Gokumon Prep School
Moroi Ren Prep School Student (Humanities)
Moroi Ren was murdered at Gokumon Prep School.
That was a challenge from the Puppeteer from Hell, Takatou Youichi.
Sunlight Mansion
In order to expose Takatou's plot,
Moonlight Mansion
Miyuki and I participated in Gokumon Prep School's retreat deep in the woods.
Sunlight Mansion and Moonlight Mansion...
Konoe Motohiko Prep School Student (Science)
A bloodthirsty killer is closing in on both retreat buildings!
Enami Yurika Prep School Student (Humanities)
Nakayashiki Manabu Prep School Student (Humanities)
Why do I have a bad feeling?
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Humanities Group 2:25 PM
Use your self-study time to review The Tale of the Bamboo-Cutter.
Itsukushima Ranko Deputy Head Instructor
After that will be a 15-minute break, followed by your English class.
Um, Itsukushima-sensei...
Enami-san hasn't returned.
Ah, yes. She went to the restroom, didn't she?
She didn't look well. We'll check on her.
Hama Akiko Prep School Student (Humanities)
Shikibu Seiko Prep School Student (Humanities)
Enami-san? Are you okay?
Nobody's here.
Well, how is Enami-san doing?
Sensei, she isn't here.
I see. So we've got another drop-out, eh?
Drop-out?
There was one last year, too.
A student who hid because he couldn't take the strictness of the retreat.
Enami-san, if you're hiding, come out!
The stairs are locked, so I know you're hiding somewhere on this floor!
There's no need to waste time on a drop-out. Let's leave her be.
Leave her be?
To the classroom! I won't tolerate lateness.
Science Group 3:20 PM
Kirisawa Tooru Prep School Student (Science)
Humanities Group 3:20 PM
Did Enami really quit?
She looked sick, and that was no act.
Akao Ichiyou Instructor
Kindaichi-kun.
Try translating this stanza from the English poem by Mother Goose.
"Who killed Cock Robin? I, said the Sparrow."
U-Um...
"Who killed Cock Robin?
I, said the Sparrow."
In this poem, "Cock Robin" is a term for a murder victim.
So what do you think the "Sparrow" means here?
Sparrow?
The Sparrow is a murderer.
You should remember that, Kindaichi-kun.
Kindaichi
Humanities Group 5:05 PM
That guy...
The Sparrow is a murderer.
Maybe...
Gimme a break. Sheesh!
Who could it be?
Yo.
Kindaichi! You accidentally took my textbook, didn't you, dumbass?!
What are you talking about? I haven't seen your damn book!
Kujiragi Daisuke Prep School Student (Humanities)
Hey, Nakayashiki! Was it you?!
Dammit!
Shikibu! Do you know where my textbook is?!
Hama
Hama! I know you can hear me!
Hey!
Say somethin'! Come on!
Everyone's ignoring him...
Murakami
Murakami! Then was it you?!
Hey!
Come out!
Souta is ignoring him, too?
Hey, Murakami! Open the door! Come on!
What the heck? I'm right here!
Murakami Souta
Souta, were you in the bathroom?
Murakami! Where'd you put my textbook?!
What's all the fuss about?!
You're supposed to be studying quietly in your rooms!
Kujiragi says he doesn't have his textbook.
Here it is, Kujiragi! It was right on top of your desk!
What?! That can't be!
Did you really look for it?!
A false alarm then. Get back in your room!
S-Sorry!
Everyone wants to focus on studying, not get involved with Kujiragi.
I've spoken about the structure of DNA, so finally, Kaidou-san.
Science Group 5:05 PM
Yes, sir!
Ujie Takayuki Head Instructor
What does this structure represent?
Kaidou Hitomi Prep School Student (Science)
It's the double helix, sir.
Correct. Now, I'm going to give you a little test.
Write your answers on the sheet provided
and you're free to leave when you're done.
Yay!
If we finish it quickly, we can relax a little, right?
All right, begin.
This is tough...
I'm done.
Already?!
No way! I don't believe it! With these difficult questions...
See you later!
5:20.
