Haruka groaned inwardly when she awoke from her unconsciousness, wishing that this status would've lasted a little longer. As long as she had been unconscious, she hadn't felt the pain Barnes had inflicted to her. "How are you feeling?" a soft, well-known voice suddenly came. Haruka wanted to turn her head to look at the talker, but immediately regretted it: a hot flame of pain ran from her neck down her spine. "Don't move." The voice quickly spoke. Haruka just let out a little moan while she tried to figure out if all parts of her body still were where they belonged. Finally, the blonde was able to turn her head and found herself looking at Michiru, who eyed her concerned. "Miss Kaioh." Haruka managed to say. Michiru smiled at her and took her hand, carefully not to hurt her in any way. "Tell me, Haruka…how do you feel?" "Are you asking this as psychologist?" Haruka replied, smiling weakly. She was surprised, though, when Michiru replied: "No, as a friend. How do you feel?" "Terrible." Haruka finally admitted. "Tell me who did this to you." Michiru demanded, earning a sad glance from the blonde. "I can't." she finally said. "If I tell you, he'll…he'll hurt me again. Maybe he'll even kill me this time." "No, he won't. I promise." Michiru answered, gently squeezing the blondes hand. Haruka sighed and closed her eyes for a moment before she finally spoke. "Officer Barnes." "Okay. I'll make sure that he won't get near you again." Michiru promised. Haruka looked at her surprised. "Well…thank you." She then said, ignoring the aching pain in her ribs while she sat upright. "You're welcome, Haruka. Barnes had to vanish, what use would it have when I manage to free you and he kills you or something like that?" Haruka shrugged, but immediately regretted it and moaned in pain. Michiru sighed and rose from her chair. "I guess I'll let you rest now. Do you think that you'll be able to talk to me tomorrow?" Haruka nodded and let fall herself back into her original, lying position. Michiru smiled at her. "Good. I'll be back tomorrow, I promise." The blonde nodded again, already halfway in dreamland. Michiru gave her one last, loving look and finally left.
On her way back home from the prison, Michiru thought about how she could prove Harukas innocence. When she had told the blonde that she had evidence that showed her innocence at the first meeting, the aqua haired woman had not told the exact truth. There were some inconsistencies, as for example why Harukas fingerprints were on the letter opener Mizuki had been killed with, but not on the knife that had murdered Kimoshi, or why the footprint on the carpet had showed that Haruka had been running towards the desk, although Mizuki had been killed before Kimoshi and not after him. But Michiru knew that these facts were not enough to prevent Harukas death. All of a sudden, an idea hit her like a flash of lightening. "The security camera!" she cried out. "That's the solution!" The psychologist hit the break and performed a nice turn on the street, earning lots of honking and swears from the other drivers, before she stepped on the gas pedal again and drove to the building where Kimoshi and Mizuki had been murdered.
"That's the tape." The security guy informed Michiru while he handed the tape to her. "You can take it with you, it's not needed anymore." "Thanks." Michiru replied, smiling sweetly while she put the tape into her handbag. "Well…" the man suddenly started, earning an odd look from Michiru, "how about you repay the favor by going out with me?" Michiru had to fight the giggle that threatened to escape her when she replied: "No thanks. I already have somebody." "A little lie never hurt anyone." She thought to herself. "Oh." The guys face fell. "Well…thanks anyway." Michiru smiled at him before she left his office and hurried over to the home of one of her friends, a video freak named Jigen Daisuke.
"Here she enters…" Jigen spoke, while he stared at the screen. "It's crap that they don't have any date or time on their tapes." He finally murmured. "If anyone cut something out, it would be easier to notice." "But they do have a time and date option." Michiru replied, surprised. "I saw it on the screen there." Jigen frowned before he hit a few buttons on his keyboard. All of a sudden, time and date appeared on the screen, causing Michiru to smile. "They hid it." Jigen explained, grinning. "Why would somebody do something like that?" Michiru asked, frowning. "Rewind the tape once more, please." Jigen did as he had been told, and the two of them watched the tape again. They saw how Haruka walked towards the door, the clock showing 7:56 PM. The next scene showed the office' inside, the two corpses lying on the floor dead, Haruka standing next to Mizuki, the letter opener in her hands, with an expression of poor horror. This time, the clock read 9:43.
