Togami Marina
A certain case happened three years ago.
It was an abhorrent act of extreme cruelty.
And the people involved with the victim were left with helpless frustration.
But now, three years later,
the three young men who committed the crime are being murdered one by one.
From the weapon left at the scene of the crime and fingerprints...
Kenmochi Isamu
Fingerprint from Evidence
I don't believe it!
Old man Kenmochi became a wanted felon.
And then...
Come on! You're gonna arrest him?!
Busujima Riku
Tamaki Takumi
The old man's been framed, but I'll clear him if it's the last thing I do!
Uozaki Youhei
Komori Ryousuke Lawyer
And I'll unmask the real killer who used him as a scapegoat!
Detective Aoi Reiji Fudousan Police Department, Criminal Affairs Division
Togami Erina Togami Marina's Younger Sister
I swear it in the name of my grandfather!
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Inspector Kenmochi, Murderer
Inspector Kenmochi, Murderer!
Police Hospital
Busujima!
Old man!
I'm not gonna let you kill me!
Inspector Kenmochi! Please drop it!
Wait! Busujima had the scalpel...
You intend to talk your way out of this?
The old man isn't lying.
Kindaichi-kun!
What is this?!
Isn't it obvious?! He was tryin' to kill me again!
That's a lie.
What?!
You say that, but then why are you in front of the old man's room?
Kenmochi Isamu
You came here to frame old man Kenmochi for attempted murder.
What are you talking about?
I'll explain.
The Executioner, who pretended to be a target and murdered his former friends...
...is you, Busujima Riku!
That's bull!
He almost killed me!
No. You hanged yourself.
But he was almost dead!
That was a calculated performance where he risked his life.
My hands were cuffed behind my back and there was nothing to step off of.
How could I have hung myself?
There is a platform.
Batting Center
It's still there at the scene.
Where is it?!
I see!
I knew you'd catch on, Akechi-san.
Oof...
That's...
The height is just over 30 centimeters.
And right under the hook.
At the time...
...you blocked the door from the inside with the sofa, making it a locked room.
Then you stepped on this rolled-up execution platform.
You wrapped the cord tightly around your neck and cuffed your hands behind your back.
After that, if you go like this...
See? It unrolled right back into place.
You cleaned the floor so no one would notice that the carpet had been moved.
Busujima, are you really the killer?
Even though you insulted me at that coffee shop...
That was probably preparation for his plan to kidnap you and set you up as the killer.
Whatever! We left that shop right away, remember?!
True, he didn't have time to slip me a drug.
It was very hot that day, wasn't it?
Come to think of it, I chugged some water.
And it was already on the table when I sat down!
If that's the case, he did have time to drug it.
That's a false accusation!
In the first place, there's no way I could've known he'd drink that water...
No. You did know.
That's why you purposely chose a hot day
and a coffee shop that's only accessible by foot from a train station.
Then you left the shop right after he drank the water.
Shortly afterwards, the drug made Inspector Kenmochi sleepy and...
You held him captive in this building, didn't you?
As a finishing touch, you shot yourself with his stolen gun.
For Tamaki's murder, you planted an incendiary device in the place
where the lawyer, Komori, always parked his car.
You left behind the remote, which had the inspector's fingerprints on it.
Otherwise, you disguised yourself for surveillance cameras,
sent yourself threatening texts,
To: Busujima Riku No Subject
and pretended you were being kidnapped while on the phone.
Your convincing performance is worthy of an Academy Award.
If you're callin' me the killer, you better justify it!
There's evidence.
What?!
It's just a single word, a slip-up you blurted out without thinking.
A single word?
But first, I want to ask you something.
When Tamaki was killed, you weren't near the scene, Fudou High, were you?
Of course not! So what?!
I see. Then what's this about?
Busujima Riku
I escaped into a building,
but got a threatening text like last time!
He's gonna kill me! He's gonna kill me! Like with the other guys!
I see. Just one single word...
You caught it?
Yes. It's obviously a slip.
You don't notice?
Busujima Riku
He's gonna kill me! Like with the other guys!
