>>9600
[ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0sYkBEcTps ]

Ozaki wakes up, still in the backyard of the school.

How long has he been passed out?
Marie is nowhere to be seen.

>>9602
I look around to see if anything else has changed. Then I check the back of my head by feeling it. I then enter the school.

>>9603
It seems the backyard is the same as it was before.

The back of your head is still a little sore; it feels like something heavy hit it.

Upon entering the school, a trail of blood can be seen going throughout the hallway...

>>9603
>Hey I have been a terrible teacher so far, but let's change that by also abusing my students.

>>9604
I follow the blood cautiously.

>>9605
detective > teacher

>>9606
The blood trail leads up to the art room.

The door is closed and locked.

>>9608
I unlock the door and enter. I lock the door behind me, survey the room and listen for movement.

>>9609
The room looks totally in disarray, with paintings, canvasses, sculptures, and all sorts of arts and crafts made into a mess. Blood also covers the entire floor.

Standing next to some paintings... is Renoir. He remains completely silent, smiling as though nothing has happened.

>>9610
Unlock the door and walk back out.

>>9607
>implying you can talk back your conscience

>>9611
As you turn around, Renoir teleports in front of the door, blocking it.

"Hey, wait! Can't even bear to look at my latest piece of art?" He points to the portrait he had previously been standing in front of.

>>9613
I sigh

"No, you just bore me. Let me guess... Youkai of the art room? Lets get this over with."

I look at the portrait.

>>9615
...It is a portrait of Marie.

"As the Youkai of the Sixth Rank, my power turns humans into portrait paintings. I know you're the kind who demands seeing corpses, so fear not: Marie is dead. Now then, I'll have a bite of your soul if you don't mind...!"

>>9616
I stop his mouth with the end of the baseball bat

"If there is no corpse then there is no mystery here. You have failed to present a suitable mystery in order to defend your claims as a Youkai;therefore you are nothing but an illusion. How disappointing."

I smash his head in with the baseball bat.

>>9617
The Youkai cackles, vanishing into the air the moment the metal bat hits his head.

It appears that is all he had to say.

>>9618
I survey the rest of the room.

>>9619
As previously stated, the room is a mess.

Art supplies have fallen everywhere. Various works of art are also smashed into pieces, with little remaining.

Blood covers the entire floor.

>>9620
Check the windows.

>>9621
The windows are all locked and perfectly intact. They resemble the windows of all the other classrooms.

>>9622
I check the other art pieces and check the art supplies.

>>9623
As expected, nothing unusual is found.

>>9624
Finally check the whole room for anyone hiding and check the lock and door to confirm they are the same as the rest.

>>9625
No one is hiding. The door and lock are the same as the rest.

>>9626
"As expected."

I end my investigation

>>9627
Suddenly, the intercom beeps several times, and the voice of the Headmaster is heard throughout the school.

"...Attention, Ozaki-san. Please report to the principal's office as soon as possible. Again, Ozaki-san, please report to the principal's office as soon as possible. Thank you."

The intercom goes silent.

>>9629
[ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6muUPLKeexM ]

"There is no point anymore."

I head to the top of the roof and start to yell. Would anyone hear those words? Anyone human? No. Only youkai who would sneer at this anecdote.

"I'm sorry I was such a bad teacher. In the end I couldn't save anyone or solve anything. I was just trying to act tough! I'm useless... YOU HEAR ME!? YOU WIN YOU DAMN YOUKAI! I CAN'T SOLVE ANY OF THIS SHIT! I WON'T LET YOU TAKE ME TOO!"

If one was to watch from below in the courtyard they may see the moonlight fall on Ozaki has he stood on the railing to the roof. Slowly the man placed a rope around his neck. The noose is then fixed into place and he removes the chemical he had been saving. As he spreads the KNO3 over his body one would see a lighter appear out of the pocket.

Without haste the body is engulfed in flames and he falls over the railing. The body lurches and jerks suddenly. The body spins, suspended in the air. The man moves for the last time.

The youkai laughed in the night.

>>9630
...Of course, that is only what an observer would see.

>>9631
[ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5vk9lMWOBE ]

"Nah that won't work... That's a pretty shitty way to end a tale now isn't it?"

