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No, that is not how it happens! I did not …

Urghh! STOP MESSING WITH MY MEMORY!

SUBMIT!

Never! My name…My name is Shun Chihara…I am a Detective….Age...

[School]

Months passed by in a blink of the eyes. Haruto and I got back together after I explained to him what had happened.

Though he did not believe my words on the shadow world at first but I found a way regardless. If you want to know that badly, it involved tons of monsters and a lot of screaming by Haruto.

I never knew that he could break his old track records with a little motivation.

I walked past a group of girls chatting near the vending machines.

"Have you heard? A girl of class C was attacked."

"More like kidnap."

"But there wasn't any ransom sent, her belonging and valuable were still in her bag when they found her."

This caught my attention, naturally as I slide my coins into the vending machine and press for the green tea.

"The same case happened last year too; a girl was also attacked found in the same situation. Could it be, the same culprit attacked twice? Could we be in danger?"

"Don't scare me!"

"Sorry, maybe we should go back home together, safer in a pack."

The police and the school should be in a panic for such event to happen twice. Maybe I should investigate into this matter for the thrill of it.

I dropped by the student council room, hoping they had some information about the incident.

After all, I did save their hides and they could use more in the future.

"Good afternoon, Akari, my fair lady," I said to the first one that exited the room. Akari nearly jumped in surprise as she heard my voice and quickly shut me up by covering my mouth.

"What do you want? I told you not to call me that in school."

"Mm..m..m..m.." I pointed to her hand as I tried to speak.

"Oh, Sorry about that."

"I speak to you about the attack that happened recently. I'm curious about what evidences had you gathered?"

"There isn't much, her statement about the attack and the vague appearance of the man."

"May I take a look?"

"Only if you tell me this, how did you know I was the one walking out."

"Ah, your footsteps weights from the usual when you are thinking of matters." I explained with pointing at the background of the school. "The others are queuing up, buying bread from the famous vendor."

I wasted no time skimming through the information given to me.

"The girl, who was attacked last year?"

"No statement was given but I think the police had better luck, I think."

"Can you give me the pictures of the both girls?"

"What for?"

"A hunch, one that I must clarified immediately."

As she laid the two pictures on the table, my face hung a devilish smile. My hunch was correct, about the two girls that were attacked.

I thanked her again before leaving. I stopped before the door and turned around.

"One more. The comic by Gosho Aoyama, it sticking out from your hiding spot."

"Ahhh!"

"Good day, my fair lady."

[Police station]

"No, no, no, no"

That was the answer the inspector gave me as soon as I walked into the police station.

"Before you asked for anything, the answer is no. Even you are the son of the famous Crime scene investigator."

"Oh, well. Here I am offering partnership in solving the case. I guess you do not want a bonus for solving the case that is dearly needed."

One, two, three….

"Alright stop right there." The inspector raised his voice as he dragged me by the collar back to his office. "You should know that each word you say can be used against you."

His tone immediately changed as soon as he locked the door and offered me a cup of tea.

"How did you know…"

"That you needed a bonus? Your daughter birthday is coming up. Air tickets are expensive at this time of the year."

"80-20"

"100-none"

The inspector had a puzzled face before a smile hung on his face. "You are indeed your father's son. Seeking the mystery for the thrill."

"My father must not know about this."

"Absolutely."

"Let get back to business, we are working against time here." I passed down a list of things I needed to the inspector.

A copy was made, along with the pictures of the scene.

I read the statement of the girl that was attacked last year first.

Both describe the attack as sudden and without a sound made. Being dragged back by a weird force before passing out and found by the police on patrol.

None of them had any physical mark on their body when examine.

Next, I arranged the copies of the scene like a jigsaw puzzle.

Both were attacked at the same area, no single evidence found in the area.

Could it be that the attacks were made from….

My eyes squinted at the minor details within the pictures.

Mirrors, anything that could reflect oneself…

None

It looked like I needed to make a trip to the crime scene myself, on the other side.

"You will have your culprit."

"A single attacker did this? What is the reason for the attack?"

"That will be your job to find out. I will have your culprit soon enough. Now, the finishing acts of throwing me out?"

"That was certainly amusing to watch." Sherlock said as soon as I passed by the first mirror. "You certainly mature as a detective."

"I learnt from the best."

The crime scene was still heavily guarded. Going in from here would be certainly difficult without anyone rising suspicion.

Open areas without a place to hide, lights were bright enough to illuminate the shadows.

Both girls walked into this area around the same time and attacked by a mysterious figure.

As I rubbed my chin, thinking of the possibility, I heard cracking sound of glass coming from underneath my shoes.

"Shard of glass, green in colour." I squad down and looked at it. My eyes scanned the area and noticed a broken rice wine bottle beside the garbage.

The label faced the opposite side with the back facing the crime scene.