A clue in this game is a chain, not a collectible sticker. You pick up a clue card, you open a clue interview, you drag those into a reasoning slot, and the slot opens or closes a line of dialogue. Surgical Wisdom and Exhaustive Warrior are the achievements that count how many drags you used. That chain is the part a flat “300 clues” headline does not explain. tasselfoot’s guide numbers cards through 199 and interviews through 199. Missing cards in that index: 29, 77, 135, 144, 145. Missing interviews: 66, 74, 124, 173, 176, 177, 184, 195. The guide says none of those gaps block a 100% file. I do not invent names for the cards the guide skipped, and I do not stretch 199 numbered cards into the store’s 300 decks.
| Set | What is documented | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Clue cards (numbered set) | The guide indexes 199 numbered cards; the official count is 300 'clue decks'. The unnumbered remainder is not documented. No card names are published in the sources reviewed. | 2 sources |
| Clue interviews (numbered set) | The guide numbers interviews up to #199 and lists 8 it could not find. Achievement 166 says 'more than 10 interviews', while the guide says 100 for See Everything — a source conflict. | Sources disagree |
Twenty-three branches
Most dialogue is flavour. The rows below are the steps the guide ties to a stat, a clue interview, an achievement, or an ending. Effects are quoted from that one guide unless a patch note later moved the threshold. The rescue row uses 75 Speech or Tech because patch 1.1 changed it; the guide’s original 80 is the launch value. Affection checks in chapter 5 use 50, the patch 1.2 value, not the launch 60. If a cell’s status says 1 source, that is the guide alone.
| Chapter | Step | Prompt | Options and effects | Related guide rows | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chapter 1 | 1.1 | Do you believe me? | Yes: Kitty +3, Tech +2, Clue Interview #2 · Let me think about it: Kitty -1, Speech +2, Clue Interview #2 | — | 1 source |
| Chapter 1 | 1.2 | Who investigates? | Kitty Investigation: Kitty +4; unlocks 1.2.1 · Conduct your own investigation: Speech +2, Tech +2; unlocks 1.2.2 | — | 1 source |
| Chapter 1 | 1.2.2 | Which skill do you use? | Detective direction: Speech +5, Kitty -2, Clue Interviews #10/#12, achievement The Person Who Prefers Reasoning · Hacker direction: Tech +5, Kitty -1, Clue Interviews #11/#12, achievement Crack! Crack! Still crack! | 1 source | |
| Chapter 1 | 1.5 | Accept the invitation or go home? | Invitation FLAW EVAW: Continue the story · Go home: Immediate END; Kitty -2; achievement Back home | 1 source | |
| Chapter 1 | 1.7 | How do you praise Kitty? | Serious praise: Kitty +10; achievement Love Expert · Improper praise: Kitty -10 | 1 source | |
| Chapter 2 | 2.1 | Which clue do you examine? | Left clue: Clue Interview #32; correct choice gives #33-35 and Tech +3, Speech +3 · Right clue: Clue Interview #28; 'Could you elaborate?' gives #29-30 and Tech +3, Speech +3 | — | 1 source |
| Chapter 2 | 2.2 | What is Suillye's role? | Suliyee might be the boss: Clue Interview #42; unlocks 2.2.1 · Suliyee also works for Rainbow: Clue Interview #43; unlocks 2.2.2 | — | 1 source |
| Chapter 2 | 2.2.1/2.2.2 | Do you check the room? | Check: Justice +3, Kitty -5 · Can't check: Justice -3, Kitty +5 | — | 1 source |
| Chapter 2 | 2.3 | Stop Sullier or let the timer expire? | Stop Sullier: Speech +3, Clue Interview #50; unlocks 2.3.1 · Let timer expire: Tech +3, Clue Interview #51; unlocks 2.3.2 | — | 1 source |
| Chapter 2 | 2.3.1 | Are there other animals? / Save the Elephants | Are there other animals?: Justice +3; unlocks 2.3.1.1 · Save the Elephants: Justice -3, Clue Interview #52, achievement Animal protectors | 1 source | |
