Let's Play Umineko Chiru, Episode 5 Scene 24: The Court of Illusions - Alibis

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BGM: Smile-less Soiree



Oh, is that so? I believe there are several people besides Natsuhi who have dubious alibis. Unless you can clear suspicion from all of them, I cannot allow you to call Natsuhi the culprit.





True. If Erika wants to claim that Natsuhi is suspicious, she should first show that everyone besides Natsuhi has an alibi. Right, Bern?
Yes, of course. Erika will explain that perfectly.



Of course, my master! In that case, I would like to explain things in order. Let's forget about Genji's murder for now and focus on the crime in the guest house. For this case, you'd like to suspect the servants who were in the guest house, right? On that night, Gohda and Kumasawa were in the guest house. Isn't that right, you two?



Doesn't that mean Gohda and Kumasawa have lost their alibis?! Kumasawa claims that she was sleeping alone in the waiting room. Gohda claims he was alone in the servant room. Either of them should have had enough time to go to the cousins' room and commit murder!





Natsuhi said it all. Both Kumasawa, who was sleeping alone in the waiting room, and Gohda, who was alone in the servant room, are in the exact same situation as Natsuhi in her room. Both of them have lost their alibis.
Have no fear. I guarantee that neither of these two are the murderers. FIrst off, following dinner, Kumasawa lefet the mansion with me and the others and went to the guest house, entered the waiting room, and slept until morning. It's the same for Gohda. Once he finished with his job, he chatted with us in the lounge and went to sleep afterwards. Neither of them had the opportunity to commit murder.
Hmph. So, we're finally here.



BGM: Organ Short #600 Million in C Minor



Repeat it. 'We have absolute proof of Gohda and Kumasawa's alibis.'
We refuse. Why give a hint to an enemy? There's no way we'd answer.
Aha. Did you hear that, Lady Lambdadelta? They say they have no proof! How could they claim that Gohda and Kumasawa have alibis without proof?
Good point. What do you say, Bern, Erika? Why can you claim that Gohda and Kumasawa have alibis?
Fall back, Erika. My opponent is Dlanor over there. A mere human like you can be no match for a witch!
No. There's no need for Dlanor to step forward. It is because a mere human will defeat a witch that the Illusion of the Witch will now be denied. So go ahead. Use the red and blue as much as you like. I'm ready for it, okay?



BGM: The Girl's Witch Hunt

A human like Erika can't use any red. How could she turn this around without calling Dlanor?
Though Erika cannot use it, her master, Lady Bernkastel, can. We mustn't let our guards down.
Blue truth, effective. What'll you do, Bern? Will you or Dlanor step in instead?
It is still not my TURN. And it is not Lady Bernkastel's turn EITHER.
Yes, that's right. There's no need for us to show up for something like this. This is important precisely because a mere human like Furudo Erika will defeat you, Beato. Because you'll be defeated by a human, we'll know. We'll all know that the fake witch who calls herself 'Beatrice the Golden' is nothing more than a sub-human phantom.
Hehehehehe, if you really could do that, it'd be seriously interesting. Very well, Erika. Let's see what you've got!



Kumasawa, from the time you went to bed last night to the time you were informed in about the crime in the morning, did you ever leave the waiting room?
No! I was sound asleep until morning, I really was?
The truth is... after dinner last night, I had a chat with Eva, and she told me something very interesting. I tried that out myself.
What do you mean, 'that'...? You don't mean...



Are you kidding...? Did she actually... do that to Kumasawa's waiting room?!
Erika was in the guest house, so there's no obstacle to her having been capable of that.
After all, it was an unsettling night, and a massive amount of gold had just been discovered. Many sorts of crimes might have occurred. Where there is a detective, there will be a crime. I foresaw that some kind of crime would take place, so I used this to seal away people whose alibis might otherwise be lost.



After I watched Kumasawa, who returned to the guest house with me, said goodnight and entered the waiting room, I used this to seal the door. Then, in the morning, when the crime was discovered and caused a big uproar, I immediately went to check Kumasawa's waiting room, where I confirmed the seal was still set. Therefore, I can prove Kumasawa's alibi!





Good. A wonderful alibi. Not a single gap. Kumasawa returned to the guest house with Erika, went to the waiting room to sleep, and never left the room until morning. In other words, after Kumasawa returned to the guest house, she never went to the second floor until morning.



