LIAR GAME

Congratulations to all players!

The fifty rounds of the Contraband Game are now complete!

I will hereby announce the final scores!

Morning of the Final Day

Solidarity

Um, I'm sorry about what I said this morning.

Oh, that?

Round 35 Country of Night Smuggling Turn

Pass.

Round 36 Country of Day Smuggling Turn

Pass.

Both sides keep passing.

Hey, didn't Yokoya say we could profit 500 to 600 million?

That's totally not happening here!

And?

You think I lied to you?

No, of course not...

But we don't seem to be extending our lead at all.

The Country of Day is trying to lose by a very close margin.

Third-Country Accounts

Country of Night

1.769490 billion yen

Country of Day

1.65167 billion yen

The difference in our third-country accounts is only about 100 million.

Neither side has any money in their ATM,

leaving both countries carrying empty briefcases.

Pass

Pass

So if the inspector doesn't want to lose money,

all they can call is "pass."

If this keeps up, we'll be in a holding pattern until the game ends.

He's right. We're not gonna make any money like this.

You people really are idiots.

I-Idiots?

Indeed, under our present circumstances, "pass" is all they'll ever call.

So, how do we put a stop to that?

We start carrying money.

That money.

On my smuggling turn, I'll put 100 million from the pallet in my case and take it.

But you can't do that.

That's registered to their ATM here in the Country of Night, right?

If we try to smuggle it, it'll bug out the records.

Do you think I'm stupid enough to just carry it as-is?

On my smuggling turn,

I'll deposit the money into our ATM in the Country of Day, then withdraw it.

That way, the 100 million will formally have come from our ATM.

There will be no issue whatsoever.

But we don't actually gain anything that way.

There's zero benefit at all.

Wrong.

My intention is to confuse the enemy.

"The Country of Night can't possibly be carrying any money..."

"Yet there it is."

It will throw them off their game.

Our victory will follow.

Just watch as the game proceeds.

Round 39 Country of Night Smuggling Turn

Pass.

Incredible! There's 100 million!

The Country of Night's smuggling attempt succeeds!

But how?!

Round 41 Country of Night Smuggling Turn

The Country of Day calls doubt of 80 million...

But there's 100 million in the case!

The Country of Night bags a total of 140 million!

Round 43 Country of Night Smuggling Turn

The Country of Day doubts for 60 million, but now the case is empty!

Their doubt bombs once again!

The Country of Night takes 30 million!

You were right, Yokoya-san.

Your plan has left the Country of Day in tatters.

It's brilliance personified. And I was a fool.

If that's how you feel, do as I tell you in the fourth-round game, as well.

The tally of your third-country accounts is now complete.

Please gather in the central lobby on the first floor.

Congratulations, everyone.

Before now, you've only ever spoken within the confines of the interrogation room.

Now that the game is over, you are welcome to speak freely.

Anyone who has anything to say, please step forward.

Allow me to begin.

Country of Day, I'd like to congratulate you on a game well played.

Particularly you, Akiyama-san.

Managing to hide the 1.9 billion we asked your team to port over for us...

You truly had me in a cold sweat.

I'm flattered by your praise.

But I'm afraid we never hid that 1.91 billion.

What?!

We fell for your trap hook, line, and sinker.

You deserve all the praise in the world.

So... what does that mean?

With the stack of cash we kept, all the money is in our ATM?

Oh, wow. I thought we were up against someone on Yokoya-san's level.

Turns out you're just a bunch of morons.

Akiyama... Is that all you've got?

Now, I shall announce the final score!

The winner of the Contraband Game is...

Third-Country Accounts

Country of Night

Country of Day

Third-Country Accounts

Country of Night

2.369490 billion yen

Country of Day

1.481670 billion yen

The Country of Night team!

Yes! We dominated!

Yes! We did it! We won!

Congratulations to you.

The nine members of the Country of Night will move on to the fourth-round game.

Next, we'll be paying out the prize money.

I invite all players to return their cards to the closest staff member.

Ah...

Well, I'm being told the money in the ATMs doesn't match their registered totals.

Nearco-san, we found the rest of the cash in the game venue.

The tally is now complete.

I will hereby announce the results.

The money remaining in each team's ATM stands at...

Country of Night

0 yen

Country of Day

3.348840 billion yen

See? We took it all!

Talk about a huge score!

What?!

There's gotta be some mistake!

How are we at zero?!

There is no mistake.

These are undoubtedly the final totals.

Yokoya, you lost.

We made a load of money and get to leave the game free and clear,

while you have to move on to round four even deeper in debt.

You made a serious mistake, you know.

Did I? When exactly was that?

Allow me to explain.

As I mentioned, our team completely fell for your trap.

We deposited the entire 1.91 billion yen into the Country of Night ATM.

To be honest, I briefly thought we were done for.

But I decided to bet on a long-shot comeback

and took measures to break off members of the Country of Night.

That 1.91 billion yen never made it into our ATM in your territory.

What?!

My bluff worked perfectly.

I quickly turned your teammates to my side.

Akagi, Shibayama...

And Hasegawa, too.

You're wrong.

Hasegawa might have pretended to go along with your plan,

but that was an act.

Yokoya-san caught on to your plan, and he kept the traitors to two.

He severed Akagi and Shibayama's bond with his Confession Game, too.

You're wrong.

Our bond actually survived that game intact.

What? Wait a minute...

I was sure Shibayama betrayed you in the Confession Game.

Yeah, I pretended to betray him.

You people are under a fundamental misunderstanding.

"He kept the traitors to two."

That's what you said, right?

But you're wrong.

At the time of the Confession Game,

I'd already joined the Country of Day.

Hasegawa?!

Yokoya, you were too slow.

By the time you realized what Akiyama was doing,

all three of us had already entered into an agreement with him.

Your Confession Game had us shaking in our boots, though.

When Shibayama confessed, we figured our alliance was shattered.

Don't worry, Hasegawa.

This is all just an act.

Shibayama's only pretending to betray us?

I see...

He can reveal what Yokoya already suspects without blowing the core plan.

Most importantly, Yokoya doesn't know I'm a traitor yet.

Our strategy is still in play!

Playing dumb during the Confession Game wouldn't have cleared us of suspicion.

So I decided it was best to pretend Yokoya had driven a wedge between us.

And in doing so, I convinced him that Akiyama's plan had failed.

That left him vulnerable.

At that point, Akagi really thought I'd betrayed him.

His realistic reactions made Yokoya even more susceptible to manipulation.

The Confession Game convinced Yokoya that Akiyama's plan was done for.

But Yokoya... The fact that you didn't fully believe Shibayama's confession

and continued to harbor doubts was really smart of you.

Unfortunately, you decided to use me to dispel those doubts.

That was the moment you lost the game.