Gokumon (A Prison Gate)
Gokumon cramming school sounds like scary.
However, the main campus is in Taiwan, and gives satisfactory results.
This is a brochure.
Hello!
Hey, are you listening to me?
Ah, is that Gokumon cramming school?
Saki-kun, do you know about it?
I attended there last year.
I see.
Do they hold the joint summer camp of Japanese branch and Taiwanese branch?
If you attend this camp, we guarantee improving your deviation.
When there's no result, we'll refund in full.
However, since Senpai's deviation is originally the worst,
it's very easy to improve his.
What did you just say?
Ah, he talked.
Don't misunderstand!
My deviation will never be improved!
No matter how!
Why do you put ketchup on your mouth?
Do you realize that your promotion is at risk as the present results?
By the way, what are you doing, Senpai?
I'm acting a gibbeted head.
Don't waste time and let's go!
Saki-kun, give me a hand.
All right.
Leave me alone!
Somebody help!
Gokumon cramming school
I see, they hold a summer camp at Malaysia this year.
Malaysia?
A summer camp this year is held in Malaysia!
Why not in Japan? I don't want to go!
Senpai, why don't we do our best?
I don't want!
What?
Nobody is here.
Ah, it's closed today. I'm so disappointed. Let's go home!
Hey!
Moroi-san.
Do you know him?
He is Moroi-senpai whom I met in a camp last year.
What's wrong? What's all this noise?
Saki-kun.
Hama-san.
Moroi-kun.
What's that noise about?
Don't come here!
Somebody, call 911!
After all, isn't a victim a student of this cramming school?
Moroi-kun quit here 2 months ago.
He came to take the exam as a visitor student.
Gokumon cramming school Vice Director Dojima Kouhei
I see.
According to CIS, the cause of death is heart failure by the poison.
And a little bleeding was found on his finger-tip.
Poison?
Yes.
A tiny needle was set on this brochure that was on the floor.
We detected Taxine that is very strong poison.
In other words, a murder weapon is this needle!
Ujiie-sensei, do you have any idea about this brochure?
This is the model answer for visitor students.
Gokumon cramming school Director Ujiie Takayuki
However, this is fake.
Fake?
Yes, because we always put the model answer on our home page instead.
That's weird.
A victim held this paper.
For visitor students We'll give you the model answer after a test. Please pick up at Room 306. Go as soon as possible since limited number of sheets are available.
A victim student went to Room 306 to pick up the model answer after the exam.
Room 306
In other words, this information was a trap that lured him.
Who gave this to him?
I have no idea.
A suspect may have left that on his desk secretly.
They give us a question sheet in advance.
Student Nakayashiki Manabu
A suspect must have attached that information with Moroi's question sheet.
However, visitor students could sit down anywhere they liked today.
Then, a victim sat down that seat by accident.
Anybody would be a victim.
In other words, this is an indiscriminate murder!
I don't think so, Detective.
This isn't an indiscriminate murder.
Who are you?
There're 20 students who took a test today.
It's absolutely impossible to let a specific student sit at a seat where this information was set.
Have you heard of "Magician's Select"?
Magician's Select
A magician takes a pile of cards and asks an audience to pick up one.
In fact, no matter which card they pick, it'll be as a magician thinks.
That's called, Magician’s Select.
Hey!
This information was actually given to everybody.
That's ridiculous. If so, all 20 students should have come here.
That's right.
However, if everybody was given a different room number?
Did anybody get this information?
I did.
For visitor students We'll give you the model answer after a test. Please pick that up at Room 402. Go as soon as possible since limited number of sheets are available.
You're right. This is a different room.
That's right.
In other words, a suspect gave all students this information with different room numbers.
And after checking where Moroi-kun sat, a suspect went to the room and left the model answer with poison needles.
In other words, this is a premeditated murder that was targeted Moroi.
Excuse me, can I go back to a class?
Student Lin Jishong
I want to go back to study.
Student May Suyin
Me too. This is troublesome.
Troublesome?
Do you realize that a person just died?!
They're from Taiwanese branch.
Surely, I feel sorry for him.
However, it's none of our problem, right?
Student Chen Zhenglong
That's right. None of our business.
Student Shikibe Seiko
Wait, you're insensitive.
Since it's just before a summer camp, I don't want to be disturbed with such a thing.
Student Kirisawa Toru
Student Hama Akiko
Ujiie-sense, can I go now?
What's wrong with them?
Even though such an incident occurred, they'll hold a summer camp.
They bet their life on this cramming school.
And they're the elite group.
What's going on?!
Hey!
Stop a car! Let us out!
Saki-kun, call 911!
Yes.
Let us out!
Sorry to scare you.
Ah, it's you, Lee-san!
Hajime, nice to see you again.
Detective of Interpol Lee Byron
Do you remember Ran who was arrested as a suspect of Qoolong treasure incident in Hong Kong?
Of course, she is your sister.
How is she?
She confessed me that a mastermind of that incident was actually Japanese man called himself, "Puppet Player from Hell"
Puppet Player from Hell?
What's Kugutsushi?
It's a street performer who plays a puppet.
I see.
His real name is Takato Yoichi.
He called himself, "Crime Artist".
He is an international wanted criminal.
I got this package a few days ago.
Please open it.
What the hell is this?
It's creepy.
He has a very bad taste.
Senpai,
Puppet Player from Hell
Japan
Gokumon cramming school
A camp
Death
Game
Kindaichi Hajime
My name is in it.
A lot of abnormal crimes have been happening in these past several years.
A locked room murder.
All suspects have an alibi.
A weird crime scene that seems to have some kind of message.
It is said that Takato involves with all of them.
Did he pull the strings behind Qoolong treasure incident?
That's right.
He committed a blunder that his crime was solved.
By an amateur detective.
Senpai, Is it you?
And when I came to Japan to see you, that incident occurred.
Moreover, a trick was Magicians Select.
That's Takato's favorite trick.
Saki!
Hajime-chan!
Senpai!
This is drawing.
Hey, Miyuki.
Why did you ask me to go to Gokumon cramming school?
Because I got a call from your Mom.
What? Hajime-chan seems to repeat a grade in school?
