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these two are so funny. guess kei really was serious when he said that he wants to see hinode later in his vd...
i. feel like kei's character should be a warning itself ashsjsjsk but anyway don't worry there are some mentions of violence but it doesn't end up being anything serious. also happy halloween everyone :)
(sounds of footsteps)
(the door opens)
Hinode: I'm here.
Hinode: Hm?..
Hinode: Why are you just.. standing there?
Kei: A-ah, sorry, sorry, I was just..
Kei: Lost in thought, you know!
Hinode: Oh, I see. That's good, I thought you were going to attack me. I wouldn't like that at all, haha.
Kei: Yeah, that would be bad, wouldn't it?
Kei: Especially considering that you're.. more of a weak type, aren't you?
Hinode: ...
Hinode: *laughs* Guess I am.
(sounds of Hinode sitting down)
Hinode: So, Kei-san, how about we make this quick? You did say that you want me to come to you after all of this is over, and here I am.
Hinode: My apologies if you meant that you wanted me to come to you right after we were done with the last prisoner, everyone's verdicts are very important, after all.
Kei: *sitting down* No, no, I'm not mad at you at all, haha.
Kei: .. Now that I think about it, I haven't seen other guards anywhere lately.
Kei: Did something happen?
Hinode: A-ah, no, no, everything is fine. They just need some rest.
Hinode: The third trial is going to end so soon, they must be prepared.
Kei: ...
Kei: You're kind of a bad liar.
Hinode: ...
Hinode: .. So you know.
Kei: *laughs* Of course I know. I'm the one who helped her with all of this.
Hinode: All of this was Reina-san's idea, correct?
Kei: Yep. She's the one who came up with it. I just helped with executing the plan.
Hinode: You broke the memory machine because she told you to?
Kei: And the cameras aren't working right because of me as well.
Hinode: .. You really should be punished for all of this. *laughs*
Kei: Then go on, show me what you've got.
Kei: I got voted guilty anyway, so I kinda deserved it.
Hinode: .. I'm not going to do anything to you. At least not until the trial officially ends.
Kei: Oh, right, what's up with that? Our verdicts got announced, but the trial is still technically going..
Hinode: Well, it's the last trial, so..
Hinode: We just need a little bit more preparation, that's all.
Kei: Who's "we"?
Hinode: ...
Kei: I know that Reina used the machine on Eiji and Miki. And I have a feeling that even though you could give them all their memories back, you didn't.
Hinode: ...
Kei: *laughs* Wow, even you got addicted to having so much power in your hands, huh? I shouldn't be surprised though, again, you're a weakling, no wonder you got excited at the thought of being the only one who can vote now.
Kei: And you still voted me guilty! Is this how you confess your love for me?
Kei: Oh, oh, did you want to see me suffer that bad? Seriously, we got so many guilty verdicts this time, not even my brother-
Kei: No, actually, hold on, this is so funny. *laughs* My brother claimed that everyone here will "get what they deserve" and that everyone will get voted guilty, but in the end, when he was active, only three prisoners got a verdict like that.
Kei: And you are the one who isn't as passionate about morals as the other guards, but you voted literally everyone guilty except Akio and Asahi.
Kei: Hm? Care to explain that?
Kei: Considering the punishment you came up with after the second trial, I'm sure that no matter how many times you say that you hate seeing people in pain, on the inside, you actually want them to suffer.
Kei: You want them to feel the same things that you went through. Isn't that right, Hinode?
Kei: Not judging, by the way. Who am I to judge a guard?
Kei: .. Something is bothering me though.
Hinode: .. Please, get straight to the point.
Hinode: Why did you want to see me?
Kei: Oh, right, right. Sorry, got distracted. You're just so fascinating to me.
Kei: I'm actually kinda surprised that you even.. came here.
Kei: I thought you'd just interpret this as a joke or something. Like come on, a prisoner like me asks you to come see him in the middle of the night? Nothing good can come out of it, that's for sure!
Hinode: Yeah, but to be honest.. I think even if you asked another guard to come, they would.
Hinode: If they.. still had their memories, of course.
Kei: Hm? Why?
Hinode: Well, Miki-san would be curious about it or she would think that you want her to help you with something.. Also, she just thinks you're pretty. *laughs*
Hinode: As for Eiji-san.. Well, he's Eiji-san.
Hinode: I think that no matter what he says, he really does care about you. But of course, I don't know that much about your relationship, that's just.. a feeling that I have.
Kei: ...
Kei: .. So.. do you remember why I asked you to come here back then?
Hinode: Because I basically solved your murder and you wanted to give me some kind of "prize"?
Kei: Correct~ Hehe, you're so smart, you deserve another prize just for this.
Kei: .. But seriously, you really are smart, Hinode. I've heard some prisoners say they found you.. a bit scary, haha.
Hinode: Scary? I was just guessing most of the time. I didn't do anything special, really.
Kei: See? That only makes you even more special!
Kei: (sounds of Kei leaning closer to Hinode) I just find people like you very.. interesting, that's all.
Hinode: .. Are you expecting something from me here?
Kei: Maybe I am, maybe I'm not.
Hinode: *sighs* Sorry to disappoint you, Kei-san, but I don't have much energy left. Just moving is too painful for me right now.
Kei: You're no fun..
Kei: Fine, fine, I'll go easy on you. I'll ask you one simple question, okay? I'm sure a smart guy like you will be able to answer it!
Kei: So..
Kei: .. What will happen to me?
Hinode: Huh?
Kei: You heard me. Guilty, innocent, guilty. These are my verdicts.
Kei: I don't really get it.. I guess if all I got was nothing but a guilty verdict, I'd probably be dead at this point, but do I get a more light punishment just because I got voted innocent once?
Kei: Can you solve this one for me, smart boy?
Hinode: ...
Hinode: Well, I don't think there's any point in hiding it anymore.
Hinode: You.. will be able to leave Milgram. But since you got voted guilty twice, the outside world will know everything about your crimes and it will be up to them to decide what to do with you.
Hinode: Don't ask how they will know about it. Milgram is just that powerful, I guess.
Kei: ...
Kei: Haha.. I-I see.. So I'll be able to go home..
Kei: W-well, it's okay. If I get to see Ruka again, maybe going to prison won't be that bad-
Kei: .. Who am I kidding, I'll probably just get killed for this.
Kei: Though I'm not sure.. I-I mean.. Does my job also count as my crime? W-will they know about that too?
Hinode: I'm not sure. I'm assuming they won't, since you were judged only for your murder.
Kei: I see..
Kei: I-I.. did kill, like.. five women, haha..
Kei: That's probably, like, really bad..
Kei: I-It's okay, I'm sure Mom and Dad will help me out.
Hinode: .. You depend on your parents that much?
Kei: It's fine, it's fine, they've been doing some not really legal stuff for such a huge part of their lives, they can handle it!
