A while after discovering the body, Tsukamaeru is comforting Tsukumo while “N” is thoughtful, and Luki is sitting on the bed quite worried. Finally, the missing person enters the room, everyone looks toward Madoka, who looks a little different than normal. After she gets scared when she sees the corpse, “N” looks at her and speaks. - Why did it take you so long?
- I'm sorry, Mr. Detective, I was totally unable to find my makeup no matter how much I searched...
- I don't think this was the time to put on your makeup, Madoka... - Tsuka, who continues caressing Tsukumo's head while she cries, speaks in a rather dry tone. - I'm sorry, Tsukamaeru-san... I didn't know it was really going to be something so serious, I thought our plan was foolproof...
- And it was. I was supposed to keep an eye on Kanjou-san, but… Tsk, the drowsiness took over me.
- How curious, N, I also had the same plan...
- I have no doubt that you did, Kanjou-san. Hey, Luki, answer me, did you leave the door locked? - Without looking at him, Luki simply said “yes” with almost no energy, completely turned off. - Gosh, that boy doesn't look good at all... But well, if the door was closed, I couldn't have gone in to kill the victim...
- Stop right there, N. Don't think I don't see where this is going, and it's clearly not the time. First of all, even if the door is closed, I recommend you check it. It has a bullet hole, the culprit shot from outside the room.
- That seems pretty dangerous... You could have given it to your sister... Unless she was with you... Giving you exact instructions on where Michaela was.
- AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH - Tsukumo runs out of the room, completely ignoring even Tsukamaeru, who runs after her instantly. Madoka approaches “N,” slapping him before chasing the girls. N puts his hand on his affected cheek, looking towards Luki. - Come on, Luki, we have to follow them.
- Leave me alone…
- I can't do that, if I do, you could very well be the next victim. - Luki remains silent, he doesn't seem to want to move, and N has much less desire to leave those three alone, so he runs off to chase them, this clearly has to be a plan.
- Tsukumo finishes running when she reaches the roller coaster, sitting right next to the car in which Plamik's body was, to start crying right there. A person slowly approaches the girl, sitting right next to her. - Tsukumo-chan… Was Plamik your friend?
-... M-maybe we weren't together for long, but... I want to believe so...
- And Michaela...?
- She was good to me... But I don't know if it would be correct to call her my friend when she was much older than me... And popular... Hahaha...
- If we took that into account, I couldn't exactly have friends either.
- Uhm? Don't you have like, super popular friends, Madoka-san?
- Not really, that type of person is like really snob... Well, I am a friend of the daughter of the president of Paris, and she is kinda snob, but... She's a little bit more sincere that them.
- So, you do have popular friends!
- Yeah, I guess you could say we have a similar status, but my other friend, Mizuki... I guess you could say she has money, but she's not exactly popular.
- How many friends do you have, then? You sure must have a lot if you're that open...
- Oh, not really... Just... Those two. I guess that's kind of all I need for now.
- I see... At my school... Everyone is... Friends with each other... But no one wants to be my friend...
- Oh really? Why?
- I'm a little old... I lost a few years... And besides... I guess they are afraid of my witch powers.
- Oh, I see... It's a shame they're afraid of them, your powers must be wonderful, Tsukumo!
- Hehe... Plamik thought the same... He was my first friend...
- …Hey, what about your sister?
- Tsuka? She treats me well, but she's a little taciturn... And she's usually busy with work.
- Hmm… I understand… I can more or less relate to that.
- Huh? Oh really?
- My parents didn't spend time with me either, instead, they made me take classes of all kinds, they wanted me to be perfect, to know how to do everything well. I guess it turned out well for them, in that sense...
- Eeeeh? That sounds very stressful...
- Hahaha, don't worry about it, I'm fine right now.
- Hmm... I'm glad Tsuka isn't like that... I'd hit her with a fireball!
- How funny you are, I wish things were so simple...
- Grrr... If the culprit appeared in front of me, I would simply stop him with my magic! But he is a coward! Although I'm almost ready to do it with that detective...
- Hold on a little longer, will you?
- But... Michaela... Plamik... Maybe my sister is next... Or you... I want to be able to stop the culprit now...
