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Spoiler:

Episode 3
Banquet of the Golden Witch, part 3

Spoiler for ホールの死闘:

Okay many big questions in this part.

Part 14 A – On the way to the mansion (10/05/86 01:00 PM)
About an hour after they find Rosa’s body, Rudolf suggests that they should go to the mansion to get food. Natsuhi was against the idea, but when (someone, I forgot who, Krauss?) said 私たちはいい。だが子どもたちにひもじい思いをさせるのは心が痛む・・・ it was then decided that they should go to get the food.

Natsuhi refuses to let Krauss go. Kyrie agrees to this.
Rudolf then suggests that he, Kyrie, and Hideyoshi should go b/c both he and Hideyoshi have guns.

Thoughts: Another +1 more for Rudolf.

Confirmed (?):

Hideyoshi
わしを男と見込んでの話なら、喜んで協力させてもらうで。こう見えても、屋台を引いて鍛えた体や。力仕事は 任せてな！

Hideyoshi claims that he is pretty strong.

Thoughts: He’s likely to told this story before.

もしも雨も風の音もしない静寂だったなら、3人は耳をすまし慎重に行動したかもしれない。
しかしこの雨では、近くに不審者が潜んでいたとしても、その気配を気取ることは困難だ。

それならばむしろ、危険地帯を駆け抜けた方が良いだろうという留弗夫の提案だった。

Rudolf implants in Hideyoshi’s mind that they need to speed through the rose garden.

Narration
楼座と真理亜の死因は飛び道具ではない。
・・・・・・しかし、使用人たちの死因はそれを疑えるものだった。

Thoughts: I can’t help to think these two are unrelated murders, but at this point this is baseless beyond circumstance. At the very least, I do not think the current set of murders is the same culprit in EP 01 and 02. Main reason is they style is very different. EP 01 and 02 were very bloody murders while all the murders in EP 03 are very clean. Another big difference is in EP 01 and EP 02, “Beatrice” is quick to claim the murders by leaving evidence like letters. This is not seen in EP 03 aside from the first night murders (+1 more).

Hideyoshi
まずは問題なしやな。

Rudolf
そう信じたいね。霧江、俺たちが見張ってる間に鍵をあけてくれ。

Confirmed: Kyrie has a master key.
Confirmed: Kyrie opened the door.

Kyrie
開いたわ。

Rudolf
秀吉さん。先頭を頼めるか。俺は背後を警戒するぜ。

Confirmed: Hideoyoshi was the first in, Rudolf was the last in.

Part 14 B – Inside the mansion.
Confirmed (?): It seems the mansion still reeks of burnt flesh.

EVA Beatrice
無用心なヤツら。・・・・・・もう生きてこの屋敷から出しはしないわ。閉じよ、鍵よ。屋敷よ！

If magic doesn’t exist, then Kyrie or Rudolf who is behind Hideyoshi had likely locked the door unless someone from the mansion followed them. This person must have a master key thus must be an adult.

After the door closes, and the three go to kitchen and the butterfly magic starts. From this point on, all text given may or may not be believable.

Rovone warns EVA that witches still can be killed by guns and she should follow the ritual using the stakes to kill the sacrifices from this point on.

EVA Beatrice
標的は留弗夫と霧江。秀吉はダメよ。

Leviathan (envy) and Belphegor (sloth) are called upon. Note these are the stakes that kill Nanjo and Kuwasawa in the past two episodes which are always the last to die (according to the ritual order).

Note: Not sure if this has any significance but the portrait painting is still Rosa’s Beatrice not EVA Beatrice.

