"I've been thinking. That's why the Patchworker had two men attack Elsa."

"You said Rosie and Celia declared war. Is it different?

"That's the reason for the declaration of war. Seven years before he committed the murder, the most important factor that didn't even grab the killer's statue was that he didn't leave a trace of himself. But this time, I took the trouble to smell my presence."

There is some strong will involved when a person bends his or her hold.

The Patchworkers have appealed to us until then, and that means...

"He's going to put the patchworker back on the stage by getting us to settle the grievance."

"Wait a minute!

Lisha puts her fingers on her temples and sticks her right hand out at me with a difficult face.

"Celia's father wasn't a murderer, was he? I'm sure a real patchworker still lives somewhere in this city."

Yeah, that's what I'm talking about.

"Why now, seven years later? If they hadn't caught you, you'd have had as many chances of killing people as you've ever had."

"Risha, do you remember when I told you at the bar where Celia lived that I said the number of victims was" just official records ”?

"Yes... that means..."

"Yes, there was a murder that wasn't on the record. The case was handled as a copycat, not a patchworker."

That's the part that leads to his desire - the motive to kill.

"Hmm... but if we had the same incident 13 times before then, it would make a difference whether it was real or imitated..."

"Think about it. Somebody who's guilty of Celia's father can produce enough evidence to put a man to death for one thing. I think it's easy enough to put pressure on the copycat."

"Oh, I see! The killer is supposed to have been executed, so no matter how many crimes you repeat after that, you'll be a copycat. The Patchworkers stopped killing because they didn't like it!

"Discovery"

Copycat, pachinko, second fry, whatever you want to say.

The “patchworkers” felt a strong resentment that they would be treated as fakes.

"So the“ patchworker ”heard us sniffing around about the incident from somewhere and broke the silence that he had been protecting for seven years. To expose us to unjust sins and to expose ourselves to the light of the world."

"Rosie, maybe it's easy to gather information about the victim...."

Lift the edge of your mouth and nod.

Lisha's eyes are as good as ever.

"It's possible. It means that he continued his memorable activities to avoid weathering the incident."

Precisely prepared.

It is consistent with the prudence of not having one witness behind a bold crime.

I'm not a copycat. What we're after now is a real patchworker.

So, what are you going to do with the patchworkers?

"He must be angry. To someone who had a noble purpose, who was deprived of the merits of murder, who treated himself as a fake."

"I don't want to understand... but I don't have to understand that feeling."

While talking, I arrived at the dining room on foot.

Sometimes we talk about the smell of blood at the place where we eat, so naturally we have less mouths.

Shared tea sets and tea leaves are available.

Have the cafeteria staff put hot water in, distribute it to the tray and hold it with Risha.

"This is such a nice place."

Yeah?

Lisha said with a small voice that she almost missed.

"Of course I know. Because Rosie protects me, I'm just looking at it with strange eyes."

I didn't know where my distant eyes were looking.

Maybe we're not looking at this place right now.

"If Albes hadn't picked me up at that time, if I hadn't met Rosie, would I have been like a patchworker?"

Maybe.

Risha looked at me with surprise.

"If I hadn't met Lisa, I might have made the same mistake as before."

"Once?"

"... no, it's nothing. I just thought it might have happened, and now I can't help but imagine."

Then, the shadow fell on Lisa's expression.

An unspeakable sensation traced my spine.

"Logic?"

"Huh? Ah, ah, yeah."

Risha peeks at us strangely.

Was the feeling just now because of your mind?

Shall we go back?

Yes!