Liar Game 119

Liar Game chapter 119

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第４の勢力…ガヤ連合!?
The fourth force is... The Shadows Alliance!?


衝撃!!　新勢力台頭!!?
The clash!! The appearance of a new force!!?


第１１９　団結
Chapter 119: The Alliances


…それを
And it was created...

シマタカヒロ（ヤンジャン）が仕切っているですって－－－っ!?
by Yanjan!?


騙し合いは、いよいよ終盤へ!!権謀渦巻く「イス取りゲーム」!!
The battle of the "Chairs Fetching Game" entwined with schemes has finally reached its final stage !!



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マジかよ…
Are you seriously saying that...

ガヤ同士がつるんでる…って
those Shadows are being coordinated?

うろたえないで
Don't be flustered!

まだそうだと確信があるわけじゃないんですから
I am still not sure about it.

まさかの”ガヤ連合”出現でヨコヤは…!!?
Will Yokoya lose because of the appearance of the "Shadow Alliance"!!?

それにとりあえず親は取れているんです
Anyway, we had succeeded taking the dealer status,

まずはイスを外しましょう
for now let's remove a chair.

…お
Ok...

…おう
Ok...

それではイケザワ（デブ）さん外すイスの番号をコールしてください
Well then Debu-san, please call the chair number you would like to remove.

はい
ok!

外すイスは・・・
The chair that will be removed is...



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２５番
chair number 25!

では次のピリオドでは２５番のイスを外します
Well then, starting by the next period, the chair number 25 will be removed from the game.

２５番は？
Whose is that?

ハリモト（作務衣）グループのイスですね
It is a chair possessed Samue's group.

…って事はこれで主要３グループのイス全てギリギリの個数になりましたね
This means that those big three group's chairs are all just barely enough for themselves.

プレイヤー イス
Players Chairs

作務衣　グループ 　5 5
Samue's Group

アキヤマ　グループ 　4 4
Akiyama's Group

ヨコヤ　グループ 　3 3
Yokoya's Group

くくく
khukhukhu...

いよいよゲーム本番といったところですね
Finally, the true game has started now.

あっ　それはそうと
Ah, by the way...



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どういういきさつでシマ（ヤンジャン）がガヤ連中を率いる事に？
how did Yanjan come to command those Shadows?

ふふふ
Fufufu...

順を追って説明しましょうか
Let me explain it to you chronologically.

そもそも　このゲームでルール説明の時ガヤは皆落胆していました
At the beginning, when the rules of the game were explained, all the Shadows were caught in discouraged mood.

当然です　こんな無人島に連れて来られたのに自分たちにはゲームに参加する資格がないと告げられた訳ですから
The situation is easily understandable. After all, they were forced to go to an inhabited island only to be told later that they had no right participating in the game.

しかしゲームが始まるとプレイヤーは徒党を組み グループ同士の戦い…といったムードとなった
But as the game started, the players started to make alliances and later they got caught in the competitive situation between those alliances.

そうなると親決め投票というものが俄然　重要になってきます
And in that situation, suddenly the dealer voting process had became very essential for them.

結果　親を取るためにメダルでガヤを買収しようとするプレイヤーが現れる
As the result, the players started to bribe the Shadows using their medals so they could be the dealer.

…で　メダルを手にしたガヤは　この時気付くわけです
And at the time The Shadows gained their medals, they realized that...



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俺達は　まだ敗北者となったわけじゃない…
'we have yet become the losers...'.

このメダルに名を刻まれたプレイヤーを勝たせる事で自分達もカネを手にする事ができる
As long as we can make the player whose name engraved in the medals win, we can still...

……ってね
earn money from this.


ガヤ連中は自分にメダルを渡したプレイヤーの下僕状態となります
At that moment, The Shadows became the servants of those who gave them the medals.

メダルの名のプレイヤーを勝たせるため言われる通りに親決めの投票の協力しイスを探すなどのサポートまでもやった
To make sure that the players which name engraved in the medal, they support those players by voting or searching for the chairs as they are commanded to.

そんな時ガヤに落ちたばかりのシマ（ヤンジャン）が動いたのです
At that very time, Yanjan who had just become one of The Shadows started to make his movement.

よし…こうなったら頑張ってなんでもこのメダルを１億にしなきゃな
Alright!! Let's work hard to turn this medal into 100 million yen.

ふふっ
Fufu...

メダル１枚で満足できるんスか？
Do you feel satisfied with just merely a medal?

なんだよ　てめーあっち行け!!
What are you saying! Go away!!

ふふ…　そんな冷たい事言わないでよ
Fufu... don't be so cold to me.