Narration
３人はすでに厨房に到着し、食料を集めていた。
【・・・】
かなりの重量だが、台車に積めば何とか運べる。
【・・・】
男２人は護衛役に専念のはずだったが、この重さの荷物では台車であっても霧江にはつらい。
力自慢を自称する秀吉が台車役を代わり、護衛役は留弗夫夫妻が勤めた。

Thought 1:
Remembered what Rudolf said before? It’s necessary to speed through the garden. They should have notice this before this especially Kyrie. They knew they were coming for canned food enough to feed 10 people until the next morning. This is obviously not light. Thus the possibility this is a planned trap is high, especially since Rudolf and Kryie suggested Hideyoshi should come with them.

Thought 2:
The gun was given to Kyrie. I see two possible outcomes.

1. Hideyoshi fell for Rudolf’s fast talk. Rudolf and Kyrie knowing the gun is safe planned for this to happen to corner Hideyoshi.

2. Hideyoshi willing gave up the gun because he rigged it. He possibly created the illusion the gun is safe by firing all 5 rounds. By doing so he empty the chamber and reload the gun with bullets he chose. If he tempered with any of these new rounds, the chance of a misfire is high. However, there’s no proof that it was Hideyoshi who reloaded the gun. It’s not clear in the game who did – but since Hideyoshi fired it, it’s likely him imo. Even if he didn’t he had plenty of chances to rig the gun later in the past hour before they came here. Even more simpler, he might have just unloaded the gun to create illusion that the gun is loaded.

Problem I see with this. What’s the merit? Rudolf and Kyrie think the gun is in working condition. Why does Hideyoshi need to put himself in danger? Even if he doesn’t have to worry about his gun, he still has to worry about Rudolf’s gun. So I don’t see Hideyoshi doing this. If Rudolf/Kyrie were the ones who reloaded the gun then we have lots to think about b/c even if Hideyoshi took rear guard or refused to give Kyrie the gun, neither of them had to worry about it. If they successfully were able to get the gun back, they can reload the gun or just threaten Hideyoshi with it as he thinks it is in working condition.

Narration
霧江が表情をしかめ、遠くを見るような目をした。
【・・・】

Kyrie
えぇ。多分、私たちは待ち伏せれてる。・・・・・・さっきまではその気配はなかったの。・・・でも、たった 今、感じたわ。・・・・・・たった今、私たちは、待ち伏せられた。

Rudolf
・・・・・・なら、来た道を戻る義理はねぇな。そこに勝手口があるじゃねぇか。そっちから出よ う。

Narration
留弗夫は勝手口の扉の鍵を開けようとする。
【・・・】

Rudolf
・・・・・・何だこりゃ。・・・固ぇ。・・・クソ、どうなってんだ。

Kyrie
開かないの？

Rudolf
あぁ。壊れてんのかな。びくともしねぇぜ・・・。

Because they cannot open this door, they go back to the hall.
Question 1: Is Rudolf lying? Hideyoshi does not confirm this door.

Question 2: Why does Rudolf say this door is broken instead of locked? Does this door not have a lock? Does this door lead to the inner yard?
IIRC in EP 02 this door is always left open.

Part 14 C – Magic battle 1.1 (Kyrie+Rudolf vs Leviathan+Belphegor)
Question 1: Can the people in the guest house not hear the gun shots? Were any bullets really shot?

Note: Leviathan (envy) went after Kyrie in the first floor hallway and Belphegor (sloth) went after Rudolf upstairs on the second floor.

Confirm: Rudolf first wife’s name is明日夢

Leviathan
ふっふふふふふふ！本当に仲の良い夫婦ね。嫉妬するわ。

Is this unrelated? Rosa said this earlier to Kyrie and Rudolf.

