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**Author's Note- Hi! I'm sorry I couldn't update any sooner because I was busy for a long period of time. Now, here is Light Music and Classic Lierature: chapter 6!
Previously...
Oreki glared at him and turned back to his book, as the distressed light music club all the the same question: What are we going to do?
Suddenly, Chitanda clapped her hands. "This will be our new activity!" she announced happily. "The classic literature club will solve the light music club's mystery with the goal of catching the culprit!"
"Wait-" Oreki started to say when Mayaka interupted, "Good idea, Chii-chan! We can let Oreki use his brains for once!" She smirked.
"Wait a minute! I didn't agree to this yet!" Oreki scowled, feeling tired already from the thought of wasting his energy. He looked away, only to find all the light music club and Chitanda staring at his with pleading eyes.
"Please solve this mystery for us, Oreki-kun!" Azusa looked at him, worried.
"We promise to give you a cash reward!" Ritsu lied, trying to look innocent.
"My Gitah!" Yui cried out, still sobbing.
Chitanda got closer to him, staring at him with her shining purple eyes. "Oreki-san, who would do this? Why would they do it to the light music club? I'm curious!" He winced as she say her famous catchphrase.
Oreki looked at each member. From Azusa, to Ritsu, to Yui. Then, at Mio. Mio was still looking fearful,, but calmed down a bit. For a moment, she was silent. Finally, Mio quietly said to Oreki,
"I know that this is a big favor to ask, and you probably don't want to do it. But please, help us solve this mystery!"
She looked up at him, with her large, begging gray eyes. She wasn't asking in a forceful way like Chitanda, or in a persuasive way like Irisu-sempai. She was giving him a choice. But still, like Chitanda, there was no way that Oreki could refuse Mio. Finally, Oreki sighed.
"Let's go," he said grudgingly, standing up.
"Go where, Houtarou?" Satoshi asked, raising his eyebrow.
"To the scene of the crime."
Chitanda clapped her hands and Mio stood up and gratefully said, "Thank you so much!"
As the six girls ran through the door, Mayaka glanced at Oreki and gave him a triumphant smirk.
Then, once all the girls were out of sight, Satoshi, who was near the door asked, "Is this something you have to do, Houtarou? After all, your catchphrase is-"
"If I don't have to do it, I won't. If I have to do it, I'll make it quick," Oreki finished. Then he sighed. "I don't know.
Finally, once everyone was at the light music club's room, they took a look around. It was exactly as Mio described it. All lf the instruments had a creepy bunny doodle except for Mugi's missing keyboard. Oreki took a piece of his hair out of habit and stroked it. He glanced around the room and the door. Satoshi also took a look at Oreki, grinned, and said, "You're starting to figure something out, huh?"
He replied, "Maybe. It's just some small points, anyways."
"Why don't you sit down, Chitanda-sempai, Mayaka-sempai, Oreki-sempai, Fukube-sempai?" Azusa suggested.
Once they all sat down, Oreki started to explain.
"First of all, who would do this? To eliminate a larger group, let's start with a random student. So far, in the past hour, nobody knows about the light music club joining the classics club. For all they know, the light music club is only having a mini concert in the classics club, for who-knows-why. Only the clubs themselves know and the the teachers. So wouldn't you be taking a 50/50 chance of going to the clubroom, doodling all over, and stealing a keyboard, when the club might still be in? But what if they went to play the prank during the concert? That couldn't be likely either for one estimated reason. Let's say that the concert took about 15 minutes long. Since the concert was on the 1st floor, and the light music clubroom is the 2nd highest floor, walking up would take about 3 minutes. Then, doodling on 4 instruments would take about 10 minutes. And if you were taking a tea set and keyboard, it would take another 10 minutes to carry all of it down. If you do the math, it is obviously over 15 minutes, and you would be caught right away. So any student except for us would be eliminated. Next, the teachers. To take the teachers out of the suspect list is pretty simple, if not just a lucky guess. Why on earth would a teacher do that? There is obviously no point for a teacher to play a prank on a random club. Finally, there are 9 more suspects; the classicsclub, or the light music club themselves."
"What?!" Mayaka and Ritsu both cried out indignantly. "Why are we the suspects?"
"Why aren't you the suspects?" Mio retorted. "After all, anyone could be."
"Akiyama-san is right!" Chitanda agreed. "After the elimination process, any one of us can be the suspect."
"But who?" Oreki interrupted. "That's our main question."
"But how will we figure out who it is?" asked Azusa, awed by the detective. "TThis is just like a mystery novel!"
"My Gitah!" Yui continued sobbing loudly.
"First, let's start with Nakano-san. Why can't she be the suspect? For many reasons, that's why. First of all, Nakano-san respects her members/sempais too much to prank them. Secondly, why would she steal a keyboard when she plays a guitar? And third, to be blunt, Nakano-san is too short to be able to be able a keybaord with no problem."
"So I'm proven innocent?" Azusa asked hopefully.
"Unless there are any clues that leads to you, yes, you aren't the suspect." Azusa exhaled with relief.
"Wait a minute, what if she got help from someone else?" Chitanda pointed out, and Azusa turned to look at Oreki, hoping for a reply, and succeeding.
"That's true, but why and who would help a bad deed? Not any outsider, for sure nor any club member, if you had to draw on your instrument. So that also proves that this is only 1 person."
"Next, let's analyze Satoshi. Why can he be and why can't he? Well, Satoshi is strong enough to carry a piano, but for what reason? Where can he hide it? Why does he want a tea set? Why would he doodle? Well, because he didn't do it. After all, he doesn't have the key. So he is proven not guilty."
"Couldn't he have gotten the key from someone else?" Chitanda asked.
Satoshi smiled and joked, "Chitanda, are you trying to prove everyone guilty?"
