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A tiny blood splatter on a nearby dock reveals the plot to a much larger conspiracy lurking both above and beneath the surface.
Victim
* Roderick Killian
Suspects
* Margaret Carmody
* Martin Heller
* Esmeralda Espindola
* Bria Frost
* The Merciless
Killer
* Bria Frost
Motive
Bria said that she saw a huge futuristic-looking black boat approach the docks and open a door for Roderick to take her in. Bria said she couldn’t see anything but then Roderick took off her blindfold. Bria struggled to fight Roderick while he was mumbling about no woman ever rejecting him and making it out alive. Roderick’s knife fell out of his hand and Bria grabbed it, only to slice his hand off and make him fall into the ocean where he drowned while unconscious. She then kicked the hand into the sea and ran away.
Additional Investigation
As soon as Bria confesses, a sword begins to protrude upwards from her stomach. She then collapses and behind her stands the Merciless. Claudia shoots at them, but the Merciless reflected the bullet into the ceiling with their sword. They begged us to listen to them, and they took off their mask and said their name was Teresa Blenninghorn and they were our former lab chief. She said that she was kidnapped by them and immediately knew that the person posing as Bria wasn’t her, but her sister, and that before Patricia, they’ve done this to every former team member. Teresa said that she looked into Bria’s family history and realized that after Bria, her mother gave birth to another girl but put her up for adoption in a neighboring city since they couldn’t afford to take care of another baby and they didn’t want to get an abortion. She said that her name was Vivian Fay and that after she was adopted, she tried to get close to Bria; they were even friends during high school until Vivian stole Roderick from Bria. After that, Bria always hated Vivian and pushed her away. Teresa said she managed to get a disguise and infiltrate this group. She said that the Akai Ryuu has Bria hostage and that Vivian planned to kill Roderick because he was as dumb as a rock and was holding them back. We welcome Teresa to the team and Nico is relieved to just have one job title instead of both coroner and lab chief. As the other group sailed away, we only have them to focus on. However, we decide to take a break after Margaret invited us to her deluxe yacht party. We know many important and wealthy people will be there so we decide to go.