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List of Red Truth
and a couple of other things

Episode 2: Turn of the Golden Witch

New Rule
"Exactly. So from now on, when I speak the truth, I will use red."
"Everything I speak in red is the truth! There's absolutely no need to doubt it!"
"Then I shall repeat what I said. Regardless of whether they were alive or dead, the six definitely entered through the door!"
"*cackle*cackle*cackle*cackle*! Only one key to the chapel exists!"
"What is this naive move? It is impossible to unlock the lock to the chapel without the chapel's key!! Although it can be opened with the power of magic, right...?"
"Wahahahahahahahahahaha! Is this the intelligence of a hundred years of humanity, Battleeeeeeer?! When the door to the chapel is locked, it prevents any and all methods of entry or exit!! As long as you can't use magic, right...? *cackle*! Is it about time for checkmate?!"
"You talk too much, you incompetent fool. Then let me advance more on my earlier move. The six people definitely entered through this front door!!"
"...If you think about what you're saying, it's ridiculous. This morning, Rosa definitely took an envelope out of Maria's handbag... and from that obtained the genuine key to the chapel. ...It wasn't a fake, as you suggest."
"...Very well. The key to the chapel truly was the object inside the envelope I gave Maria."
"Th-That I can repeat. The envelope I handed over to Maria and the one Rosa opened are the same thing!!"

A Suspect
"Yes, that's correct. So I've decided to make a move to defeat that. I'll alter the setup. The only master keys are the ones held by the servants, one key each. *cackle*cackle*"
"Very well. First, there are absolutely no types of hidden doors. This door is the only way in or out. The only way to lock this door is with Jessica's single key or the master keys, only one of which is held by each servant. It is on the second floor, but it is probably possible to enter or leave through the window. However, the window is locked from the inside."
"Very well. `Kanon was killed in this room'. But I erased his corpse with magic, right? *cackle*cackle*cackle*!"
"Of course, this door is the same as the chapel. When locked, it does not permit any form of entry."
"I'll say more. No trick could have the effect of locking the door from the outside without using a key. *cackle*cackle*...!"

Wolves and Sheep Puzzle
"*cackle*cackle*... 'Kanon was killed in this room', right?"
"Indeed. There are no hidden doors in this room. There is no way to get in or out other than the door and the window."

Devil's Proof
"Indeed. Those are kept in the key box in the center of the servant room. There are several servant room keys, but all of those are inside the key box."
"And nothing has changed in the other conditions. Entry or exit is impossible except for the single door and single window. Therefore, hidden doors and irregular methods of entry are denied. Rejoice, great detectives. *cackle*!"
"And those were both locked. The door and the window do not permit any kind of entry or exit when they are locked. So it wouldn't work to remove the door and make a crack to slide in through or anything like that while the lock is still on. And obviously, it is impossible to unlock the door without a key to the servants' room or the master key."
"No one exists in this room except your group. `Your group' refers to Battler, George, Maria, Rosa, Genji, Gohda, and Shannon."
"Let's go back to Jessica's room. When Jessica's corpse was discovered, only Battler, George, Maria, Rosa, Genji, Gohda, Shannon, Kumasawa, and Nanjo were in Jessica's room. Whoops, the corpse of Jessica is also included. Therefore, both in the case of Jessica's room and the case in this servants' room, no humans exist that you were not aware of. No one is hiding."
"And I'll say more. No method exists by which the door can be locked from the outside without using a key. Regarding the window, no method exists by which it could somehow be locked from the outside."
"And while I'm at it. You are incompetent!"
"*cackle*cackle*cackle*cackle*, hiiihhihihhihihihihihihihihihihi!!"
"That's why I'm here...!! Come, Ushiromiya Battler, and kneel. Swear your eternal loyalty and lick my shoes...!!""
"If you accept me, all of the riddles will be resolved. With my power, any kind of closed room can be created or destroyed!!"
"Battler, don't you want to abandon yourself to the joy of surrendering to one with poweeeer?? I'll make you my favorite furniture. I'll love you so much and make you my toy until you turn to ashes..."
"*cackle*cackle*cackle*hihihihihihihihihihihyahyahyahhahhahahahahhahahahhahhahhahhahhahhahha!!!"
"There are only five master keys. There are only five master keys."
"Then kneel, make your tongue crawl on my shoes. Can you do it? You can do it, riiiiiiiight?? When you do, I'll appear and say it in red! I'll tell Rosa that there are only five master keys!!"

Fleeting Resistance
"I keep my promises. If you solve the riddle of the epitaph, you should be able to reach the Golden Land. When you do, the ceremony will end. No more people will die."

Surrender
"That's exactly right! Natsuhi's room was exactly the same, just like usual! The door and windows were locked from the inside. There is no fraud or trick, there is no means of secret passage and no hidden place! Natsuhi's own key was in George's pocket, and the inside of the room was closed off. Only the five master keys were left, and Rosa was holding all of them! And let me say this, the parlor's the same. The original key to the parlor is sealed in the servants' room. So unlocking it without the master key is impossible! The definition of a closed room is the same as always!"

Episode 3: Banquet of the Golden Witch

Prologue
"So naive. Of all of the doors that exist on Rokkenjima, none has a crack through which a key can slip."

Possibility of a 19th Person
"I have the power to speak the truth in red!!!"

Rosa and the Witch of the Forest
"A hidden mansion called Kuwadorian does exist in the forest of Rokkenjima. That is the place we were just talking about."
"Yes. It is the truth. In the past, the pair actually had a conversation like that in this place."
"Correct. This is the world of 1967. It is the world of 19 years ago."
"That is correct. In 1967, in a hidden mansion on Rokkenjima, Beatrice-sama existed as a human."
"How does that look alive to you? It's definitely dead!" (Referring to the corpse of Beatrice that fell down the cliff.)
"There are no more than 18 humans on this Rokkenjima!"

Skirmish
"Indeed. The term 'closed room' refers to a room where the inside and the outside are completely cut off from each other. Naturally, it will be impossible to even affect things across that boundary line, much less enter or escape across it. This includes an all-inclusive denial of the existence of hidden doors, as well as all possibility of intervention from the outside. Henceforth, this shall be referred to as... 'Beatrice's Closed Room Definition'!"
"I refer to all types of direct intervention from the outside, such as using a fishing line or a long, thin rod. In conclusion, there are no gaps in the doors and windows through which such tricks will work."
"Very well. I'll add to this definition that interference due to radio waves and related methods of remote control shall be impossible."
"The phones are already unusable, are they not? Ah, whatever. I'll include that too. All direct and indirect methods of interfering with the inside of the closed room from the outside of the room are impossible."
"...Even though it's a closed room, it probably isn't impossible for someone to knock or call out. The closed room definition does not cover whether transmission of intent across the boundary is possible or not."
"...Hmph. The same as last time. There are five, one for each servant." (Referring to the amount of master keys in this game.)
"In other words, the six closed rooms form one massive closed room, and all of the master keys as well as the individual room keys are shut up inside it...! Furthermore, all of the doors and windows on the six rooms are normal. No device exists which can lock them without a key, such as an auto-lock. *cackle*cackle* What do you think? It's beautiful, isn't iiiiiiiiiiiit??? Uhhyahhyahhyaaahh!"
"Kinzo, Genji, Shannon, Kanon, Gohda, and Kumasawa—these six are all dead!"
"I'll answer. There is no one hiding in the six rooms!"
"The six died instantly! By instant death, I mean that as soon as they were attacked, they became incapable of action."
"Well, it might still have taken them several seconds or minutes to die in the complete sense of the word. But regardless, it was completely impossible for them to take any actions of their own will. In that sense, I can confirm that they suffered instant deaths!"
"However, Battler-sama, only the victims are inside the rooms, and no other people exist inside the rooms. And by Milady's Closed Room Definition, remote murders from outside the room have been clearly denied, have they not?"
"...I-I'll kill that check with the red truth!! The six were not killed by traps!"
"And the definition of a trap?!"
"Oh, umm... that's it! Something that activates when a victim triggers it on their own. Oh, and that's not all! It also includes things activated by remote control or by a timer, everything of that sort!"
"Pu ku ku... So, it refers to all arrangements that could carry out a murder without the direct participation of the one who planned it out. Perhaps we might sum it up that way."
"...W-Wait! No, umm, ...I'll say it, I'll say it! I'll use the red like you want! None of the six committed suicide!"
"I'll slice up that foolish checkmate with my red treasured sword over and over again!! None of the six died an accidental-" (Interrupted by Ronove.)

