Episode 21
AND NOW, THE 42ND SURVIVAL TRAINING WILL BEGIN.
THE GAME LASTS THREE HOURS.
YOUR NAME TAGS COUNT AS POINTS...
...AND YOU NEED TO GET TO THE DESTINATION IN TIME.
WEAPONS WILL BE ISSUED...
...IN ACCORDANCE TO CUMULATIVE POINTS.
ADDITIONALLY, THERE ARE NO COMBAT RULES.
IN OTHER WORDS, DO WHATEVER YOU HAVE TO DO.
A JACKKNIFE... THIS WON’T BE OF ANY HELP.
I HOPE ETHAN’S OKAY.
THE NIGHT BEFORE.
HEINER.
HOW ARE YOU FEELING?
TOMORROW IS THE SURVIVAL TRAINING.
ETHAN.
I'M DOING ALRIGHT, I SUPPOSE.
...THAT LOOKS SERIOUS.
THOSE SENIORS HAVE BEEN BULLYING YOU RELENTLESSLY.
WELL, THANKS TO THEM, IT'S NOT EXACTLY EASY TO MOVE.
...IF...
WE RUN INTO EACH OTHER TOMORROW...
...LET'S JUST PRETEND WE DIDN'T.
NEITHER OF US WANTS A NEW ROOMMATE, RIGHT?
HEINER?
DID YOU MAKE A DEAL WITH ANYONE ELSE?
HUGO AND STEFAN.
ARE YOU IN OR NOT?
FINE.
ALRIGHT. NO BACKSTABBING, OKAY?
I HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL ALIVE.
SUTHERLAND ISLAND, THE CONFIDENTIAL ROYAL MILITARY TRAINING BASE.
A TRAINING FACILITY FOR SPIES AND INFORMANTS.
MOST OF US WERE ORPHANED TEENAGERS.
THE ROYALS SWEPT THE ORPHANS OFF THE STREETS TO GET THEM OUT OF THE VIEW...
SEVEN BULLETS LEFT...
I ,TOO, AFTER LOSING MY PARENTS AND GROWING UP IN AN ORPHANAGE...
...BOARDED A SUTHERLANE-BOUND BOAT AT THE AGE OF 12.
SEVEN YEARS TO GRADUATE. A SURVIVAL RATE BELOW 30%.
GEEZ, WHY'S HE SO FAST?
BEN! HE ALMOST DIED!
SHUT UP, WILL YOU?
THERE WERE ALWAYS PLENTY OF ORPHANS.
I TOLD YOU, HE'S THE BEST LOOKING GUY AROUND HERE!
HEY, WHEN IT COMES TO LOOKS, I'M--
YOU'RE DELUSIONAL.
BENJAMIN IS QUITE SKILLED.
I CAN DEAL WITH ONE OR TWO, BUT THEY'RE A GROUP OF FOUR.
THERE HAS TO BE ANOTHER WAY...
HEY. THIS IS YOUR FRIEND, RIGHT?
HEINER! NO BACKSTABBING, OKAY?
ETHAN...
HOW CAN WE SAVE EACH OTHER IF YOU’RE ALREADY DEAD?
HEY, YOU.
STOP HIDING NOW. GOTTA ACCOMPANY YOUR FRIEND TO THE OTHER SIDE, NO?
THAT LOSER COULDN'T FIGHT FOR S***.
HOW'D HE SURVIVE 'TIL NOW, ANYWAY?
OH? DID YOU TWO SHARE A SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP?
DID THINGS GET INTIMATE?
THE ONLY REASON I HADN'T FOUGHT BACK ALL THIS TIME...
...WAS BECAUSE I KNEW IT WOULDN'T LET ME ESCAPE FROM THE REALITY.
AND NOTHING GOOD COMES FROM STANDING OUT, ESPECIALLY IN SECLUDED AREAS LIKE THIS.
BUT NOW IT’S TIME TO PUT THINGS TO AN END.
IN THIS CAGE OF SLAUGHTER.
THANKS TO YOU, THE FACILITIES HERE HAVE BEEN IMPROVING,
AND TRAINING IS BECOMING MORE SYSTEMATIC.
NO NEED FOR NICE FACILITIES.
HEAD OF SPECIAL OPERATIONS: DIETRICH ROZENBERG
INDOLENT BREEDS LIKE THEM...
THEY NEED TO BE WORKED TO THE BONE.
let me light that for you
KEEP SURVIVORS TO A MINIMUM.
MORE SURVIVORS ONLY MEANS WE HAVE MORE MOUTHS TO FEED.
OF COURSE.
WE'RE ELIMINATING AS MANY AS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE SURVIVAL TRAINING.
ANY NOTABLE ONES IN THE GRADUATING CLASS?
QUITE A FEW.
SPECIFICALLY, BENJAMIN WHO RECENTLY VISITED YOUR PLACE...
AH. I REMEMBER.
YES, YES. HE'LL BE QUITE USEFUL.
THAT SIGNALS THE END OF THE TRAINING.
I WONDER HOW MANY SURVIVED THIS TIME.
THEY’RE ALL TOO ORDINARY.
HUH?
AN IMPRESSIVE PHYSIQUE.
HEINER, A THIRD YEAR.
I HEAR HE'S NOT LIKE THE OTHERS.
WHAT?!
SIR. SIR!
A MOMENT...
WHAT IS IT?
I SEE...
UH, SIR...
THE BOY I MENTIONED EARLIER. BENJAMIN...
...HAS BEEN FOUND DEAD.
AS DID THE FOUR GRADUATING TRAINEES WHO ASSOCIATED WITH HIM.
APPARENTLY THEY ALL FELL VICTIM TO ONE TRAINEE...
ONE?
YES, SIR. THE BOY YOU SAW EARLIER...
...HEINER WALDEMAR.
42. Survival Training begins: three hours, name tags count as points, no rules against fighting. Heiner promises not to run into his injured friend Ethan and makes a deal with Hugo and Stefan. The training takes place at the brutal base on Sutherland Island. Heiner single-handedly eliminates Benjamin and his group, who killed Ethan, drawing Dietrich Rozenberg's attention.