Rosa
仲がいいのね。羨ましいわ。

Spoiler for game text:

Kyrie
私、夫のいないところでは残酷よ？

Kyrie
………留弗夫さんと、最初から付き合っていたのは私だったのよ。……明日夢さんが、白々しく間に入り込んで きて、…ちゃっかりと懐妊したのよ。

……留弗夫さんは悪くないわ。あの女が、体を武器にして誑し込んで、さらに嫌らしく立ち回って、留弗夫さん に婚約せざるを得ないよう追い詰めたのよ。

明日夢さんは戦人くんを身篭ってたわ。
そして同じ頃、私もまた男の子を身篭ってた。
…運命的なことに、私たちの出産日は共に同じ日だったわ。

そして明日夢さんは戦人くんを出産したわ。…だけれど私は流産したの。………思ったことがあるわ。もし流産 したのが明日夢さんで、出産したのが私だったなら。……留弗夫さんは婚約を解消して、私と結婚してくれたか しら？　……でも私は子どもを産めなかった。だから明日夢さんが死ぬまで。そして縁寿を懐妊するまで、私は 明日夢さんを呪ったわ、嫉妬したわ。

明日夢さんなんか死んでしまえ。

そして私と再婚してほしいって、ずっとずっと嫉妬して呪って、そしてやっと明日夢さんが死んだ 。

私は確信したわ。
私には魔法の力があって、それが呪いとなって明日夢さんを殺したんだって確信したわ。

でも、私の嫉妬の炎は治まらない。
内緒よ？ 戦人くんを見る度にね、あの女を思い出しちゃうの。

そして戦人くんを見る度にね。…もし私の子が生まれていたら、同じ歳だっただろうなって思って しまうの。

私は今でも彼女を嫉妬し、苛まれてる。
今も、これからも。未来、永劫にね。

Thought: Heavy… If Kyrie is involved in the murders there is possibility that Rudolf is not a partner in crime and she acted alone if this is her motive.

Narration
レヴィアタンの力が、２４時間×７日で１８８時間分の速度を持つならば。

霧江の積み重ねた力は、１日が２４時間で、それが３６５日で１年で、それがさらに１８年で閏年をカウントし なくても、１５７６８０時間。

…それはレヴィアタンの力と速度の、８４５倍を超える。

つまり、レヴィアタンが仮に音速１２２５ｋｍで飛翔していたとしても、……霧江の目にはその８４５分の１に しか見えない。

つまりつまり、１２２５÷８４５は、…………時速、１．４６ｋｍ。

Personally, I didn’t care much for this scene. But what irritated me is this:
２４時間×７日で１８８時間分.
24*7=168 not 188. That got me wondering…

１日が２４時間で、それが３６５日で１年で、それがさらに１８年で閏年をカウントしなくても、１５７６８０ 時間. 24*365*18=157680 this is correct, but…

…それはレヴィアタンの力と速度の、８４５倍を超える。
157680/168 = ~938.57 even if you do 157680/188 = ~838.72 neither is 845

つまりつまり、１２２５÷８４５は、…………時速、１．４６ｋｍ。
1225/845= ~1.4497

Huh? Why are there so many calculation errors? Is this on purpose? I think so, as the numbers in these equations aren’t carrying over, and it’s strange that Ryukishi made 3 completely separate errors. Is this to express that Leviathan is a lie as the only calculation errors are the numbers that have to with Leviathan?

Interesting note: If we are to believe the guns were fired, then both stakes were killed on the third shot and both to the chest.

After killing each stake, the couple corners EVA Beatrice. Kyrie makes her 4th shot, but the bullet does not hit EVA due to her magic. Interesting enough, this shot is also to the chest.

Thoughts: Is this “magic” armor that stops the bullet a bullet proof vest?

Part 14 D – Magic battle 1.2 (Siesta Sisters)
EVA then summons two new servants: Siesta 410 and 45.

Thoughts: 45 is the caliber of the Winchesters on the island. Is 410 another gun?
Here’s what Wikipedia says:
Notable:

• .410 bore, commonly misnamed the .410 gauge, is the smallest caliber of shotgun shell commonly available. It has similar base dimensions to the .45 Colt revolver cartridge (though the .410 is significantly longer, up to 3 inches in length), allowing many single-shot firearms and some revolvers chambered in that caliber to fire shot without any modifications.
• This results in a very low recoil, so the .410 is often chosen for young shooters, who might have problems with a heavier recoiling shotgun
• Some competitive shooters choose the .410 bore because of the challenge it presents; .410 bore guns generally have full chokes to form a tight pattern with the small load of shot, and this makes hitting moving targets very challenging.
• The small size of the .410 bore makes it popular for use in compact firearms carried for emergency use.

