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Shoot, you're making me feel sick.

I gotta deal with another of Takatsu's green kids again?

There's liquor on his breath. He's pretty drunk.

I heard you're one of Takatsu's favorite pets.

So how about a game with me?

The rates here start from 2,000 to-

No, cut it, cut it! Don't need that crap!

Huh?

Let's play an easier game.

How about 31?

31?

"Tohai: Alternate Rate Mahjong Chronicle"

The rules are simple. We both draw tiles from the wall in front of us.

1 through 9 are worth face value.

All honors are worth 10,

except for white, which is 0 or 11, your choice.

Whoever's total is closer to 31 wins.

If your total is 32 or more, you bust. You lose, no questions asked.

If we have the same total, whoever has more tiles wins.

How about it? Two games.

How much will you wager?

Hmm... Let's see...

How about these babies?

There isn't a single cavity on 'em. They're my pride and joy.

Two games, the loser of each loses one front tooth?

If you want out, drop out now.

Very well. I accept your conditions.

H-Hey, K!

That's what I wanna see from the man who got first in the first finals!

You got nerves of steel! This'll be fun!

I don't know what his objective is,

but this is a good opportunity to learn Otsuji's hand.

It's a good thing I stopped those guys from killing people behind the scenes.

Huh?

They were getting rid of all the hopefuls in the Ryuoi Tournament.

Good thing I stopped them.

O-Otsuji-san! You can't talk-

I hate no-contest victories!

Where's the fun in a game where you can't make someone lose?!

So they were right. These guys were behind the killings.

If you're gonna kill 'em, at least let me watch.

What?!

You see, I love women's coming faces, people's suffering faces, struggling faces,

desperate faces, dying faces.

And putting them on people is my greatest joy!

You hear how the baldy died?

They chopped off all his fingers and rammed a rod up his dick!

How revolting! How miserable! How fun!

But then, K, no matter how badly they tortured him,

the one thing he wouldn't spill was where you were!

What a fool! I wish I could've seen the moment that lovely fool died!

Oh? You mad?

Nice face! The face of a murderer!

I can't wait to see what your face'll look like after punchin' out those teeth!

Then shall we begin?

The first game of 31.

Do we draw the tiles simultaneously?

Nah, just draw whenever. I'll draw first.

Drawing four right off the bat?! What if you bust?!

All good. Call it a handicap.

There.

There.

There.

There.

2 and 10 and 6 and 5 is...

That's 23.

Then I'll draw mine one at a time.

Sure.

5 and 9. That's 14.

The fourth tile...

5, 9, 1, and 10 put Kei at 25.

This is where things get interesting.

There's a chance of busting with one draw!

If my next draw busts me, it's your win.

Exciting, right?

What's up with him? If he draws an honor or 9, he's done!

Heh. We'll take one of his teeth!

You see, God loves me very much.

See?

Huh?

N-No way!

He has 30! He's going to draw another?!

Watch closely now!

This is Osuji's game!

Yes! Got pin!

The probability of drawing one of the remaining 11 1's from the 127 wall tiles

was only nine percent!

How's that? It's your turn next.

Normally, winning with 30 or sanchu gets you double,

and winning with 31 or pin gets you quadruple,

but we can skip all that today.

Your front tooth's mine!

We don't know that yet.

Oh? You think you can win?

Go on, draw your tiles!

Before that, I want to make sure we have the rules right.

Do we start the second game with our current walls?

When I play, I play until my wall's gone.

Is there a problem with that?

No, just checking the rules.

Now, then...

K's at 25. If he draws 7 or higher, he busts.

If he loses, he loses one of his front teeth.

The probability of 6 or lower is around 56 percent.

Come on, 6 or lower!

10?!

Bust!

Hey, you! What're you doing?!

Shut it!

That's the game. Sit down, trash.

Right, K-chan?

Got it!

Look at that! One tooth gone!

You like my pinpoint punch? A real stunner, right?

Damn you...

Ike-san!

Calm down. I'm fine.

But you-

This game of 31...

Some trash who couldn't beat me thought up this game in desperation.

True, this game doesn't work like a game of mahjong,

but I still win 8 out of 10 games!

8 out of 10?! With rules where you can only win by luck?!

I told you earlier. God loves me very much.

I'm even better at mahjong.

I haven't lost a single match in 60 years.

I'm good in bed too!

Otsuji's 75-years-old, but he's still got them hips!

Liar! You came in second in a game the other day!

As long as you're still positive, you haven't lost.

And of course, I'm going to get the Ryuoi crown too.

This dirty old man's that good at mahjong?

All right, time for game two.

Front tooth! Front tooth!

Not yet.

Hm?

My turn isn't over yet.

What're you talking about?! You lost! It's over!

It's true that I lost, but I want to see how much I can lose.

There's no rule that says you can't draw tiles after you bust.

Do it in bed, moron! It's common sense!

Then let's call off the second game.

It wasn't forbidden in the first game, so I have a right to withdraw.

That's how first place thinks.

You want to treat this game like mahjong and see the flow of the draws.

You won't lose without winning.

You lost your front tooth, but you've still got a cool head.

Draw as much as you like, but if your wall runs out, we switch it out with a new one.

Yes.

122 to 31.

I see. I lose this game.

We can end it now and start the second game.

Good, good!

So, you got the flow?

You think you can win against me with it?

The flow and probabilities mean nothing to me!

Let's go.

17, huh?

Kind of weak.

For the same total, whoever has more tiles wins.

A 17 with three tiles is different from one with four tiles.

He really has the luck of the draw.

So it's my turn now.

I'll draw one at a time.

