Let's Play Umineko Chiru, Episode 5 Scene 25: The Court of Illusions - Single Weak Point

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BGM: Smile-less Soiree



Beato's complaint is rejected. I can't sense any problems at all. It is totally pop, cute and perfect! The alibis for all humans in the guest house have now been proven.





Battler, your right to speak has not yet been recognized. Be warned.
Oww... damn it...
Yes, I understand, Battler... And my apologies. Forgive me. Erika! You still haven't shown an alibi for Battler! Battler is the man who was sleeping alongside the victims. Shouldn't he be placed under more suspicion than anyone else?!



Beato's right. You can't go skipping Battler like that.
My apologies. I had completely forgotten.
After Battler Returned at 3:00 AM, you went up to the second floor with him, and I believe you also went to your own room and slept. You may have gone to the cousins' room at midnight, but I don't think you went there at 3:00 AM.
Will you now claim that you went to crawl into Battler's bed later on? Hahahahaha! Well, if you say you were looking at Battler's sleeping face all night long to confirm his alibi in the cousins' room, then I'd accept it, riiiiight?



BGM: Kuina

What...?!
I, Furudo Erika, can prove that Battler returned to the cousins' room at 3:00 AM, that he went straight to bed afterwards, and that he went straight to sleep. And I can prove that until he woke up, noticed the gruesome situation the room was in, and let out a scream, nothing happened in that room. So you have no need to worry. Battler isn't the culprit. He's just the charming first discoverer who entered the murder scene without realizing it was one and slept until morning.
That's insane... It shouldn't be possible for you to prove that with those seals you love so much...! How can you prove this?!
That's ridiculous. At that time, I entered the room alone. Erika probably went into her room, too. How can she say something like that, as though she saw the whole thing?!
She never said that she saw it. The room Erika was assigned to. Where was it located?
Erika, please tell me. How can you prove so much about Battler?
Hehehehe. I'd expect no less from a true detective...
My room was right next to the cousins' room. There was only a single thin wall between them.
Y... You don't mean... You put your ear against the wall... to check what was happening in the cousins' room...?
Yes. My ears are perfect. Right after Battler entered the room, I put my ear against the wall and checked to make sure nothing strange happened.
You said you could prove that nothing happened until Battler let out a scream the next morning... You don't mean...







Due to the progression of the game, I realized that Battler, the one who had received the Head's Ring, would be a key player. I was sure that Battler would be a victim of the first twilight.
Yes. So just as my master told me to do, I put my ear against the wall until morning without a wink of sleep, checking to make sure nothing unusual happened!
Erika has a photographic memory, and her hearing ability is on par with a tape recorder. It was impossible for him to deceive Erika's ears, kill george and the others and slit their throats.





It's an accepted power of the detective's authority. I have no choice but to acknowledge 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.
Nn... ggh...







That one hurts... a lot...
After midnight, Erika was in the guest house the whole time. So, it should have been difficult for her to prove alibis for all of the people in the mansion...
It should have been almost impossible to prove alibis for Eva and the others, but now all she has to do is prove that they never visited the guest house between midnight and 3:00 AM, and she can prove those alibis...





Still, this is getting pretty difficult. Until 3:00, Erika was in the lounge, and you have to pass through there to reach the second floor. In other words, she's practically like a manager for the guest house's second floor.
This may be trivial, but if it was possible for someone to go up to the second floor without Erika noticing, we should be able to prove that the crime was possible for anyone.
It's probably possible for a human to climb up the second story window if they really wanted to.



Battler, Nanjo, Gohda, Kumasawa. We realize that the crime was impossible for all these people in the guest house. However, what about the people in the mansion?!
As I have already said, and as my master has even proclaimed with the red truth, I was in the lounge on the first floor of the guest house. To reach the second floor, one must pass through the lounge. In other words, it was impossible to reach the second floor withotu me seeing it.
And what if that wasn't impossible? For example, what if someone placed a ladder against the outer wall of the guest house and snuck in through the second story window?! There must be a way to reach the second floor without passing through the lounge! This way, it was possible to reach the crime scene without you seeing it!



