[girl] All right. Next agenda item.
We've been having recurring problems with one of the students.
She just came in to the school this year.
Midari Ikishima.
Over the last month,
people have begun calling her the "Destroyer of Dens"
She's well-earned this nickname
by gambling at several locations across campus,
and has ousted leaders at seven of them.
Five of them were previously under Student Council jurisdiction.
None of the usage fees for the dens have been paid.
And she's made no indication that she intends to pay.
Sayaka, I'll leave this to you.
I've made the arrangements.
-Miharutaki. -Hmm.
Understood. I'll get it done today.
Sachiko, you're in a good mood today.
That's because I am.
[Sachiko] We have a wealth of interesting first-years.
-[Tsuzura] Good morning, Mary! -[Mary grunting]
Oh. Hey, Tsuzura. Good morning.
I can't believe we start today. We have a gambling den.
I was so excited I don't think I slept at all last night.
Are you sure you're really a high-schooler?
Everyone here acts so freaking weird.
Huh?
What? You okay?
[Mary gasping] Are those razors?
Who put those there?
There's nothing I can do.
You know, I'm a Mitten.
[Tsuzura] But it'll be okay.
Each step will bring me closer to being a winner.
I can handle anything if it's temporary.
I'm not gonna lose now.
TWIN
LIBRARY PREP ROOM NUMBER TWO
-Huh? -Oh!
Good morning, you two!
Welcome! I cleaned up!
Yukimi Togakushi! What do you think you're doing in my den?
Simple. I'm the club president and I still have the key.
I didn't ask how you got in! What? Are you trying to take the den back?
I swear I'm not!
Nothing like that.
I just want to keep using this room for my club. That's all.
None of the members show up here,
so the club won't interfere with gambling.
Can I, please? I'll even hide.
Oh. Come on, Mary. I think it'll be good.
Huh?
Until yesterday, Togakushi was the one running the gambling den.
Don't you think she might have some good suggestions for us?
Yeah. Nobody cared about it.
Why would I wanna listen to her ideas?
-[Tsuzura] I guess. -[both] Hmm?
She did just lose all her space.
I think that must be pretty hard.
Forget about her. You should put yourself first.
Did you forget that you…
[Mary groaning]
All right. You're in.
You'd better be prepared to work.
The most challenging thing about running a gambling den
would definitely be the money.
I picked Library Prep Room Number Two
because it was one of the cheapest options,
but the fee I owe the Student Council is still half-a-million yen a month.
Pretty pricey.
And the fee for two people is even higher than that.
You would need to donate at least 700,000 yen a month.
Then you gotta include the amount necessary
to change up Hanatemari's status.
Oh. About that.
I heard there's an easier way to reverse a house pet's status.
Easier than waiting for a donation day.
Isn't there an exception with Student Council
if you donate a million yen?
If I'm being honest,
I didn't really think aiming for that would be realistic, but
I don't feel like that anymore.
So if we take all of that into account, it's 1.7 mil.
I need to make this amount in the fastest way possible.
You really think we can do that?
Of course, we can!
[Tsuzura] Mary can do it. I know my prince can do anything.
Hmm?
One question.
Do we know what game we'll play?
Of course. I've already figured that out.
[Mary] We'll use this.
LIBRARY PREP ROOM NO. 1
Pardon me, ladies.
What's up, you bitch?
You know why I'm here.
Sakura Miharutaki, Beautification Council.
Huh?
Don't play dumb, "Den Destroyer" Ikishima.
What? You got a problem with me gambling on campus?
That is not what I have an issue with.
You've taken over seven dens, you're the one with the usage rights.
But that ownership transfer saddled you with the usage fees for those dens.
COLLECTION LETTER
The Student Council is renting you those dens,
and we're here to collect.
You owe us five million yen.
Payment is due today, and we expect the amount in full.
Five million yen?
Five million yen. Wow.
That's hilarious! [laughing]
Hey! What's so funny?
Are you stupid? No one in this room has that kinda money.
We took our money and shoved it up Mickey's ass.
That's enough!
If we have to, we can take the money by force!
