"You mustn't disturb him." "He has passed on." "It appears to be a fruit knife." "This has become a grave situation." "Oh?" "It penetrated his notebook." "The perpetrator must possess considerable physical strength." "Which means it would be safe to assume that the perpetrator was male." "And the fact that Yutaka Tamaru-san is nowhere to be seen would mean that..." "We probably shouldn't tell Little Sister..." "It'd be best if we didn't tell her." "This turn of events requires some deliberation." "a closed circle." "it would also appear to be homicide." "Furthermore it happened in a locked room." "Now then how could the perpetrator commit the crime in this inaccessible room and make his getaway?" "Kyon-kun." "397)}Remote Island Syndrome (Part Two)" "Did something happen?" "I told you." "Keiichi-san is in bed after suddenly falling ill so we have to stay put." "But what about Mikuru-chan?" "Kyon." "Come here." "Yuki." "Keep the door locked." "Don't open it for anyone." "Understood." "Is this a murder case?" "Looks like it." "Unbelievable..." "I never would have imagined something like this happening." "Weren't you talking about how badly you wanted something to happen?" "That's 'cause I wasn't expecting something to actually happen!" "A murder in a locked room on an island during a storm." "What is the probability of an incident like that occurring at our destination?" "Maybe this also happened because Haruhi wished for it?" "This doesn't look good." "She looked like a mischievous boy after an April Fool's joke gone wrong." "but isn't Yutaka-san the main suspect?" "he's nowhere to be found." "That reminds me..." "Mikuru-chan mentioned something yesterday." "The two of them were fighting?" "She said it looked that way." "And one more thing." "It was last night." "right?" "when I was at this same spot..." "Make it quick." "Prepare a passport and traveler's checks." "Looking back now... right?" "But why the locked room?" "No attempt was made to make it look like a suicide." "There's no reason to bother setting it up in a locked room." "I can't just stand around and wait." "Let's go take another close look at Keiichi-san's room." "I contacted the police and was instructed not to allow anyone inside." "When will the police be here?" "According to the forecast the weather will have improved by tomorrow afternoon so I suppose they will arrive sometime in that vicinity." "Was the door locked all night?" "I do not know." "I only tried knocking on the door." "That's it?" "Keiichi-san has documents pertaining to his work in his room so I am prohibited from opening the door when he doesn't respond." "Did Keiichi-san and Yutaka-san not get along?" "I do not know that either." "The reason being that Mori and I have only been working here for one week." "One week?" "We are part-timers." "Temporarily hired butler and maid." "a mere two weeks of this summer." "So it was just for this villa?" "You weren't previously employed by Keiichi-san?" "That would be correct." "As far as the brothers are concerned I am only aware that Yutaka-sama is an employee at Keiichi-sama's company." "Something isn't right here." "What is this strange feeling..." "Oh?" "Koizumi-kun!" "What were you doing?" "I was patrolling the mansion." "Yutaka-san is nowhere to be found." "And you two?" "We're going out to check if the boat's there." "I don't believe that the boat is there." "Why?" "It was last night." "Yutaka-sama appeared to be in a hurry and headed for the entranceway." "So you're saying that Yutaka-san took the boat and left the island?" "I cannot be absolutely certain." "But that was the last time I saw Yutaka-sama." "What time was it?" "I believe it was around 1 a.m." "One slip and I'll be falling to the bottom of the cliff." "well." "If I'm with her when I fall I'll probably have a higher chance of surviving." "Kyon!" "The cruiser's gone." "Was it really Yutaka-san?" "Gray sky." "Black sea." "It reminds me of being in closed space." "Guess I'm just not fond of such monochrome worlds." "Kyon!" "Someone's there!" "Look!" "Over there!" "Beyond the rocks!" "Did somebody else come outside?" "Or could it be the real perpetrator!" "Haruhi!" "Hey." "Are you sure it went this way?" "But there's no other path!" "Haruhi!" "Kyon." "Kyon!" "Kyon!" "are you okay?" "Are you alive?" "Probably." "We're in a fine mess now." "Doesn't look like we can go back the way we came." "Hey." "Over there." "Fortunately it was warm inside the cave." "Was it heat from the Earth or maybe it was heat from an underground spring." "I wonder what that shadow was." "Are you sure it was alive?" "You weren't just seeing things?" "That's impossible I think..." "Kyon." "Do you really