# E4 - The Headliner Appears
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**[00:00] Claude**
What did you just say?
**[00:03] Aya**
Let me repeat myself.
One of you is Madame Hannah's murderer,
**[00:08] Aya**
and that I will prove that to you now.
**[00:11] Claude**
I don't believe you.
**[00:13] Lord Godard**
Claude, let's hear her out.
**[00:16] Lord Godard**
I think we owe her that much.
**[00:21] Aya**
Thank you very much.
**[00:23] Aya**
Now, let us begin.
**[00:26] Aya**
Let us solve the mystery of
who killed Hannah Goddard
**[00:31] Aya**
and how.
***SIGN*** The Headliner Appears
***SIGN*** Episode Four
**[02:04] Aya**
After inspecting the scene of the murder,
**[02:07] Aya**
I was left with seven problems.
**[02:11] Aya**
First, the fact that there was no sign
of Madame Hannah noticing the murderer.
**[02:15] Aya**
Second, the fact that the attack did
not take place during the day
**[02:18] Aya**
when a vampire's powers wane.
**[02:21] Aya**
Third, the fact that a still usable
bottle was left at the scene.
**[02:26] Aya**
Fourth,
**[02:27] Aya**
the fact that the murderer seemed
to know the layout of the mansion.
**[02:31] Aya**
Fifth, the fact that the murderer
left the silver stake in the storage room.
**[02:35] Aya**
All of these actions would've
been unnatural for any outsider.
**[02:40] Aya**
But I'd like to bring the utmost
attention to the sixth problem...
**[02:45] Aya**
It has to do with sound.
**[02:48] Lord Godard**
Sound?
**[02:49] Aya**
At the time of the murder,
**[02:50] Aya**
Claude and Alfred were both close
to Madame Hannah's room,
**[02:55] Aya**
but neither of them heard any
sound from that room.
**[02:59] Claude**
What's so strange about that?
**[03:01] Claude**
It just means the murderer was cautious.
**[03:03] Aya**
Indeed.
**[03:04] Aya**
But if the murderer had driven the
silver spike as hard as they could
**[03:08] Aya**
into Madame Hannah's chest,
**[03:09] Aya**
it should've made a loud noise,
similar to that of hitting a nail.
**[03:13] Aya**
There are four possible
explanations for this.
**[03:16] Aya**
First, that both witnesses are lying.
**[03:19] Aya**
This would indicate that they
colluded in the murder.
**[03:23] Alfred**
B-But I would never—
**[03:25] Aya**
Yes, I am aware of that.
**[03:28] Aya**
Neither of you have alibis.
**[03:31] Aya**
If you had colluded, you would have
worked out fake alibis for each other.
**[03:36] Aya**
Next.
**[03:37] Aya**
There *was* a sound, but not
when they were near her room.
**[03:42] Aya**
Which means that the murder may
have taken place before 1:00 AM.
**[03:46] Lord Godard**
Ms. Rindo...
**[03:47] Lord Godard**
I made certain that there
was nothing amiss in the storage room.
**[03:51] Aya**
Yes, yes.
**[03:53] Aya**
Besides, before 1:00 AM, Raoul and
Alfred were near her room.
**[03:59] Aya**
Next.
**[04:00] Aya**
What if the murderer *did* hit
the stake with a hammer,
**[04:02] Aya**
but placed something in between
so it wouldn't make a sound?
**[04:06] Aya**
But there was plenty of blood
on the murderer's coat.
**[04:10] Aya**
That would be proof that when
they killed her with the stake,
**[04:13] Aya**
there was nothing to get in
the way of the blood splatter.
**[04:17] Aya**
And so, there is only one explanation left.
**[04:21] Aya**
The murderer held the stake in their bare hand,
**[04:23] Aya**
and then used strength alone to drive it
**[04:26] Aya**
into Madame Hannah's chest.
**[04:28] Aya**
That's why no one heard
any noise at any time.
**[04:32] Aya**
So why didn't the murderer use a
hammer to drive the stake in? Alfred?
**[04:38] Alfred**
Y-Yes?
**[04:40] Aya**
Let's say you heard a "clank, clank"
noise from the lord and madame's room.
**[04:45] Aya**
Now, what would you have
thought that sound to be?
