Chapter 30 Section VIII
Therefore, such an adventurous night continued to be staged, but the stage was transferred to the first teaching building.
The patrol expanded into a large formation with a total of seven members.With Gongyou Horiuchi as the lead, Ishizaki, Honda, Sanada, Tamagawa, Yatsuhashi, and Akasaka were added.Regardless of age, gender, and across the standpoint between teachers and students, they formed a united elite team.And ahead, what kind of test is waiting for them?
With tension and uneasiness, excitement and fear, a sense of long-term mission and a little curiosity, we walked into the entrance and exit in the center of the first teaching building, and successfully sneaked into the interior of the building.
The deserted school at night is darker and more deserted than I imagined.Yet there is also an air here that teases us with a sense of foreboding.
Just at this time!Strange phenomena happened before our eyes.Dr. Sanada suddenly disappeared in front of us.
There was a commotion among the patrols.
Immediately, we found President Tamagawa who wanted to force Dr. Sanada into the empty classroom.Dr. Sanada was rescued safely; President Tamagawa, who was blamed for this shameless act, was included in Mr. Honda's supervision.
Amidst such commotion, Ishizaki, who remained calm from beginning to end, had no interest in the situation on the first floor, so he walked up the steps leading to the second floor.None of us said anything, just followed behind Ishizaki.
As a result, another bizarre phenomenon occurred.
After going up to the second floor, Sanada-sensei suddenly disappeared in front of us again.
There was another commotion from the patrol.
Finally, we found Yahashi-senpai who put his hand on Dr. Sanada's waist and wanted to take him into the dark.Dr. Sanada returned safely; and senior Yahashi, who was blamed for his flirting behavior, was brought under the supervision of worker Horiuchi.
Facing the two seniors who only think about their own greed and don't know how to worry about the place, I really don't know what to say.
"But, Dr. Sanada,"
I can't help but want to give her a piece of advice.
"The seniors are certainly wrong, but the doctor is also wrong—how could the doctor follow those two people so easily? Self-protection is too loose."
"With so much going on in the school building after dark, I always feel like I'm getting a little scared too."
As if being carried away by her timid eyes, I subconsciously held her hand.Then, I wrapped my arms around her slender back and pulled her towards me.
"It's okay, Miss Hitomi, you don't have to worry, I'm by your side."
Therefore, I, who was blamed for sexual harassment, was included in Ishizaki's supervision.
"I can't accept..."
I frankly voiced my disapproval.Where is my behavior just now sexual harassment?I just let the girl's body lean on it, which is a very gentleman's move.What's the matter with shaking hands?Dr. Sanada did not resist.I don't want to be confused with the seniors.
"You guys have no self-consciousness, no self-consciousness that a detective should have. I am very disappointed in you..."
Ishizaki repeated the same words in accordance with the usual practice.
Despite all the turmoil we've been through, we've kept our feet on the ground and continued our patrol work.At this time, the patrol team came to the uppermost floor of the first teaching building, which is the third floor.Ishizaki, who was almost indifferent to the situation on the first and second floors just now, suddenly changed here.While looking left and right at the corridor on the third floor, he asked Uncle Horiuchi a question under the tense atmosphere.
"On the night of the murder in the health room, was the third floor also in this state?"
"Well, that's about it."
After Uncle Horiuchi answered in this way, he pointed in the direction of the radio room and said:
"However, Mr. Shimamura was left alone in the broadcast audio-visual room that day."
"So that's how it is. If so..."
As if making up his mind, Ishizaki walked along the corridor towards the radio room.He walked past "1-304" and came to the front of the "1-303" radio and audio-visual room.However, Ishizaki did not stop here, instead he rushed straight along the corridor.Finally, Ishizaki stopped at the end of the corridor, near the stairs.
Here is the toilet.Ishizaki walked into the men's room without hesitation.
"Huh?! What is Ishizaki doing? Going to the toilet at this time?"
"The more nervous he is, the more he wants to pee."
While President Tamagawa and Yahashi-senpai were joking, Dr. Sanada also slightly raised his hand.
"Ah, can I go too?"
"what?"
Abandoning the stunned boys, Dr. Sanada waved a flashlight and walked towards the women's toilet.
