"you're the culprit?" "You broke into this house yesterday and murdered Kenmochi Rumi." "you tried to frame Miyaji Saori." "Were you trying to end it all here by killing her?" "Kageyama!" "What kind of person are you?" "What the heck are you trying to do? I have never felt my efforts so futile." "Futile?" "What are you talking about? but is Milady 'daft?" "'" "What just happened?" "What's going on?" "Dissing me during such a serious moment?" "Just who is he?" "Who is this man called Kageyama?" "Fired!" "Fired!" "Definitely fired... or actually arrested!" "you're under arrest!" "I am under arrest?" "Yes." "I can't just let it slide." "what am I charged with?" "Caught red-handed committing a murder." "Milady believes that I murdered Miyaji Saori or something of that nature?" "Well duh." "what evidence do you have?" "That bloody knife is the foremost proof." "I merely happened to be holding it at the moment." "one would notice that there is no blood on the blade of the knife." "how do you explain the blood on your bandages? I intruded upon the Tendo residence once again." "thereupon I discovered Ms. Miyaji Saori." "my bandages were stained." "so I promptly took the knife at hand." "And this is how the circumstance of me holding a knife with my blood-stained right hand came into being." "That excuse isn't going to work on me." "You just have to wipe the blood off from the knife." "what about this?" "From the appearances of the crime scene one would deduce that Ms. Miyaji Saori was murdered while enjoying a beer." "is that really so?" "This Pilsner glass has not one trace of foam." "The flavor of this beer would have been spoiled." "What are you trying to say? passed since Ms. Miyaji Saori was murdered.{this doesn't make any damn sense Kageyama}" "So?" "10 minutes before." "And where was I at the time?" "You were sending me off in front of the limousine." "Milady is a witness for my alibi." "Kageyama." "Reiko's actually not stupid this week}" "It wouldn't be out of character for you to have something like that prepared." "it seems like you broke into this house last night." "Broke in?" "We have eyewitness testimony. they said that you seemed like you were looking for something around this house." "Didn't you just say today that you had dropped something near this house?" "Wasn't that a piece of evidence you carelessly dropped while running away after murdering Kenmochi Rumi?" "those bandages." "You got injured while killing Kenmochi Rumi." "you awkwardly hid your hand from me." "that was..." "Don't lie to me." "Explain it properly." "Milady." "There is one secret that I have been keeping from Milady." "However..." "I suppose I have no choice but to tell you the truth." "I will tell you everything." "last night I was having a serious match at the baseball field next to the Tendo residence." "What?" "Noel. but I used to be a famous slugger! could not quell my fighting spirit as a baseball player" "I had a one-turn play-off last night." "So that's why you were out? so I concealed this even from Milady." "how did it go?" "I say." "It was a complete defeat on my part." "So you got injured there and had to bandage your hand?" "so I unintentionally..." "Ouch! I searched for the ball to commemorate my defeat." "I peered into the Tendo residence's gardens." "that's when the eyewitness account... I finally found the ball." "And this is the truth behind my suspicious actions from last night through today." "I am terribly sorry that I made Milady worry unnecessarily." "I humbly beg for your forgiveness." "I'll check things out with the cake shop owner." "Please do so." "I'm not blind." "Please refrain from acting on your own from now on." "Yes." "Hosho?" "Detective." "you're..." "The person who discovered the body." "What?" "This is..." "Ms. Miyaji Saori." "She is deceased." "'X' again." "Yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yeees!" "A sudden turn of events!" "Such an unexpected present has arrived just before Christmas!" "I have something I need to speak with you in detail about." "Please come with me to the station." "You're under arrest for murder." "Detective!" "I only have one question to ask you." "What