prof | Let's Play Umineko Chiru, Episode 5 Scene 12: The Detective's Authority

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BGM: About Face

You should stop being a witch and become a voice actress.

Heheheheheh! So, are all the pieces set up on both sides now? 'Furudo Erika', what a wonderful piece. She's a much more suitable piece for you than Ange was, Bern.

The pleasure is mine. She really is wonderful. Truly cute. I'd like to make her surrender to the Illusion of the Witch and see her face twist in humiliation.

Hear that? Don't embarrass me, okay? Show me that you're a much more useful piece than Ange was.

Yes, leave it to me. Lady Bernkastel, my master. I'm nothing like that gloomy, dull-minded, totally uncute piece.

Hahahahaha! She's right. That Ange didn't do anything useful except get turned into meat chunks to egg Battler on! The game we want to see is more gruesome and sticky! A grotesque, pop and cute murder case!

If Natsuhi is the king, then I wonder if Beato is the queen. The pack of witches and furniture guarding Natsuhi is less like a set of chess pieces and more like...

Bowling pins, right?! Kyahahahahaha! Illusions of Natsuhi and Beato, Kinzo and the worthless furniture! Entertain us a bit, will you?! Especially Beato! We're already bored of you! This 'Legend of the Witch Murders' game of yours is over already! Your time is up! This game board is already Bern's and mine. It'll suit ou to be reduced to one of our pieces and toyed with for all eternity!

Hehehehehehehe. Both Natsuhi and Beato are like the guts of a filthy truth wrapped up in a bit of thin skin. Tearing that to bits and dragging the insides out is one of my, no, one of our few pleasures.

Yes, you can have a lot of fun with it. Hey, are you watching, Beatrice? Look how much fun can be had playing with your board. I'll show you. This 5th game really is fun!

It's a bit sad if we're the only ones having a pleasant chat. Why don't you let Beato talk, too?

Hear that? I'll give you special permission to talk. What do you hope to gain from this latest game?!

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Ahahahaha! She said nothing! That's right, that's right! You're the loser who surrendered to Battler! Leave it to me, okay?? I'll put the witch side on top right away! But that means I'll have to sacrifice the piece you are!

The epitaph has been easily solved before the first twilight, and Beatrice, the keeper of the gold, has lost face. Hehehehe!

Isn't it great that you've been left as a piece as part of Natsuhi's illusion? Well, we're treating you as a pin now instead of a piece, okay?

The Golden Witch Beatrice is out of the picture now! You and your furniture have only a miniscule role in my game! A loser's role! Resign yourself to getting blasted away and becoming our toy!

If you don't like that, why not just tell us to stop? If you do, we'll stop.

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On the surface, this looks similar to the other games. But it's different.

There's no respect given to Beatrice. There is no love.

The fifth game.

End of the Golden Witch.

A banquet with no guest of honor.

Just do what you want. No matter how much you mess things up, I'll definitely reach the truth of this game.

It has to be that way. You've got to fight for your little sister's sake, too.

I don't give a damn about you. I won't acknowledge anything that didn't exist in Beato's games, so I don't need you.

Looks like he hates shaking hands. Just like Ange.

Don't worry. I'm a fare more useful piece than Ange. I'm nothing at all like shredded meat which couldn't do anything except restore Battler's fighting spirit.

Isn't it great that you've been blessed with such a helpful-looking ally? In the past, it was Virgilia and Ronove. Then Ange came as well. And now you have Bern and Erika! There are so many pieces supporting you! So how does it feel knowing that you still can't catch on to the truth despite that? How does it feel?!

It doesn't matter. This battle is between me and Beato. Everyone else besides us... doesn't matter.

Oh, is that true? Are you finally standing on your own? You've always had someone helping you, someone sympathetic to you, so I wonder just how far you'll get on your own! Entertain me!

BGM: Dir

Yes, that's true. This is your game. So try taking it back. Let's see how far someone like you, who couldn't even win Beato's games when she went easy on you all over the place, can get in Lambda's completely ruthless game without any help!

Well, then, wake up, Ushiromiya Battler! Welcome to the morning of October 5th!

October 5th, 1986, 7:00 AM
17 hours remain

George and Jessica both sleep on, ignoring the beeping alarm. Battler is the first up out of the three.

Battler turns on the lights, and the peaceful morning comes to a sudden end.

After much shouting, Hideyoshi and Rudolf are able to get Eva away from George's corpse long enough for Nanjo to examine it. He's far beyond saving.

Jessica is dead, too. And next to them are two others - Maria and Rosa.

Battler must have been so tired that he didn't notice their condition when he went to sleep.

In addition to the bodies, a complex magic circle is drawn on the wall in bright red.

But who cares about that? Nobody would be so heartless as to fret over a magic circle when four people had died.

BGM: Deep Blue Jeer

She offers her condolences, but Battler sees something else in her eyes.

The anticipation of a fresh, interesting crime scene.

No matter how distraught everyone is, no matter how callous the timing, Erika insists on being allowed to inspect the crime scene.

Battler puts his foot down. Go away. Leave this to the police. You have no right to be here.

The words Erika speaks resonate with a power from a higher plane. Nobody stops her as she enters the room.

At the least, she isn't interested in dishonoring the dead. She only has one interest here.

Erika will solve the crime.

But why? Why does she have the authority to do this?

On the game board, Erika listens to Nanjo's analysis of the situation. Nothing is to be hidden from her.

Bern examines the magic circle. The Hebrew is pretty shoddy. What a pale imitation.

Are you kidding?! Some human went out of their way to draw it so they could make it look like Beatrice did this...! Anyway, let's report to Beatrice about it!

Even though we're already up to our eyeballs just protecting Goldsmith's secret... what a pain.

But these murders have no beauty to them at all. It isn't really a closed room, and there's nothing impossible about it. Such pitiful murders aren't worthy of Beatrice at all.

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