The Key to the Golden Land
"......When you said `There are no more than 18 people on this island', you actually cornered yourself."

Announcement of Sacrifices
"...I will say it in red. Rosa and Maria died. The causes of death were as Nanjo diagnosed. She wasn't eaten by a spider, nor was she crushed by a mountain of cake. Don't worry."
"I will deny it with red. Rosa's and Maria's deaths were homicides."

The Witch's Courtroom
"I was in the room the whole time. Both before and after the time of the crime."
"It's a pain, so I'll add in some red and say it. Kyrie didn't think that they needed food. Since going without food for about a day wouldn't kill them, she claimed that they should not leave the guesthouse. And yet, she herself suggested that they leave the guesthouse to get food. ......Isn't that a contradiction?"
"Too bad, the reason she changed her mind was not passed on to anyone, nor was it written down! Therefore, you can only speculate as to what was inside Kyrie's mind!"
"And I'll corner you even more with red. Until the last instant before she died, Kyrie's behavior pattern of 'not going to get food = not going to the mansion' was maintained!"
"There's no way you'll learn anything! I just said it in red a short while ago. Kyrie did not leave anything written down! No matter what you find, how could you possibly figure anything out?!!"
"After Jessica was injured, Eva was constantly under Battler's supervision. Battler is neither the culprit nor an accomplice. By this, we can establish a perfect alibi for Eva."
There are no more than 18 humans on this island.
No life forms other than humans have any connection to this game.
Kinzo is dead.
Krauss is dead.
Natsuhi is dead.
Hideyoshi is dead.
George is dead.
Rudolf is dead.
Kyrie is dead.
Rosa is dead.
Maria is dead.
Genji is dead.
Shannon is dead.
Kanon is dead.
Gohda is dead.
Kumasawa is dead.
Nanjo is dead.
Those 15 are all dead.
Battler is alive.
Eva is alive.
Jessica is alive.
"Eva was with you the whole time. So committing a crime was impossible for her. Of course, Battler-kun isn't the culprit. He wasn't forging an alibi for her, and he took the possibility that she was the culprit into account, watching over her actions carefully. No chance existed for her to do anything suspicious! In short, at the time of the crime, only Nanjo and Jessica were in the servant room."
"Ushiromiya Jessica has not committed murder! She was not involved with Nanjo's murder!! Her eyes were completely covered. It'd be impossible for her to carry out a murder like that! And here's an extra. Neither Eva nor Battler killed Nanjo, nor were they involved!!"
"I'll state it clearly. The culprit who killed Nanjo was neither Battler nor Eva nor Jessica!! In other words, it wasn't one of the survivors. Get iiit?"
"Moron. I've already said it in red. Jessica's eyes were completely covered, and murder was impossible for her!"
"No matter what kind of personality she was possessed by, murder could not be carried out with her body! I wonder if you'll be satisfied if I say it this way?"
"No actions caused by Jessica's body had any relation to or influence on the murder of Nanjo! This also applies to Battler and Eva. In other words, no matter how much you try to struggle and interpret it, neither Jessica nor Battler nor Eva is the culprit who killed Nanjo!"
"Nanjo's death was a homicide. ...Of course, it was with a direct method of murder, not a trap. A weapon was readied, and he was killed with it from point-blank range in front of him! The culprit appeared openly before Nanjo's eyes, and as they both looked at each other's faces, the culprit killed him...!!"
"The red only tells the truth!!! Isn't doubting that the same as betraying the honor of that witch who's behind you, shriveling up in fear of me and hiding behind your back?!"
"Absolutely no factors other than humans participated in this game board! Therefore, I can also say this. The one who killed Nanjo was definitely a human!"
"A human, with their feet on the ground, held up a weapon and killed with it! Right before his eyes! However, the human may have been able to use magic. ...Which means, it was a witch."
"...In other words, it was me. The Golden Witch, Beatrice!!"

Episode 4: Alliance of the Golden Witch

Cause of the Tragedy
...Beato's cold eyes... felt as though they were pursuing some kind of sin. At a glance, it felt as though she still hated me for something I'd done to her... and that she blamed me for it. However, I naturally didn't have a clue, and Beato had said it herself. Six years ago, there was no link between us. Six years ago, no person called Beatrice existed for me.
The sin I am now demanding that you remember is not between Ushiromiya Battler and Beatrice.
"Ushiromiya Battler has a sin."
"Because of your sin, people die."
"Due to your sin, a great many humans of this island die. No one escapes, all die."
"My name is Ushiromiya Battler. ...W-Whoa, pretty cool."
I am the Golden Witch, Beatrice. And I opened this game in order to fight Ushiromiya Kinzo's grandchild, Ushiromiya Battler.
"Sure, I'll repeat it. Ushiromiya Battler's mother is Ushiromiya Asumu."
"...Sure. My name is Ushiromiya Battler."
"It was from Ushiromiya Asumu that Ushiromiya Battler was born."
"It was from Ushiromiya...——...hhnguh......———?!——?!?!."
"S-Sure... I- I am Ushiromiya Battler...! Because I can say that in red, I should be your opponent!!"
"It was from Ushiromiya Asumu that...—...hkkhk—.......nn'g'g'gkkhh......!!! .........*gasp*!"
"No need to suffer. I will not toy with you. ...This is checkmate. You are not Ushiromiya Asumu's son."

Ushiromiya Ange
This is my Golden Land...! A world where magic that isn't mine certainly cannot exist!!!
"It cannot possibly be magic...!! This is my Golden Land!! A world where magic that isn't mine certainly cannot exist!! And my magic was not able to revive Sakutarou...!!"
"There's no way it could!! That is a special stuffed animal! Made by Rosa for her daughter's birthday, and in the entire world, the only-"
"...Ah, nngg, aaah..."
"Yes, that's right. Beato proclaimed it with the red truth. So I'll proclaim it too. Ushiromiya Battler is not Ushiromiya Asumu's son."
"So you refuse to repeat it. Beato proclaimed two red truths, 'Battler is not Asumu's son' and 'No one except Kinzo's grandchild Battler is qualified to be her opponent'."
"...... Ange is...my little sister. ......Ah, ......I could say it."
"I can't trust anything, I can't trust any words that aren't red...!! Leave me alone, leave me alooooooooone!!"
"Hurry up and come home, Onii-chan!! Don't leave me all alone!!!"
"It's me, it's Ange...!! Dad and Mom and Onii-chan...no one came home!! I'm so lonely!! I beg you, come home quickly!"
"That's right, I'm Ange!! The Ushiromiya Ange of a world where no one comes home...!! My entire family... never came home from Rokkenjima that day...!! The witch before your eyes stole away my whole family, even you, Onii-chan...! Only you can finish her, Onii-chan!! Finish her...!! Then, take your family back!! And then, come home to me...!!!"

