[Geekodot]

Originally Posted by Neofio3

As to my hypothesis as to what killed Battler in episode 4:



The hypothesis being Battler was killed via boiler explosion.

- The culprit entered the boiler room at some point earlier in the game, and set the boiler to explode. Kanon was killed in episode 1 because he stumbled upon him/her messing with the boiler.
- Kinzo was already in the furnace at that time. Kinzo was placed there by Krauss or the servants earlier that day. Kinzo's death had no relation to the plans of the murderer, however, the smell did bring the attention of everyone, leading to Kanon's death.
- Everyone was preoccupied with Kinzo's body and attending to Kanon. Therefore nobody cared to check on the boiler. The boiler explodes approximately X hours later, destroying the mansion and everything inside it.

For this to be the case, our hypothetical culprit would have to discover Kinzo's body as he/she was messing with the boiler. Which would surprise them, but given they were planning to commit murder anyway, I doubt would cancel the plan.

Alle the survivors have alibies, let us include the dead as well. In short, no kind of human or dead person on the island could have killed Kanon. Kanon did not commit suicide. Kanon did not die in an accident.

Kanon did not die in episode 1. He couldn't have been killed, which means he faked it.

Just want to clear that up. He can however be the culprit and the one who rigged the boiler to explode though.