-...We will find him, Tsuku- - An explosive sound echoes through the park, and when an object moving at enormous speeds pierces Madoka Marui's skull, making Tsukumo open her eyes wide, giving a gigantic scream again for a few seconds, which after echoing throughout the park, makes Tsukumo faint. After a while, Tsukamaeru and "N" arrive following the scream, seeing the corpse that is quickly identified as dead by the Detective, Tsukamaeru changes her focus to Tsukumo to identify her condition, sighing in relief when seeing that she is simply passed out.
- Shall we continue with what we did before, Kanjou-san? - Smiling and getting up from seeing the corpse, N looks towards Tsukamaeru. - Is there anything else you want to say? I thought you were done with your whole argument.
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- Not at all. Let's do a little summary. You waited for me to fall asleep before going out to commit your crime, after obtaining the gun you went to the other room and made Tsukumo open the door, however, you committed a small additional step... Shooting through the door. This probably had two objectives: One, to slightly reduce the noise that Luki would hear from inside the room. And two, to be able to blame me... Surely in your head, you thought you could get away with the following accusation... I was the one who shot, and since I was unable to open the door because it was closed, I had to do it from the outside. However, seeing through that little plan wasn't very complicated... - Silently, Tsukumo stands up. - Anyway, continuing with your plan... Tsukumo would be faking his panic attack, and once I discovered your plan, you would make this whole scene to separate us and thus be able to kill someone...
-…Have you finished explaining? It's not a very good deduction when half of what you said are things that happened directly. But, apart from that, there is a small error in your “deduction”.
- Please, Kanjou-san, enlighten me.
- If I were the murderer, you would be dead. Where has the gun gone? I could put a clean shot on you. - Without an ounce of nerves, N smiles and looks Tsukamaeru straight in the eyes. - Kanjou-san, where is Luki? You probably expected him to be here with me, and with the bullets I've counted, you only have one left in the killer's gun you probably used. Or, however... Maybe you've already gone for Luki and the other gun? Well, Kanjou-san? What do you say?
- I'm right here. - Pointing a gun at both of them, Luki reveals his presence. They both look at him a little worried. - What are you doing? - Asks the Detective. - Don't worry, I only found it while I was coming. However, since you guys won't stop arguing, maybe I'll use it. So okay, listen to me. Let's stop fighting, shall we? Whoever dares to make a suspicious move will have a bullet right onto his head. - Tsukamaeru puts Tsukumo on his back. - Okay, okay, we don't need to get nervous.
- I'm glad you're staying calm, Tsukamaeru... I wouldn't want to shoot anyone... Let's go back to the hotel, follow my instructions. - Luki leads the way, with N and Tsukamaeru following, with Tsukumo passed out on Tsukamaeru's back. - N, when you say you counted the bullets... I'm doing it too, but how exactly do you know that the murderer's gun was almost out of bullets? As far as I know, the murderer could have been changing weapons.
- All bullets so far have shared the ballistic fingerprints of a single gun. Logically, it can only be the murderer's gun, since the Detective's gun simply had two bullets.
- I see… Luki, which hotel rooms did you investigate?
- Hmm? Those of Michaela, N and Alfons.
- Michaela's...? So she investigated yours?
- Yeah? Why are you so surprised? If we investigated our own room it would defeat the point of the experiment.
- Yeah, I guess... Any comments on why you didn't wake up with the gunshot?
- It sounds a lot like you're suspecting me... However, I guess I understand, being the last four... Michaela was up late singing for Tsukumo, so she put some earplugs in my ears because they wouldn't let me sleep. - Satisfied with those questions, Tsukamaeru remains silent until she reaches the hotel. Luki takes the two to the floor with their rooms, and still pointing the gun he gives them an order. - You will give me the keys to your room, and I will close the door from the outside. It's time for us to end this, everyone will wait in their room until the police arrive. - With a strange darkness in his eyes, Luki, looking quite tired of the topic, suggests a solution to end this once and for all.
-Hey, Luki... Are you okay? - Smiling, Luki simply nods, and N dramatically talks. - Hm… It sounds like a disappointing conclusion, but I guess I have to accept… Still, can we do a little assurance before that?
- What are you talking about?
- I want to make sure Tsukamaeru doesn't have the other gun in his room. Two bullets would be enough to break the lock and kill you, and I couldn't do anything to prevent it...