I see. "Guys" is strange.
Busujima escaped from the hospital before Tamaki died in the explosion.
We kept the lid on this case, so none of the info was made public.
That's right. Tamaki was murdered at 14:00.
Busujima called the police at 16:30.
Only a few students at Fudou High and the police knew about Tamaki.
And yet, you said "guys", alluding to the second victim, Tamaki.
I didn't do it!
After all, when Uozaki was snuffed, I was with you!
I already know how you did it.
I'll demonstrate the daring trick you set up!
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There's a bathtub on this floor, so I'll use it for a recreation.
All right. That's all there is to it.
Miyuki...
Right.
Nanase Miyuki Incoming Call
When the phone fell, the stopper moved into place, and the water started to rise.
After that, it was just a matter of waiting for Uozaki to drown.
You made the call right in front of us and we bought it.
It's a lie! Kenmochi's the killer!
You still intend to bluff it out?
Shut up! I... I...
Wait!
I'm sorry, Busujima-kun!
Komori-san...
I... I've kept something hidden from you.
What're you talkin' about?
I destroyed that letter you gave me!
Letter?
You said you gave it to Kenmochi.
You told me he crumpled it up!
What letter?
Would you explain this?
The letter detailed the truth about what happened three years ago.
The real criminals are Tamaki-kun and Uozaki-kun.
They got Busujima-kun involved.
Don't lie, Busujima!
The crime took place in your apartment!
I'm not lyin'!
I... I...
...was in love with Togami Marina!
I didn't know what those bastards did to her!
Please tell us what happened.
There ain't no use holdin' back now.
You're right.
I killed Tamaki and Uozaki, but made it look like Kenmochi did it.
I'm the Executioner.
My family runs a small medical equipment company
and I often delivered orders to Tamaki's family's hospital.
Those two were always askin' for favors.
Please, Bu-chan!
Let us use that apartment, too.
But my old man...
Your old man?
I know. He rented it out so you can study for exams, right?
But you can always study at home, you know?
My house is a factory, so it's noisy day and night.
Then go to a coffee shop.
After all, your family's gettin' work from Tamaki's hospital, right?
I bet your old man would be in a bind if his work suddenly dried up, huh?
I'm always grateful, Bu-chan!
They were always like that.
Every time Tamaki caused trouble, I took the blame.
That's why I had a bad rep. Honestly, I was at the end of my rope.
So I planned to take the entrance exam at a much better med school than Tamaki
and cut ties with them.
If I became a doctor, I could've helped my old man with his work, too.
Busujima-kun?
Togami!
You're studying? Admirable!
You have this bad-boy image,
but your grades have always been good, huh?
I was a pariah to everyone but Togami, who was nice to me.
Here. This is on me.
Are you sure?
Of course! It's my show of encouragement.
Thank you. Then, to return the favor... I just bought this.
It's cute!
Busujima-kun, for someone who looks tough, you have cute tastes.
Sorry...
Who're they? Your friends?
When I look back now, I remember feeling a sense of dread at the time.
After that, Togami suddenly stopped coming to school.
And she vanished from her job.
At first, I figured she was just sick,
but she actually never made it back home.
But a month had passed before I found out.
And then I finally went to the apartment.
But they played innocent, with Togami hidden away.
When I left empty-handed,
Togami tried to escape out the window...
And she fell.
Togami...
I-Is she dead?
Bastards! What did you do to her?!
Wait, Busujima! We just gave her shelter after she ran away from home!
Liar! Then why is she...
It's true! We were about ready to take her back home.
This only happened because you called to her from down here!
You're sayin' this is my fault?!
In the first place, this is your apartment, right?!
Nobody would buy that you didn't know what was going on at your own place!
Let alone the fact that she obviously fell because of you!
In other words, if we get caught, you'll be complicit.
But don't worry.
We're best buds, right, Bu-chan?
As accomplices, let's put our heads together.
We gotta think of a way out of this mess.
As Tamaki kept talkin'...
...I somehow found myself really becoming an accomplice!
