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TWO MONTHS LATER

I've started Case 5, done the first investigation sequence and we don't have a murder (or almost murder) yet! How intriguing!

There's a mysterious telegram that Susato won't let us read. And Herlock is depressed :( So we head to the pawnbroker's to pick up his violin. Windibank's is set up like it's gonna be a crime scene in the future, particularly with Sholmes's bi-hourly photos. Gina arrives and makes Herlock sad again so he stands in the corner out of the way for a good 10 minutes while arguments happen. A man going by the name Eggert Benedict appears, and he gets both McGilded and Brett's theme songs playing so he must be a very dodgy dude.

Before long it's time for a deduction to get Sholmes out of his slump. He inadvertently reveals that a secret reserves fund for the Great Exhibition (we have to see this eventually with how often it's getting namedropped) is being stored at the bank across the street, and this is honestly completely on Gregson for telling him. He should know him better than that! My fav part of this deduction is examining the white top hat several times, ending up with Ryunosuke deciding he likes it and wants to try it with his look. I'm fed up with everybody being mean about the black outfit he is proud of, so I say go for it!

I gasp upon seeing McGilded's name on the music disk. And what's more, this item was dropped off at 10:30pm on the night of the omnibus murder! OK, good, we are going to get a true resolution to that case. I wonder if Cases 3 and 4 were swapped at one point early in development, and they decided to put it this way around to keep us on our toes. It's definitely juicier this way, bringing it all back up after the case had faded into the background. I'm also beginning to wonder if maybe McGilded isn't dead after all, with all this sinister intrigue. It could've been anyone burning in that omnibus, and he has plenty of connections at his disposal to fake his own death. Maybe he's this game's equivalent of Moriarty? ...But he doesn't have a connection to Herlock himself, so perhaps not.

But I'm getting ahead of myself. It is very frustrating having to hand over the music disk before getting to hear what's on it, if only we could've played it in the music box in the pawnbroker's. And I'm noting a reminder to myself that there was supposed to be another disk in the overcoat pockets.

Also a note: Gregson's theme is a banger. Add it to the long, long list. Though Kazuma's is still my fav of all!