Kaidou-san is amazing, to finish it that fast...
I'm sure I'll need every last minute.
That was simple. I feel good.
Humanities Group 6:20 PM
All right then.
We're going to have a short test on Dostoevsky's Demons.
W-What's that? Dos-toys-everski's Demons?
We covered it in history of lit, remember? Dostoevsky's novel, Demons!
The main character has a vision of his own hanging.
His own hanging?
Huh? Someone dropped their eraser...
What is this?!
A cheat sheet!
Whose is it?! Be honest!
Everyone turn to page 32 in your book.
I'm sure one of you has that page ripped out.
Kujiragi! Your book!
I-I didn't know about this! Seriously!
No excuses! Leave the classroom!
Whatever!
Dammit! Dammit! Dammit!
Just 'cause I cheated once before, it gets pinned on me! Dammit!
Sunlight Mansion
Science Group 7:00 PM
Well, let's go on a walk our second night here, too.
Sensei, Kaidou-san isn't here yet.
I haven't seen her since she left the classroom after the biology test.
Punctuality is strictly observed. Anyone who's not here will be left behind.
Konoe-kun hasn't shown up yet either.
I'll deal with him tomorrow morning.
Now, let's go.
Humanities Group 7:30 PM
They're indifferent about Enami and Kujiragi?
There's something wrong with this school.
That reminds me, Souta.
Aside from Moroi, has anyone ever died at this school?
That's what Shikibu was saying.
Maybe she meant Aino Shuuji...
Aino Shuuji?
Aino was a correspondence course high school student from an orphanage.
He worked at a factory while going to this prep school.
He worked at a factory?
Yeah. He was an excellent student and worked really hard.
But he had a serious medical condition.
Time for my medicine.
Medicine?
Injecting myself with this stuff is what keeps me alive.
That was six months ago.
He passed away?
He was unlucky.
Humanities Group 11:30 PM
Uh-huh... That is a pain.
You've made Akechi suspicious.
Ah, well. I won't intervene, but I will share my wisdom.
Please do exactly as I say.
Science Group 11:50 PM
Enami-san has disappeared from Sunlight Mansion?!
Then at Moonlight Mansion, too?
Yes.
Akechi-sensei! Please come here!
I saw a fire from the window. I think it was from over here.
It does smell like something's burning.
Ujie-sensei!
Konoe-kun...
We've got to put the fire out fast!
R-Right!
I never thought Konoe-kun would immolate himself.
No, I don't believe he did.
I have a working knowledge of forensic medicine.
I put his estimated time of death at 11 hours ago.
In other words, this is a murder.
Murder?!
It's highly likely Konoe-kun was killed right after he left the classroom to get chalk.
Akechi-san!
It's Kaidou-san!
Science Group 12:05 AM
Kaidou Hitomi!
Humanities Group 12:15 AM
Emergency, everyone! Gather round!
Did something happen?
I just got a call from Moonlight Mansion.
Konoe-kun and Kaidou-san are dead!
Oh my god!
I don't want to think about it, but I'm worried about Kujiragi-kun and Enami-san!
I'll check the first floor. Everyone else, keep looking here!
Kujiragi!
Kujiragi! Hey! Kujiragi!
Hey! Kujiragi, what's wrong?!
This was closed before...
Kujiragi!
Enami!
T-The bamboo is right through her chest!
Kujiragi! What about Kujiragi?!
Downstairs!
Sensei! What's wrong?!
Kujiragi!
Why would he kill himself?
This is no suicide!
There's no sign of the chair being kicked over.
Someone hanged him after he died!
Enami, too...
I bet it wasn't the bamboo tree that actually killed her!
Wait a second!
Enami left the class during the subject of The Tale of the Bamboo-Cutter.
As I recall, Konoe-kun left during the chemistry class on combustion.
Kujiragi walked out during the test on Dostoevsky's Demons.
Kaidou-san left after doing a test on DNA structure.
There's no doubt. These are...
...theme murders!
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These are "theme murders".
Theme murders?!
W-What is that?
It's like a killer's code.
