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The group rushed to the scene of the crime. Apparently the murder took place inside one of the many boy's lockers at the school gymnasium. The room was messy indeed, with many blood splatters several meters all around. This was met with gasps and even fainting with many of the female students that were drawn to the grim spectacle. Fortunately, the corpse had been removed and where the corpse would be was replaced with a white outline like any police unit would do.

John immediately took control of the situation. He signed, "Looks like a mess. Why do I have to get caught up in something like this? So who is in charge of investigation here?"

Miki mumbled to herself, "I'm just a poor student council member, why do I have to deal with things like this?"

Unknown to her, the rest of the trio Izumi and Risa were behind Miki, "Didn't we vote you to be responsible for investigation if a murder took place here?"

She turned around in surprise, "But you get all of the fun positions! Why can't I be in charge of the last bastion of humanity in Hakou if aliens invade?"

A sweat dropped down Hinagiku's brow, who was getting irritated to hear all this. "Last time I remembered there were no such duties in the student council! What are you guys up to?"

John remained unamused at the unfolding drama, "We are in the middle of an aftermath of a murder here. I'd like to finish things and get home. Let's get to solving it."

A finger pointed at Miki, "You, give me a profile and autopsy report of the victim."

Whispers and murmurs quickly spread around the female members of the crowd. "Wow, is a part time detective too?"

"That's awesome!"

"I think I'm in love even more now."

Miki regained her composure, "Alright... The victim is Daisuke Nakemura, aged 16. He was a 2nd year student here at Hakou Academy and a member of the basketball team. He was last seen talking to friends before going to the gymnasium to attend basketball practice. Usually comes here alone to practice early as usual, before he was murdered. Time of death, approximately 3:10 PM. Cause of death: Unknown, pending further investigation."

John thought for a moment, "Interesting, but the fact that we don't know the cause of death complicates things. Has a murder weapon been found?"

"No, not a single murder weapon was found. The body also has no sign of injury of any kind so we have no idea where the blood might have come from. We are currently running tests to see if the blood on the wall is indeed that of the murder victim."

John laughed, "This is certainly unusual, makes things more interesting. While we're waiting for more results to finalize, let's get to my favorite part shall we? The suspects."

"Objection!" Nagi yelled, interrupting his rather dangerous train of thought.

Hayate tried to hush her, "Mistress, we aren't in a courtroom right now."

She ignored her butler and continued on, "It's rather obvious who the killer is." Her finger pointed at John. "It's you! Why then would you take charge of everything yourself instead of letting the authorities handle it? So you could frame someone else while you, the true murderer would get away with it?"

John applauded at her sudden outburst, "Brilliant deduction there Miss Sanzenin. You're as smart as they say."

"So you admit to doing it?"

"Unfortunately, no. You would've successfully placed the blame on me there, but I have an alibi. At 3:10 PM and even before, I was in the clock tower with the student president. Isn't that right Miss President?"

Hinagiku sighed, "Sorry Nagi, but he was with me at that time."

John continued, "That was superb though. Perhaps you could help me on this investigation. Two heads are better than one after all. Now let me continue."

He turned to Miki, "Now, was the victim a successful or leading member of the basketball team?"

"Yeah, even though he is not the captain he led his team to victory many times and was made MVP in those matches."

"This is a case of jealousy then. Most likely suspect is a fellow basketball team member. Jealous of his success he murdered the victim here, likely a person on the sides, a substitute. Bring me the basketball team."

"I think that's going to be a problem."

Her words were true. Many minutes and difficulties later, the basketball team arrived at the scene.

John along with everyone else were shocked at the sight, "So... this is the basketball team?"

"Someone who looks like the captain stumbled forward and stood in John's face. "Yeah that's right. We're the basketball team." The odor of alcohol floated from his breath.

John tried to keep his composure, "So what do you know about the murder victim here?"

"Him? He works too hard. Always insisting to go practice early and never wants to come party with us before practice. Serves him right."

"Anyway. I believe that one of you murdered your teammate right here. I will give you once chance for any of you to confess."

Miki interrupted him, "I think there's a problem."

"What."