**[04:48] Alfred**
I would believe that the madame was
repairing some furniture again.
**[04:54] Aya**
I see. What about you, Claude?
**[04:56] Claude**
I'd think that Mother was tinkering
with some furniture again.
**[05:00] Aya**
Correct. Even if you had heard
the noise of a hammer blow,
**[05:02] Aya**
no one in this mansion
would find that suspicious.
**[05:05] Aya**
Then perhaps the reason the
murderer couldn't use a hammer
**[05:08] Aya**
was because it would break the stake itself.
**[05:12] Aya**
Which would mean that the murder
weapon wasn't the silver stake,
**[05:15] Aya**
but a stake made from something else.
**[05:18] Lord Godard**
What are you talking about, Ms. Rindo?
**[05:20] Lord Godard**
I found that stake in the storage room...
**[05:22] Aya**
What you saw was a silver stake covered
in blood, and Madame Hannah's wound.
**[05:27] Aya**
That's all.
**[05:28] Aya**
It is entirely possible that the
murderer used a separate stake
**[05:32] Aya**
that was around the same size.
**[05:34] Lord Godard**
But...
**[05:35] Lord Godard**
But what would that second stake *be*?
**[05:38] Aya**
A stake frail enough to break if
it were hit by a hammer.
**[05:42] Lord Godard**
There's no way something like
that could kill my wife.
**[05:46] Aya**
Then let us now talk about
our seventh problem.
**[05:50] Aya**
What we have now, ladies and gentlemen,
**[05:52] Aya**
is a simple bottle left
at the scene of the crime.
**[05:55] Aya**
The murderer took it out for some reason
and left it at the scene on purpose.
**[05:59] Claude**
They splashed around holy water, right?
**[06:01] Aya**
Precisely.
**[06:03] Aya**
Now, this is the important part.
**[06:06] Aya**
The bottle was dusty, but wiping
it off did not remove the dust.
**[06:10] Aya**
Which means the outer surface
of the bottle was not dirty.
**[06:15] Aya**
This is our final problem.
**[06:17] Aya**
Why was there dust on the
*inside* of the bottle?
**[06:21] Aya**
If the bottle was full of liquid,
**[06:24] Aya**
it would be impossible for the
inside of the bottle to be dirty.
**[06:28] Aya**
Which means that the bottle
was empty from the start.
**[06:33] Aya**
In order to make it look like
they splashed holy water around,
**[06:36] Aya**
the murderer left an empty
bottle behind at the scene.
**[06:39] Aya**
However, there were definite traces
of holy water on Madame Hannah's body.
**[06:44] Aya**
So where did the holy water come from?
**[06:48] Aya**
Since the victim was a vampire,
**[06:50] Aya**
a lethal weapon made out of
something other than silver,
**[06:54] Aya**
something much weaker,
could be only one thing.
**[06:58] Aya**
Holy water.
**[07:02] Aya**
The murderer froze holy water,
creating a stake made out of ice.
**[07:07] Aya**
They then took that into the mansion,
**[07:10] Aya**
stabbed Madame Hannah with the ice
stake as she slept in her armchair,
**[07:13] Aya**
and killed her.
**[07:15] Aya**
The blood splatter was blocked
by the coat they were wearing,
**[07:17] Aya**
and the erstwhile holy water stake melted
immediately from the high temperature.
**[07:21] Aya**
The melting holy water soaked
her clothes, and caused her skin to burn.
**[07:27] Aya**
After the murder took place,
**[07:28] Aya**
the murderer collected Madame Hannah's
blood in some sort of container.
**[07:32] Aya**
Then they left behind the
coat they no longer needed,
**[07:36] Aya**
and a blood-flecked bottle,
**[07:37] Aya**
to make it look like the murder
had been committed by an outsider,
**[07:40] Aya**
and then left the room.
**[07:42] Aya**
The murderer then waited quietly
until Lord Godard left to go hunting.
**[07:47] Aya**
Then, after Lord Godard
checked the storage room,
**[07:51] Aya**
they broke the lock and snuck inside.
**[07:53] Aya**
They then poured Madame
Hannah's collected blood
**[07:56] Aya**
onto the silver stake to make it look
like the true murder weapon.
