Let's Play Umineko, Episode 4 Final Scene: The Sacrifice

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BGM: Dir



The land promised to the witches of Mariage Sorciere.

This is the Golden Land.



The Mariage Sorciere has been reduced to the two witches who founded it. MARIA is excited that Ange is back, but Beatrice doesn't wish to have any further visitors.



Beatrice has no intentions of resuming the game ever again. Never again will she approach the board. Never again will anyone else be invited to the Golden Land. A completed universe of only two people.

That's what Ange came here to destroy.



The game no longer exists. Nothing is needed beyond this land where all wishes are granted.

But that's not true, is it? Isn't there a wish this fake Golden Land can't grant?



Here, MARIA bosts, anything can be created. Ange, Battler, George, Jessica, Rosa, they're all here.



No, not quite anything.

Anything but that.



With a silent apology, Ange reopens the wound in MARIA's heart.

But there's no helping it, right? Sakutaro's circumstances are complicated, and...



She can, though! To demonstrate, Beatrice conjures an image of Sakutaro. However, it's just an image, and one that MARIA will never be able to see.



MARIA shouldn't have to settle for this. A real witch can do anything.

So what, is Ange claiming she can revive Sakutaro?



Ange will show MARIA the power of Rokkenjima's last witch. In exchange, though, she asks MARIA to promise one thing in return.



The minimum number of humans needed to create a universe is two. If MARIA leaves, the Golden Land will be destroyed. So says Beatrice.



So, she'll do it.

Ange will revive Sakutaro.





Come, try to remember.

What form did he have?







There's no doubt in Maria's mind. This isn't a duplicate or imitation. This is the original, real Sakutaro.



ANGE has done the impossible. She is the true Witch of Resurrection.







Beatrice understands at last. This is true magic, performed by a true Great Witch.

Maria and Sakutaro disappear from Beatrice's Golden Land.



The Golden Land begins to fall apart. Beatrice is sucked away into the void, and into a different world.



The board hasn't changed at all. The game is still here.



Win or lose. That is all you are given. A tie during the process of reaching that point is fine. However, you won't be allowed to suspend the game and throw it away! Will you win and survive, or lose and disappear? Until one of those two things happens, you will not be permitted to rise from that chair! That should be your only duty as the host of a witch's game, as the Golden Witch Beatrice!



...Not permitted to escape an unwinnable game... Then, very well. Why don't I repeat this... until I lose...
How fainthearted! Win. Use the best moves you have! You started this game! You have a duty to make the best moves possible! Give all this indecisive fooling around a rest!
Gotcha! I finally got you, eh, Beato?
Oh, Great Lady Lambdadelta, is it... To think that you were still here.



Hohohohoho! You won't be able to escape any more, right? I'm more persistent than I look! Surprised?
It'd have been more surprising if you hadn't realized it yourself.
You are not permitted to leave early or suspend the game. You'll fight for all eternity, in order to win, right? You don't want to lose, do you? Do you want a little peek at the kind of wonderful world you'll be thrown into if you lose?
DON'T WORRY. You can win, because I, the Great Lady Lambdadelta, will be watching you constantly until you win, looking after you for all eternity!
...Hahahahaha. But even if I wish to fight, I have no opponent across from me, correct...?
Don't worry, I've found Battler.



You will not run from this fight either, Battler. Not until you win. Just having your chance of winning disappear won't mean that you'll be permitted the inelegance of throwing everything away and running. He doesn't want that himself. Right, Ushiromiya Battler?



Battler! Get a hold of yourself! You are here, and the enemy is before your eyes! Fight! Fight to win!



Don't talk stupid! You are Ushiromiya Battler, no one else! No matter who acknowledges that or denies that, make sure you believe it yourself! You are the only one who can create your own world. Don't lose the world where you are Ushiromiya Battler!



Yes, that's right. Beato proclaimed it with the red truth, so I'll proclaim it, too. Ushiromiya Battler is not Ushiromiya Asumu's son.
In that case, he is not qualified to be the opponent in my game, correct?



So you refuse to proclaim it. Beato proclaimed two red truths: Battler is not Asumu's son, and No one except Kinzo's grandchild Battler is qualified to be an opponent. The following theory will have Battler be accepted as qualified without any contradictions. This is my blue truth, listen to it!



Hmph, isn't this just a foolish word game?
...Blue truth, effective. Beato, your counterargument with the red truth? If you cannot counter it with the red truth, there is no problem with Battler's qualifications as an opponent.



