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The storm was nearly upon them.

With the typhoon over the sea south of Kanto,

the rain was growing in intensity…

By the time Hikaru Taira had arrived at Mariko's manor,

a strong wind had begun to blow.

In the short run from the driveway to the front door,

Hikaru Taira had become wet as a fish.

Droplets from Hikaru's body fell steadily onto the floor.

Hikaru flinched at a sudden bolt of lightning,

and gasped at the portrait of the lady of the manor illuminated by the flash.

The corner of the piece bore the artist's signature.

Hung in the dim foyer, directly across from the front entrance,

the painting's icy gaze seemed as though it were judging those visiting the manor.

The woman's eyes intrigued Hikaru.

When Hikaru turned around at the sound of the front door closing,

someone spoke to him from behind.

A fine piece, isn't it?

The man was Hide.

He held out a towel and shirt to Hikaru.

It captures Ms. Mariko's features well.

Hide… It's been a while.

Change of clothes?

Your bag must be soaked as well.

I'm fine.

Is everyone here?

Yes, everyone but Marumo.

With so many visiting, all the guest rooms are filled.

It's our favorite event of the year.

Sayaka's been here since yesterday apparently.

The instant the name left Hide's mouth,

Hikaru felt his heart beat faster.

So, doing all right?

Yeah.

Nothing new with Kyoko or Bunta either.

Hikaru had intended to ask about Sayaka,

but Hide seemed to think the inquiry was about everyone.

Are you taking your stuff to your room?

-No, I think I'll drop in to say hi first. -Right.

Hikaru wanted to see Sayaka as soon as humanly possible.

You know it's about 5,000 yen for a taxi from the station.

So we decided to share a ride.

Just over 1,000 yen from each of us.

Saved a pretty penny this year.

The manor was laid out

with the guest rooms on either side of the foyer in the center.

With Hide, Hikaru Taira reached the top of the west staircase in the left wing.

And then, Hikaru saw something outside the window and stopped.

Hikaru?

It's nothing.

Hey, Hikaru! Took you long enough!

There he met Bunta, the fun-loving life of the party,

and Kyoko, a high-strung but loyal companion.

Bunta, Kyoko.

Ignoring the pair delighting over the annual reunion,

Hikaru searched for the person who mattered to him most.

With her plaintive and somehow ethereal gaze,

Sayaka arrested Hikaru's heart.

She seemed to be lost alone in her thoughts.

Sayaka…

Goodness, you're absolutely soaked.

Yeah. As you can see.

The typhoon's supposed to stick around for a while.

Here. A cup for the latecomer.

-Darjeeling. -Thank you.

Four other cups of tea were already placed on the table.

Where's Tama?

Huh?

She was running around here until just a minute ago.

Sayaka's reluctance to join in made her all the more endearing,

and enticed Hikaru to force an interaction by asking about Tama's whereabouts.

Sayaka?

Huh?

Tama. You know anything?

No idea.

Gosh…

How cold.

Hey.

This small gesture from Sayaka was enough to rattle Hikaru Taira's heart.

I guess I'll go get changed…

On both the left and right sides of the foyer,

guest rooms lined the first two floors.

As with years prior, Hikaru's room was on the right side of the first floor,

the furthest room on the east side.

Luckily, the rain hadn't seeped into my bag.

I was tired from the drive up the unfamiliar mountain road,

so I surrendered myself to the bed's soft embrace.

It's mostly mountain roads up here.

And with the rain and that strong wind on top of that, it's dangerous.

You know the Shirahige Bridge?

-We crossed it on the way here. -You get some sleep?

Returning to the lounge, Hikaru Taira heard

the voice of the self-appointed leader, brimming with irrepressible confidence.

I stepped on the gas. And then…

-And then? -I barely made it.

The second my Volvo was over the bridge, boom!

-It collapsed? -Completely.

-And it'll take time to fix! -His exaggerated

body language and arrogance…

made Marumo Hikaru's worst enemy.

He hasn't changed a bit.

-Will we be okay? -It'll be fine because

-I say so. -Where's Mariko?

She's been in her room all day.

-Right, Sayaka? -Busy getting everything ready.

I'll go tell her everyone's here.

Thanks.

LOUNGE - GUESTROOM

Hikaru Taira headed to Mariko's room, situated in the middle of the third floor.

Mariko?

She should be in her room,

Hikaru thought,

reaching for the doorknob.

The sight that met Hikaru Taira's eyes was

Mariko lying face down on the ground,

a pool of blood spreading across the floor,

and…

a knife sticking out of her back.

For all those who love mysteries, devote themselves

to mysteries, and live their lives with mysteries…

Which of you will conquer this puzzle in the end,

faster and more accurately than all the others?

At the apex of logic and insight lies an arena of fathomless mind and intellect…

Welcome to Mystery Arena!

REIKA MONTELEONE ASSISTANT

This year's mystery is set in an old manor in the mountains.

Mariko Suzuki is the lady of this manor, and gathered there are

a group of former college classmates.

In the middle of their annual get-together, tragedy struck!

We are not concerned with the motive.

Tonight the goal will be

only to deduct which member of the storm-stranded group

committed the murder and how they managed to pull it off.

MOMOTARO KABAYAMA

PRODUCER / HOST

CROWNBIRCH, INC. PRESIDENT

Welcome to our annual New Year's Eve extravaganza.

Everyone in front of your screens,

we have a sublime mystery to be solved tonight.

The ultimate quiz show begins now,

a battle for all the marbles between our chosen warriors of wit.

Come on, you're not getting cold feet already, are you?

Of course not.

That same look…

again.

HOSHIKUZU-EN ORPHANAGE DONATIONS ACCEPTED

Why did you answer wrong on purpose?

You can do better.

Because…

I don't want to stand out.

CORRECT: 39 INCORRECT: 1

And? What about the assignment I gave you?

Oh, that…

I already finished.

Hey.

Who are you talking to?

10 YEARS LATER

PRIZE: 10 BILLION YEN

It's just not possible.

Sure it is.

The two of us can win that thing, 100%.

Listen.

It's ten billion. Ten billion.

With that kind of money you can say goodbye to living like a peasant,

and have enough left over to keep this place going.

HOSHIKUZU-EN EVICTION NOTICE

Fine. I'll do as you say.

All right!

HEAVEN OR HELL!? PRIZE MONEY 10 BILLION YEN

In accordance with our ethos that everyone we work with is special,

Crownbirch Group has grown over the years

through many amicable mergers and partnerships with other companies.

Our expertise and technology are

always used exclusively to ensure smiles and happy futures for everyone.

Mr. Kabayama, make sure to double-check your choreography.

Over 20 million real-time viewers at program start.

It's a record high.

Okay, time for the main event!

Three, two…

And now, it's officially time for this year's Mystery Arena!

