Is This What You Call Love?

**Is This What You Call Love?** is the twelfth case in Murderworlds: Zorro Island. It takes place in Hielo Pueblo, and Rhea assists in the investigation.

## Is This What You Call Love?

### Partner(s)

Rhea Del Prado  (All Chapters)
 Adora Mandelio  (2 Tasks In Cold As Ice 2/5)
 Rafaela Guzman  (2 Tasks In Cold As Ice 2/5)

## Plot

Shaken by the sudden high frequency, Chief Mendes insisted that Rhea, Francesco, Javier and the player find out if anyone was harmed, sending them off. An hour later, the four would return and inform the chief that nobody had died, relaxing the chief and telling them to explore the festival. However, as Rhea and the player explore the festival, something would catch the player's eye near a booth, leading the pair to find the body of sakura tea vendor Kagami Shou drowned in tea.

Mid-investigation, the victim's wife Kaede Shou caused a fuss when she demanded to see the body, and had to be escorted away by Rosa. Later, Adora Mandelio and Grace Lowe were both flagged as suspects, annoying Alita as she knew both personally, and even later love guru Akira Hime offered to give Rhea a reading of her relationship future, which she stoically refused. In the end, it was festival-goer Dario Di Monte who was found guilty of the murder.

Dario confessed, saying that he had been buying tea from Kagami for many years, and had eventually fallen in love with her, completely unaware that she was married. He proceeded to say that he had always sent her little monogrammed love notes that she believed were from Kaede, but were actually from him. When he revealed himself as her secret admirer at the festival, Kagami laughed at him, leading him to be blinded by anger and drown her in the tea, killing her. Shocked by the crime committed, Judge Vargas sentenced him to 23 years in prison for the murder of Kagami Shou.

Post case, Adora approached the player to help her try and apologise to Alita for her actions in the case, buying some wine from the market and giving it to her sister. However, Alita vehemently refused the wine, reminding Adora that she used to be an alcoholic. Adora and the player would then head back to the market, indirectly finding a locket belonging to Alita, returning it to her, and causing Alita to act secretively about who was inside, confusing Adora and the player as they walked off.

Meanwhile, Rafaela Guzman requested that the player, alongside Rhea, look for signs of sabotage at *Muchos*, the next festival coming up. Rhea and the player would then look around the concert stage, finding the blueprints for the next festival, and seeing that the saboteur had circled the fire exits. Upon talking to Rafaela, she confirmed that only the people working at the festival had copies of the blueprints, so they could pick where to put their stall, leading to the duo realising that it was an inside job, and that one of the vendors at the festivals was attempting to sabotage the proceedings.

After everything, Bonita approached the player, asking to talk to them about something, as she'd seen somebody familiar around the festival, doing a facial recognition to try and find out who it was. Upon opening the identity up, Rhea walked in, ranting about how she'd got five missed calls from someone, before recognising the image as someone she knew very well: her mother. With the new knowledge accumulated, Bonita and the player prepared to meet Rhea's mother at Muchos festival the next day.

## Summary

##### Victim

* **Kagami Shou** (drowned in tea at the festival)

## Suspects

* Akira Hime - Love Guru - The suspect eats fried lotus, speaks Japanese and has green eyes.
* Grace Lowe - Businesswoman - The suspect has seen *Murder Letters,* wears an animal hoodie and has green eyes.
* Dario Di Monte - Festival-Goer - The suspect eats fried lotus, speaks Japanese, has seen *Murder Letters*, wears an animal hoodie and has green eyes.
* Adora Mandelio - Waitress - The suspect eats fried lotus, speaks Japanese, has seen *Murder Letters* and wears an animal hoodie.
* Kaede Shou - Victim's Wife - The suspect speaks Japanese.

## Quasi-Suspects

* Rafaela Guzman - Festival Designer
* Alita Mandelio - Profiler

## Killer's Profile

* The killer eats fried lotus.
* The killer speaks Japanese.
* The killer has seen *Murder Letters*.
* The killer wears an animal hoodie.
* The killer has green eyes.

## Crime Scenes

 Japanese Store
 Victim's Studio