Yes, so, I found a very good cramming school.
I think that he'll listen to nobody but Miyuki-chan.
So, can you ask him to attend a cramming school with you?
My Mom doesn't know your cellphone number.
What?
Then, don't tell me...
Was that call fake?
Most likely.
Hajime-chan, look!
A summer camp this year is held in Malaysia!
Malaysia...
It seems to become interesting.
Are you ready, Sparrow?
Don't worry.
All you have to do is to carry out the artistic crime plan that I made.
Please believe me, Puppet Player from Hell.
Let's start a game that is planned by the crime artist.
Will you win the game?
Kindaichi-kun.
Case file of Kindaichi-Shonen Gokumon cramming school murder case
Tamannegara, Malaysia
The participants are divided into Science group and Humanities group.
I'm Science group, and Hajime-chan and Saki-kun are Humanities group.
What? Do I have to study too?
Of course! This is a cramming school camp.
Nobody told me so!
Don't complain and stop eating banana.
Hey, what do you think of Moroi's death?
Do you become nervous?
Don't worry.
We did nothing wrong.
However, if you betray me, you know what will happen, right?
Don't ever mention me that.
Hama-san too!
Let's forget!
I, Dojima and this Akao Ichiyou-sensei are in charge of Humanities group at Sun lodge.
Why does he wear a mask?
Gokumon cramming school English teacher, Akao Ichiyou
He is a new teacher.
He used to be a scientist.
He suffered a major burn in a face when doing the experiment.
I, Ujiie am in charge of Science group at Moon Light lodge.
And this is a substitute teacher, Lee Byron-sensei who arrived earlier.
I'm Lee Byron, nice to meet you.
From now on, each group goes to each lodge.
Before that, you have to leave all of your belongings here.
Seriously?
Didn't you read a brochure?
All we can take is minimum underwear and stationaries.
You have to use this bag.
Hey, Hajime-chan, what are you doing?
We'll keep your cellphone too.
Hurry up, monkey.
I asked executive of the school and sneaked into this camp.
Except Ujiie-sensei, nobody knows who I really am.
Keep this.
Channel 1 to me, and Channel 2 to Nanase-kun.
Roger.
Let's go!
Hajime-chan, I have to go this way.
All right. Be careful.
It's very slippery. Be careful.
Thank you.
Do you know her? Do you plan something romantic?
Nothing of the sort.
We both attended a camp last year too.
Really?
Don't stray from us.
There're some dangerous animals here too.
Hey, Senpai, don't leave me alone!
Senpai, Senpai!
Senpai, wait! Senpai!
Don't rock a bridge!
Moon Light lodge, Science group
Lodge Moon Light
Is it Dojima-sensei?
This is Ujiie.
Have you arrived there?
Yes, even though a moron student was about to lose, we arrived somehow.
Sun lodge, Humanities group
Lodge Sun
Senpai have acrophobia.
However, we took 2 hours to arrive.
It's too far.
Wow, what the hell?!
As I thought,
Bats settle in the attic.
They won't hurt you anyway.
Everybody, please go inside.
Let's go, Senpai.
I refuse...
Let's go!
What the hell is this?
It's totally creepy.
Well, a dining room and a class room are on the ground floor.
Our dorm is on the second floor.
And another classroom is on the third floor.
Each class is 55 min and you have 15 min break between each class.
Dining room, Ground floor, Science group
Please go to a washroom during the break.
Any questions?
Taking a walk
Talking a walk at night?
We'll talk a walk in the forest for an hour.
It's for refreshment.
Don't talk freely.
I'm sorry.
Several runaways appear in these past several years.
Please do your best so that such a thing won't happen this year.
Yes.
Then, we'll start the first class of Science group of Moon Light lodge at 5:30 P.M.
A class room is Room B on the ground floor.
Please gather there by a minute before a class starts.
Dining room, Ground floor, Humanities group
This camp is for improving your deviation value, a survival camp.
Deviation value means a relative estimation.
In other words, to be a winner,
People other than yourself are rivals.
We won't be kind to losers at all.
Just keep that in your mind.
Nakayashiki-kun, didn’t you cheat on the last test?
What?
I received a report from a student who witnessed that.
You'll stay in a private study room and study there for 2 days.
You have to eat in there too.
To make sure, we'll lock a room from outside.
Dorm, Second floor, Humanities group
Which way?
Get out!
This is it.
Hurry up.
Be at a class by a minute
Always put personal Stuff in a bag
Room F, Third floor, Humanities group
Kindaichi-kun.
What? Yes.
This is a text book of ancient writing class.
What?
Ah, sorry.
Sorry.
Room B, Ground floor, Science group
All right, let's begin a class.
And all you have to do is to do integral calculus.
A private study room
A private study room, Second floor, Humanities group
Cheating...Who told a teacher?
We're moved forcibly by a line.
This looks like a wedding ceremony.
Let's go.
According to this print,
they move us so often for activating a frontal lobe and also for refreshment.
It's troublesome.
In front of a lodge, Science group
It's beautiful.
The letters of Moon Light rise.
Both Moon Light and Sun lodge used to be a hospital.
Sun lodge is the upper stream of that river.
I see.
Ujiie-sensei renovated both lodges for a camp.
Sorry for having kept you waiting.
Now, we're going to talk a walk.
Please hold this rope for not to separate from a group.
Lee-sensei, you'll be the end of a line.
Certainly.
Let's go.
Tea and rice ball are in a dining room. Take one per student.
And go back to your room as soon as possible, and prepare for your classes tomorrow.
Dining room, Ground floor, Humanities group
Ah.
What?
If you take 2, somebody won't have a dinner.
Then, why don't you be patient?
Excuse me.
Anything wrong?
Nothing.
Scary!
Senpai.
Sensei, Chen-kun bullies me!
Give me a break.
What? Don't you drink?
I can't drink buckwheat tea.
I see.
Tonight seems to be over without any problems.
Yes.
Lodge Moon Light
It's a dinner time.
Everybody, please go to a dining room.
Dining room, Ground floor, Science group
Kirisawa-kun must be allergic to buckwheat.
Buckwheat? Is there such an allergy?
Yes. The worst case, they die of shock.
That was why he dumped in a sink.
