Part 7: Arrested

Part 4: Arrested


We haul in Toshi, because we need to advance with the plot sooner or later.

First off, let’s investigate his profile:


Job
He’s unemployed. He lives alone near the harbor.

This man is edgy.

Personal Life
It looks like he’s been arrested once before, on charges of assault. He’d often pester Kouzou for money and idle his life away.

As we learned in the first update, Toshi is Kouzou’s nephew. Between the update title and the fact that his uncle is dead, we don’t have high hopes for him...


Let’s see what he has to say about his money-grubbing uncle, first.

: "_{No boss, you’re not asking him for his name this time…} I’d like you to tell us what you know about Kouzou…”
: “I’d say he was a nice uncle to have around. He was always giving me spending cash. Sucker!”


Let’s check his alibi next.

: “Let’s see, at that time, I was in my apartment.”

Arrest him.


For now, let’s look into his alibi. We’ll hold off investigating his home until later.

: “So...does his alibi hold up…?”
: “His story was that he was alone in his apartment, but I’ve not been able to find someone to confirm that.”

Gee, maybe because he was alone?


Let’s see what the theory section has to say about Toshi. Out of all the suspects in the case, he is the one who will gain the most from killing his uncle.

Just in case you’re wondering, Mr. Hirata has the best motive for murder, since he owes Kouzou a lot of money.

Anyways…

Theorize
If Kouzou were to die, Toshi would be left with an enormous inheritance… Could this perhaps have been a motive…?

I’d kill a man for money, so sure.


For now, let’s head down to the Kobe Harbor and poke around. Maybe we’ll find something that’ll relate to Toshi’s alibi.

In proportion to location, Toshi’s Apt is located right near the harbor.


What he said. Time to hit interrogate some locals.

Let’s ride the Ferris Wheel!


: “Boss, there was a person who witnessed seeing Toshi at the harbor on the 17th, just after 9 o’ clock.”
: “So...he lied…”

There’s nothing else we can do here, so let’s scrounge through the apt next.


We’re only here to pick up one item.


Said item is on his desk. There’s nothing in the drawers or on the windows, so we can ignore those objects.

: “It’s difficult to read this writing…

SOF
TNI
AEV
R E…

What??? What the heck could this mean?”

The puzzle here is quite simple, unless you have a malnutritioned cherry tomato for a brain. If you read each word as a column, instead of a row, you get…

A headache?


...Star One Five. In itself, it’s useless. However, if you dial it in the phone…


...you get a response from one of Toshi’s associates. Groovy.

: “Ah, hello. Toshi can’t make it today, so he’s asked me to go in his place.”
: “All right. We’ll be waitin’ for you.”

Slam!

That isn’t suspicious or anything.

: “I just went with my gut there, but what’s this about anyway…?”
: “Let’s...find out…”

Toshi is definitely not involved in any illegal activities whatsoever.


Looks like our contact has arrived. Unfortunately for him, 8-bit graphics have rendered his flesh a soulless husk of a man.

Kinda like you.

?
You’ve gone and killed us. We are both dead. r.i.p.


The hell have you been smoking, Yasu? He’s still a faceless blob of red.

: “You guys are totally not suspicious at all. Especially that guy with the scruffy beard. Bullet-riddled trenchcoats are totally the fashion in today’s society. You must be the guy on the phone. Here’s the [package]. And say hi to Toshiyuki for me, will ya?”
: “Wait, about this…”
: "It’s yours now. See ya. Weirdos. It’s like they’re detectives or something…”


: “Just...accept it…”

With that, the package is now in our inventory. Unfortunately, we can’t examine it right now, so let’s head back to the police station.

“Arrest package”


Whatever is in it, I don’t think it’s going to be a Barbie Doll Dreamhouse.

: “Narcotics! Boss!”
: “Let’s… arrest him…”

Toshi has done goofed.


: “What now…?”
: <Shows package> “Take...a look…”
: “......!”


Showing both the package and the memo is necessary to get a confession out of him.

: “Take a look at this Memo, please.”
: “Oh, this? It’s just a doodle.”
: “And I’m Dr. John Watson…we’ve already solved your little puzzle...”


Finally, we have to ask about his alibi again. Only, this time, there’s a different response.

: “I told you, I was in my apartment!”
: “That’s a lie! There are people who say they saw you at the harbor.”
: “Whatever. They must have mistaken someone else for me.”
: “Hit him...Yasu…”


Since Toshi isn’t willing to talk, we’ll have to belt him one.

Did….did he turn into the last airbender?

: “All right, talk!”

POW! BONK!

: “Ok, I’ll talk. That night, I went to the harbor to make a deal on some drugs. That’s why I made up that lie about being in my apartment. The one who killed my uncle wasn’t me.”

Are you happy now? Go ahead and arrest me for the drugs.”

HIT ‘EM AGAIN!


Although arresting Toshi feels completely pointless, it allows us to advance to the next portion of the game.


One down, a lot more to go…

: “So Toshi wasn’t the murderer after all. Well, it looks like we’re now back to square one.”

Theorize

Toshi
He has already been eliminated as suspect in our investigation of Kouzou’s murder.