Ryoma headed to the prison to see how his brother was doing while he waited for the answers to some of the tests that he had performed. His brother was probably fuming by now at all these accusations. It's not like Ryoma could guarantee that he was innocent, or even believe for a second that he was innocent, but Ryoma still could not let Rizaya suffer any more than was necessary. And this definitely did not count as necessary.

Ryoma didn't get too far however, before a female voice from behind was screaming at him,

"ECHIZEN RYOMA, HOW DARE YOU?!"

"—Megu… calm down, he was just doing his job, please, people are staring…"

"HOW CAN YOU EXPECT ME TO CALM DOWN?! HE PRACTICALLY RAPED THAT WOMAN!!"

Oh God, Ryoma thought. There goes his revenge coming to bite him right back in the ass. By now every pedestrian, shop owner, and person inside their apartment had come outside and was staring with confusion, wonder, and disgust at the screaming high school girl with a cowardly boy trying to preserve his ears and face. If there was anything Ryoma hated more than fan girls and nosy people it would probably have to be this.

In response to survival instinct Ryoma quickly ran up to Megumi and smothering her mouth with his hand attempted meagerly to carry her to an emptier street with Kyu's help. After many bruises and humiliations he managed to get her away from everybody looking away from cell phone cameras.

"What the hell did you think you were doing?" Ryoma hissed pushing the pink haired girl to the floor. "I wouldn't be surprised if I show up on the news tomorrow!"

"Excuse me? How can you say what I did was bad when you raped a dead girl's body?!"

"Rape? Sorry girl, but I'm no necrophile," Contrary to popular belief among his classmates, Ryoma truly did prefer life. He just was in a better mood when people let him figure out what hurt them without moving or talking. "Where did you hear that bull?"

"It's all over school! You did it in front of the D Class students!" Megumi retaliated indignantly.

"I took a swab to test for any particles that I couldn't see. That's all. I don't know what else you heard, but it's not true. Understood?"

"Yes sir," said Megumi mockingly, picking herself off the floor. Ryoma sighed with relief and asked Kyu what time it was.



"Almost 5 o clock,"

"Shit!" so much for paying a visit to his brother.

--

"Should we notify the police?" Oishi asked again for the fiftieth time in two days.

"Echizen said he wasn't willing to help so there's no real point," Kaido answered.

"I don't care. Genius billionaire, or whatever that brat is, he should learn some respect!" Momo exclaimed standing up, "Even if I have to teach him myself."

"Momo!" Fuji shouted and paused, rethinking, "Let me come with you."

Oh Tezuka, Sumire shook her head. If only you could see what catastrophe your team is turning into now.

--

Ryoma took his time walking back to the lab. After all, the results weren't going anywhere. Megumi, Kyu, and the rest of them had decided to go back to their meeting room to discuss some other puzzles or detective things that Ryoma didn't care about.

He was being followed, if that woman in a blue dress behind him wasn't a clue. Nanami really needed to learn a lesson. Ryoma broke into a run purposely bumping into people so that the cross-dresser couldn't follow him.

"Echizen-sensei, we found something in her vagina," a doctor told him when he came in. "It appears to be semen."

"So she was raped."

"Not necessarily. There isn't any trauma or bruises in her nether regions."

"So she must have a boyfriend or be a prostitute. Now the tough part is searching her home."

"Woa, that's not my territory. Or yours. Better leave that to the detectives," he warned.

"Good thing I have connections then." Ryoma sounded way more confident than he felt. After the way he screwed Megumi, he'd be lucky if she ever granted him permission to see another crime scene. Ryoma liked to know what's going on. That way he could prepare for being sued by whoever decided what he did was "immoral" or "wrong". Not knowing what was happening was as good as being blind and Ryoma hated being blind.

Ryoma gulped. I guess it's begging time.

--

"Please! It might lead to who killed her!"

"Ryu, please, there's a chance!" Kyu protested on Ryoma side and Ryoma was almost grateful.

"No, no way. There's no way I can get this through Hongo," Ryu stated calmly. "I don't trust you."

Ryoma opened his mouth then closed it again. "This isn't about personal feelings; it's about solving a murder. And I have something that can help."

"This isn't about you, isn't it? This is about what I and every other person in this room but you think. You see, Ryoma, your job is to examine all the bodies that the Tokyo police department and DDS gives you. It's Kazuma's job to dissect computers. Got it or not?"

Ryoma remained speechless. I know I've seen that face somewhere.

"Fine you win. Give me the results when you're done." Ryoma hated losing more than being tortured by the Taliban.

Kyu came up to him and apologized sheepishly. Ryoma punched a hole through the wall.

--

The following week Class Q and Ryoma got together again to discuss the results. Ryoma would have rather had an email or just give the results to some random assistant and tell them to get back to him, but he didn't get his way. Ryoma was noticing that he was being overruled more and more often.

"She exchanged emails with a 'Kunimistu Tezuka'," Ryu stated.

"There's a Tezuka in Seishun Gakuen," Ryoma stated.

"I'll ask Sensei if one of us can go investigate." By "us" Ryoma knew that Ryu meant the detectives. Ryoma had no say in anything. Oh, they'll see who's in charge.

"Do you think the semen is his?"

"Good chance."

"Alright then," Ryoma stood up with finality, "I guess this discussion is over."