Is it possible that somebody targeted Kirisawa-kun and gave him buckwheat tea?
No, that doesn't make sense.
If he knows that he is allergic to buckwheat, he doesn't drink.
In fact, he dumped a tea.
That's right.
Miyuki, is everything all right there?
So far so good.
However...
However?
I don't feel good.
Hajime-chan?
Don't worry too much!
By the way, Saki and a girl named Hama Akiko seem to impress each other.
What?
What are you doing?
Don't worry.
Miyuki, be careful.
All right, good night.
Don't worry about Lee and Kindaichi.
They're just the cast of my artistic crime.
Everything is going on as scheduled.
It's finally the time, Sparrow.
The arrow of the revenge will be shot again tomorrow afternoon.
Room A, Ground floor, Science group
The Heat of Combustion is the energy released as heat when a compound undergoes complete combustion with oxygen under standard conditions.
Ah, there's no chalk.
Lin Jishong-kun,
Yes.
Can you go and get a few new chalks for me?
Yes.
I repeat,
Heat of combustion, Standard enthalpy of formation, Heat of neutralization, Heat of dissolution and Latent heat...
Ujiie-sensei,
Lin isn't back yet.
It's been more than 20 minutes.
I'll go and check.
Lee-sensei.
Lin-kun?
It doesn't seem to have a trap of poison needles such as the first incident.
Did you find him?
No.
However, he was here.
He dropped a chalk and broke it.
Lin, do you skip a class?
If you listen to me, please come out now!
He may have gone back to his room on the second floor.
No, it's impossible.
I locked the door to the second floor to prevent from skipping a class.
If so, he must be somewhere in the ground floor.
He must hide somewhere.
What's wrong?
Nothing.
This is a paragraph of The Tale of Bamboo Cutter.
Open the next page.
Room E, Third floor, Humanities group
Long time ago, there was an old man named Taketori no Okina.
He went into mountains and fields and cut bamboo to use in many ways.
Excuse me.
What's wrong, Kirisawa-kun?
May I go to a washroom?
Go ahead if you can't wait.
Sorry.
What happened to me?
I didn't drink tea.
It's the end of ancient literature class.
Please move to Room F on the third floor for Akao-sensei,
Dojima-sensei!
What do you want, Kindaichi-kun?
It's been 10 minutes since Kirisawa went to a washroom.
I'll go and check.
I'll go with you.
He isn't here.
He must have gone to outside.
No, he must hide somewhere in this floor.
It's the third floor and a stair is locked.
He isn't here.
Hama-san, are you all right?
What?
Hama-san, do you have any trouble with them?
They told me to forget what happened here last year.
I was about to become a target of bullying last year.
What was the reason?
There's no reason.
Everybody can be a target.
They just have fun to bullying a person.
So, I try not to be involved with them.
Did you find him?
No.
Room F, Third floor, Humanities group
Excuse me.
Who saw him die?
I, said the fly,
with my little eye,
I saw him die.
Mother Goose.
That's right, Saki-kun.
It's an English nursery rhyme.
In England, Cock Robin is a victim, Fly is a witness,
and Sparrow is a murderer.
Does that have something to do with this class, Akao-sensei?
Kindaichi-kun, you're a fly.
What?
Who killed Cock Robin?
Who caught his blood?
I, said the Fish,
with my little dish, I caught his blood.
May-san, what is this structure of DNA called?
Room D, Ground floor, Science group
It's Double Helix Structure.
Well done.
Now, I carry out a test for 25 minutes.
Since you look very tired, if you finish the exam,
you can get out of a class and take a break at a dining room.
Yes!
Excuse me.
I'm done.
Already?
I've just done half.
Good luck!
Did she finish such difficult questions by 10 minutes?
Dorm, Second floor, Humanities group
And Sparrow is a murderer.
Sparrow is a murderer...
Kindaichi-kun, you're a fly.
Am I a fly?
Yes?
What's wrong?
Ah, were you dumped by Akiko-chan?
It's not such a thing.
I'm just kidding.
You!
What?
You stole my text book, didn't you?
Text book? What are you talking about?
Then, was it you, Saki?
I'm not Ma.
Ma?
It's not me. I have no idea.
Then, give me your text book.
Hey, stop it!
Stop it!
Take mine.
Senpai, the next class is a test.
Don't you have to study?
Ah, I don't understand even though I study.
Take it.
Seiko, give me back my text book.
I don't have it.
Hey, Hama. Open the door.
Did you steal my text book?
What's all the noise about?
Akao-sensei,
What is it, Kindaichi-kun?
Have you heard of Puppet Player from Hell?
I've never heard of that.
Do me a favor?
Can you take out that mask?
Senpai.
I heard that your face was severely burned.
However, I'm doubting.
Are you talking about this?
As I told you, I carry out a test that is based on Demons by Dostoyevsky.
Room H, Third floor, Humanities group
How can I answer correctly if I didn't prepare for that?
What? My text book.
Why is this in my desk?
Start!
What's this?
Isn't this a cheat sheet?
It's a page of Demons by Dostoyevsky.
Somebody tore pages and hid them.
Everybody, show me your text book.
And open the page of Demons.
What?
What's going on, Chen-kun?
I have no idea.
Don't make an excuse!
As a rule, stop writing a test and stay outside.
And I let you go to a private study room from the next class.
Damn!
Somebody trapped me.
Why?
Lodge Moon Light
Sorry for having kept you waiting.
In front of a lodge, Science group
We're going for a night walk.
Ujiie-sensei,
We have no time to take a night walk.
Lin and May are missing.
Same thing happened in a camp last year.
When they're hungry, they'll come out.
However, this isn't normal.
Then, when we come back from a walk, we'll look for them.
However, we can't change the schedule.
Please look for them.
Let's go.
Room H, Third floor, Humanities group
I'm going to look for Chen.
What's wrong, Kindaichi-kun?
Do you also want to go to a private study room?
It's not that kind of problem.
Kindaichi-kun!
He isn't here.
He was vanished too.
Dining room, Ground floor, Humanities group
Where were those two vanished?
Since all doors are locked, they must be inside.
They may have been...murdered.
What?
