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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?"