The Case of the Shibuya Revelation Serial Murders Pt. 4

**The Case of the Shibuya Revelation Serial Murders Pt. 4** (渋谷黙示録連続殺人事件④, *Shibuya mokushiroku renzoku satsujin jiken ④*) is the 25th chapter of the *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga.

## Summary

Toto is relieved that they managed to prevent the M family's announced murder just in the nick of time, thanks to Ron's quick thinking. Ron, however, turns his head away and walks away, with Toto following after him.

Toto then tells Amamiya what they discussed. Haydn's Symphony No. 96, which started playing after the crime, is known as the Miracle Symphony because a chandelier fell during its premier performance, but nobody was hurt. Amamiya agrees that it is the same as what happened earlier. She asks if it means the killer anticipated they would save the hacker, and Toto says yes. Amamiya says they will look into who played the music. But why didn't the murderer kill the hacker? Toto admits he has no idea.

Amamiya adds that she has been informed that the metal in the tip of the arrow used in the scramble crossing murder was iridium. It's not like it's more lethal, thus she asks why they would use such a rare metal. Ron, behind Toto, takes notice. Also, Amamiya continues, they still have not figured out how they were able to perfectly target someone with an arrow inside a smokescreen. Anyhow, Amamiya will take the hacker back to police headquarters and place him under guard so he could be safe there. She will make sure the scramble crossing investigation continues in the meantime. Toto is ordered to stay and look for any traces from the culprit. Spitz also says he is going to check the crossing again.

Toto asks Ron why he thinks the M family did not kill the hacker. He does not know, but he does know where they need to go next. Ron raises a metal plate found behind the hotel's music player, containing an H inside a circle (a symbol for a helipad), and 12:00. Toto realizes it is another code and time, and possibly the next murder announcement, and that it is a piece of evidence.

Ron adds that iridium is in group nine period six in the periodic table. That, Revelation chapter 9 verse 6, and Haydn's 96th symphony, all of the crimes are connected to the 9 and 6 on Ron's neck. The M family is targeting him with the serial murders. Ron asks Toto what he thinks the aim is now that the hacker's safety is guaranteed? The goal is to settle things with him. Just as he wanted!, he says, as he starts running. Toto asks him if he is planning of going alone. Ron says if he wanted to go alone, he would have left without telling Toto.

Ron and Toto arrive at Shibuya City View Tower. Toto finally understands the heliport symbol, and Ron adds that the View Tower is the only place nearby that has one. When they enter thought, the guard informs Toto that the roof is closed for inspection. Toto raises his police badge and informs of an emergency. The guard then lets them through, telling them to download an ID ticket to their smartphone and scan it on the gate. Toto and Ron comply, as Toto notes that the M family is sneaky, choosing an inspection day so nobody will see them. Ron adds though that it also gives them a chance to catch them without worrying about bystanders.

Ron and Toto take the elevator to the roof deck, but as the elevator doors open, they find two security guards unconscious. Shortly after, an adjacent elevator opens, to reveal the hacker they were guarding. Toto asks what he is doing there. The hacker says animatedly that the police car was attacked by a big guy wearing a helmet. He made him get on a motorcycle and brought him to the tower. He said there would be someone the hacker knew on the heliport, so he should hand a cellphone over.

As Toto holds the cellphone, a call from Marry Ito comes in. Ron takes the phone, saying he finally gets to talk to them. Marry Ito says there is no time for negotiation. Just as he warned, Ron will be tasting despair at 12 noon, a detective's despair. Toto asks what it means, and Ron, holding his head, says he does not know but is sure it means trouble. In frustration he says there must be something wrong with him. It is the sad truth of being a detective, to think that he would have had a flash of inspiration and solve the scramble crossing murder at a time like this.

Before he explains, Ron slurps down some brown sugar syrup to calm down. That done, he continues: Bcause they heard that whooshing sound before the arrow struck the victim's chest, they assumed the killer fired it from far away. But when you think about it, having a smokescreen was unnecessary if the suspect was firing from a distance. The smoke allowed the suspect to perform a close-range assassination. The person stabbed the victim with the arrow while gripping the arrow in their hand. As camouflage, the person could have used a whip or something similar to make the whoosh sound. Toto understands, that means the killer was at the crime scene. Ron says exactly, and why he needs Toto to remember if he saw anyone suspicious on the crosswalk at the time of the crime. Toto however could not remember, and neither could the hacker.

Ron squeezes the brown sugar syrup bottle in frustration, saying it is pointless, as syrup squirts out of the bottle and spills onto Toto and the hacker. Ron apologizes and takes out a handkerchief. He places his hand with the handkerchief onto the side of the hacker's face. He says he will wipe it away: the silly performance, and this disguise. He pulls and tears out the silicon mask away from Winter, as Toto realizes this person is with the M family.

Ron tells Winter there is no point trying to hide their face, and did they really think Ron would forget the face of the one who made him suffer for five years. Winter just asks when did he realize. Ron says that unlike the code that indicated the scramble crossing, it seemed impossible that the triangle referred to an actual shape painted somewhere. The only reason they were able to figure out that it referred to the Delta hotel was because they overheard the hacker's call from the culprit. Also, the conversation seemed unusually one-sided, so he realized it was just a recording. Plus, the fact that the hacker's movements were being controlled inside the hotel, and the chandelier dropped when it was right over the hacker's head. All of this meant that either the hacker was assisting the culprit, or the hacker was the culprit themself. When Ron solved the mystery behind the assassination in the smoke, it narrowed down his two conjectures into a single conviction.

Winter notes that Ron seems rather cheerful despite the circumstances, is he looking for a pat on the head for a job well done? Ron says they can do that after he has completely solved the whole case. Ron demands that since they have nowher left to run, where is the real hacker? Winter only says has he forgotten, they said he would taste despair at 12 noon. Ron raises the phone, and it turns to exactly 12:00, but Toto thinks it's too fast.

That is when they all hear a resounding explosion from a building at the scramble crossing, as Winter tells Ron Kamonohashi he cannot save anyone.

## Characters in Order of Appearance

Totomaru Isshiki

Ron Kamonohashi

Amamiya

Winter Moriarty

## Trivia

The Shibuya Sky Tower has a popular observation view deck with a view of the scramble crossing, Mt. Fuji, Tokyo Sky Tree, and the national stadium. It does have a raised helipad at the middle of the view deck, called the Sky Stage. Ron and Toto took the Transition Pod elevator to the top floor.