Recap / How I Met Your Mother (And How I Met Your Father) Trust Arc Chapter Fourteen: Jutaro’s Accomplice? Makoto’s First Trial!

Trust Arc Chapter Fourteen: Jutaro’s Accomplice? Makoto’s First Trial!

Original Release: April 4, 2020 (Fanfiction.net), April 5, 2020 (AO3)

Summary

Headmaster Kirigiri interrupts Makoto and Kyoko's talk to inquire about the specifics of Kyoko's injured state. She informs him that Jutaro Akafuku had a spy keeping tabs on them, but she is unable to determine their identity. With the Ultimate Detective powerless, all eyes fall to Makoto. Will the inexperienced Ultimate Lucky Student be able to crack the case where Kyoko cannot?

Tropes

• Humble Hero: When Kiki cheers Makoto for solving the case, he just waves it off and says that it was nothing.
• Mythology Gag: The entire investigation plays out just like a Class Trial, even down to him recapping the entire case at the end while doing his "Giving Someone the Pointer Finger" pose at the culprit.
• Sibling Team: It's revealed that Shutaro Fukuka, Hope's Peak's newly hired teacher, is actually Jutaro's brother and was his accomplice who informed him about Makoto and Kyoko.