Ken was outside Mitsu's room, police had arrived, they already took her body to post–mortem, he stand outside eavesdropping the police talks with Hitoshi who were interrogating everyone, Mira and others were on their room.
After an hour of deep and intense interrogation Hitoshi came out of the interrogation room looking tired, and sighed. Ken approach him and he tilt his head towards him. ''What are you staring at?" He asked, Ken look around and leaned in.
''Can you tell me everything in detail'' he whispered, Hitoshi blink, but he take out a notebook and hand it to Ken. He blink and take the notebook from Hitoshi and opens it.
It was revealed that Mitsu was fired a week ago from her job because she messed up an important contract, after that, on that same night her boyfriend broke up with her and her parents were strict, too strict,. So she was thrown out of the house. She lived with Kazuya for a week now, still searching for a new job and deep in depression,stress and social anxiety, Renji sometimes visited her. When Kazuya was getting interrogated, she also said that Mitsu tried to suicide once by hanging herself, she and Renji somehow stopped her, Renji gave the same answer as Kazuya gave but there was something really weird in Renji's claim. Haida never knew about Mitsu's situation, so did Hitoshi, so in conclusion, Haida Mika was out of the suspect list. Mitsu looked happy and cheerful last night, Kazuya said that when people have no hope left they became happy before suicide, Mitsu did the same, looking all happy and no care for anything in the world, she suicided.
''And that's all'' Ken said, in a circle by his friends, Mira was deep in thought. Chiho was silently sobbing. ''Also Kazuya talked with her an hour ago and she died like two hours ago''
''I don't think that's the case'' Mira finally said, everyone turns to her, she held out a finger and point it on her head. ''it was beside her forehead where she shot herself, it is always beside the head when someone shot themselves'' everyone gasp in realisation, Ken too was stunned. ''Also if she shot herself beside her forehead, there should be a trace of gun powder and burns''.
He nodded and turn his head to Hitoshi, Haida, Kazuya and Renji in the distance. He stared at them intently and place a hand on his chin. 'Now it's getting more interesting' he thought, with a amused smile on his face.
A while later, he and Mira were outside Mitsu's room, they weren't allowed to enter inside but they scanned the room from outside. Mira look around the corner of the room from outside, her eyes landed on a bird outside the window. Ken eyes too landed on the birds and then his eye went to the window. It was big enough to let a person come in and out and the tiles have enough space to even run.
The answer of the murder was near but still not enough to prove it. In the hallway, on the employees room, the employee who saw Mitsu's corpse was still deep in trauma, Just then, Ken entered he look around and his eye landed on the employee, he approach her.
''Hey, can I ask you something?" He asked, the employee gave a slight nod even while being traumatized. ''Can you tell me, was the door locked when you came to Mitsu's room?'' he asked, the employee thought for a moment and nodded. 'Okay, now I have prove, but still. The police said, Kazuya talked to her an hour ago before her body was founded' he thought, walking in the hallway, Chiho creeped behind him.
''Brother have you solve it!?'' she asked, Ken smirk and gave a pat to her head.
''No, but I'm gonna solve it!!'' he declared, bumping his first to his hand. He walk with her to the hallway and stop by a hot spring male section.
Inside, Haida and Renji were inside the bath, tired of all the chaos, Hitoshi was on Mitsu's room, still investigating. ''Too tired...'' Haida muttered, Ken was walking past the bath and his mind tinged, alll were now solved, the murder, the way the killer did it and who was the murderer.
''Chiho, call everyone to Mitsu's room'' he said, Chiho gave a salute and left the place leaving Ken alone, he had a smile on his face.
The sun was starting to set and everyone even the cops and detectives were there, Hitoshi and Renji sat in her bed. While everyone stand outside the room, the employee that first saw Mitsu's corpse was outside, trembled and mumbling supported by others.
''Why did you call us all?'' Renji asked, Ken grinned and walk to the window and opened it, Hitoshi stared intently sweat creeping down his neck.
''So, I'll tell you how did Mitsu got murdered'' he said, everyone gulped, feeling a chill running down their spine. ''So the killer did this...''
First the killer went inside her room and shot her and escape throught the window, locking the window from inside and handing the gun to her hand after he shot her.
''But still that doesn't explain Kazuya's claim!'' Hitoshi yelled, Ken gave a sharp stare at him and he sweat a little.
''yeah, but if you see it like this...''
She was first force to do something that made her body stiff. for example, table tennis, it made her body to sweat and go stiff in no time due to the fast moving and in that way he made her death to seem like she suicided 2 hours ago.