happened to Ms. Shao Rei after that?" "You said you were her fiancé." "That means you are to marry her?" "Do you plan on keeping quiet?" "Let's see how long you can keep that up." "If you don't tell me..." "If you don't tell me..." "Hot!" "Hot!" "Hot!" "What?" "Fine." "If you're gonna do that then I've got some ideas too." "Here's a deal:" "I'll let you go immediately." "This is an extra judicial plea bargain." "Such stubbornness." "Then how about this?" "I'll especially add on a Kazamatsuri Motors car?" "eh?" "I guess there is still time before tomorrow's Christmas Eve." "How about a Katsu-don in the meantime?" "Katsu-don?" "Oh-ho." "An interrogation room Katsu-don." "Yup." "An interrogation room Katsu-don." "A special dinner that everyone wants to experience once in their lives." "Enjoy it to your heart's content." "you'll tell me about Ms. Shao Rei." "Katsu-don." "Katsu-don." "Come on!" "Come onnnn!" "I shall keep silent." "Mon dieu!" "You have five minutes." "Oh." "Your Lordship." "Kageyama." "I'm glad you look well." "It has been a long time." "What brings you here?" "I got word from Reiko." "I've arranged for you to be released." "You should be able to return tomorrow." "I do not know how to express my profound gratitude for Milord to personally expend his efforts." "It is but a simple task for one with the power of the Hosho Group." "Kageyama?" "I am grateful." "What do you think of Reiko?" "She is a very interesting person." "Willful and splendidly naive." "I do not know of any other as genuine as she is." "I knew I was correct in entrusting her to you." "It seems like Reiko has grown up a bit." "she was just a self-indulgent willful girl...{she still is!" "}" "I suppose I didn't mind her willfulness." "Because Reiko is so adorable." "Kageyama." "There is one thing I simply must tell you." "And that would be?" "I'm keeping a secret from Reiko." "Secret?" "Yeah." "A very important secret that she mustn't know." "Oh dear." "He ended up doing nothing." "we've finished the crime scene investigation and canvassing the vicinity..." "Detective." "We brought you breakfast." "yes." "there's one important lesson I learned from this case." "Detective?" "you'll wake up cold!" "Well yeah." "Hm?" "Where are you going Hosho?" "I'm going to return to the station for a bit and change." "Kageyama." "it is Milady." "Good morning." "right?" "That is correct." "don't you have something planned for tonight?" "Yes." "I hope you have a wonderful night." "this won't do." "You can't enjoy Christmas Eve in a jail cell." "What a shame." "your countenance is most joyful." "So have a nice day." "right?" "Milady." "were you up all night?" "What?" "Are you trying to say that I look tired or that my makeup's bad?" "No." "I sincerely hope you take care of yourself." "You don't need to tell me that." "But I can't believe it was the same dying message." "Yes." "it's a serial murder!" "Hosho?" "the cake left on the table fell to the floor." "And she used the cream to leave a message just before her death." "I knew that." "The problem is the fact that the two victims left the same dying message." "For them to be the same..." "Yes." "There is an extremely high chance that the perpetrator is the same person!" "And the chance that they'll repeat the same crime!" "the five mystery authors were gathered." "Three remain." "there will be more victims." "we must stop them!" "folks." "My brain doesn't seem to be working." "I checked last night when the Detective was sleeping:" "the estimated time of death was around midnight." "I checked last night when the Detective was sleeping:" "she was stabbed in the abdomen with a bladed object like a knife." "I checked last night when the Detective was sleeping:" "and Ms. Satomi were all in their rooms when the crime occurred." "No one has an alibi." "so basically you all resent the fact that I was the only one who slept." "Not really." "All-nighter investigations sure are tiring." "someone." "isn't someone around?" "Kageyama isn't around so someone should look after me!" "Milady." "My response was delayed because I was very particular with how the turkey was done." "Please forgive me." "That's my Daddy