is safe, right?
Cut it out! I told you that it is!
Don't make me repeat myself.
Now it only depends on whether you trust me or not.
I know, but...
Gosh, don't trust him!
No, Zero...
Jump!
Jump...
No, Zero...
I'll jump now.
"ZERO -The Bravest Money Game"
I'll jump to your side.
This is a bolt from the blue.
The worst has happened.
- What's the matter? - I...
What's wrong?
I'll jump right now.
I trust you.
Thank goodness! You'll be safe.
Now your life is safe!
Jump over to hell!
You are the hero of our class.
My life is ruined because of you!
I can't let you die here.
I want to move on...
So, you have to live!
So, die now!
Kazuya.
What?
Are they straight?
Straight? What is?
My shoes. Are they pointing straight at you?
I mean,
if I jump at an angle and can't reach your side,
it's no laughing matter.
So, please confirm it for me.
Yeah, true...
It's okay, his knees point straight at me,
so, of course his shoes point straight at me too.
Don't worry, it's okay. No problem.
Your shoes are pointing straight at my side, so you can just jump.
Now, come here! Just jump to my side.
Stop thinking and just jump!
Kazuya...
What?
- I'm sorry. - Why?
They're pointing straight at me.
The more you say, the more it tells me, Kazuya...
that the 50 metres to hell is in front of me.
Idiot, what are you talking about?
Don't lose your mind now!
I'm not at a loss.
I am sure about it.
Don't be ridiculous! At least trust me a bit!
I'm not the only one...
I'm not the only one who can't see.
What do you mean?
Look carefully.
Can you see something now?
If you were in the Safe area
and could see my shoes clearly,
you would've warned me right away...
About my shoelace.
Someone is going to risk his life to jump,
but his shoelace is untied.
You can't possibly not warn him.
But you couldn't do so.
You couldn't,
that means you couldn't see it.
It's because the iron wall created a blind spot in front of you.
If someone stands at the edge,
you can't see their feet from the Wall's peephole.
Am I right?
But you pretended that you could see them and tried to get away with it.
It's okay. No problem.
Right?
That was the moment that a flaw appeared in your lie.
Kazuya.
Again.
The people here talked you into doing this, right?
I was defeated by you again.
I know you aren't someone like that.
You know?
What do you know about me?
Back in high school, when we first met...
"First Term Final Exam Results"
I was defeated for the very first time.
Nothing.
There was nothing I could beat you at.
But before the last relay, which our swim team
had to win after the previous victory...
Anchor leg, Zero Ukai.
Please let me decline this time.
Because of your pity for me,
on the day you refused to be the anchor leg,
I was made the anchor leg instead of you,
- and our team lost the match. - Zero.
We would've won if Zero were the anchor leg.
Zero was a genius.
You have never experienced humiliation like that, right?
Since then, I have been trapped by your shadow.
I came here to turn my life around,
I thought it was fate when I met you.
It's been 10 years.
I thought this really was a chance to start my life over again.
- What is it? - What will start?
I participated in this game to kill you.
Zero...
So...
You get it now, right?
You should know how horrible I am.
You're disappointed, aren't you?
Look down on me!
I will not look down on you.
You aren't a horrible person.
What?
You can start over again now.
Don't make a fool of me.
Let's swim again.
Again?
But I was trying to kill you!
If we can get out of here alive,
let's swim together again.
Like we did back then.
You're too immature.
I'm just stupid.
Live.
Zero...
What is this extremely vile game about?
It's me, Hiroshi. Can you hear me?
At first, it was Hiroshi.
It's me, Kazuya Yamaguchi.
Next, it was Kazuya.
What does Zaizen, the old man, want to see?
Jump from there. Don't worry.
He wants to see a "voice" blinded by desire, deceiving his friend?
The "jumper" falling to the ground,
before realizing he'd been betrayed?
I'll jump to where you are.
Who will be here next?
You are next.
You know what to do, right? Keep talking for as long as you can.
We'll send you "that" when you do so.
Two directions left.
I managed to get from quarter to half.
The percentage of going to the Safe area is now 50.
Now, two "voices" will be standing there together.
The correct answer is one of the two.
As before, you have 10 minutes.
It's either in front of me...
or it's on my left hand side.
It's 50 percent.
No, it isn't 50 now.
When I stood at the edge,
the person in the Out area can't see my feet,
now I know this conclusive truth...
Right...
I can use the coins.
Will you sell me the chivalrous thieves?
In that case, I will buy your match.
If the person can't tell me what the coin I put at the edge is,
then he's in the Out area.
If his answer is correct, he's in the Safe area.
It's crystal clear. It's clear already.