Kei: I-I'm gonna be fine. I'm gonna be fine.
Hinode: ...
Hinode: If you don't have any other questions for me, I think I should leave-
Kei: *grabs Hinode's arm* W-wait!
Kei: ...
Kei: .. H-hey, Hinode..
Kei: A-aren't you.. a guard of this prison too?
Kei:T-then why can I.. touch you right now?
Hinode: .. It's none of your business.
Kei: .. Haha..
Kei: S-so, you're not really protected by this prison, are you? Just like Eiji?
Kei: Ahaha.. Then this will just make things easier for me.
(sounds of Kei making Hinode fall on the floor)
Hinode: Y-you're really just.. taking advantage of me like this, haha..
Kei: Why wouldn't I? All prisoners here are murderers, including me. Why wouldn't I do "bad stuff" like this?
Kei: You're one of the guards, you should have known that.
(sounds of Kei getting on top of Hinode)
Kei: Unless.. you're not really a guard?
Hinode: I..
Hinode: Ah-
(sounds of Hinode getting choked)
Kei: This is what I meant when I said something was bothering me.
Kei: Unless my memory is lying to me, I broke Miki's memory machine, right?
Kei: But the thing is.. I know that she still used one on the other prisoner later.
Kei: Yurika turned on the voice recorder Reina got as a present earlier before her interrogation started, because she was afraid the guards will try to do something with her memories.
Kei: And guess what, she turned out to be right! You guys really love to abuse your power.
Kei: So when it was all over, Yurika listened to the recording and she remembered what happened. That was actually a very smart move on her part, I was a bit surprised, considering how.. "impulsive" she is most of the time.
Kei: She told the other prisoners about it and that's how we found out that the other machine was still used before Reina used it herself on Eiji and Miki.
Kei: But something doesn't add up. Can you guess what it is?
Hinode: ..T-to steal the machine..
Hinode: S-she'd have to.. touch..
Kei: Exactly! We can't touch you guys at all. It's almost like there's some kind of invisible wall protecting you or something.
Kei: So unless Reina was really careful and managed to take that thing out of Miki's pocket without even touching her body, she'd never be able to do that.
Kei: And listen, I know about her past. I know that she stole things often, I think she'd be capable of doing that without even touching Miki.
Kei: But she wouldn't even think about stealing Miki's machine.
Kei: Because I was told to break it.
Kei: For some reason, Reina wanted me to get rid of only Miki's machine. Probably because she thought Miki would use it more often, so she wanted to stop Miki first.
Kei: That means that she'd have to take your machine and use it on Eiji and Miki.
Kei: But again, something just doesn't add up! You two are so complicated!
Hinode: C-can you let me go-
Kei: Nope, not done with you yet.
Kei: If you were the only one with a memory machine that was still working, then why did Miki use one on Yurika?
Hinode: ...
Kei: Did she borrow it from you, Hinode?
Kei: Or maybe you gave it to her yourself?
Hinode: ...
Hinode: .. T-the latter..
Kei: Ohh, I see, I see! Haha, you're so kind to her. Careful, she might fall in love with you, if she hasn't already.
Kei: But once again, something doesn't add up! Because if you were so generous to offer your machine to her..
Kei:Why did Reina tell us that she used your machine on Eiji and Miki?
Hinode: ...
Kei: You know, we got some time after the trial, so me and some other prisoners gathered and just talked about stuff. Like friends do, I guess.
Kei: And when Reina's plan was mentioned, I clearly remember her saying that she went for your machine.
Kei: And you know what made it very confusing to her, but she didn't think much about it when she did it?
Kei: She tried her best to be careful, but she still ended up touching you.
Kei: But how could she touch you? Come on, you're literally a guard, aren't you?
(sounds of Hinode struggling to breathe)
Kei: Just tell me who you are already.
Kei: You know way too much about everyone and everything. It's kinda scary.
Hinode: I-I'm just..
Hinode: I-I was only meant t-to.. replace E-Eiji-san.. Nothing else.
Kei: Replace?.. Ah, so you were forced to work as a guard only because my brother wasn't.. able to do his job?
Kei: Haha.. Yurika, you really shouldn't have done that to him..
Hinode: W-well, they also needed the third guard.. s-so that the verdicts..
Kei: Oh, oh, wait, what? What about the verdicts?
Hinode: C-can you.. let me..
Kei: Fine, fine. Forgot that you need to breathe for a sec.
(sounds of Kei letting go and Hinode breathing heavily)
Hinode: I-if.. If Eiji-san and Miki-san.. had different opinions.. and wouldn't be able t-to.. agree on a verdict..
Hinode: I-I was supposed to help them with that.
Kei: Oh? So this prison really wants the verdicts to be clear and straightforward, huh?
Kei: Interesting.. Hey, does that mean that I can touch you because this prison doesn't actually see you as a guard?
Hinode: .. Yes.
Kei: Whoa.. Man, if only I knew that I can touch you before..
Kei: Okay, another question!
Hinode: Can I just leave-
Kei: Nuh-uh, getting to spend time like this with me is your reward, so make sure to appreciate it, okay?
Kei: So, if a prisoner was supposed to get executed..
Kei: .. Who would execute them?
Kei: Is it one of the guards? Maybe somebody else?
Hinode: .. Why are you asking me out of all people?
Kei: I have a feeling that you know about it. Just like you, I'm just guessing.
Hinode: .. All I know is that it's most likely not going to be one of the guards. Now let me go.
Kei: Can you be just a little bit more specific for me? Pleeeease?
Kei: Like who is it going to be? Is it someone who works in this prison other than the guards? Is it someone we haven't met yet?
Hinode: ...
Hinode: .. F-fine.
Hinode: The trial is going to end soon, so there's no point in keeping it secret, I guess.
Hinode: You should get prepared for it too-
(the door opens)
Jackalope: "Guard 003", Kuroki Hinode.
Jackalope: The third trial is about to end. Please, come with me.
Hinode: .. Just let me take my medicine first.
Hinode: Or.. Never mind, I'll just take it with me.
guys i was serious when i said that those vds are going to be long. so uh. get ready
Warning: detailed descriptions of everyone's murders.
???: ...
???: Huh..
???: "W-where.. am I?.."
???: "This place looks.. scary.."
???: Ah-
???: Oh, you're awake. Good, good..
???: How are you feeling? Does anything hurt?
???: "T-that's one pretty guy, haha.."
???: A-ah, no, no, I'm fine. Don't worry about me.
???: W-wait, actually, w-where are we?
???: A-and, um.. Who are.. you?
???: .. Ah, right, I forgot to introduce myself.
???: Kuroki Hinode. Nice to meet you.
???: N-nice to meet you too..
???: A-ah, my name is-
Hinode: Don't worry. I already know.
???: Huh?..