for you." "I was just released." "what on earth are you eating?" "Can't you tell?" "It's a salad." "This is a salad?" "it's a salad Lady Reiko dished up on a whim." "it seems like you dished it up on too much of a whim." "I do what I want." "didn't you have plans for tonight?" "I said that I would be late." "Late?" "It's that rude?" "It is no problem." "I have properly explained my circumstances. so on the contrary it would be rude to go as is." "Kageyama." "It seems like I could simply not leave you alone to solve the case." "Say what?" "!" "any developments since the investigation?" "I can't believe you..." "Well about that... there's no progress." "The Detective said that he solved the mystery behind the dying message 'X' and gathered the three authors together." "I can't believe even Miyaji was murdered." "What is going on?" "we'll also..." "Do not worry." "I can clearly see the culprit." "How?" "I know the meaning of the dying message." "That 'X' again." "So what does that 'X' mean?" "that isn't an 'X.'" "Not an 'X'?" "What do you mean? but a number." "the roman numeral ten!" "So?" "what do you get from it being the roman numeral ten?" "He's just saying whatever comes into his mind again." "cut it out." "I don't know when I'll get killed." "What are you telling me for?" "Detective." "I can't leave it up to you anymore." "we'll do the thinking." "We'll solve the X mystery." "Gotta find the culprit before we get killed." "But civilians cannot participate in invest" "No." "there couldn't be more promising allies.." "Yesterday's enemy is today's ally!" "Let's think about it together." "Things have gotten pretty strange..." "I was preoccupied by the notion that my cell-mate was of the ferocious persuasion." "I didn't want to stir things up." "Thank you for all your hard work." "I had a dying message decoding party with the three mystery authors and Det." "Kazamatsuri." "Yes yes yes yeees." "White Suit?" "Did you figure something out?" "it's perfect." "He's probably just buying time." "that isn't a 'X.'" "Nor is it a roman numeral ten." "It's an 'x-mark'!" "{mhae - how about cross mark?" "}" "White Suit?" "You're just saying whatever comes to mind again!" "You ain't got no point to make." "No!" "This truly is the decisive piece of evidence that links with the culprit–– 'x-mark' like an 'ex.' the culprit is once divorced!" "White Suit?" "We've finally reached the climax!" "Yesterday's enemy is today's ally." "I shall reveal the divorcée culprit from amongst you all." "Mr. Tachibana?" "Divorced." "Mr. Kawamata?" "Divorced." "Mr. Kunioka?" "Divorced." "It must have been hard on you." "Why are you sympathizing with them?" "White Suit!" "the mystery of 'X' was never solved." "I was beginning to get to know a rather fearsome individual by playing catch." "I have recognized anew that baseball truly is a wonderful sport that connects people together." "But I suddenly returned to my senses." "I realized that I should not be held captive by past setbacks forever." "What's wrong?" "Would you keep this ball?" "sonny." "I'll take it." "Thank you very much." "And this is how the ball and myself were released from the curse of defeat." "What?" "the Detective was checking to see if Sato Takeo and Taguchi Yoneko were also divorced." "have either of you been divorced before?" "What?" "Why are you asking me that?" "It's all a part of the investigation." "Please answer." "My family is your average 4-person household." "What about you Ms. Yoneko?" "I'm single." "I hope you find someone." "Detective." "sorry..." "I didn't realize you were still talking." "What's the matter?" "I was thinking we could eat the Christmas cake." "Then we'll... don't mind me." "How about having it together?" "so how about it?" "I want some." "Detective." "It's a pretty simple Christmas cake." "I usually have my personal patisserie make me a fruit-filled..." "Detective!" "By the way... there were two cakes?" "Two cakes?" "that's..." "This is a present." "One is Ms. Miyaji's present." "this is this year's Christmas cake." "The other one is the cake Satomi bought last evening." "It seems like Ms. Miyaji also bought hers from the local store Satomi goes to