Event Story – House of Mystery: They Know All! ch.16

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Akira: That means the thing we gotta figure out to escape from here is...

Gray: Yes... I feel like it's less about figuring out the mystery and more about finishing the story...

When we said who the culprit was, the buzzer didn’t go off right away, did it...? I think it's probably because it didn't matter who the culprit was...

I guess he was probably looking for the most convincing culprit...

Akira: What the heck is that, are you saying he just left it all up to someone else?

Gray: Perhaps... but he was really struggling, you know... I think he was torn between wanting to break free and wanting to make sure everything was done right.

Ren: Now it all makes sense.

Gray: Sorry... If I had noticed sooner, we could have tried a different approach...

Akira: No need to apologize. We thought that was the right thing to do too.

Ren: Agreed. I got a little carried away with the situation, actually...

I'm kind of scared to show the report to Victor and Marion later...

Nico: Don't worry about that. Just write down they were my orders.

Akira: You captain doesn't nag you about stuff?

Nico: If I feel like I'm about to get scolded, I just bail.

Akira: What a useful skill, huh?

Nico: That's enough remorse for now. So, Gray, what should we do next?

Gray: So, um... to get out of here, we need to finish the story, but what happens in the study is unavoidable... so we have to think of an ending that takes that into account...
But I'm afraid... if the ending is a bit too vague, we might hear the buzz again...

Ren: It seems like things aren't going to change all that much...

Akira: Heh, I beg to differ!

Gray: Akira-kun, do you have any ideas...?

Akira: I sure do! If we can change the ending, that means instead of looking for the culprit, we can just come up with one ourselves, right?

Gray: Come up with a culprit...? Ah, I get it now... 

Wow, Akira-kun! That's a fantastic idea!
Akira: I know right! ♪



Ren: Come up with a culprit, huh... There's definitely someone here who can pull it off...

Akira: Right? It's pretty clear who's gonna get that role.

Nico: ......?

Gray: Now that we have a culprit, we have to decide who gets to be the detective...

Akira: ... Hey Ren, if you wanna take a shot at it, raise your hand!

Ren: ... It's your idea, no? You should just do it.

Akira: Honestly, does it really matter who does it? You're the culpritー

The buzzer again...? What the heck, I haven't even said anything yet?

Nico: You're the culpritー

... It happened to me too.

Gray: We can't guess the culprit is anymore...? Maybe the detective can only make one guess...

Ren: That could be true. A detective shouldn't be allowed to guess multiple times...

Nico: If we loop and it's not working, does that mean we're stuck?

Gray: ... No, there's actually one person here who can play the role of the detective...

Nico: Who?

Gray: That'sー

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