TASUKETSU -Fate of the Majority- (多数欠)

The two I must capture are Sato and Jin.

Visibility activated.

I've found you,

Sato and Jin.

STORY BY TAIGA MIYAKAWA

Oh, no!

This way!

Damn it! How did he find us so fast?

He probably has the Visibility Right.

WARNING

ANYONE PURSUING ANYONE IN THE DESIGNATED AREA NOW, HAS 10 SECONDS TO STOP

Head to Nerima Ward in ten seconds...

or you will be executed?!

What is the Emperor thinking?

Damn!

It looks like he went somewhere.

That was close.

SECURITY ROOM

I found myself some good prey.

You guys are like summer bugs that fly right into the flame. For real!

It's game over, fools!

Who the hell are you?!

There's no way he's going to answer that.

-I am... -Oh, never mind.

Messenger of the underworld!

Borinmaru Gokokuhotenji.

What a long name.

You must be so scared of me that you're speechless. For real!

You think we should run?

Or maybe we can talk this out peacefully.

Right...

Um... Gokoku...koku... Gokokuhojo.

I'm not a farmer!

That's not it, Omi.

It's Borin... Gogo... Gobo!

I ain't no burdock root!

We have no intention of hurting you!

-He's right! -Believe us, Gobo!

They're trying to make Gobo my official name.

Listen up!

I'm gonna make you rust with my ruler wielding skills.

Plastic rulers can rust?

That's not the point.

Let me explain.

A Right that unleashes a slash wave that cuts through everything,

the Iron-Slashing Right!

Iron-Slashing Right?

You've been chosen to be my stress relief toys.

If you guys don't want to die, swear to be my servants.

If you refuse, I'll end your lives right here, right now. For real!

-I refuse. -Hey, Omi, that was too fast.

You fools...

Huh?

That's weird. When I try to convince them, I can't speak.

Did I get a bit nervous?

I will kill you both right now then!

No! Please!

Huh? Why?

You, little bean sprout!

The root called you a sprout.

Why aren't you freaking out?

Because there's no such Right as the Iron-Slashing Right.

NO IRON-SLASHING RIGHT

Oh, dang! Does he happen to know a lot about Rights?

Come on now. What are you saying?

How can you be sure that it doesn't exist? What if it exists?

-It definitely doesn't exist. -Really?

It's called an Iron-Slashing Right, but it cuts through everything?

It doesn't make sense.

Oh, crap...

First of all, Rights don't get explained, so he could never know that.

I'm screwed, real screwed.

I don't know why this is happening, but I'm in a really bad situation. For real.

Um... I...

I apologize for my cocky attitude!

That was a fast apology!

You know, you seem to know a lot.

Let me in on what you know. For real!

Do you remember what you just said five seconds ago?

What do you think? Can we trust him?

I can't even consider trusting someone I just met a few minutes ago.

But...

The fact that he knows about Rights,

does he have some sort of Right or Privilege?

Maybe talking to him won't hurt.

SECURITY ROOM

I see...

You guys went through a lot. For real.

Now it's your turn, Gobo.

Is that my official name now?

I'm Borinmaru Gokokuhotenji from Year 2, Class B of Itabashi Chuo Middle School.

He said it in one go.

I lost my family and friends in the trial run. Only I survived.

I was battling with feelings of sadness and wanting to survive,

so I was hiding in my room until the Majority Vote began.

But on the first day, I went to the designated area, Suginami Ward.

That's when I lost all hope.

I saw something that shouldn't exist.

What I saw was a dragon.

And as I was running away from there, I found a sealed Rights envelope.

That was my first and last envelope.

I've been hiding at home since then.

A dragon, huh? That's definitely a Production-type Privilege.

It's the same Privilege type as that bald macho guy who was with Professor.

I'm really good with tech.

I centralized all the security cam footage from this area into a single control room.

And I was monitoring it daily to see if anyone would pass by.

I was planning to catch some easy prey, threaten them,

and then make them find the mailbox for me.

-We're easy prey? -Correct!

After chasing away that weirdo who was following you,

I preyed on you guys since you were around my age.

How did you chase away the professor?

RIGHT

I used my Privilege, Display Right.

I displayed the Emperor's symbol on the monitor

of the store where he was chasing you,

with a message that said, "You'll be executed if you don't go to Nerima."

No wonder he ran off.

You guys saw the remaining numbers from the Majority Vote, right?

I'm the one who displayed that.

That was you! You're amazing!

I'm amazed at something else.

What is it?

Why are you two talking so openly and honestly with each other?

I never said that I was speaking the truth.

Everything I said was a lie too.

-What?! -Shut up!

I knew it. Both of them are idiots.

But I think he's telling the truth.

He doesn't seem like a bad person.

And I think his Display Right will become useful.

If I take him to Saneatsu, I'm sure Saneatsu will know what to do.

The problem is, how are we going to meet up with Saneatsu?

-Gobo! -Stop calling me that!

Do you want to fight the Emperor with us?

How can I do something that scary?

Are you just gonna hide here until you die then?

You guys are amazing.

Everything has been unbearable after everyone else died.

You're so calm, and you even want to defeat the Emperor.

I'm not like you.

I lost hope, got desperate, and finally got back to normal.

Same here. We would still be panicking if not for the student body president.

We were just lucky.

We have a team of incredible people who are strong fighters.

I believe in them.

I'm not alone.

I'm only strong because I have friends who are strong.

They make me laugh, and that gives me the power to fight.

It's true that whether you work hard or stay in your room,

it's all the same unless you submit a question.

It's pretty much 99.9% luck.

But those who give up have no chance.

Only those who take the plunge can choose the outcome of their destiny.

Isn't that what living means?

Sato...

You know, I'm not very smart, so what I'm saying might not be all true.

I think you're right.

The worst I can do is do nothing and die.

The best I can do is do something and live.

I'm gonna do it. I'll give everything that I've got!

So how are you going to meet up with your team? For real.

We were supposed to meet at the north side of Narimasu Station.

-What shall we do? -Let me see. I really dunno.

I'm not very smart either.

Hey, Sato, do you have a nickname?

Yeah... why?

I think that will work.

Hey, Narita, how are you going to meet up with Sato and Jin?

I will wait for them until morning, even if it's only me.

This is the only place they will be able to locate us tonight.

We have no way to contact them,

so if we don't meet up with them here tonight...

What? No way. Is it time already? Isn't it early?

You're right. It's still 11:55 p.m.

What's going on?

TOMORROW A IPPIKO BORN DAY OH MY MY SWORD!

What is this?

This is... some sort of message.

Narita, maybe you can decipher this.

Omi and Kazuhiko are safe.

What? Where does it say that?

It's a pretty risky move but...

it's a code that others can't read.

Kazuhiko wrote this?

There's no way he wrote this. It was probably Omi.