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Charizard is leading the parade, carrying Buneary. Prinplup and Stufful are also marching, as are Ivysaur and Meganium; Hoppip and Skiploom are flying along, carrying balloons. Then Charizard keels over like it's in pain, and when it gets back up, its eyes are red. It scares the people off, attacks Meganium, and then flies into the air and starts spouting off its Flamethrower. Wait, no, the balloon Pikachu was talking about was in Charizard's hands! We replay the video, and it was carrying a balloon, and right before it keeled over, the balloon popped. The R was probably in the balloon. Slowing it down shows a needle popping the balloon...and rewinding it further, we see a Skorupi! Of course! We learned about the person with the Skorupi from Buneary, and they'd certainly know Pin Missile, which I figured was the most likely attack to have been used. But the man with the Skorupi...Emilia thinks it almost looks like it could be Keith! Tim asks if Keith was working with them then, and she says no, not with them; Meiko says she doesn't think he was even working for GNN back then. Oh hell no. There were two separate culprits! Max stole the violin, but he wasn't the one who changed the cue cards--Keith did that, and Carina's violin, had it actually been there instead of Max's fake, was merely to be collateral damage. The fact that Carina was supposed to be there would simply further obscure the motive--Tim and Pikachu were the target, because the one who orchestrated the Yanma crash was the one person who knew that they'd be in position for it--the one who "messed up" the scheduling for the assistant Pokmon! Roger confirms that Keith only joined six months ago. They're definitely convinced it's him, even only seeing him from behind--though as I just noted, when you consider that it was Keith's "blunder" that put Tim and Pikachu in place for the accident, it's quite plausible. Pikachu has come to the same conclusion I did, and notes that it was Keith who told Tim where to stand while Pikachu was bringing out the violin. Tim wonders if Keith an Max were working together. Pikachu says they can't rule it out. I don't think it's the case--there's no real reason that the violin switch and the camera crash need to be related. It's confirmed that Keith has left the studio, and the music is more intense now. We see Keith in the hall, running. The elevator's going up? He's heading to the roof, not to the main entrance. Why? He's got an aerial exit plan? Skorupi is to keep us busy. It uses Poison Sting. Help is on its way, Keith says...it's a Noivern! I initially press the button much too early. On the second try, I save Pikachu, and something comes out...some sort of device. Or was it the locket? It changed colors...it's more than it appears. End of chapter.
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