The case began last night. After being convinced by Miu, we all logged into the Virtual World. To log in, you have to plug the memory and consciousness cords into the device. So we all plugged those cords into our helmets and entered the Virtual World. But the culprit had accidentally plugged their cords into the wrong ports. Because of this, a connection error occurred between the culprit's brain and their avatar... As a result, the culprit would forget everything that happened in the Virtual World.
It's possible...that this had an effect on their avatar's personality as well. Because I...I can't believe that someone so kind could commit murder... But...we had no idea this error even happened. And so, we all logged in one by one. Meanwhile, Miu was the last to log in. She had modified the killing game simulator so she could accomplish a specific goal. After Miu confirmed we were all logged in, she took out the bottle of poison... ...and placed it on Kokichi's seat. This was done to make it look like Kokichi was killed by poison when we returned. Yes... The reason Miu modified the simulator and brought us to the Virtual World... ...was to kill Kokichi in the Virtual World, but make it look like he had died in the real world!
After we had all logged in, Miu explained the world to us. "Use the salon phone to log out, objects are unbreakable, your avatars use all five senses"....She also explained the map of the Virtual World in the mansion's entrance hall. But her explanation was intentionally false. She wanted us to misunderstand the world. However...one of us was able to see through her scheme. The very person Miu was trying to kill...Kokichi. Kokichi was going to use Miu's plan against her, and plotted her murder! But Kokichi wouldn't do it himself. He used a patsy to be the culprit in this case. Kokichi was tight-lipped about the motive...so I don't know why the culprit agreed. But it seems as though, right after logging in, when Kokichi and the culprit went outside... ...they were already working together to execute the murder.
Eventually, we met up with Kokichi and crossed the river to the chapel. Miu had us split up to try to find some "secret of the outside world." Kaito, Kokichi, Gonta, Tsumugi, and I investigated the mansion... ...while Maki, Himiko, Keebo, and Miu investigated the chapel. Splitting us up was also part of Miu's plan. At the chapel, Miu told Maki that she was going to look around outside. She chased after our group while we were heading toward the mansion.
Once she made sure we were across, she dropped the bridge into the river. This was to trick us into thinking that the river separated the mansion and chapel. At the time, we thought nothing of it... It was just another one of Miu's pranks. That's why we continued with the original plan to find the secret of the outside world.
We went to the mansion and split up to look for clues. Kokichi searched the salon. Kaito searched the roof. Tsumugi searched the dining room. I searched the kitchen. And finally, the culprit searched outside the mansion!
Around that time, Miu was headed for the wall that was on the side of the chapel. She passed through the wall and headed for the mansion to kill Kokichi. You see, the wall was a special wall that Miu had added herself. This wall was programmed so that only objects could pass through... ...and Miu had changed her avatar's settings from "human" to "object." That was the hidden route she prepared for herself. She set up a wall that only she could pass through! Miu headed toward the mansion, but she was seen by Tsumugi on the way... When she entered the mansion, she pulled out her cell phone. She didn't tell us that there was another way to log out...
Then, she spoke a name into the phone, which forced that person to log out. It was Kaito, who was on the roof at the time. The same roof where Kokichi and Miu were going to meet. By having Kaito search the roof, and then forcing him to log out... ...she was making him look the most suspicious. But her plan didn't go smoothly. Kokichi was waiting on the roof with the culprit, and the toilet paper used to kill Miu.
While Miu was distracted by Kokichi, the culprit snuck up from behind...And used the toilet paper from the mansion's bathroom to strangle Miu. This was only possible because objects in the Virtual World are unbreakable. Miu's avatar was strangles to death, and the shock killed Miu in the real world.
After the murder, Kokichi left the cleanup to the culprit and left the roof. He probably returned to the salon as soon as he could to avoid drawing suspicion. The culprit then took the lattice from the storage room... ...and placed Miu's body on top, along with the hammer and the cell phone. The culprit heaved the lattice over railing and forcefully slid it down the roof's slope.
With a body on top of it, the lattice became a makeshift sled and flew off the roof. It went through the wall that only objects can pass through before crashing into the chapel. That was the crashing sound that Keebo heard in the chapel, and we heard in the mansion. Miu's wall hid the fact that the mansion and chapel were actually right next to each other. That's why Tsumugi and I were able to hear the crash from the mansion!
As the final step, the culprit had to then get off the roof. Because we were at the mansion, they couldn't take the stairs of they'd be seen. So they used the toilet paper again to escape from the rooftop. They hung the toilet paper from the binoculars on the roof... ...and used it like a rope to climb down. Once the culprit was safely on the ground, they pulled at the toilet paper to retrieve it. They would have returned it to the bathroom, but they ran into us as we were leaving the mansion. In a panic, the culprit tossed the toilet paper somewhere nearby. Without that one little mistake... ...we might never have solved this case, because the culprit doesn't remember.
This is the truth you've forgotten! Gonta Gokuhara, the Ultimate Entomologist!