And our contestants' brilliant deductions

aren't the only thing to thrill our audience.

That's right, there's also the enormous cash prize!

The first one to solve the mystery written in our show bible…

will walk away with ten billion yen!

IMPOSSIBLE QUIZ SHOW! 20TH ANNIVERSARY!

But, wow, it's been so many years, the prize has piled up to ten billion yen!

The mere mention of such an amount must be shocking to our lower-class viewers!

-Mr. Kabayama! -And tonight,

for our 20th show, we have a live video link with none other than…

Hello!

Remember me, folks?

I'm Katsura, aka Longshot.

I went into early retirement right after winning

and I've been resort-hopping overseas ever since.

TONIGHT, AT THE CASINO

-Later. -Hi.

Oh, it's just beautiful here.

There's paradise on Earth waiting for you if you win.

Good luck. It's Arena time!

Be seeing you!

Be seeing you!

Be seeing you!

It looks like he sure is living it up now.

I'm jealous!

And gathered here to try to follow in his footsteps today

after besting thousands

in the qualifying rounds, are our six contestants!

First is none other than the man himself.

Who would have thought…

that we'd once again be hearing

his brilliant deductions here?

The winner of the second Mystery Arena…

Legend!

Je suis Legend!

MAKOTO ICHINOSE A.K.A. LEGEND

The young researcher of

such brilliance, he was chosen by the government to head

the medical research during the pandemic.

Edison!

DAITO MISAWA A.K.A. EDISON

Good evening.

Pachinko, horse and bike races, casinos…

The intuition and luck this man has built up in games of chance are unrivaled.

Once he gets into the zone, he is unstoppable!

Gamble!

SHOTA KUKI A.K.A. GAMBLE

Who's to blame for endless days stuck in the same dead-end temp job?

The way you tell it, life is predetermined the moment you're born.

And you can be the one to prove that wrong!

Unlucky Day!

KENJI SHIWASUDA A.K.A. UNLUCKY DAY

The one you've all been waiting for!

A winner of the venerable mystery award, ANO Mystery!

The award went to one of my personal favorites, titled…

Pointy Tusk!

It's Empty Husk!

She rose to fame with impeccable depictions and brilliant misdirection.

A major player in the world of mystery writing.

ANO-Mystery!

KIMIKO HATTANKA A.K.A. ANO-MYSTERY

It's a pleasure.

And lastly…

get your hankies ready, everyone.

Here, we have a young orphan all alone in the world…

Sango!

-What? -Sango!

Boring? Heard that one before?

Hold on now, what if I told you…

she's a bona fide genius, the youngest applicant

to ever take first place in the qualifier--

Just be quiet right now, Sango!

Sorry…

The talking to yourself is a little creepy.

THE INSIGHTFUL GIRL-GENIUS ICHIKO

Ichiko!

ICHIKO SHINOZUKA A.K.A. ICHIKO

I am so very excited to hear the answers

that these fine contestants will cook up!

But they're not the only thing

that we need to get started.

This program is an immersive mystery show

that utilizes a next-generation shared-vision device,

the Déjà vu, to create a visualization of the story in our one and only show bible.

The Déjà vu is a revolutionary gadget

that converts the brain signals produced by the wearer's visualizations

into video, allowing them to be shared

with others through a screen.

Now, please note that

the video of the story will be based

solely on my subjective interpretation of the bible.

Contestants, be sure

to base your deduction

on the text of the bible

that will be sent to your tablets

in real time as we go.

In other words, don't get too caught up in what you see on the screen!

You can cry or you can laugh, but each contestant's Déjà vu

only gives one chance to answer, so--

Whoo, okay!

Real-time viewership of 29.3 million!

Yes!

Hey! Who was that?

I can understand wanting to make sure it works, but…

Legend!

Surely you don't need to…

I pressed it because I know the answer.

What?

-Wait, what? -No way…

-Faster than us… -Unbelievable!

That's the stuff!

This is it!

This is the moment I've been dreaming of since that day 18 years ago.

This is the thrill that no amount of money could ever buy!

Okay, Legend, step right up to the answer stage.

From this point, instead of Mr. Kabayama…

…the video will be provided by our current answerer, Legend.

Let's see what theory he presents for us.

Will we witness the glory of Legend once again?

Reach out and grasp your future! With your own deductive skills!

The culprit is…

The discoverer of Mariko's body, Hikaru!

What?

The first one to find the body?

And here I thought that Hikaru was our protagonist.

Our first guess is already a shocker.

He truly is a legend.

This is what Mystery Arena is all about!

But this fact is is hidden by

multiple misdirections artfully included…

in the structure of the narrative itself.

LEGEND'S DEDUCTION:

THE CULPRIT IS HIKARU TAIRA WHO FOUND MARIKO'S BODY

Mystery fiction has a number of unwritten rules.

The more refined the work,

the more likely it is that the crucial clues are all in the opening.

There were three points that brought me to my conclusion.

I'll start with the simplest.

Point one.

After catching up with his friends,

Hikaru said he "surrendered himself to the bed's soft embrace."

From the surrounding text,

it makes sense to think that this means he fell asleep.

But I want you to recall something.

We never actually saw Hikaru sleeping.

That's right.

The context and vague language of the story

led us to believe that Hikaru was asleep.

Why would he tuck in his shirt

and tighten his belt only to lie down?

After "relinquishing himself"

and taking a breather…

Hikaru used this blank space to murder Mariko.

He then innocently returned to the lounge

before going back

to her room and "discovering" her body.

His sudden monologue, which appears nowhere else in the story…

I was tired…

…is the proof.

I surrendered myself to the bed's soft embrace.

There was indeed a monologue spoken by Hikaru there.

My second point is Hikaru's unusual behavior.

Why didn't Hikaru take the change of clothes from Hide?

Normally, if you were soaked so heavily in the rain,

it would only be natural to take the clothes and get changed right away.

But instead of going to his room to change into his own clothes,

Hikaru headed straight to the lounge.

And then my third point.

Hikaru went to the lounge drenched.

We can surmise that this was because

he wanted to see his beloved Sayaka as soon as possible.

But if so, wouldn't it be better to change into the clothes from Hide,

rather than showing up soaked?

Who wouldn't take every chance to look their best

for the object of their affection?

And yet, Hikaru didn't change.

Did he not like Hide's clothes? No,

it's not that he didn't change.

It's because he couldn't change!

The fact that Hikaru's smoldering gaze

was directed at a woman, and moreover,

that Mr. Kabayama's picture of him was a man,

led us to believe without doubt

that Hikaru was, in fact, male.

However…

Hey, Hikaru! Took you long enough.

-So nice to see you again. -Bunta, Kyoko.

Huh?

I just assumed he was a man when I read it.

