So, Who's The Culprit? (completed)

CHAPTER 33

LOVING HER FOR ALL THAT SHE IS
CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE

"The reckoning is about to begin. Those who have the guts to kill blameless people will taste the savour of their own medicine. You will realise what you've done. Yet it won't spare you life and time from my hand. Embrace death for apologies won't be accepted. Too late, the war is about to start but the verdict already concluded. Blood against blood. Fire against fire. With humour I'll kill you all, for killing is what I specialise." Ito ang siyang nakalagay sa sulat.

"What's with that?" tanong naman ni Gab.

"As you can see Gab, bumili ako ng isa sa mga librong sinulat ni Nathaniel and it turns out that Nathaniel is the one who wrote that message because siya lang naman ang gumagamit ng UK English sa pagsusulat."

A weak smile crept on Nathaniel's face. He heaved a heavy sigh.

"Anong ibig mong sabihin?" si Gab.

"Akala ko kasi noon, mga wrong spelling lang 'yung mga nakasulat sa letter. Instead of “SAVOR” he wrote “SAVOUR.” Tapos 'yung "HUMOR" ay ginawa niyang “HUMOUR.” British English 'yung ginamit niya."

Agad namang tinitigan ni Gab si Nathaniel. Tahimik lang si Gab na naghihintay ng kumpirmasyon nito.

"Ako lang ba ang kilala mong nagsusulat using UK English, Cheryl?"

Agad kong nilingon si Gab. Napapikit pa ito. Wait, ano'ng nangyayari?

"Si Kean," matipid na sambit ni Gab.

"We all did our research but mine is I believed the accurate one," panimula ni Nathaniel.

"I'm using UK English noon pa. Pero if I'll leave a disturbing message to introduce myself, alam kong hindi ko 'yun dapat gamitin dahil mahuhuli ako because I already published a lot of books where my writing style is evident. Besides, I'm only adding "U" sa mga salita ko and replacing "Z" with "S" is not my thing. Kay Kean gawain 'yun. You can re-check my books if you want to confirm them. Small details also matters, Cheryl."

"Is it possible na si Kean din ang lumason sa'kin?" pakikisali na ni Jairo. "Diba siya yung nagsulat ng letter na nasa locker at mga flyers? Ta's ang last line ng mensahe ay 'yun din ang ginamit sa lalagyan ng cup ko."

Umiling-iling ako sa sinabi ni Jairo. Kinuha ko naman ang cellphone ko ulit at hinanap ang letrato ng mensahe na tinutukoy ni Jairo na nakalagay sa kanyang cup noong nilason siya. Nang nakita kona ito, agad ko itong ipinakita sa kanya.

With humor I'll kill you all, for killing is what I specialize.

"The one who poisons you obviously didn't pay attention to the details. He failed to frame up the culprit because instead of using UK English, American English ang ginamit niya,"
pagpapaliwanag ko.

"If si Kean nga ang lumason sa'yo, considering also the clues na iniwan niya, dapat instead of “humor,” magiging "humour" iyon. Likewise, sa "specialize" dapat "specialis" 'yun," dugtong ni Nathaniel.

"So, all along, Kean is the culprit. He's not technically the serial killer but he's the one who created culprits. Wala naman siyang pinatay because what we saw in the locker are not even real human corpses. However, siya parin ang dahilan ng maraming patayan. He gave students an excuse to create felonies by taking all the blames. Apparently, hindi niya 'yun inaasahan."