Report 3 Tsuki

Report*3:TSUKI is the third Placebo report of The Silver Case. The chapter follows Tokio Morishima's perspective during the events of case#3:parade.

Description

TSUKI follows Tokio's investigation into a series of riddles that he believes were sent to him by The Bat. Tokio and Erika Yukawa grow closer during their investigation, and eventually come to unravel the truth behind the events at Mikumo 77. Unlike any of the other chapters in the game, TSUKI is uniquely split into two parts around the halfway point, separated by a 12-day time-skip.

Summary

Wednesday, July 7, 1999, 9:08AM
Tokio is awoken by the sound of construction outside. He reads an email from Slash, providing the mail address of The Bat, "junk@kipple.ne.jp". Tokio asks Red if he wants to grow big and attack the construction workers outside. He decides to take Red with him on a drive. In his car, Tokio writes that Red is something of a coward, and gets sensitive whenever anything disturbs him. He wonders if The Bat has anything to do with Kamui Uehara, and decides to contact him.

3:28PM
Tokio emails The Bat, telling him to contact him to talk about Kamui. Outside, the construction starts again.

Thursday, July 8, 1999, 9:05AM
Tokio wakes up again to the sound of construction. He reads an email from The Bat, sending him four riddles. Tokio gets in his car to escape the noise, and decides to play along with The Bat's game. He tries working through the first riddle, but makes no progress.

1:39PM
Tokio goes to the smoke shop Mulholland to buy cigarettes. The old lady hands him a pack Placebo brand cigarettes. She says that her late husband used to smoke them, and is probably still smoking them in Heaven. Tokio decides to head home.

2:23PM
Back home, Tokio thinks to himself that Erika would be better at solving the riddles than he is. He emails her, asking for her help and forwarding the riddles. Next he emails S. Inohana, asking if anyone known as "The Bat" was ever involved in the Kamui case. Tired of the noise over the past couple days, he goes to sleep.

12:03AM
Erika emails Tokio, asking who The Bat is, and telling him to search for keywords to solve the riddle. Inohana tells him he hasn't heard of The Bat, but to find out who he is.

1:24PM
At Jackhammer, Tokio wonders aloud about the riddle. The Bartender recognizes the riddle from Mother Goose, and tells him that the answer is "the blind man".

3:06AM
Back home, Tokio emails the answer of the first riddle to The Bat, and asks what happens when he solves them all.

Friday, July 9, 1999, 9:05AM
Tokio wakes up to the noise again, and reads an email from The Bat, saying that when he figures them all out, he'll tell him a fairy tale, and then tell him who he is. He emails Erika, telling him that The Bat was the one who interrupted their chat in Scolba. He tells her the riddles are related to Mother Goose, and that they should be solvable.

11:09AM
At Apricot Square, Tokio meets up with Erika, who brought a Mother Goose book. They cross-referenced the riddles with the tales from the book, and figured out all of the answers; "The blind man", "Needle and thread", "Hell", and "Parents". Erika wonders what the meaning of the answers is, and if The Bat is really worth chasing after. Tokio tells her that he believes The Bat is connected to Kamui. Back home, he writes that he's letting The Bat get to him and that he is starting to fear him like the way he fears Kamui. He sends the four answers to The Bat and asks who he is.

7:51PM
Tokio smokes in his room, remarking that the construction outside is finally over.

Saturday, July 10, 1999, 9:09AM
Tokio receives an email from The Bat, telling him a fairy tale about three boys and a princess. In it, the clouds are dirtied black, and the village died out. Then, a night-mare eating chimera disappears along with the wind. He reads an email from Erika telling him to call her as soon as he reads it. Inohana tells him to report with information about The Bat. He tells Inohana that there's nothing yet to report. He calls Erika, who tells him that she believes the poems themselves have more meaning beyond just the answers. He agrees to meet with Erika again and show her the new mail from The Bat.

2:23PM
Tokio meets Erika again and shows her the new mail from The Bat. She notes that the mail is dated August 2, 1979, which is twenty years ago. Erika eventually finds a connection between the riddle and the events at Mikumo 77, where the village disappeared due to the pollution from the nearby factory, along with the death of a local girl. Erika reminisces about how they used to work together like this all the time, and leaves the start investigating.

10:02PM
Tokio writes that he looked into the history of Mikumo, which is now managed by the government following the incident. He wonders how The Bat could be connected to this. Over the phone, Erika tells Tokio that she found an old man from Mikumo who may be able to help them, and that she's planning on seeing him tomorrow. Tokio tells Red that he has a bad feeling.

Sunday, July 11, 1999, 2:26PM
Tokio wakes up and reads his daily email, which tells says that if he's careful he won't make mistakes. He decides to ask The Bat about Mikumo directly.

10:02PM
Tokio reads an email from Erika detailing her meeting with the old man. She learned that the pollution was caused by the Yukimura Zaibatsu, and the old man told her another fairy tale about a girl who was sacrificed by a mob and three boys who tried to protect her. She believes one of The Bat's previous riddles was alluding to the violent mob. Tokio reads a news update, reporting that the Yukimura Residence was destroyed in an explosion.

11:11PM
At Precinct 24, Tokio asks Tetsugoro Kusabi about what happened at the mansion. Kusabi refuses to give out any information, and is called away.

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Friday, July 23, 1999, 11:17AM