Track 7

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Hmm, the message this time says “The night devours all.”

(....Natsuyaki…san.)

Looks like the monster’s still around♪

…Right. Let’s move somewhere else and talk.

Well, we put the discussion on hold at Kafukafu’s request yesterday, but shall we go for it today?

…Yeah.

(Natsuyaki-san has disappeared too. We visited the back garden together only yesterday.)

(Just who—)

Doudou.

…Huh?

You were still with Chii after I gave him ‘The Moist & Mini robot’ yesterday, right?

What happened after that?

What happened… I just went back to my room.

Hohh. I see.

Yesterday, everyone ate separately instead of eating together in the dining room, hm? Soooo did anyone see Chii eating?

No?

……

I didn’t see him.

In other words! Doudou was the last person to be seen with Chii before he disappeared.

……!

Are you suspecting Kaede-chan?

What we should be asking is why were the two of them in the backyard in the first place.

I…invited Natsuyaki-san…

Remember how when Piihyoro was around, we thought it was suspicious that he visited the garden while it was so foggy that you couldn't see clearly?

That’s…

So you lured Natsuyaki-san out and chose him as your next target?

I didn’t do anything like that! We just wanted a change of pace so we went to the garden…!

And-on-top-of-that!! Doudou is an outsider, just like Piihyoro.

We could even say that ever since these two arrived, people have been disappearing from the hotel left and right. If you think about it, it makes toootal sense to be suspicious of them, doesn’t it?

It does make sense.

!

Wait, Ten.

I don’t think anything the manager said was strange. If Hamasaki-sama is innocent, then why isn’t he putting up more of a fight?

Y-You’re wrong…

I’m not a monst—

(I didn’t do anything to Hachinoya-san or Natsuyaki-san…)

But even so, you’re getting pretty flustered, huh?

You’ve gone completely pale.

…! Um, I… I’m—

……

(It’s already over. I can’t escape.)

I… The truth is—

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Wait. I just remembered something.

Mm?

I met with Chihiro too. Yesterday evening.

…Huh?

We just said that the last person who was with Chihiro is suspicious, right? By that logic, I should be a suspect too.

…Nn?

Kafka…!?

(*Sigh*, there he goes, doing whatever he wants.)

(...But I guess this is ‘easier’ in a way.)

Now I get it~. I thought you were always doing work at the front desk, but it was all actually a front so you could ambush Natsuyaki-san.

…I just don’t get it at all. What’s going on, Kafukafu!?

Nothing’s going on. I’m just stating the facts.

I thought you were a lot smarter than this! This makes no sense whatsoever~~!

(The manager probably doesn’t get it.)

Ngugugu……

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Wow, he suddenly got real quiet.

Well, whatever. This is entertaining too in its own way.

I’m starting to think Kafukafu’s the suspicious one~!

Then I’ll also vote for Oguro-san.

Eh, wait—

And you, Hamasaki-sama?

I…I don’t know. But Kafka…Kafka isn’t the monster…!

Kafka would never do something like that…

Kaede-chan…

Doudou’s taking too long to vote, so we’ll just say it’s invalid, ya?

And with the majority agreeing… Today’s dose of ‘Deep-Snooze Coma’ goes to Kafukafu~!

K-Kafka…

It’s okay, Kaede-chan.

…Everything’s going to be okay.

Fire~!

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(After coming back to my room…I’ve finally calmed down a bit.)

Kafka was just protecting me. This doesn’t change anything.

But… If that’s the case, then who is the “monster” at this hotel?

(The manager… Come to think of it, he’s always been suspicious from the start, and he seemed to know a lot about the monster incidents.)

(Murakumo-san was having a suspicious conversation with someone… But who was he talking to in the first place?)

(No, it can’t be Kafka. Kafka wouldn’t do something like that…)

(Natsuyaki-san. Is he actually still somewhere in the hotel? Maybe he got rid of Hachinoya-san before disappearing himself…?)

(Hachinoya-san. Is he actually still somewhere in the hotel? Maybe this whole thing was staged from the beginning.)

(Was Yachiyo-kun really the monster…?)

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