Great Detective Coronet and The Tragedy of Yuu Translation Chapter 11

Chapter 11: Great Detective Coronet's Analysis
Match: Kamuri, have you really solved the mysteries?

Lamp: I-I was about to understand the full picture as well......

Hotaru: Now now, don't say that. Let's hear what Kamuri-san thinks.

Kamuri: First of all about the incident which the karasumi pizza disappeared from the dining room, it's just as Kei said just now.

Kei: .......I'm sorry.

Lamp: No, it was my fault as I made a fuss about this. I should be the one to say sorry......

Yuuko: Um.....then who's the culprit for the other incidents?

Kamuri: Before that, first I want to organise the information concerning the incident which the pizza disappeared from the cupboard.

Kamuri: The pizza is hidden in the cupboard at around lunch time. Then, until I opened the cupboard just a while ago, the time of crime should be within this period of time.

Kamuri: And during this period of time, we had been investigating, Lamp and Hotaru too had been investigating as well.

Kamuri: But, we too weren't always together, so there's no one who can provide a flawless alibi.

Match: I went outside for a stroll between lunch time and dinner time.......

Kamuri: However you couldn't have been outside all this time. So there's still time to commit the crime.

Match: ...............

Kamuri: In other words in this incident, anyone here is possible......That's what I'm suggesting.

Lamp: Please hold on for a second! If you're saying this, then you can't say that you've solved all the mysteries just yet.....

Kamuri: I'm only organising the information from the new incident just now. About the solutions, I'll explain them in order.

Lamp: I-I see. Then please continue your explanation.

Kamuri: ......First of all is the garlic disappearance incident.

Kamuri: The time of crime is between the time when Cork delivered the box of garlic to the grocery warehouse, and when Lamp and the others went to the warehouse later.

Kamuri: And the ones without alibis for that period of time, are only Yuuko and Kirara.

Yuuko: Yeah. You're right.......

Kamuri: But here, I want to reconsider the time of crime for once.

Kei: Eh? What do you mean.....?

Kamuri: There's a chance that before Cork even arrived at this pension, the garlic inside the box was already stolen.

Lamp: Muuuu! T-That makes sense!!

Kamuri: In this situation, before arriving at this pension, someone could've tried to eat the garlic without being noticed by Cork,

Kamuri: And for the alibis before anyone arrives at this pension, no one here can explain it.

Kamuri: Hence, anyone could be the culprit.

Lamp: Please just wait a sec! Then as I thought, you really can't say you've solved the mysteries.....

Kamuri: I'm still in the middle of my explanation till now. I'd like you to wait until I've finished telling everything.

Lamp: I-Is that so. Then, please continue!

Kamuri: About the incident which Match is attacked in his room, I want to think about it a little bit further.

Kamuri: Has everyone noticed the sound from outside, before the incident?

Kei: That, well......

Kamuri: After investigation we found that it's the sound of a rock that has fallen from a high place. But it's impossible that a rock would suddenly fall from the sky.

Kamuri: So that has to be caused by someone.

Lamp: I-If that's the case who did it, and for what purpose!?

Kamuri: Whoa. Calm down.

Lamp: I-I'm already calm! So hurry up and continue!

Kamuri: I'm sure that this is to make someone's alibi to be uncertain, by luring that person head out to investigate the source of that sound.

Kamuri: And it's actually Yuuko who went out to investigate, but from the culprit's perspective, anyone would be fine.

Yuuko: R-Really.....?

Lamp: But if that's the case, Yuuko-san would only be a suspect after she fell for the culprit's trap....

Lamp: Then, who exactly would attack Match-san?

Kamuri: The person who'd set someone up as a suspect, and above that attack Match. There's none other than one person possible.

Match: ...............

Kamuri: You're right, Match. You're the only one possible.

Lamp: Ehhh~!!

Match: Good grief. If I'm about to get beaten, would I still want to say this even if I know that I'm just trying to mess around with you?

Match: But why would I have to do this? There's no reason for that.

Kamuri: .......Here I'll change the subject a little.

Lamp: Ehhhh~!! Why!?

Match: Good grief. Maybe you're going to admit you got your analysis wrong?

Kamuri: Anyway I'm changing the subject. ......In this case, I noticed that I've spotted a profuse amount of rocks on different sites.

Hotaru: Rocks...... Now that you've said so, you're right. But what does this have to do with......

Kamuri: This series of incidents, what sort of rocks are involved. Hotaru, can you try recalling them?