**[07:59] Aya**
Then all that was left was to have
Lord Godard witness that awful sight
**[08:03] Aya**
after returning from his hunt.
**[08:06] Aya**
Now, this reduces my deduction
to but a single problem.
**[08:12] Aya**
Why did our murderer use this trick?
**[08:16] Aya**
Tsugaru, do you know?
**[08:17] Tsugaru**
It's just like that soba shop rakugo story.
**[08:19] Tsugaru**
Someone was messing with time.
**[08:21] Aya**
You don't have to try to be clever every time.
**[08:24] Aya**
Regardless, you are correct.
**[08:26] Aya**
The construction of an alibi—
**[08:28] Aya**
That's the only reason the murderer
would do such a thing.
**[08:31] Aya**
Lord Godard thought that
the murder took place
**[08:34] Aya**
while he was hunting from 1:00 AM to 1:30 AM.
**[08:38] Aya**
But if the stake that was in the
storage room was not the murder weapon,
**[08:41] Aya**
it would become possible
for the crime to take place
**[08:44] Aya**
between 12:30 AM—when their
meal ended—and 1:00 AM.
**[08:47] Aya**
From this information, we now have
five conditions the murderer must fulfill.
**[08:52] Aya**
First, they must not have an alibi
**[08:54] Aya**
for the actual time period when the
murder took place, from 12:30 AM to 1:00 AM.
**[08:58] Aya**
Second, they must be someone we originally
thought unable to commit the crime
**[09:02] Aya**
due to their arranged alibi
from 1:00 AM to 1:30 AM.
**[09:05] Aya**
Third, they must have had a few minutes
to freely move around
**[09:08] Aya**
during the latter time period.
**[09:10] Aya**
Fourth, they must be strong enough
**[09:13] Aya**
to stab someone with a thick
stake and break a lock.
**[09:17] Aya**
Fifth, they must be skilled enough
to have committed the murder
**[09:21] Aya**
without being noticed by vampires
with their heightened senses.
**[09:26] Aya**
Let's discuss the first condition.
**[09:28] Aya**
The only ones who do not have
an alibi from 12:30 AM to 1:00 AM
**[09:31] Aya**
are the two servants and Raoul.
**[09:34] Aya**
Of these three, the two that fulfill the
second condition are Giselle and Raoul.
**[09:39] Raoul**
B-But...
**[09:40] Aya**
These two also fulfill the third condition.
**[09:43] Aya**
Raoul came after Lord Godard
a minute after he left.
**[09:49] Aya**
He had plenty of time to go into the
storage room and stage the silver stake.
**[09:53] Aya**
Giselle also testified that she left
Miss Charlotte's side for a few minutes
**[09:58] Aya**
to go to the bathroom.
**[09:59] Aya**
But the only one who has
the abilities required
**[10:03] Aya**
by the fourth and fifth conditions...
**[10:05] Aya**
is Raoul.
**[10:08] Raoul**
Wait a minute! There's no
way I could've done that!
**[10:12] Raoul**
I couldn't stage the stake!
I can't even touch silver!
**[10:15] Aya**
Indeed. There were fingerprints
in the blood on the silver stake.
**[10:20] Aya**
Probably, you reflexively grasped it when you
**[10:23] Aya**
were covering it in Madame Hannah's blood.
**[10:26] Aya**
But if Raoul is truly the murderer,
his hand should be burnt.
**[10:32] Aya**
And yet, his hand is unharmed.
**[10:35] Aya**
On top of that, no one's hands show
any signs of having been burnt.
**[10:41] Raoul**
See?!
**[10:42] Aya**
The deciding factor is a vampire's
regenerative abilities.
**[10:46] Aya**
This was the final trick
in our murderer's scheme.
**[10:52] Aya**
After the body was discovered,
**[10:53] Aya**
he excused himself due to his anxiety.
**[10:56] Aya**
He then took one of the swords
from the wall in his room
**[11:00] Aya**
and cut off his own fingers.
**[11:04] Aya**
This would be unfathomable for a
mere human, but he's a vampire.
**[11:10] Aya**
That is how the murderer was able to destroy
evidence of his burns so quickly.
**[11:24] Aya**
Such an unrefined murderer...
**[11:26] Aya**
I hadn't even finished my explanation,
and yet you decided to out yourself.
