Tantei Kibukawa Ryōsuke Jikentan: Kamen Gen'ei Satsujin Jiken

The hit new craze in Japan is "Misty Online", an MMO adventure game, in which players collaborate to solve mysteries in a world that resembles a real city. Screenwriter Masao Ikurumi receives an invitation to the network test, and so he teams up with Izuna Sagishimai of the Kibukawa detective agency to solve an in-game murder mystery. When the player taking on the role of the victim fails to show up, however, Ikurumi and Sagishimai realize that the in-game mysteries only the tip of the iceberg and something sinister is going on in the real world. And so the masquerade lullaby begins...

This menu-driven visual novel features a linear storyline and menu-driven gameplay, with players given a wide variety of options to both inspect objects and interrogate witnesses.