Tea Party
Kanon is dead. Among the five in Kyrie's group, he was the first to die. In short, he was the ninth victim.
"No, it was impossible for the culprit to obtain one. All of the master keys were under Rosa's control!" (EP2, concerning Natsuhi's room)
"In that case, how do you explain George's disappearance from the guesthouse? I shall add to the red truth. George did not go down the stairs of the guesthouse. He flew out through the window!" (EP3)
"I will repeat the red truth. All windows and doors leading to the outside were locked from the inside. Furthermore, it is impossible to lock any of those from the outside! George had no technique by which to lock them...!" (EP3)
"Your greatest sword, this 18th person X, is based on the theory that Kinzo was already dead. I knew you would make that claim. That's why I took Kinzo out of his study. All members in the family conference welcomed that Kinzo, right? All of those who met at the family conference acknowledged the presence of Kinzo!" (EP4)
"Then I'll counter with this. No person would mistake Ushiromiya Kinzo by sight. No matter what disguise might be used, they would not mistake Ushiromiya Kinzo by sight!"
"Then let me counter this way. Kinzo's life or death status is the same at the start of all four games. The setup was not different for the fourth game alone...!"
"I will respond to one thing you told me to repeat. As you reasoned, Kinzo is already dead at the starting time for all games! However, in that case, all I need to do is take one person out!! Thus far, I have been declaring that no more than 18 humans exist on this island. I will lower that by one for Kinzo!!"
"No more than 17 humans exist on this island!! That excludes any 18th person. In short, this 18th person X does not exist!! This applies to all games!!!"
(The following concern EP1)
"Valid. Continue, what about the next closed room murder, with Eva and Hideyoshi?! Even the chain was set for that closed room! I shall add to the red truth. Both deaths were homicides! It is not the case that, after the construction of the closed room, one of them committed suicide after committing murder! Furthermore, the murder was carried out with both the victim and the perpetrator in the same room! No method exists for the perpetrator to commit murder from outside the room!"
"Very well, next! Kanon was killed in the boiler room, correct? I shall add to the red truth. All of the survivors have alibis! Let us include the dead as well!! In short, no kind of human or dead person on the island could have killed Kanon!"
"Kanon did not commit suicide."
"In that case, what about the murders after that in the parlor, of Genji, Nanjo, and Kumasawa?! Naturally, Maria, who was in the same room, did not kill them! And of course, their three deaths were homicides!"
"I guarantee the identities of all unidentified corpses. Therefore, there were no body double tricks!"
"I shall add to the red truth! Natsuhi's death was a homicide! There were no unidentified corpses, and all of the survivors have alibis!"
"The bullet buried into Natsuhi's forehead was not fired from her gun!"
(The following concern EP2)
"From the time Maria received her key to the instant Rosa unsealed the envelope the next day, the key passed through no one's hands!!"
"There were no doors with auto-locks other than Kinzo's study!"
"The six were already dead by the time they were discovered! All of their deaths were homicides! All six were genuine victims and did not take part in a mutual murder! There was no simultaneous murder!!"
"There was no one hiding in the chapel. Therefore, the shut-in murder you suggest does not work!"
"They would never mistakenly think any other person was Kanon!"
(The following concern EP3)
"All five master keys were discovered, each in the pocket of one of the servants! The individual room keys were found inside envelopes alongside the corpses! In short, all keys related to the linked closed rooms were locked inside the linked closed rooms!! No key could have been returned from outside the room using the crack of the door, the crack of the window, vents or any place of the sort!!"
"All of them had what appeared to be gunshot wounds that were fatal! Murdering them from outside the room would have been impossible!! I shall say more with the red! When the five other than Kinzo were killed, the killer was definitely in the same room as them! I already proclaimed in red at the time that there were no suicides!!"
(The following concern EP4)
".........Ushiromiya Battler. I will now kill you."
"...And right now, there is no one other than you on this island. The only one alive on this island is you. Nothing outside the island can interfere."
"...You are all alone on this island. And of course, I am not you. Yet I am here, now, and am about to kill you."

????
"Not all of Battler's blue truths were valid. ...When talking about the first game, Beato clearly declared that she guaranteed the identities of all unidentified corpses! This defeats Battler's theory about the culprit of the Eva/Hideyoshi closed room murder being someone who faked up a corpse."
"Kanon did not die in an accident! For the next one, the murders of the three including Genji in the parlor, the thought that it was a simultaneous murder where they shot each other in a clockwise pattern at the same time is laughable. Genji, Kumasawa, and Nanjo were not killers!"
"The final trap X to kill Natsuhi was also ridiculous. The thing that shot Natsuhi wasn't a trap, it was a real shooting murder with a gun raised and trigger pulled! *giggle* Sucks for you...!"
"Ohohohoh, oh my, how terrible of me, you're right...! Even the blue truth for the second game was way too naive. When the six were murdered in the chapel, the culprit was inside the chapel! That guy keeps trying to explain things using trap X. What the heck is trap X, some weird mystery novel cliche?"
"It's also laughable to say that, in the case where Nanjo and Kumasawa were killed in the servant room, someone else inherited Kanon's name. No one else can go by Kanon's name! A different person can't claim that as their name!"
"And that theory about borrowing the master key from Rosa for Natsuhi's room is also worthless! After the master keys came into Rosa's control, never did any of them leave her hands! Except for the time when she lent one to Battler to unlock Natsuhi's room. I can keep on going, but just taking a quick look at them turns out like this, get it?"


Episode 5: End of the Golden Witch

Magic of Miracles
"What a rude thing to say. Kinzo is already dead, right? But he's walking around and talking, isn't he? Doesn't that mean this is magic?!"
"Grandfather is dead at this point in time. There's no way he exists. By acting like he doesn't exist, Aunt Natsuhi created a lie in an attempt to hide Grandfather's death and trick her way through the family conference.."

A Proper Mystery
".........As long as you don't lose that willpower. I'm betting on you. Alright? Make sure you don't forget. Unless this game is resolved, you will never be released. You won't be allowed to abandon this game either." (to Battler)
"After all, Natsuhi is drinking tea all by herself right there."

Furudo Erika
"I proclaim that Furudo Erika is the detective. The detective is not the culprit. No proof is needed to show this. ......In short, there is absolutely no need to suspect this girl. Even if she appears as a human piece from now on, you can theorize the same way as you always did, get it...?"
"...Because of Knox's 7th. 'It is forbidden for the detective to be the culprit'. There was an exception clause in the original, but for this game 'the detective isn't the culprit' has been proclaimed in red, so you don't need to consider the exception."
"I hate word games, so I'll say it in red too. Furudo Erika is not the culprit."
"Repeat it. 'Furudo Erika had no influence on any of Beato's games before now'."
"Sure, I'll respond. Furudo Erika had no influence on any of Beato's games before now. She's nothing more than an extra character who appears for the first time this round. She does not exist in the worlds before this one, nor does she influence them."
"In that case, what happens to the number of people on this island right now?"
"Of course, it's plus 1 over the previous number. But don't worry. Furudo Erika only increases it by one person. Besides her, the number of people on this island is exactly the same as it was in the previous games."
"Looks like it. In other words, the number of people in this parlor now is equal to the total number of people on this island."

Those Who Reach It
"This mountain of gold is the real thing. All of the ingots piled up here are real, pure gold! There are absolutely no tricks such as replicas or fakes!!"

The Frantic Golden Drama
"No. This child has nothing to gain from having someone solve the epitaph."
"Yes. In the first place, the gold of the Golden Land belongs to this child. She had absolutely no need to make you find it for her or to snatch it away herself."
"You're right. Whether the epitaph's riddle is solved or not, this child stands nothing to gain at all."
(Battler's narration): But Virgilia responded with the red text. Regardless of whether the epitaph is solved or not, Beato has nothing to gain. If she has nothing to gain, then this epitaph's riddle... is meaningless and immaterial to Beato. In that case, how much are the epitaph murders, which lie on the other side of the scales and are equal to the epitaph's riddle in value... worth to her...?
"...Let me first speak with the red. Battler-kun isn't the culprit. Battler-kun didn't kill anyone. This can be said of all games."
"That's wrong. ......Her goal is not to make someone experience fear. And it isn't to have revenge on someone either."
".........Thank you. In that case, I'll give you some more red. ...Beato never committed murder for the sake of pleasure."

Morning of Tragedy
"Detective's authority. ......The detective has the right to inspect all crime scenes. Stand back, Ushiromiya Battler. This is an official right of this game, which the human side has acknowledged."
"L, like I said, by what authority are you doing this...?!"
"Because I am the detective."

