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My name is Nao Kanzaki.

One day, I suddenly got involved

in a terrible game, called "Liar Game".

With the help of the genius swindler Akiyama Shin'ichi,

I could withdraw after the second round of this game,

but I chose return to this scary game again.

Since it was my fault that he must proceed to the third round,

I wanted to save Mr. Akiyama.

The battleground is the Liar Game Resurrection Round.

The players have to vote for one another,

and the person with the least votes will be eliminated.

After the "Restructuring Game" began,

because I won money in the second round,

the other players, who were all in debts, saw me as their enemy.

Like Mr. Fukunaga, who betrayed everyone before,

I became one of the main candidates for restructuring.

There's a way for certain victory in this game.

That strategy was to vote for each other,

to secure votes for each other.

However, Mr. Fukunaga betrayed me once again.

The M Tickets, the substitute for money,

were used as contracts by Mr. Fukunaga

to control the way the other players would cast their votes.

Ensuring that I wouldn't even get a single vote.

This is the end for you!

And that's for sure.

Resurrection Round

My bad.

We shall now count the votes.

The results of the fourth voting round are as following.

Fukunaga Yuuji, 25 votes.

Tsuchida Yasufumi, 23 votes.

Natsuko...

Etou Kouichi, 22 votes.

Nozoe Keiko, 22 votes.

Kida Noriyuki, 22 votes.

Asou Hiromi, 22 votes.

Ono Wataru, 22 votes.

Okano Ken'ya, 22 votes.

Kanzaki Nao,

0 votes.

The next vote will be held in an hour.

I wonder why somebody with so much money would come here?

Move aside.

Oh that's toooo bad.

The outcome of the game is already decided.

I won't be getting any vote.

No matter what.

The results of the fifth voting round are in.

Fukunaga Yuuji, 30 votes.

Tsuchida Yasufumi, 28 votes.

Etou Kouichi, 28 votes.

Nozoe Keiko, 28 votes.

Kida Noriyuki, 28 votes.

Asou Hiromi, 28 votes.

Ono Wataru, 28 votes.

Okano Ken'ya, 27 votes.

Kanzaki Nao,

0 Votes

And by the end of the fifth round,

I had completely given up.

After all, I can't do anything all on my own.

I am going to lose like this.

You are such an embarrassment!

Looks like you'll be the one to get restructured, huh?

I...

I don't need you to tell me that.

Your depressed look is so sexy!!

Wait!

I'll give you a chance to turn this around.

A chance to turn this around?

You and I will play a little game.

If you win, I'll... let me see...

I'll give you 30 votes,

all I have right now.

Giving me your votes... Is that even possible?

Of course. The votes are your property once you obtained them.

You may trade them as you wish.

But... if I lose...

In that case, you will use a M Ticket

to pay me 30 million yen.

30 million yen?

You shouldn't be so surprised by a sum like this.

You got more than 40 million out of the second round.

Yes, but...

You need votes.

On the other hand, I've got some debts to pay,

so I want any amount I can scrap together.

Both of us are wagering for something we need.

This doesn't sound too bad, does it?

This is a very simple game.

I only brought these with me to kill time,

here.

A special card got mixed in the deck somehow.

Huh?

This one's a misprint, it has two back sides.

Amazing...

And this one's

a normal joker card, with a face and a back.

Yes.

For the game, we'll use these two cards,

as well, we will need this bag.

By the way, which of these do you like better? Light or darkness?

Me? Light, but...

Alright, then you're light and I'm darkness.

Huh?

I'll be shuffling the cards inside this bag.

And then you'll take out one card without looking at it.

Be careful not to reveal the side of the card facing the table!

Yes.

This is the back side, right?

If you flip it around,

there's a 50/50 chance that it'll be either a face or a back.

Go ahead and turn it around.

You just said that you like light better,

so if you uncover "light",

that is, if you get the joker, you win.

Contrary, if the card turns out to be "darkness", that is, the double back card,

I win.

If you pull the card out face up, then there's no game,

it doesn't count and we'll repeat the game.

We'll repeat this over and over, and the first player to get 10 points wins.

I'll shuffle the cards,

and you'll draw.

It's totally fair.

Right, it's not possible to cheat.

So, are you going to play?

I am.

Then let's begin.

Okay.

What do you want?

I will only verify the outcome of the game.

The rules and the progress of the game itself are none of my business.

Stop!

I am only here to verify the outcome.

I get it.

So, just shut up and watch from over there.

Nao, draw.

Joker!

I did it!

I won!

Damn...

If this goes on, I'll lose my 30 votes before I even know it.

Huh?

Yeah! This one's mine!

Well, it's a 50/50-chance, so that was bound to happen!

