Edenside Amusement Park Case

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## Details

### Number of Survivors

4+

The **Edenside Amusement Park Case** is the third of the three Shoot Down The Angel Challenge Duel Noir cases featured in the sixth volume of *Danganronpa Kirigiri*.

## History

Edenside Amusement Park was operational up until a decade prior to the events of Shoot Down The Angel. Despite being shut down, some of the attractions, like the Ferris wheel or roller coaster, would still be left up and operational. Contrasting the Duel Noirs of the prior rounds,, the envelopes for the final round has the seal of the Victims Catharsis Committee, making their presence in the game known. Due to Johnny's game interfering with the Duel Noir, the Committee intended for this Duel Noir to be a three-way battle between the Committee versus Johnny Arp and Licorne vs Yui Samidare and Kyoko Kirigiri. The five Victims for this case, theorized to be people whose loved ones were murdered by Johnny on behalf of the Committee, would be given firearms and try to kill Kyoko and Johnny. Since there isn't a penalty for skipping a Duel Noir, and there are no third parties to protect either, Kyoko and Yui opt not to participate at first. Instead, they would let the Triple Zero detectives handle it in hopes of Johnny defeating them.

Four hours after the Duel Noir starts, Johnny and Lico set onto the location stated in a white car, in which they are suddenly taken on by M60, with their truck closing in and raining bullets on their vehicle. Johnny states that the car isn't as resistant to bullets and resorts to a bag full of sugar and sand to throw at the vehicle, causing 'M60's' weapon to jam. Johnny then shoots the vehicle's tires and it veers off the road and over a nearby cliff. He then explained that earlier he has also killed another culprit 'Dragunov' before the Duel Noir started at his hotel. He shot back and traced his path to the body, but it suddenly folded up and disappeared (a trait he attributed to Mikado).

They arrive at the amusement park only to be overwhelmed by bullets, and their car ends up totaled. Thus, both have to leave it. They would then be attacked by a person in a ghillie suit, who manages to hit one of Johnny's arms with a throwing knife. Between gunfire from M4 and 'Throwing Knife' pursing him, Johnny runs into the mirror maze. Licorne goes to follow them and discovers that the 'Throwing Knife' attacker is dead, along with someone wearing Johnny's clothing also laying dead with a knife in his shoulder, his rifle nowhere to be found, and head destroyed by a gunshot. He assumed Johnny was using the Birlstone Gambit - a technqiue where one disguises themself as another in mystery novels. Licorne assumes he did that with the 'Throwing Knife' attacker, only to find that the attacker was female and nowhere near Johnny's size. Believing Johnny to actually be dead, he then leaves only to be surprised by 'Throwing Knife' (who was faking being dead). He attempts to defend himself with his wire before being severely lacerated to the neck by the attack. He tries using his strength to push open the exit's door only to be rained on by M4 bullets from an unknown location. Heavily injured, he's at the center of the amusement park where he calls for Yui and Kyoko for help, informing them about the events of the park before passing out. Both Yui and Kyoko arrive on the scene to spot him severely wounded, though still breathing. Deciding it was best to neutralize the threats before they attend to him, they get to investigating. They head into the mirror maze and saw a bullet hole on the ground as well as a small hole on the ceiling; Reaching the conclusion that the attacker shot from somewhere high.

Kyoko suggested that 'TAC50' used a camera behind a one-sided mirror to monitor the target for more accuracy. They visit the ferris wheel from the rear end and find 32 M4 rifles pointing out from the ferris wheel's cabins, in which a closer look concluded it was modified to act like a revolver- The program uses a preset of the target's portrait and fires automatically upon sight. Another possibility ruled that 'TAC50' fired from underground, and they leave to enter an underground passageway.

Upon approaching the target though, they enact a plan where Yui pretends to blow her cover and alerts the target to her presence by hitting a screw 'accidentally', in which she is threatened and held at gunpoint with a pistol by him. After Yui sets him off, the Victim fires but the bullet instead shattered a mirror they brought and what Kyoko was using to obscure her presence. She retaliates with a shot that knocks away his pistol and threatens to end his life if he moves. Yui then restrains 'TAC50' with handcuffs to a pipe. During this time, Yui heads to the nearby power management room, where 'Throwing Knife' was in. She was seemingly dead, with her ghillie suit in rags, and blood was everywhere. With the implication that 'TAC50' violated and then killed her, both left the scene to attend to Licorne. Upon approaching him though, Kyoko sights 'Throwing Knife', rushing to attack them, but she is shot in the head by Johnny from afar, unraveling Kyoko's ribbon in the process. Thus, their challenge ends with Team Johnny and Lico as the victors.

Later on, as they are seeing Licorne off from the hospital and heading overseas, they deduced how Johnny was able to fake his death. He stood in front of the camera and tricked 'TAC50' into thinking he's in range before switching out with Joshua Lindberg/M4's body. He took his rifle with him and hid within the mirror maze, which triggered the events of Licorne rushing after him. He knew that after Lico believed he was dead, he would contact Kyoko and Yui to come to the amusement park. After that, Johnny carefully left the amusement park, waiting in the outskirts for the right moment to win his challenge.

While Yui and Kyoko didn't win the challenge, Licorne would secretly hand Yui a key that was to be a participation prize for the challenge. This key would lead to a locker that would leave to an envelope with a sticky note on it. The sticky note would say 'Life is what you make of it' in English, whilst the envelope would contain a black card. It was a contact information for one of the scouts for the Victims Catharsis Committee: Tōkichirō Endō.

## Black Letter

Location: Edenside Amusement Park — 100 million yen

Weapon: M4 — 100 million yen

Weapon: TAC50 — 100 million yen

Weapon: M60 — 100 million yen

Weapon: Dragunov — 100 million yen

Weapon: Throwing Knives — 100 million yen

Total Cost: 600 million yen

The Assigned Detective for this Duel Noir is Yui Samidare.

## Participants

### Host

**Mikado Shinsen\***
 **Tōkichirō Endō\*** | -

### Detective Library

**Yui Samidare**

**Kyoko Kirigiri**

**Licorne**
 **Johnny Arp*****(Target)*** | 000

### 'Victim(s)'

**Unnamed**

**Unnamed**

**Joshua Lindberg**

## Death Order

**Joshua Lindberg**

**Unnamed/Throwing Knives**

## Results and Aftermath

* Licorne escapes with major lacerations and gunshot wounds, winding up in a hospital for treatment. He then eventually discharges himself and heads overseas.
* After a DNA test, the body resembling Johnny found in the Mirror Maze belonged to the Victim 'Joshua Lindberg', an American programmer who developed the M4 automatic program found on the ferris wheel. Johnny Arp used the location's mirror tricks to lead the victim to his death.
* Both Yui and Kyoko end the challenge unscathed, with Yui having obtained a key given to her by Licorne. The key opens a train station locker and inside is another black envelope, with a message by Johnny Arp stating 'Life is what you make of it!'. The envelope itself is contact information for Tōkichirō Endō.
* TAC50 is likely arrested or killed after the events of the Duel Noir.
* M60's Driver likely died in the crash but it is unknown.