| Hisoka | ... |
| Homare | The script is complete, hm? What type of content does this mixed troupe play have? |
| Hisoka | ...I’m Sherlock Holmes and I solve crimes. |
| Homare | Your explanation is much too vague! |
| A certain great detective for a theme, hm. He’s an established character, so getting into his role seems simple enough. |
| Hisoka | ...This one is a little different from the original Holmes, so I have to think outside of his image. |
| But I can’t stray too far from the original either... |
| Homare | I see. There are some difficulties to it precisely because it’s not an original work. |
| Hisoka | How old should I make him, and his height... |
| Homare | It would be better to write such notes down on your script. |
| Hisoka | Pen... |
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| Hisoka | —— |
| (These earrings...) |
| |
| Hisoka | ...Here. |
| Chikage | Earrings? |
| Hisoka | I got them from a festival stand. ...Didn’t you wear earrings like these before, Chikage? |
| Chikage | Me? |
| I don’t wear girly things like that. It wasn’t me, but Ju—— |
| Hisoka | ? |
| Chikage | ...It’s nothing. |
| Hisoka | I’m curious. |
| Chikage | You don’t belong to this side anymore; you don’t need to know. ...Forget about it. |
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| Hisoka | (I thought Chikage used to wear earrings like these, but it wasn’t him. Whose earrings did I “see”?) |
| (When I asked Chikage about it, he looked like he was going to say something...) |
| ... |
| Homare | Do you not own a single pen? Everything in your room is truly monotonous, even inside your drawers. |
| Hisoka | Huh? |
| Homare | Here, use this. |
| Hisoka | ...Thanks. |
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| Juza | Professor! |
| ...That’s not right. Moran’s a soldier, so it should be more... |
| Professor! |
| Banri | Shut the hell up! You’ve been yelling ‘professor, professor’ over and over—— Do that outside! |
| Juza | Professor! |
| Banri | Listen to people when they’re talking! |
| Your posture’s all wrong for a soldier in the first place! Do something about your thug-like pose! |
| Juza | Who’re you calling a thug!? |
| Banri | You, fucker! Your ears work only when it comes to shit like this!? |
| Juza | Is this more like a soldier! |
| Banri | I said shut the hell up!! Stop yelling every single thing!! |
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| Itaru | You forgot your copy of “A Study in Scarlet” at the lounge. |
| Chikage | Sleepyhead was the one who forgot it. I’ll pass it to Juza and the others. |
| Itaru | So your next play is Sherlock Holmes, huh. Have you read all the novels? |
| Chikage | Not yet, just half. |
| Itaru | Holmes shows up in this game so it’s perfect. Want to play it? |
| Chikage | ...The gender’s different. I’ll give it a try later. |
| Itaru | You’re actually doing it. |
| Chikage | If I feel like it. There’ll be hell to pay if I disregard the otaku and theater nerd propaganda. |
| Itaru | ...So you do get it. |
| Holmes shows up in other games too, so I’ll LIME those to you. |
| Chikage | Sure. |
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| Misumi | Kumon, what’re you reading~? |
| Kumon | A Sherlock Holmes manga! Holmes is the motif for the next mixed troupe play. |
| Misumi | Is Holmes like a triangle? |
| Kumon | Hmm, I wonder~ |
| I’m playing Holmes’ partner, Watson~ He’s an aspiring doctor! |
| Misumi | If he’s a detective’s partner, then does that mean Watson solves cases too? |
| Kumon | Yeah! He uses logic to deduce stuff and he fights bad guys! |
| Misumi | Can he solve the case of a lost cat then? |
| Kumon | A cat got lost? I dunno if I can solve it, but I’ll try! |
| Misumi | Yay! The cat’s up on the roof! |
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| Izumi | Thank you for going shopping with me, Hisoka-san. There’s a lot of heavy stuff to carry today so you were a big help. |
| Practice starts tomorrow, so I bought snacks for that too. |
| Hisoka | I don’t want the shichimi-flavoured ones.[1] |
| Izumi | Fufu, we have people who love sweets and people who love spicy foods in this group, so I had to. |
| There’s Chikage-san of course, and it looks like Kumon-kun isn’t too fond of sweets either. |
| And then for Hisoka-san and Juza-kun, it’s got to be sweet. |
| Hisoka | ...Snacks that are not sweet aren’t snacks. Juza and Kumon are admirable for not fighting. |
| Izumi | When you think about it, Kumon-kun and Juza-kun are polar opposites in a lot of ways; while Kumon-kun is cheerful, Juza-kun is quiet. |
| But they’re also alike in that they’re both earnest and straightforward, yet clumsy. |
| Hisoka | ...They’re brothers after all. |
| Izumi | What about you and Chikage-san? |
| Hisoka | Chikage and I are... We’re not connected by blood, so it’s different. |
| Izumi | Really? The other day Tsuzuru-kun was... |
| Hisoka | —— |
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| Long-haired Man | ... |
| Hisoka | Ah... |
| Izumi | ? |
| Hisoka | Moon earrings... |
| Izumi | Huh? |
| |
| “Listen carefully...” |
| “You shouldn’t talk!” |
| August’s face is losing colour.
Our pursuers are getting closer. |
| My body floats midair, and I get thrown towards the dark ocean.
As my consciousness begins to fade, I see a man’s earrings... That’s right. That was ——. |
| —— sold us out to the enemy. |
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| Hisoka | ... |
| Izumi | Hisoka-san, is something wrong? |
| Hisoka | —— |
| ...It’s nothing. I just remembered something I had to do, so I’m heading back first. |
| Izumi | Huh? Ah, Hisoka-san——! |
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| Sakuya | Thank you for the meal. |
| Kumon | I’m so full! |
| Muku | That was good~! |
| Izumi | I guess we better clean up soon. |
| The ones who haven’t eaten yet are... |
| Citron | Itaru is doing overtime because he’s a corporate slave. |
| Tsuzuru | You don’t need to do overtime, Chikage-san? |
| Chikage | I’m on a different project. |
| Muku | Apparently Tenma-kun will also be home late today. |
| Izumi | Um... How about Hisoka-san? |
| Tasuku | I don’t think he’s eaten yet. |
| Azuma | I thought he was with you, Director. |
| Izumi | Apparently there was something he had to do, so we parted ways on our way home. He was acting a little strange though... |
| Tsumugi | I’ll try contacting him. |
| *ringing tone* |
| Tsumugi | ...He’s not picking up. |
| Azuma | I wonder if he left his phone in his room. |
| Izumi | (He can’t be trapped inside the Locked Room again... right?) |
| Chikage | ... |
| Homare | I shall ask around if anyone has seen him. |
| Izumi | I’ll go look for him outside. |
| Tasuku | We’ll go with you. |