| Chapter 2 | 2.4 | For the truth or for justice? | For the truth: Justice +3 · For justice: Justice +3 | — | 1 source |
| Chapter 2 | 2.4.1 | Order or revenge? | Order comes first: Speech +3 · An eye for an eye: Tech +3 | — | 1 source |
| Chapter 3 | 3.2 | Speech or Tech? | Speech: Speech +3, Kitty -5, Xiaoxiao +5, Clue Interview #80 · Tech: Tech +3, Kitty +5, Xiaoxiao -5, Clue Interview #81 | — | 1 source |
| Chapter 3 | 3.2 | Who do you investigate with? | Kitty path: Kitty +5; achievement Kitty is the best! · Self path: Tech +3, Speech +3; achievement Nobody loves anyone! · Xiaoxiao path: Xiaoxiao +5; achievement Hesitating for even a second... | 1 source | |
| Chapter 3 | 3.5 | Who do you talk to? | Talk to Anina: Anina +10, Yinzhen -10; achievement What about the killer? · Talk to Yinzhen: Anina -10, Yinzhen +10; achievement Police and civilians working together · Let timer run out: Tech +3, Speech +3; achievement I'm going to sleep now | — | 1 source |
| Chapter 3 | 3.5.3.1 | Stay with Kitty and Xiaoxiao, or sleep alone? | Hehe which official: Kitty +5, Xiaoxiao +5; achievement Daily routine of the office · I'll sleep alone: Tech +3, Speech +3; requires Luo Hua's card; achievements Sigma man and Lickers won't have a good end | 1 source | |
| Chapter 4 | 4.1 | Which event do you attend? | Star Selection Meeting: Yinzhen +5; achievement Let's go! Star Selection Meeting · Sacred Assembly: Anina +5; achievement Let's go! Holy Writ Assembly | — | 1 source |
| Chapter 4 | 4.2 | Who helps rescue Kitty? | Rescue with Yinzhen: Justice +10, Yinzhen +5; achievement In the name of Fa · Rescue by yourself: Requires Speech or Tech 75+ (patch 1.1); achievement I'll save my own Kitty · Rescue with Anina: Justice -10, Anina +5; achievement An eye for an eye | 1 source | |
| Chapter 5 | 5.2 | Which reasoning line do you follow? | Thought A/B: Kitty -100; achievement Is this really the truth?; Deception END · Thought C: Continue to 5.2.1 (Lonely Maple) · Detective (Speech 90+): Achievement Sherlock Holmes; continue to 5.2.1 | 1 source | |
| Chapter 5 | 5.3 | How do you end the confrontation? | We need to let go: Justice +25; continue to 5.4/5.5 · Let's kill to the end: Justice -25; continue to 5.4/5.5 · I need to take care of Kitty: Anina -10; Deception END | 1 source | |
| Chapter 5 | 5.4/5.5 | Which ending does the affection value select? | High affection: Aiko / A Hail of Bullets / To the Point / A Puppet Life · Low affection: A Belated Death / Criminals / Justice Will Not Be Delayed / Redemption | 1 source | |
| Chapter 2 | 2.1 | Japanese lady / left guy clue options | Correct combination: Keeps 90+ Speech/Tech reachable · Wrong combination: Can lock the run out of 90+ Speech or Tech; finish the game and return to re-select | — | 1 source |
| Chapter 3 | 3.3 | Complete the reasoning puzzle | Fewer than 15 drags/interviews: Achievement Surgical Wisdom · More than 50 drags/interviews: Achievement Exhaustive Warrior | 1 source |
How to read a row without spoiling the scene
Chapter 1’s “Go home” is the only choice that ends the game before the ship. Chapter 2’s left-versus-right clue is the one that can make 90 Speech or 90 Tech impossible later, even though the line looks small. Chapter 3’s Anina / Xu Yinzhen / timer choice picks the heroine route; sleeping arrangements in the same chapter do not. Chapter 4’s meeting picks who gains affection, and the rescue picks who stands next to you on Ending Day. Chapter 5’s thoughts and verbs are the endings table. Stat gifts such as “Kitty +3, Tech +2” are small on their own and large if you are chasing Justiciable Detective (Justice over 50) or Negative Nineteen Lord (Justice under 30) on the same file as a heroine ending.
