Room Of Requirements

Level 4.2

In the cozy ambiance of a sunlit dining room, Felix, Pax, Grey, and Theo gather around a polished wooden table adorned with fresh flowers in a quaint vase. The aroma of sizzling hamburger steak and bubbling chicken lasagna wafts through the air, tantalizing their senses and setting the stage for a culinary feast. With gleaming silverware in hand and mouths watering in anticipation, they indulge in the succulent hamburger steak, its savory juices mingling with creamy mashed potatoes and the crisp sweetness of corn salad. Across the table, the rich layers of chicken lasagna beckon, promising a symphony of flavors with each forkful.

After an heartfelt lunch , all the four fetched their little notepads as it was almost time for the reward. Theo spoke ' Alright, let's take turns to summarise the case and what we have found till now '. It started with the youngest ' The mock case is set up in a high school with the background from 2014. Three victims - female students were killed but the police had concluded it as suicide by circumstantial evidence and the pressure from the higher authorities to close the case the moment.

First victim - Sunny found by the garden , assumed to jumped off from the rooftop. Found by 10 pm , April 26 , 2014. The second victim - White found hanging at the girl's bathroom at 10 pm , June 1 , 2014. The third victim Maple found in science lab , with alcohol and sleeping pills scattered on the table. The estimated time of death was 8.00 ~ 9.30 pm at July 20, 2014 '.

The baton was passed clockwise , Grey continued ' The evidence we gathered from their belongings was the report cards of first two victims, three yellow notes which is the signature of the killer and the mobile phone of first two victims. Each had a story behind them.

Report cards - We found that the school had " The first place curse " which was used by the killer to frame their deaths as suicide due to pressure. Also a notable detail from that is - all the victims died just after they placed first . Maybe it's the motive of the killer - Kill them when they are the happiest cause grade matters a lot when you compete to join the top universities in the country '.

The baton was passed to the third person, Pax spoke up ' From the classroom, it can be seen that it was a typical school. The exam schedule on the notice board let us realise that third victim also died as place first in the final exam she took the day before. The student's board at the back gave us the details that those three were the mean girls of the high school meaning the victims were close to each other. Photo albums were found at a locker , they had pictures from their school trip last year. At the calendar, some dates were highlighted. Those were the selection days for the chemistry olympiad. The third victim seemed to be preparing for the preliminary in the science lab which always happens two days after the final selection day . And solving those math questions on the yellow notes we got Bystander , 9 , 27 '.

It was the turn of the oldest, ' We got five suspects. 1. Homeroom teacher - Mr.Tawan , 2. Billy - The Class President, 3. Day - Classmate, 4. Prik - Classmate, 5. Emma - Friend. The statements of these suspects were disclosed to us , they were answering the question of where were they or what were they doing? during the death of the third victim in the window of time : 8.00 - 9.30 pm.

They all had alibi , but we couldn't verify it as they all were inside the school campus and their CCTV's were under maintenance. Yet , from the messages found on the first two victims it became sure that it's an action of the killer. That's the crucial evidence, we need to find who among the five has it then we would be down finding the killer '.

The timing they ended the meeting fit together seamlessly with the time the doors to the garage were unlocked. The LED mirror lit up the words " The profile of the Suspect 2 is unlocked " , it displayed the profile.