The gender changed…

Isn't that against the rules?

No, they haven't broken any rules.

They told us at the beginning.

The video is just Mr. Kabayama's subjective imagining of the text.

Wait, what?

In other words, different readers could easily

interpret the same text in different ways to create different visuals.

It is written such that Hikaru could be either.

At any rate,

it isn't safe to just take the video from Mr. Kabayama's imagination at face value.

Exactly!

That's why they used the gender-neutral name "Hikaru."

That was the biggest hint there was, right from the first line.

LEGEND'S DEDUCTION: THE CULPRIT IS FEMALE HIKARU TAIRA

Brilliant!

We might just have a winner on our hands here.

Is that your final answer, Legend?

Once I make the call, there's no going back.

Will it be heaven or hell?

Legend, your answer once again, if you please.

The killer is…

the woman who discovered the body, Hikaru!

FEMALE HIKARU AS THE CULPRIT

Thank you very much!

Now, Legend, if you would, please go to the answerer's booth

and stand by until the correctness of your deduction is revealed.

While Legend's answer included the theory

that Hikaru is a woman,

to avoid confusion,

I will continue to picture him as a man just as I have thus far,

until the story makes it clear one way or the other.

Sorry for giving you the right answer from the beginning.

-Well, that was quite a climax… -I think we might be in trouble.

Let's move on to the next part of the story.

Looking down at Mariko lying in the pool of blood,

Hikaru Taira simply stood there, unable to move,

as he heard multiple sets of footsteps approaching.

The first to enter the room was…

Marumo.

What's going on?

Don't come in!

At their feet,

Tama was crying.

Is she really dead?

I checked her pulse, but…

You touched the body?

All right,

no one else touch anything.

-I'll investigate. -Hold on.

What makes it okay for you?

Because we know for sure that I didn't do it.

What? How?

And even if we call the police,

they won't be able to get here soon with the bridge out.

We're trapped here in this manor.

Try letting the killer walk around free, see what happens.

We could wake up tomorrow morning with another body on our hands.

She's pretty cold.

It's been a while since she was killed.

We don't even know for sure if it was murde--

Of course it was!

How do you stab yourself in the back?

Given that the manor is isolated from the outside world,

one of us must have done it.

Then it could've been you.

I just got here and was in the lounge the whole time.

But you could have snuck in and killed her,

then acted like you just got here--

Marumo, Taira, that's enough!

It's pretty clear that

the number one suspect right now…

is you.

You can't be serious.

I was up late…

with Mariko last night…

SAYAKA: YESTERDAY NIGHT SPENDS TIME WITH MARIKO

I got here a bit before noon today, on my motorcycle.

When, more precisely?

11:30 a.m. or so.

The three of us had lunch after that.

Right?

After that, we just hung out for a bit.

Then Hide called asking for help with his luggage, so I went to the station.

Hide met up with Bunta,

and we all came here together.

I think…

it was around 2:00 p.m.

And where was Mariko?

We didn't see her.

But Hide did talk to her on the phone.

Ms. Mariko had been in her room since lunch.

She asked me to clean out the guest rooms from the first floor up

and wax the east stairway.

I talked with her a bit too, so that's for sure.

Hey, Mariko, long time no see! Come down for a second. Huh?

Okay. See you at night, then.

14:00 MARIKO ALIVE

What was everyone else doing?

After unpacking, I think we were pretty much in the lounge the whole time.

But not everyone was there the whole time.

Yeah. Was it just you who was in the lounge the whole time, Sayaka?

Yes.

And there was always someone else with me.

I'm gonna go unpack.

Sayaka.

Which means

that Sayaka's the only one with an alibi.

Then Hikaru came.

I think it was just before 4:30 p.m. or so.

We met at the entrance and went to the lounge.

But, Hikaru, you weren't there when I arrived.

I was in my room.

Alone?

Yeah, so?

And Mariko's body was found at 5:45 p.m.

17:45 MARIKO'S BODY FOUND

MARIKO - HIKARU - SAYAKA BUNTA - KYOKO - HIDE - MARUMO

MEET AT THE STATION 14:00

TALK WITH MARIKO ON PHONE

Well, I'm stumped.

We all could have been anywhere, there's no way to narrow it down.

Would've been nice if the killer left footprints.

What do you mean?

I waxed the east stairway.

Anyone going through would leave a mark until it dries.

Tama, though…

Tama! Tama, no!

She just had to be in the way trying to walk all over the place.

That was a pain.

Anyway, then I noticed Hikaru's car arrived and went down to the foyer.

That!

Is that true?

If they couldn't use the east stairway…

In order to get to Mariko's room on the third floor…

MASTER BEDROOM

…the killer would have had to use the west stairway.

Sayaka,

you said you were in the lounge the whole time, right?

I was reading,

but I didn't see anyone go up the west stairs.

Are there any other ways to get inside the manor?

After Hikaru got here,

I locked the doors.

And all the first floor windows that could be big enough for a person…

don't open.

Hikaru realized something and muttered to himself.

"Which means that no one could have gotten…

in or out."

And there we go! Our answerer is…

the former…

the former…

the former top-class researcher,

Edison!

Pardon me.

That almost makes it sound like you're washed up.

Now, Edison, to the stage, please.

ELITE RESEARCHER EDISON TAKES THE STAGE!

NO ONE HAS AN ALIBI! ONLY THE WEST STAIRCASE WAS ACCESSIBLE!

UNMASK THE MURDERER AND FIND OUT HOW MARIKO WAS KILLED!

Sayaka's testimony has revealed the manor to be cut off completely from the outside.

How will Edison unravel this mystery?

Reach out and grasp your future! With your own deductive skills!

The crime would be possible if there was more than one culprit.

I'll call this person "A."

While A was keeping Sayaka's attention,

another, B, went to Mariko's room.

B killed Mariko,

and casually strolled back to the lounge.

Aside from Hide, who was waxing the east stairway,

the only ones who could have done this

are Bunta…

and Kyoko.

But it wouldn't be Mystery Arena if that was all there was.

There is…

another culprit.

Look at these cups.

MULTIPLE PERPETRATORS

Normally, you'd think one each for Sayaka, Kyoko, Bunta and Hide.

But remember,

Hide was out waxing until Hikaru came, right?

Why would there be tea here for him?

So, whose was it, then?

-Tama's. -Tama?

Yes.

But,

not the cat, though. The person.

What?

But in the scene, when they found the body, she meowed.

Ostensibly, that was not a cat's "cry," but a person literally crying.

I see.

A different kind of "cry"?

Mr. Kabayama imagined Tama as a cat last chapter,

leading us to think that the one who interfered with Hide's waxing was a cat.

However, it isn't actually written

anywhere in the bible that Tama is a cat.

