Welcome to the Witch's Manor.
There is only one way for all twenty-one captives to make it out of the manor alive.
You must break the spell that the witch has cast on this room.
Our answer is…
You tricked us!
We should never have trusted you!
No more answers from you, Zero!
- Overthrow him! - Overthrow him!
Overthrow him! Overthrow him!
What are you spacing out for?
"1 hour prior." Everyone, now is the time to join together and collaborate!
Let's move forward together!
Together, we will ascend to a new stage, filled with love, friendship, and teamwork!
Get the chance!
Suezaki?
Let's go, friends!
"THE WITCH'S MANOR NOW LOOKING FOR PLAYERS." Let's tackle this game together!
"The Witch's Manor"?
We need twenty-one players to beat this game.
And… hold onto your hats for this, folks-
The winners receive…
Twenty-one rings!
- Twenty-one rings? - That's more than we could ever need!
No, I think it means that each player gets one ring apiece.
Heh?
If we get Zero on board, then those rings are as good as ours!
Apparently he's already counted Zero in.
Do I have any other choice?
It's terribly shameless of you to expect that Zero will swoop in and solve all the puzzles.
You do the same thing.
Without him, your little team is useless.
- That's true. - I can't argue with that.
Our group also wants to join forces with Zero.
Can we?
Woo, perfect.
If you add me and the four of you, then we have exactly twenty-one.
Suezaki… - Come on.
- You still only have two rings, don't you? - That may be, but…
Shirube already has three.
Just one more, and he clears the entire game.
Get… the…
Chance.
I don't think this is a bad deal at all.
Since I've cleared the hurdle of gathering all twenty-one players for you, the game can't be that hard, right?
I'm not sure…
Alright, getting my second ring today.
Piece of cake!
What's going on? All of the players are… too relaxed.
This is the Witch's Manor.
If we clear the game, we are guaranteed twenty-one rings.
But… it's "HARD", which means it's a risky game.
Huh? What does it say here?
"Deer" and "Money"?
Is this some kind of riddle? Is that the game?
Is it a quiz game?
Please, listen to me.
Once we enter here, my word is law.
No matter what happens, you must do exactly as I say.
Do you agree?
- Yessir! - Fine with me.
Come this way.
Forward, men!
Hurry!
Okay, 2, 3, 4
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10….
Listen up! Follow Zero's orders to the letter!
And don't forget to listen to me too!
Fuck, that hurts.
Shh…
- What? What's going on? - That was twenty-one players.
- What? - Weren't you counting?
We arrived with exactly twenty-one players.
What?
- Ghosts? - What?!
- Hiroshi. - Yes, Zero?
Please walk as slowly as you can.
For what?
To buy me some time.
Writing utensils and paper?
And that means there's a time limit.
The game won't start until all twenty-one players have entered the room.
We'll eat up as much time as we can so that Zero can get a good look at the room.
Plus, there are these suits of armor drawn on the walls.
It's just a veneer.
All the walls are covered in a thin wallpaper, but underneath the wall is pitted…
And this must be… the witch.
Hey, what's the hold-up? Walk faster.
Whoever's at the front is slowing us down.
- Hurry up! - What are you doing?!
Welcome to the Witch's Manor.
Now the room is sealed tightly as can be.
There is only one way for all twenty-one captives to make it out of the manor alive.
You must break the spell that the witch has cast on this room.
Zero… - The witch's spell?
Ready? Start.
Step away from the statue!
Get away!
"A message from the witch"?
Read it carefully and listen closely.
"First, my goal is the death of every last player."
Whaaa-?
"That's the basis of this game. If you want to escape from this room, you must locate the hidden numbers buried within this room and break the spell upon them. If you make a mistake, you will die."
"The correct solution begins at the soldier standing to the left of the canon,"
"The eleven soldiers standing to the right of the cannonball are numbered, number 9 and 10 are numbered "4" and "2" respectively."
"That is the current fate of this room."
"You have two chances. Two out of one hundred."
Two chances, two out of one hundred?
So? Have you figured anything out yet?