think Yutaka-san killed Keiichi-san?" "What do you mean?" "I've been doing some thinking." "Based on Mori-san's testimony... right?" "But you see." "When I touched Keiichi-san earlier his body still felt warm." "Do you get what I mean?" "Keiichi-san hadn't been dead long when we found him." "What do you mean?" "Yutaka-san left the villa the night of the typhoon and lurked around the island for a while before stabbing Keiichi-san and running?" "I don't think so." "Even if you assume that Keiichi-san was killed an hour before we found him... right?" "It'd be unnatural for us not to hear a sound or scream." "But that's strange." "Are you saying that Keiichi-san was still alive for a few hours after being stabbed and locked the door himself?" "if Yutaka-san isn't even the perpetrator what reason would he have to escape... {\3cH000000}" " Wait!" "I know!" "I know the truth behind this murder." "Kyon?" "Start talking." "There's no doubt that Yutaka-san stabbed Keiichi-san." "as you said he would have no reason to run away." "that's true." "I don't know his reasons but Yutaka-san stabbed Keiichi-san." "I doubt it was a premeditated murder." "It was probably something like... and he picked up a nearby fruit knife and ended up using it." "But the knife didn't reach his heart." "The knife was obstructed by the notebook and didn't cause a fatal wound." "this is when it got complicated." "Keiichi-san fainted from the shock." "Upon seeing that Yutaka-san believed that he had killed him." "The problem is what happened next." "who had merely fainted remained unconscious until morning." "Once Keiichi-san came to he stood up in a dazed state and remembered that his brother had tried to kill him." "Unable to think clearly he locked the door." "That's when tragedy struck." "Keiichi-san tripped over himself and fell on his face." "As a result the knife was driven into his heart and Keiichi-san met his demise." "This is the truth." "Hold on." "How could everything happen so perfectly?" "You can't change what's already happened." "Do you have any other explanation?" "Yutaka-san should have been able to tell if he had actually killed him or not." "Keiichi-san's body was lying face up." "If your deduction were correct Keiichi-san would have been found lying face down." "but..." "But wait." "In that case..." "Haruhi?" "Um..." "It's nothing." "I guess I was mistaken." "Hey!" "Are you two okay!" "?" "And so Haruhi's deduction ended up being a bust." "what would be the truth?" "Yutaka-san wasn't on the island at the time of death." "Which would mean the real culprit was someone else." "Which one should I take?" "Hey." "Kyon-kun!" "Don't scare me like that!" "Geez!" "are we?" "But I was hungry!" "Sorry for the wait." "I'll bring them to your room right away." "No fair!" "Somebody already ate theirs!" "This was Arakawa's." "Arakawa hadn't eaten anything since morning so I delivered his first." "Don't embarrass your brother." "What's going on?" "Yuki!" "It's me!" "Open up!" "I was told not to open the door for anyone." "It's okay now." "Open up!" "That would require me to violate the order not to open the door for anyone." "Is Asahina-san still unconscious?" "I don't hear her voice so I would assume so." "When I said anyone I meant anyone who wasn't in the SOS Brigade!" "right?" "I was not informed of this." "I was merely instructed not to open the door for any person." "you didn't say anything when I left the room." "I did not receive any instruction regarding opening the door from this side." "Nagato." "Haruhi's order has been rescinded." "I'll override her order." "My sister's also here." "Please open up." "Sheesh." "You need to be more flexible." "Was that supposed to be Nagato's idea of a joke?" "Nagato." "Your face and expression never change so I can only assume you're always serious!" "thank you!" "What do we do from here?" "Do we continue our investigation for the truth?" "Forget it." "I guess I'm not made out to be a detective." "Just let the police handle it." "I see." "You discussed such matters in the cave." "But it's strange." "She wanted to play detective so badly." "What's with the sudden change of heart?" "I can understand what Suzumiya-san is thinking." "Shall I tell you?" "I'm all ears." "Suzumiya-san's deduction was partially correct but the last part was wrong." "Keiichi-san was stabbed by Yutaka-san but he didn't die." "Yutaka-san made the wrong assumption and escaped." "That much is all correct." "Keiichi-san was awakened by our voices..." "Keiichi-san?" "...and just as we were about to open the door..." "Keiichi-san!" "?" "Respond if you're there." "...he locked it in his dazed state..." "That was when..." "That was when