"So, where will we start first?" I asked Merkurius. I was disappointed and some what excited at the same time.
"Kira said that the men's bathroom had been locked, there might be potential clues in there." Merkurius replied.
I looked at her. "Can you at least tell me what you think... about this..."
"I never got to meet with Kimichi properly." Merkurius implied. "But i am more surprised about a murder happening so fast... The killer must have a good reason to kill her off so quickly."
"I... I guess you're right..." I smiled weakly.
Merkurius opened the bathroom door. "This confirms the fact that someone was in here during the discovery of Kimichi's body."
"The person left after Kami tried to get in." She continued.
"Actually, that does make sense. Could it be the killer though?" I wondered.
"I am quite certain that the killer locked him / herself in here." Merkurius went inside the bathroom. I followed her in.
Inside the bathroom, there were muddy footsteps on the floor.
"Those are not your regular shoes." Merkurius crouched as she touched the footsteps.
"And the pattern... It's completely flat." I continued her sentence.
"Check the sinks if they have anything on them, i will check inside the actual bathrooms." Merkurius said as she rose up from the floor.
I checked the sinks, there was nothing on them.
Merkurius got out of the actual bathroom. "It does not seem that anything is here, we are ready to move on."
TRUTH BULLET ADDED: LOCKED MEN'S BATHROOM
We got out of the bathroom.
"Where do we go now?" I asked Merkurius.
She sighed. "Have you not noticed? I am disappointed in you..."
"Huh, what?" My face turned red.
"Look at the floor." Merkurius showed me 'cold shoulder'.
I looked at the floor.
There was a trail of muddy shoeprints.
The shoeprintss went from the men's bathroom to the stairs and from there to the library.
From the library they went to the kitchen and from there to the backyard.
From the backyard they went to the garden and from the garden to the main entrance.
The trail of shoeprints stopped at the front yards terrace.
It looked like someone had sneaked to the backyard as soon as they had exited the tavern.
"This has to be important!" I shouted as Merkurius stood there motionless.
"Oh... I see..." Merkurius brushed her front hair with her right arm. "This is a direct alibi proving that someone went through here."
"It is?" I asked.
"It is." Merkurius answered.
We saw Mitsuru walk out of the library, she must have been also investigating the shoeprints. "T-That pa-pattern looks o-odd..."
"I-I think tha-that i-i have se-seen it before..." She continued.
"Any idea then?" I asked her.
Mitsuru folded her arms. "I-I do h-have an idea bu-but i-i doubt i a-am right..."
"The one thing that makes you so unique and special, is not always the best thing." Merkurius looked at Mitsuru in the eyes. "But, i do not control how you think and act... yet. I need your theory to backup my own."
Mitsuru blushed instantly. "Y-You need my help?" Mitsuru smiled slightly. Her face looked like she had not heard those words in ages."Ah, yes, if you ask me, those look like some sort of sports shoes!"
"That will be useful for later, hahaa..." Merkurius chuckled evilly as she covered her face with her left hand.
TRUTH BULLET ADDED: UNKNOWN ALIBI, ODD SHOEPRINT'S
We got inside the tavern and went back to Kami's room.
Toril, Orachi, and Catty had promised to do an autopsy and investigate the room completely.
Toril was touching Kimichi's body in all sorts of places as we got in. She was mumbling something related to the picture she was holding.
Catty was looking at the floorboards as Orachi was laying against the wall with a carefree attitude.
"Hey, Toril, you done yet?" Orachi sighed.
"Quiet, i think i am getting an idea..." Toril hissed creepily. Her face was started to turn more insane the more she investigated her.
"TIYAHAHAHAH! YES, YES!" She laughed. "I did it, i did!
"Toril, what is so funny...?" Catty asked Toril shakily.
Toril raised her both hands in the hair and tilted her head upwards. "I solved how Kimichi was attacked! Well, why would anyone be surprised that i would solve it?"
"Mind telling me too?" I asked Toril.
"Of course, after all... It is our responsibility to solve this horrendous act..." Toril took out a notebook out of her pocket.
The notebook had names on it.
"Kiki, Rieki, Ko, Yamada, Takeshi..."
The list had all our names on it.
Toril listed Kimichi's name with a red pen.
"So you're keeping track of all the fatalities..." Merkurius pondered.
"Yes, i am. Every man or woman we lose is valuable. We don't even know what kind of enemy is awaiting for us." Toril smirked as she put the notebook back in her pocket.
"..." Orachi stayed quiet.
"Toril, what did you figure out then?" I asked her.
Toril glanced at Kimichi's remain for a moment. She sighed. "Kimichi had been attacked from behind, the position of the butterfly knife explains this."
"But this is not the clue what has me cornered..." She continued.
"Explain us." Merkurius asked seriously.
"If you are not a complete jackass, you can see that Kimichi's leg has been cut off, possibly with the axe." Toril stated. "But the mystery is the picture she had in her hands. Can anyone of you quickly recognize this other person?"
"Show me the photo." Orachi demanded quietly.
Orachi took the photo from Toril and looked at it. "Nope, not a single idea..."
