TG 8

Tomodachi Game 8

005
I have the right to take everything from Shiho-chan.
Even her smile,
Even her trust,
Even her friends,
I have the right to take it all!
Because she... Stole the most important thing from me.

06
But why do you keep getting in my way...
Yuuichi...!!

007
If you say you will get in my way no matter what, then with all my strength, I will-
-Crush you!!

008
Hey hey, Shibe, is it true that you "used to be a killer?"
There's no way I have!!
That's obviously a "lie."
That's...Probably true. There is a weird perception of reality that came out when we learned about his father...
But if you calmly think about it, there's no way Shibe can kill someone...
Also, the one who put in that gakeguchi is, without a doubt...Yuuichi!
This is him we're talking about... Maybe he has some sort of "scheme" up his sleeve?
What could it be...Think.

009
...Shit! I can't tell.
If I can't figure it out...then does it mean he has a brain that is better than mine...!?
But wait...There's a big problem that comes with this "scheme"...
If that gagekuchi is in fact a "lie" then, Yuuichi, who wrote that would receive "divine punishment."
The "divine punishment" puts the person who wrote a lie in first place... Is it possible that is part of the plan?
Liars will receive divine punishment.
Kageguchi [The truth is, Shiba Makoto used to be a killer.]

010
Manabu-sensi! That kageguchi is a lie!!/Hurry and give whoever wrote that "divine punishment"!!
Oh...Really?
Right...That's the obvious reaction.
And if the divine punishment comes down on Yuuichi, then the person who wrote it would be Yuuichi...
Well if you say it's a "lie," then/prove it YOURSELF.
Ha?
-What?

011
Pr...Prove it... I myself am saying I didn't do it.
Anyone can say that. Are you an idiot?
Then you can just search and see if I have any prior convictions!?
Eeh-, but Shibe could have had your father erase any records of crimes-/So having no prior convictions can't prove anything-
...Th...Then just how can I...
Alright, how about "asking God!"/Let's have a God survey to see if they believe what you say.
If "I believe" exceeds 50%, then we will consider it as proof!
[Do you believe Shibe's words?
I believe him
I don't believe him]
Now, it's your time to make appeals. You need to appeal to the Gods that you're innocent!!
Ye...Yeah I didn't do it! Please believe me, God!!
Because I have no reason to kill anyone!!/Honestly, I haven't had any trouble in my life...
And whatever trouble I had, my dad would take care of it!!
...You idiot...

012
How unfortunate!
*Comments*
[Shibe, go die.
So annoying.
This guy is seriously stupid lol
Idiot
I could see him causing an accident and sweeping it under the rug.
Maybe he really did kill someone.]
*Sign*
[Do you believe Shibe's words?
I believe him 1%
I don't believe him 99%]
And now Shibe moves 5 spaces and pulls ahead to 1st place!
*comments*
[He turned the tables on everyone
Here we gooo-
In your face Shibe ^^
You still can't tell]
*sign*
7th Round	Spaces Moved	Debt
Shibe		22				1.6M yen
Shiho		19				2M yen
Yutori		11				0.9M yen
Yuuichi		10				1.3M yen
Tenji		10				0.8M yen
There's no way anyone would believe you if you say it like that!
[He's such an idiot]
But well...It's really hard to "disprove a lie" to begin with...
Manabu actually did say something like that in the beginning!
[Yutori-chan must prove it is a lie.]
Meaning, lies which can't be uncovered through research must be disproved yourself.

013
Don't tell me Yuuichi calculated all this...?
Then there must be more to his "scheme"!?
...It's okay Shibe.  There's no way you can kill someone./I believe in you.
...Yuuichi.
But it's really unfortunate..because with that kageguchi, I now know something.
Among us...
There is a "traitor" who is purposefully trying to break apart our relationships.

014
And I...now know who that person is.
What did you...say!?
He figured me out!?

015
After I heard the kageguchi that has such malevolent intentions, I knew we had a "traitor" among us.
D...Didn't you put that one in!?
Additionally, that person had been putting in all the hostile kageguchi in by themselves (or oneself - trying to keep it gender neutral).
...This guy...Maybe.
So can't we all stop hurting each other?/Because it's all that one person's fault.
I see...Putting in a kageguchi which is extremely malevolent...
Was so he can appeal that there is a "traitor."
And he's planning on making all the evil-doings that one traitor's fault and bring everyone back together...

016
Then is it a bluff when he says "he knows who the traitor is"?
If that's the case, there's nothing to be afraid of...
But...Wait! We're talking about Yuuichi. He's different from that Shibe (idiot).
I need to think about this carefully...Did I make some sort of mistake? I feel like he's catching on...
Hey...So just who is this "traitor"?
Shibe!! That idiot sure says whatever is on his mind...!!
Should I stop him...? No, if I stop him, then I'll look too suspicious.
What should I do...At this rate...They'll find out?

017
I can't tell you who it is just yet.
...Oh okay...So it really was just a bluff...?
Th...That's gotta be it, I never made a mistake.
No, I should rather say,/There's no longer any need to tell you.
Because I have
Figured out a "winning strategy" to this game...!!