**[11:30] Tsugaru**
It's quite all right, Shizuku-san.
**[11:32] Tsugaru**
Please look after Master for me.
**[11:33] Tsugaru**
I'll take care of the lad.
**[11:52] Tsugaru**
Now, now...
**[11:55] Tsugaru**
We can't have you trying
to rough up my master.
**[11:59] Aya**
Raoul set his plan in motion
after last week's attack.
**[12:04] Aya**
He contacted a hunter named Hugo,
**[12:07] Aya**
and told him that he would create an
opportunity for Hugo to attack Lord Godard.
**[12:10] Aya**
Unfortunately, Hugo went along with this.
**[12:13] Aya**
Raoul's plan was to get his silver
stake into the storage room
**[12:18] Aya**
while he held onto the stake's case.
**[12:21] Aya**
I heard that you all go to church.
**[12:25] Aya**
In that case, it must've been easy
to secretly obtain some holy water.
**[12:29] Aya**
He filled the case with holy water,
**[12:32] Aya**
and created an ice stake exactly
the same size as the silver stake.
**[12:38] Aya**
As for his motive, it was probably his
objection to being a human ally,
**[12:43] Aya**
since it appears as though your sons
aren't fond of humans the way you are.
**[12:47] Aya**
If you need proof, I'm sure you'll
find quite a few things in his room.
**[12:52] Aya**
The bottle he used to collect
Madame Hannah's blood,
**[12:55] Aya**
the sword he used to cut off his fingers,
**[12:57] Aya**
the cloth he wrapped his hand with
to hold the ice—
**[13:00] Aya**
Lord Godard?
**[13:02] Aya**
Lord Godard, are you listening?
**[13:05] Lord Godard**
Did Raoul really...
**[13:08] Aya**
He clearly tried to kill me just now.
**[13:11] Aya**
Nothing could be a clearer confession.
**[13:18] Lord Godard**
What...
**[13:21] Lord Godard**
What am I to do?
**[13:24] Aya**
Fear not.
**[13:26] Aya**
Let's just leave this to my assistant.
**[13:28] Aya**
In Japan, we'd say...
this is when the headliner appears.
**[13:34] Raoul**
They're all so damn weak.
**[13:37] Tsugaru**
Oho?
**[13:38] Raoul**
Father just does everything Mother says.
**[13:41] Raoul**
My brother's all talk, too!
**[13:43] Raoul**
But I'm nothing like them!
**[13:46] Tsugaru**
Is that so?
**[13:47] Raoul**
Vampires are meant to be solitary creatures.
**[13:50] Raoul**
So why do we have to stoop to their level?!
**[13:54] Tsugaru**
Dearie me.
**[13:56] Raoul**
That's why I thought if I made it
look like a human killed that woman,
**[14:01] Raoul**
Father would finally come to his senses!
**[14:04] Raoul**
But even that didn't work!
**[14:06] Raoul**
Which means...
**[14:08] Raoul**
this household is standing in my way.
**[14:11] Raoul**
I'll just have to kill all of them.
**[14:16] Tsugaru**
Upsy-daisy!
**[14:26] Tsugaru**
Now, now, now...
**[14:29] Tsugaru**
Come one, come all!
**[14:31] Tsugaru**
Everyone is welcome here!
**[14:34] Raoul**
I'm not healing?
**[14:35] Tsugaru**
What you're about to witness...
**[14:37] Tsugaru**
is a grand, fearsome, goosebump-raising
event that silences crying children.
**[14:42] Tsugaru**
Behold one of the rarest creatures
in the world, the Oni Slayer.
**[14:47] Tsugaru**
I know not of my parents' fate,
but behold my seething flesh!
**[14:52] Tsugaru**
One hit is enough to kill, meaning
it's as one-hit-kill as it can be.
**[14:56] Tsugaru**
In this world, there isn't a
single monster he can't kill.
**[14:59] Tsugaru**
No, no. You can pay *after*
you see the performance.
**[15:10] Tsugaru**
But...
**[15:15] Tsugaru**
That's only if you survive it.
**[15:19] Raoul**
What the hell are you?!
**[15:21] Tsugaru**
Why, I'm going to have you see just that.