"Let me try figuring it then." I commented.
"Yeah, j-just take it and make me look like a idiot..." Orachi pouted in the corner.
I looked at the photo. There was a outside cafeteria scenario on it. There were two people eating cheesecake. Other one was Kimichi, and the other one was an unknown person. The unknown person had an opened orange winter jacket on, underneath it being a grey striped shirt. He had broken winter boots, and brown hair. His right eye was covered by straight hair, and he wore black jeans. But the one thing that stood out, was his multi colored scarf what almost reached his knee. The scarf was square patterned with the colors orange, black, red, and hazel. He also wore grey, blue-ish skiing gloves.
TRUTH BULLETS ADDED: MYSTERIOUS PHOTO, TORIL'S AUTOPSY RESULTS, BUTTERFLY KNIFE, AXE
"Does anyone know who this person is?" I asked the people in the room.
Catty answered. "I would like to know who it is..."
"Check the other side." Toril said while investigating the butterfly knife.
I looked at the other side. There were four names written on it.
I read them all out loud. "Kimichi, Merkurius, Oskari, and Aoki? Who are these people?"
"We can only see Kimichi and possibly Oskari or Aoki in the picture." Merkurius stated. "But the person who has signed that picture is a liar."
"How so?" Catty questioned Merkurius with a confused look.
"I am honestly disappointed... I thought it was obvious." Merkurius tilted her head backwards. "Simple, i don't remember anything like this."
"But that is clearly signed by you! You filthy liar!" Orachi shouted as he pointed at Merkurius's face.
"Fighting does not solve anything for now!" Catty interrupted us. "For now, let us continue this investigation..."
TRUTH BULLET ADDED: MULTIPLE SIGNATURES
"Oh yeah, i almost forgot, did you find anything Catty?" Toril asked her.
Catty rubbed her chin. "Well, i did find out that there is a secret tunnel leading from Kami's room to some random old mines."
"Catty, want to go investigate the old mines with me? More the people, more the better." Toril suggested with a cheap smile.
Orachi leaned his back on the wall. "Hey, we done here tho? We still have time to investigate, we even have time to bring justice for the murderer!"
"But the real question is, did you miss anything? Every clue is important." Merkurius stated.
"I can confirm that we did not miss anything. In fact, we made a list of things that have to be checked." Toril said.
"Can you show me the list?" I asked Toril.
Toril gave me the list. "If everyone performed their tasks, this room should be completely investigated."
"I see..." I looked at the list. According to it, Toril did an autopsy on Kimichi, Orachi checked the room completely for anything hidden, and Catty investigated the secret passage, but not the mines.
"Quick question, who will go check the secret mines?" I asked everyone who was in the room.
"Well, i have the excitement to go explore them." Toril informed us.
Catty frowned and pushed her lips together. "But I want to go! And I think that my good luck would help too!"
"What about Orachi?" Merkurius asked the wannabe though guy who leaned against the wall.
"M-Me? I would only make this even a larger mess!" Orachi hesistated the idea of going to the mines.
Toril sighed. "If Orachi does not want to go, he won't go. Are you all idiots or something? You can't force a person to do something."
"What about this? Me, Merkurius, and Catty go explore." I suggested.
We all agreed on it and went to investigate more. Toril and Orachi said that they would go explore somewhere else. I, Merkurius, and Catty entered the secret tunnel. The tunnel was somewhat small, but you still could move in it. Merkurius reached the end and used the ladders left there to get down.
"Wait, ladders?" I thought.
TRUTH BULLET ADDED: LADDERS
We all entered the secret mines at last. The mines were moist and dark, i could feel cockroaches getting squished as i walked around to check if anything seemed suspicious.
"These mines, my outfit is ruined... Great, now i have to wash it..." Catty looked at the area with a disgusted look.
Merkurius sighed as she walked around. "Still the same... Nothing seems to have changed since I, Kira, and Orachi got here."
"Well, another new area to investigate." I let out a small and short laugh. The others did not react to it at all.
"Not funny." Catty looked at me seriously.
Merkurius covered her face with her open palm. "Now, let us begin... Let us investigate..."
We started our investigation. Merkurius separated us into three, even there were three of us. I started to investigate the two opened rooms as Merkurius headed to check out all the different tunnels near by the entry. Catty decided to stay with me and help my investigating. The area we were in had some pretty suspicious looking stuff, some of them looked like straight from a police show. Catty was following me around as i kneeled on everything that looked slightly suspicious. Merkurius was no where to be seen.
"So, Catty, how has your day been?" I showed Catty a friendly smile. "Besides.. All the... Horribleness..." My smile quickly changed into sadness.
Catty tilted her head a bit. "My day? I didn't think you would be interested in me..."
"Of course! You are such a natural person, no one hates you, or no likes insanely love you. You are the perfect balance in the middle!" I cheered.
Catty looked at me with a shocked face. "W-W-What!? Is that supposed to be a compliment? I-I thought you were nice and friendly, not a complete idiot like Yamada!"
"S-Sorry, i just meant to say that you are perfect the way you are!" I quickly raised my hands in the air with a defensive manner. "I just meant to say that you are a good person who blends in the masses..."