Now, let's put this wicked game to an end.
I'll end this.
The person opposite me, can you see?
It's me.
Seigi Suezaki.
But I think you aren't surprised that it's me.
Where I'm standing at is the Safe area.
If you are, then you should be able to see it.
Is the coin I put at the edge a 10 yen coin or a 100 yen coin?
But don't you want to know...
What?
Why I volunteered to play this role?
He doesn't even have to ask.
The sniveling kid can't possibly beat Zero.
Frankly, I was frustrated...
when Zaizen said you and Shirube were kings.
But when I was looking at how you fought when you can't see,
the frustration just disappeared.
It was so wonderful.
I volunteered to be a "voice" to defeat you,
and I want a ring too.
But...
Frankly, the rule of killing someone just for a ring put me off.
It really was a close call.
I almost really killed someone at this rate.
Well, I mean nothing I just said.
He told Zero himself?
Why did he lie, then?
I've got no choice, have I?
I'm here to defeat you,
but I was assigned to the Safe area.
How ironic.
I hate to let you win,
but as a "voice", I have to get you to jump here to get a ring.
So the dirtiest trick I can at least play
is to keep chatting with you about nothing
and waste the time you have,
then get you to jump right before time is up.
If I do so,
maybe the kid, Shirube, will win.
Don't be misled by him.
Trust only the obvious truth that I can totally proclaim.
I'll ask once more.
You should be able to see it in the Safe area.
Is the coin I put at the edge a 10 yen coin or a 100 yen coin?
What's the matter?
You can't answer me?
It's too shiny to see.
What? How nasty of you.
The coin was too shiny, so I couldn't see it,
but it's a trick question.
When I look closely, it's neither a 10 yen or a 100 yen coin,
it's a 50 yen coin.
He got it!
He can see the 50 yen coin I put there.
In other words,
his side is safe. It's the Safe area.
Jump at once if you've got it.
Well done, sniveling kid.
First, no doubt, this is the Safe area.
But I'll check the other direction as well, just in case.
The person here, please answer me.
Is the coin I put here a 10 yen coin or a 50 yen coin?
Or a 100 yen?
I can't see it.
I forgot to wear my contact lenses.
You are...
Mineko Goto.
This is the Safe area.
Why are you here?
To save your life, of course! What else?
I am your savior!
What? What is this?
What is going on? What should I think?
Wait. Calm down.
Don't be misled by her. Return to the basics.
Go back to the basics.
In Quarter Jump,
the "voice" gets a ring if they can get me to jump towards them.
That means,
no matter where they are, they want me to jump towards them.
But...
I can't see it.
The woman is different.
She doesn't care about the rings.
I'm not surprised if she's in the Safe area, but lies and says...
that she can't see the coin.
Which one?
Which side is safe?
Wait.
The woman is at a position that she can choose where she goes.
In that case, she expects me to not trust what she said at all,
and she is in the Safe area.
Wait, but there's no blind spot on this side, so it should be safe.
You're free to be lost in thought, but time is almost up.
You have two minutes left.
Hey,
what will you do? You're running out of time.
Come on, just make up your mind quickly.
Why don't you just trust me and hop!
Oops, I just said, "Hop!"
Hop!
It's no use. Talking to this woman will only throw me off track.
Don't mind her.
It's this side.
It really annoys me.
I do it for the ring, but I hate to let you win.
It isn't about whether I believe what he says or not...
It's a 50 yen coin.
As a matter of fact, he could tell me which coin I put at the edge.
The fact that he can see it is conclusive.
As he can't see the edge here from the peephole,
it means his side is safe.
It's the only conclusion...
Oh, no! It's so high!
Hey, it's so high up here!
Can you see it? Can you? Oops, you can't. Sorry.
But something isn't right.
If that's the case, why is the woman so happy?
There has to be something. I just feel that there is.
Seigi.
What?
Please answer me again.
What coin is this?
Ten yen.
And it's 100 yen next to it.
As I thought, it was quick.
What's the matter?
Just now, he said the coin was shiny and spent a lot of time,
then he finally answered it, but he answered readily this time.
Now you should know that there is no blind spot here.
It's like there was a reason the first time.
A special reason.
Say, he was getting something ready.
In other words,
my side is the Safe area.
If he wants to see the coin at the edge from the Out area,
he has to be high up, say, peeking from the upper edge of the wall.
Maybe he used something like a stool...
So... He needed the time to get a stool ready?
No, this isn't the case.
I would have heard his voice coming from above me.
It's a 50 yen coin.
The voice came from right in front of me.
Wait a second.
Could this be...
A high position...