Ten Wedges to Pierce Witches
"Allow me to speak. I say again, from last night at 23:00 until the present time, the study door was not opened even once."
"Allow me to speak! Know that the windows were all locked! Palace guards, blockade all of the windows."
"I will not allow a hidden door to exist in this ROOM."
"It's because this is the mystery genre. Knox's 3rd. It is forbidden for hidden passages to exist. Hidden doors mustn't exist in the mystery genre. Sorry about that."
"It's possible that, after slipping out the door, Kinzo noticed the trick with the receipt and correctly returned it to its original place."
"Denial of that with the red has already been FINISHED. After 23:00, the door to the study was not opened even ONCE."
"Kinzo might have been a marvelous magician and an inventor, right?! He might have invented a drug that turns his body to mist and slipped out through the keyhole!!"
"No such drug EXISTS. It must not EXIST."
"Or maybe he invented a teleport device, right?! That possibility is impossible to deny because of the Devil's Proof!!"
"Such a machine does not EXIST. I will not allow it to EXIST."
"Oh, so you can examine every drug in the world? You can deny the existence of unknown scientific devices?! There's no way you can, it's a Devil's Proof! You cannot deny that they might exist!"
"I will REPEAT. By the name of god, I will not let such a drug or machine EXIST. I will not allow them to exist for all ETERNITY."
"Please, allow me to speak. Let it be said that the 'Kinzo' Natsuhi mentions refers to nothing other than Ushiromiya Kinzo."
"Please, allow me to speak! Natsuhi claims to have met face to face with Kinzo in the study at 23:00!"
"Heheh, well then... Maybe he's under the bed?!"
"A check of that place has been FINISHED."
"Maybe he's in the bathtub!!"
"A check of that place has been FINISHED."
"Inside the closet! Under the desk! Behind the curtains!!"
"A check of that place has been FINISHED. Check FINISHED. Check FINISHED."
"Behind the bookshelf, behind the closet, under the carpet, under the floor, above the ceiling, behind the wallpaper, inside the sofa, inside the chair, inside the bed, inside the blankets, inside the walls, inside a rock, inside a stone, inside the room!!"

"CheckFINISHED checkFINISHED checkFINISHED
checkcheckcheck FINISHEDFINISHEDFINISHED
checkcheckcheckcheckcheckcheckcheckcheck
FINISHEDFINISHEDFINISHEDFINISHED
FINISHEDFINISHEDFINISHEDFINISHED
<Die The death>!
<Sentence to death>!
<Great equalizer is The Death>!!"
"Allow me to speak. A noise rings out when the lock on the study door is released. Know that you cannot leave through the door without Natsuhi thinking something was odd."
"Allow me to speak. Let it be said that Natsuhi did not hear the sound of the door opening while in the room."
"Please, allow me to speak once more. Kinzo entering or exiting through the door will not be permitted."
"Know that this is useless, Ushiromiya Battler...! Know that my window is sealed from the inside and Natsuhi did not let Kinzo escape...!!"
"Please, allow me to speak...!! Then let us accept for the time being that Kinzo escaped through the window...! In that case, how did he lock a window which cannot be locked from the outside?! The window was locked from the inside!!"
"Was it shown beforehand that a blind spot existed within the study for Natsuhi? If it wasn't shown, this theory will not be permitted. Knox's 8th. It is forbidden for the case to be resolved with clues that are not PRESENTED...!!"
"When we entered the study, its structure was clearly referred to. Too bad for you."
'It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that Kinzo's study was a small villa he had created inside the mansion. A study. A book archive. A place to sleep. And a bathroom and washroom. It was divided into multiple rooms.'

Reasoning and Inspection
"...I know. 'Kinzo is dead at the starting time for all games'. Beato has already spoken that truth. In that battle, Battler-kun could only have achieved a draw at best. He most certainly had no chance at all of winning."
"...You're right. If you just say that, the whole fight's already over. Why didn't you use that red? Don't tell me it was because of a stalemate or something like that."
"Knox's 2nd. It is forbidden for supernatural agencies to be employed as a detective TECHNIQUE. We cannot use that red truth DIRECTLY. However, I gave Cornelia, who was protecting the window, the red truth that 'the window was never opened after it started RAINING'."
"'Kinzo doesn't exist' should already be an established FACT. Lady Lambdadelta and Lady Bernkastel should know this WELL. And yet, they are both leaving room for Kinzo to exist as they continue in this GAME. It's almost as though the two are conspiring to prevent Kinzo's existence from being DENIED."
"Please, allow me to speak. Before the family conference, Erika, George, Jessica, Maria, Nanjo, Gohda, and Kumasawa left the mansion and moved to the guesthouse."
"Please, allow me to speak. Of those who remain, only Krauss, Natsuhi, and Genji were in the second floor corridor, while all others were in the dining hall."
"Well, it looks like your cute piece gave it her all to think up these blue truths, so I guess I'll be nice and give out a few red truths♪ I guess I'll start with the letter. There was a knock when the bell of the large clock rang out 24:00. And when the door was opened, there lay a letter in an envelope bearing the One-winged Eagle. It's so obvious to assume that the people who weren't in the parlor secretly placed the letter there, right? Krauss, Natsuhi and Genji did not even touch that letter!"
"Not a single person in the dining hall... no, there's a simpler way to say it. Among all those inside the mansion at 24:00, not a single person placed that letter in the corridor."
"Neither Krauss nor Natsuhi nor Genji knocked!"
"This isn't the limited meaning of them knocking on the door, okay? It means they didn't use a pillar to transmit the sound or push the play button on a cassette tape they'd recorded or create that knock sound by any means! Of course, this applies to direct, indirect, intentional, coincidental, and unintentional means!"
"Please, allow me to speak. Let it be known that at 24:00, except for Krauss, Natsuhi, and Genji in the second floor corridor and all of the people in the dining hall, no humans existed inside the mansion."
"Please, allow me to speak. Let it be known that in addition to Krauss, Natsuhi, and Genji, none of those in the dining hall knocked on that door. In this sense, 'knock' includes all direct, indirect, intentional, unintentional, and coincidental events that could create a knocking sound."
"In short, this means it was impossible for any character within the mansion to be the source of a knocking SOUND. ......And 'any character' refers even to unobserved people that no one has noticed."
(Narration): For the letter to be found thanks to the knock, it would have to be reliably positioned 'on the other side of the door'. However, it was announced in red that no one in the mansion placed the letter in the hallway.
"I'll reword that red about 'placing it' in the corridor a bit. No one in the mansion placed the letter in the hallway. This includes doing so by all concepts, such as directly, indirectly, intentionally, coincidentally, and unintentionally."
"Eheheheheh, now you've gotta keep that promise. *slurp*! ......Alright, then, here's a freebie♪ I'll respond. 'At 24:00, only Erika, George, Jessica, Maria, Nanjo, Gohda, and Kumasawa existed outside the mansion'!"
"Please, allow me to speak. The letter never existed on the ceiling of the hallway."
"Please, allow me to speak. Know that the letter never touched the serving cart."
"Please, allow me to speak. It was impossible for anyone outside the mansion to influence anything inside the mansion around the time of the family conference."
None of the characters misidentified a knocking sound.
"Misidentifying a knocking sound means this: they would not mistake a sound very similar to a knocking sound for a real knocking sound. Hitting a pillar to make something similar to a knocking sound is no good. When you record a knocking sound on a cassette tape and play it back, it becomes 'the sound of the tape with a knocking sound on it', and not a knocking sound. So that's no good either!"
"In other words, all of them would correctly distinguish a knocking sound of something truly hitting the door, and they definitely wouldn't mishear it. It's totally impossible that any sounds except hitting that door directly would be misinterpreted as a knock!!"
"'To knock' means someone hitting a door with their hand, right? I won't accept hitting it with some device, eheheheheheheheheheheh!! They heard a knock at the same time as the 24:00 bell. At that time, everyone inside the dining hall definitely heard it."
"And none of them misinterpreted a knocking sound. Krauss, Natsuhi, and Genji were not involved with the knock. No one else existed inside the mansion. And that knock refers to the action of standing directly in front of a door and hitting it with a hand."

Closet
"......I see. So, anyone looking at George, Jessica, Maria, Rosa, or Genji's corpses could confirm at a glance that they are dead."
"Hmm? Red? Well, there's no point in me holding out against you. That's right, at a glance, anyone could confirm that these corpses are dead, so it is absolutely impossible that they are just people playing dead."
(Natsuhi's narration): I never told anyone except Shannon that I like Fall.