018
A winning strategy...?
Winning...strategy?
A winning strategy!?
Can there really be a winning strategy to this kind of game!?
Ever since we started this "Kakeguchi Sugoroku" game, there was something that's been bothering me.
This game is not "fair."
...hmph.

019
If you compare this "Kageguchi Sugoroku" game to the first game, it feels significantly unfairer./That's because of the rule that "no matter how much we believe in our friends, we get screwed."
At first, we believed in each other and tried to stay in the same space...However, after just two turns, we incurred a debt of 3M yen.
Even if we win this game, we would only get 2M yen; this is too "unfair."
Of course, the game masters are the ones who we owe money...A little unfairness can be forgiven./However, the problem is that extremely unfair games...
Are really "boring" to watch.

020
It seems there is an audience in this "friend's game."/They said the friend's game is a business, meaning entertaining the audience is their business.
Like in sports or gambling, games need to be fair to some degree to be entertaining.
You can never tell how the game ends, and that's what makes it fun.
There is an audience...And to entertain them,
There must be some degree of fairness...
If you think of these factors, there is one theory which can be worked out.
And I become even more convinced of my theory at a certain point.
Does everyone remember the 6th round?

021
At that time, there was a space which reduced the debt for the first time.
We almost didn't notice it because of the uproar caused by the special chance.../but Kokorogi's debt had decreased by 0.2M yen.
Manabu said that besides moving according to the kageguchi, this is a normal augoroku./If this is a normal sugoroku, then just as there are minuses, there must be pluses.
And if they are trying to make the game fun by keeping it fair...
Then, if we had believed in each other and progressed through this "kageguchi sugoroku" one space every turn...
We would have ended the game with no increase or decrease in our debt...That is my theory.

022
Correct-<3
In order to mess with those who try to clear the "kageguchi sugoroku" by moving together,/most of the spaces towards the beginning have a lot of minuses.
And the latter half of the game has a lot of pluses as if to taunt the group that progressed separately.
It is exactly as he says.
If you go through this game hitting every space, then the total would be plus minus zero.
But...So what? We said that in the beginning.
There's no point in figuring that out now.  Once your spacing is messed up, it's impossible to put everyone back together.
Especially when there's a "traitor" among them.

023
...I do think what Yuuichi is saying is correct, but...
All we know from that, is that we won't increase our debt if we slowly progress through the latter half.
That's right...Even if everyone submits blanks and we all go forward one step at a time, we won't increase our debt.
If Shiba, who is in first place, gets to the goal by himself, then the game is done.
That can't be called a winning strategy.
The most difficult part of this game is the fact that "we don't know who writes what"/so the traitor was able to do whatever they wanted.
Y...Yeah.
But what if we can know who writes what...?

024
Listen.../From now on, everyone except the person in first place puts in a kageguchi.
Hah? If we did that, then the situation will become even worse...
It's okay.
You're going to write the kageguchi about yourself.

025
From now on, if we progress the game based on the promise "everyone except the person in first place puts in a kageguchi"...
Then if the "traitor" breaks the promise and puts in a kageguchi against Shibe, who's in first.
It becomes like this.
1st place -> Kageguchi
-> Kageguchi
-> Kageguchi
-> No Kageguchi
-> Kageguchi
Only Yuuichi doesn't have a kageguchi...
Yup, and now everyone knows right away that I'm the "traitor."
And so, if we proceed with the game under this promise it's almost as if we are submitting votes with names on them.
If we do this, then the traitor won't be able to betray us!

026
I see...So that's why there's no need to name the traitor.
Because no one will be able to betray us...
With this method, then the first place will only move one space,/and even though it might become a little embarrassing to continue the game, but if we adjust our secrets according to our places on the board...
Then there's still the chance that we can all end up on the same space.
A chance...Huh.
Yeah that's right...It is by no means a perfect solution...
The chances of us all entering the goal might not be high./Even if there really are more plus spaces in the latter half...There's no guarantee we break even.
But you know...At the very least-

027
We won't have to hurt each other anymore.
I know we all have our differences, but can't we work together one more time?/From here on, the chances of our debt increasing is lower.
Also, all of this was because of the one "traitor."
So isn't it a bit unfair that we lose our friendship over this...
...If Yuuichi says so...

028
I'm against it!
Tenji...Why? Even though everyone else is for it...
...or is it,
that this plan is inconvenient for you?
...
As I thought, he started provoking me...
But him provoking me means that Yuuichi doesn't have much else to go on.
Doesn't that mean he has not determined the traitor...?

029
The game is already in it's last half.  If Yuuichi controls the pace from here, it could be bad...
There are some risks, but I need to stand my ground and fight.
Yuuichi...Do you really know who the traitor is?
O...Of course./Why so suddenly...?
He's obviously rattled...!!
It's easy for me to say who...But are you sure?/If I said it, then our relationship would never be the same.
Another provoke...

030
Then you should say it.
But I won't back down-
And then we should concentrate our kageguchi to that "traitor" and put him in first place and finish the game.
That's the best strategy.
B...But if we did that, then even though they're the traitor...that would be can too pitiful...
You're too naive!!

