THE FIFTH INVESTIGATION

[airlockedmods]

[As usual, the day begins at seven a.m.

Good morning, Champions.]

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[misanthropicprinciple]

[No, that is what he means. Junpei hasn't seen the evidence of the second presence.]

Ah. I guess that makes sense, since they share a bathroom... Heart, what, did you just walk in on him or something?

[myocordial]

[Heart isn't actually properly spending time here, but let's say for the purposes of this that he's briefly passing through the dining room.]

...There was a noise. [Which is odd now that he's thinking about it, but it hadn't exactly been high on the priority list for a while.] A banging on the door.

That's why I checked the bathroom.

[daughterofthemark]

Sir Choromatsu is fortunate that he made such a noise, then.

[myocordial]

...No. Choromatsu Matsuno was leaning against the bathtub. He wasn't at the door.

[How is this only now occurring to him...?]

I don't... believe it could have been him who made that sound.

[daughterofthemark]

Then... someone else did it?

[They may not be investigating or trial-ing right now but this is definitely a bold text moment.]

[myocordial]

So it seems.

I didn't see anyone else there, but that hardly says anything.

[misanthropicprinciple]

But nobody should have been able to get in unless one of you let them in... And obviously it wasn't you, or you would've said something.

[daughterofthemark]

"Once you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be true." If it was not Sir Choromatsu or Sir Heart, then there must have been a third person present.

[misanthropicprinciple]

Sherlock Holmes, isn't it? You're right, though.

[He rubs his chin.]

So, either Choromatsu let someone in... or someone had a way to get in.

[daughterofthemark]

Detective Austin.

[So basically yes.]

There are already two people with access to each room. Would it be difficult for there to be more?

[misanthropicprinciple]

Not technically difficult, no, if that's what you're asking... all PAL would have to do is program someone's PIP to open more than one door. Or let PAL open it himself. He has access to all the locks, even in the guesthouse.