Let Bleed

Let Bleed is the twelfth case of Crimes of Redville and the final case in Diamond Plaza area.

## Summary

Victim

* Leiko Naora

Murder Weapon

* Scalpel
* Sword

Killer

* Dr. Ruby Stanford

## Suspects

* Leon Conner
* John Hudson
* Edward Carl
* Blake Conner
* Dr. Ruby Stanford
* Ayanno Suzuki

## Killer's Profile

* Has Toothache
* Listens To Podcast
* Eats Peppermint Candies
* Wears Glasses/Sunglasses
* Has Black Hair

## Motive

Ruby: Officers, what's with the guns?! Did I do something wrong?!

Clay: Yes you did, doctor. You're under arrest for the brutal murder of Leiko Naora!

Ruby: What?! Nonsense! I'm a senior paramedic with integrity! I would never kill anybody!

Clay: Y'know what they say, even a good person can turn into a bad one. You included, doc.

Ruby: Oh yeah? What have you got against me?

Clay: Actually, we have so much evidence that points to you. Starting off with your threat to Leiko, which was some quotes that you took from a famous podcast show in Diamond Plaza.

Ruby: Okay? Everybody watches that show!

Clay: Uh-huh. Not all of them have toothache like you are, doctor.

Ruby: But I'm not the only one with a toothache in this city, Detective. Try a stronger evidence.

Clay: What about some crushed peppermint candies we found on Leiko's head? We know you ate some when you dump it on her bedroom floor.

Ruby: That's what you're arresting me for?! Eating peppermint candies?!

Clay: Knock it off. We found your lens solution on Leiko's microphone as well as strands of your hair on her torso. Game over, Dr. Stanford.

Ruby: I... I...

Ruby: cries Alright, you got me! I killed Leiko, but it's for her own good!

Clay: Why did you do that? You were blackmailed or something?

Ruby: Wait, what? How do you know?

Clay: Intuition. I didn't go to law school for nothing.

Clay: Now then. Who told you to kill the city's most controversial singer?

Ruby: I... I don't know. One day after Phillip's funeral, I got a package from an unknown source. There's a sword, a syringe filled with some strange yellow liquid, and a message that had Leiko's picture on it. I didn't know what that means at first...

Ruby: Until the next day came, I got a call from an unknown number. They said they were the one that sent me, and if I didn't kill their target, they would kill me instead!

Clay: You could have just told us. Or Edward, or Tyra. Why didn't you do that?

Ruby: Actually, Mr. Dennis was willing to protect me from those unknown people, but I didn't see him since the last time we talked, which got me to think, he might be captured by them.

Ruby: And from that, my life was at stake, but with Blake and Leon's help, I came up with a plan.

Ruby: It's just them, Leiko. You can come out now.

*Leiko comes out from hiding*

Leiko: H-hi, Detective.

Clay: L-Leiko?! You're still alive?!

Ruby: Blake and Leon came up with this idea where we decided to copy what those dors do. To clone Leiko. That's what you found in her house earlier.

Clay: And it worked really well. You fooled them, and us.

Ruby: It doesn't end there. We need to make them believe that you got me.

Clay: You don't think we need to arrest you, right?

Ruby: Sort of. My clone is waiting for you near your car, Mr. Smith.

Clay: I see where you're going. But what about you guys now?

Ruby: I already told the others at the hospital to pretend that I already resigned from my job. For now, Edward let us stay in his downtown house until further notice. Now go, or else they will find out that I'm faking the murder.

Clay: Then so be it. Good luck.

## Redville Anthologies II: The Bling of Death (6/6)

Clay got a call from Leiko, who wanted him to go to Edward's downtown house alone. While he's gone, we met Anthony, which told us his suspicions about this case. He didn't believe that Dr. Stanford killed Leiko's clone and wanted to look deeper into it. We came to Leiko's house again only to find a syringe filled with some yellow liquid hidden in the couch. Remembering Dr. Stanford's confession, we sent it to the lab to examine the yellow liquid. Meanwhile, Anthony found some notes that belonged to Leiko, which had doodles of some prototype scenarios that looks a lot like her, which, from Anthony's conclusion, is Leiko's now-dead clone. When Leiko and her clone looked very similar, they have one major difference: their eye color; which explains why Leiko is always required to wear black contact lenses everytime she performed on her concert or on any other events to prevent suspicions. There's also some reports manually written by Leon about the clone's behavior, which stated unstable emotions and violent instincts. We asked Leon about this and he confirmed it. During the tests, Leiko's clone-or what Leon preferred as Subject 02 / Alias: The Singer-showed some strange activity different from the real Leiko, often beating up Blake and himself, and refused to talk to anyone, at least before she was trained. After listening, Anthony assumed that instead of that clone, Dr. Stanford could have killed the real Leiko, which means the clone her is still alive and is now on Edward's downtown house with Dr. Stanford. At the same time, Clay came back from the station and explained everything that Leiko told him: After arresting Alexander, as the others know, a strange man suddenly followed her everywhere she went, wanted to kill her. It's actually the same guy that 'kidnapped' Ayanno when we arrested her, which, from Leiko, is the leader of the assassins. They roamed from areas to areas, and for now they brought darkness to the nearest area from Diamond Plaza, Little Athens, which is Redville City's famous historical destination and the place for famous online gaming tournaments. Until this very day, there are nine confirmed reports of murder all done with the same method; gored. Sofia suspected that a serial killer is roaming around Little Athens for quite some time now, so we decided to head there.