Let's Play Umineko, Episode 3 Scene 24: The Perfect Checkmate

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BGM: Dread of the Grave



There's nothing suspicious about that at all. What are you trying to say? Why are you bringing back the second twilight when we're talking about the fourth through sixth twilights?!
Dad carried a portable cigarette butt holder with him. I can finally see why Kyrie went to all the trouble of putting a cigarette butt in her own pocket. It was because that cigarette butt meant something. That cigarette butt was itself a message left by Kyrie for us!
I-I'll ask you: How do you plan to deny me with that single cigarette butt?!
As I've heard, after the second twilight, an inspection was done for all the rooms in the guest house. At that time, Kyrie found something that shouldn't exist, in a place where it shouldn't be.
Something that shouldn't exist...? What do you mean by that?
It's this. This cigarette butt. This had been set in the ashtray of the guest room where Hideyoshi had been.
Whaaah?! What's wrong with there being a cigarette butt in an ashtray?! Are you sure there isn't something wrong with your head?!



However, there was a cigarette butt in the ashtray. When she saw that, Kyrie noticed immediately: Hideyoshi was lying. She noticed that Eva hadn't really been sleeping, and that she had snuck out of the room!



I... I refuse!
I've finally got it... thank you, Beato.
Was I... of some use...?
Yeah, you were! We'll peel the mask off of the fake witch!



Then Kyrie had confessed that to Rudolf - that there was a good chance that Eva was the culprit, and Hideyoshi was an accomplice. Next, Kyrie proposed that they go to get food. And she asked Hideyoshi to lend a hand! This could only mean one thing.



Hempel's Raven is effective. Unless the witch side assaults this move, the existence of the magic which claims to have controlled Kyrie is denied.
Wh-What did you saaaaay?! I-I deny it, anyway, I deny it...! It wasn't me, no! It wasn't Ushiromiya Eva, Eva was sleeping in the room!



What the hell is thaaaaaaaat?! I'm the one who was attacking, right?! Why am I being attacked?! When did offense and defense get reversed?! I'm the one questioning you, right?! The witch, me, whyyyyyyy?!
Again! Repeat it! 'Ushiromiya Eva did not leave the room!' There's no way you can say it, it's checkmaaaaaate!
Does the witch side have a move in response?
There cannot be one. There is no truth that can be accepted from a false witch dressed up with truths and falsehoods.
You aren't qualified to call yourself a real witch! You aren't the Golden Witch! You are a human! Ushiromiya Evaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!





...Hahahahahaha... kuhihahhahhahahahahahh... very well. If you want to call me Ushiromiya Eva, then feel free... That's right, I really can't repulse all moves related to Ushiromiya Eva being the culprit. I may have been dragged down from the position of Golden Witch, and maybe I can now be called Ushiromiya Eva...



Y... You couldn't be... oh, no...
This time, I'll give you a fatal move that you won't be able to talk yourself out of. No, I'll make this move against all humans who support you. Listen carefully to my move.
Stop it... that move is...!
Beato, stay back! I'll take it! Come on, you fake witch!



BGM: Happiness of Marionette - omake

I'll seal you, and all the humans following along, in a red barrier from which none can escape. Farewell, lowly audience. Sleep for all eternity in an absolute closed room of magic with no exit. Come on, listen carefully. Listen to the red truth!



But if I say it this way, you could also suspect animal culprits. It would be unbearable to hear an irrational theory about how an orangutan trained to commit murder wouldn't count as a human. So, I'll change it:







So you understand that accordingly, when the last victim, Nanjo, died, only three people - Battler, Eva, and Jessica - were alive, right?
Wh... What did you say...? Y... You bitch... you couldn't mean...



And I know what you're thinking. Your next move will be this, right? There's also a chance that Jessica is the culprit! But too bad, I'll slice it up in red before you try!



W-Wait a second! Isn't that weird?! There are only three humans, then a murder occurs... and none of those three were involved? That's insane!