The Siesta Sisters kill Kyrie and Rudolf quickly. (?)

Part 14 E – Beato forced to leave the scene
No real clues in this part, imo. Mostly explaining the difference between the Beatrices.

Part 14 F – Magic battle 1.3 (Hideyoshi vs EVA)
Hideyoshi confronts EVA and questions her why did Maria, Rosa, Kyrie and Rudolf have to die? He is armed with a gun.

Thought 1: No mention of the first 6. Are they unrelated as I except?
Thought 2: Whose gun did he pick up? Or is this a new gun?

Hideyoshi then slaps EVA repeatedly trying to put sense back into her.
Suddenly the gun by Rudolf floats up and fires hitting Hideyoshi in the chest. Strangely, the text says Hideyoshi was shot in the back, yet it says the bullet entered from his chest. EVA then orders the stakes to stab the dead bodies.

Narration
銃など、もう突きつけてもいなかった。

だから。
その銃声は秀吉の持つ銃のわけもない。

・・・・・・留弗夫の遺体の脇に落ちていた銃が宙に浮いていて、・・・その銃口から煙幕をたなびかせている 。

銃弾？
・・・・・秀吉のベストの胸部が、じわりと赤い染みを広げる。

銃口に対し背を向けていたのに、・・・銃弾は秀吉の胸部に打ち込まれていた。

Note: This should be the 4th shot from Rudolf’s gun.
Thought 1: Since Hideyoshi was shot by Rudolf’s gun, did Hideyoshi take back his gun from Kyrie?
Thought 2: This sounds like a misfire or the gun accidentally fired. Hard to tell whether Hideyoshi just thought Rudolf’s gun shot him or it’s just an accident with his gun (I think it’s the latter). As for how the gun shot from behind and hit him in the front, did the bullet just ricochet into him?

Scene ends at 01:17 PM

Spoiler for 魔女の定義:

Part 15 A – Guesthouse / Natsuhi+Kraus (10/05/86 01:30 PM)
Natsuhi and Krauss spent the last 30 minutes waiting for the three in front of the door. The front door was left chained just in case the three were attacked and the master key was stolen from them. For this reason, Natsuhi and Krauss waited by the door.

Thoughts: If anyone was to leave the guest house it has to be through a window. But if Natsuhi and Krauss are tied with the murders, then someone could have left through the front door as well. At this point in the story I doubt they are as there is nothing that suggest so.

Eva comes to the hallway crying for her husband. It seems that she was unaware that Hideyoshi had left for the mansion. Hearing this, Eva gets upset which draws the attention of the others in the guest house. Krauss, Natsuhi, Eva, Battler, George, Jessica, and Nanjo all gather in front of the front door.

Thoughts: If someone had left the guest house, they should be wet but none of them are. The murders supposedly ended at 01:17 PM. All these people gathered at the front door at 01:30 PM. That’s 13 minutes, run back to the guest house, and dry themselves completely off, if we are to doubt any of these people. Majority of them were on the 2nd floor. And while each individual guest room has a shower, only Nanjo was in one. Two showers were used (allegedly), Eva’s and Rosa’s. If they were to find wet towels it had to be from these two shower rooms. Eva’s room is on the first floor. Rosa’s room… I don’t remember. IIRC in EP 02 (?) or was it EP 01 (?), Ryukishi did say where it was located.

George and Battler suggest on going outside.
Nanjo is reluctant, Jessica wants to go, but Natsuhi will not allow for that.