???: H-hey, where the hell am I?
???: What is this place? God, it looks like-
Hinode: A prison? That's because it is one.
Hinode: Welcome to the Milgram prison. You two have been invited to watch the third trial end.
Hinode: You two should be honored, it's a pretty big deal, haha.
???: .. Milgram.. prison?..
Hinode: Come on, we should hurry up. It's better if we don't keep the guys in charge waiting.
???: I-I'm not going anywhere with you-
Hinode: Eiji-san. Please, for your own safety, follow me.
Eiji: How do you know my name-
Hinode: I know you both very well.
(the door opens)
(sounds of footsteps)
???: W-whoa..
???: This is.. even scarier than I imagined..
Eiji: You mentioned the third trial, right?
Eiji: That means someone is going to get.. judged?
Hinode: Haha, yes. Of course, someone like you, Eiji-san, would understand how the trials work very well.
Eiji: ...
Hinode: These are your seats. Please sit down.
???: O-okay!..
(sounds of someone sitting down)
???: U-um, Kuroki-san-
Hinode: Just Hinode is fine.
???: O-okay, um..
???: Hinode-san.. who exactly are you?
???: Do you.. work here?
???: Ah, maybe you're going to be the judge?
Eiji: He certainly doesn't look the part.
Hinode: Haha, no, no, I'm not like that at all.
Hinode: .. I'm.. quite the opposite, actually.
???: Wh-
Hinode: Anyway, Miki-san, Eiji-san, are you prepared to see the ones who are going to be judged tonight?
Miki: "He really does know my name.."
Eiji: Huh? So that means it's a trial for multiple people?..
Hinode: Yeah, kind of.
Hinode: Except.. their verdicts are already known.
Hinode: But they don't know what is going to happen to them.
Hinode: I'm sure they're excited to find out, haha.
Hinode: Please, prepare yourselves. You might see some.. familiar faces.
(sounds of multiple doors opening and people's footsteps)
Hinode: All ten prisoners are ready to be judged. Please, have fun watching them.
Eiji: !..
Eiji: *stands up* I-is that-
Miki: .. T-this boy-
Hinode: I told you their faces might look familiar.
Eiji: .. How did he end up here?..
Eiji: O-of course he deserved to go to prison, but-
Miki: ...
Miki: (in a lower voice) What is my brother doing here, Hinode-san?
Hinode: I'm afraid my answer will take too long-
Miki: I'm not going anywhere.
Hinode: ...
Hinode: *sighs* Then I think you should hear it from someone else and not from me.
(sounds of screens turning on)
???: Hello, hello, everyone! I hope you're ready for the end of the Third Trial.
???: Don't you feel excited? I sure do.
???: Now, before we proceed. Right now, the prisoners aren't able to speak. They can still hear and understand everything very well.
???: Just look at everyone's face expressions! I wish I was here to see them in person..
Miki: W-why can't they speak though-
???: We just made a few.. adjustments. Please, don't think about it too much.
???: We wouldn't want the prisoners to start crying and screaming while we discuss their verdicts, would we?
???: Of course, it would be a beautiful sight, but we have to keep this serious.
???: All of them will be able to talk after their verdicts are announced though. I wonder what they will say..
Eiji: Hold on. Who even are you?
Eiji: Are you, like.. The one in charge?
???: Me?...
???: Hm.. I guess you can call me..
???: The goddess of this place?..
Miki: ...
???: Does that ring a bell, Miki-chan?
Miki: .. P-please don't act so familiar with me.
???: Haha, sorry, sorry. You're just so cute!
???: Anyway, yeah, I guess you can see me as the one in charge of this place.
???: If you need a name to call me by..
???: My name is Miguro Rana.Please, just call me Rana.
Rana: Ah, take a look at the second screen. This is my assistant, Arisu.
Rana: He's a pretty boy, isn't he? A shy one though. He doesn't talk much.
Eiji: Why can we see his face, but we can't see yours?
Rana: Because I'm shy too! And who knows, what if I show you all my face and you all will instantly fall in love with me? That wouldn't be good at all!
Rana: Arisu, can you say something so that we know you're here with us right now and not in your silly inner world?
Arisu: ...
Arisu: I-it's a pleasure to finally see you all, everyone.
Akio: !..
Rana: Now, here's our plan for tonight. First, we're going to discuss everyone's crimes. I'm sure the guards have figured most of the stuff out, but there could be some details they don't know yet. Gotta make sure we're all on the same page, right?
Eiji: Guards?..
Rana: After we talk about each crime, the prisoner's verdict will be announced. The prisoner will be able to talk after they find out their verdict. We will also talk about what will happen to all prisoners as well.
Rana: As for the final part..
Rana: Hehe, well, you all just have to wait and see.
Rana: Now, Arisu, can you do me a favor and start with the first prisoner's crime? You had a chance to see him personally, so..
Arisu: *nods*
Arisu: Prisoner 001, Miyagawa Akio. 16 years old, a high school student.
Eiji: So it's that guy with brown hair.. Looks kind of boring.
Eiji: So all of them are criminals, huh? Even that one kid?
Miki: ...
Hinode: They're not just criminals. All of them are murderers. So they all committed the worst crime of all.
Eiji: Whoa..
Eiji: Heh.. They all deserve the worst punishment of all then-
Miki: Eiji-san, right?
Eiji: What do you want?
Miki: Please take back what you just said.
Eiji: Look, this is just my opinion. Also, don't you think that all murderers and criminals in general should rot-
Miki: My brother is not a murderer.
Eiji: W-what does that have to do with your brother?!
Miki: My brother is not a murderer, my brother is not a murderer, my brother is not-
Hinode: Calm down, Miki-san. I assure you, your brother will be fine.
Hinode: .. You really saved him.
Miki: W-what was that?
Arisu: His victim was Kitami Chise, his classmate.
Arisu: Akio-san recently started attending an elite high school thanks to his parents' hard work. He immediately tried to impress his classmates and teachers with his intelligence and he was successful. He quickly started to become very popular.
Arisu: And he also quickly became friends with his another classmate, Saito Arata, who also was the headmaster's son.
Akio: ...
Arisu: Akio-san was very happy with his reputation until a new student showed up. That student was Chise-san.
Arisu: Chise-san started to become more and more popular which Akio-san did not like. Akio-san didn't understand why someone like Chise-san could be more loved and respected by his classmates, considering that he had not the best grades, wasn't the most intelligent student there and it overall seemed like he "didn't deserve to attend that school".
Arisu: Akio-san had no idea that Chise-san was loved because of his kindness and him wanting his classmates to stop being so hard on themselves and start taking care of themselves.
Arisu: Akio-san started to get tired of Chise-san's popularity and he did have thoughts about possibly killing him, but he wasn't sure about it at first. After a certain event, however, he finally decided that Chise-san deserved to die.