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もっと儲かる方法があるのに
Even if I say that there is a way to earn more?

マジ!?
Is that true!?

おたくが今持ってるのってヨコヤグループからもらったメダルでしょ？
The medal you have right now is Yokoya's group, right?

…さ…さあな
Ye..yeah.

今　場はヨコヤグループ　作務衣グループ　アキヤマグループの3グループの戦いになってるんスけど
Now, this place has become the battlefield of the 3 groups, Yokoya's, Samue's and Akiyama's.

知ってます?
Do you know that fact?

ああ…まあ
Well... somehow...

そうなのか…自分のメダルのプレイヤーを勝たせる事しか考えてなかった
Is that so? I didn't ever think of anything aside how to make the player that gave me this medal win.

ところがヨコヤと作務衣が結託した事よりアキヤマグループは説落した
By the way, as Yokoya and Samue joined force, Akiyama's group started to crumble...

今6人がずっと親投票を棄権してるでしょ？そのせいですよ
and because of it, now the 6 persons from Akiyama's group always abstain from the voting.

へ－－－
Hoo....

知らないうちに戦況は　そんな風になっていたのか…
Being unaware of the battle situation, it has turned into this kind of situation.



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となると…だ　この後の展開は
So, the development onward will certainly be...

ヨコヤグループ対作務衣グループの戦いになるワケ!!…必ず!!
Yokoya's group vs Samue's group!

マジ!?
Really!?

で!?どっちが勝つの!?
Then... Who will win!?

さあ残念ながらそれは分からないし
Well, too bad I don't even know it...

別に分かんなくてもいい事
or to be exact, I don't even need to know it.

大事な事は
The most important thing for us is...

そうなると間違いなく次は作務衣グループの誰かがおたくにメダルを渡しにくる…って事
with this development, it is very certain that someone from Samue's group will come and give you their medals.

分かった!!ヨコヤグループのようにメダルで票を買いにくるワケだな
I got it!! They will try to buy my vote just like what Yokoya did.

その通り
Yes, exactly.

つまり僕が言いたいのはこう言う事…
And what I want to say is...

この状況に乗じて両グループからメダルをせしめる
we have to take advantage of the situation and take the medals from both groups.



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分かった
Okay, I got it!

俺達ガヤがフラフラどっちつかずの態度をとることで両グループにより多くのメダルを出させるって寸法だなっ!!
We, the Shadows, have to be indecisive in order to make both teams give more medals!!

そう
Yes.

ただし　それには条件があります
But, there IS a condition.

この作戦をやるためには
To run this strategy,

親決めの票を拮抗される必要がある
we have to keep the voting competitive.

もし親決め投票の結果が１４対４なんて大差になったらどうなります
Imagine if the result of the voting has a big gap, like in 14 against 4,

４票のかたは勝負をあきらめ１４票のかたは票集めに動く事をしなくなります
the side with 4 votes will give up the match, and the side with 14 votes will not try to gather more vote.

でも１０対８なんて僅差ならどう？
But what if the gap is small, like in 10 against 8?

両方のグループが躍起になって１人でも多くのガヤを買収しようとします
Both groups will surely become eager to increase the total of the Shadows in their group even by 1 person.

結局　何が言いたいかと言うと…
To put it simple, this is what I want to say...

僕が１０対８になるよう票を計算するから
I want to make the voting ends up in situation of 10 against 8.

おたくは僕の指示通り票を入れてほしいんです
And I want you to vote what I tell you to.



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なるほどお前の言う通り投票するだけで票はいつまでも１０対８になり俺らにはガッポガッポメダルが入れる
I see... If we could make the voting into a situation of 10 against 8, we will earn a lot more medals.

最高の作戦じゃねーかこれ!!
This strategy is the best!!

あ－－　いちおう言っとくけどガッポガッポ入れるのは捨てメダルだから…
Ah... I want to make it clear. Those medals are just abandoned medals.

捨てメダル？
Abandoned medals?

何それ？
What the hell is that?

ちなみに今　おたくが持ってるのは誰のメダル？
To make it simple... whose medal's is with you now?

デブ（イケザワ）のなが刻まれたメダルだぜ
It is Ikezawa's

は－－－ん　ヨコヤグループはデブを捨て駒にしてんだな
Hoo... So the Debu is the pawn of Yokoya's group.

だからよォ　その捨てメダルとか捨て駒って何なんだよ
Hey... what's with that abandoned medals and pawn things?

おたく　このメダルを渡される時何て言われたんですか？
Do you remember what was being said to you when you received the medal?

