Sudden Harakiri

"*Who killed the famous manga artist to staged as seppuku? Don't buy the ticket for anime movie until you find the killer!*"
– Case Teaser

**Sudden Harakiri** is a case featured in Criminal Case Third Line: World Dominant, appearing as the 28th case of the game. It is the fourth case set in East Asia.

## Plot

Hao informed Anabel and the player of a body found on Shurei Gate. The Bureau then went there to collect the body of manga artist Youichi Toriyama, who was stabbed in the stomach with samurai sword, staged as seppuku.

The five people were labelled as suspects: Jiang Shui (manhwa artist), Haile Palamo (judge's daughter), Takashi Toriyama (victim's father), Amano Momoko (rookie voice actress), and Kayako Walden (sushi owner).

While searching for investigations, Anabel and the player sneaking into the manga studio to find the piece of the Temple of Tenshou. But suddenly, Anabel freaks out at a sigh of horror: it was Grayson Croft's skull that The Greed hide it so no one see it. However, the killer attack both, but the player knock it out, allowing them to escape.

Mid-investigation, Amano Momoko, a voice actress of Blooma from popular anime series Dragon Star, came to visit the Bureau. Later, Judge Palamo asked the player for confirmation of his daughter Haile's involvement in the investigation before he proceeded to scold her. The team then found enough evidence to arrest the victim's friend, Jiang Shui, for the murder.

Upon admitting to the murder, Shui also admitted to being a member of The Greed after all. He said that he needed more money to assassinate the prime minister of Japan in order to reach the next level of the cult, so he asked Youichi for money, as he had gotten rich after selling the Dragon Star animation movie rights to Amano Momoko. After Youichi refused to give the money, Shui resolved to killing him for treason by sharpening a samurai sword and stabbing Youichi to death, staging as seppuku. Judge Palamo sentenced Shui to 30 years in prison for the murder and assassination attempted.

During An Impossible Sin (4/6), Darko told the team that Hisao had possibly left something for the team in Shurei Gate. Anabel and the player then went to the gate and found a coded message from Hisao. Per Henri's analysis of the message, the S.D.S. cult was a series of concentric circles, where being more devout (or richer) would get one closer to the innermost circle. Hisao had managed to get to the third level and had learned that there was to be the "Olympic Games Event" in Tokyo, but he needed more time to know more details. Anabel and the player then talked to Shui for the details of the event, but he said that only Yasumura Satoshi knew of what would happen.

Meanwhile, Kevin told the player that his teenage son Colin had gone missing along with Haile, who was dating with him as per Kevin's suggestion to her father. They eventually found them in Youichi's studio, where Kevin scolded Colin and Haile for going to unsafe places unsupervised. After all the events, the team resolved they had no choice but to take flight to Tokyo and wait for Hisao to learn of the "big event" at Olympic Game Stadium.

## Suspects

**Jiang Shui**
Manhwa Artist
 **Blood** | AB-

**Suspect's Profile**

* The suspect has watched on AnimeCrackers.
* The suspect drinks Kamikaze cocktails.
* The suspect eats sushi.
* The suspect's blood type is AB-.
* The suspect wears red-striped fabric.

**Haile Palamo**
Judge's Daughter
 **Blood** | B-

**Suspect's Profile**

* The suspect has watched on AnimeCrackers.
* The suspect drinks Kamikaze cocktails.
* The suspect wears red-striped fabric.

**Takashi Toriyama**
Victim's Father
 **Blood** | AB-

**Suspect's Profile**

* The suspect eats sushi.
* The suspect's blood type is AB-.

**Amano Momoko**
Rookie Voice Actress
 **Blood** | O+

**Suspect's Profile**

* The suspect has watched on AnimeCrackers.
* The suspect drinks Kamikaze cocktails.
* The suspect eats sushi.
* The suspect wears red-striped fabric.

**Kayako Walden**
Suchi Bar Owner
 **Blood** | AB-

**Suspect's Profile**

* The suspect has watched on AnimeCrackers.
* The suspect drinks Kamikaze cocktails.
* The suspect eats sushi.
* The suspect's blood type is AB-.

## Quasi-suspect(s)

**Kevin McCaskey**
Senior Detective
 **Blood** | B+

**Colin McCaskey**
Kevin's Son
 **Blood** | O+

## Killer's Profile

* The killer has watched on AnimeCrackers.
* The killer drinks Kamikaze cocktails.
* The killer eats sushi.
* The killer's blood type is AB-.
* The killer wears red-striped fabric.