Gamble Fish 40

Chapter 40

01

Abidani: Mushroom Mizuhara succeeded in making a 4-high stack!!
Abidani: The numbers on top are 4 and 6 making 10. Multiplying that by the height of 4 gives him 10 x 4 = 40 points!!
Text: Mizuhara's drive to win has brought victory!!

Abidani: As Yoizame had 36 points, Team Shirasagi wins by 4 points!!!
Yoizame: Wha-...!!?

02

Tomu: Well done, Mizuhara!!
Mizuhara: Ha ha...I-I won.
SFX: Collapse...
Natsumi: That was so cool, Mushroom-senpai!!

Crowd: It's a miracle!! Mushroom Mizuhara actually managed to come back for the win!!
Text: Ohhh!
Crowd: Now Team Shirasagi has a win on the Abidani Seminar making things even!!

Right margin: The third battle will begin with one win and one loss!! It's finally Tomu's turn!!
Title: Fight 40: D-Zone

03

Mizuhara: I-I was lucky... That was a miracle...
Mizuhara: If the dice had added up to 8 or less, I would be in hell right now...

Tomu: It wasn't a miracle, Mizuhara.
Tomu: This was the result of the courage you had to keep fighting to the very end.

Yoizame: Shut the fuck up!!!
SFX: Chk

Yoizame: I won't accept that!! Having two dice on the top and grapping the dice through the cup are both against the rules!!!
Yoizame: You're disqualified for cheating!! Stick your ass out, Mushroom Head!!!

04

SFX: Smack!!

Yoizame: Gh!!?
Abidani: You're pathetic, Yoizame...
Abidani: If you wanted to say that was against the rules, you should have said so when Shirasagi checked on the rules.

Abidani: You lost because you didn't see Shirasagi's real reason for using the word "diagonal".
Abidani: A fool who let Shirasagi give his opponent guidance right under his nose has no right to be named the winner.

05

Tomu: Abidani...I have no intention of defending my opponent...
Tomu: but Yoizame fell into this trap because of who he is.

Yoizame: Wh-what do you mean by that!?
Tomu: Let me see the dice you used when first explaining the rules.

Tomu: Most dice have rounded edges and corners like these.
Tomu: This makes the flat area of each face that much smaller.
Tomu: If you calculated it out, you would find that it was pretty much impossible to get the centers of gravity of two different dice on top of another.

Tomu: Just like anyone could tell you that a 100-yen coin won't land vertically after a coin toss...
Tomu: those experienced in dice stacking know that putting 2 dice on top of a single die is impossible.

Tomu: But Mizuhara chose the Casino Dice.
Tomu: As you know, the edges and corners are kept at a perfect right angle to keep the odds even.

06

Tomu: This widens the flat area on each face giving you room for the centers of gravity of both dice!!
Tomu: Yoizame is used to using normal dice, so he had a blind spot keeping him from thinking about this possibility.

Abidani: Ha ha ha!! So you used Yoizame's experience against him!!
Yoizame: Gh...
Abidani: As expected of that swindler's son. Your ability to sniff out your opponents' weaknesses is top class.

Tomu: And I don't want you to forget...
Tomu: that Mizuhara gave me the time I needed to find that weakness.

Tomu: He bowed down and cried like a mushroom in front of a crowd...
Tomu: He had his pride crushed and disgraced himself in order to gain those 10 minutes in which to practice.

07

Tomu: Because of those 10 minutes, I had time to come up with a way for him to come back and win.
Tomu: Yoizame!! The main reason you lost was because you took Mizuhara's sacrifice too lightly!!

SFX: Gritting teeth
Yoizame: Gh...

Abidani: Heh heh heh...It seems he was quite the poison mushroom!! Now then...
Abidani: Time for the promised penalty!!

Crowd: Th-they're really gonna do it!!?
Crowd: Y-you're kidding, right!!?
SFX: Chatter
Crowd: 4 slices to the asshole!!?

08

SFX: Slam
SFX: Pull
Yoizame: Agh!!?

SFX: Reach for...
Abidani: Yoizame...You may have done poorly, but you're still my lovely student.