Sure.

Good.

Huh?

28 with three tiles! How the heck is this good?!

I'll draw my fourth tile now.

Huh?!

Wh-Why do that, K?!

28 isn't a bad total! You can let Otsuji draw now!

28 isn't enough to beat him.

And with this flow...

I can get tsumo.

Oh? You're playing this as a game of mahjong. I like it.

Tsumo? Mahjong?

What the heck are you talking about?

K-kun doesn't just intend to draw a 3.

Huh?

Look closely at all the tiles that he drew. K-kun wants a 3-wan.

All the tiles... he drew?

Th-This hand...

Green, chantai, with a penchan wait on 3-wan!

He's in tenpai, so a 3-wan wins it!

If I draw anything else, I lose.

Tsumo! Pin!

P-Pin?!

All right!

That's how it works, right? 31 is pin?

Now, it's your turn, Otsuji-san.

Hey, K, let me punch out his tooth!

Just that I don't know how to hold back.

No grudges if I take your whole jaw with it!

Hah! You're getting ahead of yourself, trash.

What?!

K, boy, you played mahjong and drew pin on me. That's impressive.

But this isn't a game of mahjong. Watch closely now.

If we have the same total, whoever has more tiles wins.

I've got 17 with 4 tiles.

Which means that...

Two at the same time?!

Watch closely now!

This is the man loved by God!

How's that?!

Pin in six tiles!

Phew. This is rough for an old man.

But I get to take another of your teeth.

N-No way... That's impossible...

Try as hard as you can, but you can't run 100 meters in nine seconds.

It's the same as that.

Draws and flows, none of those cheap tricks work on this unstoppable force!

This indubitable power!

That's what makes Iwao Otsuji! The man loved by God!

Time for the second one!

Not yet.

Huh?

It isn't over yet.

"Episode 16: The Secret"

It's over! Sore loser!

White can be 0 or 11, right?

Then if I draw three whites, I have pin in seven tiles.

I can win.

True, there isn't a single white out there.

All four of them can be in your wall.

But you think you can draw them? With those thin, wasted arms?

Well, it would be difficult in this game.

Hm?

But what if we looked at this as mahjong?

If he saw this hand, this is what he'd say:

"It can get bigger."

I see. Dojima, huh?

He'd drop the wan and go for hon'itsu.

C-Can you draw whites?

I don't know that yet, but...

I can feel it.

White!

I can feel it. The movement...

That's right. This is...

the wave!

Pin!

H-He did it... He drew it...

Now, it's your turn.

Shut it!

I know that! Shut your trap!

You're a million years too young to boss me around, nitwit!

Then sit down and draw now.

Hmph. There's still one white in the wall. If I draw it, it's a draw.

I still have a chance.

The world's wider than I thought.

Who knew there'd be a kid like you out there?

You'll definitely be a real good gambler in the future.

But you're still young. You're too green to beat me in a game.

I'm not always thinking about winning.

Hm?

I think it's fine if I can profit from a loss.

Put another way, I'll think of any way I can to run 100 meters in nine seconds.

And I'll prevent you from executing your plot in the Ryuoi Tournament.

I see. Just try and do it!

There!

N-No way!

He drew it?! Really?! Now?!

One of my whites is missing!

I see! He took it back then!

You're so slow! You only noticed now?

This was my real draw. I lose!

I didn't see it.

I didn't even think he'd steal K-kun's tile.

He might be trash as a man, but he has incredible skills.

But...

K won the second game. I'm gonna take that front tooth now!

No, hold on a second.

Hm?

Losing a tooth at that age will be painful.

How about this?

What's happening behind the Ryuoi Tournament?

If you tell me, I'll take that instead of your tooth.

Heh. So that was why you accepted this game with me?

How much do you know?

I don't know anything.

I asked a lovely man who looked great with sunglasses,

but unfortunately, he only told me lies.

Oh?

But the truth is hiding in his lies.

The winner of a bet getting rights to sell drugs was a very concrete detail.

I think that it was a lie based on the truth.

The winner of the Ryuoi Tournament gets a chance to play something with a wager.

Is that right?

I don't know what the wager is, but it's enough to kill over.

It must be very valuable.

But that doesn't matter.

If I win the tournament, that resolves everything.

I'm happy just getting in your way.

I see.

You don't know what's up, but you'll wreck it all anyway?

You're gonna die.

You're prepared to?

All right!

Then in honor of your shitty guts, I'll give you one key. Ready?

The roster.

Roster?

Is that information worth a tooth?

Huh? Not enough?

Well, okay, but any more info...

You can't! Please, don't do this to me, Otsuji-san!

Then it's finally time for me to do my thing!

Ah, hold it, hold it!

Who said I wanted your help?

Huh? What the hell-

Here.

Look at 'em. Not a single cavity.

They're full dentures, after all.

Here. Like I promised.

Damn you! I've had enough!

You got me really good!

You were at no risk at all from the start!

I look forward to seeing you in the second round of the finals.

Yeah. See you, kid.

The roster...

Can we trust that info?

I think we can trust it.

Oh?

Otsuji's acknowledged K's skills.

He wants to see K desperate, defeat him, and feel superior to him.

Heh! A real big snake popped out of this bush!

I'm home.

Amina, are you in there?

I'm coming in.

Amina! Get a hold of yourself!

What's wrong? You're bleeding!

Okay... I'm... okay...

I'm fine...

You're clearly not fine!

Come on, take them off!

Ah! W-Wait, Kei!

Kei... Please...

Please don't...

Don't throw me out!

"Tohai"

"Episode 17: Miscalculation"