Before the change, Heiya is a girl who lives a frivolous life. She wakes to find herself in her first game, "Boiling Death". She is the only survivor, but she loses her leg in the process. Now she is determined to survive any way she can. Arisu joins Aguni and Heiya to set a trap for the King of Spades, but the plan fails, and Arisu is separated from them. Ann hikes out of the city but finds only forest, surrounded by giant craters. Kuina survives the Jack of Spades game but struggles alone. Usagi decides to help a young boy whose visa is expiring by taking him into the Queen of Spades game and protecting him. Arisu also enters the game, reuniting with Usagi. The Queen of Spades game is "Checkmate", a where chasing and tagging someone from the opposite team transfers them to yours, and the team with the highest number of members by the end wins. Usagi's team starts to lose when the other players decide to stay with the Queen of Spades.