Hotaru: Umm. The garlic box has been filled with rocks, and a rock has fallen down.....

Kamuri: And also, the culprit who attacked Match, also used a stone sculpture to commit the crime.

Match: ...............

Kamuri: Anyway the culprit this time often used rocks. I'll reconsider how each kinds of rocks are used.

(Kamuri imagines scenario)

Kamuri: I'll start with the first incident. When the culprit was on his way to the pension, he spotted Cork.

Kamuri: I'm sure he did this because of the good smell. At the instant when Cork was away from the box a bit,

Kamuri: He ate the garlic inside. And then to make sure he isn't found out he stuffed rocks into the box.

(Scenario ends)

Kamuri: But if that's true, he should've departed from this pension in that morning, and make his getaway from here.

Kamuri: But the bridge is burnt due to thunder, and he couldn't leave the pension......

Kamuri: Moreover with regards to the karasumi pizza disappearance, what I've said has become significant.

Kamuri: At that rate his crimes would probably be found out. So he would've thought he could stage himself as a victim.

Match: ...............

Kamuri: There he used rocks again. As I said earlier, by dropping a rock from a high place such that someone's alibi becomes uncertain......

Kamuri: And also using a weapon made out of stone.

Match: ...........You're sounding as if in any case, I'd want to be the culprit.

Match: But aren't all of that just your speculations? There's no evidence related to me.....

Kamuri: By the way, this is a rock which was stuffed in the garlic box.

Kamuri: And this here, is a fragment of the rock which fell from a high place.

Kamuri: These rocks have a bit of a common point. It's like they can form some kind of shape, or rather, something can be made out of them......

Kamuri: ......That's right, what you're seeing resembles something that was originally a sculpture which had been fragmented.

Match: ...........!!

Kamuri: When we went in Match's room, I was told to look at a sculpture that's said to be a weapon.

Kamuri: That sculpture has some missing bits. Even though it was originally a bigger sculpture in the first place, a part of it is seemingly damaged and disappeared.

Lamp: Eh? Eh? So what you're saying is......!?

Kamuri: If we gather the rocks that have appeared in this case, a single sculpture can be assembled, just like a puzzle.

Kirara, Hotaru, Kei, Lamp, Yuuko: ...........!

Kamuri: See? Match.

Match: ...........

Kamuri: In other words these rocks right here, are the irrefutable pieces of evidence proving you're the culprit.

Match: ...........

Kamuri: But there's more to my analysis.

Match: ...........In any case, I'd still want to be the culprit, huh.

Match: However, you still can't prove me guilty for the incidents until the one which the pizza disappeared from the cupboard, right?

Kamuri: Match, you went for a stroll in the afternoon. Yet the sky looked like it was going to rain all that time. Why'd you do that in such a time?

Kamuri: I presume this too has some kind of reason behind as well. The reason is surely this.

Kamuri: Match's body is covered in fur. As you ate the pizza in panic, after that no matter what you did the sauce was still stuck on your fur.

Match: .......!!

Kamuri: Match is baited by the great smell, and found the pizza that's hidden in the cupboard.

Kamuri: And once he ate that, he daringly went for a stroll in the storm, just to wash his body.

Match: ...........

Kamuri: ......How's that? Did I say it correctly, Match?

Match: ...........

Match: ...........Fu.

Lamp: M-Match-san.....?

Match: .......Fu, Fuhahahahahhahahah.

Sorry. I just spammed my keyboard for that.

Match: You got me. It's a perfect analysis.

Match: I have no eyes for delicacies. I just couldn't resist the smell of the garlic when I smelled it on my way to the pension.

Match: I had an impulse back then. But I didn't know much about the quality of the garlic, it's just the smell of it that made me do it......

Lamp: Match-san......You're......!

Match: It's the same for the karasumi as well. Even if it's hidden inside the cupboard, its fabulous smell still can't be concealed.

Match: The salty flavour is too strong, but it's actually still a delicious pizza.

Lamp: Match-san...... I can't believe you're the culprit behind the consecutive food stealing incidents.....!

Match: But that's it for me being found out. I can't afford you all to just get this over with.

Lamp: Eh?

Match: I'm doing very well as a sculpture merchant. I can't afford to be caught right here......

Match: To everyone who know the truth, I'll have to silence you all for eternity.

Lamp: Eh, Match-san.....what're you talking about.....?

Match: I guess you still don't understand? That means, I'm erasing every last one of you from existence!

Translation by - Mann -