Oh... that one doesn't count, so we'll have to repeat.

Nao, draw.

Be careful.

If you lose here, the outcome would be set,

and that's gonna to cost you 30 milllion.

It's over!

Here.

6 points for you, 10 for me.

I lost...

You're not only easy to fool,

but also unlucky, huh?

30 million yen.

Thank you very much!

Then, I am now going to annul Mr. Fukunaga's

M Ticket which states he would give you 30 votes if he had lost.

It's...

over...

Mr. Akiyama...

I'm sorry...

So you're crying because you lost again?

Just when I thought you'd finally given up

harassing me on the phone every day.

I find you here...

Mr. Akiyama...

Someone from the Office called me,

told me about the resurrection game,

and that you are participating in it.

Why did you enter?

Especially when so much effort was put into withdrawing in the second game.

I...

I wanted to stop you from proceeding to the third round...

What's the point if you are just going to lose here?

I'm sorry...

Anyway, tell me how bad things are.

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Translators: LanBreak, orichan

Editor: SacredCultivator

Special Thanks To: furransu, zeldAIS

What's Akiyama doing here?

Is it alright to say nothing when you know an outsider came in?

There's nothing against that in the rules.

But it's a bit strange, don't you think?

How did Akiyama find out

about this place?

Of course you couldn't have told him, right?

Of course not.

There's something else I wanted to ask you.

About what you told me...

That it was a direct order from the boss

to have Nao Kanzaki come into the Resurrection Round.

What about that?

Was that true?

It doesn't make sense.

Now that Akiyama has proceeded into the third round,

we don't need that girl anymore, do we?

So why would the boss go that far

and give an order like this?

Cause it wouldn't be good if you were doing this

on your own authority, huh?

No matter how much the boss likes you.

What are you trying to say?

I'm just worried about you, that's all.

There's no need for that. Please leave this place now.

Cold, aren't you?

Oh well.

You're not gonna to stay so cold for long.

This is all for "him".

And so you lost the card game

and allowed Fukunaga to take 30 million from you?

Yes.

It had been my last chance,

but he said I wasn't only easy to fool,

but also unlucky.

Luck, huh?

Now don't tell me

you really believe you lost that game because you were out of luck?

Yes, I do...

I mean, I had a 50% chance of winning.

The 50% chance of winning

is just complete nonsense.

This game was set up by Fukunaga

so that he can win for sure.

What? But he was only shuffling the cards

and I was drawing, so there was no room for cheating.

There was a rule that you had to put the card back

and try again, if you pulled the card out face up, right?

Yes.

Let me ask another question.

Why did you pick the joker card?

He asked me if I liked light or darkness better,

and I answered "light",

and he said that the face card stood for light, so...

Then what if you had said "darkness"?

I wonder if he'd given you the double back card then.

Hmm... I think so.

That's what you think.

Even if you answered "darkness",

I'm sure he would have made you use the joker card.

Giving you some reason like

"the joker symbolizes darkness."

You know why?

It's because the double back side card

is definitely going to win in this game.

If you get the joker after flipping the card, you win.

If it's another back side, Fukunaga wins.

When he puts it this way, you may think you've a 50% chance to win.

But the truth is that as soon as you draw the card with two back sides,

Note: '裏' means 'back'

you will lose.

To make it more simple,

lets call the back sides from the misprinted card "Back A" and "Back B"

and the back side of the joker card "Back C".

After you draw the card,

there's four possible outcomes.

If you draw "Back C" first,

you win, because it's got the joker on the other side.

But if the joker faces upward, it won't count and you have to draw again.

On the other hand, If "Back A" is flipped to "Back B", Fukunaga wins.

And if "Back B" is flipped to "Back A", he also wins.

Ahh!

You see?

If Fukunaga's card gets drawn, it will be counted all times.

Even if it's flipped, you would still see a back side.

That is to say, if you draw the double-sided card,

you will inevitably lose.

You're right!

So I don't have a 50% chance.

His chance of winning is twice as high as yours.

With the rule stating that the first to earn 10 points win the game,

the chances of you winning the game were overwhelmingly low.

He tricked me, right?

Rather than beating yourself up over this,

there's something you've to do, right?

In one sentence: give him a taste of his own medicine.

Mr. Fukunaga.

What do you want?

Please let me play one more time!

So she noticed, huh?

That I cheated her...

I don't wanna.

It's too risky to play such a game over and over again.

But this time the terms will be even better to you!

If I win,

I'd like to have 10 votes from you.

In turn,

if I lose,

I will pay you 50 million with the M Ticket.

10 votes?

What's the point in having just 10 votes?

I don't want to lose without any votes at all,

and I thought you wouldn't play if I don't lower my expectations...