So, I looked for

hidden evidence that confirms that Tama is a person.

That taxi story!

You know it's about 5,000 yen for a taxi from the station.

So we decided to share a ride.

Just over 1,000 yen from each of us. Saved a pretty penny this year.

Right here!

If each person paid just over 1,000 yen out of a total of 5,000 yen, that means

there were four people in the taxi.

Hide, Kyoko and Bunta who joined them to help.

Then who is the last person?

Tama.

Right.

Tama being a human is the only way that the taxi fare math makes sense.

So then why is the story so eager on hiding her existence?

The answer is simple.

EDISON'S DEDUCTION: BUNTA, KYOKO, TAMA COLLUDED

Because she was also involved in the crime.

Sayaka had someone keeping an eye on her.

So did Hide.

Hey, hey, where're you going?

Ensuring that they couldn't interfere with Mariko's murder.

So there are three culprits: Kyoko, Bunta and Tama.

The three of them colluded with each other!

KYOKO, BUNTA, TAMA AS THE CULPRITS

Over 30 million!

That's a very clever deduction

for a scientist who couldn't show his face in public after faking results.

I didn't forge anything! I was framed!

So you say.

But hey, maybe winning here will earn you back some credibility. Don't you think?

Okay, Edison, off to the answerer's booth.

-Bunta was on a motorcycle… -Enjoying the show, everyone?

Couldn't use the east stairs… 2:00 p.m. Mariko's alive.

…be sure to stay tuned for some messages from Crownbirch.

WHO IS THE CULPRIT?

KABAYAMA APPEARS WITH AN AFRO!

One minute until we're back from commercial break!

One minute!

Mr. Kabayama.

Could I try speaking a bit more normally for my parts?

Huh?

As written, it seems a bit too pandering.

How many years have you been in this business?

This year's my ninth.

And you're still a nobody, which is why we write your lines for you.

On in three, two…

"Marumo, Hikaru, and Sayaka

stood at the east stairway,

checking for any footprints between the second and third floors."

Mariko had this clenched in her hand.

Feel like working together yet?

It's not the color Mariko had on.

Meaning…

the killer is a woman.

What?

Hikaru proposed to you?

And? What did you say?

It made me happy, but…

Taira's a very popular person.

I've heard about quite a few past relationships.

Me?

Oh, no, no! A long time ago, yes, I had a lot going on with him,

but not anymore.

Really?

What?

Is that what you were worried about?

In fact, I fully support you two

having a future together.

Thanks.

Actually, Mariko,

there's one other thing…

I'm carrying…

Taira's baby.

Shocked, Mariko drops her fork with a "clink."

And we have our first proven incorrect answer.

I was surprised too.

But this one's pretty cut and dry.

I mean,

"I'm carrying Taira's baby." What?

Meaning that

Hikaru Taira must be a man.

And therefore, Legend's theory that

a female Hikaru was the killer

has been proven incorrect.

WRONG

LEGEND

Oh, Legend?

No way…

I can't believe you're leaving us so soon.

Stupid!

You only won once on a fluke!

So, that's the end of Legend's run.

Let's all give him a big round of applause!

He may be a legend, but that doesn't exempt him

from his side of the deal.

It's a shame to see him go,

but, as per usual, Legend will be staying here for one year,

-helping us with our research… -What?

Come on, you're scaring me!

I said I'm scared!

About 20 years ago,

many lives were lost to the pandemic,

and many more were affected by its terrible lasting effects.

Birth defects caused by the disease

reached a level that some called a national crisis,

so our company devoted its full effort to developing a cure.

To both support the government in its recovery efforts

and to create a safe, permanent cure

that could eliminate the lasting symptoms once and for all,

we created this program.

We offer an unprecedented sum of prize money to encourage

participation in our project,

and in return, we ask for a small amount of time from everyone who fails.

While we restrict communication from

the research center to protect confidential information,

some of our guests have described the star treatment

they get there as far preferable to the harsh realities of the outside world.

Tomorrow's billionaire could be you, watching this right now.

Applications to the qualifiers for next year will open after the show.

We very much look forward to hearing from you.

TOUCH THE QF CODE FOR DETAILS!

Things are heating up here on Mystery Arena!

I can feel my heart pouncing.

-They want to answer… -Come on, Ichiko.

-You know the answer. -But…

We've had our first disqualification, but it's still a race to the answer!

And no one knows how long the story will last.

Remember those years the contestants failed by being too cautious

and not answering before it was too late.

He's going for it! Ichiko! Push it!

Oh!

ONE ELIMINATED! FOUR CONTESTANTS YET TO ANSWER!

Ota!

And Ichiko got there first!

Yes!

Well then, Ichiko,

to the answer stage, please.

THE INSIGHTFUL GIRL-GENIUS ICHIKO

It's finally happening.

THE HIGHEST QUALIFYING SCORER, ICHIKO, DESCENDS!

Ota, don't get cocky!

Okay, Ichiko, show us what the top scorer in the qualifiers can do!

Reach out and grasp your future! With your own deductive skills!

Something was bothering me about the whole story.

There's one person missing.

At this point, Hide said that

the guest rooms were all taken.

That got me thinking

the entire time about just how many people were in the building.

I saw on the map

that the manor has four guest rooms,

each on the first and second floors,

two on either side, for a total of eight.

I want to take a moment to go over the cast.

So far, we've seen…

Hikaru,

Sayaka,

Marumo,

Hide,

Kyoko,

Bunta,

and…

if Edison's theory is correct, the human Tama.

Seven in all.

Which means there's an extra room.

This contradicts Hide's statement

at the beginning that the guest rooms are all taken.

There is one way to resolve the contradiction.

Another character…

who has been intentionally concealed.

Interesting… But if that were true,

wouldn't the number of taxi passengers

and teacups on the table be off?

No.

For the taxi, what if

Hide, Kyoko, Tama and…

the secret character each paid

a bit over 1,000 yen to make up the 5,000 yen?

But Bunta did go to meet that group, didn't he?

Yes, but how did he get there?

That's right.

He went to meet them on his motorcycle.

And naturally, he would have returned the same way.

Which makes for one extra space in the taxi,

matching the one extra guest room.

The cups are much simpler.

There just needs to be one more cup

that's not on the table, because someone's holding it.

ICHIKO'S DEDUCTION: SOMEONE IS BEING HIDDEN

There were traces of this person everywhere.

Given this portrayal, I believe that

this person's definitely the killer.

Nicely done.

Here I thought she was just here for the tragic backstory,

but maybe that top score in the qualifiers wasn't a fluke.

Now then, with respect,

Miss Ichiko,

will that be all?

Will it be heaven or hell?

Your answer once again, if you please!

The murderer is…

"X," the nameless character purposely obscured by the text.

"X"?

"X"?

"X."

