John Phoenix was sitting in his office in the Whirling-in-Rags in Revachol sorting through important documents.
Then he got bored of doing that and decided to go out for a walk.
He went outside and saw Kim Kitsuragi and the detective who remembered his name is Harry Du Bois.
"Good morning attorney," said Kim Kitsuragi and Harry nodded.
But it stopped being a good morning then and there when a gunshot rang out! The bullet shot past Kim Kitsuragi, just barely passing his nose!
"Holy shit Kim are you okay my brother!" said Harry.
"Yes, I'm fine," said Kim. "But he's not."
John Phoenix looked into the Whirling-in-Rags where the bullet went. The bullet and gone through the open door and now Garte was lying on the floor!
"GARTE! Oh well he was an asshole anyway," said Harry.
"Oh, thanks copper you're a great guy," Garte stood him. Garte had not been shot but his eyes were red - perhaps he was taking alcohol, Harry thought because he had 0 points in intellect.
"Mr. Garte it seems you've been crying, what happened?" said Kim Kitsuragi.
"Oh, thanks, you're a real hero Mr. Cop," Garte was being sarcastic. "I was just minding my own business when suddenly a god foresaken bullet came into my hostel and hit my favorite skua because I have just the best fucking luck ever!" said Garte.
Then Garte glared at Harry. "You did it didn't you! Just as I fixed it too!"
"You're under arrest!" shouted Harry so Kim got between them.
"Mr. Garte I'm sorry for my associate we'll figure out who really shot your work of taxidermy."
"Yeah," said John Phoenix. But then he arrested Garte because he hated him.
John Phoenix picked up the skua and performed an autopsy examination on it. The bullet hit it in the side of the head.
"Yes but that does not tell us much. After all, we do not remember precisely how the skua was positioned before it was shot," said Kim Kitsuragi.
"You don't but I do!" said John Phoenix.
"Oh?" Kim Kitsuragi raised an eyebrow.
John Phoenix pulled out Little Thief which he stole from Kay Faraday and used it to recreate the crime scene and he put the skua exactly where he saw it that morning. It was precise because his memory was perfect.
"That's very impressive John Phoenix," said Kim Kitsuragi.
"Okay now let's figure out where the bullet came from!" said Harry and he began thinking then he stretched his finger out and pointed at the wall opposite the door. "There!"
"With respect officer I think you have it backwards, that's where the bullet ended up," said Kim Kitsuragi.
"Shit right," said Harry. Fortunately, this was a White Check so it can be repeated so he invested some skill points into visual calculus and tried again and this time he figured out it came from out the door. But more specifically, the angle of the bullet told him it had to have come from a height because the bullet was moving slightly downwards.
John Phoenix looked out the door and pointed out into the distance.
"Look, twenty miles away there's an island with a tower on it!" said John Phoenix.
"Indeed. That must've been where our shooter fired from," said Kim Kitsuragi. "But that's no good. How can we reach that island? Do any of you know how to swim?"
John Phoenix could not swim. This was his one weakness. But how can he cross a large body of water?
"Hop aboard John Phoenix!" said a familiar voice. That's right, it's Pete!
John Phoenix, Kim Kitsuragi, Harry and Pete got on the boat and went to the island and went up to the tower. They heard lots of gunshots in there, so whoever shot the skua must be a murderous madman that must be stopped!
They kicked open the door to an empty room with one small window and a naked old man was there firing bullets at the mainland.
"Ahahaha I will KILL ALL OF YOU!" shouted the old man with the gun.
"Stop it fella," said Pete. "These handy lads are here to haul ya in!"
"Oh is that so?" said the old man. "HIYAAAAAAAAH!"
The old man tried to punch Harry but he was strong. But that's irrelevant. The old man missed Harry completely.
Harry arrested the old man and peace was restored.
"OBJECTION!" shouted John Phoenix, because peace was not restored yet. "Mr. Old Man how good is your eyesight?"
"PERFECT! TWENTY OUT OF TWENTY!" he shouted. But he was not looking at John Phoenix as he said that. The old man was blind.
"The old man could not have accurately shoot the skua if he's blind. That means he's a decoy... for the true culprit!"
"But John Phoenix where's the real killer, the room is empty, there's nowhere to hide!"
"There's only one place he can be!"
John Phoenix opened the barrel of the gun and unloaded it and three bullets fell out. He shook the gun and heard a little yelp and then Dylan Fitchar fell out!
"DYLAN!"
Dylan Fitchar ran away!
After that the old man was taken to court and John Phoenix proved he didn't actually kill anyone Dylan did so he got community service.