every year." "And that's how we got two of the same Christmas cake." "Oh?" "Ms. Satomi went to a local cake shop?" "Could that be Noel?" "Yes." "Satomi buys us a Christmas cake with her own pocket money." "Pocket money?" "have you figured out the meaning of the x-mark?" "Huh?" "the dying message?" "That's still under investigation." "I see." "Thank you very much." "let us have some." "Ms. Satomi." "Please." "What is it?" "Could I have that panda?" "Detective!" "Mr. Sato?" "it's delicious." "And that was the end of our investigations for today." "I see." "So that is how it is." "What?" "You're talking like you know something." "Even though your deductions were off yesterday." "I suppose I did mistake the truth." "what?" "You know the real culprit this time?" "Yes." "Who is it?" "a bit of explanation is required." "And tonight is a special night." "Looks delicious." "Let us save the reveal for after Christmas dinner. we're not even half way through yet!" "} and close this case." "Is that all right?" "right?" "the two murders that occurred this time were not the acts of the same perpetrator." "They're not?" "The first murder was as I had surmised yesterday:" "Miyaji Saori murdered Kenmochi Rumi out of spite because she took her literary prize and her lover." "Then the culprit of the first murder was Miyaji Saori after all?" "I was correct about the perpetrator." "my deductions leading to that were mistaken." "The deductions leading to that?" "The 'X' written in black ink." "I deduced that Ms. Satomi wrote it as camouflage to cover up for her mother." "But the one who wrote that 'X' was Sato Takeo." "Sato Takeo?" "Yes." "I do not believe that you would understand." "so I shall explain it later." "for the time being I shall refer to it as "a certain reason" for now." "A certain reason?" "The reason my deductions were incorrect was because I did not realize that certain reason." "my deductions about the trophy thrown into the second floor were incorrect." "What was wrong about it? but actually Ms. Satomi did that to cover up for Sato Takeo." "For Sato?" "Yes." "Ms. Satomi found Ms. Kenmochi Rumi's body." "And for the same certain reason she thought that the culprit was Sato Takeo." "to remove Sato Takeo as a suspect she threw the trophy into the second floor." "why would Sato Takeo not be a suspect if she threw the trophy into the second floor?" "the culprit was an individual who possessed the ability to throw the trophy into the second floor." "one who could not throw it would not be a suspect." "But couldn't Sato Takeo throw the trophy into the second floor?" "'Cause he said he was a pitcher." "Sato Takeo had destroyed his shoulder." "Didn't you destroy your shoulder during middle or high school?" "{const. check} in high school." "And because of that I stopped playing baseball." "You're so dumb." "Just 'cause you destroy your shoulder doesn't mean you can't throw a trophy." "You don't even know that?" "I expected no less from Milady." "You understood that "destroying one's shoulder" that Sato Takeo spoke of simply meant not that he could not throw something like a trophy." "Of course. really understand the true meaning of "destroying one's shoulder?" "could not throw a heavy trophy." "And this courageous girl frantically pondered" "Sato Takeo would not be a suspect." "But... was selected as an MVP in the same West Tokyo League as I was." "that is why Ms. Satomi collapsed back then." "' but I guess it makes sense." "Then who's the second culprit? but the fact that the letter X was written with cream from the cake." "Whipped cream?" "Isn't that because it just happened to be right there?" "Milady." "Please recall." "There was blood on Miyaji Saori's hands. rather than go through the trouble to use the cream?" "it is more prudent to view the 'X' as something not by Miyaji Saori." "written by someone else and not the victim? a dying message is not something one should truly lend credence to." "it can be falsified freely after the fact." "Then you can't deduce anything." "No." "The use of the whipped cream left an important piece of evidence about the person who wrote it." "Evidence?" "That would be the stroke