THE UNKNOWN "X" AS THE CULPRIT

Quite the astounding, sophisticated answer we've received!

This year's show might just be one of the greatest.

Now Miss Ichiko, off to the answerer's booth.

Hold that thought,

we have another answer! Oh, this is tough…

The hell?

You guys are good!

Now then, I believe it's time for me to show my hand.

Quite the gambler indeed, giving your own answer right away!

Now it's Gamble's turn!

Reach out and grasp your future. With your own deductive skills!

Idiots!

Everyone's thinking way too hard about this.

The truth is always the simplest, most obvious thing.

This is the culprit.

You mean Hikaru as a man?

Mr. Kabayama. Read the story right here one more time.

Let's see…

"Hung in the dim foyer, directly across from the front entrance,

the painting's icy gaze seemed as though it were judging those visiting the manor."

"The woman's eyes intrigued Hikaru."

The woman.

She's the murderer!

THE WOMAN'S EYES INTRIGUED HIKARU

I just don't know what to say…

She ran,

right before Hikaru's eyes.

Then Hide showed up right after.

That's why Hikaru looked outside here.

"Why would she go outside in this rain?"

He was still thinking about her

as he half-listened to Hide,

constantly wondering just where she went.

THE CULPRIT IS THE WOMAN

And that is my answer.

THE WOMAN AS THE CULPRIT

Thank you very much!

Now to the answerer's booth, if you please!

If Gamble's answer is correct,

I dare say he'll be able to pay off every last scrap of debt in one swoop!

I'm in a heck of a spot now thanks to your theory.

But it's not confirmed yet.

I don't want your reassurance!

I need to win this…

And use the money to research the birth defects again?

If those lies about fabricating data hadn't spread…

What is this?

I was so close to something we could use!

I can't believe Crownbirch got there first.

Big talk for a loser.

Sango!

Now, continuing the story.

ONE PERSON ELIMINATED!

The trees around the manor swayed in the wind.

In the lounge,

Hide, Kyoko, Bunta awaited

their friends' return with worry written across their faces.

Oh, don't you look cozy. Did Hide get that for you?

It's just kind of cold in here.

There are more blankets if you want one, Kyoko.

There's a whole pile in the guest room being renovated.

I really think we should go to call for help.

I told you,

the bridge is out.

Bunta's bike can handle offroad…

Even my bike isn't getting through those mountains.

And besides, it can't be used right now.

I got a flat tire on the way to meet everyone at the station.

-What? -Bunta

never comes through when you need him.

I rode with them in the taxi on the way back.

I want to eat clam chowder when we get there.

It was absolutely crammed with all the people and luggage.

Tama's words contained an amount of ire.

-Hey, it meant we all paid less. -Hey, it meant we all paid less.

I have some unfortunate news.

That is our second confirmed incorrect answer of the show.

WRONG

ICHIKO

That's right.

It's you, Ichiko.

And so the least fortunate meet even more misfortune…

Just how it always goes!

But there wasn't anything about a flat tire…

And yet it's right here in the book.

And the renovations, that was completely after the fact!

Quit whining! Shut up and get outta there!

Mr. Kabayama!

Well, maybe you should have watched a bit more of the story before answering.

Damn it!

And that's the end of Ichiko's run.

Let's all give her a big hand!

And now, we take a break.

-Going to commercial break! -Mr. Kabayama!

Time for plan B, I guess.

Ichiko, do what I say.

Grab that chair and throw it as hard as you can at that camera,

then run.

Now, do it!

Hey, the camera's out.

-No! Go left! -But…

Stop!

Hold it right there!

Why?

I'm a cop.

What?

Come with me if you want to live.

If it gets us out of here, go for it!

The contestants escaped?

General, we're terribly sorry.

We have everyone searching, but…

-Reika. -Yes?

-Help find them. -What?

And report any progress to me.

Search everywhere, including the restricted areas, with this.

What about the show?

You being gone won't make a difference.

Get a move on!

All of you!

Yes, sir!

Expensive…

Mr. Kabayama, we're almost back from commercial break.

I know that!

What's wrong, Sango? Are you okay?

If you're coming with me, hurry up.

But… what is a police officer doing here?

We had an anonymous tip from the inside.

A tip?

Nearly every person who has been on this show has gone missing shortly after.

Back from commercial break in 15 seconds!

TOKYO MPD PUBLIC SECURITY BUREAU

I see…

They used an ex-con's identity.

What do you mean by "people going missing"?

I was hoping it was made up, but…

I guess everything in that creepy ad was a lie too.

Help with research for a year--

If you call that "helping."

Legend?

Why… All shriveled…

TO: CHIEF

FAILED TO SEND

Was I…

Was that me, a shriveled husk?

Sango, you…

You were a contestant on this show?

How did you…

Sango…

You seemed to know the layout of this building.

No! Go left!

Sango, explain.

You tricked me?

Getting me to do all that studying… All so I'd get on this show?

Listen, Ichiko. I--

I don't want to hear it!

Quiet!

Geez, hot in that thing!

Hey, don't point that thing at me. Red's not my color. Cut it out.

So damn hot! I told you, get that off me. I'm serious!

That's not funny.

You're…

Aren't you supposed to be overseas?

Be seeing you!

I'm just a hired actor.

-An actor? -Yup.

Would you have signed up to this show if no one had ever won?

Sure kept me waiting.

You gonna put that thing down or what?

Wasn't easy sneaking out, I tell you.

Plan only works if people follow orders, damn it.

BE ON MYSTERY ARENA

You answer third.

Then we meet here, right?

I'm the one who tipped you off, ya lunkhead.

Why did you?

Oh, my sense of justice.

Well, that's not really my character.

This for ten years.

They've kept me trapped here ever since I "won."

I can't take it anymore.

You get me out of here and I'll tell you everything I know.

Everything's ready to go.

Hell yeah. Let's go then.

Got something I want to show you.

Come on.

Je suis Legend!

Two contestants, Edison and Gamble,

have already answered and still have a chance.

You two in the answerer's booth?

You're still in it to win it!

Sadly, we can't connect with them right now due to an equipment failure.

Let's continue the story.

Hikaru!

Taira! Please come out!

You all suspect me because I found the body, right?

Then I'll prove I'm innocent.

I'm not leaving this room until help arrives!

But… it's better if we stay together.

Leave me alone!

He's right.

We should all protect ourselves.

I'm going to hole up in my room.

Why?

Because the killer is…

Hikaru Taira.

What?

Marumo!

This is…

It's proof they're running a scam. Hurry up and take pictures.

Oh, no, that's not good. Leave it. We're going, come on.

TRESPASSED 1 MIN AGO

They've been in the restricted area.

Search the room.

Reika.

Report.

We should be close.

What? You still haven't found them?

I'm sorry.