He can see the coin from a high position,
for example...
A mirror.
If he attaches a mirror to a long rod, like a washing line pole...
I see!
By doing so, even in the Out area, his voice can be at the same level,
and it's possible for him to see what is opposite the wall.
In that case,
how about this?
Seigi, is this side head or tail?
Fifty yen, head.
And this one?
One hundred yen, tail.
Hey, how many times do you have to check?
You have 40 seconds left.
The voice is Zaizen's?
I'll do it one last time, then.
Is it head or tail?
You're so persistent.
- Don't answer! - Ten yen, head.
Oh?
You can actually see clearly, right?
Ms Mineko Goto.
And Seigi, you messed up.
You saw too much.
I saw too much?
If you looked at it from the front in the Safe area,
the 10 yen coin...
would be behind a stud, that is, at your blind spot.
It's a 10 yen coin that you shouldn't see from the front.
As long as you don't use a tool from above to peek.
How did you realize?
I finally realized how the trap worked.
In other words, the correct answer is...
This side.
My lord.
I have to admit it now.
Well done.
I have to admit...
that you already are the king.
Now,
I am here.
Just come here.
I'm a simple person.
I love able people.
Mr Zaizen.
I will teach you my king craft.
Don't go, Zero!
You play dirty, darn old man!
The game is already over!
It isn't over yet.
Well done, Zaizen!
Zaizen!
- Zaizen... - No, Zero!
- Zaizen... - Don't go there!
Zaizen...
The whole time...
Come! Don't stop.
I have misunderstood you.
Just kidding.
You jerk!
I won't play your game anymore.
What?
I just successfully jumped after I prepared to die.
Of course, I was walking on air a bit.
I felt so blissful, that maybe I would be absent-minded.
But even so,
I'm not so carried away
that I'd carelessly walk forward when I couldn't see!
It seems that you didn't lie when you said you were simple.
You still haven't realized?
Your words were the biggest clue to how I solved the Quarter Jump.
My words?
I've been thinking the whole time.
About your intention.
That is,
what you wanted to see most in this game.
What you wanted to see...
was me falling,
the biggest highlight of the game.
You wished to see it with your own eyes.
In that case,
it'd be boring to watch it from the narrow peephole.
The best seat...
has to be in the Safe area, where the view is good.
In other words,
when I heard your voice, I could be sure that it was the Safe area.
It is so obvious.
Your wickedness is obvious!
Did you think I would be mortified?
Interesting.
It really was a great amusement.
"Amusement"?
But you'd better not forget...
that as long as you're here,
whether you live or die,
could be decided by my finger alone.
You barely made it in time, but you passed.
Depending on Shirube's result,
you could be the winner.
It's just a game, right?
Everything is a game.
Just a game.
Shirube, it's your turn.
Zero passed, didn't he?
Zero.
My bosom friend.
Sorry.
I had no idea that was going to happen.
Really...
Thank goodness, you're okay.
Zero...
You did jump, but you barely made it in time.
Master Shirube is going to win.
Let us pass through.
Are you going to use the tools next too?
We'll make it harder.
In Quarter Jump, the one who jumps later is at an advantage.
So we'll give the peeking tools to
the three people in the Out area from the beginning.
This is absurd!
If the three people have the tool from the beginning,
then there is no blind spot.
They'll see everything from the start.
Then how can Shirube see through which direction is safe?
He can't find a breakthrough to begin with!
I started to realize because of my shoelace, without that...
Look at that.
It's the gangster.
On top of that,
the guy who isn't trustworthy at all is in the Safe area!
This is absurd.
The line-up is too risky and the handicap is too much.
Shirube will be there.
Shirube can't see.
I'll go offline.
Zero?
What are you doing?
Doubt everything, keep thinking.
Shut up and no advice!
Don't force yourself to jump! If you still want to live!
I said, shut up!
Come.
- Hey! - What?
Hey... Let go of me.
Stay here until the game is over.
What was the "want to live" part about?
It was a message.
"If you still want to live."
"Migaka."
Read backwards.
"Kagami..."
Mirror?
You mean the tools?
That, plus the meaning of the coins I threw at that time.
The coins at the blind spot?
I'm sure Shirube will realize this.
Hang on.
He is our enemy.
Why did you help him?
Don't.
We can all get rings if you win.
Are you still our king?
Zero.
Shirube jumped.
What?
It's your ring.
We'll give you the rest later.
It was only 45 seconds after he started?
Why was it so quick? How did he do it?
Master Shirube...
Shirube.
Master Shirube...
"if you still want to live."
You mean the mirrors, right?
You confused me, on the contrary.
What?
