＜Infinite Dendrogram＞

□ [Dead 8] Luke Holmes

I could speculate to the killer's thoughts, but it's hard to get from here to the killer.

"As things stand, this card is about as good as anything that might lead us to."

The cipher on the card is definitely the killer's autograph.

I also thought about letting Tian write it and kill it to destroy the evidence, but that shouldn't be possible.

Unknown Language...... This cipher, which uses a number of Earth languages, is also difficult to write down accurately in Tian. At least it says in the written letter, "Does this fit?" I can't see the stray. There are fundamental mistakes, though.

So what if there was an accomplice?

Neither does it.

This killer appears to have a dark joy in flirting with his brother - the supposed strong.

It is unlikely that such a killer would bite another < master > into his own feat (...).

Besides, I can't seal my mouth. Then the killer is likely to be a solo offender because there is a risk of writing the truth online, etc.

About it and this cipher, the killer boasts of his existence but keeps it a secret.

Although it seems contradictory, the killer purposefully boasts of his existence that he "did this to himself today" in a text kept secret by cryptography.

I can see the psychology of wanting to appeal to myself but not to find out.

... Still, if we had a few more cipher contents, we'd probably be able to trace them from there, but we wouldn't be able to get any more victims out, so let's find them first.

"So, handwriting appraisal or something?

"Babi, that would be if we had a handwriting to compare."

Without some kind of sentence written by the killer, I can't even poke with this card.

Write your autograph when ordering a request for the Adventurer Alliance, but it's difficult if the killer has never received a request in the kingdom.

If I insist, the handwriting on the two cards is perfectly consistent, that's about all I know now.

"I can track the person just by looking at the handwriting. If so, it's a quick story."

"Luku. Isn't that romantic?

Romance...... right.

"Babi, that's part of the burglar. The only thing a detective can do is reveal the truth."

To do this, we do a lot of plain things and hard things, and sometimes we don't seem to have romance.

If that's the case this time, I'm asking for immediate help. Raw hatred, though I don't know him.

"I know him..."

No, I knew someone who could be close.

We may also need to use her help in this case.

I'll see you later.

"To get a lead on the killer, let's start by reconfirming the killer's behavior in two cases"

This robbery and murder, the hardware in the hidden safe, has also been taken.

He's also stealing the contents of the vault in order and then murdering the landlord.

The murder of the landlord is followed by the smell of blood, etc., to leave immediately when the incident is discovered.

But here's another thing I can see.

That means the killer also knew the location of the concealed safe in advance.

I didn't kill him after I heard from the landlord, I know the hidden safe beforehand and take out the hardware.

Speaking of which, the information about the mansion itself had not yet been examined in detail, except for the alarm system and the concealed safe.

From around here, let's hit it a little.

◇

Once again, he went to < DIN > and obtained additional information about the two mansions where the incident occurred.

That organization really knows too much, and it makes me wonder if it exists to save detectives time.

"Is the hidden safe both linked to how the house works,?

Pushing in common bookshelves or embedding gems in the eyes of statues is how walls slide and vaults come out. A brother of a retro game enthusiast would say "ka-okon".

They say these scheming vaults are quite popular among Gideon's bourgeoisie.

And this equipment needs to be incorporated in the building phase… both were responsible for the architecture of the damaged merchants in the same building office.

"... I see"

There are three possibilities out of smoothness until you discover a hidden safe.

One, it was that kind of ability. However, in the case of this hypothesis, there is no room for reasoning, so it is temporarily frozen.

Two, after deciding on the mansion where the crime was to be committed, I stole a blueprint from the building office. No wonder we can sneak into the mansion.

Three, the killer is an architectural office employee who designed the mansion.

It should be noted that the line that you bought the information from is unlikely because you have confirmed it with DIN. I was the first to buy this information.

"Well..."

In this case, the Lord of the two merchants, who are the victims, only has so much contact that they live in the house premises for which the same building office was in charge. The type and scale of commerce are as if they were different.

So much so that if you insist on mentioning other things in common, people who were both not illegal but famous for their absurd ways.

I know that's the kind of person you chose to be "the kind of guy your brother seems to be after at all," but your brother wouldn't do this... and if you did, you wouldn't do it in a fucking way. So this candidate is like proof that you haven't observed enough people against your brother.

And, according to < DIN >, there was no assassin-related commissioned murder move in Gideon today, so it's hard to believe that he committed the crime with the aim of killing these two.

