A Lawyers Seven Sins | Haikyuu!!

CHAPTER TWO

Chapter 2: The Murder Scene

The car came to an abrupt halt in front of the two gigantic towers, looming above the vehicle almost dangerously.

"Wow."
Akaashi had never been this close to the actual company that ruled over most of Japan's media. He never could've imagined working with THE Oikawa Tooru, a 27 year old genius that charmed his way into people's hearts with just his voice and words.

"Exactly" was the only thing Iwaizumi could answer, walking up to the doors of the front tower with his hands in the pockets of his pants.
Akaashi followed, the folder in his hands gripped tight as his nerves were on edge.

They made their way to the elevator, getting in immediately after the doors opened. Hajime pressed the button to level 42, and the doors closed, leaving the two of them in the small, quiet room.

"The victim is Ed Maron, male, 47 years old, employed here at Oikawa Studios. He was married to Ayumi Maron, who is currently in hospital after she suffered a heart attack." Iwaizumi read out aloud from his paper, sighing heavily.

Akaashi turned towards the mirror, fixing his hair and smoothing out his white button-up, hiding the lower part of the shirt in his black suit pants, clearing his throat.
"Alright."

Iwaizumi laughed while looking over at him, shaking his head.
"You're okay, don't worry too much."

The doors opened, and they left the elevator together. There were two policemen guarding the elevator so no one without authorization could get out, and Iwaizumi nodded at them, guiding the student through the long hallway.
The younger man walked behind Iwaizumi, not quite sure how to act, analyzing everyone and everything around him.

Iwaizumi raised the tape that was blocking the doorway to the office, holding it up for Akaashi to pass through as well and enter the murder scene.

The first thing the law student noticed was all the blood on the walls, before his eyes slowly scanned the whole room, including the corpse on the ground.

"How.. how many stabs are that..?"

His stomach turned, and he looked away, clearing his throat again. Iwaizumi looked down, putting on a pair of gloves before also giving a pair to Keiji.
"If I counted correctly, 23." He answered the morbid question, scanning the room as well.

A big bureau, with its own fireplace and a painting over said fireplace - a table out of marble on the opposite side with big windows; big glass cabinets to show off trophies, lots of bookshelves out of expensive wood and a big, black carpet on the ground.

The corpse laid in the middle of all of that, the ground around the dead man covered in money bills, most of them now bloody. The atmosphere in the room was uncomfortable, as the two of them just continued looking around, taking in everything there could be to analyze.

"So, we can assume that the culprit wasn't after the money, but after.. something psychological. Also, some of the bills are counterfeit." Iwaizumi stated, and Keiji nodded before furrowing his eyebrows.

"One of the trophies is missing."

"Huh?"

Akaashi walked up to the shelf with trophies, inspecting the wood.
"There's a clean circle, even though the rest of the shelf is covered with dust."

Iwaizumi walked up to him, also inspecting the trophies.
"Yeah, you're right. No one noticed that."
He sighed before leaving the room, telling the forensics about it, while Keiji continued looking around.

Something seemed WRONG to him. Something very, very obvious that he was not seeing in all of this chaos.

"We should interview Oikawa Tooru himself next. Maybe he knows something crucial."
Keiji looked over at Iwaizumi before nodding approvingly, and they made their way over to the head of Oikawa Studios.

"Mister Oikawa? My name is Iwaizumi Hajime, I'm the head of the police in Edogawa, and the young man next to me is Akaashi Keiji, a student helping us solve this case. You found the corpse this morning, right?"

The brunette looked up at Iwaizumi, nodding a bit. His eyes lit up with something Iwaizumi couldn't quite pinpoint, but as soon as he saw it, it vanished again.
Only then, he noticed the blood on Oikawa's hands and button-up.

"Thank you for coming here. Maron was one of my most important and most trusted employees, it's.. it's so weird he's gone now, really."

"When was it, exactly, that you found the corpse?"

"I.. I just arrived here, I usually arrive at 5 AM and stay until around 10 PM.. He sent me a message to see him as soon as I arrived at the tower, so I did, and.. I tried to talk to him and lifted him up from the floor, and that was when I saw all the stab wounds.."

"Are the doors to the tower locked over night?"
Iwaizumi looked at Akaashi who was suddenly speaking up.

Oikawa looked over at the student, smiling a crooked smile.
"Everyone working here has a card to scan at the entrance so the front doors unlock. All the doors are locked after 11PM, and you need a key to get into rooms."

"So we can assume that the murderer worked here and knew his way around. Tell me, how many people are working in these two towers, approximately?"

"Around 5,000? Both towers have at least 104 levels."

Iwaizumi thought he was going to faint.

"Five THOUSAND people, huh.."
He went silent before taking out his phone.
"Excuse me, I'll have to make a call."

With that, he left the two of them standing there, calling the main office in Tokyo and explaining to his boss that they had to do quite a few interrogations.

Akaashi watched as Iwaizumi left before looking back at the brunette in front of him.

"Are.. you okay?"

Oikawa laughed a bit, scratching the back of his neck.
"Yeah, I guess I am. Just a bit shocked, is all. Thank you for asking."

[ - ]

"Keiji."

Akaashi lifted his head, looking over at Iwaizumi that seemed kind of absentminded on the ride downstairs. He had never heard his given name being spoken that soft, and he turned his head to face him before the older man started talking again.

"Was this your first crime scene? Your first corpse?"

The student nodded before he was pulled into a tight hug. Blinking a few times, he slowly relaxed against the muscular chest and closed his eyes, taking a deep breath to calm his nerves.

"I'm sorry. I should've been more thoughtful of you, but I just assumed that you could deal with it. It isn't easy, and I noticed that now. I hope you don't mind working with me on this case."

Akaashi smiled before looking up at the officer, slowly standing upright again.
"I don't mind. I appreciate the gesture, but I'm committed to finding the culprit together with you, Iwaizumi-san."

The older male smiled, ruffling through the dark hair before the doors of the elevator opened again.

"I'm glad to hear that. We'll catch them, for sure."

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Hello!
Yes, I know it's been a few weeks since I updated, but I already worked on chapters 3, 4, 5 and 6, so they're not too far away. I hope you enjoyed this chapter! Please let me know what you think in the comments, and maybe leave a Vote/Star if you liked it.
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-Chris