Dojima-sensei,
Does this have something to do with the incident of last year?
Shikibe-kun, that's ridiculous.
It's possible!
Chen-kun, Kirisawa-kun and Moroi-kun who was murdered before coming here had interviewed by the police about that incident, didn't they?
Interviewed by the police?
Yes. About the incident of Ma Taichi.
Ma Taichi?
He died of illness.
They have nothing to do with that!
That's the conclusion of the police.
Don't talk irresponsibly.
Thank you for a meal.
Hama-san, do you have time?
What do you want?
Who is Ma Taichi?
He was a student who died last year.
He died? Why?
He died of illness.
However, when we quarreled earlier, they mentioned his name too.
Are you talking about cheating?
No, before that, we were arguing about a text book.
Give me back my text book.
Since I was concentrating on my study, I didn't notice that.
May I go?
I have to prepare for a class.
That's a common attitude.
What?
This isn't a school.
That's right. This isn't a school.
You don't come here to make friends.
Rather, you can see human nature.
They pull other students down no matter how dirty way they have to use.
Do you mean that somebody who wants to pull down a rival plans this?
I don't know.
However, if you think that way, you can see pure human nature.
Don't you think so?
I don't.
I see. However, such is human.
You seem to understand well.
Am I right?
Aisle, Ground floor. Science group
Dorm, Second floor, Science group
Recreation room, Second floor, Science group
What's this?
This is Recreation room.
Detective Lee.
Don't call me detective.
Sorry.
Lee-sensei.
There's a back room. Do you want to check that too?
Certainly.
They're not here.
It doesn't make sense.
They should be in this building.
Ujiie-sensei.
Do me a favor?
What about it?
Can I see an answer sheet of May?
Of course, you can.
A private study room, Second floor, Humanities group
Ah, wait!
What are you doing?
Are you goofing around again?
What? Nothing bad.
I brought your dinner.
Yeah! Thank you! My dinner!
Ah, Sparrow.
It's urgent, what should I do?
I see. It's troublesome.
Why don't you take care of your own problem?
All I do is to make a plan.
However, if I don't do anything...
That may be interesting.
Then, I'll give you a hand.
Please don't make a mistake anymore.
Who killed Cock Robin?
Who'll dig his grave?
I, said the Owl,
with my pick and shovel, I'll dig his grave.
Lin Jishong died from combustion.
Recreation room, Second floor, Science group
What?!
I'm outside. Which way should I go?
Get out the entrance and turn left.
What the hell is this?
Since smelled that something was burning, I came here to check.
And something was burning.
What's going on?
Glasses.
So, this must be Lin-kun.
Lin-kun?
Don't tell me, he burned himself to death?
No. According to rigor mortis,
He's been dead at least for 10 hours.
In other words, he was dead around 2 P.M.
That was when he went to grab some chalks.
As I thought, he was murdered at that time.
I'll contact to Kindaichi-kun at Sun lodge.
Ujiie-sensei, please confirm the safety of all students.
Certainly.
Everybody, please come out.
A serious matter has happened at Moon Light lodge.
A serious matter?
Yes, Lin Jishong-kun is...
Dojima-sensei.
Seriously?
Kirisawa-kun!
Senpai.
It's Chen.
Lee-san, we found some dead bodies too.
It was Kirisawa Toru and Chen.
We found another corpse.
It's May.
Total 4 people. As I thought, everybody missing was murdered.
What the hell is going on?
What's wrong with this weird corpse?
Weird?
Her corpse was wrapped with red and blue tape.
This looks just like Double Helix Structure of DNA.
Wait, Lin's corpse was burned.
In other words, it's combustion.
Double Helix Structure and combustion.
Hey, Saki, do you remember what kind of question that Chen was accused of cheating it was?
It was Demons of Dostoyevsky.
And if I remember correctly,
It was a scene to see a hanging corpse.
When Kirisawa went to a washroom, we were talking about The Tale of Bamboo Cutter.
Lee-san, this may be...
A suspect likened them to poetry or some other things, and committed murders!
Yes. All murder matched with class contents when they disappeared.
In other words, a suspect was in a classroom.
Do you remember Akao-sensei?
Yes, a teacher wearing a mask, right?
He is Puppet Player from Hell whom you told me.
I see.
However, he doesn't commit a crime by himself.
He always controls somebody to let that person commit a crime.
Somebody? Do you have any idea who it is?
I may have.
However, the person has an alibi.
Even though I can beak his alibi,
I can't explain how a suspect could commit a crime there.
Lee-san, this is a challenge.
A challenge?
Yes, from Takato, aka Puppet Player from Hell.
Who killed Cock Robin?
Who'll make the shroud?
I, said the Beetle.
I'll make the shroud.
Saki!
Saki.
This is revenge by Ma-kun.
Somebody revenges on itself for Ma-kun.
I'm pretty sure.
Revenge? What's that?
Tell me everything.
It's bullying.
Bullying?
Chen and other students were jealous of Ma-kun who always got the highest scores.
They let Ma-kun die by doing something.
However, the police said that Chen had nothing to do with Ma-kun's death.
Then, why? All students who were murdered were the members of bullying group.
Calm down, Saki.
Why do you panic? You didn't do anything wrong, right?
I didn't.
That's right, I didn't do anything.
Saki!
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Saki!
I pretended not to see anything.
I ignored a bullying of Ma-kun.
Saki.
I couldn't stop them.
I'm equally guilty.
If I could stop them at that time...
It wasn't your fault that Ma-kun died.
Are you afraid of Akao?
Don't worry. I'm with you.
Let's go back.
All right?
Don't move!
What?
Senpai, don't you have Acrophobia?
Slowly, please move slowly.
Are you all right?
Not really...
Saki, please tell me the truth.
What about it?
What's going on with Hama-san?
What are you talking about?
A weak man like me can't do anything.
And,
And?
Hama-san also pretended not to see anything.
I was about to become a target of bullying last year.
That was why she was scared of them so much.
Senpai?
What's wrong? A cord was cut.
Yes.
Revenge?
I can't think of anything but that.
All students who were murdered were those who bullied Ma Taichi-kun.
That's ridiculous.
First and foremost, he isn't here.