Threaten us as much as you want. It won't come back.
Search them.
You can't touch my stuff! [gasping]
We are busy with administrative duties.
I suggest you comply.
And I'll remind you,
the Beautification Council has the authority to arrest students.
Uh, you can't do that to me.
Chill out for a second
Isn't anyone else bored to tears
by arguing about stupid crap like this?
Why don't we gamble instead?
Go on.
Well, it sounds like we both want to solve this problem as quickly as possible.
Am I right?
Lucky for us, this place has so many games.
I'll even let you pick which one.
Take a load off and play a round of your favorite.
If you win, I'll pay right away.
But if you lose, you get out.
Whatcha think
If you have the money to gamble, that means you can pay us this instant.
I accept.
Okay. It's decided.
What are we playing?
[Midari] Hmm?
I want a dice game.
This will be Make It Or Break It.
Guess if the upcoming dice roll will be even or odd.
Will that be simple enough for you?
Yeah. Now hurry up and throw.
No.
You throw the dice.
I'll be the one to make the guess
Huh?
Ma'am, are you sure that's a good idea?
If she's the one with the dice, who knows what tricks she'll try to pull.
My word is final.
Toss the dice, Midari Ikishima.
Oh, good! I don't know what you've got up your sleeve,
but I wanna see!
Even or odd?
It's even.
Oh, wow. She didn't even hesitate.
You carry yourself confidently.
You're a woman that knows what she wants.
Let's get this over with. I want to see what you rolled.
Oh fine. You're no fun.
All right. Time for the big reveal.
Here it is!
Six. It's even!
The Council Chief wins!
Oh wow. Looks like she got it right.
-Hey. -Fine.
There's five million.
What compelled you to choose even?
Did you go with a feeling?
You already know the answer, so why ask me?
-Make sure it's all there. -Uh, well, we were kinda wondering too.
Simple. I saw through their trick.
Then I turned it back around on them.
They tricked us?
Yes. Ikishima likely predicted
that we would play a dice game from the beginning.
But how could she have possibly known which game you would choose to play?
It was a matter of logic.
The room was staged for me to pick that game.
Take a look around us.
There's shogi, go, chess, checkers,
mahjong, backgammon, and a collection of video games
All those options take time.
I said I was in a hurry,
so of course I'd pick whichever was the fastest.
[Sakura] That left me with two options.
Cards or dice.
Unfortunately, these are exceptionally easy to cheat with.
But there's no helping that,
so I was forced to choose between the two.
Oh. I see no.
Huh. So what made you choose the dice then?
I'll not pick a game that I know I can't win.
When I picked up the die earlier,
I couldn't help but notice that the "two" side was a little heavier.
That's why I wanted you to toss the dice, and I would be the one to guess the roll.
She didn't need to throw the dice to figure it out.
I'm still confused about all this.
If the "two" side was down, it would've shown a "five."
But when she rolled, it turned over as a "six."
Ikishima wanted to make it obvious to me that she had added weight to the die.
Because then she'd swap out the loaded one.
Five.
Which means the new weighted die in the game
would be rigged to throw evens.
The rest was easy.
Al that's left is two, four, and six.
That's it.
Logically, there was no way for me to lose.
Oh wow. She came up with offense and defense right away.
She's so amazing!
My business is done here.
I have other collections.
Hold up a sec.
Don't be a sore loser.
Look here. I've got 30 million.
Please go another round.
Let's play again
W-why would she play,
especially when she caught your weighted dice in the first game?
Yeah. I thought you might bring that up again.
So this time I promise I'll be a good girl and I won't touch the dice at all.
And I'll even let you be the one to make the guess.
What do you think?
What are you scheming?
We know the dice are going to roll even.
So that means there's no reason not to play.
It's like finding free money out on the street.
Come on! Hurry up and play with me, Sakura Miharutaki!
Don't you want 30 million yen?
Not really.
Huh?
You probably switched out the die again right after the game,
just when you thought no one was looking.
Or you haven't and you just want to convince everyone you did.
Mind games aren't very interesting for me to play.
So, I'm not going to.