'' But that's impossible!! We were at the table tennis room the whole time!!" Renji claimed, everyone stare at each other.
''Yeah, but if you think about it, there was another way that the killer did it, he played table tennis in her room'' Ken pointed out, taking a few notebook and a yukata from the closet and then he push the closet on the floor making a board to play a table tennis. ''See, she was wearing oversized yukata like it was changed. The killer did it, he changed her clothes and wipe her sweat leaving no trace that it was a murder, also if you look closely you can see a sign of the closet being moved from itls place, but he forgot. He shot her beside her forehead not beside the head'' he said, throwing the clothes to Hitoshi who was now sweating furiously.
''And the only one to do that, who had the time was Hitoshi nobi!!" Ken declared, pointing his finger to him, everyone looked at Hitoshi in disbelief, he was sweating bucket and trembling. '' You've gone toilet more than 3 times, when we were playing right ''
''B-but h-how can i d-do that without anyone hea-hearing the gun being fired!" Hitoshi tried to deny but Ken put a hand to his shoulder and takes out a glove from his pocket. Hitoshi went pale after seeing the glove in Ken's hand.
''Mira found it'' Ken said, Mira smirk on the side, other cops were now recording the whole scene. ''If you check this glove you can find a trace of gun powder and about the sound of firing, it's simple. You used silencer'' Hitoshi stood up from his place and grab Ken by the collar.
''You're just a brat, don't act like a professional!!!" He yelled, Ken grab his hand and starts to grip it tightly, Hitoshi tried to maintain his cool but he eventually fall to the ground, due to intense pain.
''Talking about professionalism, why did you said that she died before i could even approach her?'' Ken asked, Hitoshi took a eyes went wide in regret and dread, the police grab him from behind and knock him to the floor, he tried to break free but the police had already handcuffed him. ''Why did you kill her?'' he asked.
''I dated her when I start working as a policeman, we broke up after a month. I thought she would leave me alone but a week ago after she lost her job, she starts to blackmail me to send her money or else she will reveal that I let drug dealers escape in purpose for a portion of profit to myself. As days passed her blackmail got more and more out of hand so in the end I had to shut her forever!!" Hitoshi confessed tears streaming down his cheeks, gripping his injured hand tightly. The police took him out of the room and everyone clapped and praised Ken.
''You're a genius'' one man praised. ''You were like a professional detective!!" A woman complimented, Ken scratch his cheek in embarassment. He then turns to the window again.
''But, there is one more person who helped Nobi'' Ken gave a amused smirk, the room falls into silence again, Just then a 'crink' sound came. When everyone turned, they went pale and panic spreads, Renji was pointing a gun at them with trembling hands.
''Don't come near me!" He said, slowly taking a step back, Ken stood unfazed, giving Renji a cold stare.
''You broke the glasses on purpose so our attention would turn to you and when we left Nobi could take the table tennis racket and force Mitsu to play table tennis in her room.
After that, you took us to the hot spring so we could not hear Mitsu playing in her room, right'' Ken said, Renji nodded intensely and grab Mira from nearby, he put a gun in her head.
''Yes I did. Don't come near me or els–'' before he could even finish, Mira gave a direct punch to his face, then dislocated his hand and put him to the floor.
''You dare touch me with your filthy hand'' she whispered darkly, Renji was screaming in pain, while Ken just smiled goofily and takes the gun from Renji.
''He could have been able to escape if he didn't pointed a gun at us'' Ken said, everyone tiot their head to him and Ken just gave a goofy smile. ''Seolvvvveddddd''.
After that, police took Renji along with Hitoshi, Kazuya confessed that she knew Renji was stalking Mitsu for years now, he was also the one that gave Mitsu the photos of Hitoshi taking money from drug dealers. Their guns were taken as evidence but the police couldn't find the silencer and Hitoshi said he maybe threw it away, and they believed, but what they didn't know was...
''I helped them solve the case so I'll keep it'' Mira and Ken stoled the silencer from the police and Mira now has a gun with a silencer with her, the day ended without any casuality and the hot spring gave Ken some snacks as a thanks for solving the case and saving the hot spring's reputation. But Ken gave the snack to Yuki as a souvenir and Haruka was seen pouting in her seat that night.
As we gone back home in the train the white pale figure watched us from the distance and the cloaked guy was sitting in the train's roof staring to where the pale figure was, the adventure and fun had just begun.
To be continued...