Let's Play Umineko Chiru, Episode 6 Scene 14: The Detective's Story

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Zepar

One of the 72 Great Demons. Controls love and tests others through trials.

Zepar bestows an ultimate defensive barrier of immortality upon the contractor. This gives the contractor enough courage to unflinchingly face any wounds love might cause.

A "hunter" of love who likes and preys upon tame boys.

Is of a different gender than Furfur.

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This time, Erika's room is all the way down the hall, too far to listen in on the cousins through the wall.



Well, it's better for me that way, too. Like I'd want to hear those brats' squeaky voices as they play cards.



Nn... great...
Is something WRONG?
He got me. That Battler doesn't let anything get by him, does he?
...This won't be any GOOD.
Yep. It's barely sticky at all. This won't reach even close to the red truth.



It is possible to tear it off CLEANLY. This cannot count as proof of a SEAL.
I guess Battler isn't as totally incompetent as I thought. He probably tampered with all the tuct tape on the island using the authority of the Game Master.
Most likely, all possible substitutes for duct tape have also been tampered WITH.
Probably. Well, it isn't really so bad. At least this way, I won't have to look like a fool crawling all over the outer wall in the cold rain.



I do not SMOKE. I am just a KID.
Oh, really? I wish I could. Well, only if it really is as refreshing as smokers claim.
It seems... that you are not in high SPIRITS.
Does it look that way?



...
...Well, we're just killing time anyway. What is it?
WHY? Why do you hate magic, Lady Erika?
Ah, you mean that thing downstairs with Maria?
That was nothing more than a foolish trick to deceive CHILDREN. Everyone knew THAT. Was it really necessary to go that for to destroy that ILLUSION? I cannot UNDERSTAND.
Well, I am a self-proclaimed intellectual rapist. I can'st stand having magic confuse the truth.
So you feel pleasure from exposing THAT? I sense a different EMOTION.
A different emotion? What's that?
To me, it feels less like pleasure, and more like a different, negative EMOTION.
Hah, you really are a murder doll, aren't you? Even your eyes are knotholes.
...My APOLOGIES. Please forgive ME.



When Dlanor makes to excuse herself. Erika says something. It's far enough out of the blue that Dlanor has to ask her to repeat it.



...Thank you very MUCH.
I was going out with another girl a while back, but we've completely broken up. The others might talk about us out of envy, but please ignore them. I'm gonna devote my whole life to you, so I want you to do the same for me. Let's find happiness together.



...A new wallet.
...?
A strange cat keychain. A different style of cologne. A music tape that's not his style... which he said he borrowed from a senior at theater. His senior was going so he couldn't refuse. He suddenly had this part-time job to go to. Talked with a friend on the phone for a really long time.









Give it a rest. If you love me, then trust me...





Without love, it cannot be seen? Hah, that's backwards. Because of love, you end up seeing things that don't even exist.



Right now, I am happy. Though it may be temporary, I have become the Witch of Truth. As I am now, I no longer need to worry about being tormented by non-red words.
...
...What about you? How would you have countered my endgame?
How would I...
That useless man wouldn't play the part of my opponent in that game. I was wondering how you would have countered it.



BGM: Smile-less Soiree



Erika had constructed a blue truth based on countless pieces of circumstantial evidence, cornering her opponent.



Counter with the blue TRUTH. I present 6 points of circumstantial and physical evidence that I still love YOU.
Good. Blue and blue cancel each other out, but the number of pieces used to construct each is overwhelming unbalanced.



First point to me. Your next move?
I will attempt to switch offense and DEFENSE. I ask that you, Lady Erika, provide proof that you are not CHEATING.
Perpetual check. That's a forbidden move, since it's result in an endless repetition of the same question going both ways.
Then I frankly declare that, despite a lack of proof, I still love Lady Erika even NOW.
Not the red truth, so that's ineffective. Even if it was red, that'd be a stalemate. after all, I'd have no move to counter with.



Erika has the overwhelming advantage, so the best move available to Dlanor is to try and seek a stalemate.

However, stalemates are forbidden in the witches' game, so the only outcome is checkmate.



See? There you go. Hmph.





...A splendid game, Lady Erika.
It's only natural that the detective wins.
Even before you became Lady Bernkastel's piece, you truly were a splendid wielder of the blue TRUTH. However, Lady Erika, humans are only allowed to use the blue TRUTH. The only thing that can counter blue truth is red TRUTH. Humans are not allowed to use the red TRUTH. In that case, how should your opponent have shown his TRUTH?



What? I imagine it's something unpleasant, so say it and go away.
YES. This game is your VICTORY. However, you still have not denied the six points of blue truth evidence that I showed to claim that I still loved YOU. Even you are HUMAN. You cannot use the red truth to deny those POINTS.
Later on, I used the detective's authority to have all 84 points transformed into red truth. By the power of my master, I am human, yet superior to humans. A detective and a witch. I am the Witch of Truth, Furudo Erika. Any other questions? Parting remarks?
I have NONE. In that case, please excuse ME.



It's almost exactly midnight.







Outside, George confronts Eva about his decision.



Eva's anger is exactly what he was expecting, so he remains calm.

Even if he's chosen as successor at this point, he'd rather just reject it and build his own world from scratch.



There's no need for George to meet with Shannon any more. The family will take care of everything.



But even so, George won't back down. His mind is made up.



George cuts his ties with his family.

He looks at Eva not as a mother, but as a witch trying to bind his future.







George strikes, but Eva is gone before he reaches her.






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