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Kinta stared mutely at the figure at the doorway, stunned that he was looking at his father after having lost contact with the man for the last two years. Now that he was there, in person, he had no idea what to say.

Toyama Osamu turned at the whispered address, the action being more of a reflex than anything. His eyes widened when they landed on Kinta-even with the longer hair, he could still recognize his son. However, this was not the time for dredging up family issues, so Kyuu took it upon himself to intervene.

"Toyama Osamu? I am Kyuu, a student of DDS. And this is Kinta, a classmate of mine."

Kinta turned to his friend with a raised eyebrow-why was he telling his father who he was?-when he caught Kyuu's eyes flickering to their interviewee, the secretary Akiyama-san, and back to him.

Oh. If she was the criminal, it would be bad if she leaned about their familial relationship. She might take one of them hostage so that the other would let her go. While she seemed relatively harmless, there had been some instances in the past where the criminal took advantage of their appearances to get away with their crimes.

Kyuu glanced at Toyama Osamu, who had also appeared to have figured it out. Hmm…it seemed that Kinta must have inherited the sharp instinct trait from him.

Toyama-san nodded at both of them. "It's nice to meet you both. Have you finished interviewing the suspect?"

Kyuu looked to Kinta, who nodded. He turned back, and replied, "Yes, for now." To Akiyama-san he said, "If we have any other questions later, we'll be back."

After the secretary nodded in acceptance, Kyuu, with Kinta trailing after him, joined Toyama-san in the hallway. As they silently made their way to their classmates, with the older Toyama leading the way, Kyuu shifted at the atmosphere between the father and son. As of now, there was more awkwardness than tension, but Kyuu wasn't really sure which was more preferable. He clapped a hand on Kinta's shoulder, squeezing his hand to give him some comfort.

Judging from the stiffness of the shoulder, it didn't work…He resisted the urge to the sigh. This case was complicated enough as is.

Kyuu almost smiled at the looks on his classmates' faces when Kinta's father introduced himself. Kinta himself sat by Kazuma, and Kyuu sat on his other side. He couldn't help but be thankful that they did, since it forced his father to sit opposite him (next to Megu and Ryuu), leaving him without the opportunity to talk to him.

"So," Kyuu cleared his throat. He had had enough of the awkward silence on his way to the room-he didn't want to go through it again in this room. "We need to have a look at the evidence. Has the cause of death been determined yet?"

"No," said Toyama-san. He looked uncomfortable as he said his next words. "We may need one or two of you to come in and help the coroners. Apparently, their best one retired a couple of days before the case opened, so they were shorthanded." He disliked having teenagers look at dead bodies at such a young age, but the case had to be closed. The death of the president had been covered by the media, and the chairman of the company was putting pressure on him and demanding answers.

Kyuu looked at his classmates, gauging their reactions. Megu disliked having to examine dead bodies, and Kazuma was better with computers than with corpses. Kinta looked like he would do anything to get away from having to talk to his father, but did that include going to the morgue? Probably not-Kinta would never admit it, but he was squeamish around dead bodies. Dead rats and spiders he could handle-he had been in part-time jobs that forced him to interact with them-but not human bodies. Based on these factors, Kyuu made his decision after exchanging a glance with Ryuu.

"Ryuu and I will go with you to take a look at the body. What about you, Kazuma, Kinta, and Megu?"

The three looked surprised at the fact that Kyuu and Ryuu were volunteering to go examine a corpse, but Kinta was also relieved. He answered, "I'll look at Akiyama-san's desk and the lobby for any evidence pertaining to our investigation."

Megu spoke up, saying, "Are you sure you want to go see the corpse, Kyuu? Won't that remind you of-"

Kyuu interrupted her before she could finish the question. "Of course I'll be fine. Thanks for your concern, but it's been two months since…that."

Megu looked hurt at the snappish retort, and Kyuu wished he could take the words back. However, he couldn't find it in himself to apologize just yet. Just because he had one panic attack didn't mean he was that weak!

Kazuma then said awkwardly, "I'll look at the meeting room and Kawamata's office. Maybe I'll find something."

Megu looked away from Kyuu, and said in a cold tone, "I guess I'll search Toyoda-san's office for clues."

Kyuu internally flinched at the tone, but said, "Okay, I guess we're done here, then. Class Q, move out!"

Somewhere in the shadows…

"So, the police chief is taking those two blasted DDS students with him, away from the crime scene?"

"Yes, it would seem so, my lord."

"Good. All is going according to plan. Morihiko Dan…I hope you witness this, the destruction of your precious Class Q."

Dark chuckles filled the air in anticipation of what was to come.