Masaru Ota
The opening scenario revolves around the "Mountain Villa Bandaged Man Murder Case."
Dense cedar trees flanked both sides of the mountain asphalt road, their interlaced canopies overhead filtering the afternoon daylight into a dim gloom.
Tires crunched over gravel, kicking up fine dust as the car drove toward Ayako Suzuki's detached villa.
The doors pushed open, and the group stepped out one after another.
None of them could have anticipated that this gathering would soon be torn to shreds by a torrential night rain, an axe, and a grotesque figure wrapped in bandages. Far along the mountain ridge, dark clouds were gathering, slowly devouring the last remnants of sunlight.Please log in to continue the conversation.