I head to the library and take the rope from the room.
I then take Takeshi's body and pull it out of the way of the bookshelves.
I push over all the bookshelves on top of where Takeshi's body once was. Yoko should be covered now.
I then make sure nobody sees me as I run up to the roof top.
I lock the door and then remove all my items and them Takeshi's clothing and put my own clothing on his body.
I yell to the heavens about my fake feelings and then lift the body up to the railings and tie the rope.
I cover the body in chemicals and light it on fire.
The body falls as it is engulfed in flames.

I then take a position on the rooftop above the door so I watch the entrance from above and the courtyard without being seen and then wait.

>>9632
[ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9g50kqfVRc ]

The one who is seen on the rooftop... is the Headmaster, followed by the Vice Principal.

They both spot Ozaki hiding on top of the door, which would normally be out of sight.

"...Ozaki-san. Who ever said the culprit would bother coming up here?"

The Headmaster extends his arm, drawing a shadow out of it. The shadow wraps itself around Ozaki, dragging him up close to the Headmaster.

"...What a coward, hiding up on the rooftop. If it is death you want, then I, the Youkai of the First Rank, shall be more than glad to give it to you."

A burning sensation ripples through Ozaki's skin.

"As you know, Marie is dead, and the human forms of Michiru and Tomoko are no longer here. In addition, Kanamori, Aya, Midori, Reiko, Yuuki, Shuichi, Takeshi, Yoko, Nurse, Masaaki, Yukari, and Hikaru are all dead. Right now, you are still alive.

...From the moment you entered the school tonight, exactly 16 humans, including yourself, have existed within the school walls. And now... you too shall be killed."

>>9633
After saying this, the burning sensation flows entirely throughout Ozaki's body, directly into his heart. He grabs his chest with his remaining hand, falling to his knees.

The Headmaster laughs repeatedly to himself as Ozaki struggles to escape his grasp. But nothing works.

The last thing Ozaki sees is the Headmaster's twisted face, before his vision blurs, and the world fades to black......

>>9634
<On the Night of Kinjo's Redemption>

End of Main Game

Main Game? will there be a theory thread?

>>9638
In the next part, Ozaki will do his best to solve the mysteries on his own, in the same way I did during Repercussion.

As for everyone else, feel free to e-mail any theories to me. I'll enjoy reading them.

>>9639
Ozaki finally regains consciousness, lying face-down on the cold ground outside.

But where is he? Around him he sees nothing but red spider lily flowers...

>>9640
I stand up and take a look around.

>>9641
[ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyH78serqyk ]

After picking himself up, he realizes he is in the middle of a giant field of spider lily flowers, with no end in sight.

Standing in front of him are five Youkai.

Higanbana: "...Well, this is it. Are all of the challengers gathered here?"

Izanami: "Wasn't Hameln supposed to come?"

Azami: "That fool let himself get killed during the game. Looks like it's just us."

Renoir: "Good! That means I can eat more!"

Headmaster: "Very well then. We shall split Ozaki into five pieces. Four limbs, and then the rest."

Higanbana: "Hmm. That's rather boring, don't you think?"

Azami: "So what do you suggest?"

Higanbana: "Each Youkai for themselves. Not only shall we split him up into five pieces, but a Youkai can claim more than one piece. In other words, it shall go like this:

-Ozaki will face each of us, one at a time.
-If he cannot defeat the Youkai using three blue truths, that Youkai shall take a piece of him.
-If he can defeat the Youkai, that Youkai loses, and shall disappear.
-In either case, the next Youkai will step up, and the cycle repeats.

Any questions before we tear you apart, Ozaki...?!"

>>9642
"You all seem so certain you will get to taste me despite all these mediocre mysteries. If anything I will be the one to take a bite out of you.

I'm ready. Give it your best shot."

>>9643
"Very well! Explain it! The murder of Kanamori and his group of students!"

>>9644
"There isn't really much to explain.

The culprit simply killed them inside each room and then locked the door with a Teacher key from the outside."

>>9645
"Really? Think about it. You were in possession of your Teacher's Key the whole time! You also found Nafumi's key in the Staff Room, which was locked! And Kanamori's key was found inside the bathroom, which had also been locked! You can attest to all three of those statements yourself!"

