Armed with a knife and walking carefully around the park, Tsukamaeru approaches to check the bullets found at the crime scenes of Michaela, Sunne, Plamik, and Madoka, changing wings for the last 3. - They really have the same prints, hm... In the case of Luki, the bullet came from his room so I have no way of finding it, and in the case of Alfons and Lucía, I can't find them in that darkness. I can't really trust N's statement, although it really shouldn't matter... If it were a lie it would explain why he took Luki's gun after the suicide... But there should still only be two bullets left, so even if they are in the murderer's or the detective's it doesn't matter as long as he has both. I seriously wonder where N could be right now, but I think it'll be better if I don't find him. I have to hold out until the police come, probably. And the worst thing is that it's already getting dark... Normally this park would use its dome to simulate daytime constantly, but without power, it's simply transparent. - She starts heading towards her next objective in the West Wing, getting food from the cafeteria. Once she thinks she has enough, she starts walking toward the place where she thinks she will be safest, the Power Plant. - If none of us can see... I think I can eliminate the gun advantage. - Tsukamaeru can feel something moving on her back, so she stops when she feels her sister waking up. - Tsuka… Where…?

- Don't worry, Tsukumo. We are safe.

- Madoka… Michaela… Plamik…

- I'm sorry, Tsukumo...

- Don't be sorry, Tsuka. It's my fault for not being able to stop the murderer... Tsuka, have you found out who it is?

-…It's N.

- Yes, it was obvious... - Closing his eyes, a few tears fall from Tsukumo. After a while in silence, she opens them angrily. - I'm going to char him. I should have done it from the beginning. If I had done it... If I had done it!

- Calm down, Tsukumo. No… It's not your fault, you understand? Don't do anything hasty, we have to survive.

- No! I have to go stop him before he does something bad to you! Or Luki! With my witch powers, I can stop him, Tsuka!

- Tsukumo, listen to me, please... We will be safe inside the Power Plant... Let's go there.

- B-but, what about Luki!? I don't see it here! Are we going to abandon him and N to their fate!? Tsuka, this is not right!

-Luki is dead, Tsukumo…

- E-eh...?

- Only we are left. So please listen to me and let's go towards the Power Plant.

-...I can't, Tsuka. Please go and hide there. My duty with my powers is to save you... And avenge the others... I am the Fire Priestess, Tsukumo!

- Aah… Laburnum Anagyroides, Determination… - Biting her nail, Tsuka doesn't know what to do. It is clear that her sister is not going to give up, she is too determined to do so. There is only one thing left to do in this difficult situation, bring her back to reality. - Tsukumo, you... - However, in an act of kindness, a red rose blooms on Tsukumo's head, splashing Tsukamaeru. Inert, the now forever witch Tsukumo falls into the arms of her sleeping sister. Eyes wide, Tsukamaeru takes a while to process what just happened. The emotionless psychologist begins to hyperventilate, looking angrily at her surroundings, until she sees a hooded figure in the distance pointing a gun. - You! You! DAMN YOU, N! - Leaving her sister to rest on the grass, she begins to run towards the figure, ignoring the possible danger. Strangely, the hooded figure begins to run away from the girl putting the gun away. - Don't think you can escape, you son of a bitch! - The figure seems to be escaping towards the trains, but Tsukamaeru's pure anger and perseverance make her manage to cut ground, but when it seems like she will manage to catch him, he turns in her direction still running, and throws a gun directly at her face. Tsukamaeru, somewhat dazed, stumbles because of that, quickly allowing the hooded man to get on the train and escape. - Shit…! Shit! N, DAMN YOU, SON OF A BITCH! - Still on the ground, she repeatedly hits the grass with her fist, totally angry. When she manages to calm down, tears run down her cheeks towards the grass itself. Finally, she gets up and picks up the gun, noticing that she can't open the magazine. - There is still a bullet... At the apex of the escape, he got confused about which gun to throw... Ha... Hahahahaha! You've made a big mistake, N! You made the mistake of challenging me! I'm going to finish you... Believe me, I will. - Walking still affected by the situation, she heads towards her sister. - Makiko… I'm sorry. I'm very, very sorry... - Once again, she lifts her onto his back, and checks the bullet that took his life out of pure curiosity. - The ballistic fingerprints are different, uh... So this gun must be the Detective's... And meanwhile, N has the Murderer's. I guess it's pretty representative of our situation. Come on, Tsukumo... I won't abandon you. - Walk back towards the station, calling for the train. The last thing she wants is to be run over, so she won't take that risk. When she arrives, she takes her gun and enters, being very careful that they are not going to set a trap for her, sitting next to her sister. - I did something horrible, didn't I? If it weren't for me... She would still be alive, Tsukumo... Well, if it weren't for me, I guess Makiko would still be alive. - While she is regretting her past, she hears noises coming from the top of the train. The tunnel is not so tight that someone couldn't climb in there while crouching, so... Yes, now she understands, this is his trap. If he hasn't noticed the gun yet, he probably intended to shoot from above, or at the very least, he was looking to ambush and perhaps snatch the gun or attack with a different weapon. Tsuka should thank God for her good hearing. Once the train stops, with the gun in hand, Tsuka climbs to the roof of the train, immediately aiming it at the boy standing there.