Can't read the script, can't do this…

What are you good for, you washed-up idol!

Just find them!

SECURITY PORT COMPLETE STANDBY. SQUAD B4

Just a bit further.

After that turn, it's a straight shot to the tunnel out.

THEY ARE NOT TO MAKE IT OUT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES

IF YOU CAN'T TAKE THEM ALIVE…

Damn it… They found out our plan?

Put the gun down!

Run!

Don't move! Go, go, go! Go!

Go, go, go!

Go, go!

Amid howling wind, the screams of Sayaka echo throughout the manor.

In the room, Hikaru lies dead, strangled.

Taira!

Sayaka, Bunta!

No way…

That's why I said

we shouldn't have left him alone.

Marumo and Tama were killed

in their rooms too.

What is going on?

I was with Sayaka,

you three were together, we all should have had someone watching us!

Tama went to wake Marumo up,

but she never came back.

Then, the killer must be…

Sadly, as Tama has been murdered,

Edison, who posited Kyoko, Bunta and Tama as the killers,

has been proven incorrect.

Take that! That's what you get when you cross me!

You're dead!

Die, die, die

Die already, you piece of scum.

EDISON

Damn it! Damn it!

My last memory was in that operating room.

When I woke up,

somehow I was inside you, when you were a baby.

It's true that I led you to coming on this show.

But…

I just needed to know.

What happened…

to me there?

I thought that I could learn something

if I came back.

Seventeen years of confusion…

I felt bad for you,

but I couldn't stop myself.

Enough.

After we get out of here, you're paying me back for these 17 years.

Ichiko…

I'm getting out no matter what.

Shut up a second.

Your conviction is impressive,

but do you realize just how screwed we are here?

Longshot?

So much blood.

He's been shot.

Without you, we…

The truth will remain a mystery, huh?

This Mystery Arena,

from the very beginning…

Is it rigged so that it's impossible to answer correctly?

Bunta warmly called out to the fading voice.

I've got it! I know the answer!

And ANO-Mystery finally takes her chance to answer!

With the group's likeliest suspect Hikaru Taira killed,

along with Marumo and Tama, the pool of possible culprits

has narrowed quite a bit indeed.

To the stage, if you please!

THE LEADING FIGURE OF THE MYSTERY WORLD

HIKARU, MARUMO AND TAMA WERE KILLED IN ADDITION TO THE LADY, MARIKO!

WHO IS THE CULPRIT? AND WHAT'S THE TRICK?

Will ANO-Mystery be able to use this second chance

to regain her former glory?

Finally, the goddess of mystery has smiled upon me.

Reach out and grasp your future!

With your own deductive skills!

The killer is…

the victim, Mariko's…

son, Hiramitsu!

"Hiramitsu"?

"Mariko's son"?

Was there such a character?

"Hiramitsu," written identically to "Hikaru Taira."

WIth the same kanji characters as Hikaru Taira who was just killed.

Oh, my!

You mean that some of the places where I pictured them saying "Hikaru Taira,"

the text actually meant "Hiramitsu"?

Yes. Nasty little trick.

But I deal with words for a living, you can't fool me.

I thought it was strange from the beginning.

Right after someone gives a plausible theory,

some new piece of evidence shows up that disproves it.

And there are plot holes all over the story

that leave room for wild theories like Gamble's.

But changing the right answer every time someone guesses is untenable.

The story would fall apart.

Well, no human mind could pull it off…

That thing!

That's where it happens.

As far as I can tell, when a new guess is made on the show,

Kabayama sends a signal

that triggers an AI system to analyze it

and alter the story so that it's incorrect.

So they can create an unlimited number

of show bibles with different endings?

Kabayama made the entire system.

As long as that room is running,

we can never answer correctly.

God damn it!

So everyone who's been on the show…

Mind telling me what exactly you're talking about?

Marumo said this before he locked himself in this room.

Because the killer is…

Hikaru Taira.

Marumo's statement here must have been…

Because the killer is…

Hiramitsu.

Marumo was saying that he was going to hide in his room

to protect himself from Hiramitsu, who could use secret passages to move freely

-throughout the manor. -I'm going to hole up in my room.

That's what he said.

How could that be?

There was also evidence of Hiramitsu's existence in the opening.

What!

The signature on the portrait of Mariko.

The portrait?

There it is!

She's right!

I'm impressed you caught such a tiny detail!

I can feel my heart pounding!

Palpitating even!

So weird…

Do we have finally have the correct answer?

No right answer, that's just messed up.

You didn't know anything?

They treat us underlings like crap.

I just tried not to think about anything.

-Then… -What?

Don't get me wrong.

What would I get out of helping you?

If I turn you in,

maybe I could…

Can you really go back, now that you know?

If we don't get this truth out to the world,

Edison and ANO-Mystery

and Unlucky Day,

and everyone who signs up in the future will die.

You'd be assisting in those murders.

And the past contestants will never be able to rest in peace!

Ichiko…

I've had enough lectures from Kabayama alone.

Are you really going to let go of this chance to get back at him?

He's been harassing you, hasn't he?

And you're still a nobody, which is why we write your lines for you.

You have a plan?

Well…

Ichiko.

Doesn't live performance get your blood pumping?

We'll reveal the truth live on the show!

Sounds like fun.

I'll take over the switching room.

At Osu Kannon Temple in Nagoya

on New Year's Eve,

a crowd is gathered on the street to watch the 20th annual Mystery Arena.

The afro is so popular.

That's how things are looking out here.

General Producer Kabayama,

you have quite the amazing show.

Will you be doing your New Year's visit to a shrine after the show?

No, the whole team here will be enjoying a celebratory toast together.

Oh, I see.

Thank you once again, Mr. Ishii.

-Thank you as well. -Makes me think,

the Japanese really just do the same things year after year.

Thank you!

And we're down to Unlucky Day as the only remaining contestant.

The momentous 20th edition of Mystery Arena has finally reach--

-Protect Mr. Kabayama! -Don't move!

We've taken over the switching room.

Whatever happens here will be seen by the entire nation!

Why, if it isn't Miss Ichiko!

I thought you answered wrong and dropped out. Why are you here?

I'm here to tell the people the truth.

The truth?

These people are toying with the lives of the contestants!

Now, just hold on a second. Where is this coming from?

A sore loser hijacking the broadcast like a terrorist!

Our program was founded on the idea of a fair chance for all.

I think it's clear who our wise viewers will side with.

A fair chance for all?

Where do you get off, after making a show built on a bed of festering lies?

Every single person you disqualified

-could have been righ-- -Everybody knows

that Crownbirch Group is a highly trustworthy organization

that greatly respects the sanctity of life, right?

Incorrect answerers assisting with research is all a lie!

What?

They're all dead.