Then, one of us can be a suspect.
It's impossible.
All four students got out of a class room during a class and disappeared.
If so, all of us have an alibi.
There's one who doesn't have an alibi.
What?
Nakayashiki-kun.
He should be in a private study room.
Dojima-sensei, you locked a door from outside, right?
Yes.
What?
It's open.
Are you napping, Nakayashiki?
We have a question for you.
Hey, Nakayashiki. Hey!
He is dead.
I'm sorry. I killed them.
A suicide note?
Did he commit suicide?
So, was a suspect Nakayashiki-kun?
Nakayashiki went back and forth between Sun lodge and Moon Light lodge,
murdered 4 students and committed suicide?
What's his motive?
It may be a split among friends.
I saw it.
When his cheating came out, his face was very scary.
Nakayashiki-kun must have been a boss of that group.
I think so.
Red and blue tape, and match.
Did he use a match to burn Lin's body?
And a rope and a scissors.
Keys! As we thought, is Nakayashiki-kun a suspect?
It conflicts.
What about it?
Nakayashiki had been in a private study room.
He had no idea what we studied in a classroom.
How about he got out of a room by using this key and watched a class sneakily?
And he tricked dead bodies for making his alibi.
Then, why did he commit suicide?
I don't know.
Anybody can make this kind of suicide note.
It's a battery.
What did he use this for?
However, there's nothing that we have to use a battery.
In the first place, all the electric appliances were prohibited to take in.
That's right.
And not only this study room but also all dorm rooms don't have a socket.
That's right.
Hey, Saki.
For you, what do you want most that requires a battery?
Well, a cellphone?
That's right.
Nakayashiki may have taken a cellphone secretly.
And he was supposed to use that battery for charging a cellphone.
I see.
However, I didn't see a cellphone anywhere.
Somebody may have taken away.
Taken away?
Why?
Because of call history.
If Nakayashiki was calling somebody at the time of the incident,
It'd be his alibi.
In other words, somebody wanted to make Nakayashiki be a suspect.
Who is it?
The actual suspect who was controlled by Puppet Player from Hell.
It's Sparrow.
I see.
In other words, you say that Nakayashiki-kun isn't a suspect, don't you?
If so, that Sparrow may kill somebody again.
However, don't worry.
We called the police while ago.
The police?
They'll send a helicopter to save us in the morning.
Unfortunately, this camp is canceled.
We should save precious students from here.
Akao-sensei, aren't you really a Puppet Player from Hell?
What's that?
When the police come, you watch for a chance and disappear, right?
You blame a crime on an innocent person and become a winner of this murder game.
It's a piece of cake for you to disappear without being noticed by somebody.
However, before that, I accept your challenge.
This serial murder that plays our mind.
Before the police comes here,
I'll solve this mystery,
in the name of my Grandpa who was a great detective.
Lee-san, do me a favor?
What about it?
There was an incident that I was concerned in this cramming school last year.
Can you ask Japanese police about a student named Ma Taichi?
All right.
Can you hold a simple inquest over a corpse of students?
I want to know the time of death.
Me? Do I do an inquest?
What's this?
What are you doing such a late time, Nanase-kun?
Ah, Hajime-chan, Kindaichi-kun asked me to investigate a murder scene at Moon Light lodge.
Sorry, I didn't get your permission.
All right. And did you find something?
Well, it's weird.
What about it?
There's no open box of chalks.
Why is it weird?
Lee-sensei told me,
that he saw a broken chalk on the floor.
However, everything here is covered with cellophane.
Isn't it weird?
I can't remember even though I was there with Lee-sensei.
You can be an amateur detective, however, it'll be dawn in about 3 hours.
Why don't you go back to your room and have a rest?
Yes.
Excuse me.
Thanks god, I was worrying about you since you weren't in your room.
What's wrong?
How long do you want to wash your hands?
Come on! We touched corpses!
Did I just do an Inquest? What am I doing?
My Grandpa didn't do an inquest!
Yes, this is Medical Examiner Kindaichi.
It's not funny.
What's up?
About Ujiie-sensei...
He scared me...
What?
Was there no open box?
That's right.
And Ujiie-sensei was...
I see. You may have been dangerous.
So, since Lee-san keep eye on Ujiie-sensei, he wanted me to report Hajime-chan.
All right, give me information.
At first, estimate time of death of 2 victims of your lodge.
All right.
Lin-kun died between 2 P.M. and 2:30 P.M.
He got out of a classroom around 2:15 P.M. to get some chalks.
So, just after that, he seemed to be murdered.
2:15 Lin
The cause of death was death from shock with a poison injection.
Was Ujiie-sensei in a class room all the time?
Yes. He was teaching us. And everybody was in a classroom too.
As I thought, everybody had an alibi...
How about the incident at Sun lodge?
I've heard that you held an inquest over corpses.
I did desperately.
Well, estimate time of death of Kirisawa Toru is,
between 3 P.M. and 3:30 P.M.
The cause of death is also poison.
When he got out of a classroom, it was around 3:15 P.M.
So, just after that, he seemed to be murdered too.
Wait a second...
Hey, Miyuki.
What were you doing there around 3 P.M.?
What?
After taking a break, we started a class from 3:20 P.M.
Then, Ujiie-sensei was free during a break, right?
That's right.
For example, is it possible that if he used that break time to come to Sun lodge,
and murdered Kirisawa?
It's impossible.
We finished a class at 3:05 P.M. and had 15 minutes break.
It's impossible to make a round trip between here and there in 15 minutes.
You're right.
This is Sparrow.
Your plan seems to go very well.
It was a right choice to make all murders matched with class contents.
I enjoy watching people confused.
You don't have to be afraid.
You guys have a perfect alibi.
Are you sure that we're safe?
Of course.
The game will be over very soon.
Did you notice anything unusual?
Unusual?
Talking about Unusual, we went for a walk at night.
Please hold this rope for not to separate from a group.
Holding a rope?
Isn't it weird? Even though a road is dark,
since we're not small kids, we don't need it.
Yeah, it's weird.
Anyway, since I left everything up to Ujiie-sensei, it was an easy walk.
Left everything up to Ujiie-sensei...