- Hey, Kanjou-san.

- … N. - Tsukamaeru finishes getting on, standing on the roof of the train looking towards N and aiming, at the same time that another gun is also pointed at her.

And so, the story comes to an end. All the pieces are there, the killer should be obvious by now… Hm? Don't you think that's a satisfying conclusion? Very good, very good... I will give you a short epilogue. Even though the killer is already obvious, I guess we have to finish the narrative. Very good, I hope you enjoy…

Epilogue: The night of the fireworks

- From what I see, you have decided to kill Tsukumo, uh...

- What the hell are you talking about, N? Could you stop this little game? I don't think it's necessary at this point for us to be with this shit.

- Hahaha, stressed? You should be more relieved that I'm willing to give you more time to live.

- You are the one who is trying to extend his life, N. That gun has no bullets, we both know it.

- Ha ha ha. You're too funny, Tsukamaeru. Or should I say… Shiori Tai. - N lowers his hood, which although before allowed more or less to see his expression, when he lowers it becomes completely clear, also revealing green hair. Tsuka opens his eyes when he sees her face, and hundreds of memories come to mind. - Poor Makiko Himiya... After using her, you killed her. But I guess this was to be expected, after all, you are the culprit of the Sorrel Massacre.

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- You…! YOU…! You're him…! You're the boy from that day!

- Hahaha! That expression…! I haven't seen you in so long, Shiori! Are you going crazy again!? Are you going to commit a massacre again!? Oh no, wait, you already did it!

- SHUT UP! I'm going to…! I am going to kill you! - Tsukamaeru is about to finish this, about to press the trigger. -

- Calm down, Shiori. First of all, I must reveal your crimes. That's the Detective's job. And unfortunately, after that, I will shoot you. It's a shame, really, you could have gone to jail if you hadn't killed so many people, but to end this story now, either the detective or the murderer must die. And fortunately, only I have bullets. So enjoy, audience! Here you have it, the final deduction!

The first crime was not committed by Shiori but by Lucía Junoire. This is obvious since she is the only one who has motives to murder Sunne and the only one who knew the location of the gun. Shiori quickly deduced this when she saw the corpse, and while no one was looking, she extracted information from her about where the murderer's gun was, saying that she would help her. Thanks to that gun, she was able to enter the power plant and murder Alfons to obtain the other one, however, in order not to leave loose ends, she also killed Lucía. To try to remove suspicion, she lured me towards the station with a shot, so that I would think that the murderer was escaping towards the East Wing and not coming from there. If I had to bet, your goal would also be to make me think that the murderer was Lucia, since you didn't expect me to find her body in the dark. In any case, that also took away the possible blame for the next murder, in which Plamik and Makiko claimed to be playing hide-and-seek... I imagine that was just an excuse, and that you killed him beforehand. Once we suggested sleeping in trios, I made a miscalculation in putting you in different rooms, I took too much care of my own life, which left you to carry out the following plan: Kill someone in Makiko's room by making them open the door for you. door. You shot through the door itself so you could blame me. I would have been able to stop this part of your plan if I hadn't gotten that strong drowsiness... What a shame as a detective. Anyway, Makiko faked a panic attack with which you took advantage of the fact that we were separated again to, while Makiko distracted her, shoot Madoka from afar. I had already said this, but now I will make a small correction, you put the gun in your pockets. If I had a reason to say... You wanted to kill Makiko right there, to try to tell Luki that you obviously couldn't be the culprit, but I arrived at the same time as you, preventing you from carrying out this plan. You were probably wishing you could shoot me right there, but you didn't know how close Luki could be so you just went about your business. Sadly, you didn't at all expect him to manage to find another one of your hidden pistols. You didn't have much choice but to probably hide them in the grass, so you were always vulnerable to something like that. But you had a plan, Shiori. You saw how depressed he was, and as a psychologist, you knew what he would do next. You waited for him to commit suicide so you could escape from your room through the window and you tried to go after me. Unfortunately for you, when he committed suicide, I broke the door and came to see him, getting his gun. Since we both had a bullet, you knew that direct combat was impossible, so you came up with your most devious plan to date, Shiori. Once again, you were going to sacrifice Makiko, the girl you kidnapped, in order to escape from me until the police arrived and to be able to completely blame me for the murders. That is the truth of this whole crime, your second Massacre, Shiori Tai. I hope you enjoyed it, but my role as a detective has been impeccable. Your gun no longer has bullets, so accept your defeat.

