- Starting with the bedroom group, people are giving in and falling asleep.
- Hatsutomo Naru wanted some coffee to help her stay up, so she went to borrow a grinder and siphon from the kitchen. Perhaps subconsciously, she likes to make coffee the same way as Yatsui Toshi.
Enbiâs Memos:
- Enbi-chan wonât sleep!
- Matsushima Ren, the maid, left the living room. Something seemed to bother her.
- To keep her awake, the maid is taking a shower before itâs even light out. (2nd time)
- The detective feigned disinterest but still stared. (Grr)
- Akua, the wife who had joined the bedroom group, complained about the noise of the shower. She says she canât sleep with that racket!
Enbi: ââŚâ
Hayabusa: âAgain? I thought we already settled this!â
Enbi: âLetâs get back on topic. The main point here is the maidâs shower scene. Even the all-encompassing glass fogged up from the steam.â
Hayabusa: âAnd keeping the lights on would have been better, but they were turned off by a timer that ran on an internal clock.â
Enbi: Yeah, thatâs the normal thing to think. But in that caseâŚ?â
Hayabusa: âPay attention to one personâs behavior in particular. It looks normal enough, but this was in the middle of a murder mystery. Would you really feel that way then?â
1:00 â 2:00 AM
Enbiâs Memos:
- The detective fell asleep. Zzz
- Enbi-chan canât believe it.
Enbi: âI couldnât bring myself to say it then, but you look really cute when youâre asleep.â
Hayabusa: âSh-shut up. Either way, you have to sleep at some point during these long-term battles.â
Enbi: âBut detective, it looks like you trusted me. A pistol-style crossbow would have a relatively weak bowstring, so even a child could have used it.â
Hayabusa: âYeah, but Iâd written you off as innocent pretty early on.â
Enbi: ââŚâ
Hayabusa: âAnyway, we ended up taking turns getting some sleep from here.â
4:30 AM
Hayabusaâs Notes:
- Enbi was gone when I woke up.
Hayabusa: âThings had gotten pretty bad. Everything was dark and I couldnât see through the transparent walls without any lights on. I had no choice but to search for Enbi. A few others were asleep in the living room, but I avoided waking them. This was simply because I had no way of knowing if the person I asked to accompany me was the murderer or not.â
4:30-5:00 AM
Hayabusaâs Notes:
- I spotted a light that looks like a flashlight, so I headed in that direction.
- I found Enbi in the kitchen.
- Kariba, the bandaged butler, was preparing for breakfast. He had made some hot milk for Enbi.
Enbi: âSo to sum up, there wasnât any trouble at all!â
Hayabusa: âI canât believe you!â
Enbi: âSorry, sorry. But I saw the butler on the way to the kitchen, so I ended up following him.â
Hayabusa: â?â
Enbi: âIt didnât actually happen, but it was a possibility. If the murderer who had the crossbow and keys had wanted to kill us all, the keys were actually scarier than the crossbow. I mean, if they turned on the gas in the kitchen, started a fire, escaped on their own, and locked the front door, weâd all be burned to death.â
Hayabusa: âAre you serious?â
Enbi: âThere are other ways of starting a fire, though. I just wanted to monitor anyone getting close to something that could start one.â
6:00 â 6:30 AM
Hayabusaâs Notes:
- We ate the breakfast Kariba made.
- Enbi took one of the wieners next to her fried egg and placed it on my plate.
- Some people are refusing to leave their rooms.
Enbiâs Notes:
- Take that! Time to win his heart with food!!
- Kanpa, the wheelchair daughter, took a shower.
- Kariba, the bandaged butler, helped her out.
Hayabusa: âItâs kind of important that Kariba was the one to help with Kanpaâs shower. That means she didnât get the help of Akua, a woman in her own family.â
Enbi: âUnless thereâs a romantic explanation, some bitter possibilities present themselves.â
Hayabusa: âKanpa and Akua didnât get along.â
Enbi: âSince their ages were too close to be mother and daughter, it felt like the kids werenât getting along with Shuurenâs younger second wife.â
7:00 â 8:00 AM
Hayabusaâs Notes:
- The storm is still going strong outside. The landline and cellphones still arenât working.
- For a change of pace, Kanpa demonstrates her own fortune telling.
- Hatsutomo Naru is just one of many false names, but her real name canât be seen yet. Sheâs an expert at falsely representing companies and dragging their image through the mud and the Yatsui General Trading Company was one of her victims in the past. âŚSupposedly.
- The Hoshimi family supposedly increases its power to see into the past and the future by bringing the family together and not keeping any secrets from each other.
- However, Kanpa has a habit of mocking the people being manipulated by the fortune telling. If it was really 100% percent accurate and all-knowing, she says she wouldnât have to live in a wheelchair and Kariba could have avoided his injury.
Enbiâs Memos:
- Ren, the maid, fell asleep again. She quickly takes a shower. (3rd time)
- The detective stared as usual. (Roar!)
Enbi: âWhat are we supposed to do about this?â
Hayabusa: âIf you donât like it, then quit drawing attention to the shower scenes!â
Enbi: âThe morning of the second day arrived and nothing had improved. I was gradually accepting this abnormal new life.â
8:00 â 8:10 AM
Hayabusaâs Notes:
- To preserve the scene of the crime, I checked on Shuurenâs body in the entrance hall. There was no sign of anyone messing with it.
- It bothered me that Shuuren had crawled a few meters before dying.
- I moved his corpse and investigated the ground floorâs marble floor. I found a removable panel and discovered an entrance leading underground.
Enbiâs Memos:
- Shuuren had apparently been killed before he could âlock upâ here and the murderer apparently didnât notice the door there. In other words, the door to the basement wasnât locked.
Enbi: âIt wouldnât be a mansion mystery without a hidden passageway! Whatâs next? Will the mansion spin, lift up, or move horizontally!? Stay tuned!â
Hayabusa: âOh, shut up. And itâs important that the murderer overlooked the door.â
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