Because if it benefits me, it means it's your loss.
But...
Don't do anything uncalled for.
Master Shirube...
Did you see Shirube jump?
Yes, we did, but...
He bowed his head and asked them something, then...
He jumped.
You don't know why Shirube jumped and how he got the correct answer?
It's hard!
The ring is hard.
Please, will you tell me?
Tell you what?
Why did Shirube jump to your side?
What else? Because I convinced...
Shirube asked something, right?
You ignore me?
I want to know the question.
What did he ask you?
Who'd have thought that you would ask me a favour?
Please tell me.
Well, I can tell you...
but on one condition.
Well, I don't have to worry now.
The kid really is a genius.
When he was bowing and facing the other directions,
I couldn't hear his voice
and I had no idea what he was doing,
but when it was my turn, the penny dropped.
The kid bowed to me and asked...
Please look at the tips of my thumbs.
Are the tips of my thumb attached or separated?
I see!
If he bows,
he can block his thumb from the peephole's view,
at the same time,
it prevents the person from using a mirror to see it from above.
The view from the side...
is blocked by the other fingers around the thumbs.
The only one who can see it
is the person in the Safe area
when he crouches.
It's perfect. Perfect indeed.
It's the perfect answer to this game.
No matter what tool is used,
the person in the Out area will never see the sanctuary.
His thumbs are guarded.
He used...
Ten seconds.
He came up with this in just the 10 seconds to look around.
It's out of this world.
It's too overwhelming.
I panicked and barely survived. I can't hold a candle to him.
I've brought them here, as promised.
My followers have the right to receive them, right?
Yes, all five of them will each get two rings.
Master Shirube, thank you so much!
We're grateful, Master Shirube.
If there are 10 in total, give them to the guys here too.
Give my five new followers one ring each too.
All the followers get one ring each.
Master Shirube...
Why do you do that?
Do I need to explain to you?
No...
He is like him.
Like my lord.
A while ago,
a certain someone said arrogantly
that he'd prove to us what a real king was like,
but I think it's the boy.
He's the real king.
- Oh, thank you. - May I have one?
- One. - One... Okay.
It's tasty.
"Burger Kingdom".
It's Zaizen Group's hamburger franchise.
What about meat?
Where is the important hamburger steak?
Well, I looked everywhere in the warehouse,
but I just couldn't find hamburger steak.
Really?
Did you actually eat them yourselves?
Did you guys steal them?
No, we didn't...
Of course they wouldn't.
They aren't me.
Mr Sunao?
Zero...
Do you have a moment?
I am sorry.
I couldn't find the right time to give it back.
Is that so?
I'll apologize to Shimazu and give it back to him.
But why did you tell me?
Well...
Why did I?
I think Mr Sunao wanted you to scold him, Zero.
What?
For stealing the ring.
Right?
I think so.
But I don't want to scold you or forgive you if possible.
People insist that something should or have to be a certain way,
that's why people can't forgive someone or get angry at someone.
But I think it's normal.
Don't restrict another person,
instead, relax yourself.
Relax? Myself?
Be who you are.
Be who I am...
Like a flowing river,
accept it as it is and just let it flow.
If you do so, no matter who you are,
you can arrive at the ocean, a peaceful heart without an ego.
You know...
I think winning the game only doesn't make you a king.
Yes?
I'm saying that the real king is Zero.
It's yours.
Why do you give it to me now?
Sorry.
I thought I would never get it back at this place.
Maybe you're right, but...
As someone who serves the king, I should do this.
In that case, I'm the same.
Hiroshi, are you awake?
Yeah.
What is it?
About what we talked about just now...
You mean about winning the game doesn't make you a king?
It's wrong.
What?
One can't be king if he doesn't win the game.
I'll win, get the 100-billion yen and become the king.
I realized today that this means defeating Zaizen.
So...
I will get the 100-billion.
Wake up, all of you!
What are you doing so early?
Don't ask me what!
I'm here to
get him to keep his promise.
Promise?
I'll form a team with Zero to play the next game.
What?
What are you dreaming about?
Just leave.
Well, I can tell you,
but on one condition.
Zero.
Sorry, I did make a promise.
Just this once.
What?
To play the game,
I need three participants.
Who is the other person, then?
Let's play rock, paper, scissors?
The other person is...
this guy.
Even more surprised...
"Number of rings gained so far."
"Number of rings gained."
The Triangle Battle of desire and distress starts now!
"An intense cooperative game" Hurry up, or we'll die!
Stop toying with us!
This is the question?
Do you know why I chose you?
"People betray each other!" Because you look most stupid.
It's Russian roulette.
You can't do it by hit or miss!