And one more thing,
this is what Lee-san told me,
when they found a corpse of Lin-kun,
That burning corpse?
His upper body flared up, but not so much for a lower body.
However, Ujiie-sensei tried to water on his lower body.
It certainly unusual.
What do you think?
By the way, Miyuki, be careful.
Miyuki?
I feel you much closer when you're actually far away from me.
What do you mean?
Good night and thank you.
Good night.
Is this called Long-Distance Relationship?
Sorry for throwing cold water on that,
A couple has to fall in love with each other to do Long-Distance Relationship.
Wow, why do you try to hurt my feeling?
Sorry.
However, I envy you.
What about it?
I want to be a strong man like Senpai.
Why do you say so suddenly?
Sorry.
What's going on?
A helicopter is coming soon.
We have to go to a square of a cave.
Wait! Please give me more time.
Unfortunately, the game is over. Kindaichi-kun.
Why don't you go back to Japan?
Ah, we arrived at a cave.
We're safe now.
Certainly.
I got it.
Dojima-sensei.
Let's go back to Sun lodge.
Don't be silly! Let's go!
Hey, don't be selfish!
Senpai!
Lee-san, take everybody to Sun lodge.
Did you solve the mystery?
Yes. And I want to confirm that.
Please do that.
Saki, turn on a switch.
What?
Yes.
Senpai, I turn on a switch!
Saki, I got it.
What?
Everybody those who attended this camp didn't have an alibi.
I see.
Even though I can't believe it, it's possible.
If so, how was May lured from a classroom?
If I remember correctly, she finished a test very fast and got out of a classroom, right?
Did she write the answers?
I checked her answer sheet. I couldn't find anything unusual.
However, I don't think that she could solve those difficult questions by 10 minutes.
Wait...A question sheet.
Why did Kirisawa and Chen get out of a classroom by themselves?
I've already known that trick.
A clue is buckwheat allergy and cheating.
We're almost there.
We're waiting for you.
Senpai, where are you going?
Bingo!
What's that? It’s written by a chalk.
117?
Hajime.
Lee-san.
Miyuki.
Hajime-chan.
I was scared.
Miyuki, don't worry anymore.
I found out the truth of this incident,
and all tricks.
All of the mystery,
were solved.
Everybody is here.
What's going on, Kindaichi-kun?
What do you mean?
Isn't a suspect Nakayashiki-kun who committed suicide?
Nakayashiki didn't commit suicide.
He was murdered.
Somebody put the blame on him.
The serial killing incident that happened in this camp,
and the murder incident of Moroi-kun that happened in Tokyo,
both were planned by an abnormal criminal.
An abnormal criminal?
Yes. A suspect approached people who have hatred, and let them carry out his crime plan.
By doing that, a suspect thought that he created an artwork.
A suspect is called, Puppet Player from Hell.
Right now, in this room,
I'll outwit a suspect who behaves like an artist.
If you're here, promise me.
If I win, show us your true character manfully.
Puppet Player from Hell, Takato Yoichi.
It's an interesting story, Kindaichi-kun.
I also want to know the truth of this incident that you've solved.
Then, starting from a motive.
Lee-san, please.
A student died suddenly at Gokumon cramming school last year.
He was believed to die from an illness.
However, by whistleblowing,
6 students who murdered this time were interviewed by the police.
However, the day when he died suddenly,
all 6 students skipped class.
So, they were regarded as nothing to do with his death.
I called 911.
Dojima-sensei.
I'd given him an advice since long before.
The opportunity to start talking to him was,
secret information that Ma-kun used drug.
Drug?
Yes. I couldn't believe that.
However, I saw him injected something sometimes.
So, I followed him one day.
He went into a small factory.
Hello!
Thank you for your hard work.
He is a great man.
He always studies while working.
He has to inject medicine every day so that he can survive.
Hey, Taichi!
Your teacher is here!
Ma-kun has a serious heart problem.
He has to inject medicine every day at the same time, otherwise it'd be a matter of life or death.
Those 6 students spread a rumor that he used drug.
And Ma-kun told me that they bullied him.
I see.
If so, Kindaichi-kun, do you want to say like this?
The cause of this incident is Ma-kun.
That's right.
Instigation of Puppet Player from Hell,
a real suspect who is here murdered 6 students.
I see, but how?
Lin, Kirisawa, Chen and May were murdered just after getting out of a classroom.
Yes, they were.
Lin and May who were murdered at Moon Light lodge,
got out of a classroom in the middle of Ujiie-sensei's class,
and were murdered by poison just after that.
They were injected poison.
How about 2 students who were murdered in this Sun lodge?
It's same.
Kirisawa got out of a classroom in the middle of Dojima-sensei's class when he felt sick,
and were murdered just after that.
Chen was murdered also just after getting out of a classroom when he was suspected of cheating.
However, we were in a classroom.
In other words, everybody in a classroom has an alibi.
How did Sparrow murder Cock Robin?
Check this schedule.
When couple of incident occurred at Sun lodge,
it was a break time or a private study time at Moon Light lodge.
When an incident occurred at Moon Light lodge,
it was a break time or a private study time at Sun lodge.
I see. And?
In other words, there're 2 suspects at each lodge.
If they came and went into both lodges and committed murders,
that makes everybody not to have an alibi.
In other words,
There're 2 Sparrows.
The first Sparrow who made this schedule that enabled a schedule of serial murders is,
The first Sparrow is,
Ujiie-sensei, it's you, isn't it?
Definitely, I made that schedule.
However, that doesn't mean that I'm a suspect.
Between Moon Light lodge and Sun lodge,
do you know how long does it take by walk?
You should be able to understand if you see this map,
You have to spend at least 1.5 hours no matter how fast you can walk.
Time that you can be free is max 30 minutes.
So, it's impossible to come and go into both lodges in such short time.
He is right, Hajime-chan.
Don't worry, Miyuki.
He didn't have to come and go such a distance.
What?
This camp reminded me a wedding ceremony.
A guide takes us here and there.
Starting from a waiting room, church, photo studio and a banquet hall.
However, it's strange that we don't happen to meet any other groups.
Because they make a perfect schedule to prevent from coming across the other groups.