うちのグループは俺を最終勝者にするつもりで動いてる
Our group plans to make me become the winner in the end...

このメダルを持ってれば最終は１億になるだから俺に協力してくれ…な!!
if you take this medal, you will be able to earn 100 million yen in the end of the game. That's why... please be our ally!!

…って
That's all...

それですよ
That IS the problem.




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ヨコヤグループがデブを最終勝者にするなんてウソ!!
The plan of Yokoya's group to make Debu as the winner is just a lie.

おたく　まんまと騙されてますって
You have been fooled completely.

え!?
Eh!?

ヨコヤグループの立場に立って考えたら分かるでしょ?
If you try to think from their standpoint you will eventually understand.

最終勝者は１人他のメンバーのメダルは最終的にはゴミになるわけです　だったら買収に使うのはゴミになるメダルですよ
The winner is only 1 person and the time the winner decided, the others' medal will be trash. That's why they use the medals that will eventually become trash to take care of the bribing.

…って事は何？このメダルは１円にもならないって事!?
So... This medal doesn't even worth a yen!?

騙された!!　くっそ－－－!!
Damn it! I have been fooled!!

ん？…って事は俺らが今からやる作戦無意味ってことじゃん
Eh? But doesn't that also mean that our strategy has no meaning?


いやいや全然無意味じゃない
Not at all! It has a meaning...

無意味にしないために拮抗状況を作るんですよ
and to make it meaningful we have to keep the competitive situation.

１０対８の状況
がいつまでも続ければどちらのグループもメダルを放出せざるを得なくなる
If the situation of 10 against 8 keeps on occurring, it will come into a situation where a group have to spend their medals.

メダル
Medals

捨てメダルがあるうちはいいがいつかはそれも尽きる
It might be abandoned medals but at a time, those medals will be depleted.



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そうなったら最後は勝負メダルを出さざるを得なくなる
And when that happened, they will finally have no other way except giving away the true medals.

負けてしまっては元も子もないわけですから最後は必ず出ます!!
Those true medals will surely be shared, because once they lose, they will lose everything.

すげェ
Excellent!

乗る!!乗るよっ!!その作戦によっ!!
I'm in!! Put me in for the strategy!!

なるほど
I see...

こうやってガヤ共が説き伏せられ第４の勢力「ガヤ連合」が成立したわけですか
So this is the way he argued down with The Shadows and finally succeeded to build the 4th force, "The Shadows Alliance".

しかしこのシマ（ヤンジャン）という男見かけによらずしたたかですね
But being unnoticed, this man called Yanjan is quite determined.

そうですね
Yes, I agree.

勘のいいヨコヤですが
Even though Yokoya has a sharp intuition,

まだ「ガヤがつるんでる」くらいにしか認識してませんよ
he hasn't even realize yet that The Shadows are acting as one.



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早く　ガヤ連合の全貌に気付かないと命取りになりますよ　…ふふふ
He will probably end here if he doesn't notice it quickly... fufufu...

…というわけで次のピリオドは２５番のイスを外した１３個でゲームを行います
With this, in the next period the chair number 25 will be removed and the game will be played with 13 chairs remaining.

では…
Well then...

第１３ピリオドスターート!!
The 13rd period starts now!!



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おいヨコヤ！
Hey, Yokoya!

どうする？　この後…
What should we do now?

どうするも何も今まで通りやればいいじゃないですか
Just do what you always did until now.

それが…
But...

さっきのピリオド買収のために相当のメダルを使ってしまって
In the previous period, we have used a lot of medals to make bribery...

ほとんどメダルが残っていないんだっ!!
and we almost have nothing left!!

俺達の作戦は俺とマエガミのメダルを捨てメダルにしてガヤを買収し最後の最後はヨコヤを勝たせる…だっただろ？
Our strategy is to use Maegami and my abandoned medals to bribe the Shadows and then make you as the winner... right?

でも　もはや捨てメダルは６枚しかないんだ…
But my remaining medals is 6 pieces only.

そもそも無理があったんだよこのやり方!!　作務衣グループが本気で買収に乗り出したら捨てメダルの数が違う!!　向こうはプレイヤー５人だからな　先にこっちが弾切れになる事は自明の理
Since the beginning, this method is impossible to do! If Samue's group tries to seriously bribe the Shadows, they have a lot more medals than us because there are 5 persons in their group! It is very obvious logic that we will have our supply depleted faster.

そう　あわれないで
Don't be so down.

確かに…　このまま買収合戦を続けたら次の親は確実に作務衣グループになるでしょう
It is a sure thing that even if we continue to do bribing, the next dealer status will fall into Samue's group.



