Wedeln Mountain Villa Case

**Wedeln Mountain Villa Case** is a minor case and the first of three Shoot Down The Angel Challenge Duel Noir cases featured in the sixth volume of *Danganronpa Kirigiri*.

## History

In general, the Wedeln Mountain Villa originally would have involved only seven people. Four unnamed men, an unnamed woman, Motosuke Suzuyari the Detective assigned to the Duel Noir, and the Victim - a man in a red ski jacket. The case was set up so that two hours before the event, seven passengers on a bus trip carrying skiers would have broken down nearly off of a cliff. The passengers would walk through a snow storm towards safety into the uninhabited Mountain Villa, whilst they believed the driver they were with had gotten separated during the storm (in reality, the driver would be a member of the Victims Catharsis Committee and thus separated them in order to go back to safety).

During this time, the Victim trick would have worked like this. Their murder weapon was a rope that they had frozen outside on the window, looking no more than an icicle at first glance. When the time is right, the Victim would retrieve the frozen rope, lure their Target into another room and killed them with it when they weren't looking. From there, the Victim would use the 'Footprints' technique, whereby taking the Target's shoes and using ski poles tied to the shoes, they would make fake footprints that would lead all the way outside under the villa's eave. After that, the Victim would push the Victim out of the window of the room and use the poles to knock off the remaining icicles and snow. Thus, making it appear to believe that the Target died in an unfortunate accident from the icicles. It's a case designed to fool those inexperienced when it comes to skiing and the Detective, since how the Target died seemingly doesn't seem to be aligned with what the murder weapon was.

Johnny Arp and Licorne would join the original group in staying in the mountain villa, using it as a means to get a vantage point against the 'attacking' team. In order to successfully intercept the culprit and save the Target, Yui Samidare and Kyoko Kirigiri opted to destroy the icicles – a cornerstone of the Victim's plan. They opt not for a frontal sniper battle, but go behind the site and shoot at the tree branch holding the icicles and likely ruining the rope as well. Thus, the case is ruined before the Victim can do anything. In addition, they are apprehended by the Victims Catharsis Committee, though it's unknown if they were murdered by them or not.

Concerning the girls, as they went to inspect the site of the tree they shot, they discovered Johnny had already carved a message onto it, 'NICE SHOT'. Meaning, he already foresaw that might be a possible avenue they would take to win. Ultimately, both decided to take the win and leave for the eventual next round of the *Shoot down the angel*.

## Black Letter

Location: Wedeln Mountain Villa - 300 million yen

Weapon: Rope — 10 million yen

Weapon: Knife — 5 million yen

Trick: Footprint — 20 million yen

Other: Locked room — 200 million yen

Other: Skiing equipment — 5 million yen

*Total cost* — 540 million yen

The assigned detective for this Noir is Motosuke Suzuyari.

The envelope was forwarded to Yui Samidare by an unknown party.

## Participants

### Host

**Mikado Shinsen\***

**Tōkichirō Endō\***
 **Bus Driver (VCC Plant)** | -

### Participants

 **4 Unnamed Men*****(Target{?})*** | -
 **Unnamed Woman*****(Target{?})*** | -

### Other

**Yui Samidare**

**Kyoko Kirigiri**

**Licorne**
 **Johnny Arp** | 000

## Results and Aftermath

* Yui and Kyoko get sent to the next Shoot Down The Angel Duel Noir, the Katashiro Island Case.

## Trivia

* The name Wedeln comes from a style of skiing in which a skier rhythmically swings the rear of the skis from side to side while following the fall line.