Umineko no Naku Koro Ni - The Forum Game (End!)

[Chemist1422]

The culprit was not in the room when the locks were set.

[Segaco]

The Culprit escaped via a hidden passageway!

"Dlanor, you know what to do," the wizard speaks and sits on a chair he just materialized behind him.

The child between him and the players is still here, and it only takes one swift slash of her sword to bring the theory crashing to the ground.

"Knox #3! It is forbidden for hidden passages to EXIST!"
"You resorting to these kind of theories is PITIFUL. No hidden doors EXIST. They must not EXIST, we won't let them EXIST. It is blasphemy against our GOD."

The culprit was not in the room when the locks were set.

"Your theory is INCOMPLETE. It is just a GUESS. Theories that do not explain anything will be IGNORED."

[Multiuniverse]

Welp
Good luck chemist!

[Chemist1422]

The culprit used a tool to set the locks, allowing him to be outside of the room when it happened.

[Segaco]

The culprit used a tool to set the locks, allowing him to be outside of the room when it happened.

"Knox 8th! It is forbidden for the case to be resolved with clues that are not PRESE-"

"Don't worry Dlanor, I'll allow it," the girl stops on the wizard's command, and he faces the theory bullet head on, "The kitchen door was locked from the inside. The same goes with the window, as the window latch can only be set from the inside of the kitchen. Hope that's satisfying enough for you."

The man smiles and crosses his legs, waiting for the next theory.

[Multiuniverse]

You can do it Chemist!

[Chemist1422]

You can do it Chemist!

thanks

I think I found an important clue, but I have no idea how it fits into the locked room...

Wait.

Thorus was killed in the dining room according to the gameboard. His body was moved into the kitchen somehow.

The killer moved Thorus's body into the kitchen after killing him. The evidence that proves it is the bloody white gloved mentioned in the "When the seagulls cry" post. The killer's glove was bloodied when he moved Thorus afterwards.

[Multiuniverse]

You can do it Chemist!

thanks

I think I found an important clue, but I have no idea how it fits into the locked room...

Wait.

Thorus was killed in the dining room according to the gameboard. His body was moved into the kitchen somehow.

The killer moved Thorus's body into the kitchen after killing him. The evidence that proves it is the bloody white gloved mentioned in the "When the seagulls cry" post. The killer's glove was bloodied when he moved Thorus afterwards.

This still doesn't explain the locked room mystery

[Chemist1422]

You can do it Chemist!

thanks

I think I found an important clue, but I have no idea how it fits into the locked room...

Wait.

Thorus was killed in the dining room according to the gameboard. His body was moved into the kitchen somehow.

The killer moved Thorus's body into the kitchen after killing him. The evidence that proves it is the bloody white gloved mentioned in the "When the seagulls cry" post. The killer's glove was bloodied when he moved Thorus afterwards.

This still doesn't explain the locked room mystery

shh

I know what I'm doing

[Segaco]

I will not comment on it as it doesn't explain the locked room itself

[Chemist1422]

aaaaaaa this makes no sense

[Chemist1422]

I don't know locked room stuff...

Sega, after this, will you host another round?

At the beginning of Gameboard 5, there was someone other than William, Thorus, and the culprit alive on the island.

[Segaco]

I don't know locked room stuff...

Sega, after this, will you host another round?

At the beginning of Gameboard 5, there was someone other than William, Thorus, and the culprit alive on the island.

I don't think I'll host another one. But there's game 5 which hasn't been touched too much, so you can try that one if you're bored.

As for your theory, probably not, considering William confirmed pretty much all deaths.
A hint: although the detective cannot see magic, he can be fooled.

[Chemist1422]

So something about the scene was faked...

The murder weapon was inside the room when William entered.

[Segaco]

Remember I'm not answering theories that don't explain how the locked room was done

[Chemist1422]

The door lock was tampered with. (is that a clue that was not presented?)

[Segaco]

How would the door tampering help the culprit create the locked room?

[Chemist1422]

How would the door tampering help the culprit create the locked room?

whoops

The door was never locked, allowing the culprit to kill Thorus, move the body in, and escape!

[Segaco]

The detective unlocked it, he would have definitely known if it hadn't been locked
But it's true you can never be sure, so here ya go: the kitchen's door really was locked. From the inside.

[Chemist1422]

The window was unlocked.
It wasn’t raining.

[Segaco]

The detective saw the window latch was set.

[Chemist1422]

But the detective can be fooled and that wasn’t in red.

[Segaco]

Fair point. Your theory is still considered a guess because you did not word it like "the culprit escaped through the window as it wasn't raining. The detective was mistaken when he thought the window was locked", but I concede.
The culprit put a small piece of wood behind the window latch before setting it, so the window would remain unlocked while also making it look like that wasn't the case.
All the culprit had to do was leave and close the window after.

Now, I need one of the players to step forward and state the solution to this game in gold (and not in a quote, that's not visually appealing) before proceeding to the last stage of the game.

[Chemist1422]

Multi, you may do the honors.

[Multiuniverse]

Yay