No, nothing yet.
It's so creepy in here. I'd appreciate if you hurried up and solved it.
- How dare you! - Hiroshi…
Please don't start a fight now.
Good work gathering a whole bunch of idiots.
Huh?
It's those two…
By the way, where did that yakuza dude go?
And Shimatsu isn't here either.
Did they swap places with Sakura?
Good luck, Zero. We'll take care of ourselves.
But everyone who entered the manor promised that they would follow what I say..
You're shouldering the lives of others again, I see?
Are they enemies or allies…? Yet, another variable to keep track of.
Zero! We have to go look at the suits of armor too!
No, before we do that… this thing.
The key to "breaking the spell" is probably this panel.
What?
We can enter any number from 0 to 99 using this, which means there are 100 possible answers.
There are two answer panels… we have two chances.
Out of 100 possible answers, we only get two chances.
"Two out of one hundred".
Just like the message said.
The question is, what two numbers do we input?
The witch states, we need to break the spell on two hidden numbers,
So it depends on whether we can find these numbers.
- Oh, I see. - Seems easy enough!
The hint we're given is:
"The soldiers to the right of the cannonball are numbered, number 9 and 10 are numbered "4" and "2" respectively."
The witch says that leaving the soldiers like that is a problem.
Ah!
Look, the soldiers all have numbers on their chests.
Oh wow, they do!
I found the two numbers!
Look, it's the soldiers numbered "4" and "2" from the letter.
Cool.
- And here's the cannonball. - Where?
Where is it?
I see it!
- Let's count them out. - Yeah.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6…
That's weird, they're eleven and twelve.
What the hell?
- Then what are the ninth and tenth? - "3" and "9".
That's different.
But wait, this one has "42" written on him.
Really?
Hidden numbers…
That can't be it. We can clearly see the numbers written on these suits of armor.
These aren't the hidden numbers she referred to.
What are they then? Numbers, hidden within this room…
Everyone, please. The numbers written on the soldiers are fakes.
Fake? For what?
They're just an arrangement of numbers placed wherever was easiest to see.
Fakes, intended to mislead and confuse us.
But there aren't any more numbers written in the room?
There are a few numbers "hidden" in it though.
Like… the temperature and humidity.
But a number that is guaranteed to be placed within the room…
I need everyone to help me with something.
Exactly. Please place your backs against the wall and spread out your arms like that.
My arm's not long enough though.
Then, in order, please tell me your heights.
- 160 cm. - 160cm.
- 175. - 175.
185.
172.
171.
This is B5 paper, so…
Next, this wall.
185.
178.
177.
- There it is. - What is it?
Please have a seat.
What's going on with this?
The measurement of one's wingspan from fingertip to fingertip is roughly the same as their height.
- But aren't your arms too short? - That's not the point!
Chikara and Hiroshi, please hand everyone a pen and notepad.
- Okay. - Got it.
They're rough measurements, but I don't believe the number of people they selected was random.
We can go with the "approximate value".
So even if there are errors in the measurement, just having it about right will do?
That's right. Each side of this room is the same length, which makes it a square.
And each wall measures 14.14 meters.
- So what? - Yeah, so what?
14.14 meters. 1414.
You've learned this before, right?
(Note: This is a literal translation.)
"Hito yo hito yo ni, hito mi goro" - Night is the best time to people-watch.
It's the square root of two.
So we could say that each side of this room measures the square root of two.
And I believe that is one of the numbers hidden in this room.
That's a big logical leap. What evidence do you have?
The soldiers mentioned in the message.
The suits of armor on the wall each stand for a digit within the number.
The cannonball is the decimal point.
Hm...
Which means that if we apply the square root of two to this series of numbers,
The ninth and tenth soldier after the decimal point are the numbers we should be inputting.
I have no idea where you're getting the square root of two from.
Maybe we should be looking at the soldiers anyway…
The numbers on the suits of armor are irrelevant! They're there to mislead you!
Why are you yelling at me?
Maybe you should keep your voice down.