I loved that girl!
I... I...
Old man!
What're you talkin' about, you loved her?!
Why didn't you go to your apartment earlier?!
If only you'd realized before then,
she'd be... Togami Marina'd be...
Inspector Kenmochi!
Old man, calm down!
You're right. I'm a weak human being.
Like a helpless leaf, blown about by the wind...
Please, Busujima!
Say it was all your idea!
Then I swear, I'll have my dad pay off your family's debts!
All right? Please!
I didn't care by that point.
I'm sure Togami died thinkin' I was the one who was responsible for all of it.
It became clear to me when...
Where was it?
The victim had it in her hand.
It probably fell off of your phone in that apartment.
She held onto it to point you out as her attacker!
The other two have already confessed they did it all on your orders.
I... did it.
I...
But at some point, you changed your mind and wanted to tell the truth.
Why was that?
Because he didn't keep his promise.
Komori-san...
Once Tamaki-kun was released, he immediately went to America to study.
Ignorant of what happened,
his father stopped dealing with the Busujima family's company.
Because of that, the company went bankrupt and his father disappeared.
At last, he snapped out of it and wanted to reveal the truth.
But I crumpled that letter up.
Why?!
For my daughter's sake.
At the time, she had a serious illness.
I needed Director Tamaki's recommendation for her to have surgery.
So valuing my daughter's life,
I crumpled up my integrity as a lawyer along with the letter.
I'm sorry, Busujima-kun and Inspector Kenmochi!
Busujima, will you tell me one more thing?
About the man who proposed this criminal plan to you.
Who proposed it?!
He was a volunteer minister.
He said he was going to soothe my heart and visited many times.
That letter was never delivered to the police.
I don't believe it!
On top of that, Tamaki-kun and Uozaki-kun are back on the streets.
Komori-sensei said he gave that letter right to Kenmochi!
Oddly enough, that detective has suddenly bought a new residence.
I think you can read between the lines.
You've been betrayed.
Not only by your friends, but by the police and corrupt adults as well.
Minister, you still want me to forgive them, don't you?
But I can't do that!
They have to pay!
Make it happen.
You yourself may cast judgment upon those sinners.
You shall become the Executioner.
The Puppeteer from Hell!
Takatou Youichi!
My god...
Hey, Busujima.
If the old man had gotten your letter, he never would've crumpled it up.
After all, his two saving graces are brute strength and a strong sense of justice.
He did everything in his power to get to the bottom of his student's death.
That's the kind of guy old man Kenmochi is.
I'm sorry, Inspector Kenmochi.
Busujima...
I'm sorry!
My sister will never come back,
but I think I feel a little better now.
That's also thanks to you, Kindaichi-kun.
By the way, what did you wanna show us?
Actually, when I was going through my sister's things...
Don't give me that face.
She didn't mean for this to point the finger at you.
Here, listen to this.
I pray that someone hears this message.
This is Busujima-kun's apartment, but he's never been here.
I don't know why, but his two friends have taken over the place.
But Busujima-kun doesn't have anything to do with this.
The Busujima-kun I know is a serious, straightforward person.
You can record a message with this.
How interesting!
You forgot about that function too, didn't you?
Even while Marina-san was in agony,
she left this message because she was worried about you.
Thank you, Togami...
Thank you... Thank you!
I see. That's because she was a kind girl with a strong will.
Kenmochi-sensei, thank you!
See you tomorrow!
Inspector Kenmochi!
What's wrong, Detective Tadano?
There's been a murder in the suburbs!
And the scene is a locked room!
Coming, Kindaichi?
Yeah, old man.
After all, it's my job to catch the bad guys.
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It's been ages since Miyuki and I have been to the amusement park!
But there's nothing to be happy about!
We fell asleep on the bus ride back home, and the next thing we know,
we're trapped inside an abandoned hospital with the other passengers!
To escape from here, we have to solve the puzzles laid out by the Game Master!
The game of life and death has just begun!
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The Game Mansion Murder Case!
Don't worry, Miyuki! I'll protect you!