>>9646
"Did you forget your own mystery? Oh I see you just don't want to admit defeat so early.
The staff room wasn't locked until after the Nurse came to get me to unlock the door. Anyone could have taken it before the murder.

>>9647
"Hah! Very well then! Neither the bathroom nor the classroom were locked with Nafumi's key! That should take care of that!"

>>9648
"Normally it would but you are playing with witch rules here you so called Youkai. So lets continue on this tangent. Define "Nafumi's key".
After all it's fairly simple to make a duplicate of a key or even make a fake one that doesn't function and replaced it for the real one. I never used Nafumi's key after all.

If you want to 'take care' of this you should be more exact. For example:
"For this entire game there are only three keys that can unlock and or lock every room in the school excluding the Security and the Supplies room. They are called Teacher Keys and nothing else. There have never been more than three of these and there have never been any duplicates or fakes made of them. At the end of the game Ozaki carried all of these real keys. The only keys that can unlock and or lock the bathroom and classrooms are one of the three Teacher Keys."

Not to mention you said nothing about being unlocked in your last red.

Surely you can do that much if your mystery is any good."

>>9649
"For this entire game there are only three keys that can unlock and or lock every room in the school excluding the Security and the Supplies room. They are called Teacher's Keys and nothing else. There have never been more than three of these and there have never been any duplicates or fakes made of them. At the end of the game Ozaki carried all of these real keys. The only keys that can unlock and or lock the bathroom and classrooms are one of the three Teacher's Keys. Additionally, Nafumi's key was not used to unlock the bathroom or Class 1-B, either. Nafumi's Key refers to only one key, a Teacher's Key, which belonged to Nafumi. So, can we move on now?"

>>9650
"Sure just wanted to make sure I wasn't being duped for a silly answer.
Actually >Nafumi's Key refers to only one key, a Teacher's Key, which belonged to Nafumi.
Do that for Kanamori's Key and my own too. Then we should be golden.

However as for moving on as long as my theory is about a Teacher key being used then it still counts for the first blue. Dug yourself into your grave there half pint.

It was Kanamori's key that was used for both rooms. The reason it was found inside the bathroom was because they used trick X to place it back into the room. An example would be using string to feed the key into an already locked room.

An oldie but a goodie."

"Trick X? Come now, is that all you can think of? Please tell me where the hints are for a string-related trick. Naturally, Of all of the doors that exist in Spider Lily High, none has a crack through which a key can slip. If you mean to say something else, please elaborate.

In any case: Kanamori's Key refers to only one key, a Teacher's Key, which belonged to Kanamori.
Ozaki's Key refers to only one key, a Teacher's Key, which belonged to Ozaki."

>>9652
"Don't worry about X I plan to have some fun at least. In any case who said anything about the door in that theory?

It could have been the window, sink, or even toilet. Any opening in the room could have been used to slip the key back into the room using that theory.

>>9653
"If you consider yourself a true detective, you can't simply, as one might say, attempt to shoot down this mystery with a shotgun. Decide upon a single location and give evidence to back up your explanation, Science Teacher. Random guessing isn't allowed."

>>9654
"Really? There were no rules about that. My deal with you was that I have to prove that humans could have done it. Nothing else. If you don't deny it then it's possible. Devil's proof etc.

Besides, if I choose a location it wouldn't take away from the penalty so I could just continue to pick a location until I found the answer. If you REALLY want to do that then I'll say toilet paper dispenser for now."

>Devil's proof
>2013

>>9655
>>9656
"It is as the goat says. Such tactics are obsolete now. And you are right about one thing. Simply picking and choosing for eternity will yield you an infinite amount of theories, when you are only supposed to have three. Therefore, upon choosing a location and explaining in detail how the trick was supposedly done, one of your chances will be used up. Do you still wish to go with 'toilet paper dispenser'?"

>>9657
"No lets go with window."

>>9658
"I also asked you for a detailed explanation. Unwilling to give me one? Or can you not even think of such a thing, merely pointing at random and declaring that you found the solution out of thin air?"

>>9659
All someone would have to do would be to unlock the window and leave locking the door after killing Kanamori. Using the window they then entered the room and placed the key on the toilet paper dispenser. They then locked the window using string.