Eva
兄さんたち一家はゲストハウスで留守番してて。これはうちの家族と、戦人くんの家族の問題よ。あと南條先生 も来てもらえるかしら。万が一のこともあるかもしれないから。

Part 15 B – The bodies at the mansion @ Meta World

Virgilia
・・・・・・・・・戦人、絵羽、譲治、南條の４人は屋敷のホールにて、留弗夫、霧江、秀吉の３人の遺体を発 見。

Battler
・・・・・・・・・第四から第六の晩ってことか？なら死体には、額、胸、腹にそれぞれ、例の悪 魔の杭が？

Virgilia
はい。・・・・・・留弗夫の額に一本。秀吉の胸に一本。そして霧江の腹部に一本、悪魔の杭が打ち込まれてい ます。３人には争ったか、あるいは逃げ回るかしたと思われる着衣の乱れがあります。３人の遺体は寄り添って はおらず、犯人と遭遇後、ある程度の抵抗を試みたと推定されます。

The stakes are used, is this related to the previous murder where the stakes were not used? If so, why start using them now?

Possibility:
As the games suggested, the stakes were stabbed after the people were killed. The person who stabbed the bodies may not be the killer. If so, is the stabber taking advantage of these death to claim them?

Battler
いつも通り、死体の死亡確認からさせてまらうぜ。・・・・・・ロノウェ、赤で宣言を頼む。
【・・・】
復唱要求だ。“留弗夫、霧江、秀吉の３名は死亡している”。

Ronove
・・・・・・申し訳ございません。復唱を、拒否させていただきます。

Interesting, none of them are confirmed dead.

Nanjo
・・・恐らく、即死だったでしょう。。。。例え、彼らが倒れた直後に我々がここに訪れたとしてもきっと、手 遅れだったに違いありません・・・。

Eva
いいえ、違うわッ！！きっと生きてたわよ！！胸にこんなものを刺されて・・・！うちの人はもがき苦しみなが ら死んでいったに違いないのよ・・・！！

TIPS: 右代宮　秀吉
屋敷のホールで、胸を杭状の凶器で貫かれて死亡した。

油断した。まだ生きていたなんて・・・・・・。

We are to trust the TIPS then Nanjo made a mistake or is lying.
Note: Eva went to this body before anyone else. Is this to prevent anyone to take a close look at Hideyoshi so he can fake his death?

Or if that TIP was Hideyoshi’s thoughts then if we look at Kyrie’s death profile, did Kyrie make that fatal shot to Hideyoshi?

TIPS: 右代宮　霧江
屋敷のホールで、腹を杭状の凶器で貫かれて死亡した。

腹と言うのは、何とも致死性に欠ける。他の方法で無難に殺し、死体に杭を刺してもOKなのでは ？

Thought 1: Why no mention of the master key and the guns?
Thought 2: How did the killer get into the mansion? Krauss had 4 master keys, Kyrie had 1. Was the front door open and then locked after the murders? Or if the door was locked did they go through the window where they found Shannon’s body? Did the adults relock the rooms they visited? Assuming that Kruass gave Eva a master key when she went to the mansion, did she return the key to him?

Battler
ワルギリア。ゲームは一度中断する。ロノウェは代行を降りた以上、あとはベアトが対局者として相応しい資格 を持つのを待つしかない。

From this point on, we have very little intervention from the Meta World.

Part 15 C – Guesthouse
There are currently 7 survivors and they all decide to stay in the Guesthouse.

Confirmed: both guns and the 1 master key are missing. Why take these guns but ignore it when Rosa had a gun? Different killers? Or same killer, but the stabber is a different person and he took them?

The windows in the guesthouse are locked and had their blinds lowered so they can’t be open even with the master key. All the doors are chained and further barricaded by sofas and tables.

Eva, Krauss, and Natsuhi stayed on the first floor. Both Eva and Krauss are armed. The children and Nanjyo are told not to come downstairs. The children stayed in the guest room. Nanjyo was with them at first trying to comfort them, but it became awkward so he left to his room which was the second floor as well.