Arisu: Interestingly enough, he still didn't want to kill Chise-san in a brutal and painful way. Even though he was okay with torturing him.
Arisu: Akio-san decided on a murder method, which was supposed to be hanging.
Arisu: One day, Akio-san and Arata-san invited Chise-san to hang out with them after classes. He gladly agreed, thinking that they have finally accepted them as their friend.
Arisu: They all wanted to go to Arata's house and spend the night there since his parents weren't home and they could do whatever they wanted.
Arisu: It was rather late when they arrived and then, Arata-san knocked Chise-san out and carried him to the basement where Chise-san would later die.
Arisu: When Chise-san finally woke up, he already had a rope tied around his neck. Not enough to strangle him, but just enough to let him know that he's not going to make it out alive.
Arisu: Akio-san started to torture him by asking him all kinds of questions, making fun of Chise-san's "low intelligence" and said that they'll kill him if he keeps getting the questions wrong.
Arisu: When Chise-san failed too many times, Akio-san ordered Arata-san to move the stool Chise-san was standing on.
Arisu: Arata-san did exactly that, but then, something went horribly wrong.
Arisu: Chise-san's neck was supposed to break. It didn't.
Arisu: Chise-san died of strangulation. He tried to get the rope off his neck, but it didn't work.
Arisu: He was supposed to die instantly, but.. some time definitely passed before he finally died.
Arisu: Akio-san was in charge of the planning meanwhile Arata-san was in charge of the execution.
Arisu: That means, Arata-san was the one responsible for killing Chise-san in the wrong way.
Arisu: However, Akio-san was the one who came up with the murder in the first place. Arata-san was definitely the one who encouraged it, but Akio-san was brought here because if it wasn't for him acting up on his thoughts, Chise-san would most likely still be alive.
Rana: Though honestly, with a guy like Arata around, I can't imagine Chise's life being that long.
Arisu: According to this Milgram's verdict system, he will be able to come back home safely with all his memories intact while other people forget about his crime and his victim's existence.
Arisu: Congratulations, Akio-san. You may speak now.
Akio: ...
(sound of Akio falling on his knees)
Akio: H-how did they..
Akio: How did they.. know..
Akio: *crying* How did they know.. all of this..
Akio: .. I-I have a question.
Arisu: What is it, Akio-san?
Akio: .. Will.. my accomplice also.. forget about my crime?
Arisu: Yes. Even though he was involved, he is not the Milgram prisoner.
Arisu: He will not remember anything about the murder you two committed and he will not remember Chise-san ever existing.
Akio: ...
Akio: Haha..
Akio: .. How will I be able to look him in the eyes after that..
Eiji: .. That guy is literally evil.
Eiji: Doing all that just because his classmate was more popular than him?
Eiji: Those guards are way too nice. They forgave him twice, when I wouldn't be able to forgive him even once.
Hinode: ...
Miki: W-well, at least it looks like he feels guilty about it. Who knows, maybe he will change.
Miki: ".. Why is that pink-haired girl looking at me like that?"
Rana: Now, let's talk about the second prisoner, shall we?
Rana: Arisu, would you like to tell us about her crime as well? I promise, I'll be the one who talks about the next two prisoners.
Arisu: .. Of course.
Arisu: Prisoner 002, Hanasaki Aimi-san. 16 years old, a high school student.
Eiji: Another high school student?! What's wrong with kids these days..
Miki: You don't look that old yourself, Eiji-san.
Eiji: I-I'm still older than them though. I was supposed to go to college this year..
Eiji: .. W-what stopped me from going to college?..
Eiji: Why can't I remember-
Arisu: Her victim was Hanasaki Misao, her older brother, and she was also related to the deaths of her classmates.
Miki: "S-she killed both her brother AND her classmates??"
Arisu: Hanasaki Aimi-san comes from quite a rich family. She was used to getting whatever she wanted, so when she wasn't able to make friends at her new school, she felt.. confused.
Arisu: She continued to try to make her classmates like her. She bought them gifts, she was as kind to them as she could be, but she still couldn't buy their friendship.
Arisu: Aimi-san.. wasn't happy about it at all.
Arisu: And one day, Aimi-san snapped.
Arisu: She started acting more rude, she started breaking down in front of her classmates, she started to blame them for everything, she tried everything to make them feel bad for her and force them to become her friends.
Arisu: Her classmates.. did not like it.
Arisu: At first they were scared, but then they started to fight back. Some of the things they did were valid and understandable, but some of the things they did were.. a bit too cruel.
Arisu: We're not here to decide if Aimi-san really was a victim of bullying or she was just being too.. dramatic.
Arisu: But Aimi-san's older brother, Misao-san, certainly did see her as a victim of bullying.
Arisu: Misao-san was tired of Aimi-san's classmates treating her this way. He was so tired that he thought it would be better if they all just died.
Arisu: So he decided to take care of them. Just like a good older brother would.
Arisu: Aimi-san's family owned a popular amusement park. Lately some of the rides there started to behave in a strange way and they definitely needed to be fixed.
Arisu: Aimi-san's parents, however, refused to solve this problem.
Rana: Even though they were so rich, they still didn't want to close the park even for a short period of time..
Rana: Heh, I feel like they treated their kids the same way. Seriously, why couldn't they send both of them to therapy?
Arisu: Misao-san knew about it and he paid the workers so that they continued to act like everything was fine. Then he told Aimi-san about his plan and.. she agreed.
Arisu: Aimi-san did not like her brother, but she also did not like her classmates. And if she had to choose, she would prefer to get rid of her classmates first.
Arisu: Aimi-san invited her classmates to that park and they agreed, forgetting about how much they hated Aimi-san and how scared they were of her.
Arisu: Aimi-san also made sure to tell them that the rides that weren't working properly were the most fun ones.
Arisu: .. Aimi-san's classmates died on those rides.
Arisu: Some of them fell off, some of them got crushed, some of them lived longer than the others, but eventually ended up dying due to blood loss.
Arisu: It was.. a tragedy.
Arisu: After all of them died, Misao-san went to comfort his sister who found her classmates' corpses too scary to look at, and at first she accepted the hug..
Arisu: But then she stabbed him with a knife Misao-san gave her to protect herself or kill some of the classmates herself if she wanted to.
Arisu: After that, Aimi-san left Misao-san to bleed out. She was able to leave the park in the middle of the chaos.
Rana: That girl must've been completely covered in blood after all of this.. How was she able to just walk around like that?
Arisu: According to this Milgram's verdict system, she will be punished either physically or psychologically and she will be sent back home after that. She will not get any help or treatment.
Arisu: Congratulations, Aimi-san. You may speak now.
Miki: "H-her expression was completely emotionless the whole time.. She just kept staring at me.."
Aimi: ...
Aimi: Will I.. get punished after everyone's verdicts get revealed?
Arisu: Correct.