The hint to this closed room is that the room was rather dirty, which implies everything had been left for a long time and would have been prone to rust and break. For example if the hinge was busted and caused a gap allowing something to slide through. If not the window then another part of the room was broken because of this reason and allowed such a possibility.

>>9662
"Neither the culprit nor Kanamori's key have passed through the bathroom's window during this game. That's one theory down. Next?"

>>9663
"Deny the last part of that blue."

>>9665
"The window was not locked with string, either. As I said, next theory?"

>>9666
"Nope, I'm too cautious. Deny that the windows can be locked from the outside. The use of string locking from the outside has become such a cliche that it is used in the place of many items. If the trick was the age of the place then a myriad of objects could have been used, and we already know how much you disprove of guessing games."

>>9667
"...The windows of the bathroom cannot be locked from the outside. But I'm sure you expected this much."

>>9668
"Well I would normally but I don't trust you at all really so you might as well deny the doors for that too."

>>9669
"You want me to say that the bathroom doors can't be locked from the outside? Even with a key? That just isn't true. I can't repeat everything you want in red. I'm losing my patience, so hurry up with something new."

Some part of the room is broken due to age and allowed for the closed room to be created. It doesn't have to allow the key to enter/exit the room while locked but the culprit or weapon to do so.

Deny or confirm or I will just outlive the ones who call themselves Youkai.

>>9671
"Outlive? You can't do that! No part of the room is broken! There is no place for a key, culprit, or weapon to enter or exit other than the door and windows! One theory left for this murder."

>>9672
"You responded, you can tell I'm not bluffing. Your eternal life would turn into something worse than the depths of hell. Boredom. Just test me and see how it turns out.

Kanamori faked his death and locked door from the inside.

>>9674
"Kanamori did not fake his death! He was dead when you found him! Well, that's three! You know what that meaaaaaaaaaaans?!?!"

The wind blows violently across the field of spider lilies. One by one, they rise, constricting Ozaki like a fly caught in a spider's web. Higanbana flies toward him, biting into his right arm...

"Delicious!"

She pulls out the arm, blood flying all around. The flowers let Ozaki go, and Higanbana returns to her position, munching on his cut-off limb.

>>9675
Izanami steps forth.

"I'll let you take a rest and enjoy your reward, Higanbana. Moving on, to the deaths of Takeshi and Yoko in the library. Explain it, Ozaki-kun!"

>>9676
"I refuse. The Nurse's death was found first. You can have your turn after."

>>9677
"...Sigh. Not even giving me time to enjoy my snack. Fine, fine. Explain the Nurse's death!"

>>9678
A trap was placed in the medicine cabinet. Nurse locked the door from the inside after Yoko and Takeshi had already left the room.

>>9679
"...A trap? What kind of trap would that be?! Are there any hints?!"

>>9680
"There are chemicals easily obtainable in the cabinets in room as well as out of the room in the labs. There are also scorch marks found inside of the cabinet the Nurse was found against."

>>9681
"I see, but as for the trap itself... What kind of trap would it be? What kind of death did the Nurse suffer?"

>>9682
"Inside the doll. Hinted via pieces of it all around the room."

>>9684
"Th-that's... That's correct! The Doll-Bomb Theory! You may not have said it all, but as a Youkai I can read minds... A-anyway, I still have some of your arm to finish eating! Go back to fighting Izanami!!!"

>>9685
"Why so flustered? That was a really easy one. If you want me to move on to Izanami so badly then actually confirm my theory.

'Nurse was killed by a bomb that was placed into the doll. The door had been locked by the Nurse herself after Yoko and Takeshi had left the room. Her corpse was found by Ozaki upon entering the infirmary'"

>>9687
"Nurse was killed by a bo--"

Higanbana suddenly flies across the field, landing on her face. In her place stands Izanami.

"Higanbana!!! You've been far too lenient on him! Ozaki has solved the Nurse's death! There's no need to divulge any more than that. Now solve the deaths of those two or I'll eat you right away, Ozaki!"

>>9688
"Sorry but who can blame her? My well-built figure and good looks can't stop the ladies it seems. First the nude modeling and now this.

Anyway Izanami you seem rather worried about a death that you didn't cause wouldn't you say? Lets move on to Yoko and Takeshi as suggested.

