A: Last Chapter… I hope its good enough. coughican'twritelikeiusedtoanditstearingmeapartlikeilostapartofmysoulcough
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Heres the last part… I hope you guys like it.
Disclaimer: I don't own DDS… and the name Joe Shimamura which is from Cyborg 009, I don't own it either…
THE SECRET OF A PERFECT MURDER…
CHAPTER 8: The Perfect Murder
The whole studio stilled when the DDS walked up to the set. Many of them knew who and why they were there, and made no effort to disguise their anticipation for what they were about to say. Kyu breathed deeply and motioned the crew to stop filming… At once Ms Koura's voice snapped at them
"What is the meaning of this? Can't you people see we are filming here? This is no time to –" She stopped as Ryuu lifted his hand at her lightly.
"I believe this is more important then the series don't you?" he looked at her in his gentle way and she looked lost for words.
Joe was looking bewildered too.
"Maya was killed in front of more then a dozen witnesses and the killer was really clever to plan it like that. And also the murder weapon was missing too… the only 'real' witness was accused and then released because he passed the lie detector test. The case was handed to us, and after two days into investigating another victim appears… Aliie Suchihira, who seemingly tried to suicide after she wrote and admitted that she killed Maya..." Kyu explained "but it lacked proof… and we know she isn't the killer because Joe Shimamura is the actual killer…"
By this time everyone was edging way from Joe and he had completely blanched.
"What... what the hell?" he muttered through white lips…
"You did kill her" Ryuu said meeting his eyes in his normal calm way "we already know how you did it too… Also you're the only one with the motive" he paused to heighten the tension in the room "and you were clever enough to fool everyone but you didn't comprehend that someone would figure out your trick and confront you about it… but then again Aliie didn't want to turn you in, she just wanted to stay close to you."
The room was now absolutely quiet; everyone was hanging on Ryuu's every word by now. "But then you saw her being too friendly with us didn't you? You felt threatened that she'd tell on you that you drugged her and slit her wrists… made the fake suicide confession on the mirror and left her to die there" Ryuu's eyes flashed with anger but his face remained placid as always "… even though she herself tried to convince us that it was her before she passed out. She was forever loyal to you and you tried to kill her to save yourself"
"You can't prove it"
There was a unified gasp from the crowd as no one actually expected Joe to say those words. But it was certain now that he was the killer. His face was set with a harsh challenging look at Ryuu, who seemed oblivious to it but the rest of the inhabitants of the room felt the frosty aura behind it.
Kyu stepped forwards but Ryuu stood in his way "We can, we already did. We just need the police to come with the evidence"
"What are you talking about?" His voice was low now, "I passed the lie detector test. I did no-"
"Lie detectors aren't that reliable… and we watched you the other day while you were walking on the treadmill… when Masaki brought you her script…" Kyu interrupted him "you lied then… I was watching the pulse rate on the machine… it remained the same. And afterwards you threw the script away. I think this concludes that the lie detector isn't reliable on in your case."
The room remained in silence till the police arrived with the evidence of which Ryuu requested.
"Please observe" Ryuu told everyone after the police arranged a projector on the studio wall… he switched it on…It was the scene of the mob outside the Shimamura house on the day of Maya's killing...
"All this attention for just one punch?" the man said shrugging, some of the crowd laughed. Others edged closer to ask questions…
"Mr. Shimamura can you tell us about the fig-"
The sentence was never completed as a sudden scream pierced through the air, everyone froze…
"Maya?" Joe turned, and ran into the house… the crowd went hysterical.
Ryuu paused the video clip… "This is his trick; he let everyone believe Maya was attacked while he was outside but in reality he killed her after he rushed inside to apparently 'save' her"
"That's still not proof" Joe replied coldly, he wasn't showing his charming façade anymore… He just stood there arrogant and unyielding at the facts.
"Oh, but we have proof" Kyu piped up holding a movie disk in his hand. Joe's eyes narrowed dangerously at it. Kyu opened the DVD player and placed the disk in it. Ryuu played it.
The corridor was dark; her steps echoed tenfold every time she dared to move. Her breathing was quick and she was terrified…aiming the torch towards the opposing corner she moved slowly, trying to make as less noise as possible…
Something near her feet scampered, the noise made her jump back and hit a metallic ornament in the hallway…
CLANG!
In her fright she turned madly towards the sound then shining the torch at it she let out a reassured sigh and turned-
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH…………."
An ear shattering scream left her as the cloaked person who appeared in front of her plunged a knife into her that exact second.
