Finally after six more minutes of walking with Tyson carrying Kenny on his back, Kai came to a stop at a large painting. Tyson, not aware that the group had stopped, walked into Rei.
Tyson (angry): Ow! Hey, next time warn someone when you stop.
Max: Why did we stop? I don't see any rooms here.
Kai (points to a large painting): Right here.
Tyson (confused): Uh, Kai, I think you're losing it. That's a painting.
Kai pushes the floor-to-ceiling painting to reveal a door behind it.
Tyson (more confused): Huh? How did…? How? I don't get it.
Rei: I too am lost. How did you know where to look, Kai?
Kai: That clue said between the years 1961 to 1990 when it's obvious that there are more paintings to go. But if you look at each painting closely, the year they were painted is there. So I just followed the year to 1990.
Max: But it said between two years and the painting you stopped at was 1988.
Kai: Yes.
Max: Why did you choose that one?
Kai: Everything with this child seemed to have happened during that year so I thought it would be here.
Tyson: I still can't figure out how you summed that one up but whatever. Let's just go.
Kai opens the door and the Bladebreakers begin their search for the cat scratches pattern like it said in the clue. Tyson finds them on the wall and everyone follows them to a small laundry shoot, where they find the next clue.
Tyson (excited): So what's next?
Rei: "One more to go. Go to the room with the most books. Not all the shelves have the same looks." (Tyson begins to cry.) What's wrong, Tyson?
Tyson (crying tears of joy): I'm so happy! It's the shortest clue that we've had. (Quickly wipes his eyes, and smiles) Okay moving on!
Rei: The place with the most books in this house would be Mr. Dickenson's office.
Tyson (excited and runs off): Back to the dead guy's room!
Max (yells): Tyson, come back!
On the way out, Max sees a cassette tape on a desk. It looks new so he places it in his pocket. After finding the entrance to west hall, they continue on their way to Mr. Dickenson's office but stop when they hear Emily and Enrique arguing.
Emily (angry): They are not!
Enrique (calm): They are.
Emily: They are not dead, Enrique!
Enrique: Open your eyes, Emily. They've been gone a long time and remember that scream.
Emily: Shut up! There must have been a reason Kenny screamed. He's not dead. (Whispering) He can't be…
Tyson (coming into view, followed by his team): None of us are dead yet.
Enrique: Well what do you know? I lost the bet now I have to pay Oliver.
Max: You made a bet?
Enrique: Yeah.
Emily (worried): Hey, where's Kenny? (Just then Kai comes into view with Kenny on his back, still unconscious.) What happened!
Max: Tyson scared him and he fainted.
Tyson: What! No, I just scared him. You're the one who made him faint, Max.
Kai: Enough. Point is he can't come with us any further.
Tyson: So we leave him with you.
Max: We know we can trust you to take good care of him. We know you'll be glad to do it.
Emily blushes and agrees to take care of Kenny. The rest of the Bladebreakers continue on to Mr. Dickenson's office. Outside, Rei sees one of the five keys to the Bladebreakers room.
Rei (whispering to himself): Whoever lost this could have murdered Mr. Dickenson.
Rei sticks the key in his pocket and follows the rest of his teammates inside the office and towards the bookshelf. On his way in, Kai smells a strong of cologne and follows it to Mr. Dickenson's body.
Kai (whispering): Cologne? But Mr. Dickenson never wears…hmm.
Thoughts running through his head, Kai joins the rest of the team.
Tyson: I don't see a difference with any of these books.
Max: Yeah. Everything looks the same.
Rei: They said shelves, not the books. But still, everything's the same.
Kai: No, it's not.
Tyson (sarcastic): Okay, smart ass explain.
Kai: The shelves are piled up high on each other and are about twelve inches apart. But that one is smaller only by three inches.
Tyson: Okay, you confuse me Kai on how you know all that, but I still don't see the clue.
Kai: It's called opening your eyes.
Tyson: What?
Kai: That's what I thought.
Rei: Okay you guys. Let's just try opening all the books and see if anything is in them.
They search through all the books. Going through eighteen books and four minutes later, they find the clue.
Tyson (excited): Found it! It says, "You have one clue left. Look up down left up then down right 2² is the book you pick up. Go down the stairs but be careful, there is a maze. At the end you will find the last clue. Use the key that was at the start of this escapade. Match the patterns and you're done." Great another long one.