order." "Stroke order?" "Milady. you can see which line was drawn first." "You're right." "do you know the stroke order of 'X?" "' left-to-right." "I expected no less from Milady." "right-to-left." "Yeah... the person who fabricated this dying message wrote this 'X' using a different stroke order." "What do you mean?" "there really is no good way to handle "batsu" here is there?" "}" "X-mark?" "Kageyama}" "There are many who write it right-to-left." "man I thought that's where this was going too." "Why is this episode so agressively terrible?" "}" "the person who wrote this dying message should immediately come to mind." "Who thought that this was not an 'X' but an x-mark?" "have you figured out the meaning of the x-mark?" "Ms. Satomi?" "Yes." "Ms. Satomi is the culprit?" "Ms. Satomi is the most unconnected to these murders and motive." "she would not need such tricks." "Then why would Ms. Satomi write a fake dying message?" "Perhaps she was trying to cover up for someone by writing an x-mark––or an 'X' as the investigation's taken it." "Cover up?" "' the police thought that the same culprit murdered both Miyaji Saori and Kenmochi Rumi." "'cause it was the same 'X.'" "And that is precisely what Ms. Satomi was aiming for." "Who was she covering for?" "who had an alibi for the first murder." "Huh?" "Then he killed Miyaji Saori?" "Yes." "I wonder..." "Meaning?" "'Cause there's still one important suspect remaining." "Important suspect?" "Tendo Shizuko." "Ms. Tendo Shizuko?" "so she disappeared from the investigation but now that I think about it that's suspicious. she dreaded the junior writers surpassing her someday." "So she harbored murderous intent towards the mystery writers rapidly growing in popularity." "So––" "Tendo Shizuko was the one who sent the invitations to gather the writers together." "And she murdered Kenmochi Rumi and Miyaji Saori one after another." "you'll also understand why Ms. Satomi covered up for the culprit." "'Cause Tendo Shizuko is her biological mother." "So Tendo Shizuko is the culprit after all!" "Huh?" "Kageyama?" "Seems like I've surpassed your deductions." "are you at a loss of words over shock about this Christmas miracle?" "But this is no miracle: this is my true ability." "Milady." "Kageyama?" "have a seat. it seems like it was completely useless to harden my heart and continuously spout barbed words at you." "Huh? could they not think of better insults?" "}" "Milady's powers of deduction are inferior to those of a complete amateur after all. that is 'like totally LOL.'" "What?" "What is this?" "You don't have a sharp tongue anymore..." "These are just insults!" "Verbal assault!" "No effing way." "There's no effing way a butler––no––a person would do this." "You monster!" "Monster!" "I get it." "You're just angry that I criticized you before I arrested you." "I was not angry." "You so were." "Definitely were." "So you just wanted to insult me to feel better about yourself!" "I am not angry!" "Really?" "It was because you were taking advantage of someone's crisis." "hello?" "That's being angry!" "Milady's deductions are incorrect." "How can you say that for sure?" "ugh!" "}" "being evasive." "how about asking her directly?" "Ms. Tendo Shizuko herself." "the car." "Very well." "What is the meaning of this?" "Wasn't there another man in a tuxedo?" "Where did he go?" "He went out a while ago." "How in the world did he do that?" "What's that?" "I got it from Mr. Tuxedo." "Confiscated." "But this is––" "Confiscated." "Kageyama." "Kageyama." "Milady." "your deduction that Ms. Tendo Shizuko is the culprit certainly is reasonable." "It also makes sense logically." "What is it now?" "you seem to have one great misunderstanding." "Misunderstanding?" "Why Sato Takeo murdered Miyaji Saori and why Ms. Satomi covered up for Sato Takeo." "The key to these serial murder case lies within a secret kept by the Tendo family." "Secret?" "This." "Huh?" "What's going on?" "Where's Ms. Tendo?" "this is the true form of the certain reason that stirred up Sato Takeo and Ms. Satomi." "the person known as Ms. Tendo Shizuko did not exist in the first place.