The Great Court of Illusions
"In other words, after Kumasawa returned to the guesthouse, she never went to the second floor until morning."
"In other words, after Gohda returned to the guesthouse, he never went up to the second floor until morning."
"Yes, I'll respond. At 24:00 in the guesthouse, George, Jessica, and Maria were alive and in the second floor cousins' room. Nanjo, Gohda, and Kumasawa were on the first floor."
"And, since there's no need to hold off on it anymore, I'll confirm that all the victims so far are dead. George, Jessica, Maria, Rosa, and Genji really are dead. How could they be playing dead with their necks sliced open like that?"
"...To go even further, at 24:00, Natsuhi, Krauss, and Genji were in a corridor on the second floor of the mansion. All the remaining people were at the family conference in the dining hall. Of course, at that point in time, no murder had occurred. Genji was also alive."
"I'll respond. From 1:00 AM to 3:00 AM, Erika, Nanjo, and Gohda spent their time in the lounge on the first floor of the guesthouse."
"I'll respond. After 24:00, Erika was with Nanjo the whole time until 3:00 AM."
"Splendid, Erika. Both your seal and your red truth are perfect. Nanjo had the alibi of being with Erika until 3:00 AM. And he didn't leave his room after 3:00 AM until morning."
"...It's an accepted power of the detective's authority. I have no choice but to acknowledge it. I'll confirm it in red...! Ushiromiya Battler returned to the cousins' room at 3:00 AM and fell asleep. After that, until the discovery of the crime, absolutely nothing out of the ordinary happened in the room!"
"In other words, it was impossible for Battler to commit murder or damage the corpses." (Clarification of the preceding red truth)
"It is impossible for someone to reach the second floor of the guesthouse without anyone in the lounge noticing it. ......Though of course, this only refers to reaching the second floor from inside the building."
"...Yeah, I acknowledge it. Erika, your seal is perfect. I'll acknowledge it in red. It was impossible to reach the second floor of the guesthouse without passing through the lounge, and impossible to reach it at all without Erika, who was in the lounge, knowing about it!"
"Yeah, that's right. At 24:00, Natsuhi, Krauss, and Genji were in the corridor on the second floor of the mansion. The rest of them were in the dining hall on the first floor. And as you know, there was a mysterious knock, and a letter with the One Wing seal on it appeared. The discussion surrounding that continued on until 1:00. I will say it with the red truth. Of all the people in the dining hall, not one of them left the dining hall until 1:00 AM...!"
"The red truth is simply truth, and there is no need to provide evidence, proof, or room for a counterargument!! ......You made that rule. *cackle*cackle*cackle* *gigglie*giggle*giggle* ehehehehehahahahahahahahahahaha...!!"
"I'll say it in red. When Genji finished transferring the call, he immediately returned to the waiting room. That's just a cold, hard truth, without any evidence, proof, seals or alibis, got it?"
"With the red truth, I'll guarantee that Eva, Kanon, and Kumasawa's statements just now are the truth. At 1:00 AM, Eva sealed Genji's waiting room, and that seal was broken by Kanon and Kumasawa in the morning when the crime was discovered. This'll be a pain, so I'll add on some more. During the short break at 1:00 AM, the first two to leave the dining hall were Rosa and Eva. Until Eva returned, everyone in the dining hall remained there. After seeing Rosa off, Eva went to the waiting room and sealed it. Of course, she did not enter the room at all at this time."
(Narration): It had already been made clear in red that, after transferring the phone call to Natsuhi, Genji had gone straight back to the waiting room. And because of Erika's scientific investigation, further red had been added, saying Genji never left the mansion after 24:00... Because of this, it's been made clear that Genji couldn't have reached the guesthouse, much less the cousins' room...
"By the name of the Finite Witch Virgilia. No, as the former witch Beatrice, I will grant you this red truth. Ushiromiya Natsuhi is not the culprit!"
".........Fool. I won't let you take that back, okay...? Here's what you get for being a quick-tempered moron. By the name of Bernkastel, Witch of Miracles, I speak with the red truth. Ushiromiya Krauss is not the culprit. And he was killed long ago, shortly after you heard his voice over the phone, get it?"
"Natsuhi. When did Kinzo ever say it was okay for you to engrave the One-winged Eagle into your heart? Those were just the words of the Kinzo from your delusions, weren't they? ......You know, the real Kinzo... Not once in his entire life did he ever trust you from the bottom of his heart, and not once did he ever consider letting you bear the family crest!"
"Nngggaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh!! You can't erase me! You can't erase my soul!! Not as long as the crest is engraved into Natsuhi's heart!!"
"That's enough, you lying illusion. The real Kinzo wouldn't say that. Disappear. You, the illusion of Kinzo inside Natsuhi's mind, beautified by Natsuhi to suit her own purposes."
"Pitiful woman. You will now face the truth that you never gained Ushiromiya Kinzo's trust as long as he lived."
"This is duct tape. Its adhesive power is extremely strong. ......I used scissors to make it easier to tear."
"Furthermore, I wrote my signature, which cannot be reproduced, across the entire tape, as well as the door and the frame on either side. Therefore, it's impossible to tear it off without leaving a mark, and it's impossible to reattach too...!"
"Due to the above, the seals are guaranteed to be PERFECT. <Miss> Erika's seals were not broken by anyone, and deception is IMPOSSIBLE!!"
"I'll acknowledge Erika's seals...! However, Aunt Eva's seal on Genji-san's room should be different!!"
"Eva's seal was of the same type as <Miss> Erika's. That is because this method of sealing was one that <Miss> Erika and Eva conceived of together after DINNER."
"Erika said something about a scientific investigation and fished through the chemicals in Grandfather's room, right?! There might have been some kind of solvent in there!! If you used that, you might be able to tear off the duct tape without leaving fingernail marks!!"
"Please, allow me to speak. It is impossible to tear off any of the seals by any method without leaving marks."
"Please, allow me to speak. There were no suspicious marks on any of the seals...!"
"Therefore, it's been proven that nothing was done to any of the seals. Repeat it!!"
"Yes, gladly. All of Erika and Eva's seals were not tampered with in any way that hindered their ability to act as seals, such as being scraped off."
"Let's assume that there exists some method X that can lead someone to the second floor of the guesthouse without passing through the lounge! Erika claims that the windows and such were sealed, but she can't prove that she sealed all possible means of entry! There's a possibility that Erika was unable to seal entrance X because she couldn't find it!"
"Knox's 3rd. It is forbidden for hidden passages to EXIST! As the detective, <Miss> Erika sealed all ENTRANCES. Passages that the detective cannot find are hidden PASSAGES. Therefore, there are no entrances that <Miss> Erika cannot find!!"
"I present the possibility that Erika's lookout in the lounge wasn't perfect!! During the two hours Erika spent there, she really observed everything without looking away for a second?! It might be possible for someone to have passed through the lounge during a small gap without at least Erika seeing them!!"
"Please, allow me to speak. Lady Erika's lookout in the lounge was perfect. There were no small gaps or carelessness or times when she looked away for even a second."
"Please, allow me to speak. Therefore, during their entire meeting in the lounge, only Rosa went up to the second floor!"
"But was that really Aunt Rosa herself?! There's a possibility that someone disguised themselves as Aunt Rosa!! Or maybe she was actually holding a large suitcase with someone hiding inside it!"
"Knox's 10th, it is forbidden for a character to disguise themselves as another without any CLUES! There have been no hints suggesting that someone had disguised themselves as Rosa! Furthermore, Erika has confirmed that she wasn't carrying any luggage large enough to hide a human IN!"
"Aunt Natsuhi was being threatened by someone!! The uninvited, unknown guest X is the true culprit!! How can you be sure that we are the only ones on this island?! The true culprit is someone else!"
"Knox's 1st. It is forbidden for the culprit to be anyone not mentioned in the early part of the STORY!!"
"Maybe they were killed with poison in a remote murder!! Umm, with a strange drug that can make a cut appear in someone's neck when they die...!! That type of murder has a delayed effect, so even with an alibi-"
"Knox's 4th. It is forbidden for unknown drugs or hard to understand scientific devices to be USED!!"
"There's a chance that there existed a murder device X in the cousins' room and Genji-san's waiting room that made a remote murder possible...!! It had some secret mechanism that still hasn't been discovered, and-"
"Knox's 8th. It is forbidden for the case to be resolved with clues that are not PRESENTED!!"
"Anyway, there exists a culprit other than Aunt Natsuhi!! If you want to deny that, try and repeat in red that 'none of the characters shown were the culprit'!!"
"Knox's 6th. It is forbidden for accident or intuition to be employed as a detective TECHNIQUE!!"
"You say that everyone except Aunt Natsuhi has an alibi?! You're forgetting one person!! Who's gonna prove that Erika herself has an alibi?!!"
"Knox's 7th. It is forbidden for the detective to be the CULPRIT!!"
"Unless she's caught red-handed, you should never be able to deny the possibility that Aunt Natsuhi is innocent!! Can you even deny future possibilities, like if a piece of evidence X that Erika hasn't discovered proves Natsuhi's innocence?!"
"Knox's 8th. It is forbidden for the case to be resolved with clues that are not PRESENTED!!"
"Th, this tale is filled with malicious lies!! The tale itself has become a trap to capture Natsuhi! The tale should be constructed only from impartial truths!!"
"Knox's 9th. It is permitted for observers to let their own conclusions and interpretations be heard!"
"I was the culprit, so maybe I gave George-aniki and the others a slow-acting poison to make them die after 24:00, then silently slit their throats when I returned at 3:00 AM!! I could have done it so quietly that Erika wouldn't hear...!!"
"Knox's 8th. It is forbidden for the case to be resolved with clues that are not PRESENTED!!"
"Everyone committed suicide...!! So there is no culprit!!"
"Please, allow me to speak. All deaths were homicides."
"Erika didn't personally examine the corpses, right?! It should be possible for people who aren't the detective to make a mistake when examining the corpses!!"
"Please, allow me to speak. Know that no examination of the corpses could have been mistaken!"
"Then maybe there were body double corpses!! They prepared corpses beforehand that closely resembled the victims...!!"
"Know that no corpses exist except those of characters who have appeared in the story."
"Th, then why can you claim that Uncle Krauss is dead without his corpse?!! Doesn't that violate Knox's somethingth or whatever?!!"
"Know that the red truth is simply truth, and there is no need to provide evidence or proof!!"
"Ushiromiya Natsuhi is not the culprit!!!"
"Knox's 2nd. It is forbidden for supernatural agencies to be employed as a detective technique."
"...In this court, if anyone other than witches is going to speak the red truth, they'll have to construct an appropriate proof for it. Erika has been following this procedure, right...?"
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<Die the death>! <Sentence to death>!!
<Great equalizer is the death>!!"
"The red truth from the previous games says that Kinzo is already dead. But that's not enough to satisfy you, right, Bern?"
"Lambda. I'm going to make Kinzo's location from 24:00 until the morning absolutely clear. ......From 24:00 until morning, Kinzo stayed in the same room."
".........From now on, I'll use the word Kinzo to refer to 'the living Kinzo'. After all, Natsuhi claims that he's alive. Kinzo does not exist anywhere outside the mansion. ......Isn't that right? Erika."
"Kinzo does not exist outside the mansion. ............Hey, Natsuhi. If 'Kinzo does exist', then this means he must be somewhere inside the mansion. Do you have any idea where Kinzo might be hiding......?"
"Kinzo is nowhere outside the mansion. Kinzo isn't on the third floor. Kinzo isn't in the basement. Kinzo isn't on the first floor. Therefore, the only place Kinzo could possibly exist is the second floor."
"Kinzo does not exist anywhere outside Natsuhi's room!"
"I'll acknowledge it with the red truth...!! During the night, between 24:00 and morning, a living Kinzo could not have existed anywhere outside Natsuhi's room!! I permit you to use this truth to advance your argument about how he could only have existed in Natsuhi's room!"
"During the night, between 24:00 and morning, there exists no place for a living Kinzo to exist except inside your bed."
"I'll repeat it. From 24:00 until morning, a living Kinzo could only have existed inside Natsuhi's bed. And last night, Natsuhi also slept in that same bed."
"This is my final challenge... in protecting the honor of the Ushiromiya family, which Father entrusted me with...!! My husband's business will definitely... definitely succeed!! Until we can use that to repay our debts, I cannot hand over the inheritance of the Ushiromiya family!!"
"I will protect Father and my husband's honor!! That is... my mission!!!"
"...Wanting to protect the honor of the dead is an admirable trait."
"He's not one of the dead. We're talking about the honor of a convenient delusion inside Natsuhi's head. The real Kinzo never once ordered Natsuhi to protect that honor."

