[Vote] White Guilty Imprint - Detective Game

❄ A young beautiful lady passed, and such horrible thing was done by... ❄

📕Story Background

After a heavy snowstorm, the Yoshida Town Police received an urgent call from Professor Watanabe.

His trembling voice on the phone said, “My student, Yoko… she’s been killed in her dormitory at the National University!”

Chief Inspector Kondo immediately drove to the university dorms. He knocked on the door of Yoko’s room, which was opened by a small, nervous-looking man — Professor Watanabe himself.

“Inspector, thank goodness you’ve come!” Watanabe said, wringing his hands. “Yoko came to see me after class. She said she needed help revising her graduation thesis. I told her to come to my office at 7 p.m., but she said she was too scared to be alone in the dorm because her roommate was away, and she begged me to visit her instead.

After dinner, I went to her room. I knocked several times — no answer. I panicked, pushed the door open, and found it unlocked. When I stepped inside… she was lying there, motionless on the floor. I checked — she wasn’t breathing. That’s when I called the police.”

Inspector Kondo examined the scene. Yoko had been strangled, and the medical examiner estimated the time of death to be about an hour ago. Nothing in the room appeared disturbed. But as Kondo turned toward the window, something caught his eye — three distinct sets of footprints in the snow outside.

He recognized one set as his own. The second was a small, light set — likely belonging to Yoko. The third set was deep and heavy, unmistakably an adult man’s. Watanabe’s shoes fit the prints perfectly.

Still, something about those footprints bothered Kondo. He stepped outside again, looked at the scene carefully, and after a long pause said calmly,

“Professor Watanabe, you are under arrest for the murder of Yoko.”

What was the most crucial clue hidden in the footprints that exposed Professor Watanabe’s lie?

(This story is absolutely fictional. Any inconsistencies with common sense work for the plot)

🔍Known Clues

1. Three sets of footprints in the snow: one male, one female, one belonging to the inspector.
2. The window and door showed no signs of forced entry — indicating the killer had been let in or already had access.

🕵️‍Questions and Discussions for YOU

1. WHY did Kondo say the murder was committed by Watanabe? WHAT was the most crucial clue about those footprints?
2. Does your area experience heavy snow or snowstorms? Do you like that kind of weather? (Open-ended)

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The FIRST user to successfully deduce the identity of the "culprit" and their motive in the comment, will receive a reward of 2,000 GT points! Other participants will earn 200-500 GT points based on the completeness of their submissions. 💰

📅Submission Deadline

November 21, 2025

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----- Previous answer (Flow, Fraud, Fatality) -------

Correct Answer: Note should be blown away

When Officer Bolt reinserted the fan’s plug into the socket, the fan began spinning again — and the strong gust immediately blew the suicide note off the desk onto the floor. However, when Bolt first arrived at the scene, the note had been neatly placed on the desk.

This detail revealed the truth:

Gales must have been shot before the fan stopped. When he fell, his body pulled the plug from the wall, causing the fan to stop spinning — and the murderer then placed a forged suicide note on the desk to stage a fake suicide scene.

If Gales had truly written the note himself, it would have been blown away while the fan was still running.

Therefore, it was undoubtedly a murder, not suicide.

Link to the post: https://forum.gtarcade.com/topic/249470

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