The casino floor hums under broken neon, and the room tightens around the table with the hidden body. Anna sees the gray coat looking down at a burner phone, its screen lit with a fresh message.
The Man in the Gray Coat
This is not mine. I just found it lit up like that.
The Woman with the Pearl Clutch
Then who sent the message, and why drag us here with a dead man under the table?
The Tall Bookmaker
Because someone wanted us all looking at each other instead of the floor. That is the only thing making sense.
Anna checks the phone enough to catch the glow of a second note, a short, brutal directive aimed at all of them. It is not a confession, just a lure.
Anna
Whoever sent this knew where to put the body, and knew we would come.
The Man in the Gray Coat
I never touched the corpse. But I did get a message after midnight, same as them. Meet here. Bring Anna.
That name lands like a key turning. The three suspects stare at one another, and the trap finally shows its shape, someone has been steering them, and Anna, toward the same killing ground.
✓ Quest Accepted
Learn who sent the burner phone messages
✓ Quest Accepted
Determine the identity of the hidden corpse
“I use my instant fingerprint detector to identify the hidden corpse.”
SUCCESS (Legendary Forensics, rolled -1)
Anna kneels beside the table and slides the instant fingerprint detector beneath the lifted seam. Its blue scanner passes over the concealed hand without disturbing the scene.
The device compares the recovered prints against its secured reference files. A confirmation tone cuts through the casino hum.
Anna
The fingerprints match my father.
Detective Miller
Anna, report. What did you find?
The detector displays a verified identity record: her father. The result includes a timestamped match, making substitution or mistaken identification impossible.
The Man in the Gray Coat
Your father? They used him as bait and expected you to walk into the middle of it.
The Tall Bookmaker
Then the corpse was never the point. Whoever arranged this wanted the identification itself to reach you.
Quest Complete
Determine the identity of the hidden corpse