Besides, the current Gideon is very difficult for a case of that hand to arise due to the logic and information network of ninja groups introduced by the Count. Information related to security, such as requests for assassinations, should be detected.... On the contrary, although this killer will be beyond the mansion's alarm system as well as the vigilance network of the ninja population.

Although there are lines of personal grudge if not commissioned murder, I can't think of many cases where the contacts between the two are too thin to kill these two by the same M.O. day after day, as mentioned above.

Besides, as I was told earlier, I was the first to get the information that the mansion was designed for the same office via DIN.

So if the killer was an outsider, he couldn't have known which design office designed that mansion and where there were blueprints showing the hidden safe.

Instead, this time, it feels like Ariki's blueprint to the vault has been elected as "someone who can easily open the vault and take away the hardware" when making the case.

If so, it seems likely that the third one.

"Hey, let's go ask around."

◇

The matter was visited by the architectural office and interviewed.

It should also be noted that before conducting the interview, I asked Elizabeth to treat me like a temporary investigator. "If it's just the sensei, it's up to you," he replied.

At the building office, I asked the director, "Do you have any employees?"

The answer was "not there" and as far as the expression was concerned it was not a lie.

Then I asked, "Do you have a designer who works from home, etc." This was the answer "There are eight people".

I was given the address of the people, and I left the building office behind.

"Lucu, there was no killer."

"I don't know that yet, Babi"

"Uh? But you're not in the building office, are you?

Right. At least that's what the director of the office thought.

But, Babi.

"You can pretend to be Tian."

It's a felony for Tian to deceive the Master, but vice versa.

For example, although Mr. Ray is now missing his left hand and wearing a prosthetic arm.

When the left hand is cut that way, the crest moves to "still safe parts of the left arm" such as the shoulders, arms, and forearms. I don't know what would happen if I lost my left arm off my shoulder, but I'm sure it moves the same way.

Now, you lose your left hand that way, and then you put a prosthetic hand on your left. This is not a feature priority like Mr. Ray's prosthetic hand, but something that looks close to biological is good.

Then, "a man without a crest on his left hand" can be done.

And then if you say tien in self-declaration, you can impersonate tien.

I can understand names, jobs, and status in the normal Nursing... but I don't see any relevant information. The exception is about that Franklin.

If you can't even see the moment to get < Embrio > in and out of the crest, you just look like Tian.

"I see. So, who narrowed it down to just working from home?

"No matter how much you fake it to be Tian, < master > is. Inevitably, I log out, and there's no point in fixing anything else if you're suspicious there. So I can't work with anyone else on a full-time basis"

If possible, just work from home working alone.

In that case as well, "As you work, could you show me your previous blueprints because I want to refer to them?" I can also grasp the blueprints of the mansion where the incident occurred.

"If I only looked at the blueprints, I wouldn't stop anymore - would I?

"There's someone who just looked at the blueprints and quit, and then if there's an incident at the blueprints mansion, I'll associate anyone. You should still be there to avoid it."

Unless the previous reasoning is off target.

"And there will be other reasons."

"Other reason -? Is that in the building office pretending to be Tian?

"But that's how some people work in production. But in this case, it's a deal to commit this kind of crime. Maybe there was something else."

Besides, if the speculation "to prove my power" fits... it means that they have someone who knows their circumstances.

At least someone who the killer himself decides "will appreciate himself for this crime".

When that happens, it may also be like a secret society.

"The killer was up to something with his buddies and belonged to Gideon's architectural office as a prep underneath. I don't know if this is a personal offense or anything other than what it was supposed to be."

When that happens, you'll also see a statue of the killer.

I belong to some organization, but my status is never high, I am dissatisfied with the status quo, and I am not prepared to arbitrarily devote myself to proving my abilities.

An unexpected shallow mind that doesn't think deeply about what it means to commit an offense using blueprints that were close by because it ciphered your actions.

…………

The trouble is that in addition to this, the ability itself is really equipped.

As I said to Babi on this case, it doesn't really matter how it got done.

But as far as I know, this is likely to be possible with a brother with a corresponding mythological weapon, Marie, a super position in a covert lineage, and about [the King of Assassins] who let me kidnap him.

This means that the real killer will also have comparable abilities to them.

Overall, the killer's figure is... reckless and highly self-explicit. No considerable thought.

"... no"

I can find it.

However, it is unlikely that I will be able to handle it afterwards.

If it becomes a rough thing, it will be a very dangerous thing.

Although faces like Marie, Figaro, and Xunyu come to mind as opposing forces, they are all away from Gideon, and... it is obvious that they (...) will not accept my request.