**[15:28] Tsugaru**
These blue veins tell a story that involves
the inhuman and the supernatural!
**[15:33] Tsugaru**
And of course it does, because even
if I may seem human, I indeed am not!
**[15:37] Tsugaru**
"Inhuman" may sound a bit rude,
but please, lend me your ears,
**[15:43] Tsugaru**
as I tell you the humiliating tale
of Tsugaru Shinuchi.
**[15:46] Tsugaru**
Away we go!
**[15:58] Tsugaru**
* After the restoration, around*
* the year Meiji 30,*
**[16:03] Tsugaru**
* the powers above declared a massacre.*
* The supernaturals were going to be purged.*
***SIGN*** The Great Purge
**[16:07] Tsugaru**
* The rampant yokai were*
* chased, captured, and purged.*
**[16:11] Tsugaru**
And this purge was carried out by ruffians...
**[16:16] Tsugaru**
who were aptly named the Oni Killers.
**[16:19] Tsugaru**
The ultimate squad, the Oni Killers!
**[16:34] Tsugaru**
Here you see just one of its
treasured newcomers,
**[16:36] Tsugaru**
the one and only Tsugaru Shinuchi.
**[16:40] Tsugaru**
Despite being so far away from home,
he's here to perform this terrible charade.
**[16:50] Lord Godard**
Where could I have gone wrong?
**[16:53] Lord Godard**
I thought we were doing so well.
**[17:00] Raoul**
I... I... I'm not like the others!
**[17:04] Tsugaru**
Everyone who's around your age
says the same exact thing.
**[17:08] Tsugaru**
Which means you're exactly like the others.
**[17:10] Raoul**
No... Because I'm a vampire!
**[17:14] Raoul**
I'm noble... and strong!
**[17:17] Tsugaru**
Strong? I don't know about that.
**[17:21] Tsugaru**
I must say that Count Dracula
had a much harder bite.
**[17:30] Tsugaru**
I've finished my work.
**[17:33] Aya**
Well done.
**[17:34] Tsugaru**
A light workout before breakfast...
**[17:36] Tsugaru**
As it *is* still 3:00 AM.
**[17:40] Aya**
Lord Godard...
**[17:41] Aya**
Our job ends here, though I'm not
sure if it was the best ending.
**[17:48] Lord Godard**
How could this happen?
With Hannah's ideals guiding our family...
**[17:54] Tsugaru**
Humans and monsters can't live in harmony.
**[17:58] Lord Godard**
Huh?
**[17:59] Tsugaru**
This is straight from the horse's mouth,
so there's no doubt about it.
**[18:08] Annie**
Um, who are you waiting for?
**[18:11] Mark**
Some weird guy holding a birdcage.
**[18:13] Annie**
A birdcage?
**[18:14] Annie**
Are you talking about the Cage User?
So he's already here!
**[18:18] Mark**
Of course he's here. He's about to leave.
**[18:21] Annie**
Huh? What about the case? Was it solved?
**[18:27] Annie**
Mister Shinuchi!
**[18:29] Tsugar**
Well, well, hello there.
**[18:31] Tsugar**
What a coincidence, Miss Annie.
How can I help you?
**[18:34] Annie**
Why... I came here to interview you two.
**[18:37] Annie**
How are you doing, Ms. Rindo?
**[18:39] Aya**
Other than the fact that I'm a severed head,
I'm doing quite well.
**[18:43] Annie**
I heard that you solved the
case in a single night,
**[18:46] Annie**
but could you tell me how it wrapped up?
**[18:49] Tsugaru**
My, word travels fast.
**[18:52] Annie**
Well, I work for the great
Epoc News after all.
**[18:54] Tsugaru**
Ms. Shizuku, you heard the lady.
**[18:56] Tsugaru**
Could you start loading our lugga—
**[18:58] Tsugaru**
Wh-What are you doing?! Look out!
**[19:00] Shizuku**
I just remembered Lady Aya's
order from yesterday.
**[19:05] Shizuku**
She wanted me to strike you.
**[19:07] Tsugaru**
You don't need to remember that
when you're holding a trunk!
**[19:11] Tsugaru**
Look after my master for a minute, would you?
**[19:15] Annie**
They really don't get along.
**[19:17] Aya**
They're basically like siblings.