If somebody made a perfect schedule that Science group and Humanities group don't come across?
That's right.
We thought that we intended to camp in 2 distantly remote lodges.
However, everybody was actually put in this Sun lodge.
No way!
How could he do that?
I've heard that both Sun and Moon Light lodge are renovated by Ujiie-sensei who used to be an architect.
However, it's a wired structure.
On top of that, floor plans are identical.
And a useless huge Recreation room is in the middle of the second floor where our dorms are located .
We have to pass through Recreation room to go to the other side of the dorm.
I've heard that it's for dividing boys and girls to East and West when a lot of students attend a camp.
It's a plausible reason.
However, his true purpose is,
to let Science group at Moon Light lodge sleep at the other side of Sun lodge while he committed a crime.
Wait a second.
When we arrived at Moon Light lodge at the first time,
I talked to Dojima-sensei on the phone.
Is it Dojima-sensei?
This is Ujiie.
Have you arrived there yet?
Yes, we arrived safely somehow.
He is right. And we had a meeting at Dining room on the ground floor after that.
We were also at Dining room.
It's impossible for both groups to stay at the same place.
At that time, yes.
It was the time of a walk at night that your group moved into Sun lodge from Moon Light lodge.
Miyuki told me that Ujiie-sensei arrived late.
While Lee-san and Miyuki were waiting for you,
you gathered their belongings quickly.
You let everybody hold a rope.
It was a psychological trick so that everybody didn't think much where and how they went.
You pretended to make a round trip from and to Moon Light lodge.
However, in reality, you had to take them to Sun lodge where was far away from Moon Light lodge.
So, you was extremely cautious. He made everybody feel disoriented.
By using this method, you made the distance from 1.5 hours to zero.
And you also got a perfect alibi.
Kindaichi-kun,
Both Lin and May were found at Moon Light lodge.
If as you just said, they were murdered at Sun lodge,
How come they were found at Moon Light lodge?
A corpse can't walk.
They may have swum.
You threw them into a river.
You must have wrapped them with a plastic sheet for preventing from getting wet.
If you go down a river near this Sun lodge, you can arrive near Moon Light lodge.
A suspect threw corpses into a river,
to transport them from Sun lodge to Moon Light lodge.
Probably, he set a net or rope downstream,
so that you could catch corpses.
However, you made a mistake at that time.
Lin-kun's lower body got wet.
If a corpse got wet even though it wasn't raining,
we'd probably think of a river beside a corpse.
Then, your trick would be found out.
What you thought of as a last resort was a class subject when Lin was disappeared.
You burnt his body as you likened that to combustion so that you could water him.
...something's burning.
However, since you paid too much attention to water his lower body that hardly burnt,
That made Lee-san suspect you.
In other words, 3 other murder incidents after this were the camouflage of the first murder incident.
That's right.
It was after fitted.
"Where does a wise man hide a leaf? In the forest".
Ujiie-sensei, did you murder them?
How amazing your imagination is!
However, everything is just your guess.
Besides, they got out of a classroom by themselves.
That's not true. Who asked Lin to bring some chalks was you.
Ah, there's no chalk.
Lin Jishong-kun,
Yes.
Can you go and get a few new chalks for me?
How about May?
She finished a test and got out of a classroom. Voluntarily!
That's true. However, all questions were considerably difficult for a high school student.
However, she answered everything in 10 minutes and left.
Isn't it strange?
Didn't I show you her answer sheet?
She answered everything correctly all by herself.
So, what's strange?
You used a trick for a question sheet, not an answer sheet.
Probably, there were clues in her question sheet so that she could answer quite simply.
After she got out of a classroom, you could dispose that question sheet.
Wait! How about Kirisawa and Chen at Sun lodge?
Since Ujiie-sensei was in a classroom, it was impossible for him to let them get out of a classroom.
That must have been a coincidence.
Dojima-sensei, it wasn't a coincidence.
What?
Kirisawa went to a washroom, because of a weak poison in his meal that he had the day before.
Poison?
I had same meal, but I was fine.
That's right. Why only Kirisawa-kun...?
Because an antidote was in a bottle of buckwheat tea that was given us with a meal.
Since allergic to buckwheat, Kirisawa dumped that in a sink and drank water instead.
Because Kirisawa didn't take an antidote,
as a suspect calculated, he was affected by a poison.
He went to a washroom.
I didn't drink tea.
How about Chen? How can you explain that?
Chen's cheating incident...
A suspect stole Chen's text book and tore pages beforehand.
That's right, he made a fuss about the loss of a text book.
Seiko! Give me back my text book!
However, he found his text book before a test began.
My text book?
Why is it in my desk?
What's this?
Isn't this a cheat sheet?
Dojima-sensei, how did you find that cheat sheet on the floor?
Because somebody dropped an eraser.
And when I was picking that up, I found that.
That's right. That eraser guided you to a cheat sheet psychologically.
Somebody dropped a cheat sheet on the floor beforehand,
and dropped an eraser for let Sensei find a cheat sheet.
Somebody?
Yes, somebody.
An accomplice who murdered Lin and May who believed to be in Moon Light lodge, and Nakayashiki who seemed to commit suicide,
The second Sparrow is here.
You can find the name over there.
This is where Lin was actually murdered.
Ah, there's an open box of chalks.
Lin opened it.
Chalks that Ujiie-sensei asked Lin to bring came from this box.
And here is Sun lodge.
And chreck this.
117? What's this?
It's a dying message.
Lin left this before dying.
This is the name of a suspect.
The name of a suspect?
What do you mean? Is this a name?
Before finishing writing, he died.
How about this?
Hama
Hama?
Akiko-san?
Hama Akiko.
You're an accomplice.
You're the second Sparrow.
It was when Chen made a fuss about the loss of a text book, I started suspecting you.
Hey, Hama. Open the door.
Did you steal my text book?
You didn't answer him at that time.
And when we were talking about Ma-kun at Dining room, you said...
Since I was concentrating on my study, I didn't notice his shouting.
You didn't answer Chen at that time not because you didn't notice his shouting,
You were not in your room, right?
It was a period of time when May was murdered.
Am I right, Hama-san?
