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The hmmmms were appropriate. Ryunosuke gets mauled by a hellhound, and Sholmes and Mikotoba are punched to death by a booby trapped chest. RIPx3.

Barry Caidin seems suspicious as hell about the Professor case, though he gives us the Asogi papers. Are these legitimate? If not, they must have been written by either Mikotoba or Jigoku to hide the truth.

Maria Gorey is surprisingly helpful. I shouldn't judge by appearances I guess, because behind the design she's actually a pretty interesting character, trying to do the right thing and having difficulty reconciling the image of her mother with the reality of her actions. If only she wasn't trying to dissect us all the time. We learn John H Wilson led the autopsy of Klint van Zieks, and Yujin and Sithe were also present. Both Maria and Barry claim Sithe aided in Genshin's escape, too, so I wonder if Stronghart was somehow involved in that. So many pieces on the board!

Gina apparently doesn't like defence lawyers anymore, how quickly she forgets what we've done for her! It's only recently dawned on me that she's somehow two years older than Susato. She also gives us vital info regarding Gregson and his Reaper notebook. Unfortunately we don't get the notebook for evidence, that'd make things too easy, but she mentions Shinn's name being repeated a lot, and a non-English name being noted down for the 31st October. And in his trunk we find a passport allowing Gregson and one companion to travel to France on that very same day. Well, the natural assumption here is that the Reaper's next victim was to be killed on the 31st October in France, and that they somehow turned the tables on him and his guest. I'm not gonna beat around the bush, this has to be either Mikotoba or Jigoku, after they told us about their one-night stay in France.

After a mauling by Toby, Sholmes shows his face and gives us an absurd dance of deduction. This one is fun and incredibly silly, it's immediately obvious who is laid unconscious on the settee but it's all worth it for the visual of Hurley getting punched into the air and landing exactly on top of Yujin. And we get a fakeout ending, and a Sholmes 'Objection!'! RIP to the coffee cup, also.

For a while I think poor Iris has learned the truth of her father's demise, but hoo boy had I underestimated how big of a deal this next scene would be. Yujin Mikotoba is Herlock Sholmes's partner! And the author of his stories. It's indicated he may be Iris's father too, but Yujin doesn't get a chance to explain before Sholmes suddenly decides it's time to run away. The 'Partners Arrange' music that I recognise and love from VGMC rears its head for the first time, and I'm so hyped for our next court day, only to be crestfallen upon seeing 'End' pop up. Damn, really? This is another DD situation where they randomly split the final case in two? Boo!!

But for real, this was one heck of a day. I've been incredibly suspicious of Yujin for so long, but now I have no idea. I mean, he still could be a twist final boss, but he could also just be the ultimate assistant character, and this revelation explains a lot of his shadiness. The Baskervilles manuscript, for one.

My theories as things stand: Seishiro Jigoku murdered Inspector Gregson, perhaps in self defence, after Gregson tried to reap him for whatever he did ten years ago (I guess he probably also ordered the hit on John H Wilson?! Jeez, what the hell did everybody do). I also sadly noticed the huge gash in the side of the metal trunk, which I unfortunately suspect arose from the blade of Karuma. Kazuma was missing for a couple of days, of course, so he could have been Shinn's replacement and the attempted killer of Jigoku. Though Gregson doesn't normally do the hits himself, so I wonder why he personally went to France, if that's what happened.

There's also the option to replace Jigoku with Mikotoba in that whole last paragraph, but then I wouldn't know what Jigoku's story role would be other than a red herring. And then there's the Professor case, which is still a big question mark. If the autopsy of Klint revealed the killer's identity, why would Gregson, who insisted on the autopsy, then be reaping on behalf of the said killer? I'm struggling to see his motivations. If the Reaper killed John H Wilson because of his role in the autopsy, it would make sense for him to then try to kill Yujin Mikotoba too instead of Seishiro, so the two of them are equal possibilities here.

Though, assuming Kazuma was helping Gregson, would he really try to kill the man who tried to raise him? And how about Stronghart, are his misdeeds all tied to ten years ago instead of the present? Who was on the Professor's side back then and who was against him? Who the hell was the Professor? All the names on The List are connected now but why would Kazuma's name be on it before he even got to England? And Wilson was a victim of the reapers, not one of them. Or was he?! And what happened to Yujin 16 years ago that made him abandon his family?

I have no idea about anything, but sometimes a man needs to point his finger first and think later.