- I had never heard such a tremendous amount of nonsense in my life. But well, you're not a danger at all, N. You just want to win some time while you think about something, if anyone here doesn't have bullets it's you. So fine, I'll play your game. I want to see your true face while I reveal your silly plan step by step.

As you did years ago, for some reason you have a strange fascination with torturing me, so you came here solely with this in mind. You took advantage of Lucía's hatred for this park and for her boss to make her help you in your plan, and I know very well that you are capable of using people's weaknesses to make them commit crimes. Lucia told you where the gun was, and you went after it to kill Sunne. You quickly tried to pretend to be a detective, but you weren't so convincing. Anyway, your plan continued, killing Alfons so you could have the two guns under control. I imagine that at this point maybe Lucia felt bad, because Alfons seemed like he was going to treat her well, and you had to kill her so she wouldn't confess anything. After that, you wanted everyone to turn against me, so you started making moves whose only motive was to incriminate me, for example, that shooting and sending the train to the West Wing, those two things were only so you could blame me under the arguments you have already established. After we all returned to that Wing, you saw the opportunity to do the same with Plamik's murder, so obviously you searched all over the place just to kill him, and apparently, you got that lucky... When we all went to sleep, you went to Michaela's room and shot through the door. It was quite risky, I must add, but you were lucky enough to actually hit someone, I imagine you were fine with hitting whoever, since even killing Tsukumo would have served to torture me. When Tsukumo ran away, you probably tried to find her to kill her, but when you saw her with Madoka you thought it would be much more fun to kill Madoka to torture Tsukumo a little, and you approached as if nothing had happened, leaving the gun lying on the ground, luckily by that time, it was found by Luki and stopped your nonsense. However, poor Luki had to commit suicide... You picked up the empty gun probably for the plan that followed later. You killed Makiko in front of my face and tried to run away, but when I was about to reach you, you threw one of your pistols at my face to delay my pace, you wanted to throw the empty one, but the heat of the moment made you confused and you threw the one that still had one bullet, giving me the perfect opportunity to use this bullet to finally end your life. And now, N, after 8 years, I will have my revenge. For bringing me to the point where you made me commit the Sorrel Massacre, and for killing my sister.

- Your sister, uh… You kidnapped her, Shiori. After committing that Massacre that you try to attribute to me. Many people died. You poisoned the food of an entire scientific institution, which led to hundreds of accidents throughout the laboratory. There were many victims.

- IT WAS YOUR FAULT, N!

- Hahaha, I don't think the law would accept that an 11-year-old child brought you to the breaking point to commit such a crime, Shiori.

- Silence. - Finally, Tsuka has enough determination to aim towards N without trembling in the slightest. - Dies, N.

- Our long rivalry is finally going to come to an end, Shiori... Not only in this story but a rivalry that has a background of 8 years... It has been a pleasure to be the detective who revealed you. Until next time, Shiori. - N, holding the gun in a much less professional but effective manner, points at Shiori with a dramatic pose. -

And finally, both, at the same time, shoot. Two explosions resonate, and two sparks come out beautifully from the guns, piercing their targets without an iota of hesitation. Some fireworks pierce the skulls of the Detective and his rival... In the last second, the only thing the Detective can do is acknowledge with one hundred percent accuracy that they both are dead.

In the morning, the police force their way into the park, and a few days after everything is investigated and practically resolved, the following can be heard on the news.

- According to the statements of the two survivors, although somewhat traumatized by everything, the crime seems to have been committed either by Shiori Tai (F, 24) or by Naturalia Koromada (M, 19). It seems that both had an antagonistic relationship, and one of them died trying to survive the other. Additionally, among the victims of the incident, one of those who disappeared during the Sorrel Massacre has been found, Makiko Himiya (F, 18), it is suspected that she was kidnapped 8 years ago by one of the other victims, Shiori Tai, who adopted the alias Tsukamaeru Kanjou to go unnoticed. For this reason, it is considered that she is the culprit behind these crimes and that she is even the mind behind the serial killer known as Sorrel.

And so, the story is officially over. But maybe some of you still have questions. For example, who are those two survivors? Who was the murderer? Was it Shiori? Was it Naturalia? Maybe there was someone else behind all this? Did he have any accomplices? Unfortunately, these questions cannot be answered by me, I am just a storyteller. However, even if the Detective did not have the opportunity to do so, they could have answered them all, if they had had the opportunity. Only the detective can find and present to you all the evidence that is necessary to solve this crime, so if you want to inherit their will and solve it in their place, you are free to do so, but well, let me raise a question... Who was the detective? Deep down, maybe some mysteries are fine being mysteries...