Aimi: .. I-I see. That's good, haha..
Aimi: .. Is it okay if I spend some time with the prisoners before my punishment?
Aimi: I-I know that I will miss them a lot when I go home, so I just-
Arisu: No.
Aimi: ...
Aimi: .. The fuck you mean by that?
Arisu: You are not allowed to spend time with the prisoners after everyone's verdicts get revealed. You will be punished right after we're done with all the prisoners.
Aimi: ...
Aimi: N-no..
Aimi: B-but I thought-
Aimi: .. I HATE YOU!
Aimi: I HATE YOU, I HATE YOU, AND MOST OF ALL, I HATE YOU, MIKI!
Miki: M-me?!
Aimi: DON'T ACT LIKE YOU DON'T REMEMBER ME!
Miki: BUT I LITERALLY DON'T EVEN KNOW YOU!
Aimi: ...
Aimi: .. H-haha..
Akio: .. What were you planning, Hanasaki?
Aimi: Huh?
Akio: Admit it, you didn't just want to hang out with us because we're friends or something like that.
Akio: What did you want from us?
Aimi: .. I thought..
Aimi: .. M-maybe it'd be possible for us to..
Aimi: Watch our videos together.. somehow..
Aimi: Like maybe the people in charge would allow us..
Aimi: A-and I hoped that watching our murders happen right in front of our eyes would..
Aimi: Drive us all.. to the point of-
Aimi: Ahaha...
Aimi: Come on, wouldn't it be better if we all just died-
(sound of Aimi getting slapped)
Akio: .. You're insane.
Akio: How would that even work?! Did you even think about the possibility of us not being able to watch our videos?!
Akio: A-and why did you even want us all to die?..
Aimi: ...
Aimi:Because you refused to be friends with me.
Aimi: You all either ignored me or felt sorry for me, but you haven't even tried to actually become friends with me.
Aimi: .. Except you, Akio-kun.
Aimi: Akio-kun.. you still like me, right?
Akio: L-leave me alone.
Akio: Don't even.. look at me.
Akio: You stopped talking to me right after I started to get better.
Akio: You're.. disgusting.
Aimi: ...
Rana: Oh no, what a sad little breakup.
Rana: Anyway, time for me to talk about these prisoners' horrible, horrible sins! Yay!
Eiji: .. How old is this "goddess", by the way?
Miki: "Why did that girl know my name?.."
Miki: ".. Hinode-san is very quiet right now.."
Miki: "I wonder if he knows more than he's letting on-"
Rana: Okayyy, so who's the next one?
Rana: Oh, right, right, that guy.
Rana: Prisoner 003, Ishizu Shun. 24 years old, a fast food worker.
Rana: Hmm, where do I even start? This guy has been kinda weird since the very beginning.
Rana: So, Shun had only one victim.. Well, that's what the guards thought at first.
Rana: But reality was more complicated than that. Though honestly, I actually think it makes more sense than him just having only one victim.
Rana: Shun's victims were Inaba Hina, his so-called "ex-girlfriend" and Egawa Jouhei, her "new boyfriend".
Rana: Shun always dreamed of having a girlfriend, but he knew that most women would never be interested in him. And honestly, maybe he'd be fine with it at least for some time. At least he has dating sims, right?
Rana: Well, his parents had a different opinion.
Rana: Shun got into a really bad argument with his parents one day and they said that he should "find someone already". They wanted Shun to have a family, they wanted grandchildren already since they knew that their own child is a failure, so maybe at least his children will be good enough for them?
Rana: Shun, who was already so sick and tired of his parents, panicked and.. decided to lie.
Rana: He lied and said that he already has a girlfriend. Well.. more like "had".
Rana: His parents told them to "get her back" so that they could believe him. Shun had to act quick.
Rana: Shun's memory started to get worse and worse with every single day and it was already bad, so him having to lie to his parents and all the stress just completely.. ruined it. Shun was getting closer and closer to becoming a shell of his former self-
Rana: Ah.. well, maybe he never had his own "self" to begin with. Maybe a new "self" started to form instead.
Rana: And then, one night he got another call from his mother and he got so angry that he just threw his phone on the ground and he was about to go home, but then..
Rana: Hina picked up his phone and gave it to him.
Rana: Shun became obsessed with Hina. He needed to know everything about her. He needed to know everything about the only person who treated him like a normal human being, even if it was a basic act of kindness and nothing more.
Rana: To Hina, that act of kindness was something she'd forget tomorrow. To Shun, that act of kindness was basically Hina confessing her love for him.
Rana: Shun found more information about her. He found out her name, age, occupation, even the names of family members. To do that, he had to do what he turned out to be surprisingly good at, which was lying.
Rana: Shun lied and pretended to be Hina's ex-boyfriend who just returned to this town and wanted to see her again.
Rana: People liked him a lot when he acted like that. They trusted him enough to tell her everything about Hina, having no idea that they were telling all that to a random person who just happened to be very interested in Hina.
Rana: No wonder Shun eventually started to believe he really was Hina's ex-boyfriend.
Rana: I mean, people trusted him so much and for some reason Hina didn't talk to him anymore even though she helped him that night..
Rana: But aside from all Hina's personal info, he also found out something he did not like at all.
Rana: .. Hina started dating someone new.
Rana: That someone was Egawa Jouhei, a guy who acted cold and rude on the outside, but actually genuinely cared about Hina and even though they argued a lot, they really did love each other.
Rana: Of course, Shun couldn't just let that guy treat Hina like that, even if they weren't dating anymore!
Rana: So eventually, Shun decided that the only way he can protect Hina is by simply.. eliminating his rival.
Rana: Shun stole Hina's phone while he was stalking her and texted Jouhei and lied again and claimed to be Hina herself this time. He said that Hina went to visit a friend and asked him to go to that friend's apartment building to get her.
Rana: That friend's apartment building was the same building where Shun lived.
Rana: Shun was getting ready to meet his rival in person, but he was so focused on Jouhei that he forgot one thing.
Rana: Hina actually could go to that building because her grandma lived there. And while she had no friends living there, she could go to visit her grandma.
Rana: And Shun just turned out to be particularly unlucky that day because Hina actually did go to that building and his lie turned out to be partially true. Who knows, maybe if he remembered that Hina was supposed to come there, he would've ended up only with one victim. So much stalking and trying to get to know her better and for what?
Rana: Shun.. well, he had a breakdown.
Rana: He started to beg Hina to come back to him and he promised that he will treat her better than Jouhei.
Rana: And Hina reacted like a normal person. She didn't recognize him and got scared.
Rana: And again, Shun had to act quick. He knocked Jouhei out, and while Hina was too terrified to speak, he forced her to walk into his apartment.
Rana: He knew he shouldn't waste any of his time, so he went to the kitchen, grabbed a knife and stabbed Jouhei while he was unconscious. He also still tried to convince Hina that they really used to be a couple, but when Shun realized that Hina really does not know him..