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"For that reason,.........I cannot promise that this tale is something you will absolutely be able to solve. .........However, I can promise you one thing. ...I will guarantee it with the red truth."
"Beato wanted you to solve it, so she made this game... the riddles of this tale... solvable. That alone, I will guarantee with the red truth."
(Battler's narration): ...Knox's Decalogue... and Virgilia's red truth. 'Beato wanted me to solve it, so she made the riddles of this game solvable'.
(Battler's narration): ...Sure, I'll acknowledge it. Unless we acknowledge that we 'love each other', we won't be able to get any further. When Virgilia ran out of patience with the two of us, shy and incapable as we were of acknowledging that out loud, she gave me that red truth instead. That was the red truth saying 'Beato wanted me to solve it, so she made the riddles of this game solvable.'
".........I can construct a theory with someone other than Natsuhi oba-san as the culprit. ......It may be that your truth is impossible to disprove. ......If so, that means your truth won't be able to deny my new truth either......!"
"It's possible to show a different truth by using a different interpretation!! When multiple truths exist in parallel, the authenticity of both is questioned!!"
"It's possible to construct it using the revenge of the baby from 19 years ago, which Aunt Natsuhi confessed about."
"Knox's 1st. It is forbidden for the culprit to be anyone not mentioned in the early part of the story! A person first introduced in the 5th game cannot be named as the CULPRIT...!!"
"What if the baby from 19 years ago was among us since the very beginning? For example, ......what if it was me?!"
"Knox's 8th. It is forbidden for the case to be resolved with clues that are not presented! Was there ever any foreshadowing showing that you might be the baby from 19 years ago?!!"
"The red truth from the 4th game that I am not the son of my mother Asumu. The feeling that Dad was hiding something in both the first game and this game. In particular, in this game, it was made clear that there were some special circumstances having to do with my birth."
"It's only possible for the crime to have taken place between 24:00 and 1:00!! During that one hour, you were in the dining hall of the mansion!! Therefore, it was impossible for you to commit the crime!"
"It has not been specified that the time of death was between 24:00 and 1:00. Therefore, it's possible that the crime didn't occur between 24:00 and 1:00...!"
"There's a restriction on any murders in the cousins' room! From 1:00 AM until the discovery of the crime, it was impossible for the crime to occur in the cousins' room!!"
"Knox's 8th. It is forbidden for the case to be resolved with clues that are not PRESENTED. If the crime actually was carried out in the cousins' room, clues must have been SHOWN. Because clues were not given to the detective, Lady Erika, who was on the watch for any abnormalities inside that room until morning, such a crime is IMPOSSIBLE...!!"
"The death of the four in the cousins' room has been proclaimed with the red text!! Are you trying to use the Illusion of the Witch?! Are you trying to resurrect George and the others using the concept of magic even though they were dead at the time?!"
"The deaths of the four people in the cousins' room have been proclaimed with the red truth!! Furthermore, those corpses were witnessed by a large number of people!!"
"Furthermore, it's already been proclaimed in red that no examination of these corpses would lead to a mistaken result...!! Take that, dead people!!!"
"In that case, when do you claim the red truth death proclamation happened?! Are you saying you can pinpoint that?! You can't pinpoint it, so you can't deny that the death proclamation was made at the time of the crime's discovery!!"
"When this court was opened, Lady Lambdadelta made a proclamation. She said this was a 24:00 answer session! ......The death proclamation was made at 24:00 on the second day, in other words, at the end of the game. That does not deny the possibility that the murder occurred after the morning of the second day, after the so-called 'discovery of the crime'...!"
"Better watch your feet, little girl. .........Ushiromiya Kinzo is already dead at the starting time for all games!"
"After George's death, his corpse was never moved!"
"After Jessica's death, her corpse was never moved!"
"After Maria's death, her corpse was never moved!"
"After Rosa's death, her corpse was never moved!"
"After Genji's death, his corpse was never moved!"
"After Krauss's death, his corpse was never moved!"
"Therefore, the corpses couldn't have vanished after being discovered!! Your theory about Kinzo carrying the corpses away fails!"
"Knox's 2nd!! It is forbidden for supernatural agencies to be employed as a detective technique! If you would show that Kinzo has died with the red truth, then I demand that you display proof of a human's truth which could be used to make that point...!"
"Presentation of evidence. I'll present a corpse which could possibly be identified as Ushiromiya Kinzo's...!!"
"Can you prove that this corpse is Ushiromiya Kinzo's?! No matter how much it resembles him, unless you can prove that it is him, it is possible to claim that it was a substitute corpse from someone ELSE!! Can you show that it was Kinzo's corpse with the truth of HUMANS?! In this case alone, and with the red truth specifically, no counterargument will be effective...!!"
"That's right... In this closed-off Rokkenjima, there is no objective way to show that this corpse is Grandfather's."

