We managed to do our altitude adaptation here, but...
We needed to be at Hörnlihütte today.
What are you planning to do?
I've chartered a helicopter.
I'm going to finish this job and take a nap,
then head there tomorrow at 4:00 AM.
A nap?
You need to get enough sleep!
More importantly,
there are no issues with the weather, yes?
I-Indeed. For now, it looks fine.
If you take the Hörnli route, it shouldn't be that dangerous to reach the top.
Shouldn't be that dangerous...
I'll see you later, then.
Yes.
This is too easy!
Will I really be able to find the truth like this?
Hörnlihütte Matterhorn Climbing Base
If anything happens, call me on the radio immediately.
Yeah! We're counting on you!
Rare to see a helicopter at this hour.
Did someone get hurt?
We're really moving, huh, Andy?
Of course we are.
We won't make it if we don't hurry.
If we're not in the safe zone by the time the sun rises,
we'll have to worry about landslides.
On the Matterhorn, the slightest loss of time can cost you your life.
I see.
No breaks till we're at the summit!
O-Okay!
I want to get ready to go immediately!
S-Sir!
Mr. Tomine! It looks like the weather reports were wrong!
What?
There's a strong east wind, and they're calling for snow.
Some climbing parties have decided to go home.
Is it possible to try?
Well, I don't think the weather will be that bad...
But please be prepared to turn back if we must.
I understand.
Let's hurry.
If that's the situation, we must be swift.
Understood.
If I pull out here, I won't get paid.
I'll take him as far as I can, and then we'll turn around.
We've been climbing for two hours.
We're a third of the way up, right?
This is the long way, so no.
The wind's picking up. Look.
Snow...
When it gets like this, the weather turns bad quick.
You're going to see the mountain at its most devilish!
Yeah, that's why I came.
You're one crazy dude.
Check out over the mountain.
Sunrise!
Now, let's move.
He's only gotten an hour or two of sleep, and he's going at a crazy pace.
What's driving this man?
This is bad...
If he keeps going at this rate,
we'll be too high up to turn back once the weather turns bad.
Mr. Tomine, can we slow down a bit?
Why? It's best to go faster.
That's how climbing in the Alps works, right?
Well, normally, but...
A dazzling sunrise.
But it's clouded somehow,
as if foretelling the path ahead of us, don't you think?
Did he realize I planned to turn us around halfway?
I'm not planning on getting myself killed.
But I didn't expect an easy climb from the start.
You're coming with me, Mr. Hauer.
We won't be turning back.
You okay, Shizuku?
Barely, but yes.
It really did bare its fangs at us fast!
Yeah, but it's not so bad that we need to stop!
We were right to avoid the Hörnli route.
It'd be hell right now!
Probably couldn't even go back safely!
Mr. Tomine!
We can't go on!
If we move around to the north side of the slope,
we might be able to avoid the wind!
Don't be stupid!
If we do that, we'll lose sight of the path!
We'll be lost!
I can't turn back now!
No! We're going back!
This is our last chance!
If you want to go back, go back yourself!
What?
Climbing this mountain is more important than my life!
Do what you want!
I'm leaving!
And you're paying me either way!
Even if you never come back!
The payment's been made!
Check your account when you get back down!
Hey!
I'll give you the equipment you'll need from my supply.
Even if you find an old rope, never use it!
If rotted, it'll snap and send you headlong down the mountain!
Got it!
Thank you, Hauer!
Good luck!
Okay!
Damn it! I won't let something like this...
I can't see a thing!
Issei...
Come with me.
Mom!
Issei...
This way! Come here!
Come with your mom!
Where?
Somewhere we can be alone.
Somewhere it's just you and me.
Where nobody will have to cry...
No!
I refuse...
to die here!
There's something I have to do!
I won't lose!
I'll beat the devil and win this apostle!
Issei... are you going to abandon your mother too?
No! I want to live!
I want you to live too!
No! It's over!
Why? Why is it over?
He said I could live by myself because I was strong.
So I'm going to show him that he was wrong.