George just blankly stares at a photo he has of Shannon. He wishes that even for a short while that he could see Shannon again. He says he understands Kinzo pursuit of magic as Kinzo also wished the same for Beatrice. To escape the silence and sadness, he goes out to refill his coffee. George asks Battler and Jessica if they want any, they both shook their heads no. George also asks Nanjo, but Nanjo also says no. Alone in the hallway he thinks of Shannon’s death. He wonders about whether she wore his ring on her finger. He fears that if he doesn’t confirm it now, when the police take the body he’ll never know for sure and may never she her face again. He thinks of Kinzo and his obsession with Beatrice (note: Beatrice portrait is Rosa’s Beatrice here).

Thoughts: Ever since EP 02 Beatrice’s portrait isn’t consistent. Is this to portray that each character have their own views of Beatrice? At the very least in this episode, the EVA Beatrice portrait only appears when magic is happening.

A transparent Beato appears in front of him and asks George, if she grants him this wish, would he believe that she is a witch?

Beato
下には蔵臼たちおったか。・・・それでは確かに下へ降りられぬな。・・・・・・ならば、１階へ降りずに、屋 敷へ行けばいいではないか。簡単な話よ。

Beato and George step out the window and float towards the mansion.

Thoughts: Is this confirmation that anyone could have left the house from the 2nd floor window as Rudolf suggested?

Part 15 D – EVA Beatrice new target
EVA Beatrice chooses Natsuhi and Krauss as her new victims. She commands the Siesta Sisters to kill them.

Scene ends at 05:44 PM

Spoiler for 本当の魔法:

Part 16 A – Guesthouse lobby (10/05/86 05:44 PM)
Krauss, Natsuhi, and Eva are in the lobby. All three are extremely exhausted. Eva still seems sick. She goes to make some coffee.

Part 16 B – EVA and Eva
They argue about why the people needed to be killed.
Nothing really interesting beyond that.

Part 16 C – Krauss and Natsuhi
Krauss talks about how he regrets not being a good brother to his siblings.

Part 16 D – Siesta attacks!
Suddenly a gold snake appears coming through the keyhole and wraps around Krauss’ neck then Natsuhi’s neck and chokes both of them. They are both killed without a scream.

Part 16 E
Eva returns to find no one in the lobby. She thinks they might have gone looking around the house, so she sits herself on the couch to way.

Thoughts: Who killed them? Unfortunately no one has an alibi. Battler and Jessica can cover each other, but this isn’t a solid alibi if they are involved (unlikely). But if we are to give Battler 主人公 immunity then that still leaves a large number of suspects.

Bigger question is, were they killed in the guest house lobby as suggested?

Did the killer come through any of the doors? Unlikely, they are barricaded and chained. The chances are extremely high the killer was already in the guest house. One possibility is, the killer crawled through the window George left from. Then he closed and locked it and hid after killing Natsuhi and Krauss. Question is, if this is so, would the killer have enough time to drag the body out to where they were later found?

Part 16 F – Shannon
George and Beato are in the guest room of the mansion. George got in through the window. Through magic, George was able to call back Shannon’s soul and talk to her. But during this happy moment a gold snake comes through the keyhole and spears through George’s heart and through the already opened wound on Shannon. Virgilia appears and sacrifices herself to allow Beato to escape from the Siesta’s Golden Arrow.

Thought 1: How did George die?
Suicide? If so, then a weapon that caused his death should be dropped near him.
Murder? If so, where did culprit shoot from? IIRC Shannon was facing away from the window sitting on a sofa. The window is where George entered from and he should be facing towards it. It’s difficult to imagine that the killer could magically shoot through the furniture piece Shannon was sitting on without damaging it, through the already open wound on Shannon and pierce through George. Possibly, the murderer came through the door with a master key or was hiding in this room to begin with? Still even from the back this is a difficult shot. Perhaps the weapon isn’t a projectile? Even more likely, George was killed somewhere else then was propped up here in front of Shannon. Last possibility, is that George is faking his death (unlikely imo).