Rana: He stabbed her with the same knife in a state of pure rage and despair.
Rana: That apartment building wasn't.. the best place. Most of the people who lived there either came back there only closer to nighttime or were just as weird as Shun.
Rana: Or, they were as old as Hina's grandma and their hearing wasn't that good.
Rana: So even if Hina did scream, nobody either heard it or cared enough to check what was going on.
Rana: And after Shun was done..
Rana: He did not get rid of the bodies. He was not in a mental state to care about it. If he got rid of them, he'd probably lose his mind completely, if he hasn't already.
Rana: And he also knew that most of the people there wouldn't care about it as well. If they did notice anything, like the smell, he could just come up with a lie.
Rana: Since again, it turned out that he's actually very good at telling those.
Rana: Wow, that was a long one! I wonder if the guards were able to figure all of this stuff out. I have a feeling his videos made his crime look a bit different.
Rana: Ishizu Shun's verdict combination is..
Rana: Innocent, Guilty, Guilty.
Rana: According to this Milgram's verdict system, he will be able to come back to the outside world safely, but him being a murderer will become known to everyone and it will be up to the outside world to judge him.
Rana: Yay, yay, congrats, Shun, you're going home! You can speak now, by the way!
Shun: ...
Shun: .. Ehehe..
Shun: I have.. the same verdict combination.. as Eiko-san..
Shun: Ehehe.. It's like we're matching..
Eiji: "Eiko-san"? Who the hell is that? His new girlfriend or something?
Eiji: Oh, that blonde girl just gave me a weird look.
Miki: "Do we.. no, it can't be.."
Miki: "D-do these prisoners know who we are?.."
Miki: "I-if that's the case.. How do they know us?"
Miki: "If that woman looked at Eiji-san after he mentioned "Eiko-san", then.."
Miki: "Maybe that woman is Eiko-san?.."
Shun: Hey, Eiko-san, does that mean we'll be going home together? I'm so happy!..
Shun: We'll get married right after that, right? I-I don't care if people will find out about our crimes, I just want to be with you! I want to spend the rest of my life with you!
Shun: A-and then we'll have kids and my parents will finally leave me alone, haha..
Shun: Eiko-san?.. Why are you so quiet?..
Shun: Haha, come on, you don't have to act so shy with me-
Arisu: Shun-san, Eiko-san is currently not able to speak. Her verdict hasn't been announced yet.
Shun: W-who cares about what will happen to us when we leave this place! Everyone here already knows their verdicts, that guard told us everything!
Shun: I want to hear Eiko-san's voice again. Please, can I hear her voice again?..
Arisu: Your verdicts have consequences and you have the right to know about those consequences-
Shun: I DON'T CARE ABOUT THOSE CONSEQUENCES, JUST GIVE EIKO-SAN BACK TO ME!
Shun: .. Eiko-san..
Shun: .. Why are you still looking at that guy?..
Shun: Come on, I'm right here. I'm so much better than him, right?
Eiko: ...
Shun: ...
Shun: .. Why is it always the mean guys?..
Shun: I-I actually try to be nice to women, u-unlike Jouhei a-and..
Shun: W-what was that guard's name?..
Shun: E-Eiji-
Eiji: !
Eiji: Did he just-
Miki: .. Hinode-san, do these prisoners know us?
Hinode: ...
Miki: Hinode-san, please answer me-
Rana: Okayyyy, time for the fourth prisoner's crime! Man, this lady is a cruel one.
Rana: Prisoner 004, Chiba Naomi. 30 years old, an elementary school teacher.
Rana: *gasps* Even elementary school teachers can kill?! Don't tell me she killed her own student-
Rana: Oh, right, that's exactly what happened.
Rana: Her victim was Akasaki Tao, her own student. He was only 10 years old.
Rana: Naomi is a weird woman. She's 30 years old, but she still feels like a kid who needs to do everything she can to make her parents happy.
Rana: Her mother in particular.
Rana: Her murder is a simple one, so talking about it won't take much time.
Rana: Tao was a very mean kid. He treated everyone horribly, both his classmates and his teachers. He especially hated Naomi..
Rana: Well, at least he acted like it.
Rana: And Naomi just couldn't take it, because Tao liked to say things that she hated to hear because she knew that Tao was right. Tao never hesitated to call her out. He knew just how much Naomi doesn't want to be hated and that Naomi's intentions weren't always the best and sometimes she was kind to her students just because it felt nice to be admired by someone.
Rana: Sure, it probably doesn't sound that serious, but this kept happening almost every single day. No wonder it ended up driving Naomi insane.
Rana: One evening, Naomi was about to leave school and her mother decided to pay her a visit. She did that quite often, to check up on Naomi's mental state. She actually didn't trust Naomi that much and she was sure she will end up hurting at least one of her students one day. And.. she turned out to be right all along.
Rana: They had another argument and that one was particularly bad and Naomi couldn't even reply to her mother anymore and she just walked to her car and tried to leave as soon as she could. It also started raining.
Rana: It kept raining and it was starting to get harder for Naomi to drive and she couldn't see the road that well.
Rana: And then, she saw a silhouette. That silhouette was Tao, who was on the way home, but he actually wasn't in that much of a hurry because he wanted to make his parents worry about him more.
Rana: And even though Naomi did see a silhouette right in front of her and it seemed kind of familiar.. She just kept going.
Rana: It's hard to say if she did it on purpose or it was an accident. Her brain was not working properly at all when it happened.
Rana: When it did happen, Naomi walked out of the car for a moment, saw that it was Tao, noticed that there wasn't anyone else around and then.. simply went right back into the car and left.
Rana: She just couldn't do anything at that moment. She couldn't force herself to care about him.
Rana: Which is a shame. Who knows, maybe he didn't actually die instantly and he still could be saved-
Arisu: I want to ask you not to lie when discussing the prisoners' murders.
Arisu: Tao-san did, in fact, die instantly when Naomi-san ran him over. She could not do anything about it.
Arisu: Please, don't say such things just to make prisoners feel even more guilty.
Arisu: Or.. make their situations sound more ambiguous.
Rana: Haha, sorry, sorry, Arisu, I won't do it anymore.
Rana: I just.. wanted to make this more fun, that's all.
Rana: Anyway, after that, not many people felt sorry for Tao, especially his classmates who were bullied by him and hated the way he treated Naomi.
Rana: His parents also turned out to be abusive and they tried to frame everything as if it was Tao's fault and that he was just not careful enough.
Rana: And to make Naomi's situation worse, his parents themselves talked to her because she was his teacher and because he actually liked her a lot, and they let her read his diary to learn more about him.
Rana: And this is how Naomi found out that the child she hated so much actually admired her and they also had so much in common.