Abidani: So I'll give you this "educational guidance" myself!!!
SFX: Lick

09

Yoizame: Wait!? Stop, Abidani-sensei!!
Yoizame: Please stoooop!!!

Mizuhara: W-wait, wait!!
Mizuhara: I don't want to see anything that cruel!!

Mizuhara: If he bows down to me instead...
Mizuhara: then we'll be even!!
SFX: Wink

Yoizame: D-don't fuck with me, Mushroom Head!!! I'm called the "Hell's Elite". I'm not going to bow down to-
Mizuhara: Then would you rather go ahead with the ass thing?

Yoizame: Uuh...

10

SFX: Kneel...

Text: Ohhh...
Yoizame: I-I-I give up...
Yoizame: Mizuhara Mushroom-san...
SFX: Tremble tremble

Mizuhara: My name's not Mushroom.
Text: Tsk tsk

11

Mizuhara: My name is Kazuki.
Mizuhara: I'm Mizuhara Kazuki!!!

Crowd: Ohh!!? His name wasn't Mushroom!!?
SFX: Applause
Crowd: So he had a normal name like that!!
Crowd: I'm his classmate and I didn't even know...

Yoizame: I-I give up, Kazuki-san!!
Mizuhara: Okay!!
Text: Ha hah!!
SFX: Applause

Natsumi: Ohh, I didn't know that was his name.
Natsumi: But I'm sure you knew, right, Tomu-senpai?
Small text in Natsumi's bubble: You're his friend after all...
SFX: Applause

12

SFX: Motion!!
Abidani: Silence!!
Abidani: The final match of the dice battles will begin soon!!

Abidani: But!! That match won't be taking place here!
Abidani: We need to move to the "D-Zone"!!

13

Tomu: ...The "D-Zone"!?

Crowd: Go to the "D-Zone"!?
Crowd: Why there!?
Crowd: Isn't it against the rules to go there!?
SFX: Chatter

Tomu: Mizuhara...What's the "D-Zone"?
Mizuhara: It's an area in the Shishidou Forest we're not allowed to go in!!
Mizuhara: When I came to the academy, they were quite relentless about telling us they can't guarantee our safety if we go there.

Abidani: Heh heh heh...C'mon, follow me, Shirasagi!!
Abidani: I've prepared an appropriate stage for the final battle.
Abidani: My seminar's final participant went ahead and is waiting for you to arrive!!

14

Text: In the vast forest spread out along Shishidou Academy's grounds...

Text: there is an area deep in the forest no one is allowed in called the "D-Zone".
Sign: Entry to this area is forbidden

SFX: Walking
Mizuhara: Uuh...So this is the forest in the "D-Zone"...
Natsumi: I'm scared...!!

15

Tomu: There's nothing to be afraid of. Letting the place change is the same as letting the rules change.
Tomu: It's a gamble.
SFX: Walking

Crowd: Ahh...I wish I hadn't come.
Crowd: I feel like we're going to run into a corpse in this forest.
Crowd: Hey!! What's that!!?

Crowd: The sky's red!?
Crowd: Is it a forest fire!?

Abidani: We've arrived.
SFX: Brush past
Abidani: Welcome to the depths of hell.

16-17

SFX: Rumble

SFX: Rumble
Crowd: Wh-what's that!?
Crowd: The rock is...burning!!!

18

Abidani: Before World War II, this was the remains of a coal mine.
SFX: Rumble

Abidani: But at the end of the war, it was bombed by the Americans and the bedrock itself was broken through.
Abidani: The fire from that time spread throughout the complex underground coal beds and now, over 60 years later, flames are still coming up from it.

Abidani: It's like the never-ending fires of hell!!

19

Crowd: L-look!! On the bridge!!
Crowd: There's someone there!

Mayo: I've been waiting for you, Shirasagi Tomu.

20

Mayo: I am the leader of the Abidani Seminar team,
Mayo: Hanasaki Mayo.
Text: A mysterious beauty who gives off a ghostly aura!! Next Chapter: The death match begins with color pages!!