Track 4

Mm~ I’m getting reaaaally tired of this cooking robot’s food–

Can you whip something up, Tengu?

Well I could, but that’s not exactly in a bellboy’s job description, is it? I’ll think about it if I get paid extra though.

……

Kaede-chan…

(Hamasaki-sama… He hasn’t touched his food at all)

(I mean, it makes sense. His coworker just got put into suspended animation. And we don’t even know if he’s the culprit.)

……

Hey, Prezzy!

Chihiro. I’ve told you before too, but I’m not the president yet.

But you’re gonna be the next prez of Oguro Hotel! So Prezzy it is ♪

Prezzy, you told me once before, right? That you solved a case using a tarot card reading when you were a kid!

With fortune-telling~? How!

Huh, didn’t expect that. Oguro-san, you do tarot readings?

I bet you two don’t actually believe this, but my tarot readings are pretty accurate, you know?

You solved a case that happened in your class in elementary school, right?

Yeah, I did. See? I’ve got a witness.

Isn’t that even more hype? Chii was just thinking, maybe you could even find out who the monster in the hotel is!

Ohh… You’re right. It’s worth a try.

Hmm, sounds pretty unscientific to me~

That’s just the Barnum effect, no? Where humans latch onto abstract words, make up connections, and twist them into whatever meaning suits them?

We’ve got nothing but time. Trying it out is better than doing nothing.

I’m pretty sure we’ve got a tarot deck in storage. I’ll search for it later.

Well, it’ll be nice if it works.

If we, like, find out who the culprit is, we'll go 'Meehh!' and make them give back Nagipeko, for realsies!

……

….Mmm…, Nng….

Ha…

(It’s completely dark and I can’t see anything. But—there’s something there.)

(I’m scared… I have to run away before they spot me—)

Grrr…!

(...! They found me!)

Momiji! Hurry, you have to hurry…!

Ah!!!

Ha… Was that just…a dream?

No, it wasn’t—

……

3…4… and 5!

We’re all here.

Yippee~~! Everyone’s here!

*Yawn*, sleepy…

……

Kaede-chan? What’s wrong? You look really pale.

…Oh no, it’s nothing. I’ve just been having a hard time sleeping lately.

More importantly, I wonder if the fact that no one disappeared means Yachiyo-kun really was the monster…

Who knows? Tough to say.

Huh?

Tencham, what do you mean…

Well, we certainly didn’t have any victims. But…

Could you come to my room, everyone?

W-What’s this…!? The whole hallway’s covered in scratches…!

Doesn’t look like a human did this. These traces look more like the work of a monster on a rampage~.

Good grief. This so-called “Monster” has done nothing but tear my hotel to bits~

Chii’s room is on the first floor… So Chii had no idea the second floor of the employee rooms was like this.

The scratches weren’t here when I went to sleep last night, obviously.

And I checked Fuefuki-sama’s room earlier, and he was still suspended. So it’s safe to say he’s not the one behind this attack.

Doesn’t that mean we can wake up Yachiyo-kun now…?

We’d better not.

Why?

There’s a veeery real chance that Piihyoro’s the monster’s accomplice.

I agree with the manager. It’s true Fuefuki-sama was acting suspicious, after all.

Oh… Okay, I understand.

So, what do we do about today’s monster vote?

…We don’t have enough information. We need to make a careful and informed decision before we put another one of us in suspension.

Give me some more time. I’ll try to look further into it.