Issei, you come with me.
M-Mom! Stop...
Wake up, Issei! Wake up!
Look at me!
What's wrong, Shizuku?
I was thinking about the guy I'm competing with.
He would've had the same thought.
To climb this peak to get closer to wine.
I was thinking he might be somewhere on the mountain right now.
Not a chance.
We were the first to leave base camp.
If he were coming up after us, we'd see a light below.
But I don't see any.
And if he took the Hörnli route, the winds would've forced him back.
He wouldn't turn back.
He's staked his life on wine.
He'll push for the summit, no matter the risk.
If he moved to a route that would get him out of the east wind,
it's theoretically possible for him to make it.
Really?
Yeah.
But you're an odd one.
If you want to win, you should hope your opponent quits.
But you look like you're worried about your own flesh and blood.
Th-That's not true.
But if something happens to him and the game ends here,
I'll never be able to beat him.
If he dies on me now, I...
Now what is it, Shizuku?
Wine!
I smell wine on the wind blowing from the east!
Do you have any idea where we are?
We're approaching the summit at 4,478 meters above sea level.
No one would be stupid enough to open a bottle here.
One man would.
Just one.
Get your hopes up, Shizuku.
Elevate them as much as you want and follow me!
Right!
Andy! Where are you?
Damn it, I can't see anything! Andy!
Congratulations, Shizuku.
You've reached the summit of the Matterhorn.
Welcome back!
H-Hey, you're overdoing it, Yamashita-san!
I'm so glad you're okay!
What is it?
Does every climber on the Matterhorn stop here at Hörnlihütte?
If he climbed the mountain today, there should be a record of him, right?
Most likely.
Can we look at the list?
Yeah. Give me a second.
Issei Tomine's name was on the list.
He set out on the Hörnli route two hours after we departed.
Looks like he's not back yet.
What?!
If he did switch routes to avoid the wind,
getting back down will be much harder than getting up.
He might be having trouble there.
We don't know for sure that he's stuck up there.
But...
His guide, Hauer, is on the list too.
If he'd come back without his client, this place would be in an uproar.
That's true.
Now, let's get back to Zermatt.
We can have some wine to celebrate.
Yay!
Woo-hoo
We're finally back!
Let's have a celebration!
There's some wine I want you to try.
I've been saving it for a special occasion.
It's wine on a scale like no other.
It's got a taste that you'll never forget.
And it's okay for me to have it?
You see, my rival who died in the Himalayas
would always drink this after a big climb.
So I want you to try it.
Why don't you open it?
Let me see what the son of Kanzaki Yutaka can do.
Leave it to me!
I learned how to serve from my dad!
Th-This is...
What's wrong?
Sorry to do this after you let me open this great wine,
but I can't drink this.
Why not?
Because this wine is the Matterhorn.
What?
This is...?
I'm sure of it.
The image that came to mind when I smelled it...
was what I experienced at the summit of the Matterhorn.
This is the Fifth Apostle!
You awake, Mr. Tomine?
You collapsed from altitude sickness on your way back down the mountain.
How did I get here?
Your guide, Mr. Hauer, brought you in.
I see. So he...
He waited for me?
Trying to go up the Matterhorn by yourself, though...
You must really love the mountain.
No, I was afraid of it.
But defeating that fear gave me something important.
You need to stay in bed!
I'm fine.
I'd like to place a call to Japan.
What's going on?!
Where is Issei, and what the hell is he doing?!
Call the Swiss embassy again!
That man... What was he thinking?
Hello, this is Loulan.
And you two! Get to work instead of just standing there!
I'm sorry for worrying you.
A lot happened, but I'm okay now.
I'm so glad you're all right!
Is that Issei-san?!
Give that to me!
Issei-san, where have you...?
Maki-san, there's a wine I want you to get me.
What?
Naturally, it's the Fifth Apostle.
Now then, let's begin.
Who will go first?
I'll do it.
I submit this as the Fifth Apostle.
I'm sure of it.
This scent is just like my memory of the Matterhorn.