031
I've been pissed this whole time. I'm at the point where I think it's stupid to trust anyone./And that also includes you, Yuuichi!
We're now in the latter half of the sugoroku game.  If we spend a precious round and your plan doesn't pan out...
Then you have to say who the traitor is.
...Y...Yeah.
And if you just give out a name without any evidence...
Then I will never listen to you, am I clear!?

032
Yeah...I don't mind.
I think that's the best!
...Alright.
Hmph...Yuuichi won't back down either...
Oh well...As long as I overcome this obstacle, it's my complete victory. I accept your challenge, Yuuichi.
Alright...Let's try this.

033
[8th round]
Did everyone except Shibe put in a kageguchi about themselves?
Of course.
The number of kageguchi should be 4.  If there's any less, we would know who didn't put one in right away.
Then I will be announcing the results.
Uuu-mm,

034
The total kageguchi of this round is 10.<3

035
10...?
I'm sorry Yuuichi-
Your plan had a big loop hole.

036
I'm honestly a little disappointed...in Yuuichi-kun.
You even called it a winning strategy so I was really surprised.../but to think it was such a pathetic plan.
Try to remember when I explained the rules...
I said "you can write as many kageguchi as you want for whoever you want."
Your plan would have been effective if you could only put in one kageguchi at a time,
But did you really think that the staff would not have noticed something so boring?/There was probably another person in this group that realized that and put in a lot of kageguchi by themselves.
Aw man, I thought that maybe you were really impressive in the first battle but...
Yuuichi-kun, you're actually pretty stupid <3

037
...I noticed that...there was a loophole in your plan.
But you were so confident in your plan that I didn't say anything...
...No...I didn't expect it to be like this...
What's up with that face...It's almost the same as Shibe. Did I overestimate you?
Well, there's no helping it.../We had a promise.
Now, let's go for our final battle, Yuuichi. Did you really figure out who the "traitor" is...
Who is the "traitor" among us?
If you say my name, it's your win!
But, if you can't say anything...
...That's.
Then it's my complete victory over this "kageguchi sugoroku"...!

038
S...Sorry.../That was a bluff...I don't even know if there really is a traitor among us...

039
Let's go, Shiho-chan.  We need to think of how we can save ourselves.
B...But Yuuichi was thinking of us and did all that.
It's because you always think like that, that you always get hurt!
S...Sorr. (the last letter is missing on purpose)
You need to accept it...
Our friendship has already been destroyed.
And you have to accept it and move on, or you'll always be the victim./It's okay, I'll protect you no matter what.
...
Come over here.
...Yeah.

040
-I won!!
And now, the guy who tried to stop my plan is gone...
Finally...

041
Finally...
"From that day," it's been two years, Shiho-chan.
I've been waiting...
For so long...!!
...for this chance.
It's been two years since you stole the most important thing from me.

042
I've been waiting for my chance to,

043
take revenge for that person!!

044
Now what's left...is to prepare.
The perfect stage to expose everything about you!
Senpai...Isn't C-group kind of no good now?
...Yes.
...That might be right.
Truthfully...
The rest of the game was horrible.

045
No one looked each other in the eye.
No one exchanged any words...
[9th round
10th round
11th round
12th round]
The situation took shape of what the "traitor" had hoped for.../and the game quietly continued.
[14th round]
Aww man, you became first place again.

046
Shiho-sama.
Plus, there's only one more spaces till the goal.
By the way, you need to jump from here for the goal.../Don't worry, it's a bit scary, but you won't die <3

047
I'm sorry Shiho-chan...I wasn't able to protect you.
If I hadn't believed anyone from the beginning...
This would have never happened...
Yea right...This is perfect...This is the ideal situation I had hoped for!
Now, Shiho-chan, let me hear...Your true words when you're backed into a corner!!
Aww man, C-group is now done for.
[the ending was pretty pathetic]
Yes...In this situation, no matter how you put in a kageguchi, no one will be able to catch up to Shiho.
Plus, Shiho will be in the goal if she moves just one space...Even if they're all blank, she will move at least one space...
*sign*
19th Round	Spaces Moved	Debt
Shiho		59				0.1M yen
Shibe		52				0.3M yen
Yuuichi		49				0.2M yen
Tenji		44				0.4M yen
Yutori		32				0.8M yen

048
The second game will end with Sawaragi Shiho's loss.
The "traitor's" persistence won over Karagiri Yuuichi's intellect.
Yes, it's over...It should be over...
What? Just what is this feeling comes from this image...
This errie feeling...
-!?

049
Wait, rewind the images for this kageguchi sugoroku to the very beginning!
Eh?...Yes.
...
You're...kidding...
Can this really be...
Haha...I almost overlooked it.
As I thought, he isn't an ordinary kid...
This game is still...not over.

050
What do you mean it's still not over?
D...Do you mean there's still a way to flip this situation on its tail?
...If you relook the second game from the very beginning, you'll understand.
There are three things which are obviously weird.