- I guess that makes sense, but we'll do the same thing in your room. - Accepting these conditions, they proceed to search both rooms as thoroughly as possible, but when they find nothing, they proceed with Luki's original plan. N, sitting on his bed, begins to debate with himself. - What will be Kanjou-san's plan for this... Even though I have exposed all her plans, the story is not over yet... I guess it makes sense, I haven't managed to convince the rest of the characters that she is 100% to blame. ...We will only be safe when I manage to do that, but there aren't even people left to prove anything to... If she manages to kill Luki for this... How can I finish the story...? Hm… I think I'll only have one option left… But it was the last thing I wanted to do. - N approaches the door, trying to check for any defects that could cause it to open. - At least, none in my room. I can't imagine Kanjou-san being able to break the door without a gun... - After that, N moves towards the window. - It wouldn't be impossible to escape through here, I think... Someone could perhaps manage, with a sufficient level of acrobatics, to reach a room that is not closed. And lastly... All rooms have two keys, and we gave them both to Luki. Yes, without a doubt escape through the window would be the only one available to her. In my case, I don't think I have enough agility, but I could surely escape by breaking the door... - N sits back down on the bed, sighing and looking at the ceiling. After a few seconds, a shot is heard. N quickly gets out of bed and begins to charge against the door. - It seems like it didn't take long... I'll manage to catch you, Kanjou-san! - After a minute or so of just ramming the door, it finally breaks, and N quickly runs to Luki's room, stopping at Tsukamaeru's room to see that it's still completely closed. In any case, once he arrives at Luki's room, he sees a rather disturbing scene. Luki is sitting in a chair, with his brains blown out by a bullet that seems to have entered from the neck upwards. A gun right on the ground reveals the truth of this crime. - He truly is dead... A suicide... Luki has killed himself... - N goes to pick up the gun, noticing something peculiar. - It still can't be opened... W-wait, what does this mean...? Luki must have killed himself with this gun, but the murderer's gun should only have one bullet left... Oh, of course... The gun that Luki found is the detective's. However, the gun used in Madoka's murder was the murderer's, so... Tsukamaeru had the murderer's gun on her at the time, it's not that she hid it close and Luki found it, Luki found the other one that was hidden by chance. So... She must have foreseen this, she's a psychologist, and Luki clearly wasn't well, so with the missing bullet... She's coming for me. - N puts the gun in his pockets and runs out of the room. - This is going to be the final duel, each one has a bullet, so it all depends on who manages to shoot and hit it first... I need to set a trap for her. It's time for the Detective to finish this story.
A few minutes earlier, in Tsukamaeru's room, as soon as the gunshot is heard, she tries to attack the door to break it, however, she quickly gives up after a few hits, looking towards the window. - I can't go out there with Tsukumo, however... If that was N, I can't stay here... - Tsukamaeru begins to barricade the door with the furniture so that no one will be able to enter and murder the passed-out Tsukumo while she's gone. Once she finishes, she approaches the window ready to escape. Analyzing the situation, she sees an open window on the floor below. - Okay, Tsukamaeru, you can't die here... I have to go stop him. - With great agility, Tsukamaeru lets go of his window and grabs onto the open window as best as she can, receiving a lot of damage to her arm, but managing to get hooked in the end. She climbs until she can get into the room, and leaves through the door in the direction of Luki's room, stopping stealthily near N's to see that it has been forced. Once she arrives at her destiny, she sees the same scene that N saw. - I don't have much time to be here... - She quickly looks in Luki's pockets to find her key. After that she takes a quick look around the room, seeing a bullet hole in the ceiling. - This looks like a suicide, but the gun is nowhere to be found... N must have come to pick it up, although it shouldn't have any bullets... Well, I guess it doesn't matter. Anyway, I don't have time to keep looking around here, I have to quickly go after Tsukumo. - Without looking at anything else in the room, she runs to her room again, opening it with the key and undoing his barricade. Tsukumo is still passed out, so Tsukamaeru puts the girl on her back. - I won't let you die, Tsukumo... But this is going to be complicated... I have to hide from N, he has the Detective's gun with two bullets... How can I save myself and my Tsukumo? What do I do in this situation…?
The last duel between the Detective and his Rival is about to begin. Will the Detective manage to catch the murderer? Will the Detective be able to solve the mystery in the Park of Illusions? Almost all the clues have already been put onto place, so it is time for the resolution.