Catching Fire

Hisao Yamanishi (An Impossible Sin 6), Anabel Thompson (1 task in An Impossible Sin 6)

## Progression

### Succeeded by

High Kick of Death
(in Southeast Asia and Oceania)

"*Prime Minister's bodyguard burned alive before the president's speech! Can you bring the Dragon Mask back and catch the greedy killer?*"
– Case Teaser

*Catching Fire'* is a case featured in Criminal Case Third Line: World Dominant, appearing as the 30th case of the game. It is the sixth and final case set in East Asia.

## Plot

Kevin and the player rushed to the Dragon Fair to confront The Greed, who was there to recruit more members into Seven Deadly Sins before the assassination of prime minister Jiang Tsui-ho. There however, they found Tsui-ho's bodyguard, General Tang, burnt into the crisp by flamethrower.

The five people were labelled as suspects: Hisao Yamanishi (profiler), Jiang Tsui-ho (prime minister and Jiang Shui's father), Yasumura Satoshi (The Greed's cult follower), Kazama Seiji (cult adjunt), and Amelia Tang (victim's daughter).

While searching for investigations, Kevin and the player were found the necklace that General Tang was leaving for. He discovered that Tang and Grayson were best friends since traveling around temples years age. Soon the killer trapped them with ring of fire. The player figured out how to escape from hideout by unlock the basement, allowing them to go down there and escaped from the killer.

Mid-investigation, after finding the body, the team called in Hisao to ensure the cult did not go through with assassination attempt, along with flagging him as a suspect. Later, Hisao told the team to interrogate Kazama Seiji, the cult adjunct and The Greed's next-in-line, in the Tenshou hideout. Soon after, the cult members started rioting in the headquarters, wanting to initiate the mass murder before Seiji calmed them down. The team eventually found enough evidence to incriminate the most wanted criminal in the world and The Greed's true persona, Yasumura Satoshi.

Admitting to the murder, Satoshi said that he murdered Grayson Croft to protect the Dragon Mask from being robbing in Temple of Tenshou. He also said that he had confronted prime minister during the speech where the "donations" to the "Boss" was going to during the fair. When Tsui-ho overhears Satoshi planning to assassinate him, he ordered General Tang to disguise himself in order to steal the Dragon Mask from the temple. When he goes to the Dragon Fair, only for Satoshi to discovered that Tsui-ho is not there and General Tang is in disguise has stolen the mask. Enraged for foiled his plan, he knocks him out with the flamethrower and then burned him to the crisp to protect the treasure. Judge Powell sentenced him to life in jail for assassination attempt and murder.

During An Impossible Sin (6/6), Kevin and the player went to General Tang's room to find out where the cult's money was allocated. There, they found a microchip which (per Henri) contained the last will and testament of many cult members who pledged their personal assets to SoftCircle. After Seiji denied knowledge of the scam, the team searched through the victim's room once more and found a surveillance camera with footage of Seiji telling Yulia Chadov that SoftCircle's satellite project, APOSTLE, would gain enough funding through the cult.

When the team confronted Seiji again, he admitted to being a real The Greed, not Satoshi himself. He said that when he had discovered the existence of a cult that worshiped Dragon Mask and APOSTLE, he joined the Seven Deadly Sins and steal the mask, easily gained the Boss' trust, convinced him to ask his followers for money, and simply agreed with prime minister's assassination attempt in order to gain funds for the SIN. The team then arrested Seiji, with him laughing at the team for thinking the fortress was hiding APOSTLE before he was taken away. The team then tracked down Yuila, who claimed that she fired Seiji after discovering his inhumane plan to get money for himself. She also insisted that the fortress was not hiding APOSTLE.

Meanwhile, Hisao and the player was able to get Dr Patricia Mallow, Simeon Mezentsev's psychotherapist who also specialized in the deprogramming of cult members, to dispatch a group of counselors in order to help the cult members return to their normal life. After returning the Dragon Mask back to the museum, Stephanie said the Bureau was going to transfer to Southeast Asia and Oceania per the president's orders, since public safety was at risk of man-made Veronavirus outbreak.

## Suspects

**Hisao Yamanishi**
Profiler
 **Blood** | O-

**Suspect's Profile**

* The suspect listens to Nana Kanzaki.
* The suspect wears a red.

**Jiang Tsui-ho**
Prime Minister
 **Blood** | B+

**Suspect's Profile**

* The suspect eats suncake.
* The suspect practices Tai Chi.
* The suspect listens to Nana Kanzaki.
* The suspect wears a red.

**Yasumura Satoshi**
The Greed's Cult Follower
 **Blood** | O-

**Suspect's Profile**

* The suspect eats suncake.
* The suspect practices Tai Chi.
* The suspect listens to Nana Kanzaki.
* The suspect wears a dragon brooch.
* The suspect wears a red.

**Kazama Seiji**
Cult Adjunt
 **Blood** | O-

**Suspect's Profile**

* The suspect eats suncake.
* The suspect practices Tai Chi.
* The suspect listens to Nana Kanzaki.
* The suspect wears a dragon brooch.

**Amelia Tang**
Victim's Daughter
 **Blood** | AB+

**Suspect's Profile**

* The suspect eats suncake.
* The suspect wears a dragon brooch.

## Quasi-suspect(s)

**Dr. Patricia Mallow**
Therapist
 **Blood** | A+

**Yulia Chadov**
PlayCenter Agent
 **Blood** | A-

## Killer's Profile

* The killer eats suncake.
* The killer practices Tai Chi.
* The killer listens to Nana Kanzaki.
* The killer wears a dragon brooch.
* The killer wears a red.