Of course, I knew you'd try saying that. I couldn't have my lookout in the lounge become meaningless. So first, I must prove that my lookout was perfect. First off, because of how the guest house is constructed, it is impossible to reach the second floor without me seeing it from the lounge. There are no places under cover, and neither are there any physical or mental blind spots. My master, repeat it!
It is impossible for someone to reach the second floor of the guest house without anyone in the lounge noticing it. Of course, this only refers to reaching the second floor from inside the building.
Good, my master! So, next is Lady Beatrice's theory that there might be a way to reach the second floor from the outside. This really is a problem. After all, there are trees that could probably be climbed, and someone could have used a ladder. We also can't be certain that crawling up the rain gutter would be impossible. But I can't let you do that.
Hoh, you won't let me? And how's that? Did you stay up all night circling the guest house? No, you couldn't do that. You were in the lounge! From the lounge, you can only see a small part of the outer perimeter through the window!
That's true. I couldn't prevent all methods of limbing up to the second floor from the outside. However, I was able to prevent all entry from the second floor.
Prevent... entry?!
I had already forseen this move. Frightening... and so persistent!
Because of how the guest house is constructed, the only method of entry from the second floor is the windows. The locks? Not important at all. I only had to prove that none of the windows or shutters were opened even once. After I witnessed the location of the hidden gold, I returned to the guest house and immediately began severing all methods of entry to the second floor that didn't pass through the lounge. Yes, it's exactly the same. No different from the rest!
Don't tell me... you used that seal of yours... on all the windows of the guest house? In that weather, dressed like that?
Well, I did have my swimsuit from when I drifted here.
You're insane... at a house where you were welcome as a guest, you did something like that in the middle of the rain even though nothing had happened yet...?
For a normal human, it would certainly be an impossibly dubious action. However, she is the witch's piece.





You... Just what do you... think of this Ushiromiya family...? Is this how you repay us for welcoming you as a guest?!
To a detective, the Ushiromiya family is nothing more or less than the stage upon which a crime occurs. Before the outbreak of the crime, it was important for me to memorize the names of the characters, memorize the layout of the land, and prepare for the upcoming crime by devoting my time towards collecting and creating all possible alibis. From my perspective, detectives who don't prepare anything before the outbreak of the crime are pretty third-rate. After all, we all know that someone will die wherever we spend the night.
Furthermore, when the crime was discovered, Erika confirmed that none of those seals had been broken. That's why Erika wasn't the first one to reach the cousins' room when the corpses were discovered. Even without inspecting the corpses, she could be certain of several things thanks to the red truth. It was more important to check the seals and construct alibis.
My master is perfect. All I did was prove everything perfectly to follow my master's orders!
Well done, Erika. My double, my piece! What do you think, Lambda? Doesn't this prove that Erika's lookout in the lounge contains absolute reliability as far as constructing alibis?





Yeah, I acknowledge it. Erika, your seal is perfect. It was impossible to reach the second floor of the guest house without passing through the lounge, and impossible to reach it at all without Erika, who was in the lounge, knowing about it!
Thank you very much, Lady Lambdadelta! So, you know what's coming next, great Lady Beatrice! Therefore, the time of the crime is limited to the single hour between midnight, when they were confirmed to be alive, and 1:00 AM, when our party in the lounge started!
Uh... gah... ah...
I've already said it, but at midnight, I went down to the lounge, hit it off with Doctor Nanjo, and was engrossed by a discussion of the mystery genre in the archive until 1:00 AM.



BGM: Smile-less Soiree

In other words, it paradoxically means this: The only ones who could have reached the cousins' room and committed the crime are those characters who have no alibi between midnight and 1:00 AM!





Damn her... and from a mere human...
This is quite bad... The night has been sealed up into an hour, and at this rate, there won't be many suspect pieces left...
Damn it, Lady Bernkastel... Not bad at all...
Unlike Battler, I'm not an idiot. Afte this game's repeated five times, I have more than enough cards in my hand. Hehehehehehe!
Then let us continue. Let's examine the alibis of the remaining suspects, the people in the mansion. After all, we only have to worry about the single hour between midnight and 1:00. That shouldn't be difficult at all. First, at midnight. At this time, Natsuhi, Krauss, and Genji are in the second floor corridor, and all of the others are in the first floor dining hall. This has already been shown by my master's red!
Yeah, that's right. At midnight, 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 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!





A... And how do you intend to prove that?! Erika's in the guest house! Did someone prove it by using one of your favorite seals on the dining hall door?! You have no convincing evidence or proof!








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