The German Mark

""Who? Who is the one you told me earlier reads my blog? The one you considers my fan? Who is he? Tell me!" "Reinmann! He's the one who ordered me to challenge you, told me to keep you alive!""

- Aleksander Sterling and ??? The German Mark (MI9SF-2014-321) was one of the cases introduced to be part of The S.P.L.I.T. Files featured in The Reichsmark Game, considered then to be the very first major case that was introduced and solved in the collection. The case was filed to be a part of The S.P.L.I.T. Files by September 2014 upon the death of Samantha Maitland; and within a week, the case was closed upon ???'s arrest done by Aleksander Sterling.

Case Summary
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Victims
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Consultation
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Operation and Investigation
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Suspects
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Result
Upon finding out that the case was not suicidal acts but murder, Aleksander confronted ??? himself by pretending to be a drunk man needing a cab. He insisted ??? at first, and knowing that the cabbie won't easily let him, he decided to call him and threatened him, resulting in the end for him to reveal that he was Aleksander Sterling and not originally drunk. ??? used the opportunity to inject sedative to Aleksander and brought him to 158, where the two of them are all alone. By the time that Aleksander gained consciousness, ??? asked him to play with him, showing then two bottles containing two different pills and two nearby glasses of water. ??? told him that Aleksander must choose one from the two pills to guess which is the good one from the bad. Aleksander insisted that it is a 50-50 chance, and not a game. In the end, he was forced to pick one of the pills and angled it to the light. ??? commented that his actions were still that of an addict. Before the two of them could swallow the pill, Lewis shot ??? from the flat across from 158, resulting to a direct hit at the shoulder. Aleksander then insisted the cabbie that the pill is not drugged, but the water filled with cyanide; also, he asked who ordered him to confront him, and ??? told him that it was someone named Reinmann.

In the end, ??? was taken to the hospital to be treated and await trial for his crimes. On the site, Harold asked him every detail that will be needing to the investigation, leaving the fact that he knew who shot the cabbie. Also, Augustus arrived to check what happened. Before parting ways, Aleksander passed a paper to his brother with the word "Reinmann" on it.