Sorry, I didn't mean…
So this means that we've found the answer, doesn't it?
Yeah, if we just figure out what number we need within the square root of two, then we're done.
That might be true…
The decimal is 1.41421356.
That's only up until the eighth value after the decimal.
Does anyone know what comes after 1356?
What are you going on about then?
A spell that must be broken.
If we put 4 and 2 in the decimal…
Um, the witch said that the ninth and tenth soldiers are "4" and "2".
Now's not really the time..
Hold on.
- There are twenty-one of us. - So?
It's wordplay using the numbers.
Did you figure it out?
"And then, the 21 people…"
"were massacred."
What's that about, "massacre"?
Ishida? Ishida!
Ishida!
Are you okay?
Ishida!
Chikara!
Back away!
No, stop moving!
Calm down! Please calm down!
What the hell is happening!
What are these things?!
Oh my, I did forewarn you all.
My name is… The Witch of Massacre.
You should have known from the start. It says so right on my door, doesn't it?
Oh? You couldn't read it?
It's unusual to use one character for "massacre." Blame my parents for giving me such an unconventional name!
"Unconventional name" my ass! You hag!
You knew, didn't you? That we were heading into a "massacre"?
Why didn't you say something?
Because he didn't want everyone to freak out over it.
I mean, everyone's panicking now that you know, right?
Wait.
The witch said that the ninth and tenth soldiers are "4" and "2".
Now's not really the time..
Hold on.
"And then, the 21 people…"
"were massacred."
You also figured out the wordplay?
He didn't say anything because he noticed.
Please believe in Zero.
- Yes, that's vital! - Yep, that's vital.
The wall is moving!
It is… And it's not stopping!
- They're squeezing us in. - This side too!
This one too!
In sixteen minutes, we'll be human kebabs.
It will be okay!
It will be okay, so please, calm down.
If everyone cooperates, there is a way to save us all.
The spell the witch cast on this room…
We just need to find the ninth and tenth values after the decimal point of the square root of two.
But… we only know until the eighth.
There is a way to figure it out even without memorizing the entire decimal.
The approximate square root of 2 is a number, which if squared, then you get a product close to 1.99999999.
So we need to get that product as close to two as possible in order to find the square root.
Let's try it with the two closest simple decimals: 1.4 x 1.4 and 1.5 x 1.5.
1.4 × 1.4 ＝ 1.96
1.5 × 1.5 ＝ 2.25
So 1.5 x 1.5 is too big.
And 1.4 x 1.4 is too small.
So we would need to square something between 1.4 and 1.5.
1.42 x 1.42 = 2.0164 which is too big.
1.41 x 1.41 = 1.9881 which is too small.
If we keep on narrowing down the numbers by multiplying them by themselves
and getting closer and closer to 1.99999, then eventually we get 1.41421356.
That's the number we have memorized.
If we keep on going, then eventually we'll get the ninth and tenth decimal places in the square root of 2, right?
If we do that, then we would need at most twenty individual calculations to figure them out.
It is precisely that we don't have enough time to do those calculations that the witch wants us to do them, is that her strategy?
Saying anything negative now will seal our deaths.
If we all work together, we only need 15 minutes.
Yeah, you're right. We have 21 of us here.
Well, one of us is badly injured…
We still have 20 people though. We only need to do 20 calculations, right?
So we only need to do one apiece, right?
No, the calculation that I would like you all to do is…
This calculation.
Let's do it all at the same time.
- For verification purposes. - Verification?
It's collective knowledge. If a large group comes up with the answer..
It is more likely to be accurate than a calculation completed by a single specialist.
B-but wait.
Yeah, why do you only need us to do that one?
We want the 9th and 10th values, right?
It's fine. If we all just do this one calculation, then it's a matter of simple addition afterward.
I-I don't really get it, but okay.
Okay?
Good. If everyone is focused on calculations, then they can't focus on their fear. Peace has returned.
Looks like they're not even going to try.
Ugh, nope.
- I don't get it! - Don't get frustrated.
If you keep working at it, you'll be able to do it.