Rana: Chiba Naomi's verdict combination is...
Rana: Innocent, Guilty, Guilty.
Rana: According to this Milgram's verdict system, she will be able to come back to the outside world safely, but her being a murderer will become known to everyone and it will be up to the outside world to judge her.
Rana: Congrats, Naomi! You can speak now.
Naomi: ...
Eiji: This woman.. killed a child? And she's a teacher too?
Eiji: Just how bad are their murders going to get?..
Eiji: Though considering that the next prisoner is.. him..
Eiji: I have a feeling it's just going to get worse.
Miki: ".. I hope this woman stayed away from Marito this whole time."
Rana: Come on, Naomi, don't you have anything to say? Aren't you excited to go back home?
Naomi: ...
Naomi: .. Everyone knows I'm the one who killed him anyway.
Naomi: I won't get punished for it because my parents won't allow it.
Naomi: .. Haha..
Naomi: .. Don't worry. I'll make sure I'll still get punished in the end.
Naomi: I accept the guards' judgement. They were just doing their job.
Miki: Hold on, what is she going to do-
Rana: Anyway, Arisu, wanna talk about the next pair of prisoners? These two are sure interesting.
Arisu: As you wish.
Arisu: Prisoner 005, Sanada Kei. 25 years old, a photographer.
Eiji: ...
Kei: ...
Miki: Eiji-san, does that man look familiar to you?
Eiji: .. Why do you care?
Miki: Well, one of those prisoners is my little brother, so I thought that maybe you and me have the same.. problem.
Miki: I'm sure you must be very worried about your-
Eiji: Again, why do you care?
Eiji: This is none of your business. Leave me alone. And stop assuming things, it's not like I'm your friend or something.
Miki: ...
Miki: I-I understand. Sorry.
Arisu: Sanada Kei is one of the most unique cases here. He was already involved in some definitely not legal activities before his actual murder happened, but we want to remind everyone here that Kei-san was brought to Milgram because of his murder and not what he did before.
Arisu: His victims were Takagi Rinka, Inagaki Norika, Hatano Mioka, Nagayama Sayaka and Mizuno Kae, all women in their twenties.
Arisu: However, those "not legal activities" Kei-san was involved in are very important if you want to understand his crime better, so I think I should mention them.
Arisu: Kei-san worked for his father's friend, who made Kei-san take photos of people who went through all kinds of torture. The photos were later sold to people who might have interest in them for one reason or another.
Arisu: Some of those people were criminals as well, meanwhile some of those people simply.. took pleasure in seeing the results of those acts.
Arisu: Kei-san did not accept this job because of financial problems, but rather because he was genuinely interested in it and he enjoyed it more than his own employer.
Arisu: But that wasn't the only secret Kei-san had to keep.
Arisu: His other secret was his relationship with Mikazuki Ruka, a 21 year old unemployed man he.. kind of kidnapped.
Arisu: The "kidnapping" was consensual, and Ruka-san actually wanted Kei-san to keep him locked up, and even when Kei-san tortured him in various ways, he went along with it.
Arisu: The nature of their relationship was ambiguous, but Kei-san believed that he was truly in love with Ruka-san, and..
Arisu: Even though Kei-san had a feeling that his friends won't approve their relationship, he still wanted to introduce Ruka-san to them.
Arisu: That.. did not go well.
Arisu: Kei-san's friends were shocked, disgusted, angry.. The only reason why police wasn't involved was because Kei-san threatened them not to tell anyone else about it.
Arisu: After that, Kei-san completely stopped talking to his friend group and tried to focus on Ruka-san and his work. He still had a strong fear that something could happen to Ruka-san while he was away though.
Arisu: Kei-san tried to convince himself that his friends reacted like that because they had something against him dating a man, but even Ruka-san himself knew and tried to explain to Kei-san that his sexuality wasn't the problem, but rather the fact that Kei-san didn't bother to cover up any signs of torture that Ruka-san went through.
Arisu: Kei-san didn't want to admit it, and he wanted to believe that his way of showing love was "perfect" and that he wasn't "weird" or "scary".
Arisu: Shortly after that, Kei-san came up with a "revenge plan" and decided to invite his friends' girlfriends to his house. He knew that those women were always more interested in him rather than his friends, and he knew that they will gladly come to pay him a visit.
Arisu: Obviously, he wasn't planning to let them get out of this alive.
Arisu: Everything went fine at first, but eventually, one of the five women found out about one of Kei-san's secrets, which was his other job. Kei-san rarely had guests, so he never tried that hard to hide the photos he had saved from his job.
Arisu: Naturally, one of the women was able to find the photos and.. her reaction was easy to predict.
Arisu: All women panicked when they saw the photos, and they thought that Kei-san will do something similar to them, and.. They weren't exactly wrong.
Arisu: They knew that they had to protect themselves, so they suddenly attacked Kei-san, who still didn't know that they found the photos, and tried to do something, anything, to make sure he couldn't hurt them or even touch them in any way.
Arisu: .. It escalated very quickly, and soon enough, their attempts at self-defense turned into something Kei-san initially planned to do to them: torture.
Arisu: Some of the women wanted Kei-san to "feel the pain his victims had to go through", some of them believed that he deserved it and that it was true justice, meanwhile some of them just enjoyed seeing Kei-san in this state.
Arisu: One of the women, Kae-san, didn't approve it though, but she didn't do anything to stop them and simply watched. It's hard to say if she was simply afraid or she secretly enjoyed it as well.
Arisu: At some point, Kei-san couldn't take it anymore, but he didn't know what he could do to stop them. He wasn't that physically strong, and they definitely outnumbered him.
Arisu: .. And that's when Ruka-san finally came out of the room he was hiding in and went to check up on Kei-san. And the women saw him.
Arisu: They were too shocked to do anything, so Kei-san immediately took advantage of their reaction.
Arisu: His first victim was Norika-san, who he stabbed repeatedly with a knife she tortured him with.
Arisu: After that, the women started to run away, and he noticed how slow Sayaka-san was compared to all the others and she wasn't able to leave the room as fast as them, so he smothered her with a pillow that was lying on the floor.
Arisu: Kei-san was bleeding, and he was in a terrible condition, but he still decided to chase after the others and Ruka-san helped him out.
Arisu: Ruka-san was the one who gave him the rope Kei-san was able to choke Rinka-san with, and he also was the one who broke a mirror in one of the rooms, so that Kei-san could use the shards to leave many cuts on Mioka-san's body and leave her to bleed out.
Arisu: Finally, together they locked Kae-san up in a bathroom and she got drowned in a bathtub that was already full when they got there, most likely because Ruka-san was the one who prepared it. She didn't resist.
Arisu: All of Kei-san's friends' girlfriends were killed in one single night. They didn't tell their boyfriends where they were going for obvious reasons, so even if they suspected Kei-san, they needed real evidence to prove that he was behind the disappearances.