(Battler): "I guarantee that this corpse is Ushiromiya Kinzo's corpse...!!" (Golden truth)

"Because of this, Grandfather's absence has been verified, and the dishonorable relationship between Aunt Natsuhi and Grandfather has been removed from consideration!!"
"Natsuhi oba-san is pure and faithful! I won't permit this vulgar tale you're all so fond of!!"
"Furthermore. Because we have raised doubts about the time of death for all who have died so far, the alibis for everyone besides Aunt Natsuhi go back to square one...!!"
"If you try to argue that the crime was impossible for everyone except Aunt Natsuhi, it won't work!!"
"However, in the cousins' room, you witnessed corpses which were impossible to MISIDENTIFY...! Are you trying to say that was a FALSEHOOD?! ...Knox's 7th, it is forbidden for the detective to be the CULPRIT!! The detective is obligated to have an objective point of VIEW. Your theory violates this OBLIGATION!!"
"Furudo Erika is the detective in this game, not me!! And by Knox's 9th, it is permitted for observers to let their own conclusions and interpretations be heard...!!"
"Knox's 8th, it is forbidden for the case to be resolved with clues that are not PRESENTED! Until now, you have been the DETECTIVE! Was it ever shown that you were not the detective this time, and that you were an observer with a subjective VIEWPOINT?!! Unless it was, you do not have the right to falsify your point of VIEW!!"
"In this game! When I figured out the device of the epitaph's riddle, I witnessed Grandfather. As has already been shown in red, Grandfather doesn't exist. It was impossible for me to witness him! Therefore, it has already been shown that my viewpoint wasn't objective!!"
"It is possible that it was just a sheet or something fluttering in the wind and rain which you mistook for Kinzo. It cannot be used as foreshadowing to form a basis for Knox's 9th...!! Mistaking things for something else is a right permitted to all observers!!"
"There's the red truth which Beato showed during the 4th game!! No person would mistake Ushiromiya Kinzo by sight!"
(Narration): It's the red truth Beato used to counter my blue truth claim that 'someone disguised themselves as Kinzo' to make it seem as though Grandfather had appeared. In other words, on this island, all illusions which might lead someone to mistake something for Grandfather, including someone else pretending to be Grandfather, 'most certainly cannot work'.
"Because of the right granted by Knox's 9th, people are allowed to mistake a sheet in the wind for anything else and tell about it. However! Mistaking it for Grandfather in particular is not permitted in this game due to the red truth!!"


Episode 6: Dawn of the Golden Witch

Game Master
"Beato lost any chance or hope of winning. ......Even though she knew this, she pretended not to and kept on fighting for many, many games. So, Beato will not return. Her hopes were crushed. She's spent all of the willpower that she might have used to regain the will to fight. Therefore,...... that Beatrice will never revive again."

True Feelings
"I was born for Father's sake. So, I want to become the Golden Witch Beatrice that Father desires."

The Source of Magic
"Magic is impossible. You might be telling a lie about something that never happened!!"
"Ahahaha, I'll respond! This is the truth!! This story really happened!!"
"This wouldn't have anything to do with a trick in the actual cup or table, making this just a sleight of hand, right? That would be against the rules, wouldn't it?!?!"
"They had no such tricks in them!! It was just an ordinary table and an ordinary cup!! That's why it's magic, not sleight of hand!!"
"Your so-called candy magic is nothing more than a sleight of hand!! Just a sleight of hand that the fake witch calling herself Beatrice or whatever claimed was magic!!"

Magic of a Different Interpretation
"C, could this be... magic...?"
"*cackle*cackle*cackle*...... Yes, it is. You used magic to create a golden flower petal inside an overturned cup. It was a splendid bit of magic. (Golden truth)

About the Crime Scene
"First. 'The rooms with the six people in them are all closed ROOMS'."
"Acknowledged. Of course, that's only until Gohda and the others severed the chains and destroyed the closed rooms."
"Second. 'The definition of closed room implies that it is impossible to construct from the OUTSIDE'."
"Acknowledged."
"Third. 'The definition of a closed room implies that all forms of interference that pass between the inside and outside of the room are PREVENTED'."
"Acknowledged. However, I won't deny the kinds of interference that you'd expect from a normal room, such as knocks, voices, and the extension telephone line."
"Fourth. 'At the time of the deconstruction of the closed rooms, none existed within the rooms except the VICTIMS (Natsuhi, Eva, Kyrie, Rosa, Maria, Battler)'."
"Acknowledged."
"Repeat it. 'Krauss, Rudolf, Hideyoshi, and Gohda are not culprits'."
"...Sure. I'll acknowledge it, but I'll make the language more strict. Krauss, Rudolf, Hideyoshi, and Gohda... were not involved in the murders of Natsuhi, Eva, Kyrie, Rosa, Maria, and Battler."
"Let us CONTINUE. Next, 'the victims did not die by any method other than HOMICIDE'."
"Acknowledged."
"Of course, there were no suicides or accidental deaths."

A Small Contradiction
"'The six first twilight victims are located at the places where they were discovered. Natsuhi is in her room, Eva is in the VIP room, Kyrie is in Krauss's study, Rosa and Maria are in the parlor, and you are in the guest room!'"
"...Don't worry. I acknowledge it."
"<Good>. I'll continue. 'Hideyoshi, George, Shannon, Kumasawa, and Nanjo are in the next room over!'"
"Acknowledged."
"<Good>. I'll continue. 'Everyone else is in the cousins' room!'"
"...What will you do? We can put this on hold if you want?"
"No, ...........................Okay, I acknowledge it. I acknowledge that everyone else is in the cousins' room."
"By the seals on the doors and windows, the complete sealing of both the cousins' room and the next room over has been GUARANTEED."

