>>16128
Reading takes the most time to do, I really wish I had a whiteboard. Battler had put a different key inside of Krauss' pocket, thus allowing him to lock the door on the way out and keep the key.

>>16129
Congratulations! I acknowledge your victory.

As the rules of the game were such where the whydunnit was not necessary to be explained (you got it, anyway) - the game is yours.

This is the full solution to the game (I wrote it rather hastily, so I apologize if some aspects of it are unclear).

Firstly, allow me to state that Ushiromiya Battler had two accomplices in this crime. Both of these accomplices will be revealed through this solution.

So, let us begin:

All Four Problems:
Earlier in the day, Battler had poisoned the sugar. The poison was the cause of death for all the victims.

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>>16130
The truth has been reached. Was quite fun solving. Pretty fair in my opinion too.

Well, I found it unique. Good game, I look forward to any future ones you may make.

'The person who commits the murders' and 'the person planning the murders' are two separate people. Only one of these is the 'culprit' the previous rule refers to.

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>>16535
The creature hesitates, but with a grin it dribbles out another red. You get the feeling this is some how generous.

"...Good enough. Murder is not exclusively reserved for the culprit. An accomplice is able to commit murder just like the culprit."

With your solid hit, you once again drift off, preparing for the last, and final round...

>>16536

You fall back onto the boat. The last round is about to begin, and once more you change drastically.

Fifth Thread: Click Here

"The player can win the game before the first time skip."

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>>16343
It once again unhinges it's mouth and borrows someone else's voice.

"It is impossible to win the game before the first time skip."

With your blue denied you fall backwards once again into the depths of your mind.

>>16344

>>16345
Once more the boat greets your feet with a firm step.

With the wind in your hair you go about yet another change into a different person. This time back to that of man, hair changes color and glasses sprout from your face.

With this newest transformation complete you stand up and look over the sea, ready to start the fourth round.

Fourth Thread: https://archive.seacats.net/gameboard/res/16346.html

>>16207
"Each mystery can be solved with clues that can be found within the iteration in which the mystery takes place. That is, while it may be helpful for later players to look for answers to mysteries from the previous round, it is not necessary.

The culprit is the same person across all games."

>>16209
The creature sways back and forth and its mouth unhinges to regurgitate the truth.

The culprit is the same person for each iteration.

You are once again engulfed and quickly loose sense of yourself.

>>16210

>>16211
The sound of the stormy breeze once again brushes against your cheek. You are back on the boat, its almost a sight for sore eyes at this point.

You muscular structure and outward appearance quickly goes about another change. Your hair tinges blue and you shrink in stature. You might have lost something down below as well...

Quickly you take another appearance and begin your third attempt.

Third Thread: Click Here

You enter the room. The back wall is stacked to about waist-height with gold, and as your gaze comes down, you notice scratch marks on the floor.

Your gaze sweeps right, towards the figure of Battler, holding the rifle limply at his side.

Next to him, George, on his knees, covering his face with his hands, sobbing grossly.

In front of him, Jessica sits with her back to the wall, legs outstretched. The left side of her face has been completely smashed in, and just a little distance away is a bloodied metal pipe, covered with grey matter. You crouch closer to investigate. The corpse is deathly cold, the blood black, and clotted. The facial wound is the only one you can see.

As you reel backwards, Battler's eyes drift away, to the door. His mouth agape, he manages to get out a few words, before staggering backwards.

"Impossible... You're..."

His gun falls from his hands, and you hear the footsteps of someone entering the room. You spin, and as your head turns, the world crumbles away. George is gone. Battler is gone.

The witch of the painting stands before you, in all her glory.

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>>15944
"So it's finally time for us to meet face-to-face, is it, Beatrice? I trust you received my challenge earlier?"

Beatrice's face is a grim mask as she addresses you, the world around you taking on a new shape as she speaks.

"Yours wasn't the challenge I was expecting to deal with, but nonetheless, I'll face you here."

The arena takes shape, as Beatrice makes her proclamation. "My win condition may be unreachable, but the least I can do is trap you in a closed room of red for your troubles! Prepare yourself, Furudo Erika!"

BARGAIN OF THE GOLDEN WITCH

Ushiromiya Kinzo - Missing at the time of the game's suspension (The ever-convenient scapegoat.)

Ushiromiya Krauss - Victim of the first clause (Inheriting the headship means inheriting the head's fate.)

Ushiromiya Hideyohsi - Victim of the first clause (and that's all he was in this game.)

Ushiromiya Rosa - Victim of the second clause (The witch's revenge completed, after over twenty years.)

Ushiromiya Maria - Victim of the second clause (Who cares, it's only Maria.)

Ushiromiya Eva - Victim of the third clause (Her meddling and research won her naught but the witch's ire.)

Ushiromiya Natsuhi - Missing at the time of the game's suspension (She's so suspicious she must have been framed, right?)

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