[Midari moaning]
What was her deal? She had totally negative vibes.
She didn't know what she was talking about.
Sure.
Miharutaki did get one thing wrong about the match.
I didn't touch the dice after the game finished.
She's reading into things too much.
She assumed that I swapped one loaded die with another, which made her choose even.
But she was wrong.
The die that I ended up swapping in was completely legit.
It just so happened to roll an even number.
She'll get nowhere with that talent if she stays so straight-and-narrow.
She's gotta learn to be flexible, or she'll break.
[Midari] Well, I can't think of a single person
who can break the President of the Beautification Council.
At least not yet.
That was incredible, right?
-Yeah. -That was a heck of a comeback!
Huh? So is this a new gambling den?
You wanna check it out?
LIMITED GRAND OPENING LIBRARY PREP ROOM NO. 2
Welcome, gentlemen! You found the Literary Club!
[both grunting]
All right, good sir.
Let me explain the rules of the game, and then we can play.
It's all pretty simple.
We'll be using these three dice today.
First, we let our customer select one of these options,
and then they give it a toss onto the table.
The dealer picks a different dice to throw and compares the results.
Whoever has the higher number wins.
Ah. I guess that seems pretty straightforward.
But these don't look like regular dice.
Yes. These are custom made, so the faces are unique.
The black dice has "three," "four," and "eight."
The white dice has "one," "five," and "nine."
The red dice has "two," "six," and "seven."
So some of these dice are weaker than others.
You're sure there's not some sort of trick to these things?
Of course not. Feel free to examine them to your heart's content.
Hmm.
Cool. Guess I'll try it out.
And, not to rain on the fun,
but I'd like to point out that our den's current policy
has a gambling limit of three times per day.
We're running a special event,
so we want to make sure everyone who visits
gets a chance to enjoy themselves.
Ah. So that's what that means.
Can my first bet be 10,000 yen?
That'll be great.
Now, please choose your dice, if you wouldn't mind.
Hmm.
I'll go with this one.
Did that one call to you?
Well, if I wanna win, I need to roll a nine. Should be easy.
Wonderful. I'll pick the red dice for the first round today.
Okay. Make sure we toss them out at the same time.
On the count of three.
One, two, three.
A three-round limit?
We gotta preserve the magic.
We don't wanna make them do the same thing every time.
That's why I plan to change the game we offer on a weekly basis.
Isn't that a waste of time if we're already making a profit?
Why change it?
Easy. Someone might figure us out.
-Aw, man. -You botched it.
I can't believe this.
One more time!
Great. Which die would you like this time?
Picking red. I think the dealer chose this one for a reason.
Hmm.
I guess I'll go with the black dice this time around.
Are you ready? Let's roll!
Heck yeah! That's how you do it!
Congratulations on your win!
I totally knew there was something up with the red die.
Everything's playing out just like Mary said.
This is a good game for us to start with.
It's random, so we'll probably lose a few.
But they'll come back for more
because they're also able to win a few games.
This is your last round today. What would you like to do?
I gotta bet again. 50,000, and I'm gonna stick with red.
All right. I'll keep things simple and use the black dice.
Here we go.
So how'd we do?
Day one revenue,
a total of 300,000 yen!
We did it!
With the seed money, we have one million yen.
That means 1.7 million is well within our reach.
I'm going to make Tsuzura a human again.
I can get the money for that easily.
This is amazing!
I didn't think we could make this much right away!
I knew we would bring in some, but not this much.
The maid outfit was a nice touch, right?
Yeah. I thought you were crazy with that idea, at first,
but, in the end, it really paid off.
That might have helped, but you picked the perfect game to play.
People were eating it up!
It was such a good idea!
We were so right. Mary is the best!
Praise me all you want, it won't get you anywhere.
Mary. Mary.
Mary.
-Uh, I really don't… -Mary.
-Mary! Mary! -Let's talk about tomorrow.
-Uh… -Mary! Mary!
Mary! Mary!
-Mary! -Shut up!
Ultra special!
-No! -[game announcer] K-O!
You win!
Runa, how are you always so good at video games?