Drained of all their fluids to be used for experiments.

It's completely unforgivable!

Silence!

Seriously?

I can't believe you'd spread

baseless lies over the public airwaves like this!

This happens far too much,

people ensnared by conspiracy theories, trying to defame us!

I'm not lying! I saw it with my own eyes!

If this went on the air, it would be more than just an unfortunate incident,

Mr. Kabayama.

I'm sorry…

Reika locked me out.

Open up! Open up!

Looks like this washed-up idol is in charge now.

Reika?

Is that you, Reika?

Good job!

That's my assistant for you.

Huh?

I'm not sure you get the picture here, Mr. Kabayama. I'm in charge now.

Mr. Kabayama,

how about you try on the assistant role for once?

What are you talking about?

Well, aren't you slow on the uptake?

I'm saying that the show is going to go on!

Guards?

Would you just stand down until I give the word?

Unless you want the whole country to see you pointing your guns at a civilian.

If the final contestant can answer correctly,

I will give you the opportunity to expose the show's wrongdoing.

If he is incorrect, the show will continue as normal.

-Stop messing around! -I am dead serious, you scum!

If they get their chance,

I will be the savior that gave them the opportunity to expose the truth.

If things go back to normal,

I will have saved the show,

and will receive quite the warm welcome from the board, I expect.

I win either way.

So, what'll it be, Mr. Kabayama?

Fine.

On my authority as head of the show and representative of Crownbirch,

I will allow the show to resume.

Hold on! You know the show is--

I don't care.

I just want to put some fear into that egomaniac.

And also…

Isn't solving the unsolvable what Mystery Arena's all about?

We'll just have to hope the last contestant gets it…

I'll go to stop the new show bible.

Not exactly someone I'd trust with my life.

All right, Reika!

-Resume the broadcast! -Excuse me?

That's "ma'am" to you, you slack-jawed imbecile!

Yes, ma'am. Please take us live.

It's dark down here.

Watch your step.

Can't we turn on the lights?

He's accustomed to the dark.

Huh?

Are we there yet?

Just past here.

This is Ms. Mariko's son,

Hiramitsu's studio.

These are all of Mariko?

Those eyes…

I remember Hikaru found the eyes of the painting in the foyer quite intense.

All these years, I had no idea.

Ms. Mariko was very insistent on it staying a secret.

Hiramitsu has a condition, and can never be in the sun.

Oh, no.

But why would he…

Well, only he knows…

Hiramitsu, I know you're in here.

Hiramitsu?

Hiramitsu?

What?

What is it?

He's rotting…

Must have been dead for days.

Are these sleeping pills?

So he killed himself?

But…

So, it wasn't him either?

Then…

"In the darkness, a scream could be heard."

Come on, FD!

Let's go!

Yes, ma'am!

How unfortunate!

The eyes that caught Hikaru's attention when he first arrived

at the manor were indeed those in the painting.

There was no mystery woman,

so Gamble is now out of the running.

And…

a days-old corpse could hardly have killed Hikaru and Marumo,

so ANO-Mystery has now dropped out as well.

X!

X!

ANO-MYSTERY

There it is!

Our final contestant, Unlucky Day!

And,

that analog bell means the story is over.

Now that the final sequence has been read,

there are no more clues to be gained.

And to think, if he had hit the buzzer just a second later,

he would've been out.

Well, Unlucky Day?

Feeling confident?

I just pushed it because it felt like it was going to end.

A shrewd guess,

but it's only your theory that counts in the end.

All that remains now is the solution!

You can cry and you can laugh,

but this, the 20th edition of Mystery Arena,

has come down to the final contestant's answer.

Viewers at home,

are you ready?

Now then, Unlucky Day,

let us hear the final deduction!

Reach out and grasp your future. With your own deductive skills!

FDs, off stage.

Come on, dude.

I…

I can't answer.

Unlucky Day, you are my favorite!

To make it official, you are forfeiting your opportunity to answer?

Yes.

Hell no!

So instead,

I'm ceding it to her.

What?

What's this now?

That's Ichiko. She already answered, incorrectly. What's she doing here?

Nothing good ever happened in my life.

I've wanted to die more times than I can remember,

but…

if what she said is true…

I don't want die here!

What are you talking about, Unlucky Day?

Have you cracked under the pressure?

"What she said"? What are you talking about?

But…

There's no way I could solve a problem this hard.

So…

So instead…

I'm putting my life…

in her hands.

Please,

use my life!

UNLUCKY DAY WITHDRAWS?! ICHIKO TO MAKE A COMEBACK?!

Sorry to burst your bubble, but there's no such a rule.

I'm not breaking… any rules.

You explained it yourself,

Mr. Kabayama.

You can cry and you can laugh,

but each contestant's Déjà vu only gives one chance to answer.

One answer…

per Déjà vu.

Not one answer per person.

And…

I haven't used my Déjà vu.

Fine!

Tonight is the special 20th Arena! Anything goes, just make it a good show!

Go ahead.

Ichiko.

Take Unlucky Day's Déjà vu.

Come on, Kabayama.

Give her five minutes.

It wouldn't be fair without a recap of the story.

And we have so much hype right now it'd be a waste not to draw it out.

You worthless prick!

Now, we're going to give Ichiko a little time to think.

As you're all well aware, this program is

practically synonymous with sportsmanship and fair play.

Your time begins… now!

And time's up.

And now, what you've all been waiting for!

Ichiko will lay out the final deduction of the show.

For one last time, reach out and grasp your future!

With your own deductive skills!

It's okay, Ichiko.

Believe in yourself.

Okay.

The killer is…

a character that has already appeared in the story.

One who knows the manor inside and out,

and can move about it freely.

The killer is…

So, when's the big reveal?

Thank you for playing along and not saying anything.

Come on, Marumo. You've been in there long enough.

I'm sorry.

But… now all three of us can be together.

I'll be there with you soon.

The rest is up to you.

I think that's enough.

The murderer is the lady of the manor and the first victim,

Hikaru's former lover,

and mother of Hiramitsu, that she had with Hikaru.

Is something wrong, Mr. Kabayama?

Is the new bible not arriving?

You see? I am not all by myself.

The culprit written in that bible is…

Hiramitsu's mother and the lady of the manor,

Mariko. Am I correct?

THE CULPRIT WAS MARIKO

Show me!

Oh, no! How terrible!

The one and only show bible ever made!

THE CULPRIT WAS

-Don't be angry! You're saved. -Amazing!

What do you mean?

The culprit written in the book wasn't Mariko.

-Liar. -It's true, but…

now that the proof's been burned away due to my clumsiness,

Miss Ichiko, I cannot disprove your answer.

So…

I'm giving you one more chance.

I will write down the killer's name on this piece of paper.

If you can guess it correctly,

I will judge you victorious.

