Yup! I'm finally updating, to the one who followed the story, please reread Chapter 1 because I changed some of the ideas. Thank you, please review and no flames accepted!

Chapter 2- The Case at an Apartment part 1

Q class finally arrived at the location, the apartment building was fairly new and it was built right across from an abandoned building. The street where the corpse of Kachiko Mahoru was found, got blocked by the police cars.

An inspector who was in charge of the case saw the students and walked toward them, "Oh DDS students, I'm glad you have come to help us."

"No problem, we would glad that we could help." Kyu said, shaking the inspector's hand.

The inspector led Q class to the area of the murder scene. At the site, they ducked under the yellow tape, the body was removed and got replaced by the chalk outline.

"The victim is Kachiko Mahoru, 24 years old and a person found her outside around 2 am. The cause of her death is the blunt force injury on the back of her head. According to the coroner, she died between 11:30 pm to 12:00 am. Another information is that she drank some sort of alcohol before she died," The inspector explained about the case.

After the inspector finished explaining, Kyu observed the position of the body on the ground and looked above at the window from the victim's room, at the 4th floor.

"Huh? That is strange, how come the body is facing toward the building instead of facing away?" Kyu said.

Kinta was confused of what Kyu just said, "Wait, what do you mean, Kyu?"

"Kinta, if you were the one who jumped out of the window, what direction are you facing?" Mitsuki said.

"Ah! I get the point now! So...could she be murdered?" Kinta exclaimed.

"Or...she could jumped from that building over there," Kazuma said as he pointed at the abandoned building.

"Who are the suspects, inspector?" Ryu asked the inspector.

"Well, there are 2 suspects who arrived at the crime scene and claimed that they know the victim. The first one is her friend, Hideyaki Riku and the second one is Reiji Minamoto, another friend of Mahoru-san."

"Alright, can we see the suspects?" asked Kyu.

"Sure."

The students followed the inspector who led them to where the suspects were. There they saw Reiji Minamoto, who was crying emotionally that the police had to calm her down and Hideyaki Riku, who was busy talking on his phone and it seemed that the conversation has turned into a heated argument. Now Class Q splitted into two group to question the two suspects, Kyu, Megu, and Mitsuki will talk to Riku-san and Kinta, Kazuma, and Ryu will be with Minamoto-san.

Hideyaki Riku was still busy talking on the phone and he didn't seem to notice the students. They were wondering what the argument was about, that made the guy so mad.

"Anou…Riku-san," Megu interrupted.

"Huh? Oh sorry." He abruptly turned off his phone.

"We're sorry to interrupt your conversation, but we need to ask you some stuff related to the case." Kyu said, "Uhm, first off, who are you talking to on the phone?"

Riku-san changed his tone suddenly, "Oh, I was talking to that obnoxious editor-in-chief, it's just a few disagreements on the week's newspaper."

"Oh okay, do Mahoru-san worked with you before?" Kyu asked.

He nodded in return, "She worked in the same company with me a few years ago, but then she had quitted after that because she decided to become a novelist."

"What were you doing last night from 11:30 pm to 12:00 am?" Mitsuki inquired.

"I was staying in my house at that time." answered Riku-san

"Is there anyone who could prove that you were in your house?" Megu asked.

The man sighed, "No, I'm afraid not."

"May I ask, what time did you arrived at the crime scene and why?" questioned Mitsuki.

"I arrived at 5:30 am because I wanted to return the novel that she asked me to look over, but when I arrived, the police said she was already dead." He frowned.

"Thank you for your help, Riku-san" Kyu said and jotted down a few notes on his notepad, Riku-san walked away and continued to talk with his editor-in-chief on the phone. It seemed to the three students that Hideyaki Riku wasn't a bad guy at all.

Meanwhile, Ryu, Kinta, and Kazuma were sitting in the guest waiting room in the apartment building with the next suspect, Reiji Minamoto, who was still weeping over the death of her friend.

"Hello Minamoto-san, we would like to ask you some questions about the case, is that okay?" Ryu asked as he offered her his handkerchief to wipe her tears.

"Thank you." Minamoto-san gently grabbed the handkerchief and wipe off her tears. "Go ahead and ask."

"So you and Mahoru-san were best friends right?" Ryu asked.

Minamoto-san nodded, "Yes…I know her since preschool and we worked together in the same company. Even though she had resigned from the company a few years ago, we still contact each other and I help her with the novel."

"Oh okay, so…what were you doing last night from 11:30 pm to 12 am?"

"I was at one of my friend's house drinking."

"And who is the friend?" asked Kinta

"Mamichi Tanaka." answered Minamoto-san

"Why did you arrived at the crime scene this morning?" Kazuma asked.

Minamoto sniffled, "We scheduled to go out for breakfast at 6….but…but, when I come…" Tears trickled down her face again and the students decided to stop, until she had finally calm down.

Both alibis are perfect, could this possibly be a suicide?

I know, this chapter has too many grammar mistakes, I have tried to fix many as possible. Anyway, review!

Next chapter- The Case at An Apartment part 2