[He hesitates again, his expression oddly stony. Come on, Adell. Think. This is just like what happens when he talks to Luki. Keiichi's given him pieces of the puzzle, he just has to put them together.

He puts a knuckle to his upper lip as he begins to really think hard. How does this all fit together... the false curse, the murders, the disappearances, the Syndrome... and the people studying it, the dangers and psychosis associated with an outbreak...

They were looking for ways to study the Syndrome and the extent of how strong it was. There was a murder of a dam worker... and one his coworkers disappeared entirely without a trace. ...And similar things happened beyond that... and there was no actual curse.

...Wait. Adell's eyes light up with a realization, though it's not a happy one. To figure out the Syndrome by any means necessary...]

...The team that was studying the disease was responsible for the disappearances, weren't they? If one of the dam workers had an episode with the Syndrome and killed his coworker, it'd be a perfect excuse to take him away for study...

[And his expression darkens again.]

...And the village's so called curse was a convenient cover for it all, wasn't it?