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| - In a bustling street in Yokohoma, known as "Fortune Street" because of the vast number of fortune tellers, Kaori decides to get her fortune told by the shabbiest looking fortune teller. She gives him a little test to see whether he has genuine abilities. The fortune teller fails the test and Kaori leaves, embarrassing him in front of the crowd and losing him any potential customers. Kaori is then revealed to be the harsh CEO of a company, called the "Woman of steel" by her subordinates. She then runs into the fortune teller again later by a cliff. She reveals that she was actually searching for a fortune teller by the name of Asuka Kiryu, a legendary fortune teller who could tell anything about a person's past and could even correctly predict the future, but he one day disappeared without a trace. After again failing to impress Kaori, she leaves again, but not before pondering how the fortune teller knew her name. During a date with her boyfriend, Daisuke the head of a rival company, the fortune teller randomly appears again. After another bogus fortune telling, Daisuke leaves's so she is left with the fortune teller. The fortune teller then reveals that he knew who the legendary Asuka was, and why he disappeared. He gives an insight into Asuka's fortune telling technique: Three Phase Divination. He reveals that unlike he should've, Asuka went and displayed his talents to the world. Eventually, he decided to read his own fortune and came to "a terrible realization." He only had one year of his his remaining lifespan left. When Kaori asks why he couldn't change his future, he explains how three phase divination expresses the likelihood of changing a destiny as a "Fate Number" from 1 to 100 - a lower number represents a higher likelihood of changing than a higher number. In the case of Asuka, the Fate Number was 100. At a later point in time, Kaori, depressed at being unable to meet Asuka, attempts to kill herself by jumping off a cliff. Just before jumping, the fortune teller appears again and stops her. He reveals to her that he knew always knew where she was going to be: at the restaurant, earlier at the cliff, and just now. He then reveals that he knows a myriad of other details about her, because he read her destiny that day in Yokohoma. He announces to her that he is actually Asuka Kiryu. Upon this revelation, Kaori opens up to Asuka and tells her a little about her past. She led her company through the financial crisis, but afterwards took a huge gamble that left her company on the verge of bankruptcy. She explains how Daisuke helped her company out, even signed as a guarantor for a loan; consequently, if she declares bankruptcy then Daisuke will have a debt of 300,000,000Y - if she were to die she would clear the debt because she has a 300,000,000Y life insurance with him as the beneficiary. After Asuka's pleas to stop her from killing herself, she storms off. Later, Daisuke receives a call from Sunny Life Insurance, notifying him of Miss Kaori's suicide. Upon hanging up, it is revealed that Daisuke and his roommate Takahashi had planned her death to gain money: he pretended to be the CEO of a company, made her "fall" for him, and afterwards made her indebted to him by signing the contract as a guarantor, and then sabotaged the project "from behind the scenes." It is shown that Daisuke has conned other people in the past, such as faking a car accident to gain some insurance money. Asuka then emerges in their apartment, much to Daisuke's surprise, and reveals that he had heard the whole conversation. After being bribed, Asuka explains that Miss Kaori didn't really commit suicide, and that she was also listening to their conversation; the phone call from Sunny Life Insurance was actually made by Asuka himself. It is also shown that Miss Kaori recorded the entire conversation and intends to hand it in to the police, securing Daisuke some jail time. She then subdues Daisuke with her martial arts skills, stating "I'll see you in the courtroom." On the cliff again, Asuka meets Kaori one last time. He explains to her that he has to leave; when she asks why he claims that it is written in the three phase divination scrolls that "A fate number of 100 is an unwavering destiny. However it may be negated by through association with another individual bearing the same fate number." He explains that he can cancel his predicted death by meeting someone with an equally strong number, but states "I'm not even sure if there is such a person in all of Japan." Before departing, they make each make a promise to meet eachother at the same place in one year's time.
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