**[19:19] Aya**
By the way, could you ask the butler
how everything turned out in the case?
**[19:24] Aya**
I have a few things to speak
with Lord Godard about.
**[19:27] Annie**
Roger!
**[19:33] Aya**
Is it all right, Lord Godard?
**[19:36] Aya**
Lord Godard?
**[19:37] Lord Godard**
Yes... I know there's no way to
keep this a secret from the world.
**[19:42] Aya**
No, that's not what I meant.
**[19:44] Aya**
Is it all right for you to be outdoors like this?
**[19:47] Lord Godard**
Ah, yes. That's right.
**[19:51] Lord Godard**
The sun will be rising soon.
**[19:53] Aya**
But then nightfall will come once more.
**[19:56] Aya**
There's nothing to regret, Lord Godard.
**[19:59] Aya**
Even if we lose our reputations, we can
retry as many times as we need.
**[20:05] Aya**
We're undying monsters, after all.
**[20:09] Lord Godard**
Right...
**[20:11] Lord Godard**
By the way, what did you
want to speak with me about?
**[20:13] Aya**
Ah, yes. Do you know anyone
who fits this description?
**[20:19] Aya**
A man in his early seventies
with a slender build,
**[20:21] Aya**
sunken eyes and terrible posture.
**[20:23] Aya**
His right leg is a prosthetic,
and he carries a black cane.
**[20:26] Aya**
On the handle, there's an "M"
engraved in gold.
**[20:31] Lord Godard**
That man visited a couple of days ago.
**[20:35] Aya**
You don't say.
**[20:36] Lord Godard**
He didn't tell me his name. He just
asked me to call him "Professor."
**[20:40] Lord Godard**
He then asked me if I'd like
to go to London with him,
**[20:43] Lord Godard**
but I have a family, so I declined.
**[20:48] Lord Godard**
How do you know him?
**[20:50] Aya**
He's the fool who took the rest
of my body and about half of Tsugaru's.
**[20:56] Lord Godard**
Is that why you're...
**[21:01] Annie**
Are you all right, Mister Shinuchi?
**[21:03] Annie**
Your head seems to be bleeding.
**[21:06] Tsugaru**
Oh, don't you worry. I'm used to this.
**[21:08] Mark**
Boss, the dawn's gonna break soon.
We should get goin'.
**[21:11] Tsugaru**
Master, the bumpy road of
terror awaits us once more.
**[21:15] Aya**
Wheedle a consolation fee from
the coachman, if you would.
**[21:19] Tsugaru**
Easily done!
**[21:20] Annie**
Hey, hang on a sec...
**[21:23] Annie**
I'd like a comment from you to sum up the case.
**[21:27] Tsugaru**
Well, Lord Godard said he'd lost family
members three times during his long life.
**[21:33] Tsugaru**
Here he lost his wife, and thought
it would just be the fourth,
**[21:38] Tsugaru**
but then he lost a son as well.
**[21:42] Annie**
It's quite the tragedy.
**[21:44] Tsugaru**
Yup.
**[21:45] Tsugaru**
I'm sure that my lady will try to laugh this
off as a farce, but it's a true tragedy.
**[21:50] Tsugaru**
Really, insult to injury.
**[21:52] Tsugaru**
As we say in Japan, "What happens
twice will happen thrice,"
**[21:57] Tsugaru**
but the Godard incident took things
even further than that.
**[22:00] Tsugaru**
You see...
**[22:02] Tsugaru**
What happens four times will
*go*-d*hard* into a fifth.
**[22:12] Moriarty**
It seems that Arsene Lupin has
appeared at the Opera House.
**[22:16] Moriarty**
Just as he declared in his letter of warning,
**[22:19] Moriarty**
he stole the jewel on the leading
actress's costume and fled.
**[22:24] Carmilla**
Lupin... The phantom thief
everyone's talking about lately?
**[22:27] Moriarty**
"The phantom thief has taken
the Phantom of the Opera,
**[22:30] Moriarty**
and then disappeared into the city night," it says.
**[22:34] Carmilla**
What would you like to do?
**[22:36] Moriarty**
Let it go, of course. We don't have time
to deal with that phantom thief brat.
**[22:41] Moriarty**
At least not right now.