Chitanda's eyes widened in surprise as she noticed she was retorting to everything Oreki said and quickly apologized, "I'm sorry! I didn't realized."
Oreki nodded and replied, "Chitanda is right. There is always that what if. What if Satoshi did get the key from someone else? But still, who would have the key to a club except for the members themselves and a teacher? Nobody will be willing to give him the key."
"Oh, I see," Chitanda realized the mistake.
"Now let's talk about Hirasawa-san. This one will be pretty obvious after a couple glances. Did she do it, or did she not?"
Mio immediately answered, "There's no possible way that Yui could do it. She loves Gitah to much to doodle on it. She's not even willing to cut the strings! Not to mention Yui would never take away the tea set since we always have tea during club times. And also the point that she isn't careful enough to carry a keyboard and tea set without dropping it and making a commotion."
They all stared at her and Mio turned away and blushed.
"Wow, who knew that Akiyama Mio was a detective!" exclaimed Ritsu teasingly.
"Amazing, Mio-sempai!" Azusa smiled.
"That was quick thinking, Akiyama-san!" Chitanda clapped her hands.
"Compared to that sloth, you are a quick thinker!" Mayaka said, annoying Oreki.
"Great job!" Satoshi gave a thumbs-up.
"Thank you for proving my innocence, Mio-chan!" Yui hugged her.
"It was kinda obvious, though," Mio mumbled, turning red from the attention.
Oreki nodded and continued, "Correct. Hirasawa-san definitely couldn't have done it. Next, Ibara. Ibara is a mangaka, which makes her capable of drawing anything, especially a creepy rabbit. But, after all the reasons for eliminating suspects, we can say the same for Ibara. She doesn't play the keyboard, she doesn't need a tea set, and she doesn't have a key, which makes her uncapable of doing it. Does everybody confirm?"
Everybody nodded.
"How about we do Akiyama-san next? After all, she can be the suspect since she is the first person to see the crime, right? But after some observations, the answer is pretty simple. So why can't Akiyama-san be the prankster, Tainaka-san?"
Ritsu laughed and said, "Because Akiyama-san is too scared to do something as bold as that, right?"
Mio turned red as Oreki nodded and said, "Correct. Now, let's move on to Chitanda. Are you the suspect, Chitanda?"
Chitanda thought for a while, and finally said, "Well, from my perspective, I know many people in this school, but they would never get me a key to a clubroom. Also, not trying to show off, I come from a wealthy family which means I don't have any reason to take a tea set or keyboard. So I am not the prankster either."
"Correct once again. Now, let's see about the last light music club member here, Tainaka-san. What would you say?"
"I am 100% innocent!" Ritsu announced, proudly.
"How do we know that? After all, you don't mind drawing on any instrument, whether it's your own or a friend. You are strong enough to carry down any thing while being quiet. Let's hear what everyone has to say, starting with Ibara."
Mayaka grudgingly nodded and said, "If you put it that way, it is possible."
Satoshi shrugged and said, "I agree. It is possible."
Azusa suspiciously nodded and said, "It does seem like something Ritsu-sempai would do."
"Why did you have to do it, Ritt-chan?! I thought you were my friend!" Yui cried out.
"Now wait a minute! Why are you putting the blame on me?!" Ritsu angrily said.
"What about you, Chitanda?" Oreki looked at her.
Chitanda looked down and said, "Somehow, I dont't feel like Tainaka-san did it."
Then, he looked at Mio. "Akiyama-san?"
Mio looked back at him and thought for a while. Finally, she replied, "Ritsu didn't do it."
"What?!" they all cried out.
"Think about it," she explained. "Yes, I have to agree that it seems like the kind of prank that Ritsu would do. But what would she do with a keyboard and tea set? When would she have time to get it? She can't. When I left to go to the clubroom, Ritsu was still in the classics clubroom. She couldn't have beat me to there, it would be impossible, right Oreki-kun?"
He nodded and gave a thumbs-up. "You are correct once again. Now, who else is left to analyze, Satoshi?"
Satoshi instantly replied, "The detective himself, of course!"
Oreki sat back and lazily said, "Now, it's your turn to decide for yourselves. Am I innocent or guily?"
One by one, they gave their answers.
"It's something you don't have to do, so I'll say you are innocent!" Satoshi grinned.
"It is obviously not the human sloth," Mayaka smirked.
"Oreki-san couldn't have done it since he was never in this clubroom before," Chitanda decided.
"Well, the culprit usually never tries to solve the case so I guess you are innocent?" Azusa questioned.
"I agree with everyone else!" Ritsu announced.
"I also agree!" Yui nodded in agreement.
"And I agree as well," Mio said smiling shyly.
"And that leaves one person left," Oreki said mysteriously.
"Who?!" they all asked.
"Think. We have eliminated Nakano-san, Satoshi, Hirasawa-san, Ibara, Akiyama-san, Chitanda, Tainaka-san, and me. Who is missing?" Oreki asked. "She should be waiting for us right now downstairs."
Suddenly, they all realized. The one person who wasn't there. The only absent one. Quickly, They all stood up and ran out the door, leaving Mio and Oreki alone.
"Well, shall we go?" Mio asked shyly standing up.
He nodded.
"Thank you for solving this mystery for us. We are all very graateful to you, Oreki-kun," Mio bowed down in graditude.
"Uh... it was nothing," Oreki looked away blushing a bit.
As they were talking in the room, Chitanda stood outside the door.
What is this feeling? she thought. Why am I feeling so angry and sad right now?
*Who is this mysterious culprit, waiting for them? You have to find out in chapter 7! I hope you enjoyed "Light Music and Classic Literature chapter 6!" Please R&R and stay tuned! :):):):):)