- I finished! - Already?
Can I count on you all for the addition?
Addition?
- Are you making fun of us? - Not at all.
That's right, I haven't explained it yet.
Why we only needed to do that one calculation.
There is a certain law in mathematics.
Everyone listening?
Say we have these three calculations.
I've merely multiplied the potential square roots of 2 by 100.
And now I've found the product of 140 and 141.
- Do you understand? - Even a little kid would get it!
The difference between equations 1 and 2 equals 140.
Which means if you add 140 to the product of equation 1, you get the answer to 2.
Equation 3 is 141 larger than equation 2.
So if you add 141 to equation 2, you get the answer to 3.
Yeah, and so what?
This is the mathematical law.
A law for adding one to any factor of a multiplication question.
Getting the answer to equation 3 from equation 1 means simply adding "140 + 140 + 1" that's all you need.
Which means, if you can get the answer to the first equation, then finding the answer to equation 3
in which you're adding 1 to each number multiplied is adding "19600 + 140 + 140 + 1".
And if you use the same thing for that incredibly long multiplication problem we did,
we can find the answer to 1.41421561 x 1.41421561 so long as we know the answer to 1.41421560 x 1.41421560.
It's simple arithmetic from that point on.
Zero! We found the answer!
I'm not sure it's right though…
Let's see what everyone got for the first equation to confirm.
Please put your answers here.
Wonderful. Nine out of ten people have the same answer.
Whoa… - I got it!
And that confirms it.
Now, let's use this value to solve…
What the hell are we doing all this for?
- You feel me? - Yeah.
Then please watch me solve the equation.
If you see it done, I'm sure you'll understand.
The ninth digit is likely 2.
Whoa!
- And if you could all help with the 10th… - I'm sick of this.
- Let's go. - What's wrong?
I mean, can you guarantee that that's actually the right answer?
You mean it's wrong? What's wrong about it?
- Let's go. - Yeah.
I think they mean, there's no way the answer can be that simple, right?
Seigi, that's...
We… We thought the same thing.
Mathematical laws are absolute! There's nothing here that we are missing.
Yeah, Zero wouldn't make a simple mistake like that.
Yeah! I mean, I don't really get it either but…
Chikara! I agree but…
I see. If no one understands, then no one will be willing to believe what I say.
Are you absolutely sure that the ninth decimal is 2?
Yes.
Then why don't the rest of us check that math for you and make sure.
- Okay! - Hold on now.
I'm telling you, there's no reason to double-check the calculation if we use this law!
Fine, then while you do that, we'll work on getting the tenth decimal.
Right.
I thought using addition would be the fastest way.
It's the kind of simple law that we can all use to solve the same problem.
We've been doing nothing but calculating for a while now…
Was it the right decision to come here after all?
I'm done.
Putting 2 in the ninth decimal spot and multiplying that number by itself, we get these numbers.
That's what we found by multiplying the number you got from that law.
If it didn't work out, then that would mean the law is false!
- What is it? - Are they the same?
They're the same!
Wow!
This is amazing!
What did I tell you? It was all a mess but Zero was right!
The answer is out there, huh.
And it's hard to mess up addition!
I'll follow what Zero tells us!
Let me help out too!
Me too!
Could it be, they pretended to doubt me in order to make everyone else believe the law…?
Hurry, let's figure out the tenth digit.
Okay!
How shitty. Saying "This must be correct!" without any evidence.
Hey, the entire thing was wordplay, right?
"And then, the 21 people were massacred."
What if the answer is also a play on the numbers?
Can you guys quit it? Hiroshi!
But... If you have time to argue, keep calculating.
We're running out of time. Keep going.
Okay.
35640.
What about "3-5-6-4-0"?
Which would mean "4" "0" are the right numbers?
39?
3-5-6-3-9.
How about "were not killed"?
- "Were not killed"! - That's gotta be it!
- Yeah! - So that's the right number.
How idiotic… It's kind of hilarious that they're serious about that.
What were the ninth and tenth soldiers' numbers again?