"All of them have alibis. They were all out drinking at the time of the murder. Cameras have picked all of them partying behind the gymnasium."

"They're even worse than Miss Katsura," Hayate thought.

John wiped a palm over his face, "Well that complicates things. Back to step one." He points at Nagi, "You, come with me. We're checking out the corpse."

"Hey! You can't address me like that." Nagi wasn't happy.

Hayate tried to calm her down, "It's best if we just go with him. Let's just ignore that."

The student council trio led them across the school to a rather secret looking building. "Introducing, the Hakou Academy Forensic Laboratory. Newly built, and never used until now."

Hinagiku suddenly shot up in anger, "You guys... so that's where our school council budget went."

"Oh yeah" Hayate thought of something, interrupting the beating that was taking place. "You bozos normally aren't known for intelligence, but why do you seem to know quite a lot about everything regarding this murder mystery?"

The trio were speechless, "Err... anyway. The murder victim should be inside." They walked to the expensive looking instruments. "This show might be watched by kids, so we can't show a dead body but we do have the results."

Miki pulled results from a machine. "The body of the victim suffered no external injuries, but there is an odd absence of the victim's soul, does this mean..." She gasped, "Shun Goku Satsu?"

Nagi was more surprised than the others, "Akuma was not here was he? But it makes sense right? In his quest for strong opponents, has he been here seeking butlers?"

John became more and more confused, "This is making less and less sense... Isn't all this Akuma stuff supposed to be fiction?"

Nagi continued, "We better check out where the victim died again."

Back at the boy's locker room, the group examined the room thoroughly. After John had given up due to everything slipping into the realm of fiction, Nagi took control of the investigation. "The blood splatters around the room are much fewer than we initially thought, and all the blood seems concentrated on the wall. If I am right then there should be the kanji for 'Ten' on the wall."

Hayate started to appear uneasy, "I don't think this is necessary, I think we should drop this fictional lead and investigate something with more scientific basis."

"There's nothing wrong Hayate, I'm about to solve this." She peered at the wall more closely. "How were we so blind before? The symbol is there, but yet is smudged due to blood flowing down due to gravity over time."

Izumi exclaimed, "Time to use this then!" She turns a measuring instrument on, "Good thing we have an instrument for measuring Evil Intent lying around."

Almost immediately, the expensive-looking instrument goes crazy, almost shaking out of Izumi's grip. "It's picking up something! It's very close too. It's pointing to... Hayate?"

The usually good-mannered butler bursts into maniacal laughter, "I almost thought I could get away with it. Splendid job indeed."

Out of everyone, the expression of shock and surprise on Nagi's face was the greatest. "Hayate?"

"Yes, in my effort to become stronger I've embraced the murderous intent to kill and learned many new Butler techniques," Hayate chuckled, "I needed someone to test them on, and this poor guy just happened to be there." An aura of evil filled the room.

"I've tried controlling this and so far I was able to control it in front of you, but it appears I'm losing control," Hayate said as his hair started to bleach white.

Nagi continued to cry out to Hayate. "Hayate, weren't you with us at the clock tower."

Hayate lost his evil expression for a moment, seemed like he didn't expect that. "Err... that is not important."

Hayate resumed his evil persona, "Now, who wants to be first? I have not seen the effects of this on a person yet. Ultimate Evil Butler Technique: Messatsu Gou..."

Before Hayate could finish charging the attack, Miki dropped her expression of fear and simply said, "That's enough, this mystery is solved."

The butler immediately went back to his old self, "I'm glad this is over. Sorry for threatening everyone."

John remained tense, "Weren't you about to kill everyone a moment ago?"

The student council trio began apologizing to everyone, "I guess we owe an explanation. You see, we had a murder mystery planned for today. Since we couldn't find anyone else willing at that time, we had Hayate pose as the murderer."

"So... all this was fake?"

"That's right. Oh yeah, about the prize. We had 2 detectives here, so who won the competition?"

John sighed, "So this was all nonsense, I'm leaving."

"I guess that leaves Nagi as the winner. Congratulations. The prize is a kiss from the president."

Hina yelled, "I'm not giving that to her! Who allowed you to plan this anyway!"

So ends another typical day at Hakou Academy.