the knife was driven into Keiichi-san's body." "Which means the perpetrator..." "Would be the ones who broke the door down." "myself." "You." "And Arakawa-san." "Suzumiya-san probably realized this." "That's why she didn't say anything." "In order to protect us." "Hiding the truth within her own heart." "Your story makes sense but it's unfortunate that you learned the truth." "If I seal your lips nobody will ever know of this." "That would be the logical course of action." "no!" "Koizumi-kun is..." "Koizumi-kun is dead!" "He had a knife stuck in his chest!" "What did you say!" "?" "It couldn't be!" "Come quick!" "Hurry!" "Come on!" "I didn't expect you to be so evil." "I won't kill you as long as you keep your mouth shut." "Koizumi was killed by Yutaka-san who had secretly returned." "Only the killer knows the motive but he was apparently an unusual character to begin with." "That would be the story." "Do you think the police will buy it?" "we'll stab this body a few more times." "To make Yutaka-san's unusual character more pronounced." "Let's go!" "W-Wait!" "The gig is up." "We've lost." "We were soundly beaten." "Sorry!" "I just did what Kyon-kun told me to." "186)}Ultra 123)}Detective" "Okay!" "Haruhi Suzumiya-sama's ultra deduction!" "It's amazing how much you kiss your own ass." "As you're probably all aware... the Tamaru brothers... and Mori-san were putting on an act for us the whole time." "They even had a false "truth" prepared." "Quite an elaborate performance." "Well spotted." "It was for a bit of entertainment." "if you will." "She probably knew everything from the beginning." "I was fooled for a good part of it." "The false "truth." "Kyon and the others." "But that's when I noticed." "If there was enough force to drive the knife into his heart... right?" "Yet there wasn't a scratch on the door." "I'm the one who actually noticed it." "But it could have been a sturdy door." "Wouldn't that be insufficient evidence for you to suspect anything?" "There are other discrepancies." "When Koizumi-kun and Arakawa-san first met." "right?" "If Arakawa-san had been hired a week ago and this was their first meeting this greeting would be quite strange." "You are absolutely correct." "too." "There's more." "It was when we were racing to Keiichi-san's room." "right?" "How did he know which room it was?" "He said that it was his first time in this villa." "Quite the blunder." "but twice." "But it wouldn't be that odd for him to know." "Perhaps he found out which room was mine in his own time." "That's true." "But the final piece of the puzzle was the food Kyon saw in the kitchen." "Kyon." "You explain." "I wasn't there." "The only person here who ate using knife and fork was Keiichi-san." "there was a possibility that Arakawa-san ate using knife and fork." "the issue would be that the carrots were left untouched." "That's when I got the idea that it might have been eaten by Keiichi-san." "there can be only one conclusion!" "That would be Keiichi-san is alive!" "It was all a rehearsed performance!" "I'm sure that in Haruhi's mind..." "Wow!" "...she's hearing a standing ovation a hundred times larger than this." "And so we put on an act of our own." "right?" "Absolutely right." "The same goes for the call in the middle of the night." "We were planning on coming clean eventually..." "But we didn't expect to be caught so soon." "Well." "Your deduction got us on the right track." "Impressive detective work." "But of course!" "my dear Watson!" "huh?" "and Mori-san are all my colleagues." "{\an8\3cH000000}How did you like my ultra deduction?" "In order to prevent Suzumiya-san from getting any strange ideas... {\an8\3cH000000}Awesome!" "{\an8\3cH000000}Wasn't I cool?" "...I concluded that preparing an incident beforehand would be the best idea." "The little sister's presence was unexpected though." "During the trip here... didn't you?" "I couldn't possibly have told you... could I?" "When did you realize the truth?" "Truth be told from the very beginning." "The very beginning..." "An incident like this couldn't really happen." "That would be because Haruhi would never truly wish for a murder to happen." "That's how she is." "You have faith in Suzumiya-san." "Let me ask one more thing." "The suspicious shadow Haruhi saw... right?" "Suspicious shadow?" "I'm not lying!" "There's no reason for me to continue acting." "Then what was that shadow?" "It couldn't be..." "Suzumiya-san wished for a perpetrator that wasn't one of us." "If that was created by Haruhi..." "That island still has some unknown being lurking around." "No." "Maybe Haruhi was just seeing things." "Where should we go next time?" "How about the Bermuda Triangle?"