- Then what are the ninth and tenth? - "3" and "9".
They were "3" and "9"!
I'm sure of it! I saw them at the beginning!
That's gotta be it. What a coincidence!
Are you kidding?
The ninth and tenth soldiers' numbers were "3" and "9".
If we replace "21 people were massacred," we get "21 people were not killed".
"Were not killed!"
"3" "9"!
Get out of the way. Move!
Are you serious about using up one of our chances with a pun like that?
We should be allowed to answer at least once!
Yeah! We have two chances.
You can't!
You promised that no matter what happens, you would follow what I told you to do.
- I'll tell you what to input. - This is tyranny!
You getting both chances makes you a dictator!
You can't!
Are you okay with this? There are only ten minutes left you know.
I might be able to get us out of here now, and he's just a tyrant still working on his answer. Who will you believe?
Are you prepared to shoulder the lives of twenty-one people on that answer?
The hell?
I am.
I'm ready to carry that burden.
Keep your hands moving!
We're almost there.
Okay!
Saying shit like that gives me the creeps.
I know, right?
They match.
Thank god...
1.41421356
The ninth decimal is "2".
And the 10th is…
"3".
So the square root of 2 isn't 1.41421435642, but 1.4142135623.
Thank you for all your help.
Seigi and Yuuki, you too.
Our answer is…
"2" "3".
The game is over, Witch of Massacre!
Wait, look up there!
That can't be. How? I can't believe it!
I can't believe it!
You tricked us!
We should never have trusted you!
- Now hold on a minute! - Shut up!
- Zero! - Hiroshi!
No more answers from you, Zero!
- You've been overthrown! - Overthrow him!
- How did I get it wrong…?
How…
Zero… - Say whatever you want.
You promised to follow Zero no matter what, and yet….
Overthrow him! Overthrow him! Overthrow him! Overthrow him!
I apologize for inputting the wrong answer!
I promise I will find the correct answer…
Please give me another chance!
Shut up. The right answer is "3" "9", "were not killed".
Let's have a vote. Majority wins. Who thinks it's "3" "9"!
They all…
You said earlier that you believed in Zero, didn't you?
Fuck off.
We were all doing the calculations together before this, right?
This is a democracy! You tyrants.
- Well now, this is absolutely terrible. - This blows.
What are you spacing out about?
Solve it. Even if it kills you.
If you don't find the answer, who will?
I can't wait any longer.
It's "3" "9". I'm putting it in.
Stop fucking around. Don't you dare put that bullshit answer in!
MOVE!
- What he said. - What he said, our dear friend!
We'll protect the panel from them.
- Calm down…! - Stop please!
Believe in Zero!
Please! Please!
The path I took to solve it wasn't incorrect.
The numbers that come after "3-5-6" are definitely "2" and "3".
Yet it was wrong.
I'm overlooking something.
Ah…
11 soldiers…
That's it. This is the hint I missed.
The answer… The ninth digit and the tenth digit, and also the eleventh digit, all play a specific role….
Role…
You bastard!
Stop that! Zero is trying to figure out the answer!
Shut up! Shut up! He got it wrong, so he should be punished!
Let go!
One minute left...
- Let me put it in! - Fuck off!
Please stop it!
Ah?
"Cut"?
Why is there a character here?
There's more to the letter?
I can answer it! I can do it!
This is the spell. The letters are mirrored.
"On the right…."
"Of the tenth…."
"The key is…."
"Carefully cut 'round."
- What does that mean? - Only 25 seconds left!
I figured it out. On the right of the tenth!
The part of the letter where it said "eleven soldiers standing".
Which means the number of the eleventh soldier in that line.
Cut 'round?
Round the numbers.
If the last number is four or less, round down.
If it's five or more, round up.
"2" "3" was incorrect, so the eleventh soldier's digit must be bigger than five.
If we round the number, then we have to round up!
10 seconds!
So the answer is, "2" "4"!
Said aloud… "Survived"!
3, 2-
Come on...
Yes!
He did it!
- We almost died… - But we didn't!