You just get good at what you love when you do it a lot.
Too bad you can't get good at growing.
Shut up! I just measured and was, like, two millimeters taller!
-You two are having fun. -Huh?
Hey, Sachi! What's up?
Come on. Let's play again.
All right. But I'm definitely winning.
Aoi, I found a first-year that might be fun for you to play with.
Who? Not the "Den Destroyer."
No. This one took Library Prep Room Number Two from me earlier today.
Apparently, her new gambling den is open for business.
Why don't you go over and check it out?
You better watch out!
I'm going in for a counter and another special.
-Huh? What's up? -Hey. Sorry, Runa.
-I got something to do. -What?
Fighting games aren't fun when I play by myself.
Want me to send Kaede over here?
Man, Kaede Manyuda is no fun.
You know he won't play games with me.
I'll come back and play with you later.
LIMITED DICE GAME
How long did Saotome say it was gonna take?
Probably another hour?
It was stuff to finish her transfer.
All righty. So what do you think? Should we open?
I think it's time!
You're excited about this.
Yeah. Mary's helped me a lot.
I wanna be able to start paying her back for all she's done.
[tense music playing]
Hi! Come on in.
Sorry. That took longer than I thought.
So what's going on here?
Oh. Hey, Saotome.
What's the matter? Are we losing already?
No. We're up,
by three million.
Three million?
See him? That's Aoi Mibuomi from the Student Council.
He just kinda showed up
I'll bet a million.
Huh?
Oh. That bet's a little too--
What? Come on.
You can afford to pay that amount even if you do lose, right?
You know, I bet I'll lose anyway.
This game is hard to play.
Huh?
Okay. Let's play.
You can play up to three rounds a day.
Only three tries, huh?
I wanna play with the white die.
Okay, then. I'll choose the red dice this round.
[both gasping]
Hurray, Hanatemari! You rolled the high number!
Now, the next round.
Huh?
Two million, please.
Hanatemari won the second match too.
This next roll will be the final one he's allowed to play
before he hits the limit.
Four million this time.
Four million?
-Huh? -Hey, Mary.
Oh! So, you're Mary Saotome!
You know, I came all the way here for you.
Huh?
I heard you took out Juraku in a game yesterday.
That's pretty impressive.
[Aoi] It looks like you put a lot of thought into this game.
It's clever that you have the customer be the first one to pick out the die.
They take the lead.
Makes them feel like the playing field is actually even.
But, you and I both know that isn't true.
It's a simple three-way deadlock.
Red beats white, white beats black, and black beats red.
When they're pairs it's a lot easier to win.
But, with that said,
whoever chooses later will win.
-He's kidding. -Is he serious?
The probability says there's a five-in-nine chance.
The more times they get you to play, the more the gambling den takes.
It's a pretty sweet deal,
taking advantage of your customers like that.
He's figured it out!
The day is wasting.
I could talk about this for hours,
but why don't we gamble and test my theory.
I'm gonna choose the white die again.
You'll pick red, right?
Uh, y-yeah.
This is the "martingale" system!
Every time he loses, he'll double his previous bet!
It doesn't matter how many times he loses,
he just needs to win once to earn back everything he bet before.
I've not come across this method very often, mostly because of the risk.
But if this guy came in here to destroy us,
this would be the most effective way of doing it.
Because if you somehow happen to lose the first two rounds,
your chances of winning the third spike to 90%!
Hell yeah! Mibuomi wins!
-Four million yen! That's amazing! -Yeah!
We only just started.
I wasn't able to predict this and figure out a plan.
I'd already lost.
[Tsuzura groaning]
Hanatemari!
Are you okay?
Nothing will be left…
-Say something! -I'm sorry.
[Mary] Here's what we owe you. One million yen.
You can keep it. Let's call it a present.
Huh?
I figure you'll be in trouble if you lose this,
especially if you wanna reverse her Mitten status.
You're right, but I still don't--
But if I do that, you think you could help me with something?
Mary, I really need you right now.
It's not something that's difficult.
I just need your help with one thing.
Destroying the Student Council President!
Subtitle translation by: Helen O'Horan