The only remaining force is.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

You need me to carry it to the last minute, but I still need him to put a piece on it.

I think I need to get Elizabeth to keep the process going on about this.

I often ask her this time.

Next time, I'll also teach you a little more level of technology in return.

"Hmm..."

"What's the matter, Babi?"

"From now on, it's hard for Babi to understand what Luke is thinking because he's fast or flying..."

"It's not my subjectivity, but maybe it is from people's point of view."

Even if I am certain, it often seems like a crossroads to others.

Though the opponent was generally his father and mother.

"Let's leave my story behind. I'm listening to people who work from home now."

"Okay -"

Yes. Before I do, I need to see her...

◇

Before I went around the staff at home, I joined her in advance. [M]

"Hello, Xia. Glad you could help."

"Ugh, yeah, me, I'll do my best......!

It was Xia who had partied several times when we joined.

Her, Tykyokuz, will be the deciding factor in this case.

Because her can detect.

If any of Tian's officials who are about to go around falsely identify themselves, there is an extraordinary chance that the person is the culprit in this case.

"... Luku, I just feel like I've brought a really handy item into mystery. It's not romantic. Okay?

"Babi, that's different. Because it's the detective's job to do everything he can to uncover the truth. Whether it's too convenient or not romantic, it's something you use if you have a valid hand."

Most importantly, I don't have a stepdad who cares that much about the mystery dishonest killer.

Whether it's too convenient or not romantic, uncover who you are as soon as possible.

"Then let's go. Oh, yeah."

I had something to do before I went around the house.

"Babi"

"What?

"Will you break my right arm for a second?

"Fine."

"Huh?"

Next to Xia's surprised face, Babi held my right arm with both hands - and pressed it straight into a fold.

It is bent in an unanswered direction from the middle of the right forearm.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah!?"

"That's it," he said.

"Hey, it's not good!?"

"No, this is fine. I had a reason to use my left hand."

If the opponent uses his left hand as a prosthetic hand, or if he is hiding the crest by any means, it is also necessary to touch it directly with his hand to see if it is uncomfortable.

For example, shake hands when you say hello, etc.

Because if your right arm was broken and you wore Gibbs at that time, shaking your hand with your left hand shouldn't be unnatural.

Shake hands, Q&A, detect Xia, or one (...).

Explore the killer with this quadruple check.

"Oh, you don't have to fold it. Just get Gibbs..."

"If the other person had an accurate idea of this status in Nursing, etc., it would seem unnatural not to have an abnormal indication of [right arm fracture] status. It's okay. I'll fix it when the case is over."

…………

Xia has the face that she doesn't know what to say, and she actually seems to think so.

The sight of an acquaintance breaking the arm of an acquaintance in front of him may have been a bit of a shock to Mr. Xia. I've done something wrong.

I'll have to make it up to you next time, including getting help.

◇

We went around the homes of homeworkers.

First show the agent's proof badge and shake hands with your left hand out as you greet him.

Next, tell them without hiding that both of the mansions in the serial robbery murders from three days ago were designed by their offices and that they are under investigation from that line.

Then he throws some questions that he thought ahead of time, "I don't assume the other person is a suspect," and sees the other person's face and reaction.

Finally, check with Kasumi, who was waiting outside after leaving the house, to see if she could be detected as a master.

This series of flows was repeated up to seven out of eight employees working at home.

They didn't know the design of the mansion was their own office, and some didn't know the case in the first place.

And there are no signs of lies in them, and there is nothing suspicious about the answers to the questions that follow and the look on your face at that time.

"So far, it's possible that my reasoning was off target."

Or as I mentioned in the first of the possibilities, it could be a case where the other < Embrio > also had the ability to discover a hidden safe.

Even so, there is only one more staff member left, so the reasoning can be reordered after you've done that.

We reach before the eighth apartment.

When I look at Mr. Xia, he's shaking his head silently. He's not responding.

Still, to confirm, I leave Babi and Kasumi outside, and I head to the room where the apartment is intended.

When I rang the bell, I heard a "yes" response from the inside and the door opened.

――――

"... Um, who is it?

The person is a young woman.

I wonder if it's been twenty yet. Though a tian in this country would be adult enough.

There is no crest on my left hand.

"Nice to meet you. My name is Luke Holmes. As a temporary investigator, he was questioned about a serial robbery and murder that's been going on for three days."

"Well."

But you don't have to shake hands to see if your left hand is a prosthetic hand.

I don't even have to check.

This left hand is raw.

- But this guy would be the killer.

