The Misadventures of Shangri-La
Chapter 2 - Won't Have Me to Kick Around Anymore
Here's the cliff's notes version of the story since finding images is taking too long.
With the villagers now suspicious of one another, everyone was looking out for themselves. Thus, when the Insano villager Croque tried to lord it over them to start a community league to have soccer tournaments, it rubbed the villagers the wrong way. Plus, everyone was worried the soccer balls he was handing it could be a death trap of some kind. So, they started kicking the balls back at him and balled him to death. One good kick from Mayor Khushrenada hit Croque square in the head and knocked it clean off. At least it proved he wasn't wearing a costume and was just a regular villager.
That night, under the cover of darkness, Tom Nook went to collect the money owed to him by one of his clients, Jay, a shyguy he knew he could easily rough up and extort. Fearing for his life, Jay gave him all the money he had. However, it was 3 bells short. In a rage over not paying back his debt, Tom Nook beat him to death with the bag of bells he had just acquired.
That evil guy, Tom Nook, then hurried back to Shampoodle's shop where he was hiding in disguise. However, he was surprised to find Tortimer waiting for him. Upset at being ousted from his position as Mayor for not doing anything to fight against Tom Nook's corruption, Tortimer confronted Tom Nook about it. They had a deal where Tortimer let Tom Nook do his thing as long as Tom Nook ensured he stayed Mayor and got a small percentage of profit. Tom Nook explained that he realized he no longer needed the Mayor's protection since he was just a frail old man anyways and he decided he'd rather keep the money he was paying off Tortimer with. Ordering Tortimer to leave or he'd kill him, Tom Nook sat down in one of the hair dryer chairs brandishing an axe to warn Tortimer to leave. Tortimer went to the exit but then informed Tom Nook that he had rewired the place to kill him and flicked the light switch causing the hair drying chairs to send out an electrical shock which fried Tom Nook to death.
Although the villagers were happy that Tom Nook was so quickly removed under Mayor Khushrenada's reign, he was concerned that no one knew who killed Tom Nook. Plus, they still had to find the rest of the member's of the Nookling empire who even at this moment were regrouping and conspiring to get the revenge on the villagers now that the conflict had turned bloody. And with Tom Nook dead, another group of merchants were forming their own secret organization to take control of Shangri-La.