Detective Ranpo's Case File -No.3-

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## **Main Background**

Autumn Leaf Crags

> *"Perry is operating a hot spring inn called 'Sasuke Hana'. It is a popular inn, especially during the winter season. Today is a busy day, with many guests. On this busy day, a frightening incident has occurred! Luckily, one of the inn's guests is a famous detective. Can the culprit be apprehended, even amongst the crowds?! No matter the circumstances, the truth shall always prevail... Now, let the questioning begin!"*
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**Detective Ranpo's Case File -No.3-** is a Spectre quest released for the JP Onsen 2020 event for the Japanese version of Crash Fever (in the Japanese version, the quest was labelled as Insane difficulty instead).

After the events of Detective Ranpo's Case File -No.2-, Edogawa Ranpo continues his investigation into the attack on Ibaraki-doji. However, after investigating The Fiend with 20 Faces and Dong Zhuo, he is still left with no leads. He thinks about the large public bath and it's mixed bathing, and then asks Dong Zhuo if he mentioned that Ibaraki-doji has a sister.

Dong Zhuo confirms, and Ibaraki-doji's sister, Yao Bikuni, comes over. Edogawa Ranpo asks her if she was supposed to be in the hot springs with Ibaraki-doji, and she says that she was. However, she was preparing her things, so she told him to go first. By the time she arrived, the incident had already occurred. Edogawa Ranpo inquires about Ibaraki-doji's personality, and Yao Bikuni mentions that he is very family oriented and likes lively places. She also says that he invited her there so that she can rest and relax. Edogawa Ranpo asks if she means that Ibaraki-doji really cares for her, and she says he does.

Edogawa Ranpo brings up how the hot spring is a mixed bath, but asks if the changing rooms and wash areas are separate. Sei Shōnagon confirms, and says that you could see everything if it wasn't. He asks if there is a door in between, and Sei Shōnagon responds that there is only a curtain. Edogawa Ranpo brings up the point that anyone could enter quite easily. Yao Bikuni asks if Edogawa Ranpo is suggesting that Ibaraki-doji was peeping, and he responds that he's not necessarily saying that, but who knows.

Edogawa Ranpo then says that when the victim was attacked by someone, the adapter, Kurumi, Tamamo, Sei Shōnagon, Isami Kondo, Seki, Halley, Lagrange, Coulomb, and Dong Zhuo were all in the bath. Sei Shōnagon points out that Yuki and Yomi were also there. Yomi says that she left the bath because someone was looking in on her, but it wasn't the victim. She then says it wasn't a person at all, but she won't forgive them.

Edogawa Ranpo asks her to explain more about it, and she tells him to not imagine anything weird while she does so. Edogawa Ranpo says he would never, and his only interest is in the case. Yomi explains that she got into the cold bath with Yuki, and to make sure she had the best hot spring experience she could, she made sure to take her time getting clean. She noticed that someone was peeping on her, so she attacked them. However, it wasn't Ibaraki-doji, and Yomi didn't know what happened to them afterwards.

Edogawa Ranpo asked if she forgot anything in the hot springs, and she says she didn't, although one of her imps was missing. Edogawa Ranpo then brings out an imp and asks if it is the missing one. Yomi asks why he has her imp, and he explains that it was on the floor near the victim. Edogawa Ranpo says that he had initially thought that it was one of Ibaraki-doji's imps, but it turns out it wasn't. He says that he was wondering who it had belonged to.

Yomi asks what he means, and he says that the imp probably flew out when she defeated the peeping tom. It had hit Ibaraki-doji, causing him to fall and hit his head against the rock, and faint. Edogawa Ranpo then showed a towel and magatama and asks if she had seen either of those before. Yomi confirms that the magatama was on her weapon, and that the towel was one she had when she entered the hot springs. She remarks that there was a curtain, so it would have been impossible for it to have flown that far.

Edogawa Ranpo says that is the interesting detail, why the imp was able to hit Ibaraki-doji through the curtain. He says that the answer is that the imp didn't go through the curtain. Yomi asks how it was able to hit the victim in that case. Edogawa Ranpo explains that Ibaraki-doji had promised to bathe in the hot springs with his sister, but she was busy preparing and late as a result. He then says that Ibaraki-doji, family-minded as he was, was probably wondering what happened to his sister. Edogawa Ranpo says that Ibaraki-doji tried to look for his sister, and thinking that she might be there soon, he had decided to stay near the curtain that led to the ladies' washing area so that she could find him easily.