The moment he opened the door and looked at me, he gave me a surprise look and immediately a look of doubt to cover it up.

You knew me originally, but you hid it.

That's right. 'Cause if you tried to fit your brother in, naturally I'll check around too.

Because some of them would have looked like me recently trained.

Though it's not something I say myself, I don't have a less impressive face that people can forget.

So the last of the quadruple checks I set up on the killer... is my own face.

And this man's reaction was strong for someone who had just seen me before, and he tried to hide it immediately. Twelve minutes, I can say it's suspicious.

However, there is no certainty yet.

"I'm going around to talk to the staff because both of the mansions that were damaged in the previous incident were designed by the Frodi Architecture Office that you belonged to."

"Well, is that right?... What are you talking about, please go inside?

"... Yep"

I felt like entering a tiger hole and knocked at the door of my apartment.

◇

The home worker woman named herself Garbera.

"Go ahead."

Ms Gabella offered me doughnuts and tea when she sat on the couch.

"Thank you very much for this"

"Hehe, this is a new souvenir donut from Cafe Mizuna. It's delicious."

..................... Huh?

That store, the one with the code on it?

... to serve the sweets I bought there from myself?

"This looks delicious."

"Isn't that right? The pudding parfait was delicious over there, but these doughnuts are great too."

... you realize I'm suspicious and you're sickling?

As far as the expression goes, it doesn't look like that.

I can see the bottom line on me.

No way, you think I haven't cracked that cipher yet?

On the contrary... you don't think the cipher and the current conversation are connected?

... No, it shouldn't be that far-fetched.

This is really my mistake and mistake in reasoning for a moment, and she's just a possibility for Tian.

"So you said it was an investigation into that serial robbery?

"Yes. May I ask you a few questions?

"Yes."

As such, I repeat the same questions that I had prepared when I was a member of the staff.

Ten minutes later.

I was desperate to keep my cheeks from pulling.

Why, because the breadth of their answers exceeded this assumption.

In the first half of the question, he said, "Have you seen the blueprints of the two mansions where the incident was? I answered yes to the question.

Saying so, later in the question, "Have you ever shown architectural office blueprints to anyone outside?," he asked, "No. I've never seen the blueprints in the first place because I just got in," he responded.

It was blatantly contradictory, but I thought "you shouldn't know," perhaps, within asking the question, and distorted the answer.

Something that is also common in police investigations. Setting aside time to repeat the same question and letting the borough out is the way to go.

Though I've never had a contradictory case in such a short time.

And I haven't noticed that myself.

...... about the cover story, I want you to work it out properly.

"... thank you for your time"

"Yeah, I hope it helps. But it's going to be tough, right? [Destroyer] got caught in that case."

"………………………… Yes"

And this todome.

I thought you were sickled again.

But they still don't look like that.

He thinks it's a natural story and spills out of his mouth “information not disclosed to outsiders" that "[Destroyer King] has been captured".

Probably because I hadn't even checked what information was disseminated.

A statement that came out solely with the assumption that "the world would be talking about it because I put [the Destroyer King] under arrest".

Even so, if [the Destroyer King] was caught, he should know and should have a bigger public reaction.

Even so, I'm not uncomfortable with the current unchanged air because I don't even imagine that.

I knew I was dishonest with mystery at the point of cryptography.

But until now... I couldn't even deduce that.

My reasoning was wrong.

I reasoned that the killer's figure was reckless and highly self-evident.

But it wasn't.

In addition to that, he was "an extremely far-fetched person who keeps making one mistake after another without even realizing that he is making a mistake".

Father... there has never been a case of a futile killer in a detective training situation so far.

Hey, it's beyond my assumptions.

…………

But that's for sure.

This woman named Gabella is the real killer.

Although there is no left-hand crest, there was no response from outside when Xia explored it with Tykyokus, and I guess it is an extremely specialized < embrio > for cover-up.

All you have to do is leave this room, get ready, and then pack.

"[Destroyer King], I can't believe you did that..."

However, I pinch my mouth to the words emanating from their mouth.

He's not the killer.

Inside, I don't think he was cool.

I couldn't flush what was good for me.

No matter how far-fetched she may be, it doesn't change that she murdered two Tians and laid that sin on your brother. Even so, I guess I was angry at you for crossing words like that with a strange face.

She asked me if I didn't care what I said because it wasn't in line with her intentions, after I let her cling her cheek a little bit.

"So what kind of person do you think is the real killer?

"I'm an idiot"

I answered instantly.

I got so reflexively out of my mouth that I didn't even have time to think and speak.

