Chapter 85

**Chapter 85** is the eighty-fifth chapter of the *Dead Mount Death Play* manga.

## Official Blurb

It’s time to meet the new mediator of Shibuya—but his bodyguards look rather familiar…

## Synopsis

The mediator of Roppongi, Rushia Andou, rejects Lisa Kuraki's nicknaming of her as 'AndalucÍa' and the idea that Andou is being suicidal by threatening her; when Lisa guesses that something has at least put Andou enough on edge as to risk antagonization, Andou signals for her subordinates to lower their guns and asks Lisa why she "pulled back" from Polka Shinoyama. Meanwhile in the Shinoyama manor, Corpse God pays a visit to Rozan Shinoyama hoping Rozan will answer the various questions on his mind.

Lisa deduces that Andou has accepted the same job she dropped: assassinating Polka. The Ikebukuro mediator, a newly arriving Gioacchino Soldati, divulges that he has also been asked to see that Polka dies—but, as he values long-term profits over short-term gains, he is interested in hearing both Andou and Lisa out; he will make a decision on who to support based on whether it is more profitable to kill Polka or keep him alive.

No other mediators are present save for Katashiro, the Akihabara mediator; those who are absent include the mediators of Sugamo, Shinagawa, Nerima, Akabane, and Asakusa. It is only after Soldati seats himself at the table that those present notice that Katashiro is likewise present, despite Katashiro having been in the room from the conversation's start.

After the misplaced hubbub about Katashiro's 'mysterious' and 'sudden' appearance ceases, Andou asks why Lisa committed a breach of professional trust by switching from killing to protecting Polka—i.e. reversing her commitment to an assignment she accepted—and why she chose to protect such an important member of the powerful Shinoyama conglomerate no less. Lisa calmly replies that she was lied to: Polka was revealed to be no ordinary high schooler. She refuses to confirm or deny Andou's question as to whether any of this is related to the recent 'cyclone' that had Lisa's people "in a frenzy," for she has taken umbrage with how Andou ordered her snipers to act in Lisa's territory; she will excuse such indiscretion this once, she says, but she will take any subsequent acts as a declaration of war.

One of Andou's henchmen aims his pistol at Lisa for a second time, calling her a 'bitch' for such a statement and asking for Andou's permission to kill her. Andou shoots *him* dead instead with a revolver, disgusted by his use of the 'bitch' pejorative. Lisa commends Andou for her mercy, as she would have done worse to Andou before taking her own shot. Andou afford Lisa praise in turn: unlike Andou, she has her two present bodyguards under tight control—not just Misaki Sakimiya, but the "troublemaker"-class Kazami Asaura.

Such precarious back-and-forth is put to the wayside as a new representative arrives and takes a seat at the mediator's table: a young man who introduces himself as Yumeji Agakuri. Flanking him as his bodyguards are his relatives Kana and Dahlia Agakura, whom Misaki remembers from her encounter with their brother Momoya Agakura. Yumeji explains that he has taken over Kuon Higuro's position as the mediator of Shibuya.

Kazuki and Shizuki Shinoyama greet Corpse God and tell him Takeru Shinoyama also happens to be home. On cue, Corpse God detects three nearby souls who soon appear via a door at the end of the hallway: Takeru, Bao, and Taipei. Takeru says he will talk with Corpse God once he has sent his guest off, indicating Majiri Agakura standing behind him.

That Corpse God did not detect Majiri—that Majiri has somehow erased any presence of her own soul—is shocking enough. What stuns Corpse God far more, however, is whatever vestige of the Other World he sees in her. "...Why...are they here in this world?" he asks himself. Out loud, he murmurs "return to ancestry."

## Trivia

* Lisa says that these meetings of mediators were started by her grandfather, Luis.
* This chapter reveals that Kazami is the pupil of "The Poisoner", whom mentioned as one of many troublemakers early on in the series.