{CALLED IT}" "Huh?" "Ms. Tendo Shizuko passed away 10 years ago." "What are you talking about?" "A bunch of people saw Tendo Shizuko." "Even I met her and spoke with her directly." "Tendo Shizuko has been putting out books for over 10 years." "There's no way she doesn't exist." "I had felt that Ms. Tendo's writing style had significantly changed ten years ago." "not even in my dreams could I have thought that another person was writing them." "Another person?" "Who wrote them?" "The only one who could have was Sato Takeo." "He utilized his many years of experience creating works of fiction with Ms. Tendo as her editor and published his own works using Tendo Shizuko's name." "And he desperately hid the fact that she did not exist." "The reason Tendo Shizuko's works had to continue selling at all costs lies behind that." "No way." "I could not believe it myself either." "That Ms. Tendo Shizuko did not exist." "And not realizing this fact caused my mistaken deductions this time around." "who plotted to murder Kenmochi Rumi and used Ms. Tendo's name to gather the mystery writers at the Tendo Residence." "Sato Takeo was shocked." "Because Ms. Tendo Shizuko was no longer in this world." "Who would do this and for what purpose?" "He must have been cautious of the five people who came." "And that is why he found Kenmochi Rumi's body before anyone else." "Sato Takeo tried to report this in haste." "the fact that Ms. Tendo Shizuko does not exist would be made public." "he came up with a certain idea." "are the Kunitachi CSIs really that retarded that they couldn't tell the body was moved?" "Wasn't there blood and shit?" "}" "this would impress upon everyone that Ms. Tendo existed he could create a "no visitors" condition. who had been murdered." "Are you kidding me?" "How do you know that?" "By her feet." "Feet?" "The person who fell was barefoot. would come from the detached room in such light clothing." "the theory that perhaps Ms. Tendo Shizuko did not exist came to mind." "Then what was that 'X' written in black ink?" "You said that was written by Sato?" "Why would he write something like a dying message... if you think of it as Sato Takeo trying to protect the secret that Ms. Tendo Shizuko does not exist then an explanation easily comes to mind." "that he used as a disguise." "Nail polish?" "but he forgot shoes?" "}" "then Sato Takeo's plan would have succeeded." "the black polish painted onto Ms. Rumi's nails did not completely come off.{oh my god are you shitting me?" "this is the literally the dumbest thing ever}" "If the body was discovered like that and it was discovered that her nails were painted black then it would be found out that he used Ms. Rumi's body to pretend that Ms. Tendo was still around.{this is a joke right?" "}" "Sato Takeo spilled the ink and put it on her nails to hide the remnants of the polish. so he wrote 'X' as a dying message." "what about the other one?" "!" "}" "Hold the phone." "the Detective and I met Tendo Shizuko together." "I saw Tendo Shizuko with my own eyes." "that person was also another person disguised as Ms. Tendo." "Huh?" "Who would disguise themselves like that?" "if you think of it as Sato Takeo trying to protect the secret that Ms. Tendo Shizuko does not exist then an explanation easily comes to mind." "Perhaps Miyaji Saori witnessed Sato Takeo taking off Ms. Kenmochi Rumi's disguise and realized the fact that Ms. Tendo does not exist." "she approached Sato Takeo." "I know your secret." "What do you mean?" "right?" "then listen to what I say." "They conspired together to hide each other's secrets." "Miyaji Saori impersonated Ms. Tendo Shizuko and established her own alibi." "that Tendo Shizuko was Miyaji Saori?" "Yes." "that is when Miyaji Saori got greedy." "right?" "How about half?" "Huh?" "Give it to me." "I..." "I'm gonna tell." "That Tendo Shizoku isn't in this world anymore." "That all the readers have been tricked by an editor called Sato!" "Satomi is it?" "She'll be shocked." "Once she finds out that even though her own mother is dead she's been tricked all this time." "Poor dear!" "that poor girl." "I won't let you." "Huh?" "a case where two women were murdered in succession occurred." "No way." "Who are