Thanks for reviewing, Kaitou, desamontello12, and D C JoKeR H S! It was fun reading all of your deductions!

Kaitou: Sorry if the murder didn't seem clear! I was doing it on purpose because D C JoKeR H S was right about there being a red herring (or is there more than one?). But I am impressed that you picked up on a few of the clues that actually pertained , so good job!

desamontello12: …And it seems like the red herring(s) I threw onto the story confused you too. Sorry about that! I'll explain about the nameplates in this chapter. However, I'd like to clarify that in the last chapter, I meant to imply that the brochure looked like one of those health brochures. It wasn't necessarily about dieting. And about Minabuchi-san yelling, let's just say he was very upset. I hope all of these hints help you in figuring out who the culprit is.

D C JoKeR H S: Awesome! You picked up on the fact that there was at least one red herring in the story. But is it the correct one? You've got a well thought-out theory, though. Let's see if it's correct.

To my readers: Please read and review! I'd like to hear your thoughts, and I appreciate any feedback. Also, for anyone who is deducing the murderer, this will be your last chance to figure out who it is before Kyuu! And flamers, be warned: Romeo from Hiro Mashima's Fairy Tail will use your flames against you.

Disclaimer: I do not own Detective School Q. Amagi Seimaru, Sato Fumiya, and Animax do.

Taking off his glasses, Kazuma rubbed at his eyes wearily. After staring at the computer screen for what felt like hours, he was starting to get tunnel vision (which was saying something, since that was basically his life as a computer game creator). As soon as he put his vision enhancers back on, he blinked… and suddenly jumped in his seat at the bench in the gym's lobby. He had to flail about before regaining his balance.

Why? Because all four of his classmates were staring at him from behind the computer.

Kinta started laughing at his reaction. Megu and Ryuu were more polite as they hid their amused smiles, while Kyuu merely smiled at him sympathetically. "Are you okay?"

Kazuma was amazed that Kyuu didn't laugh along with Kinta (which he used to do sometimes if it didn't hurt anyone's feelings), but he hid it behind an exasperated sigh directed at Kinta. He wasn't really annoyed by Kinta's childish antics, although he wished he would stop laughing.

He nodded to Kyuu in response to his question, as Kinta's laughter started to wind down. Kazuma then asked, "So, did you guys find anything?"

He received four nods, and Megu spoke up first. "I found two things in the women's locker room. One, Yamaguchi-san's locker had a golden nameplate, and Kanegawa-san's had a silver one. Like how the Olympics hands out gold medals for first place, and silver for second. And Ryuu, didn't you sense some bitterness between Kanegawa-san?" Here, the blue-haired boy nodded and Megu continued. "So I was wondering if Kanegawa-san lost to Yamaguchi-san in some sort of competition?"

"And you want me to see if there were any news articles about that," Kazuma said in understanding. "What was the second thing?"

Megu held up a plastic evidence bag holding a bottle of pills. "These were a bottle of sleeping pills I found in Yamaguchi-san's locker. I made a phone call to her doctor, who confirmed that they were prescribed because Yamaguchi-san had had trouble sleeping lately. It looks like Minabuchi-san was telling the truth about her being more tired lately."

Everyone fell silent, thinking about the implications of Megu's findings. After a few moments, the silence was broken by Kinta.

"Actually, I think you might want to search for news articles about this, too," Kinta added, handing a plastic bag with what looked like a brochure inside to Kazuma. Kazuma stared at the title. "Is this-?"

"Yeah, a brochure describing how to deal with bullying. I found it under the bench press that Sugase-san was working out on."

"Why would he have one of those?" Kyuu asked. "He seemed so strong, when I saw him in that lounge."

"Just because he's strong now doesn't mean he was always strong…" Ryuu said, frowning as he thought about it. Kyuu gave him a strange look, although no one noticed.

"Yeah, I guess he could have been pretty scrawny and thin a few years ago," Kinta trailed off, his statement full of doubt.

Megu snapped her fingers. "Ah! Didn't he attend the same high school as Yamaguchi-san? Maybe there's a connection there?"

Kazuma nodded, adding it onto a digital list of news articles to search for. As he did so, Ryuu told them about finding the blood and hair on the metal rung leading to the diving board, and sending samples to the lab. When he finished, Megu frowned. "That's a strange place to find blood and hair…"

Ryuu nodded. "I'm thinking that that was what caused the blunt force trauma on the victim's head. So I am waiting on the results from the lab."

Everyone nodded in acceptance, and turned to Kyuu. The Class Q leader said, "I don't think the victim killed herself. When I asked Minabuchi-san if Yamaguchi-san was contemplating suicide, he denied it."

Ryuu watched him carefully. "Do you think he was lying so he could cover the fact that he was the murderer?"

"No," Kyuu shook his head. "He seemed to be the closest to her, of all the suspects. He was really convinced that she wasn't suicidal, and my gut says that he's right."

Ryuu and the others nodded in acceptance. Despite the fact that the police wouldn't accept this as evidence, they trusted Kyuu's instincts. After all, even before the kidnapping, they (about crimes, at least) were rarely off. Sometimes, they led to some amazing deductions.

Then, Kyuu continued. "Kazuma, do you think you could pull up the security footage? I saw that there was a security camera in the lounge, as well as one looking out into the parking lot. If Minabuchi-san is seen waiting in the lounge, then leaving at 9:30, we can prove that he didn't kill Yamaguchi-san."

Kazuma nodded, his eyes now trained on the security footage as the two different searches running on his laptop. When he looked up, Ryuu had left the room (to get the results from the lab without distracting him, Megu explained) as the other three stared at him expectantly. Kazuma rolled his eyes. "I'm a computer genius, not a miracle worker. Give me and my programs some time and space to work."

He smirked to himself as the others in the room raised their hands in surrender and backed off, deciding to keep themselves occupied for a few hours.