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だったらここはどうでしょう
Then why don't we try to do this...

開き直ってこのピリオド一切買収を行わない…っていうのは？
once the main period come, we will not do any bribing.

は!?
Huh!?

何もせず　ただ負けるのを待てと!?
Doing nothing and just wait for our loss!?

たしかに…　普通に考えれば負けるのを待つだけでしょう
Normally thinking, that may be true, but...

…が何もしない事で逆に親が取れるような気がするんですよねェ
I have a hunch that if we do nothing, in the contrary we will be the dealer.

私の読みが正しければ…ね
But... only IF I read the situation correctly.



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第１３ピリオド終了後本館前
The end of the 13rd period, in front of the main building.

え－－－　このピリオドも１２人のプレイヤー全員が無事着座しました
Hmm... in this period all 12 players have safely taken a seat.

では　このまま親決め投票に移ります
Then, let's move into the dealer voting session.

あれから　どうしました？
What did you do after our discussion?

どうしましたも何も一切買収するなって言ったから何もしなかったぜ
I did nothing because you told me to.

そうですか
I see.

いいです　それで
Fine then.

は－－－　今回の投票最悪だと思うぞ
*sigh*... I think this voting will be our worst.

良くても６対１２
At best it will be 6 against 12,

下手すりゃ３対１５のパーフェクトで負けるな
and at the worst it will be a perfect loss of 3 against 12.

皆さん投票は終わりましたね？
Ladies and gentlemen, have you finished making your vote?

では親を発表いたします
Then, let's announce the result.

親は…
The dealer is...



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イケザワテッペイ（デブ）　１０票
Ikezawa Teppei (Debu) 10 votes
キムラケイ（ショートボブ）　８票
Kimura Kei (Short Bob) 8 votes

親はイケザワ（デブ）です!!
The dealer is Debu!!

うっそォ!!
My God!!



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!?なんで!?
How come!?

なんでイケザワ（デブ）が親に－－－っ!?
How can Debu become the dealer?

ふふふ　簡単な事ですよ
fufufu... it is very simple.

さきほどのピリオドまでにヨコヤグループはガヤ買収のためにイケザワ（デブ）とオオツカ（マエガミ）のメダルをほとんど使い果たしてしまった
At the previous period, Debu and Maegami's medals are almost depleted to bribe the Shadows.

ところがハリモト（作務衣）グループは５人のプレイヤーを擁しているためにまたまた多くの捨てメダルが使える
But in the other hand, Samue's group, having 5 persons in his group, still have a lot of medals to be spend.

ここでガヤ連合リーダーのシマ（ヤンジャン）は考えた
At this point, Yanjan, the leader of The Shadows, thought...

イケザワデッペイ（デブ）　１０票
Ikezawa Teppei (Debu) 10 votes
キムラケイ（ショートボブ）　８票
Kimura Kei (Short Bob) 8 votes

ハリモト（作務衣）グループからもっともっとメダルを出させるため親決め投票結果をヨコヤグループ勝利にしてしまおう…と
in order to take more medals from Samue's group, they have to let Yokoya's group to win the vote.

なるほど!!親が取れないとなるとハリモト（作務衣）グループはますますメダルを放出する!!
I see!! If Samue's group can't get the dealer status, they will be more likely to spend more medals!

したたかだな－－－シマ（ヤンジャン）という男
What a very determined guy that Yanjan.

ふふふ
fufufu...

…とは言っても本当にしたたかなのは
But even if you say so...

あっさり　それを見破ったヨコヤですよ
the one truly determined is Yokoya, the one who can easily see through Yanjan's plan.



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もしかしたらヨコヤ…
Probably now...

その奥にあるからくりにもづいたかも知れませんね
Yokoya has realized the true mechanism of this game.

その奥の…
the true...

からくり…？
mechanism...?

ヨコヤの”眼”が見通す先には…!?
What lies ahead that was seen by those eyes of Yokoya?


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TL note:
- Chair Fetching Game is also known as Musical Chair.
- The characters name and nick are used interchangingly.
The list of the name/nick appeared in this chapter:
- Shima Takahiro, nick: Yanjan ( ヤンジャン　－　this nick come from the　abbreviation of ヤンッグ・ジャンプ <young jump>, the magazine which Liar Game is being serialized. Look at his cloth xD)
- Ikezawa, nick: Debu (means: fatso)
- Samue, nick: Harimoto
- Ootsuka, nick: Maegami (means: forelock)
- Kimura Kei, nick: Short Bob

Feel free to use this translation as long as you put proper credit and let me know that you use this translation. ^^