SHIBOYUGI: Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table (死亡遊戯で飯を食う。)

Why is my name Shiori?

On their honeymoon, they saw... I think they're called Turkish rugs?

My dad was really impressed by them.

They were this big. This big?

Yeah, that big.

Anyway, apparently, all kinds of words are woven into the rugs.

For a long life.

So the family will always stay together.

That's right.

Oh, but why is my name Shiori?

On their honeymoon, they saw... I think they're called Turkish rugs?

My dad was really impressed by them.

They were this big. This big?

Yeah, that big.

Anyway, apparently, all kinds of words are woven into the rugs.

Yuki-san...

Do you know where you are?

Huh?

The abandoned building where the game is taking place.

What's your name?

Kotono Shiori.

Your player name.

Oh...

It's Kotoha.

Do you remember how you ended up like this?

I stepped on a landmine...

and got caught in the rope.

Let's take only what seems useful.

Why did you come?

To score points, I guess.

Huh?

It's important to be likable in these games.

You noticed, too.

I guess.

Here. Don't lose it.

Thank you.

Get on.

What? But...

How are you going to reach the exit?

Sorry.

Anyway, you sure are light, Kotoha-san. How much do you weigh?

When I weighed myself the other day, I was 45 kilos.

Then... you're probably about 30 kilos now.

That's not funny.

Oh, this is good.

I'm amazed you can eat that.

It's pretty good.

Show me.

It's nothing.

Just show me.

It's not that serious.

We probably could've turned off our lights in that hallway.

It didn't seem dangerous.

That's hindsight.

But things will just get worse, right?

I think that girl might've actually been right.

You're amazing, Yuki-san.

Can you really tell instantly if there are no traps?

Experience is part of it, but really, it's instinct.

One glance is enough.

We can assume there are no more traps along the route the others took.

This really is your tenth game.

You didn't believe me, did you?

I'm sorry. To be honest...

Shall we take a break?

Here.

Thank you.

Why did you come back?

I never retired in the first place.

A lot happened in my previous game, and it made me reevaluate how I live.

That's why I stopped for a while.

Were you playing before Candle Woods?

I heard that was a terrible game.

Yeah.

Kotoha, why did you choose to play?

If it's hard to answer, you don't have to.

Oh, no...

I want to retire early.

Huh.

I want to become a recluse.

Everyone's gotten so weird lately, you know?

Cynicism, Machiavellianism, the just-world hypothesis...

It's like mass hysteria.

I don't want to live among people like that.

So I want to save up money quickly

and move to a country where the cost of living is low.

That's realistic.

Yes.

Why are you playing, Yuki-san?

To beat 99 games.

Huh?

Hey, Mishiro.

Hey. I said hey.

What is it?

Don't you think we're going too fast?

We haven't encountered any traps since descending to the second floor.

Well, yeah, but that's why it seems dangerous.

She's right.

It feels a bit creepy that nothing's happened yet.

I know that. What should we do, then?

We have only a few batteries and one floor remaining.

Shouldn't we accept the risks and proceed as we have been?

Yeah, but...

What is that?

Mishiro?

It's all right. Let's back up slowly.

What?

Why did I do that?

I even watched her

do the same thing.

Hey, why is my name Kazumi?

It's starting to look suspicious.

It's quiet.

Creepily so.