prof | Let's Play Umineko Chiru, Episode 5 Scene 21: The Next Move

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In the middle of breakfast, Erika jumps up with some kind of revelation.

BGM: Smile-less Soiree

That... sure is an argument, Erika.

Unfortunately for her, Battler's argument was trying to prove that Kinzo could have escaped from the window. Whether he climbed or jumped doesn't change this.

Nobody cares what Erika is rambling about. She's right, though.

Actually, she's probably the last one to reach this theory. Nobody actually believed Battler jumped three stories.

There is a crash of thunder, and Erika slumps like a puppet with its strings cut.

Everyone is confused enough by this outburst and lightning-fast recovery to just pretend that it never happened.

October 4th, 1986, 12:34 PM
11 hours, 26 minutes remain

Erika checks and re-checks everyone's alibis. Nobody seems to find her detecting strange any more.

BGM: Organ Short #200 Million in C Minor

It's useless. Whether alibis exist or not, she can't deny our existence. Kinzo escaped through the window and is now one with the mists of Rokkenjima. She most certainly won't be able to capture or deny him.

When all's said and done, perhaps you could say he's escaped to the underside of the chessboard.

In that case, maybe it would be appropriate to say he's been stowed away.

Come to think of it, about those corpses from the first twilight. They've been stowed away too, right?

Yes. They've been put away in my darkness between this world and the next.

And that detective wannabe won't be able to find them?

Of course. It would definitely be impossible for a human. Want to check?

Just in case. We also need to re-examine what Lady Bernkastel's goals will be from now on.

If you know your enemy, you need not fear the outcome of a hundred battles.

If you know the truth, you can win a hundred battles without fighting.

Pukukuku. My, my.

The place Gaap takes them is somewhere outside of space and time, where 'where' and 'when' have no meaning.

Oh my. There are five sacrifices for the first twilight in this game? Not six?

Oh, it's you, teacher. I was worried about where you'd gone. The game has already reached the first twilight, and as you see, the first victims have appeared. So, it's finally time. I'm getting all excited!

I see... the you that is here looks to be in high spirits. I'm pleased.

I've got high spirits and a captivating body! What else to like except a good disposition? Wahahaha!

Right now, five corpses have appeared. As you can see, their necks are slit.

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.

Why did Lia use the red?

Who knows? However, she is always thinking of Milady. She is probably thinking of something that will benefit Milady.

Hmmm.

Why did you have Gaap hide the corpses?

Hmm. Since the epitaph has already been solved, this game of mine is different from usual. I now have serving and protecting Natsuhi as my goal.

How would concealing their corpses protect Natsuhi?

We've more or less figured out what our opponents' moves will be. This is probably a trap made to corner Natsuhi. Most likely, they'll sort through alibis for the first twilight and find them for everyone except Natsuhi.

Last night, Natsuhi was the first to leave the family conference, and then rested alone in her room. Unfortunately, she has no alibi whatsoever until the next morning.

By this point, it's impossible to deny Kinzo's existence. However, the enemy still has a single move that can cancel that out.

I see. So they'll corner Natsuhi and make her confess that Kinzo doesn't exist.

Yeah. The enemy is probably after something like that. By watching the movements of the pieces involved with the family conference, we quickly realized that Natsuhi was isolated, noticed tat trap of theirs, and countered with this move.

In other words, it's possible for Natsuhi to claim that the sacrifices of the first twilight were only playing dead.

You mean, even though many people certainly confirmed their deaths in the cousins' room?

Just confirming their deaths isn't even close to the red truth! No matter how much everyone claims to have truly witnessed their deaths, the red truth doesn't exist in the human world! Because the corpses don't exist, Natsuhi can discount their words as a mistake, a trick, or by saying that ll of them were lying, and it's possible for her to do this over and over to buy time for herself.

In the human world, which lacks the red truth, perpetual check is an effective move.

An endless argument with both sides denying the other's claims. Not pretty.

True. However, beauty is something to be found after we win. If someone who cannot achieve victory seeks it, it is nothing but a poison to them.

They do say that might makes right. Wahahahahaha!

And even if I don't think it's beautiful, those Voyager witches will probably like it and say it isn't boring...

We're fully aware of that, and we already know that Natsuhi is probably about to be lured into yet another trap.

A trap?

Yeah. Someone Lady Lambdadelta created, who calls himself a man from 19 years ago, has already threatened Natsuhi. She was ordered to go into a closet in a certain guest room in a few minutes, at 1:00 PM, and hide there. Krauss was taken as a hostage, so Natsuhi can't resist.

I see. How relentless. Can you protect her?

Of course. After all, Natsuhi isn't the culprit. No matter how much she's treated as the culprit, both the truth and phantoms are on our side. There's no way we'll lose. Hahahahaha!

BGM: Golden Sneer

Natsuhi has properly fallen under suspicion. She has no alibi for the night - she easliy could have slipped away and killed the victims of the first twilight.

Everyone acts like the suspicion is an even spread, but they're all looking at Natsuhi while they say it.

Her personality makes her trend towards being uncooperative when accused, too. It's not a pretty sight.

Nobody asks where that authority comes from. Nobody questions it.

If Natsuhi is killed alone in her room, then great! That'll prove her innocence once and for all.

Natsuhi puts Gohda in charge, and heads off in a huff.

She has to, is the thing. It's almost 1 o'clock.

Because of Krauss, she has no way to resist. She must follow that order.

Natsuhi has successfully escaped the parlor, at least.

The guest room is unlocked.

Is this a trap to kill Natsuhi?

If it is, could it become a chance to confront the killer?

Negative. There's nobody here.

She opens the closet, equally empty.

Before entering the closet, Natsuhi locks and chains the door.

Or wait. Isn't this a bad idea? Her orders are to not talk about the intruder's existence. If her room is found in any suspicious state, it could lead to Krauss's demise.

Natsuhi undoes the chain and the lock, then hides in the closet as instructed.

Now, to wait.

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