Edogawa Ranpo further explains that when the commotion with Yomi happened inside, Ibaraki-doji most likely thought that his sister might be in trouble. Edogawa Ranpo says that Ibaraki-doji had prioritized his sister's safety over the possibility of being labelled a peeping tom, and the thought likely didn't even cross his mind as he went through the curtain to help his sister. Edogawa Ranpo concludes that the imp had flown out of nowhere at the time and hit him, and all the evidence is consistent with this.

Yao Bikuni asks if she was the reason this all happened, but Edogawa Ranpo says it wasn't her fault. He says that it was Ibaraki-doji's fault for trying to enter the ladies' area in the first place; had he been a little more patient, he would have met up with Yao Bikuni. Edogawa Ranpo finishes his investigation by saying that in the end, this was only an accident and not a crime.

Edogawa Ranpo then says they should ask Ibaraki-doji personally for the truth, and Ibaraki-doji starts to wake up confused. He asks what happened, and when Yao Bikuni asks if he is OK he asks if something happened to her. He remarks that he waited so long he was worried something happened. Yao Bikuni asks if he tried to enter the ladies' area, and he says that he did because there was a lot of noise coming from there. Yao Bikuni tells him they will talk about it later. Yao Bikuni apologizes to everyone, and tells Ibaraki-doji to do so as well, which he does.

Edogawa Ranpo says that Ibaraki-doji was still a victim, and tells them they should all go rest. Yao Bikuni and Ibaraki-doji return to their rooms, while Edogawa Ranpo says that he will inform Perry about the peeping incident. He then apologizes to the crowd as he had hastily judged it as a crime when it was just an accident. Yomi remarks that no one was hurt, so it's OK since everyone makes mistakes. Dong Zhuo agrees, but says that everyone who had accused him should apologize. Seki says that absolutes don't exist, but mistakes are good learning opportunities. Sei Shōnagon also mentions that mysteries are interesting because you don't know the truth until the end. The story mentions that while Edogawa Ranpo was wrong about there being a crime, his ability to uncover the truth led to him receiving a boom in clients afterwards.

With the incident over, the adapter prepares to leave with Kurumi and Tamamo. Perry thanks them for coming, and apologizes about the peeping incidents. She says that as a result, she will make their stays be free of charge. Kurumi remarks they weren't even involved, but Tamamo says she won't complain. Perry hands them their bill, but when Tamamo looks at it, she notices the bill was three times their budget.

Kurumi asks why the bill was so high if the hot spring was free, and Perry responds that while that is the case, room service is not included. Kurumi says they didn't order that much, while Perry says they ordered a lot according to the order history. Tamamo says she thought the room service was free, and Kurumi asks if she seriously ate all of it by herself. Tamamo says it was just that tasty, but Kurumi says that she will have to pay for it.

A score attack version of the quest, Detective Ranpo's Case File -No.3- Score Attack, also exists, but does not contain any additional story.

## Counter Units

The Event Festival counter unit to this quest is the Onsen version of Tamamo and Kurumi.

## Quest Overview

* [Ep.5] Ibaraki-doji
* [Battle] Yomi's Testimony
* [Spectre]
* [Ep.6] The Truth

## Post Quest Blurbs

Some blurbs have been edited for clarity.

* **[Ep.5] Ibaraki-doji**
	+ **Edogawa Ranpo's Deduction:** Ranpo seems to have noticed something. He may be able to solve this mystery soon.
* **[Spectre]**
	+ **Yomi's Testimony 1:** Yomi was thrilled to visit the bustling hot spring, so she was really relishing her time in the ladies' bath.
	+ **Yomi's Testimony 2:** Yomi felt a gaze from behind a rock while she was bathing. She caught a peeping tom.
	+ **Yomi's Testimony 3:** She used her usual weaponry to dispatch the peeper, but there were no other customers in the wash area, not even Ibaraki-doji.
* **[Ep.6] The Truth**
	+ **Hot Spring Inn, Sasuke Hana:** After Ranpo's deduction, Perry made the hot spring fee free as an apology and strengthened the measures against peepers.

## Trivia

* Despite Sei Shōnagon, Seki, Kurumi, and Tamamo appearing in the quest proper, none of them were in the wash area when this occurred nor were they involved in Yomi's testimony, and were in the main hot springs instead.

 **Hatcher Units** | Coulomb (Onsen ver.) • Halley (Onsen ver.) • Lagrange (Onsen ver.)

 **Hatcher Units** | Tamamo & Kurumi (Onsen ver.) • Seki (Onsen ver.) • Sei Shōnagon (Onsen ver.) • Ibaraki-doji (Onsen ver.)