you?" "What are you doing here?" "Mr. Sato." "Do not commit any further crimes." "Kageyama!" "Sorry." "Detective?" "Detective." "Ms. Shao Rei." "you did this for me?" "I give my life to you as a present." "There's no greater end than dying in your arms." "The greatest Christmas Eve." "bonsoir." "Detective?" "Detective!" "Hm?" "What?" "you did it on purpose." "Of course not!" "look." "Oh my..." "For this ball of defeat to save someone's life... for this individual to stop the point of a knife with a spherical ball..." "An astonishing miracle!" "This truly is a Christmas miracle!" "Merry Kazamatsuri!" "You know what you did." "Why would you do such a thing?" "but the letter 'X' you wrote was that not for an X game in baseball?" "X game?" "For a called game or when a game ends in the ninth inning." "that 'X' was for game set. and those feelings unconsciously made you write the letter 'X.'{oh my god could this get dumber?" "}" "you shared joys and sorrows with Ms. Tendo Shizuko did Ms. Tendo not entrust to you..." "Ms. Satomi?" "you concealed Ms. Tendo's death and continued to write while you raised Ms. Satomi." "That was to repay the debt left by Ms. Tendo's former husband and to preserve the Tendo estate." "was it all not for Ms. Satomi?" "is no longer here." "No way..." "Have you not noticed? was shocked to see you carrying Ms. Tendo that time." "She wondered who that could possibly be. the Ms. Tendo from before was this body.{you've gotta be shitting me} she mistakenly believed that you murdered Ms. Rumi." "she threw the trophy into the second floor to remove you as a suspect. she wrote a dying message with the cake." "Those were all things Ms. Satomi frantically did to cover up for you." "Ms. Satomi did?" "Why did she go so far..." "That is because you are her biological father.{CALLED IT. god this show is dumb}" "Father?" "Ms. Satomi is the child born of Ms. Tendo Shizuko and Mr. Sato Takeo." "That's just something you came up with on your own." "this is not just my own conjecture!" "Ms. Satomi also thinks of you as her father." "Huh? not your birthday?" "How do you..." "The cake you received from Ms. Satomi back then had a marzipan panda on it." "I happened to hear this from the owner of Noel:" "The Christmas cake had a Santa and the birthday cake had a panda." "but a birthday cake for you." "No way..." "But that doesn't mean that she thinks of me as her father..." "No!" "It seems that Ms. Satomi says this when she buys a cake at Noel every year before Christmas:" "we get a customer who orders something confusing like a birthday cake for Christmas." "But she always says happily:" "This is a birthday cake for my daddy." "You have a family and could not say that Ms. Satomi was your daughter." "And Ms. Satomi could not call you father either." "she saved up her pocket money bought a cake for your birthday... were placed in that birthday cake and sent to you." "she used the cake cream for the dying message.{buhh?" "1) dumb 2) makes no sense} she wanted to write a dying message to cover for Mr. Sato." "At that time she realized that there were two Noel cake boxes." "If these two cakes were seen as is it would have been discovered that the one disguised as a Christmas cake was actually a birthday cake.{:|" "I thought it wasn't possible for this to get stupider}" "And her true feelings that thought of you as her father would be discovered." "she dropped the Christmas cake to the floor and wrote the message." "she thought this could hide her true feelings while also protecting her father." "Her father desperately hid the fact that her mother was not around and the daughter tried in earnest to protect that father." "And this is the truth to this case." "I'll go buy another Christmas cake." "how is it?" "it's delicious." "Mr. Sato." "When did you find out?" "That Ms. Tendo was gone?" "Six years ago." "That long ago?" "From a letter." "I would exchange letters with my mom who was busy as a writer." "I loved my mom's gentle handwriting. right?" "this was written in her usual gentle handwriting:" "Yeah." "Santa comes from the country of dreams." "I remember her saying this when I was three:" "Santa lives in Finland!" "And