Synopsis

The group arrived at the lakeside restaurant, five place settings awaiting diners who never appeared. Each setting held a half-finished meal, a silent tableau of interrupted dinners. Later, a grim discovery: Chef Kuchiishi lay bleeding from a head wound. Kogoro questioned the absence of the patrons, and the chef gestured towards the back door. There, a note bearing the kanji for "curse" was affixed to the wood. Beyond the door, five sets of footprints led towards the lake, ten meters distant. Co