Logic Error
"We have confirmed that the seals to the guest room are UNDAMAGED. Since the time Lady Erika confirmed Battler's existence, this closed room has been PRESERVED."
"I'm breaking the seals!! Rip, tear!! Heh, hehihihihihihihihihihihi!!!"
"Yep. I swear that I am impartial in my judgments. I was very impartial in the last game, wasn't I?"
"No, it's my move. ......I'll say it. ............Ushiromiya Battler is not on the bed."
"Before I start searching, I have one blue truth I can use without a search. There is a possibility of a hidden door X that is impossible to discover. He's hidden behind that, so it is impossible for me to find him."
"Knox's 3rd. It is forbidden for hidden passages to exist. That right?"
"...No hidden places that are impossible for Erika-san to find exist inside the guest room."
"...The guest room is divided into two rooms, the bedroom and the BATHROOM. Lady Erika has currently searched the entire bedroom SECTION. There is only one EXCEPTION."
"...I'll leave that one place be for the time being. So, were there any irregularities discovered in the bedroom?"
"There were NONE. Except for one location, there is no one to be seen in the BEDROOM."
"Let's check the inside of the bathroom. Was Battler seen?"
"NO. No one was seen in the BATHROOM."
"<Good>. Now we've confirmed that, except for one location, Battler does not exist in any place inside the guest room."
"...This is my response... to your 'Battler is hiding in the closet'... Take this."
"Ushiromiya Battler does not exist within the guest room. ......There are no exceptions, including the closet."
"Let me announce a retroactive move. This occurs back in the very beginning, right after I broke the seals and entered this room. ......At that time, I immediately closed the door, reset the chain, and sealed this room."
"Objection. Gohda severed the chain back when the crime was first discovered. Since the chain lock is not functioning, it is impossible to use it to create a seal."
"Objection overruled. Erika repaired the chain lock. ...See?"
"...Impossible. How could she have repaired a brass chain?"
"It is possible to repair. Have you forgotten, Beato? The duct tape seals. Erika used that duct tape to join the two cut ends of the chain together, 'sealing' them. In other words, the chain was repaired by the duct tape, and this room once again became a closed room locked from the inside."
"O, objection. Erika-san has already used up her duct tape seals, hasn't she...?! She shouldn't be able to use them anymore...!"
"Objection overruled. The use of the duct tape wasn't limited by the number of strips, right? It was by the number of rooms. The only restriction was to limit it to only three rooms. Erika chose this guest room to be one of those rooms. So, Erika has the right to seal as many places as many times as she wants within this room."
"So, with this retroactive move, I proclaim that the chain lock has been repaired by the duct tape seal and has regained its original functionality. And, thanks to that, I locked the room upon entering it and made this guest room a closed room from the inside once more."
"Repeat it. 'The lock created by the chain is currently intact'."
(Narration): Even a move such as him leaving the closet during the scene in the bathroom and hiding in another place--say, under the bed--wouldn't work because he had proclaimed that 'Battler does not exist within the guest room'.
".........I will repeat it. The lock caused by the chain is intact."
"USHIROMIYA KYRIE CANNOT SAVE BATTLER."
"......Ushiromiya Kyrie......cannot save Battler."
"Ushiromiya Natsuhi cannot save Battler."
"Ushiromiya Eva cannot save Battler."
"USELESS. Rosa and Maria can't save him EITHER.
......DEATHDEATHDEATHDEATHDEATHDEATHDEATHDEATH
<Die the death>!
<Sentence to death>!
<Great equalizer is the death>!!"
"So, you've finally noticed. That's right. That's the only reason... I abandoned the detective's authority this time around. You told me I could make the detective proclamation whenever I wanted, right? Well, unfortunately, I am no longer capable of making that proclamation."
"Knox's 7th. .........It is... forbidden for the detective to be the culprit."
"Without the detective's authority, I can't tell whether the victims are dead or faking. So, I needed a way to be sure. And, if possible, it would be preferable if they were removed from the game board, so that they couldn't make a mess of things later on."
"So, I dashed all over the mansion, visited all the crime scenes, and...... I re-killed all of them."
"The manner in which they were each killed differed,......but afterwards, she completely severed the heads of all those she killed. ......That method of killing is solid enough to be called a red truth, right...? Lambda......?"
"All five people I killed......were very much alive until the moment I killed them. ......Everyone faithfully played dead as best they could until the moment just before I killed them, okay?"
"<Oh, very GOOD>!! Okay, you two! Why don't you show everyone watching at home on their TVs?!! Please have a look at the duct tape seals on both doors!! So, what do you think of them...?! Are they broken, or aren't they...? Please, let us have the red truth!!"
""Please, allow me to speak. Know that neither is broken.""
"Know that an unbroken seal proves that there are still none who have entered or exited."
"It needs no second telling, but know that entry or exit without breaking the seal is impossible!!"
"...First, this room is a closed room created from the inside. The seals on the windows are intact, so there can be no escape from there. Of course, there is no way to escape by leaving through the bathroom. I'll make it simple. There is no exit to escape from except for this door. However, the chain lock on this door is set. You can unset and reset it all you want, but you can only do so from the inside. Furthermore, you are free to go out through the door, but you cannot leave or escape while the chain lock is unset. You have to show that you can escape from this room with the chain lock still connected...!!"

The Demon Wedding Ceremony
"......It is possible for Kanon to save Battler. After Erika sealed the room, he left by the window, switched places with Battler-kun in the guest room, set the chain lock, and hid in the closet."
"......IMPOSSIBLE. The seals on the windows were also INTACT. Of course, this is at the time of the logic ERROR."
"...Wait up, you haven't fooled me yet... You were talking about the seals blocking Kanon, the ones on the windows of the cousins' room, right? Then what about the windows on the next room over? All you've done is shown that the rescue would have been impossible for Kanon. There's still a chance for the humans in the next room over...!"
"Let us provisionally accept that blue truth VERBALLY. It will be put on hold until the proper forms are received, and multiple submissions are not ALLOWED."
"Please, allow me to speak. Know that it is forbidden for blue truth to be used if based on the argument that the window seals of the next room over were torn at the time of the logic error."
"Please, allow me to speak. Know that there can be no obligation to provide an answer to this blue truth...!"

Red and Blue Truth
"I'll say it. The one who rescued Battler was, without a doubt, Kanon."
"I'll say it. Battler and Kanon are different people."
"The cousins' room is guaranteed to be a perfect closed room until the end. So, if Kanon really was in this room, it would be impossible for him to escape! In other words, Kanon was not in that room at the time it was sealed!! Kanon's name is an alias. His real name is still unknown! If his name happened to be the same as anyone in the next room over, that wouldn't contradict the check on who was in that room. In other words, it's possible for him to be in the next room over, not the cousins' room!!"
"It is true that the next room over was sealed, but at the time of the logic error, only the doors were checked to see whether the seals were preserved. Therefore, there is a chance that the window seals were broken. Kanon was in the next room over, and he escaped through that window...!! That is all!!!"
"At the time the next room over was sealed, Hideyoshi, George, Kumasawa, Shannon, and Nanjo were in it. And, the number of people in the next room over was five. No one existed there except for those to whom those five names referred! All people can only use their own names!!"
"I acknowledge it. At the time Battler was rescued, only Kanon entered the guest room. I believe that was the whole point..."
"I acknowledge it. From the time you entered the room to the time of the logic error, you, Battler, and Kanon were the only ones who went in or out of the guest room."
"I acknowledge it. It refers to three people: you, Battler, and Kanon."
"Of course. Three people--in other words, three bodies--went in or out. Only you and Kanon entered, and only Battler left. It has already been said in red that all people can only use their own names. Therefore, the names Erika, Battler, and Kanon can only be used by those people."
"Repeat it. 'I am not the rescuer.'"
"Of course! You are the detective, are you not? Don't worry, I will respect that!"
"'The rescuer' means someone who reset the chain lock after Battler undid it. It does not matter whether they intended to save Battler or not."
"Repeat it. 'The definition of going in or out refers to when someone crosses the boundary between the guest room and the area outside it.'"
"I acknowledge it."
"Repeat it. 'The word guest room includes all of the bedroom, the bathroom, and the closet.'"
"I acknowledge it. I've no intention of wriggling out of this by saying the closet isn't part of the guest room."
"Confirming definition. The inside of the guest room is divided into three sections: the bedroom, the bathroom, and the closet."
"I also recognize it as such. Furthermore, you have already confirmed with the red truth that two of those sections, the bedroom and the bathroom, had no one hiding in them."
(Erika's narration): The game ended while I was inside the guest room, so I did not undo the chain lock that I had previously set. So, it can't be that he escaped behind my back after I left the room. Furthermore, the chain lock was set at the same time I entered the room. No one could have left the room during the few seconds between the time I entered and the time I set the chain lock. The guest room was sealed at the time that Battler's 'corpse' was examined, so until I came again and broke the seals, it was absolutely impossible for anyone to go in or out. Therefore, when I entered the room, it is certain that Battler was hiding somewhere inside the guest room. The only chance Battler had to escape was after I broke the seals. To be even more specific, he had no chance to escape except for the time I was in the bathroom.
"Kanon does not exist in the bedroom."
"Kanon does not exist in the bedroom. ...Of course, this includes all parts of the closet, the bedroom, and the bathroom."
"Hi, pleased to meet you! I am Furudo Erika, the detective!! I may be an uninvited guest, but please, welcome me!! I am the visitor, the 18th human on Rokkenjima!!"
"...Sorry, but... Even if you do join us-"
""There are 17 people.""