Impossible! There is no other suspect!

Oh, but there is.

The show bible is gone.

All of the evidence is in what you saw

and heard here tonight.

I'll make a special exception.

You can use my Déjà vu.

Of course,

you are also free to resign.

Here too…

And here…

I just can't think of anyone

who could have done it other than Mariko.

Sango, where are you?

Sango…

And tonight's Mystery Arena has reached its climactic finale!

Until the final moment when the killer's name is given, anything could happen!

Miss Ichiko's long-awaited answer will be right after these commercials.

Hey, cut to commercial!

Going to commercial.

And we're on commercial!

Okay.

In accordance with our ethos that everyone we work with is special,

Crownbirch Group has grown over the years

through many amicable mergers and partnerships with other companies.

Our expertise and technology are

always used exclusively to ensure smiles and…

You don't even have the right to answer correctly.

Ever since birth, you've had another personality inside you, haven't you?

I had you investigated quite thoroughly.

That is…

a rare side effect of the medicine my company makes from human fluids.

Human fluids?

Concentrated intracellular fluid…

…taken from the failed contestants.

About 20 years ago,

because of that awful pandemic,

many newborns started dying,

completely unable to grow.

We started developing a new drug, but

we couldn't shake off the data fabrication claims, so the government pulled out.

We stuck with it, and finally succeeded

in creating a drug from bioactive human bodily fluid

that extended the children's lives.

From living people?

Curiously,

the more intelligent the person the fluid was from,

the higher the children's chance of survival.

So, this show is…

Exactly.

It started as a way to select for intelligence.

But there's no way I would have been given that medicine.

We were low on test subjects at the beginning,

so we used orphaned and abandoned children.

You are one of the children this show has saved.

I'm practically your father.

Are you still sure you want to expose us?

Off commercial in one minute!

Without the treatment,

all the lives like yours that could be saved will be lost.

Without Sango, I…

Exactly.

You losing here will ensure

the future of the next generation.

Beautiful!

Isn't it beautiful?

The cycle completing itself,

continuing on forever.

Your life was preserved

by the sacrifice of the woman within you.

And now you can do the same

for someone else.

It's what she would want.

It's why

she brought you here.

Welcome home,

Ichiko.

It's your turn…

to pass the torch.

I…

Back from commercial in 20 seconds!

When I give the signal, take her down.

I…

I…

My God, get a grip!

You're being pathetic.

Sango!

I don't remember raising you so soft.

But…

Kabayama has you caught in his web.

I've figured out who the killer is.

Who is it?

You…

You figure that out yourself.

I can't! Not without you.

Believe in yourself.

You can take care of yourself now.

No! I don't want to be alone!

No.

You never needed me.

I'm sorry.

It's my fault…

you were always alone.

You're wrong!

I wasn't alone.

You were…

always there for me.

You're important to me, Sango.

You're my only friend.

I'll give you a hint, as a parting gift.

Think carefully.

The hint…

is this.

You gotta win, Ichiko.

Don't…

let there be any more victims like me.

Sango…

Back from commercial in five seconds!

Four, three, two…

We have come to the crossroads of fate!

It's time for your answer, Ichiko.

Will it be heaven or hell?

Where will your answer fall?

To be honest, I'm still not certain.

This might not even qualify as a deduction…

But…

if there is someone

who could have committed the murders who hasn't been guessed,

I think it would have to be this person.

The people who come on this show are

worthless refuse, dropouts from society!

Would you save them or the children

who've had their future senselessly stolen by illness?

Don't be dumb.

There's no such thing as a life more important than another!

I…

want to change the future, with the people alive now.

The murderer is…

you, Mr. Kabayama!

Mr. Kabayama appeared in the manor as a narrator,

but there was nothing stating one way or another

whether he was a character in the story or not.

He was the omniscient narrator,

the story's god.

A swing-like presence that moves freely

between the real world and the Déjà vu world.

When I was in Mariko's room, I was able to touch her clothes.

That undeniably proves that,

with your Déjà vu,

you could cause physical harm to the characters.

Come on, Marumo. You've been in there long enough.

Hiramitsu, I know you're in here.

Hiramitsu?

You created the most

underhanded kind of murder mystery,

the omniscient narrator as the killer.

There's no way I could've got that.

Why did you give me your Déjà vu?

Was it your way of facing your fate?

You wrote on that piece of paper

that you yourself are the killer.

That is what I chose to guess.

Now,

we check my answer.

It is true

that I would not be alive if not for your experiments.

But… Because of that…

Sango showed me what I needed to do.

No,

this is my own decision!

I can't just sit back while you commit crimes against human life.

You have no right to decide who lives and dies!

THE KILLER IS MOMOTARO KABAYAMA

Mr. Kabayama,

please state the result for the camera.

The world is waiting!

HEAVEN OR HELL

Correct.

CORRECT

She's good.

We're here to discuss your sensational new book,

A Sickness Called Mystery Arena, which is already slated for a second edition.

First of all, congratulations on making the bestseller list!

Thank you.

KIMIKO HATTANKA

It was an attempt at a new genre for me,

but I think that I proved that it's never too late or too early

to try something new.

Speaking of trying new things,

how did it feel to be chosen to star in the movie adaptation?

REIKA MONTELEONE

I just want to do the very best job that I could.

You were a part

of the actual Mystery Arena as an assistant, Ms. Monteleone,

-but do you share… -Come in.

…anything with your character in the film?

I learned the truth about the show…

I heard that you woke up.

Thanks.

Wonderful!

So the orphanage is staying open for sure?

Yes.

We got so many donations, probably since people saw me on the show.

Speaking of which,

Unlucky Day has started working there.

Really?

-Good for him. -Hey, I'm doing laundry now.

And Edison is back at his former lab after clearing the allegations against him.

He's waiting for his new cure to be approved.

The government is moving as fast as it can

while ensuring safety, apparently.

Still wild to think that all those accusations

against Edison were Kabayama working through his group's companies.

So awful. Just so his company could corner the market.

At any rate,

we took down his whole murderous system thanks to you.

And me, of course.

Now we can only pray that Edison's new drug saves the world.

I never want to just pray, or rely on someone else.

I'm going to study hard so I can work with Edison

and make Sango's wish come true.

The mark…

Yeah, ever since that day…

Sango's voice too…

But I feel like she's still nearby.

And always will be.

For all those who love mysteries, devote themselves

to mysteries, and live with mysteries…

At the apex of logic and insight lies an arena of fathomless mind and intellect…

Welcome…

to Mystery Arena!

Shut your pie hole!

And it begins, Mystery Arena!

Go to sleep already!

The unconquerable show of logical deduction

that stimulates your intellect and curiosity!

If you answer correctly,

you will receive…

a grand prize of…

ten billion yen!