Ryuu pressed the stop button and the screen went blank. The whole room was quiet now; everyone was shocked into silence by the second movie…
Both of the screams were identical…
"That was how you did the trick; you recorded her voice from an old movie of hers. It was an underground movie so you needn't worry about people connecting it to her. Also according to the people who rushed into the house that day; the TV was on. And the police even suggested that she was doing yoga while watching a tape… it would have been easy to record the sound on it without anyone noticing given your profession."
"Kyu?" then he stopped and looked at Kyu to explain the whole mystery out…
"From what I think…" Kyu said thoughtfully "… I think he didn't intend to kill Maya that day before the mob…." Joe suddenly looked slightly better then Kyu continued "… I think he wanted to kill her while he was supposed to be in Kyoto"
The room was suddenly filled with murmurings again. Only Ryuu looked like he knew what Kyu was talking about.
"You were supposed to be in Kyoto shooting for the week. Then you arrived in Tokyo late at night, found that Maya had gone clubbing and went after her. Despite keeping a low profile, you couldn't help attacking her harasser. Then blaming it all on Maya's alcoholism you took her home. You contemplated how to kill her before she's sober enough for the divorce proceedings, that was going to be held a few days later." Kyu let out a deep breath "But because of the spat in the bar; an audience is there. Your alibi was blown. But then if it was used as an advantage, you could still kill her and have an alibi. So you went to the studio, recorded her voice in the tape… you kept the murder weapon ready... disturbed the backyard so it looked like someone had trespassed. Then waited for her to do yoga… then at the precise cue, you went out to talk to the crowd, it was a few minutes… then the scream was heard, you ran inside to show the audience you were going to 'save' her."
Kyu looked at Joe with cold eyes that were unlike him "Maya would have been too shocked to react. You slit her throat, ran to the backdoor, smashed a window, hid the murder weapon and ran back and watched her die. By the time the crowd broke the gate and rushed inside you would have looked like a grieving husband holding his beloved wife."
"So there it is" Ryuu walked forwards and explained "it was a perfect murder and it was easy for you because you are a star of a detective series. You'd have found multiple ways to turn it way from you. But when you passed the lie detector test, complimentary to your acting skill might I add, you got careless… you thought no one could catch you but when Aliie showed up, you buttered her up, gave her a small role in the series, so you could keep an eye on her. But then we were assigned to investigate, and we grew close to her. So you thought that she'd betray you and made it look like she decided to suicide because of Ms Koura"
"YOU STILL HAVE NO PROOF!" Joe yelled abruptly. Half the room jumped, two policemen moved closer to him. But both Ryuu and Kyu looked back at him icily.
"On the country… we do" Kyu said coldly "That yoga tape was never recovered from your home, and you haven't been able to go there to destroy it. So it's all the proof we need"
"And your murder weapon was found in the small ridge between the doorway and the stepping stone, we'd never would have found it if we had not dug around it. A kitchen knife, the handle was broken off so it was more appropriate to slid it down the narrow ridge…"
Joe looked infuriated.
"We have proved it"
Both of them said simultaneously at Joe's pale face as it hardened like white marble. Obviously he didn't think he'd be bettered by two teenagers. He was still glaring at them while the police was taking him away. The crowd was still till Joe was taken out the room. The moment the door clicked, the crowd burst into a loud cheer and both of them suddenly felt embarrassed. There was a flurry of people who stepped forwards to congratulate the two young detectives, they looked at each other though smiling and spoke with their eyes…
'It was going to be a long day…'
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"I still can't believe how he did it" Kuniko was saying later while they were waiting for the taxi back to the DDS.
"It was easy when you figure out how he made his alibi" Saburamarou was saying. The younger two detectives were watching them with amused expressions when Ryuu's phone rang suddenly.
"Hello?" He spoke into the phone then he stilled suddenly "What?" his expression now was completely changed and the rest of them shut up and listened till he finally muttered a quick "I understand" and shut his phone.
"What is it Ryuu?"
Ryuu didn't answer but kept looking at his phone. Sure enough, after a few seconds his phone beeped thrice and he opened it to reveal the message…
Assemble at DDS ASAP.
The rest of class A and class Q has gone missing.
We are unable to communicate with them.
Prepare to depart to the Himuro.
Rest of the instructions will be given at DDS when you arrive.
Direct order from Principal Dan
Fin
It's another cliff hanger. I'll start writing the Himuro mystery in October or December depending on my schedule. I'll be writing a synopsis on the Himuro mystery and edit most of my old stories this month and resume the stuff I have inspiration on.
Sorry
I still have a lot on my 'to do' list so I am really sorry… Thanks to everyone who read. It's dedicated to you guys... Thank you!
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Yu chan XD