May 14, 9:00 A.M. Wright and Co. Law Offices
Phoenix looked out the window, and saw a mailman insert a letter inside a mailbox near the office entrance, and quickly left in his vehicle. Upon seeing this, Maya retrieved the mail, and saw that it was a document sent by the judge. She handed the letter to Phoenix, hoping that he would understand it better.
The attorney looked at the letter, and it read:
Attn: Belligerents in the case of State of California vs. Randall Klein.
The NTSB report has been submitted, so the trial will continue tonight at 6:00. Hopefully, this case will be closed so that the police and the FBI can focus on finding out the identity of the Mad Bomber.
Phoenix thought, "If that NTSB report shows that he isn't Guilty, then why are they still trying to prosecute him on the basis that he caused the crash? I guess I'll have to prove that Randall was not involved whatsoever, and that the crash occurred outside of his control."
Maya asked, "Nick, do you think that the crash of that bullet train and the bombings are caused by the same person?"
He answered, "Maybe, but it is highly unlikely. Why would a terrorist crash a train into a courtroom? If so, he probably would have been killed in the crash, so how could he have lived through it?"
She sighed, "I guess that you are right. The Mad Bomber is not connected to the crash at all. I suppose that we'll have to wait and then figure out who he is. He seems to have never been seen by anyone. There aren't any composite sketches of him. The only man who saw him was murdered!"
May 14, 9:56 A.M. Kurain Village
Detective Gumshoe and a few other FBI agents arrived in order to determine if there were any bombs there.
He asked an agent, "What were those bombs made of?"
The agent answered, "The shoe bombs weren't real atomic bombs. They were made with Uranium-238, which is not able to sustain a fission reaction. Those bombs were designed to scare people, Detective."
"Yeah, pal, but the Mad Bomber may make real atomic bombs, and detonate them at a sporting event or something? What then?"
The other agents looked at him strangely and said nothing. The detective shrugged his shoulders and proceeded to enter the area surrounding Fey Manor.
Gumshoe spotted what appeared to be a marching band, with the band director giving orders to where the march would begin.
He asked himself, "What the hell is a marching band doing in Kurain Village? The last time I checked, 19th century Japan didn't have marching bands!"
He then realized that they were, in fact, infantry soldiers, being led for exercises. The general wore a black trenchcoat with fancy badges on it, with a cap atop his head.
Gumshoe thought, "That looks suspicious. Soldiers aren't allowed to be in a place like this. There's something wrong with this picture."
Meanwhile, a group of about 35 people was present near Fey Manor, where they became awed by all of the artifacts that were present. Most of them just stood there, seemingly unaware of the soldiers just 500 feet behind them.
The general stood behind his men, and Gumshoe noticed all of the soldiers raise their rifles into the air slightly.
The general whispered, "Open fire..."
Gumshoe yelled, "Open fire?! On who?" There was a loud bang and a cloud of dust and debris filled the air.
The general lead his men though Fey Manor, while screams of terror filled the air. Gumshoe heard the loud screams of teenage girls being shot to death by assault rifles, and the thunderous sound of footsteps emanating from the boots of the infantrymen.
Gumshoe yelled to the agents, "We've got a faker! A fake general with a fake army, and he's shooting people!"
One agent ran off towards the entrance of the village in order to use the payphone, and the others took out their cameras and video recorders, and started filming.
Suddenly, a large explosion filled the sky, along with more horrendous screams of innocent bystanders being shot. A short while later, the general lead his men into the center of the village, which was a short ways away. He looked up, and saw that a flagpole had been erected. He ordered his soldiers to take out their hatchets and chop it down.
There was a creaking noise as the pole fell to the ground. The soldiers ripped the U.S. and California flags from the pole. The agents and Detective Gumshoe watched the men take Japanese flags out of their pockets.
They also took off the flag of Kurain Village from the pole. After soaking the flags in what appeared to be kerosene, they lit them ablaze, sending thick, black some into the air.
After all of the flags had been burned, they assembled their flagpole, and erected a red flag on it. It had two swords, crossed over each other, with a white star over the swords.
Gumshoe thought, "Is there really a rebellion going on here? This is horrific!" And when they all thought it could get any worse, it did.
The cries of middle aged women could be heard. Gumshoe turned his head, and saw the soldiers immolating several elders on wooden posts made from the old flagpole.
Gumshoe turned his head and ran a few yards, where the contents of his stomach violently discharged into a few bushes.
Upon returning to where the agents were, Detective Gumshoe began shivering in fear. He worried sick for Maggey, hoping that she would not be killed in one of these raids. That was when something clicked in his head.
"That's it! That general... he is the Mad Bomber! The Mad Bomber wears a black trenchcoat!"
The agents all became surprised and saved the videos and images that they had taken. Gumshoe wondered how he would inform Phoenix that Kurain Village was no longer a safe place to be, and that Maya would likely have to be taken in to police custody in order for her own safety.