"Now you are just calling me a nobody! I feel so weak now... You don't even know who you are talking to!" Catty shouted.
My mind was going over nine thousand as i tried to think the best way to calm this situation. "I do know! You are Catty, The Ultimate Fashion Designer!"
"Y-You do know that... Obviously... But the fact that you said i blend in masses, that is just a straight discompliment!" Catty exclaimed. "And then... If you know me that well... I am sure you know my real name then..."
"Your real name, of course i know it!" I just told a load of bull crap in front of her, and people call me a fine charming gentleman... "It was... Umm... I know it, let me think..."
"Great job dumbass." I thought to myself.
"I'm just disappointed in you... And i thought i could tell you about it..." Catty showed me 'cold shoulder'.
"Catty, i'm so sorry, can you forgive me?" I asked her politely.
She stared at me for a moment. "... I can, but please, don't be like that to anyone else ever again."
"I promise." We both shared a smile to each others for a minute. We did not speak at all.
"I suppose we can start to investigate further?" Catty giggled cheerfully, possibly for the first time.
I chuckled. "Yeah, we can."
Catty started to roam around the area as i got inside the smaller room. Inside the room there was a small opened box. The box was made out of cardboard and there were some cushions for some reason. "Maybe some was kept in this box? Or maybe someone found a hidden box?" I thought to myself.
TRUTH BULLETS ADDED: SMALL HIDDEN ROOM, CARDBOARD BOX
THWUMP
I looked behind me and saw Catty laying in a pool of mud, her outfit was completely ruined.
"W-What?! Stupid rock, damn you!" Catty rose up from the mud pool and started to swipe off the mud from her outfit.
"You tripped down on a rock? Oh wow." I said in a sarcastic tune. "You sure do are clumbsy."
Catty breathed heavily as she shook her hands vigorously. "Y-You don't even know how expensive this outfit is!"
"Actually, i do know how much it costs. If i remember correctly, it was around 800€."
"Wait, dont tell me-"
"Yep, you did not take put the price tag." I grinned cheapily.
Catty gripped her dress and noticed the price tag. She ripped it off damaging her dress and threw it on the ground. "Oh... Sorry... I did not notice..."
"But thanks, because of you i just noticed an important clue." I smiled. "Accidents can make up to great things..."
"I did not not-" I pointed at the exact same rock Catty had tripped on later. She took the rock in her muddy hands. "This rock... It has scratch marks on it?"
I rubbed my chin. "I don't think its exactly scratch marks... But it looks like those marks came from a knife..."
TRUTH BULLET ADDED: SCRATCHED ROCK
"You're right, that's genius!" Catty covered her mouth in awe. "There's no way i could have not noticed that!"
I blushed. "T-Thanks, no need to say stuff like that."
"We only have to check the big room now and i think were clear then." I continued.
"S-Sorry Kami, i just forgot that my outfit is ruined! I need to get it cleaned!" Catty blushed awkwardly.
"Yeah, right, i'm done here anyways after i check the big room." I told her. "Hurry, run like there was a huge sale on your favorite store!"
Catty instantly started to run. Her blue hair flowed in the air as she ran as fast as possible. "She sure does run fast even though she does not look like it..." I thought to myself.
I decided to go check out the big room at last. Inside the room was a small bed, or if you could call it a bed. It was a simple mattress with a red pillow, nothing else. I could tell that the bed was just recently used, there was no dust at all on top of it.
TRUTH BULLETS ADDED: LARGE HIDDEN ROOM, RECENTLY USED BED
I stepped out of the room and looked around me. "It seems that there is nothing left here..."
I left the area and started to head towards the exit.
Time passed by.
I went past by the three section route. "I wonder where do those other three routes lead to..."
Finally i reached the outside world.
Merkurius was waiting for me in the entrance. "Kami, i saw Catty running, what happened?"
"So Catty did go through here..." I thought. "Well, her outfit got soake-"
"Of course i know that." Merkurius said in a sarcastic tune. "And how slow are you anyways? I did my own investigation while you were there, TWICE."
I sighed. "Good for you."
SQUEAK, STATIC
"Ahem, ahem, it is time for it!" The voice on the intercom turned on. "Yay, class trial time!"
"I wonder what will happen~" The voice cooed.
"Meet me up in the backyard! I suppose that it is time for a reveal, TIYAHAHAH!"
The voice blacked out.
Merkurius and I looked at each other for a moment.
"Lets go." Merkurius smiled under her mask.
This was it, this, was it.
It was time for it.
Our first class trial.
"I hope that the others have figured out something too..." Were my last thoughts before i grabbed Merkurius's arm and headed towards the despairful tavern.
There it is, the investigation!
I know that i rushed towards the end and we didn't see many characters, but hey, it was investigation ;)
The others were doing some prettyyyyyyy important findings.
So, yeah, you ready?
It is time for the first execution... Soon...
Place your bets on who the killer is!
Many people have called that Merkurius, Shintaro, or Yamada is the culprit.
(Here's a small treat: Alibis are extremely important in this murder)
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