Danganropa: Still Tides

Chapter twenty one

"So what? There are two murderers?!" Tachibana was the first person to speak up.

"Or one person killed both of them." Chifuyu suggested. Although, a dark thought.

This case was going to be difficult. We still had the same amount of time to investigate but now with double the bodies. Some people were easy to cross out, like me, Moto, and Katayama. Moto would never kill a person. Maybe a fly, but not a person.

".. where are your clothes?" Moto asked.

This question snapped me out of my internal investigation. I hadn't brought my bag with me so I would need to double back to get it. Along with my clothes. But what was Moto talking about? I looked around briefly and, ironically, tachibana was just wearing briefs.

"Actually, yeah, where are your clothes?" I asked. I was now staring at the boy.

"Pervert." Chifuyu added in.

"I'M NOT A- it's just more comfortable to sleep this way.." Tachibana would admit. He seemed to have been embarrassed. "Listen, I'll double back to the hotel and get my clothes if you guys are that upset about how I sleep.. jeez." Tachibana mumbled. He walked off from the garden and back to the hotel.

I suppose that was enough time wasted. We needed to start the investigation.

...

I started to look around the body. There seemed to be a would on Hara's back. He was mostly bleeding from the back so he mostly got stabbed in the back. I should keep that in mind...

"Should we flip him over?" Sato asked.

"I suppose so." I agreed and began to help Sato flip Hara over so he was now laying on his back. Opposite to where the wound was.

There were no cuts or bruises on the front of Hara's body. Some blood had soaked onto the sides of his clothes but nothing too out of the ordinary. Seems like his only injury was to the back. But what what weapon?

"Hey Moto? Can you check around the rest of the garden for any possible murder weapons?" I asked Moto. She shot me a thumbs up and immediately began to sprint away.

I guess that was that until we got a report back from her. The cause of death for Suzuki was self explanatory. But Hara? That was going to take some work.

"Hey Sato? Does this look like a gun wound?" I asked the boy in front of me.

"No. Gun wounds don't have that kind of damage," Sato explained, "looks like he got hit with something sharp.. like a knife!"

He ended that sentence a little too enthusiastically. But that was fine. I'm sure he's just excited to be included though.

But where was the knife then?.. I guess that's something we could look for later. I wonder if Moto had found anything by now-

"Chifuyu!" Sato nearly screamed. He seemed to be panicky. Chifuyu was.. reaching towards Hara's pants?!

"What?" She stoped her actions to turn and look at the worried boy behind her.

"You can go digging around on his body like that. Have some respect for the dead!" Sato cried out. Chifuyu simply rolled her eyes at the boy.

"While that is true," Chifuyu began to dig through Hara's pockets and pulled out a folded up piece of paper, "I also wish to avenge the dead."

Chifuyu held out the piece of paper between her fingers. I quickly took the piece of paper and unfolded it. Both Chifuyu and Sato gathered around me to read the note I was unfolding.

I would clear my throat before I began to read.. or at least I would if I knew what the note was saying.

" Querido Junpei, Encuéntrame en el jardín después de los anuncios nocturnos. Sé que esto puede parecer sospechoso, pero debes confiar en mí en este caso. Estaré esperando. Por favor.