Kaidou-san, who left the classroom after completing the double helix test,
was wrapped up in a spiral form.
Combustion Oxygen Temperature Combustibility
Konoe-kun, who left the room during the talk on combustion,
was burned to death.
The killer has themed the murders to the class topics.
Theme murders...
They're a challenge from the killer.
Who would murder four prep school students?
The killer may be closer than you think.
What do you mean, Kindaichi-kun?
I was just talking to Akechi-san on the phone.
Considering the types of serial murders that took place here and at Moonlight Mansion,
it's extremely likely the killer is someone associated with Gokumon Prep School.
Then...
In other words, the killer is among us?!
Yeah. But from the post-mortem examination, which Akechi-san taught me how to do,
Enami was probably killed during the class on The Tale of the Bamboo-Cutter.
And Kujiragi was murdered during the test on Dostoevsky's Demons.
At the time, everyone here was in class.
In other words, we've all got perfect alibis.
T-True...
So none of us could have done it, right?
And the same thing can be said for Moonlight Mansion.
Konoe Motohiko was murdered
right after he left class to get chalk.
And I believe Kaidou Hitomi's murder
also happened right after she left the room.
Then...
Everyone who was in class has an alibi.
Then it's possible someone from Moonlight sneaked into Sunlight
and carried out the murders?
Impossible.
Using a car or motorcycle would take a lot of time on that curvy road.
If someone had skipped out for that long, it would've been noticed.
Then the killer can't be someone from either Moonlight or Sunlight Mansion.
Wait!
There's one student who doesn't have an alibi.
I see! There is one student!
Kirisawa-kun! He was alone in the private study room.
He has no alibi!
He didn't come to class, so he could've secretly gone to Sunlight Mansion, too!
But you locked that door from the outside, didn't you?
That lock is old. It can probably be opened with any tool.
Anyway, let's talk to him.
Kirisawa-kun, we need to talk to you.
It's open.
We're coming in.
Kirisawa-kun.
Wake up, Kirisawa-kun.
He's dead?!
No... My god...
What's wrong? You heard something from Ujie-sensei?
Apparently, Kirisawa-kun committed suicide.
It was in a locker.
The red and blue plastic tape that Kaidou-san's corpse was wrapped in...
The lighter that was probably used on Konoe-kun...
The rope and scissors that were used for Kujiragi... Several bamboo leaves...
Kirisawa-kun committed suicide...
So he ended his own life after killing four people?
He's the only one without an alibi...
That proves it.
"Who killed Cock Robin?"
"I, said the Sparrow..."
That guy...
Akechi-san, what do you think of the conclusion, of the killer committing suicide?
I'm not convinced one bit.
Agreed. It's like, could it have looked any more staged?
Kirisawa is no more than the scapegoat for the murders.
Yes.
This is a challenge from the Puppeteer from Hell, Takatou Youichi.
He showed us a conclusion we couldn't buy into,
daring us to overturn it if we can.
It's a method full of malice befitting the criminal genius.
I've figured out who Takatou is here.
It is him?
But I don't have any proof.
At this rate, the police can't even take him into custody.
The prefectural police will be here soon.
By then, you and I will have to uncover the truth and slap it on Takatou.
We're out of time, Kindaichi-kun.
Yeah, I know.
Come in.
Can I help you?
Five people have died, but you seem pretty relaxed, "Akao-sensei".
There's a fiendishly clever criminal genius behind these serial murders.
He manipulates the killer Sparrow like a marionette,
smiling behind his mask.
What are you trying to say?
I'll spell it out.
In this world, there's no such thing as the perfect crime!
I'm gonna reveal the trick to your magic.
I don't know what you're talking about...
...but do your worst, Kindaichi-kun.
I just can't lose here!
I swear I'll get to the truth!
I swear it in the name of my grandfather!
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Sunlight Mansion and Moonlight Mansion, two murder sites that are far apart.
All of the suspects have ironclad alibis.
The hidden meaning behind the theme murders...
I see! With this, all of the mysteries connect!
Puppeteer from Hell...
The killer Sparrow you created is among us!
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I've solved all of the mysteries!