Vol 2 Chapter 8 (2/2)
L: oreki-san?
Houtaru: no, i'll do it
Houtaru: since i didn't ask her, i'll just have to speculate
Houtaru: if kaitou didn't die, then there would be no sealed room
L: even without the role of the cameraman?
Houtaru: you sure can be mean, you know? first, the killer is kounosu, she came in via the
L: eh? but isn't the ?
Houtaru: there're two control room s, either one's fine
Houtaru: using a rope, kounosu climbed into one of the control room s
Houtaru: she then stabbed kaitou
Houtaru: though it was not enough to kill him
Houtaru: she then used the rope to return to the second floor
Houtaru: she then walked down the stairs to the lobby as though nothing happened
Houtaru: that's it
Houtaru: must be quite bitter for haba
L: what about the seventh actor hongou-san was looking for?
Houtaru: oh that? she wrote that requirement in before she completed the script
Houtaru: though i only realized afterwards, but there were 7 people in the movie
L: eh? no, there should be 6
Houtaru: it's not limited to the actors
Houtaru: there's also the narrator, re the characters
Houtaru: even in the credit roll, his naside theirs
L: oh, now i see!
L: but i don't understand, the room where kaitou collapsed
L: why is the door locked?
Houtaru: kaitou must have locked it himself from the inside
L: but why?
Houtaru: to run away from the killer, which is pretty common
Houtaru: but it's probably not the case here
L: i think i know
Houtaru: really? that's rare
L: since i think i understand a bit of what hongou-san is thinking
L: after getting stabbed by kounosu-san
L: kaitou said to her
L: why did she stab him
L: by any chance,to kill him
L: so kaitou-san decided to cover for kounosu-san
L: as kounosu-san returned to the 2nd floor, he returned to the right stage
L: huh? but how does that explain the wounds?
Houtaru: i was thinking the sa
Houtaru: that could be easily explained lass
L: that's solass
Houtaru: i , are you ibara or what?
Houtaru:himself so he could use that as an excuse
Houtaru: why did kounosu stab kaitou? and why did he forgive her?
Houtaru: we ou
L: guess it can't be helped
L: even though i'm curious about it
L: to stab one's own classmate, and to run away from the classmate that stabbed you
L: hoould hongou-san envision such scenes?
L: i'm very curious about it
Houtaru: by the way, there's so i'd like to ask
L: yes, what is it?
Houtaru: this ination, but
Houtaru: didn't you yourself realize one answer from all this?
L: eh?
L: but i didn't solve anything
L: why do you say that?
Houtaru: the three from class 2-F plus me
Houtaru: you were convinced by none of our deductions
Houtaru: this is so unlike you does that have soou?
L: oh, i see
L: let's see, it's because i think hongou-san and i are alike
Houtaru: ?
L: oh, this is a bit e
L: so please don't laugh
L: truth is
L: i don't like stories where people die