Arisu: Sanada Kei's verdict combination is..
Arisu: Guilty, Innocent, Guilty.
Arisu: According to this Milgram's verdict system, he will be able to come back to the outside world safely, but-
Arisu: .. Ah. My apologies. I forgot that Kei-san is a special case in more ways than one.
Arisu: According to this Milgram's verdict system, he should..
Arisu: Become the executioner.
Eiji: Wh-
Arisu: Congratulations, Kei-san. You may speak now.
Kei: .. Hey, what was that just now?
Kei: B-become the executioner?.. What does that mean?
Arisu: The.. ahem, the Goddess of this Milgram thinks you are the most fitting prisoner for this job.
Rana: Yup, that's right! I don't wanna let Kei leave, he's way too fun!
Rana: Like, you don't care about the others at all. You killed so many women in just one night. Your only "true love" was a guy you tortured every single day.
Rana: All prisoners here suck, but I feel like you just weren't made for the outside world.
Rana: You were made for Milgram.
Rana: You will be the one in charge of punishing the prisoners who got certain verdict combinations and..
Rana: Who knows, maybe you'll punish a guard or two as well.
Miki: "A guard or two?.."
Miki: Wait, but what did the guards do-
Eiji: NO!
Eiji: You know you can't do that, right? This-
Eiji: He's literally a murderer! Why are you letting him be the one in charge of punishing others?!
Eiji: If you need anyone, you can just ask me-
Rana: We already kinda did that, Eiji. It didn't work as planned.
Eiji: .. Huh?
Kei: .. Haha..
Eiji: .. Kei..
Eiji: You're not going to accept this job, right? Like, you're going to go back to the outside world and you're going to accept your punishment, right?
Eiji: KEI, LOOK AT ME!
Kei: .. I don't know, Eiji.
Kei: I love Ruka, I really do. I would do anything to see him again.
Kei: And I really do like my job.. Both of them, of course, haha.
Kei: And I don't want to hurt the other prisoners in any way, since honestly, some of them have become.. really important to me, no matter what that girl said about me "not caring about the others" or whatever.
Kei: .. But also, I don't wanna get punished again.
Kei: You know what being tortured by those girls felt like? It sucked.
Eiji: Of course I know, do you think I forgot everything you did to me-
Kei: I really thought I was going to die that night, haha. Ruka really saved me back there.
Kei: So, Eiji..
Kei: This is an offer a disgusting criminal and a dirty coward like me could never refuse.
Kei: And if you're one of the guards I have to punish..
Kei: Haha, don't worry, I'll take very good care of you.
Esvel: Hmm... yeah, you don't see like the raving type. A soirée?
Ralis: I cannot say I have ever been to... one of those.
Esvel: Okay, okay. A ball? A dance party? A frat party? A housewarming party? A banquet? A wedding?
Ralis: I am not familiar with any of the aforementioned terms.
Esvel: Okay, well, I have a chance for you to get familiar, then. See, I'm throwing this fun little mixer in a couple days. It's gonna be great. Everyone'll be there, and I'm gonna bring-- oh. And he's gone.
The MV opens to a shot of Renata kneeling in the middle of a grand hallway, in front of a throne. She glows with a white light. A pair of armored legs and a sword are visible, but their owner is out of view. The sword reaches out to touch Renata on both shoulders, formally knighting her. All the while, the person knighting her is obscured. Through the sword, a second light flows around her, this one being a deep gold. The two lights intermingle, keeping balanced, never overtaking one another. During this portion, tenets are being read aloud: her presumed oath to the sword’s owner. The lyrics themselves start with her swearing her undying loyalty to someone she refers to as ‘The Lady’.
Renata is shown standing around a table, among many other knights. All of the other knights glow with the same golden aura she does, but none of them have the white one. The knights all put their hands in together. Renata’s white and gold aura stands out among the pure gold of the other knights.
The chorus begins, and Renata is shown standing in a completely blank setting, where one side is gold and the other is white. The two energies push and pull at each other, but never truly fight, while she kneels in the middle, eyes closed, right between them. However, the lyrics hint at what is to come: warning of her breaking something in service of someone (“I broke it for you, smashed it, crushed it”), of that act harming someone (‘“he blood of the young and innocent stained the ground”), and of the person she did it in service of forsaking her (“I chose you, but you left me out in the rain / two promises shattered for the price of one”). A sword and a shield both lie in front of her. As she opens her eyes, the final lyric in the chorus is ‘There was no point, never forgive me.’ She reaches for the sword and shield, picking up them both.
We are back to following the knights. Renata, as well as two others, are shown donning sets of brilliant silver armor, painted with golden accents. They touch their swords together. Once again, Renata glows with a different energy. The lyrics here speak of some sort of internal conflict of Renata’s. It remains vague, but the idea is that she worries about a conflict of interests between the tenets of the Order and some other code she is trying to live by. (“I swore myself to two codes / pure as the heavens and bright as the sun / two promises and one path / surely to never diverge”)
We are back at the chorus, where Renata kneels in the empty space. This time, the two energies are pushing at each other more aggressively. Renata is trying to keep her eyes closed, but she is sweating. Her eyes snap open, and she reaches for the sword only, leaving the shield. The golden energy completely overtakes the white, but as she raises her sword up to swing it, the golden energy too disappears. Instead, the background is now fully red, fading in like how a drop of blood would color water. All the while, the same chorus is playing again.
We cut to our final scene. Renata is standing in an unknown environment, which appears to be outside. We see her eyes widen and a look of despair cross her face. Her aura is now neither white nor gold, but rather, completely red. Blood drips from her sword. The last words sung are a repeat of the first, her swearing her undying loyalty to ‘The Lady’, as the other knights look upon her in horror.
RYUKO: Yes, well… I don’t see the point anymore. For a while, it was hard to have enough money to eat, let alone celebrate anything. And now… Now I don’t have any way to celebrate.
CHOKO: But that isn’t true. You have all of us. [She softly smiles.] I can even sing, if you want.
RYUKO: Ah, no need, no need. Don’t force yourself. I… I don’t need such a thing.
CHOKO: When Mama feels down, I sing for her, and she cheers right up.
RYUKO: Well, I’m not a mother. Not anymore… And I’m certainly not yours. I don’t need anything like that to cheer me up. If anything… Having company like this is enough.
CHOKO: Alright, then. I’ll stay right here with you, how about that?
RYUKO: That works for me. Though really, you needn’t trouble yourself.
CHOKO: Oh, I don’t mind staying. It gets lonely here, without my family.
RYUKO: Ah, I understand. I… was alone for a while, too. So I get it.
CHOKO: But now you don’t have to be alone. You have all of us. And the wardens, too.
RYUKO: You’re right. [ She smiles, small but genuine. ] Thank you, Choko.
