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Kyuu, Ryuu, Kazuma, and Kinta were all gathered in the makeshift lab where Kazuma and Kinta had done their analyses of the evidence. Kinta, Kyuu, and Ryuu had just finished exchanging theories and findings with one another, while Kazuma recently returned after having excused himself to ask a few questions to the suspects. After he relayed the suspects' responses to the group, Kyuu leaned back against the wall, arms crossed. "So that's how it is. Well, now we know who our poisoner is."

"But what do we do about the missing container?" Kazuma frowned. Without it, their suspect would get away scot-free.

"Since we didn't find it anywhere at the crime scene, we can only assume Megu found it," Ryuu surmised.

"Hopefully the kidnapper didn't take it away from her…" Kinta remarked.

"Even if they did, Megu will find a way to get it back and return to us. I know it," said Kyuu, his belief in her evident in his tone.

His classmates smiled, nodding at the truth in his words.

Everyone, ranging from Toyama Osamu to his subordinates (including Nakada-san) to the suspects, were gathered in the meeting room.

"So, Class Q. Have you figured out who killed Enoki-san?" asked Toyama-san.

"Ah. There are three hints," replied Kyuu. Before he could continue, he was interrupted.

"Killed? You mean, it wasn't suicide?"

"No, we found cause of death to be strychnine poisoning," explained Kazuma. "If he wanted to commit suicide, he would have chosen a less complicated way to kill himself."

"But wouldn't I have noticed signs of it when I looked up from the desk?" questioned Akiyama-san.

"Yes, but when we tested the concentration of the strychnine we found in a water bottle that he had left behind, it was very high, meaning that it would have been a quick death. He would only have felt severe stomach pains if he hadn't fallen unconscious first," said Ryuu. "That was the first hint."

"Unconscious? I thought he just fell asleep…" Akiyama-san gasped in surprise.

"And you think one of us killed him?" asked Kawamata-san, her glasses hiding her eyes.

"Ah. This leads to our second hint-the phone records. When we reviewed them, we noticed that you had a ten minute call, which most likely happened during a break between meetings, some of which involved Enoki-san, and some of which did not. With that phone call, you could have conspired with an accomplice to put the poison into the bottle minutes before his death," said Kyuu.

"However, Akiyama-san and Toyoda-san also had the opportunity to put the poison into the bottle. Both were doing their work on their own, and could have slipped into the lobby among the crowds going in and out minutes before Enoki-san's death," explained Kinta.

"So any one of you had the opportunity to kill him," concluded Ryuu. "However, not everyone had the motive to do so."

"Kawamata-san, if Enoki-san died, you would have been a prime candidate for his position. When I first interviewed you, you admitted to me that you disliked the way he had handled the company," Kazuma pointed out.

"As far as we knew, as someone fairly new to the company, Toyoda-san was one of the only ones in the company who didn't have a motive to kill Enoki-san," said Ryuu.

"Neither did I!" Akiyama-san said indignantly.

"Really?" said Kinta, as he raised an eyebrow. "When I was interrogating you, you mentioned Enoki-san's father, and how much you disliked him."

"So? Just because I disliked Enoki-san's father, didn't mean I felt the same way about his son!" Akiyama-san retorted.

"Well, when I was piecing together some of this shredded paper that we found in the meeting room, I found something interesting, which turned out to be our third hint. You see, I found the remnants of an old newspaper. With Kazuma's help, I found the original article online, and it mentioned that there were accusations against Enoki-san's father, surrounding his mistreatment of the lower level employees," said Kinta.

"What? That wasn't true-the accusations were dismissed due to lack of evidence!" defended Kawamata-san, who looked gobsmacked.

"No, it was because he bribed the accusers! As if money could fix everything. And even after that scandal, he continued mistreating me and the others for years. How is that fair?!"

"And you were afraid that Enoki-san would turn out like his father. Like father, like son, right?"

"…" Akiyama-san didn't deny it. "But how would I have snuck in the poison? The security guards would have noticed if I was carrying a large bottle of strychnine with me."

The four DDS students looked at each other uncertainly. This was it-the point that could invalidate their reasoning for the whole case.

"You would have had to carry a small container with you," offered Kazuma.

"Like a contacts lens case? I overheard one of the police officers talking about it."

Toyama-san shot a knowing glare at Nakada-san, who suddenly looked sheepish.

"Yes, it's true that we found a contacts lens case in Kawamata-san's jacket. However, when Kazuma asked her why she had it even though she had glasses…" said Ryuu. Everyone turned to Kawamata-san with curious looks.

"I lost them, okay! I had to use my glasses so that I could see," snapped Kawamata-san, the social pressure getting to her. During her exclamation, no one heard the door quietly open.

"We found this to be true when we consulted her optician," said Kazuma. "This left you as our main suspect."

"But other than the contact lens case, you couldn't find a small container on the scene of the crime, could you? So how could I have killed Enoki-san?"

"With this."

At the familiar voice, the four male DDS students' heads snapped up. That was…!

Sure enough, Megu was standing in the doorway, looking somewhat bruised but otherwise unharmed. She was holding up a clear evidence bag, with what looked like a pill capsule inside.

Kyuu couldn't contain his smile of relief. Turning to Akiyama-san, he said, "After you put the poison into the bottle, you would only have minutes between Enoki-san drinking the water and him dying before you "discovered" his death. So you ran into Toyoda-san's room, which was the closest to the lobby, and planted the evidence there. However, I doubt that you would have had the time to wipe off your fingerprints. When we send this to the lab, will we find them on this capsule?"

"…Very well. I'll tell you what I know," Akiyama-san murmured, her shoulders slumped in defeat.

So, were your predictions of who the criminal right?