Move away from the statue.
It broke. Does that mean we lifted the spell?
Thank god…
We cleared it. We cleared the game!
What's happening?
What is that?
Let's start the countdown.
What's going on? What is this?
Countdown to what?
Oh my god!
What are those holes for?
Arrows! There are arrows inside of the holes!
What? The arrows disappeared…
No, they're at the ready. They're being pulled back to shoot.
In less than 3 minutes, a rain of arrows from each side?
What the hell is this?
Zero!
"Congratulations. 24 was the right answer."
"Wonderful job figuring it out."
"But I still plan to kill you all."
"Think, for a moment, about the answer you found, "24", and the number of people assembled, "21"."
"These numbers have a sort of… relationship."
The relationship between 24 and 21?
"What relationship is it? That's the..achoo!..your survival."
"I'll embrace you."
Is that the only way for us to survive?
What are you doing, Chikara?
- What? - Chikara…
Well, I mean, in two minutes there's going to be a bunch of arrows flying at us.
That's right.
Hey, that's mine, so could you… Let go!
So that's an option…
I see you're all only trying to save yourselves.
No matter what, there'll still be gaps between the panels. It's useless.
And everyone's fighting over the panels.
Let... go!
There are a bunch of other panels!
Is there a way to protect 21 of us with only those panels?
Ouch!
Give me that!
Maybe…
I see! That's why-
"That's the..achoo!..your survival."
That's it.
I've figured it out. The relationship between 21 and 24.
The mark here on this paper.
It's not telling us that this is the key.. It's just the pattern of the paper.
The witch didn't say this part of the letter. She hid it with a sneeze, so she wasn't forced to tell us what it said.
It's not the "key to our survival" it's the "barricade for our survival".
The relationship between "21" and "24" is thus,
We need 24 panels in order to surround the 21 of us on all sides.
Whoa! I get it!
If we use the 24 panels from the witch's broken body, then we can protect every person here from the arrows!
We'll build a barricade for our survival!
We'll get out of here alive, all of us!
Bring the panels here! Hurry!
Hurry up! We're running out of time!
Slot them in… - Be careful!
- Hurry! - Be careful!
- It's off.. It's off… - Come on, Chikara!
- Hold on... - Hiroshi, switch with me. Get inside.
Sorry.
- Give it here. - Okay.
Crouch down.
One minute left!
Ishida!
50 seconds!
Gotta go.
Ishida…
Why must you always test your chances at living or dying, you idiot?
I could say the same to you, Seigi.
30 seconds!
- We have to remove a panel. - No, don't. What are you doing?
It's impossible for them to climb over it in time while carrying someone injured!
- We have to make an entrance for them. - You're going to get us all killed at the last second!
What the hell are you thinking?!
Look at them!
- Here! - Stop, put it back!
One, two-
You can do it! Come on, Zero!
Hurry!
Help me out here!
Close it!
Duck and cover!
We… survived?
You have cleared the Witch of Massacre's puzzle.
We did it? We survived! We survived!
My first ring! Gotta celebrate this.
Hey everyone, we got our first rings! Let's celebrate!
So you can get a ring even if you're not handsome, huh?
Stop joking around!
He got a ring… and he got a ring?
And him too! Just like I planned.
Rely on Zero, and rings are guaranteed.
Ghosts!
You two were the ghosts!
- What is he talking about? - Dunno.
Wait, wait, you sneaky ghosts. How did you get in?
Hey, stop right there!
Zero!
How is Ishida?
Don't worry. He's been taken to the infirmary to be treated.
Um… sorry for dragging you down…
No, I also made a mistake. I'm very sorry for that.
Since all of your lives were at stake, it was an unforgivable mistake to make.
Zero?
- Wait... - Get a hold of yourself!
Sorry… I just realized that all twenty-one of us got back alive, and I just…
I'm so relieved.
So, so relieved.
- Now you're tied with Shirube. - I am.
- What are those sirens for? - Lunch time?
One of our competitors has secured his fourth and final ring.
That person is…
Excellent job, Shirube.