...Then... who... am I...?
Get a hold of yourself! You are Ushiromiya Battler! Yeah, maybe Asumu didn't give birth to you, but so what?! That doesn't change in the slightest the fact that she was a mother to you, right?! For example, what is Ushiromiya Ange to you? You might not share the same blood, but she's still your little sister, right?! It's not about blood, it's about bonds, right?!
...That's right... Even though we don't share the same blood, Ange is... my little sister.
Say it in red! Say that Ange is your little sister!



I don't know why Asumu wasn't your birth mother, but still, until today and even now, you believe that she's your mother, right?! In this world, there are plenty of people without a mother. Without a family! Did Asumu ever let you feel lonely? Never, right?! Don't throw your peaceful family away so easily! Your family bonds have gotten too thin after leaving your family for six years! You have to feel those family bonds much, much more strongly! Remember! For Asumu's sake as well, don't lose your effection over a foolish witch's rant!



Your little sister is waiting at home for you to come back. If you don't come back, she'll be all alone forever! For your little sister's sake, please win this witch's game!
Ange... my little sister... but still, I don't get it... Why do I have to keep repeating this incomprehensible, cruel game with Beato...? I've... had enough...
In that case, settle this game quickly and go back home! Ushiromiya Battler, how long are you going to play around in a place like this?! Your little sister is waiting for you to come home!



That's right... I want to go home... to mom and dad, and Ange... I've had enough of this place... of witches, and games, and murders...
Battler's soul is starting to come back.
But it can't quite reach.





Gretel hugs Battler from behind, so hard that it hurts.



Huh... who... are you...?



A... Ange... You were... Ange...?
That's right, I'm Ange! The Ushiromiya Ange of a world where nobody comes home! My entire family... never came home from Rokkenjima that day! The witch before your eyes stole away my whole family, even you! Only you can finish her! Finish her, then take your family back! And then... come home to me!
Beato... my family...
Hmph... As she says, I will not run away or hide from it. I stole Ushiromiya Ange's family away from her.





The arms holding Battler are stained red.



As long as she followed this single rule, Ange would have been allowe to stay by Battler's side for all eternity.

But, unless he comes back home, his sister will be waiting forever. That Ange isn't the same as this Ange, but this way, one of the two can have some small happiness.



A piece doesn't need emotions. It acts on the principle of victory alone.

That's why the piece called Ange sacrificed itself to advance the flow of the board.









But as the feeling of the arms holding him vanishes, Battler turns around reflexively.



ANGE-Beatrice no longer exists.





Beato's pretty frank.
Battler didn't see it, so you could have just said that she turned into butterflies and flew away or something.
You guys also... saw that happen...? You saw... Ange... get torn apart...? You were watching... and yet... you wore such calm faces?!



Isn't all this about your little sister fine?
What... did you say...?
After all, you will never return from this place for all eternity. Whatever happens to your little sister in a world where you don't come home has nothing to do with you! As long as you play here, the Anges of countless worlds will live in isolation, and the same pain of her final moments just now will be forced upon her, diluted over a period of more than a decade. However, that is of no importance, correct? It cannot be seen from here. You cannot observe it. An unobservable fact cannot be established except by the red truth. Therefore, your anxiety over Ange's misfortune after this might be needless. She might be able to live a casual life without having to work thanks to Rudolf's inheritance, right? Hahahahahahaha!







Ange... is this what you wanted to see?



BGM: Endless Nine

Beatrice... resume this game. I won't run away any more, and I won't let you run away.
Just what I was hoping for. I can no longer escape or hide. Let us decide this between you and me for certain. One will win. One will lose, and be destroyed. No other resolution exists!
I will win. No matter how long it takes, I will definitely smash you! In this contest, there will no longer be any compromise, interruptions, or losing my default! I won't run away! I won't let you get away!



Beatrice is bound to her seat. She can't back down from this game.



No avenue exists for her other than this battle. It's a perfect checkmate.

However...





It is the same with me. I will make you accept the existence of my magic, and the door to the Golden Lan will open on this island. You shall probably become the guest of honor at that first tea party. Everyone besides you has gathered already, you see? Because the honored guest's arrival has been delayed, the tea party cannot begin. Your father, mother, cousins and everyone else are getting tired of waiting for your arrival.







Battler and Beatrice prepare to settle everything. Every mystery across every game board. The truth of Rokkenjima in the balance.



This will be their final duel.




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