By doing so, Hama-san and Ujiie-sensei made a perfect alibi,
and repeated a crime alternately between Science group and Humanities group.
That's not true! She has nothing to do with this incident.
How about a sign?
On the way back to a lodge, Nanase-kun and Detective Lee saw a sign of Moon Light lodge.
It's almost impossible to mistake Moon Light lodge for Sun lodge that has totally different color.
Don't you think so?
Certainly, what I saw on the way back to lodge was Moon Light lodge, Hajime-chan.
See? You can't talk back, can you?
As I thought, your reasoning is nonsense.
Then, why don't we check a sign outside?
Wow, it's already morning.
Dojima-sensei, can you shot a shotgun?
What? Why now?
Please. That helps me.
All right.
Since a wiring was cut by somebody, I fixed it.
Saki!
Yes.
Aren't we at Sun lodge?
Moon Light lodge
This is Low Pressure Sodium Lamp.
Yes. It's the illumination that is used for the tunnel.
Under this lamp, pink and blue look same.
A suspect used this lamp to made a sign of Sun lodge at day time and Moon Light lodge at night time.
And the person who broke a lamp was...
Hama-san, it's you, isn't it?
Hajime, I detected Lin-kun's fingerprints on this box.
This is evidence that he was murdered at Sun lodge.
It's over, Ujiie-sensei.
Hama-kun.
You were caught up in this incident.
The incident of the revenge of my murdered son.
I made you help me.
Ma Taichi is my son separated at birth.
I reunited him at Gokumon cramming school by accident.
It's been 7 years since I saw him last time.
However, I recognized him immediately.
His smile is the same in his childhood.
Ma is a child with a lady whom I met when I was much younger and couldn't get married.
He recognized about me too.
Don't worry about me.
I'm fine.
Dear, father.
Ma-kun!
Sensei, see you tomorrow.
All I could do was to watch him.
He was too good son.
He really was...
Those 6 students killed him.
I couldn't forgive them.
That's not true.
The first one to bring a revenge of Ma-kun up was me.
I involved Ujiie-sensei in this revenge.
That's enough, Hama-kun. Don't say anything.
I was stupid.
If I didn't switched an ampoule that I was ordered by those 6 students,
Ma-kun didn't die.
An ampoule?
Did you switch it?
I loved Ma-kun.
Even though I loved Ma-kun...
I...I killed Ma-kun.
My score didn't improve as I wanted,
and I was bullied by those 6 students at a cramming school.
There was no place to live.
I wanted to die.
What the hell are you doing?
Do you want to die?
Ma-kun saved me.
Ma-kun entered this cramming school after a short time.
Let's go!
I was happy.
I thought that I could keep going to a cramming school even though it's a hell place.
However, Ma-kun whose score is the best all the time became a target of them immediately.
However, Ma-kun seemed not to care for that at all.
That may have irritated them more.
And that nightmare occurred.
It's about Ma,
By any chance, were you invited to that?
That?
Drug.
What?
Even though he always gets the highest score, if he is addicted to drug, his life will be over.
Can you replace a drug with this?
What's this?
Moroi-kun's father is a doctor.
These are vitamin capsules.
Really?
Yes.
Hey, take this, Moroi.
Ah, all right...
It tastes bad.
You can do it, can't you?
It's up to you.
I thought that they lied to me.
However, next day...
I saw Ma-kun injecting something into his arm secretly.
I thought that he injected a drug.
After that...
That's enough, Hama-kun.
I switched ampoules.
I told him not to forget to inject that medicine every day.
No way...
We may have misunderstood about him taking a drug.
That's bullshit!
You're annoying. To begin with, you're the one who switched ampoules.
If you go to the police, you'll be arrested.
That's right.
We didn't do anything wrong.
You killed him.
Ma-kun, please forgive me.
Why do you have to die for them?
There's a person who needs your help.
I can't forgive them.
I'd been thinking...
One day...
I wanted to welcome him as my son.
I'd been thinking so.
I wanted to live with him one day.
Live with him one day?
If he was important to you, why didn't you introduce yourself as his father while he was alive?
Even though you grieve about him, he won't come back.
And they live happily, if you don't do anything.
Are you interested in revenge?
I'll teach you how.
But...
Then, do you forgive them?
Shut up!
Sensei.
I want to revenge them.
Excellent.
It's duet of the hatred.
You're annoying.
Don't ruin my fun game anymore.
You’re...
Takato Yoichi.
Aka Puppet Player from Hell.
Once again, Nice to meet you, Detective Lee.
And Kindaichi-kun.
Do you have fun by doing such a thing?
Yes.
I love to see somebody suffering from a pain.
Like your face that is full of anguish right now.
That makes me very excited.
Don't move!
Detective Lee,
Please drop a gun.
Drop a gun.
All right.
Listen, lady.
Suicide is the worst method to die.
Since you failed to die several times, why don't you live long,
and to be hated like Ma Taichi,
and at the end killed by somebody?
Or, do you want to die now?
Don't!
If you want to kill somebody, kill me!
Hama-san...Hama-san, forgive me.
I knew that he was bullied by them.
However, I pretended not to see anything.
I'm sorry not to save Ma-kun.
I let you be the 7th victim.
Don't!
Don't get conceited!
There're millions of people like you in this world.
Kindaichi-kun.
I somewhat feel like seeming to see you again.
If so, our relationship will seem to be longer.
Detective and criminal.
As the parallel lines that never crosses.
Damn, he is gone.
Emergency deployment at downstream.
Hama-san, you didn't kill Ma-kun.
I think that Ma-kun understood that most.
You're a strong man.
Let Puppet Player of Hell escape?
I'm ashamed.
When we caught something at downstream, it was bigger version of this.
This moves by itself.
Lee-san, you're a funny man, despite your appearance.
Surely, despite his appearance.
Really? He looks like a troublemaker.
Hey!
By the way, this is fun to play.
Lee-san,
Can you charge this toy to an expense account of Interpol?
That's not fair! I want too!
Me too!
I don't think so.
Really? I see.
So, what I did was a volunteer work.
All right.
Thank you.
Did she speak Japanese?
Lee-san, I'm hungry.
Me too!
All right.
See you sometime, Kindaichi-kun.
This story is fiction.