Hohoh! Then what about Gohda?!
Gohda holed up in the servant room right after reaching the guest house. I sealed him up the same way. Then, when Rosa returned at 1:00 AM, I happened to notice her when I stepped out into the corridor. I let Gohda, who was still in the servant room, know this. At that moment, the seal was doing just fine, so from the time we arrived at the guest house until 1:00 AM, Gohda never left the servant room. And afterwards, he was with me in the lounge until 3:00 AM. And after 3:00 AM, I was on the second floor, so I can guarantee that Gohda didn't come up to the second floor.
Erika's seal proves that Gohda was holed up in the servant room until 1:00 AM, and Erika has proven his alibi from then until 3:00 AM, because she was passing the time in the lounge with him. Erika has also proven that he never set foot on the second floor until the morning after.







Red truth, effective. Well done, Erika. The alibi due to your seal on that door has been acknowledged by Bern and elevated to the status of red truth.
Thank you very much, my master. I am the detective! I may be human, but I can use the red truth despite that and surpass humans!
You claim to have surpassed humans... It's a thousand years too early for you to talk like that, you conceited brat!
It'll be a pain to have you try anything funny, so I'll make this clear now. In fact, I should have done this in the beginning. I apologize for being so roundabout. This is the situation around the guest house at midnight.



BGM: Totem Blume

I have already explained Gohda and Kumasawa's alibis. George, Jessica and Maria were playing trump in the cousins' room. I actually joined in for a little bit, and I clearly witnessed that they were alive at that time. My master, I ask that you repeat this!
Yes, I'll respond. At midnight in the guest house, 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 any more, 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?







Thanks for repeating that, my master! If we hadn't made these things clear, you might have started going on about how they were already dead before I guaranteed everyone's alibis, or that they weren't actually dead at all.
Gah...





Got it. That's the last time the victims were confirmed to be alive. I wish you'd said that in the beginning. This means we can ignore everything that happened before midnight.
To go even further, at midnight, 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.
This isn't something that Erika observed, but we can't move the game forward without settling it. Very well, I'll acknowledge that red truth.
Thank you very much for that red truth, my master!



Damn it...
Very troublesome. To think we would be put at such a disadvantage...
This is almost the exact opposite of Riiche's fights with Battler.
In fact, the situation might be even worsre than it was back then.



BGM: Deep Blue Jeer

In the first four games, Beato was the Game Master, allowing her to use the red at will. This Beato is just a piece on the board. She doesn't even know the truth of the game.



Bern can elevate Erika's statements to the red truth. The balance of power has been completely reversed.



In the past, I've insulted you and called you incompetent. I can handle much, much worse than this!
It's now impossible to suspect Gohda and Kumasawa. You can't win by arguing that point any longer.
Yes. Let's switch to a different approach.
The next in line would probably be Nanjo. He was also in the guest house.
Nanjo was in the lounge with Erika. However, I believe the time periods before and after that have been left open.
That's right, I'll strike there. Nanjo, you were relaxing in the first floor lounge of the guest house with Erika and Gohda, correct?





And during what time was this?
From 1:00 AM to 3:00 AM.
Yes, that's right. It was the period between 1:00 and 3:00. Doctor Nanjo, Gohda and I were relaxing in the lounge. Repeat it, my master!





Even so, he shouldn't have an alibi for the time period before and after you were in the lounge! It was possible for Nanjo to commit the crime, too!
That's right. I get that Nanjo was in the lounge with Erika from 1:00 to 3:00, but what about before and after that? What about that, Erika?
Yes. First, the alibi for before 1:00 AM. This is no problem at all. I played cards with the cousins in their room until midnight, and then went downstairs to the lounge, where I met Doctor Nanjo.
That's right... At midnight, I met Erika as she was coming down the stairs, and spoke with her, learning that she was quite the connoisseur of the mystery genre. I realized that I'd found a kindred spirit...
When I went into the archive to solve the epitaph's riddle, I noticed that there were several original copies of famous foreign mystery novels stored there. So, I wanted to discuss them with the actual books in hand. We moved to the archive and were talking the whole time. Constantly, until we moved into the lounge.





I see. So, from midnight until 3:00 AM when you went to sleep, you were with Nanjo the whole time? That means Nanjo's alibi is the most rock solid of them all.
Yes, that's it exactly! My master, repeat it!
I'll respond. After midnight, Erika was with Nanjo the whole time until 3:00 AM.
After that, we walked out of the archive and into the hallway at 1:00 AM. When we did, we just happened to bump into Rosa as she returned. I then told Gohda about that. I figured it was probably a servant's responsibility to welcome in a guest.





Let's continue on to after 3:00 AM. This is Doctor Nanjo's alibi after we split up: At 3:00 AM, Battler returned and the people in the lounge went their separate ways. Doctor Nanjo, Battler and I went up to the second floor. I then said good night to Doctor Nanjo. At this time, of course, I put a seal on the door to the doctor's room as well.










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