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Still working on that Christmas mystery. Any other topics are of course welcome, as always.

The story as we know it:
Christmas has come to Rokkenjima, and the entire family is invited for a Christmas party. Unfortunately Kinzo does not want to appear. When the family come to investigate him they get no answer when they knock on the door. The entire family keeps knocking and shouting, but Kinzo gives no reply. The parents start to fear for his safety and Krauss orders the servants to open the door. They inform him though that they had to turn in their master keys earlier that day to Kinzo. Eventually Krauss orders the servants to break down the door. The fetch an axe from the garden shed. Krauss wails at the study door three times until a large enough hole appears. He opens the door with his hand from the inside.
Inside, everyone finds Kinzo in his chair, dead. Shot through the skull.

Upon invistigating the crime scene they found all windows were locked, and no sign of a killer.
How on earth was Kinzo shot through a window without breaking it? What trick did the killer use?

The Red Truths:
/RED/ No Rube Goldberg machine was involved.
/RED/ Kinzo did not shoot himself!
/RED/ Kinzo was sitting in his chair at the moment he was shot!
/RED/ The killer shot Kinzo while the killer was outside of the room.
/RED/ The killer was not hiding in the room while everyone was outside.
/RED/ Yet the killer was definitely inside the room when everyone went in to investigate.
/RED/ The window was definitely locked when everyone went inside to investigate.
/RED/ Krauss did not shoot Kinzo as he was sticking his hand through the door to unlock it.
/RED/ Everyone would notice if Krauss pulled out a gun and shot Kinzo while he stuck his hand through the door!
/RED/ There is one killer, but there is also one accomplice!
/RED/ All the family stayed at Kinzo's door while all the servants went to fetch the axe.
/RED/ Battler, the detective, was with the family at Kinzo's door, so no possibility exists that the family went inside somehow and killed Kinzo while the servants went away.
/RED/ Kinzo ordered all holders of the master keys to hand them to him. All the master keys in existence are inside of Kinzo's study at the time Kinzo is killed.
/RED/ One extra key exists, which is normally in Kinzo's personal possession. This key can lock the door from the outside. However, the killer never used this key!
/RED/ Every single person on the island was present at Kinzo's door before it was opened. Of course, this does not include Kinzo, as he was in his room.
/RED/ The people on the island are Kinzo, Krauss, Natsuhi, Jessica, Eva, Hideyoshi, George, Rudolf, Kyrie, Battler, Rosa, Maria, Genji, Kumasawa, Gohda, Nanjo, Shannon and Kanon.
/RED/ The family stayed at Kinzo's door, and so did Nanjo.
/RED/ The servents, Genji, Kumasawa, Gohda, Shannon and Kanon went to fetch the axe.
/RED/ When Krauss opened the door, every single person on the island was at Kinzo's door. Again, this excludes Kinzo as he was in his room.
/RED/ Kinzo died because of a gunshot to the head.


And then there's the Black Truths. Five statements. Two of which are hints, three of which are completely false.
/BLACK/The fact that Kinzo has six toes on each foot is crucial to the mystery.
/BLACK/Kinzo's study smelled strangely of perfume when everyone went in to investigate.
/BLACK/The time Kinzo died is crucial to this mystery.
/BLACK/Someone on Rokkenjima is very good at carpentry.
/BLACK/Nanjo is the accomplice.

Solve the game. Save Christmas.

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