Synopsis
The COVID-19 pandemic did wonders for the gaming industry. Among the biggest beneficiaries was Mystery Maker — a VR RPG where players build elaborate puzzles in virtual space and pit them against each other. It became a phenomenon. To hype the upcoming sequel, Kurata Chikage, executive director of MegalodonSoft, handpicked eight real-world detectives to face off in a demo of Mystery Maker 2. Two of them happen to know each other: Kamo Touma, a magazine writer famous for blowing open wrongful convictions, and Ryuuzen Yuki, his wife's cousin and a freshly debuted mystery novelist. On the day of the event,…