You just lost so badly, why play again?

The probability is 50%

and you won in the last game,

so I thought maybe I will win this time.

I knew it! She really is an idiot!

Well, if you insist, I'll play.

But on one condition.

Yes?

The rules will be the same as before,

if you draw the joker, you win,

if it's the back side, I win,

is that fine with you?

Yes!

Well, then I'll grant you another chance.

With this,

my second match against Mr. Fukunaga began.

Well, Nao. Draw.

Oh...

Your luck's not really getting better, huh?

I win again!

Now I'm just one point from victory, Nao.

There's no turning back now.

That's odd!

If there's really a 50/50 chance, why doesn't the joker card come out more often?

Something's wrong.

Not... Nothing is wrong.

Let's keep playing.

I won!

You can still be happy at this stage, huh?

But you know, you're still on thin ice here.

Yeah, but the probability is 50%,

so at least it is possible to turn this into 9-9.

Is she for real?

She's really too stupid.

Yeah!

I did it!

Joker again!

I got one more!

Ugh...

That can't be!

You're cheating, aren't you!?

I'm not doing anything!

Something's off.

This shouldn't be possible...

What's that supposed to mean?

Huh?

Didn't you say it was a 50% chance?

It's perfectly normal that the joker and the back side should appear equal number of times.

If you say that's strange...

maybe you're the one

who's cheating here!?

I'd never!

Alright!

This is the final round!

Here!

In the end, I will win!

It's ok! I'm gonna win!

I did it!!

I won!!

But...

You've got to be kidding!

You've cheated!!

Just like Mr. Fukunaga was saying,

I had cheated.

If he cheated you, you should cheat him back.

Cheat him back?

First, you have to place a marking on the card.

But the cards are inside the bag,

so I can't look for a marking.

And if it's a visible marking,

Mr. Fukunaga will notice, too.

You'll not have to pick the card by looking at it.

You'll have to feel it.

You place a tiny mark on the side of the card,

Stroke the side of this card with your finger.

You are right.

Though you can't tell by looking... you can feel it.

Yeah.

If you scratch one of the cards,

you can tell which is which even when they're inside the bag.

This way, you can just draw the card you want.

But I need to earn 10 points.

If I try to search for the right card 10 times,

he'll figure out what I'm up to.

Don't worry.

This trick involves two things.

First,

you will have to place the mark on the card with two back sides.

You mean, Mr. Fukunaga's card?

And, second.

You will play normally,

like you are letting him win.

His strategy is to use the double-sided card

to make his chances of winning twice as high as yours.

So, by the time you've earned 5 points,

he'd have already won 9 times.

In a situation like that,

Fukunaga will not think he's being cheated.

No, he isn't, right?

Quite the opposite, he would be weary otherwise.

It's the second time,

so perhaps you've become aware of his set-up.

If you start doubting him,

he'll try to speed up the end of the game.

That's odd!

If there's really a 50/50 chance, why doesn't the joker card come out more often?

Something's wrong.

Not...Nothing is wrong.

Let's keep playing.

I see!

I won't have to find the mark on the cards 10 times either.

Right. You only have to start at that point.

But if I suddenly start winning at that point,

won't he start to get suspicious as well?

Don't worry.

Just raising your score to 6-9

won't make him think you are cheating.

But of course he may get suspicious, when you tie him at 9-9,

and he may check the card in front of him.

Maybe she did something to that card,

something she can look for to find the right one.

But even if he examines every tiny detail,

he won't find anything on the joker card.

Something's off.

This shouldn't be possible...

Because the card with the secret marking

is inside the bag all the time.

This way I can win!

Admit it! You've cheated, haven't you?

Why?

Why is it cheating when I win?

That.. I...

If it's a fair game,

it shouldn't be strange if I win, right?

Don't mess with me!

You think I'd accept such a result?!

Mr. Fukunaga.

This M Ticket has already been approved.

If you tear it apart,

this will count as breach of transaction,

and you will be penalized by 100 million yen.

Damn!!!!!!!!!

You managed to trick him well.

Did you notice?

I am only verifying the outcome of the game, that's all.

That was so close.

The results of the sixth voting round are in.

Fukunaga Yuuji, 35 votes.

Tsuchida Yasufumi, 34 votes.

Okano Ken'ya, 33 votes.

Kanzaki Nao,

0 votes.

Furthermore, there has been a vote transfer.

Fukunaga Yuuji,

25 votes.

Kanzaki Nao,

10 votes.

Nao Kanzaki got 10 votes!

And Fukunaga lost 10 votes...

Hey, Fukunaga! What's that supposed to mean!?

Why did your votes go to that girl?

Are you backstabbing us again!?

Even with those 10 votes,

you're still going to lose.