Thought 2: Golden Arrow? Golden Bow?
There is a Golden Bow in Islam and Hindu mythology. Hindu mythology is probably not something Ryukishi will draw on in Umineko. There are many related/similar stories in Islam and the Old Testament, so maybe…? Problem here is the Golden Bow is a minor artifact in the Islam story I found, and was destroyed upon creation so this doesn’t sound right either.

Part 16 G – Back at the Guesthouse
Jessica and Battler come down stairs looking for George. It seems that he was gone for at least 1~2 hours. Nanjo confirms this as well. Eva claims she never saw him and become hysterical, frantically looking for him. Seeing this Jessica also starts frantically looking for her parents who were also missing. They could not be found in the guesthouse.

Nanjo suggests that maybe there is a secret passageway.
Thoughts: If there is one, then I think only Natsuhi and Krauss (and Jessica/Kinzo?) will know as the guest house is a fairly new structure on the island. Possibly an observant servant or a trusted one, but since all of them are dead (discounting the ones that should be off the island) I don’t see a reason to pursue this train of thought.

Battler can’t deny Nanjo’s suggestion but thinks of another possibility. Battler checks the windows one by one until he finds one that opens silently and is blocked off in a way that the wind doesn’t blow through it. Battler looks out the window to see if he can find any traces of someone jumping out the window but finds none. He thinks possibly that there’s a window like this on the first floor as well.

Thoughts: Big problem with this. If George did left this way, how did he find a window with these attractive qualities without going through what Battler did?

Nanjo questions if George left this way, then how are the windows all closed? George could not have closed the window from the outside. Battler replies to this that simply someone closed the window from the inside, but that would mean that only a very select number of people could do so: Battler, Jessica, Eva and Nanjo. Battler and Jessica were to together so it had to been Eva or Nanjo! Nanjo is quick to deny that he wouldn’t have done so…

Battler then tries to reason why anyone would have locked the window. By doing so it would only hurt the culprit as there are only so many people how can do this…

All four remaining survivors decide to go outside as the guesthouse isn’t safe anymore and to look for the missing people.

Scene ends at 06:03 PM

Thoughts: If the doors are still barricaded, then George had to left through a window (discounting secret passage ways). He left Battler & Jessica somewhere around 4 or 5 PM. Nanjo, Eva, Krauss and Natsuhi are possibly suspects. I’m thinking George did go through a window, but wasn’t as careful as Battler assumes. Natushi and Krauss heard the sound of the wind/blind/curtain/whatever and went to check on it. The found an open window and closed it. They immediately went looking for Eva and decided not to tell anyone upstairs to not cause panic. There they saw Eva at another open window (the one Battler thinks exists on the first floor). They question Eva but Hideyoshi who had already climbed in through the window and was hiding chokes Krauss. Natsuhi taken by surprise is knocked out by Eva then is chocked. Since they cannot leave the bodies here, Hideyoshi drags the bodies out and Eva closes the window. Before Hideyoshi can come back, Battler and Jessica come down looking for George. Eva probably genuinely did not know George was missing (probably Natsuhi and Krauss didn’t know either as they only saw an opened window). That’s my baseless speculation. Same speculation works with Eva as Nanjo and Hideyoshi as Rudolf or Kyrie or both.

As to why Eva (?) locked the window again… possibly to fool Nanjo, Battler, and Jessica if they were to come downstairs…? But this doesn’t make sense as it really narrows down the killers. She would have been much better off leaving it open. Did someone else close it? If Eva opened the window, Nanjo would be the only person to close it… why? Are they in on this together? Possibly. If not then is this Nanjo’s way of saying “the witch is giving you advice on who the killer is?”