that's when I realized that the gentle handwriting I always saw was not my mom's." "I am going to confirm whether Ms. Tendo will participate in the Mystery Fair or not." "Please wait a moment." "I wondered whose writing those were..." "I snuck a peek at Mr. Sato's notes and that gentle handwriting was there." "for keeping silent about it all this time." "I knew. she would be busy with writing and it wouldn't be so different from how it is now." "who's taken care of me this entire time." "Ms. Satomi." "Huh?" "There is something I wanted to give you when you turned twenty." "A message from Ms. Tendo before she passed away." "I shall give it to you today." "It's on." "happy twentieth birthday." "I'm sure you've become very beautiful." "I wish I could see you now." "I'm sorry for always leaving you alone." "I love you." "I love you." "Thank you very much." "most forced kando bit so far}" "A dying message filled with deep emotions the best female mystery author in Japan." "Detective!" "Hang in there." "please wake up!" "we've found the culprit." "Sato Takeo turned himself in." "is he." "Ms. Shao Rei." "with you..." "Merry Kazamatsuri!" "Leave him." "Ms. Satomi didn't ask Mr. Sato whether he's her real father or not." "Words were not necessary." "Huh?" "Family." "Lovers." "Friends." "Comrades." "The connections people have are all the same." "They are connected by something the eye can't see." "Do not forget that those are the strongest ~bonds~." "By the way Kageyama." "Yes?" "What about your plans tonight?" "Weren't you keeping someone waiting?" "Milady." "Would it be quite all right if I were to head there directly now?" "Huh?" "Why do I hafta go around with you on your Christmas plans?" "A specially made Christmas cake from Noel." "Thank you very much." "Would you care for a specially made Christmas cake from Noel?" "Welcome." "this was your Christmas plans?" "over-the-counter Christmas cake sales." "Why are you doing this kind of thing?" "I made a bet with the owner of Noel that I would help with the sales of Christmas cakes if I lost that one-pitch game." "I'm not letting you leave until you sell them all." "Yes." "how many more are there?" "I have about 50 more left." "I see." "Alright." "I'll help too." "As thanks for solving the mystery." "Milady." "I will be censured by his Lordship." "Then get censured." "It's fine." "I'll keep it a secret from Daddy." "the cakes will sell better if I dress up as Santa and smile at the counter." "'Cause I'm cute." "Kageyama!" "Do you have plans after?" "What are you talking about? Santa's gonna come!" "I see." "I'm keeping a secret from Reiko." "A very important secret that she mustn't know." "Secret?" "What kind?" "Well you see..." "Oh dear..." "Would you care for a specially made Christmas cake from Noel?" "Oh!" "I forgot to prepare some socks!" "Those big one!" "sell these fast!" "Would you like a Christmas cake?" "Would you..." "What? but Milady truly is a wonderful woman." "What?" "Would you care for a specially made Christmas cake from Noel?" "Would you like a cake?" "Would you like a cake?" "Noel's special Christmas Cake." "Snow!" "Oh my give me give me give me love for me" "I'll chase you down" "Let's begin a thorough body check" "{\an8\i1\cH13D7E4}You and I met all of a sudden" "{\an8\i1\cH13D7E4}And you put me at ease like I've known you my whole life" "{\an8\i1\cH13D7E4}Our personalities and interests may have been different" "{\an8\i1\cH13D7E4}But you were dazzling in your clumsy honesty" "{\an8\i1\cH13D7E4}If the day comes when the door deciding what's black and what's right is to be opened" "{\an8\i1\cH13D7E4}Those pure thoughts will let you grasp the key" "{\an8\i1\cH13D7E4}Even If someone were to confuse you and you were to lose your way in a labyrinth" "{\an8\i1\cH13D7E4}I will take your hand and lead you one by one you shine brighter than anyone else" "{\an8\i1\cH13D7E4}It's like I've known you my whole life" "{\an8\i1\cH13D7E4}Always with you" "{\an8\i1\cH13D7E4}Even If someone were to confuse you and you were to lose your way in a labyrinth" "{\an8\i1\cH13D7E4}I will take your hand and lead you one by one you shine brighter than anyone else" "0000"