Well done.

Good job deceiving that guy.

Thank you very much.

But... with only 10 votes...

Don't worry.

Of course, the odds are obviously still against you,

but by getting these 10 votes,

you've managed to open a way out.

The results of the eighth voting round are in.

Nozoe Keiko, 45 votes.

The eighth voting round ended,

and just as before,

my vote count is still at the bottom.

Looking good, huh?

How does it feel?

Being powerless to change anything,

only moving closer and closer to defeat.

To do nothing and accept defeat like this,

was not what I had in mind.

In front of Mr. Fukunaga,

I acted like I couldn't do anything,

but below the surface,

I silently began to make my moves.

Mr. Okano!

I'd like to ask you for a favor.

Please wait!

I'll offer you 70 million yen!

In the third round, you won't have a chance

against Mr. Fukunaga!

Mr. Fukunaga got 5 million from each of you,

that's 35 million in total, right?

But that's not all!

He used a game to deceive me as well.

So he got 30 million from me, too!

What?

This is the proof.

It's true.

Then he's already robbed 65 million of all of us, huh?

Yes. Under these circumstances

he'll be the only person

who will advance to the third round in a good position.

That's pretty bad, but...

Isn't it?

I... I've been thinking.

The only one amongst us who could defeat Mr. Fukunaga

is you, Mr. Okano.

Yeah, well, I... I hate guys like him.

If I give you 70 million,

you'd be on equal grounds with him.

With this, you'd have no trouble defeating him

in the third round, would you?

But is it really fine?

For me to take 70 million from you.

Of course this is all under one condition.

I'd like to ask you

to give me just 10 votes from your stock.

Oh, but that wouldn't work...

Please!

I'll be last even if I get your votes,

but with 20 votes I can proceed to the third round as well.

Someone from the Office just told me that.

She said that there were other Resurrection Rounds all over the country.

Except for us, the other games have already finished.

Note: '敗者' means 'Loser'.

But it seems like one player has decided to drop out.

This means that in the player grid for the third round,

there's now one open spot.

Obviously, a player is going to be resurrected,

Note: '敗者' means 'loser'.

and at present the loser with the most votes

only had 19 votes.

So, if you have 20 votes,

you can actually proceed to the third round, huh?

If I can get to round three, I will fully cooperate with you, Mr. Okano.

I want to see Mr. Fukunaga defeated at all cost!

That's why I beg you!

Please sell me 10 votes for 70 million yen!

Alright!

Thank you very much!

We completed the deal like this.

I wrote down the following conditions on the M Ticket:

The deal must be kept secret from other players.

I would pay my 70 million yen

only after seeing those votes move to me.

In other words, after the results of the 9th round is released,

and before the 10th round, during that one hour,

was when I would have to pay.

The results of the ninth voting round are in.

Okano Ken'ya, 51 votes.

Tsuchida Yasufumi, 51 votes.

Fukunaga Yuuji, 40 votes.

Kanzaki Nao, 10 votes.

Furthermore, there has been vote transfers.

Please watch the results.

Again?

Who's it this time?!

Kanzaki Nao,

80 votes.

What the hell!?

What... what's that supposed to mean?

Well...

I gathered them.

10 votes from each of you.

From all of us?!

You too!?

For 70 million yen?

Wha... for all of you?

You... deceived us!?

I'm really sorry!

Everything I said,

that there were other Resurrection Rounds all over the country,

and that I'd need only 20 votes to get to the next round,

those were all lies.

I'm sorry!

I'm really sorry!

Why do you apologize for deceiving them?

AKIYAMA!!

This is the "Liar Game",

the objective is to cheat each other.

You fed her that plan?!

It's not fair to allow an outsider to participate!

You are allowed to bring personal belongings with you into this game.

Mr. Akiyama falls under Miss Kanzaki's "personal belongings".

There's no problem according to the rules.

What a shame.

But more importantly,

you are all in a bad situation.

None of you has the 50 votes necessary to win.

On the other hand, Nao Kanzaki is alone in the safe zone with 30 votes to spare.

So we're going to sell you the remaining 30 votes.

If you want to win, come here and make us an offer.

We'll sell them starting with the highest bidder.

Damn you!!

You don't have to buy any if you don't want to.

You can chose to pay off an enormous debt instead.

Open your eyes.

At this moment,

the circumstances have changed dramatically.

Now, the one who controls this game is Nao Kanzaki.

Whether you live or die,

is all in her hands.

Why do you make us play such a game?

This is the punishment they deserve.

Why are you doing something so mean?

The only thing that awaits you is defeat.

Please wait!

Putting the guy you hate in living hell.

This time, you have to stay away from the game.

Because this is my game.