Special detective Unit Section 0

Case IV

Matsu shivered as she remembered the hold on her ankle.

She had gone to take a breather and calm her head.

When the man had grabbed on to her.

She thought it was a pervert and pushed him when she saw the blood flowing down his lips.

"Sir! Oh my God. Are you all right??" She asked as she crouched next to him when he grabbed her ankle.

She could not stop herself. She screamed.

"So he randomly stumbled onto you?" Yabu asked as he removed the gloves.

Matsu nodded.

"It seems he was poisoned and stabbed." Yabu grimaced.

Matsu nodded.

"You okay?"

"I feel useless.... I could not even help." Matsu looked down.

"He was already beyond help." Yabu replied.

"But...I was trained to handle sudden..." Matsu bit her lips in pain.

Yabu gently patted her head.

"The least we can do is find out who did this." Yabu said firmly.

Matsu nodded and clenched her fists.
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Yamada looked at the people they had rounded up.

Some scared and some worried. Others were unconcerned.

"Why are we here?" A drunk man asked.

"There has been a murder about 28 minutes ago. We need details and your alibi."Yamada spoke up.

"So that was what the screaming was about?" Another man asked.

Keito raised a brow at the question.

"The victim is Kanazawa Hideyoshi, 48 year old. From what we could understand, he is a loan shark." Arioka read out.

"Wait...Kanazawa-sama? But how....He was fine when I sent him his warm sake." The owner looked peached

"Sake?" Yamada looked at her.

"Kanazawa-sama is our patron. He frequents here. I have borrowed money from him for my surgery and he was kind about it." The owner hid her mouth with her kimono.

Arioka sighed and turned to three girls who were huddled together

"You knew him?"

"We....we owe him a debt....so he gave us an ultimatum...we work in this inn or we sell our bodies." One of the girls cowered.

"He was not very bad for a loan shark...He was the only one who gave alternatives to pay back the debt." The other one muttered.

Arioka bit his lip and turned to Yamada.

"Anyone else who knew who he is?" Inoo asked.

"If we did, don't you think we would have answered?" The drunk man laughed.

"Unless you killed him." Yuto muttered when the man snarled.

"Oi oi oi! What is that supposed to mean??" The drunkard shouted when he was restrained.

"I don't know, you tell me." Chinen smiled.

"Why would I kill him? I don't even know him!"

"Then why are you getting agitated sir?" Keito asked.

The drunkard managed to over come his restrainers and rushed at them with a bottle.

Chinen sighed and scratched his head and stepped aside.