Lets get the worst theory out of the way first.
It was suicide. After the Nurse had died they assumed the two of them were the only ones left so they decided to commit the deed. They used the poison to knock themselves out in order not to feel any pain. They then used the noose to make sure the deed was done correctly. Naturally the door was locked from the inside. "

>>9689
"Neither Takeshi nor Yoko committed suicide! Their deaths were complete homicides! One down, two to go!"

>>9690
Oh well, next theory.
The door can be locked some other way than what we are lead to believe. Those ways being when the door is closed either a teacher key from the outside or by setting the deadbolt on the inside.

Nice and simple. Oh, and make sure to deny it properly.

>>9691
"......Are you kidding me? More blind guessing? I refuse to deny this on the grounds that a Youkai such as myself can magically set the lock of that door on a whim. In fact, you failed to mention how a human plays a part in this at all, so this says nothing. Please make sure to word your theory properly~~"

>>9692
Alright then scratch that one.
Shitty theory number two.
The library consists of more than one room. It is seperated into sections for novels and the ceiling is rather high so it could count as a seperate room. This way someone could have been hiding in the library when I found the corpses.

>>9694
"The library is a single room! No one was hiding in the library when you found the corpses there! Don't you remember the red I gave you at the time? This leaves one theory remaining!"

Not so fast. That leaves a gap though doesn't it?
They were hiding in the room before I found the corpses. When I first entered the room.

>>9696
"Clever, I'll give you that. But the moment Ozaki entered the room, there was no one else inside, and the only people to enter the room afterward were those in Ozaki's group. It is still denied."

Ah too bad, I was starting to like that one.
Anyway third shitty theory.
One of the keys was taken from me without alerting me. It was then slipped back into my pockets before I checked the keys in the library.

>>9698
"During this entire game, once a key had gone into Ozaki's possession, it never left without his knowledge! Three strikes, you're out!"

Suddenly, beneath Ozaki's feet, the spider lily flowers move off to the side, opening a giant hole. Ozaki falls helplessly into the abyss, tumbling down a seemingly endless amount of stairs before being caught by Izanami, who tears off his left leg.

>>9699
The world faded, and Ozaki suddenly found himself back in the field of spider lillies.

Azami steps forward.

"Moving on... Explain it! The deaths of Yukari and Masaaki in the science lab!"

>>9700
Whatever it's just a piece anyway.
Maasaki was killed by inhaling carbon monoxide. Yukari was also killed that way assuming the bruises didn't kill her first. Once they entered the room the gas was leaking out and after the door was locked from the inside a simple flick of the lighter would set the room a blaze.

>>9701
"Sorry. The gas was not leaking when the two entered the room. Furthermore, while harmful carbon monoxide was ingested by both of them, it was not harmful enough to kill them."

>>9702
Ah I see. How about this?
They died from inhaling gases from the burning plants.

I wonder if that still counts for the first theory.

>>9703
"...Burning plants? How ridiculous! You read the labels of the plants yourself! Isn't it obvious that none of them could release such a gas upon being burned?!"

>>9704
Yes I read them, so I know that nerium oleander is in fact poisonous.

Therefore the theory still stands.

>>9706
Azami flinches. "W-what?! That plant was in there?! Sumireeeeee!!!"

"I'm sorry, big sister, but his theory is right! I thought it was a clever trick, so I, I..."

The two Youkai sob uncontrollably as a giant thistle spikes up from the ground, impaling them both. They both burst into bloodstained petals, blown away into the wind.

>>9707
...Four Youkai remain.

Renoir steps forward, about to present his mystery, when suddenly...

>>9708
[ http://tindeck.com/listen/lrsh ]

"Uryu~! I really don't like fighting, but I'm taking Hameln's place! Explain it! The death of Hikaru, and the transformation of Michiru and Tomoko into bunnies!"

"...Wasn't expecting you. Oh the wonders of mass production.
Anyway, what mystery?

The culprit simply killed Hikaru and the other girls ran off doesn't have to be in order. Either the bunnies came back to the dead boy who took care of them or the culprit placed them there.

>>9710
"...Simply killed? The moment Hikaru was killed, he was the only human inside the backyard of the school. It shouldn't be possible for a human to kill him, uryu~!"

>>9711
Like I said simple.

Ranged weapon.

Next.