Rei: Not really, Tyson. We look up one, then down, left, up, down, right. But the 2², I don't get.
Kai: You start where your hand is now, Rei and then four books to the right. 2² simple.
Max (pulls the book): Makes sense.
As soon as Max pulled the book, a bookshelf next to them opened. It led to downward stairs.
Tyson (excited): This is so cool! Mr. D's house is awesome.
Max: Hurry Tyson or you'll fall behind.
Tyson: I'm coming. (A short while later Tyson stops to rest.) How long is this staircase?
Rei: Looks like we got a bit more to go.
Tyson (sarcastic): How much more is a bit?
Growing tired, Tyson leans against one of the walls and a brick moves.
Tyson: That can't be good.
Just as Tyson finishes, spears start shooting out from the sides.
Kai: Oh great. (Takes off in a run like the rest)
Max (yells while running): Tyson! What did you do!
Tyson (running): I just leaned on a wall! I didn't know there would be a trap!
The spears stop firing after Tyson stepped on a loose brick.
Tyson: Uh oh.
Rei: Do you guys hear that?
Max: Sounds like something big is coming down.
Suddenly a giant boulder came into view and was rolling fast after them.
Tyson: Ahhh! Run! (They ran a little bit further before they came to a dead end.) A dead end!
Max: We're going to die!
Tyson: I don't want to die! I gotta get out of here! (Tyson starts climbing the wall but fall back down on his butt on another movable brick. The floor disappears but before they fall, Kai says…)
Kai (sarcastic): Nice job.
They all fall through the hole and slide down. There were sharp turns everywhere before they all split up, each going into one of the four tunnels.
Rei: Whoa, where am I?
Rei landed in a room that hot. The walls were red brick and fire was shooting out of the side walls.
Rei: Great. I get the hot room.
Max lands in a hall that looks more like a dungeon from the medieval times.
Max: Ow! (looks around) Cool.
Tyson: Why do I always land on my head? Huh?
Tyson stands up and sees he's in a freezing cold room with thick, long iciles hanging off the ceiling. A thin layer of snow covered the ground.
Tyson: Oh man. (Tries walking but slips and falls on his butt) Ice, just great...
Kai: Great.
Kai was standing in a large hall that looked completely normal. He took one step and release a trap. Kai ran fast, not looking back as each step released another trap.
Kai (running): I feel like I'm at the Abbey all over again.
Fifteen minutes later, Kai reached the end of his hall and walked into an ancient-looking room. Max appeared along with Rei.
Max: Where's Tyson?
Tyson: Achoo! I'm going to catch a cold here. Achoo! (his second sneeze made the icicles shake and now they were coming down) Why me! (Tyson ran so fast that he slipped and started to skid across the ice at full speed. He got out of the room five minutes later)
Rei: You okay Tyson?
Tyson: No I'm not! I was almost killed!
Rei: You're not the only one.
Max: So this is the room with the last clue?
Rei: Yup. Now we have the pattern but we need something to fit in that hole in that shape.
Tyson: Oh I got it! (pulls out the necklace he found in the beginning, he places it in the hole and two walls move. One leads up some stairs and the other opens to the last clue.
Rei: The last clue reads," Final clue the child is ice and blood. Go to the main hall and you child will be the only to walk through flames.
Tyson: The last clue and it doesn't help us at all.
Max: We know the motive but even if the killer was around he would need this child to reach the top secret blade.
Rei: Let's gather everyone in the main hall and tell them what we know.
Max: Okay.
They all walk up the stairs, which lead them right to the front porch. As they entered the house, they noticed dried mud tracks and a cassette tape player.
Tyson: Hey, do you know anyone in this world who still has a cassette player?
Max: No. That's strange.
Rei: What do you think is on the tape?
Just as Rei finishes, Kai pushed the play button and Mr. Dickenson's scream was on it.
Max: Whoa.
Tyson (excited): That's it! I know who the killer is! Hurry and gather everyone and meet me in the main hall!
Ten minutes later, all the teams are standing around in the hall, mixed emotions filling the atmosphere.
Lee: So what's the deal? Did you solve the case?
Tyson: Yes. The killer was tricky but in the end left too many clues behind. The killer is… Kai! (Points at Kai)