Goodbye BAR Case

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## Details

### Number of Survivors

2+

The **Goodbye BAR Duel Noir** (BAR「グッドバイ」) is one of the many Duel Noir cases featured during the Twelve Zodiac Duel Noir Challenge. The participants involved in it come from the Detective Library and among the regular public.

## History

The GOODBYE Bar was located on the street of a business district that was lined off with tightly closed rolling shutters and that fell into decline thirty years prior to the Duel Noir. To reach the bar, after sticking to the right side of the street entrance, one must travel through an alleyway between the seventh and eighth store. In that alleyway, the bar is located. While the sign above says Kuroi Clinic, the door does lead to the GOODBYE Bar. The building itself had experienced numerous shifts in business, going from being a quality coffee shop, to the likes of a bistro for karaoke and girls. There were even talks of it once being a Mahjong parlor or dart bar, which engaged in illegal gambling. The GOODBYE Bar was the most recent iteration of the location, with the silent bartenders being known for mixing colorful cocktails prior to the store's closure. From Hajiki's notes, the bar itself didn't seem to be engaged in illegal activity. However, after its closure, it became a secret location for gangsters and street thugs as a base for illegal deals. Thus, this earned a response from the public for the place to be demolished, but given that the street itself was filled with buildings that needed to be demolished, the administration had their hands full. However, rumors had it that in recent times both the homeless and thugs were reluctant to use the bar as a base anymore.

Hajiki Yaki traveled in a taxi to the Duel Noir with his friend, Ryō Ōba, (that helped find the bar) and real estate agent, Gunzō Arai (whose management company owns the building). Given how he's doing essentially a volunteer service, he opted to go about things the legal way instead of busting down the door the bar instead. Prior to getting to the bar, he asks both for their birthdates, which is September 29th and November 1st, respectively. Before they enter, Gunzō gets a phone call and has to take it. On the other end was Katsumi Kodama who was asking for help via phone, since he was tied up. Hajiki enters the GOODBYE Bar using the key that Gunzō gave them and all three enter the bar, but inside is pitch black. Hajiki asks for the lights to be turned on, but Gunzō informs them that the building hasn't had power in years. When they turn the lights on, they find Katsumi stabbed with a knife, unconscious but alive. Hajiki searches the scene, while ordering Gunzō and Ryō, to stand by the door to guard it, while also calling for the authorities. Believing the culprit was outside after having escaped into the alleyway, Hajiki rushes off.

He goes in, but only finds Licorne in the alleyway who advises Hajiki to not go any further, and that the criminal didn't go down this way. However, Hajiki doesn't comply and chases after him, only to lose him. Hajiki would them run into Sachi Mizuiyama along the way, who would lead both into a narrow alley, and she breaks down the case for him. It was as follows: what was going to kill Katsumi was the poison coated on the knife that lodged in his back, since he needed him to die at a set time. The knife was hovered over the victim using rope one wouldn't see due to the darkness of the bar, and the fact that most wouldn't normally look up. The knife would fall when the end of the rope tied to the door would be opened, which disheartens Hajiki since it was him breaking the door that resulted in what happened to Katsumi. In addition, the culprit would be Gunzō, since an integral part of the case was him specifically being the one that got the phone call from Katsumi. He would probably be cleaning up the crime scene at the moment, such as getting rid of the rope used.

Hajiki thanked her for assistance and offered for both of them to nab the culprit. She agrees, but as soon as his back is turned, she murders him by bludgeoning him to death with a pipe. The news would report both his and Katsumi's deaths the next morning. The culprit's identity and tricks of such case was later relayed to Yui by an apprehended Sachi, by order from Gekka in case of her defeat, so the case could be officially solved. This, this marks Gunzō's defeat and a victory for Yui.

## Black Letter

Location: The Goodbye Bar — 20 million yen

Weapon: Knife — 5 million yen

Weapon: Charybdotoxin — 30 million yen

Weapon: Rope — 3 million yen

Trick: Locked Room — 20 million yen

Total Cost: 78 million yen

The assigned detective for this Duel Noir is Yui Samidare

## Participants

### Participants

**Hajiki Yaki**
 **Ryō Ōba** | -

**Katsumi Kodama***(Target)*

### Other

**Licorne**

**Sachi Mizuiyama**

## Death Order

**Katsumi Kodama**
**Hajiki Yaki**

## Results and Aftermath

* Hajiki is rendered out of action due to being killed by Sachi.
* Following Hajiki's death, Sachi heads off to the Libra Girls Academy Case to enact her Duel Noir, whilst Licorne had already headed off to the Kareobana Academy Case.
* Following Sachi's defeat, she reveals the information of the case to Yui Samidare by request of Gekka in case she lost. As such, the Goodbye BAR case is solved.