Well, go on and take a sip already.
I will.
I can't wait!
I can't see anything.
Why is it that I feel no fear?
Even as the blizzard surrounds me...
I get it!
It's because of the person in front of me!
In this wine, I can feel my friend!
A great, strong man! One that I can trust!
That's it... This feeling of climbing up!
I've seen this place in a photo of my dad's when I was young...
I've lost this battle.
But what is this?
Even in my defeat, I find myself treating it like an experience I needed.
Shizuku, what did you see?
This wine is the tallest peak in the Alps, Mont Blanc.
Sh-Shizuku-san?
What is that wine? Let's have a look.
A 2000 Domaine Marc Colin et Fils Montrachet.
The ultimate in white wine, said to be the most beautiful,
expensive, and elegant of them all.
The Fifth Apostle is a Montrachet?
If this were baseball, that would be a foul ball.
Yeah.
But I feel so good about getting it wrong that I've got nothing to say.
Still, I want to know why I was wrong.
I climbed the Matterhorn too, you know.
And then I had a chance to enjoy the aroma of this Montrachet...
It definitely reminded me of what I saw atop the Matterhorn.
But once I drank this wine and started to climb,
the vista awaiting me was completely different.
This wine has none of the Matterhorn's harshness.
It's a beautiful, exciting sight!
It was exactly like the Mont Blanc.
From the way you describe the wine,
I can tell exactly how your journey up the Matterhorn went!
But even so, I can't quite understand why you chose this Montrachet.
What about you, Issei?
Then is it my turn, Robert-sensei?
This is the Matterhorn...
Or am I reliving the moment of my death I felt when I was young?
It hurts...
What a trial!
What harshness!
Are you God or the Devil?
Is there salvation in your hands?
Issei...
Mom!
Mom! Don't!
Wake up, Issei!
Open your eyes!
You came...
I'm sorry.
I didn't mean to hurt either of you.
I'm sorry! I'm so sorry!
I want you to believe me.
Even if I test you,
my love for you does not change.
I'm sorry... I'm sorry, Issei...
There can be no joy without hardship.
People can endure the hardship because of the joy that awaits.
I'm almost there!
"However exaggerated their expectations,
none will come to return disappointed!"
Issei, describe it for me.
The essence of this wine is "a trial."
And the great sense of achievement that you can only enjoy
once you've overcome it.
A 2000 Michel Colin-Deléger et Fils Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru.
Another of the best white wines, alongside the Montrachet.
Well done.
The Fifth Apostle is exactly what you have brought us.
I'm sure your journey was quite an ordeal.
Yes. But joy awaited at the end of it.
It was a wonderful journey encompassing both the past and present,
even the future as well.
Shizuku, do you know what it is you lacked?
Yes, now I understand.
I made it through my journey without hardship
because I was supported by someone I could trust.
There was a sense of satisfaction,
but not the sense of accomplishment that comes after a challenge.
If you know that, then your defeat was not in vain.
Yeah...
Then I now declare...
the victor in the battle for the Fifth Apostle is Tomine Issei!
Thank you.
That makes it three to two! You're winning!
And you won't lose after this!
It won't be that easy.
I'll be going.
W-Wait, Issei-san!
What's wrong, Shizuku-san?
Why isn't Tomine gloating about his victory?
I've brought you up to the fifth station on Mt. Fuji, just like you asked.
Isn't it time you explain?
When I reached the summit of the Matterhorn alone, I had a drink of wine.
I'd transferred it to a small canteen.
I thought it'd be appropriate to drink on an Alpine summit,
and perhaps that it could even be the Fifth Apostle.
But when I stood at the summit, I became sure it wasn't the Apostle
and decided to partake.
Was that wine...?
The 2000 Domaine Marc Colin et Fils Montrachet.
The bottle that Kanzaki Shizuku brought.
If he caught the faint scent of Montrachet on the wind in that blizzard...
it would explain why he felt it was the Matterhorn.
No... There's no way that could be.
Kanzaki Shizuku...
To think that my victory would only foretell the trials that await...