Chapter 13

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## Chapter Chronology

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Chapter 14

This is the thirteenth chapter in the Heaven's Design Team manga series.

## Plot

Continuing from the previous chapter, the design team finds Mizushima lying unconscious in the spare room. Everything looks as if someone trashed the place. Kanamori comments on how it looks like a crime scene. Everyone wonders what could have happened when Kimura cuts them off. Proclaiming himself as the "foodie detective," he announces that he will solve the mystery and identify the culprit, leaving everyone confused.

Kimura starts examining the room with Shimoda assisting. First, he notes the ashtray on Mizushima's head as a potential murder weapon. Next, he points to the trail of red footprints that lead towards the three-way mirror, where a pair of birds are standing. He theorizes that whoever attacked Mercury must have come from the mirror. As he samples the red residue from the footprints to determine if it is blood, he notices it tastes like milk.

At that moment, Kanamori realizes that her latest animal project might be the culprit. She explains that God assigned her to create an animal where the males provide milk for their offspring. Thus she came up with a new bird species, the flamingo. However, she had been having trouble getting the birds to reproduce.

With this information, Kimura theorizes that the culprit must have stepped into the milk as they approached Mizushima. He then points to the milk-stained sock in Mizushima's hand. Upon examining it, Kimura realizes that it belongs to Mercury. He changes his theory stating that Mercury must have stepped into the flamingo milk before being attacked. Just then, Kanamori realizes that her flamingos have produced a chick. Looking over at the mirror, she deduces that her flamingos need to be in large flocks to reproduce. After a few quick changes, Shimoda receives divine approval from God, and the flamingo is born.

At that moment, Mizushima wakes up and tries to sit up. With no clues to what happened to him, Kimura starts a new theory. Since the culprit hit Mizushima with an ashtray, it was likely a hate crime. Kimura then questions everyone to check their alibis. Kanamori and Meido are ruled out because they were together the whole night. Mizushima is ruled out because he is the victim. Higuchi is ruled out as well, although she did recall seeing the helm of someone's yukata behind the building.

Last but not least, is Unabara. Kimura starts theorizing that the nicest person is the most suspicious and the reason was that Mizushima's snake was chasing Unabara's squirrel. But Unabara explains that Mizushima was helping him with his project from God- a squirrel that attacks snakes and can resist snake venom. Suddenly everyone wonders where the snake is. They have Mizushima make some modifications to his snake blueprint to find it. Just then a rattling noise comes from the bushes which gets the attention of Unabara's squirrel. With the snake found, God sends another divine approval for the California ground squirrel and the rattlesnake.

After spotting the yukata robe on the ground, the team realizes that the snake must have dragged a spare from the room. With no other leads, Higuchi suggests the threatening note. Everyone then realizes that Shimoda might be somewhat involved. The team goes to look for Shimoda, who disappeared, and finds him standing near the edge of the cliff. Thinking that he is planning to jump, the team tries to talk him down. Shimoda however, tells them not to come any closer. Just then a building rises out of the sea.

Feeling relieved, Shimoda announces that their island villa is complete, leaving the team confused. He explains that Ueda and Tsuchiya built it as a surprise. But, because the team arrived in the Galapagos ahead of schedule, he had to find a way to buy some time. Even Kimura helped out by playing detective since he saw the villa while diving in the middle of the night. When asked about the note, Shimoda explains that it was a notice and he thought it would be easier to read than his handwriting. As for what happened to Mizushima, Shimoda explains that the squirrel was trying to bite his head. The ashtray was placed there to protect Mizushima's head. With everything sorted out, the team heads to the villa to enjoy their vacation.

## New Animals

* Flamingo (Phoenicopterus)
* California Ground Squirrel (Otospermophilus beecheyi)
* Rattlesnake (Crotalus cerastes)