TASUKETSU -Fate of the Majority- (多数欠)

-Saaya! -Oh, Saneatsu.

-I met with Sudo-senpai. -What?

STORY BY TAIGA MIYAKAWA

-You want to change the plans? -Yes.

Saneatsu wasn't able to do a thorough search of the mailboxes so...

I was hoping we could spend the afternoon searching around this area.

-Hey. -Oh, Sato.

Just like with Saneatsu, you can call me Kazuhiko, all right?

Say my name. Say it.

-What an idiot. -Say Kazuhiko.

-Eren-senpai. -Huh?

You opened my Rights envelope, didn't you?

I'm not mad at you, so you can be honest.

Yes, I did. I didn't understand any of it though.

It said something like "obedience".

Is there no risk involved in opening the Rights envelope?

Sorry about that.

Eren-senpai,

can you tell me to raise my right hand?

Raise your right hand.

Now ask me to raise my left.

What are you up to?

I will not raise it. Will not. Will not.

Raise your left hand.

I prevented it! Just as I thought.

Privileges are unbreakable,

but Rights are not as powerful.

Willpower can counteract its effect.

Hey, what's this all about anyway?

Well, it seems that you've acquired the Right

that lets you gain control of other people.

When you order them to do something,

they do as they are told. It's like a magical power.

I... love it.

What an evil look on your face.

Thank you for the info.

Your professor said that you weren't so smart,

but you're pretty bright.

Let's begin our afternoon search.

Let's meet back at 5:00 p.m.

According to the map,

it should be around here.

I knew it.

Ms. Fujishiro, what is the favor that you wanted to ask me?

Listen...

Sorry I'm late!

You're late, Dummy-atsu!

Narita, have you seen Fujishiro?

No, did something happen?

She hasn't come back yet.

And it's already past the time that she said.

Let's wait. If we move from here,

we may never be able to meet up with Saaya again.

You're right.

-I agree. -Yep.

So then, are we going to search this area again?

Well, maybe it's better

to think about what we'll do if Saaya doesn't come back...

You know...

This must be the favor that Ms. Fujishiro asked me.

So about that...

At what point should we decide that she won't be coming back?

Okay, he gets my message.

He's assisting me with my plan.

Good question.

We can't just wait forever. We should decide on a time.

How about midnight?

Maybe a bit longer...

How about we wait here until 5:00 a.m.?

What do you think?

Sounds good.

So our time limit is tomorrow at 5:00 a.m.

You've already found the mailbox for today?!

Yes, and I've already put the question in.

What kind of question?

It's a question that will confirm a couple of things.

The third question is one that will surely make us a minority.

FORTY YEARS OF AGE YOUNGER OR OLDER?

No need to look for mailboxes today.

Focus on the traitor.

It's time.

The question will be displayed.

It is now time. We will now take a majority vote.

I refuse.

12 REMAINING 45 REMAINING

FORTY YEARS OF AGE YOUNGER OR OLDER?

Sudo-senpai's prediction was right!

This question is only for human beings,

and it is invalid if there are more than two choices.

It is now midnight.

TODAY'S AREA ITABASHI WARD

Thank God.

Hey, guys,

why don't we decide tomorrow's search route while we're at it?

We'll wait for Saaya until the very last minute.

I thought we could make arrangements, so we don't waste time.

Good idea. I agree.

-Professor, take the lead then. -Um... okay.

Let's go from Narimasu Station on the Tobu Tojo Line in the morning,

then move to the Ukimafunado area on the Saikyo Line in the afternoon,

and from the evening to night, let's search the ward office area via Tokiwadai.

This will allow us to search a wide area efficiently

while ending up near the center of the city.

Okay, let's take that route tomorrow.

Let me play this out in my head.

-Excuse me then. -Huh?

-I need to go to the bathroom. -Oh, shit.

CIDER

This is NS calling FS.

Contacting regarding route info. Requesting map layout.

I'll contact you via a radio station.

The frequency is noted inside. Keep the radio on and stand by.

Why didn't Saaya come back?

Right when we were just getting to know each other.

She won't be able to help with the mailbox search in that state.

Kunashiri, you stay here.

Leave me alone!

So we'll be splitting up. I'll go north.

Jin, you go west. Narita will go south. And Sato will go east.

I don't see anything.

I finally found you, traitor!

Huh?

Professor?

-What do you mean by traitor? -Soma!

Be quiet.

I've been looking for you.

A player with the Right to Veto.

I was told that if I go to Suginami Daini High School this year,

I'd find a person with that Right.

Based on the information that I obtained from that source,

I did all that I could to be transferred to your school.

Sudo's violent behavior was based on his suspicion that you were the Emperor.

And there's only one basis for suspicion.

It's because you have the Privilege.

Which means you're the one with the Right to Veto!

Every day, you were using that power among your peers whose lives

were being toyed with by the Majority Vote

and kept yourself excluded from the Majority Vote. Am I wrong?

If that's not betrayal of your fellow men, then what is?

Soma is a privileged holder of the Production Right.

If you do as I say, I won't hurt you or your friends.

If you don't, we'll use Soma's Privilege against you.

If you care about your friends, you know what to do, don't you?

You traitor.

No! You're the traitor.

Professor Shinozaki.

Narita?

You were listening?

Yes. I heard everything.

Yesterday, Sudo-senpai told me about the traitor.

-And that is why I'm here. -What do you mean?

Sudo also suspected Omi might be the Emperor.

Omi, you've been wearing those earphones

since we regrouped, haven't you?

And the bandage on your right cheek,

it's been there since we first met.

Sudo-senpai said that

Omi Jin lost his right ear and possibly his hearing

in order to gain the Privilege.

And Professor, your glasses,

can you take them off right now?

Didn't you gain the Privilege to "see"

at the expense of losing your right eye?

The first time when we all gathered,

how could the school body president,

who lives in Saitama, be among the first to come to school

when the trains weren't running?

It's because you brought him by car.

That's illogical, isn't it?

Why would I pick up Yagihashi,

who may or may not have seen the question?

First of all, I was with all of you at that time.

That's what you made us believe.

What if the trial run wasn't displayed at the same time all over the world?

I heard from Saaya.

She said that you had the student body convert the student contacts to data.

Before class started, you allowed them to use the data processing room

in your presence.

That's when the question

"Are you looking at this right now?" happened to pop up.

After the president's death, you were still the deputy leader.

You pretended like you had no other choice,

but actually, you were planning on getting rid of the new leader, Saaya.

That's why I asked Saaya to disappear yesterday.

I wanted to see what your next move would be.

That's absurd, Narita.

Are you saying that you sacrificed Fujishiro in order to expose my plan?

I just had her fake her disappearance for a while.