The halls were completely empty. It just so happens that the only person they could find on the whole floor was the clerk in the gift shop.
"How can I help you?" The woman asked.
"I need to know if Len Kagamine left the museum. Do you happen to know?" Detective Kasane asked.
"Oh, I'm sorry but he left about 7 minutes ago to who knows where." The woman informed.
"Thanks for your time," Teto read the nametag on the woman's chest, "Neru."
And with that, the Detective and her assistants left the museum.
Defoko sighed. "Where're we going now, Detective?"
"The only place we can go: City Hall. I'm going to request to speak with the contractor and we'll see who signed the legal contract for this tourist attraction."
"Uhm, Teto, don't you think you're going a little over board on this? I mean, they're just building a parking lot." Momo questioned.
"And are sure you even want to help these people? Rin, Len, Luka…?" Defoko added.
Teto just walked faster. "We took an oath to solve every case that comes our way. The fact that I don't like these people doesn't matter, that crook is still out there. As long as he or she is, I refuse to give up! And besides, I already kissed Len, so it's too late to quit."
The two girls shrugged and ran after DK.
"Hello, Ladies. Is there any way I can help you?" The blue haired man asked.
They all shook hands.
"Well, since you asked, my name is Detective Kasane. Right now, I'm in the middle of an important investigation and it has led me to this location. You are in charge of all the construction in the area, so I need to know who is about to build that new tourist attraction." Teto explained.
"You mean the parking lot?"
"Parking lots are nice!" Defoko yelled. Momo and Teto nodded in agreement.
"Kaito," The Detective said, making use of the man's name tag, "this case could cost us the life of a shota and a museum full of art and jewelry."
The constructor hesitated. "I'm going to need to see some ID."
All three of the girls pulled out their leather wallets that contained their badges and ID's. Sighing, Kaito walked into the File Storage Room and brought out a folder labeled Vocaloid Museum of Art and Jewelry Contract.
Teto paid close attention to that label. After carefully taking the deed to the museum out of the folder, the Detective's eyes drop down right to the signatures at the bottom.
"What does it say?" Momo asked.
She was quiet for a moment. "I don't know; the writing is too sloppy. Kaito, I need to know what this person looked like." Teto demanded.
"I didn't see his face, I'm sorry." He apologized.
"But it was a man?" Defoko asked.
"That, I don't know either. The guy had his hood over his face too far me to catch a glimpse." Kaito answered.
Momo sighed. "Well this didn't help us get further in our quest, did it?"
"Don't speak to soon, Momo. I can just barely make out part of the signature. It says 'Uta'… Something about Uta." Teto announced.
"It couldn't be Utatane Piko, could it?" Momo asked.
Detective Kasane's head shot up. "That's it! Utatane Piko! That's our guy!" Her eyes swiftly scanned the rest of the contract.
"This means he's now a suspect, right?" Defoko questioned.
"That is exactly right, Defo. It says here that if the owners are not able to pay tax for this museum every month, than the rights to this ground can become his or hers! Business that the VMOAAJ is being drawn in with the Banana Crystal-"
"-Jewel." Momo and Defoko corrected.
"-Banana Jewel! No banana means no business. No business means taxes can't be paid. No taxes being paid means that the rights to the museum will go to Utatane! He could have stolen the jewel! Which…"
"…Makes him our 3rd suspect." Momo and Defoko finished.
Teto nodded her head.