No, uh... that's right! What about multiple personalities?! Just like you were originally another personality of Eva's, let's say Jessica had another, witch-like personality, which took the name of 'someone other than Jessica' and killed Nanjo!



You've got to be kidding me! I mean, everyone else is certainly dead, right?! Then... all that's left... is the Doctor Nanjo Suicide Theory, right?! And the trap theory! The culprit was already dead, but a trap that they had already prepared went off...



But wait! There are only three survivors! You said in red that everyone else is dead! You basically confirmed the life or death status of all 18 people. Furthermore, the existence of a 19th person has already been denied in red!
In other words, no one can exist except the three survivors! And yet, a fourth person other than those three appeared before Doctor Nanjo! Why could a person other than us appear and murder Nanjo when no 19th person exists?! Insane! You're lying! You're lying with the red truth!
The red only tells the truth! Isn't doubting that the same as betraying the honor of that witch who's behind you, shriveling up in fear of me and hiding behind your back?!
D... Damn it...!
I'll state it clearly: The one who appeared in front of Nanjo was me. A witch. The Golden Witch, who can't be explained by the 18 humans!
V-Virgilia! Ronove! Isn't there a contradiction in this situation?! Is she really telling the truth with red?!



H... How should I make a move against her...? Virgilia! Isn't there any move...?!
...I... cannot think of anything...
And you, Ronove?!
...my apologies. However, in these last thousand years, I have never seen such an elaborately beautiful game board layout.
...It is vexing... but also beautiful... what a beautiful... checkmate in red...







The culprit who killed Nanjo was not an animal or anything of the sort. That has already been dealt with in red, right? Everything other than humans are completely removed from consideration. Even things like robots don't work.



A human, with their feet on the ground, held up a weapon and killed him with it! Right before his eyes! However, the human may have been able to use magic, which means they were a witch. That is, in other words, me. The Golden Witch, Beatrice!



Kuhhihhihhihhihihihihihihi! Did you kneel? That's right, you're starting to understand. The Golden Witch does exist. And that Golden Witch, Beatrice, is me! Come on, praise me! Praise the resurrection of the Golden Witch, Beatrice! At the ninth twilight, the Witch shall be revived, and none shall be left alive!



B... Battler.. Don't lose heart... You and I... promised that we would fight each other again, right...? Will you surrender here? Will you disappear in a place like this before fighting with me again?!
I don't want to break that promise... but I can't think of any move to deny her! In the first place, this isn't even a problem! Nothing exists outside the suspects, and all of the suspects are innocent! I was told that they were innocent in red, right?! And that the culprit was human, and that thtey did appear in front of Nanjo's eyes and kill him! I give up... there's nothing I can do...!
Please, Battler, don't give up, don't lose heart! If you stop thinking, it automatically becomes your loss. I'm begging you, don't lose heart... I'm cheering you on, so don't lose!
I can't think of anything anymore! I think that she's just a witch, anyway, and must have done it with magic, so thinking is pointless! It's useless, my head hurts, my brain's tired... I'm thinking that thinking's pointless, so I should just stop...!



When the human side stops thinking, it hands the problem before its eyes over to the witch, and even an apple falling from a tree can be immediately resolved as the work of magic.
And it is the same way for the witch's side. Witches use the red truth. By using that, they can explain the true form of magic with humans, and immediately lose.
You don't have to tell me that... you're telling me to not stop thinking, right...? However... how should I counterattack that person's perfect bright-red move? For me... for humans... it's no longer possible...
...Is it... impossible? Is it impossible for you, Battler? Please... don't lose heart...





Huh? I wonder how you can cut up this perfect checkmate? How can this checkmate, which is completely impossible for humans to break, be broken by the likes of you?!
...Beatrice, you couldn't be...
If a human cannot make a move, I will assault you with a move I can use because I am a witch.
A move you can use because you are a witch... what are you planning...?




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