Apparently, I was angry at the killer in front of me from the bottom of my heart.

She also rounds her eyes to see if the words I said were unexpected. [M]

But I can't undo the words that came out of my mouth, so let's just keep pushing.

"I'm a sweet fool to grasp the figure as I sin against my brother first. The act of stealing money and killing a landlord, the act of leaving a card is too much, and even a child is a fool who doesn't even realize that it's the work of the killer who wants to sin your brother. Even for cards, the ciphertext contents are too naive idiots. I'm an idiot who makes mistakes in how to solve ciphertext but doesn't even confirm it. The crime itself is too immediate, and even if you leave a card, you're just an idiot who looks like an idiot. I mean, if you really think you can sin with this, you're a real idiot. I'm an idiot who makes too many fools of others for anything. Don't even realize you're full of mistakes, you're an idiot who thinks others are stupid. From here, I'm guessing. People who have intense feelings for others like this are fools who, even though they don't know how they're being ridiculed, go around on their own with the idea of why" they have nothing to do "from their point of view. Let's give it a general review. It's stupid."

In a breath, I punctuated my anger at this incident, which has been accumulating like starch at the bottom of my heart since yesterday.

... Yeah, I didn't even think so far.

But I can't help what I said.

I'm relieved they had an unexpected reaction, too, and let's leave the room like this.

"Excuse me. Now if you'll excuse me, I have the following investigation: Donuts and tea, thank you."

That's what I said, I quit Gabella's room.

Shortly after I left the apartment room, I heard angry screams and the sound of leaving the pottery to eclampsia and smashing it out of the room.

To that sound, he guessed, "If it were a little later to go home, I wouldn't have bothered to expose who I was," he would have set me up.

◇

Entering the alley, invisible through the window of the apartment, Xia and Babi approached.

"How was it?

"If that wasn't the killer, I'd throw away the detective's path."

That was an opponent not worth that much deduction.

And maybe I'll be attacked tonight.

"Huh?"

"By night, you'd better be ready.... because it seems like a rough time."

"What? But you're not good enough to know who did it, are you?

Yeah. That's not really for crime.

Though it's due to the awkwardness of the person, not the underlying heart problems that are generally considered unsuitable.

Still......

"Still, we dive through alarm devices and deceive the sense skills of many agents as well. He's not suited to crime, but maybe... he's completely different."

The category is probably Gardner.

There should be more rundown because it looks like the person needs to go out in other categories.

And the form that Gardner reaches….

"... could be more dangerous than Franklin caused that night."

Worst of all, quite possibly.

"Oh no..."

"Still, that killer's not without a hitter....... Babi"

"What?

Speaking to Babi, who looked delightful without a heart for some reason, she responded with a laugh.

To her like that,

"Can I ask you a favor?"

I did two (...) favors.

◆ ◆ ◆

■ [Murderer] Gabella

"Fuck Zako. Awwwwwwww!!"

I scream as I slap the cup of tea with the contents against the wall.

"Um, less than < super > with a good face...! You can say whatever you want...!!"

I really like your face, but I can't do that.

I tried to flatter and subtly seduce him with sweets and tea, but not that one.

I wanted to gut you, but now I want to scratch your gut.

"Heh heh, but even though I said I was investigating, you still haven't noticed who I am."

Otherwise, there's no way you can curse that far in the face.

But if it stays like this, it could get in the way of stuffing [Destroyer King].

"The finish over there is in a few days. Then I'll have it go to a death penalty in the meantime."

I'll make you regret - cursing the real killer for baseless.

Most of all, you don't even know what made you so desperate.

Yes, whoever I am, I don't know who I am.

Nobody, I can't take them down.

"My Embrio... is the strongest."

I look beside you.

I'm sure all fools don't see anything there.

But I can see it.

The whole body covered in hard leather.

A horn resembling a bull.

Carnivorous fangs.

The head without both eyes.

A pair of arms reminiscent of a roach.

My lower body walks bipedally, just like people.

Like a monster popping out of a horror movie, the way he deserves it most.

This is my Super Embrio.

I'm the only one who can see (...).

I'm the only one who can hear (...).

I'm the only one who can smell (...).

I'm the only one who can taste (...).

I'm the only one who feels (...).

I'm the only one who can notice (...).

Just me, Gardner - [only me, Six Kings, Al Hazard].

No one can beat me, my strongest.

"Ahahahahahahahaha!! I'll tear you apart, fucking zako!!"

I thought about tonight clearing up the humiliation and I laughed from the bottom of my belly.

To be continued