The strangled school idol (4)

All members of the disciplinary committee gathered as Reiju, Kintaro, Nakayama,the principal, and two officers stood by the door. Shiruka was there too, but only Reiju could see him.

"Now then, Reiju, did you notice any of these members doing crowd control at the front?" Kintaro asked.

"Yes, those 4."

"Everyone else may stay. Those 4 come with us to the lockers."

The culprit began to sweat.

"There's no way. Even if they try and go at it from the shoe angle, I planted the stash in THAT locker."

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"Now then, allow me to reveal something. Miyabi was murdered, however, she nicked some key evidence that identifies the culprit. We received an anonymous tip that the evidence is in their locker,"  Kintaro stated as he flung open locker 78.

"What is it? I don't see how anything could be used to prove guilt," Bentaro skeptically glared.

"Bentaro-san, how well do you know the 3 before you?" Kintaro asked.

"I mean I'm close with Hayato, but  not so much with Hojo and Chisato."

"This isn't your locker is it?"

"No, mine's 42."

"Now then,the two guys may go back."

The culprit began to sweat.

"Why did they open my locker!? Ugh I planted the evidence in Bentaro's locker and called the police station, so why are they opening MY locker!?"

"Alright, can I do the honors Mr. Holmes?" Reiju asked.

"Certainly, my sly protege."

"Alright, in this locker we found something on the bottom of the culprit's shoe that proves they murdered Miyabi. After strangling Miyabi to death, the culprit hung her to make it look like a suicide. However, they failed to notice Miyabi had left a dying message, or rather left behind some flesh that would identify her killer. After hanging Miyabi, our culprit screwed up and stepped in it. Behold! the evidence that proves YOU are the killer Hoshi," Reiju smirked as Kintaro showed Hoshi the bottom of her shoe.

"Um, what does this mean?" Hoshi cluelessly asked.

"See the white stuff? That's cocaine. You smeared it all over the place in your attempt to hide it."

"BULLSHIT! I probably stepped in it on the street!"

"Then why is it only in the heel? You deliberately smeared it while acting as crowd control."

"NO! I just walked through it without knowing it was there."

"And how would you know it was there? The only way you'd know there was cocaine dripping onto the ground, was if you saw Miyabi stab her hand into one of your bags before she died."

"BULLSHIT! YOU'RE MAKING SHIT UP!"

"Then we'll just get your fingerprints off the bags you stashed. We found them you know."

"Impossible! I saw Bentaro stashing the drugs in his locker! He's guilty!"

"See! stacks of cocaine! Just like I told the police," Hoshi stated.

"And you didn't speak up earlier because?"

"His presence terrified me."

"Here's the problem though, you're the only one that could have murdered Miyabi. Hey, does forensics have photographs of the scene?" Reiju asked.

"Right here. Hot off the press," Kaemi smiled as she came running in.

"Time for me to destroy you Hoshi! First off, let's discuss why your shoe proves your guilt. No cocaine was found in the grooves of anyone else's shoes. Plus you made use of Chibi in order to make it look like you stumbled back on accident. That's when you stealthily tried to hide the coke. Of course, there was still coke dripping down from Miyabi's nails, but you couldn't do shit once good ole Holmes arrived."

"You just stated I fell on accident. That's the reason the cocaine ended up in my shoe, by pure accident."

"Then why not pin all the blame on chibi then? You could have easily stashed both the coke  in her locker. Oh wait, it's cause you couldn't!" Reiju smirked as Kaemi displayed a photograph of the scene.

"Chibi's too short to have hung the rope up there even by standing on the bucket. You on the other hand are 155 cm tall and would be able to pull it off," Reiju smirked.

"You're just trying to accuse me of a crime I didn't commit," Hoshi retorted.

"And you asses don't make shit up just to discipline us? Though you're guilty. Grab her and cuff her."

Kintaro suddenly grabbed Hoshi's hand and held it up.

"UNHAND ME! I WILL SUE-"

"Looks like all the evidence is there," Kintaro smiled as Hoshi's cardigan sleeve slipped down.

The sleeve of Hoshi's white undershirt was grey with dust.

"And what does-"

"Definitive proof: See this photo? The dusty window still has a mark from where you put your arm while you were securing the rope. That dust is the same from the still. Guess your wet sleeve ended up soaking up all that dust."

"How!? I didn't see anything on my cardigan- _!"

"You didn't realize your sleeve slipped down, plus the cardigan's blue and you were probably more concerned about getting white powder on it. Then when you pushed out Miyabi's body, you saw people staring and ran off. Then you hid and acted like you arrived from the school once more students arrived. And with that, you're done!" Reiju smirked as she displayed her phone.

Hoshi went pale as she saw the photo displayed.

"Evil, you had that all along? Hahahahaha! I did it. I killed that stupid bitch after she followed me! I was just going to sell, but that bitch..."

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"Hoshi? Whacha doin in here? You got a secret  or- HUH!?" Miyabi screamed as she ran over to Hoshi and saw the cocaine.

"Shh! Want in?"

"NO! Those are drugs! Hoshi, you-ACK!"

Hoshi began strangling Miyabi with a nearby rope. Realizing she couldn't break free, Miyabi stabbed her hand into an open bag of cocaine. However, she died before she could scoop out her hand. Hoshi gently tapped Miyabi's hand through the bag before dragging her hand out. She then dragged Miyabi over to the window and stood on the bucket to secure the rope to the top of the window frame. Then she opened the window stealthily and slid Miyabi out to make it look like she hung herself.

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"Where'd you get that photo? That alone would have busted her instantly," Kintaro stated.

"Wasn't sure if it turned out right, but since you can see it, I'll send you this pic of Hoshi stuffing the coke in Bentaro's locker. Guess I'm not a fool after all," Reiju smirked.

Nakayama glared as she violently slammed Hoshi into the wall before cuffing her. Hoshi cried as she was dragged away by an angry Nakayama.

"That woman despises women acting dumb and doing dumb things most of all. Well case closed. Though how did you get my number? I don't recall ever taking out my phone in your presence," Kintaro asked.

"Lucky guess," Reiju smirked.