"Oh, she really has courage." Honda expressed his admiration in this strange place. "In this situation, she really has a way to go to the toilet. Generally, she should feel scared or embarrassed."
"Then I'll go to the toilet too." President Tamagawa said.
"Hey! You waited for me!" Senior Yahashi stopped the president in front of the women's toilet.
"What do you want to do in the women's bathroom, you pighead? Don't do this to me, anyone can see what you want to do!"
Hachihashi-senpai used his best head-fixed moves to restrain the president, and continued to strengthen his strength.The president has already let out a scream.These two people really can't calm down no matter where they are.
Leaving these two seniors without any sense of tension, I am more concerned about the situation on Ishizaki's side.Did he really just go to the bathroom?I always feel like it's not.Then, at this moment...
"what--"
This long scream that seemed to pierce the darkness made the rest of us waiting in the corridor tremble.
Uncle Horiuchi and I exchanged glances; Yahashi-senpai let go of the arm wrapped around the president's head.Honda yelled first:
"It's Doctor Sanada!"
Honda started running like a rabbit, and rushed into the women's toilet.Of course, the rest of us followed suit.
The first thing we see near the entrance is the sink, and from here we walk through the hook-shaped walkway to the toilet.Uncle Horiuchi's flashlight illuminated the narrow space that looked like a bed of eels.The doors of each toilet opened neatly to the same side.Then, on the innermost side of the women's bathroom, Dr. Sanada squatted on a door that was about half open.
Honda rushed over first.
"What's wrong, Dr. Sanada! What happened?"
"The door, the other side of the door..."
Dr. Sanada, in a state of extreme agitation, opened and closed his mouth but could not make a sound, and pointed to the half-open door.Uncle Horiuchi put his hand on the door and said:
"Alas, Dr. Sanada, you opened the wrong door. This door is not the toilet door over there, but a simple cleaning room. Let me take a look..."
Uncle Horiuchi looked through the door.Then, a small scream came from his mouth.His face was contorted with extreme panic, and the flashlight he was holding rolled to the ground, making a metallic sound.
I picked up the flashlight and took a look inside.
As Uncle Horiuchi said, this is not a toilet, but a cleaning room.There are long-handled brushes, floor brushes, plastic buckets, plastic water pipes, etc., all of which are crowded and messy here.If there are only these things, of course there is no problem...
In the cleaning room, there was a man lying curled up on the floor.No matter how you look at it, this person looks like a girl in a uniform.No matter how you look at it, this person's posture is very unnatural, and it doesn't look like he is alive.The profile of her face in front of her looks completely lifeless.The skin around the cheeks looks like a doll.
"Corpse, corpse..."
I finally managed to say these words, and I sat down in front of the door exhaustedly.
Others came over one after another and took a closer look at the door.The astonishing scene in front of them left everyone speechless.
Suddenly someone patted my shoulder behind me, and I came back to my senses.The person who photographed me was Ishizaki who came a little later.
"Can you step aside for a moment?"
After checking the situation inside the door with the flashlight in his hand, he sighed softly.However, Ishizaki's expression did not show much shock, as if he had expected this thing long ago.In this extraordinary state, he behaved exceptionally calm.
He boldly stepped into the broom closet and began to examine the corpse up close.
"...There are some marks on the neck that look like they were strangled by ropes. This is definitely a homicide, and it can't be wrong."
Of course, judging from the state of the dead body, Ishizaki didn't need to say much about these things, it was quite clear-it didn't look like an accident or suicide at all.
"And it doesn't look like a dead body... Honda-sensei, I'm sorry, but I have to trouble you."
Honda, who was named, shrugged his shoulders as if he had been struck by lightning.
"W-What's the matter, Ishizaki-sensei? Are you asking me to do something?"
"It's really hard to talk about this matter... I want you to see the girl's face. Because I want to confirm the identity of the deceased."
"Why would I do such a thing..."
Honda first showed an attitude of resistance.However, he suddenly seemed to have remembered something, his expression remained unchanged, and he said "Is it possible? It shouldn't be..." while actively pushing to the side of the corpse.He squatted in the sweeping room and looked at it for dozens of seconds.
Honda, who finally emerged from the cleaning room, revealed the identity of the deceased with a weak voice that seemed to be talking to himself.
"She is Misa Fujikawa."
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