The clean shaven corpses (2)

"Murder!?" Mocha shouted in disbelief.

"Yes, those two are dead. Know who they are?" asked Kaemi.

"DEAD!? HUH!? WHAT'S GOING ON!?" Mocha shouted.

"I don't think its her," Shiruka stated.

"You haven't been too reliable today, but I think I'm with you on this. Something feels off. Why would she return after leaving earlier. If she did it, it would be obvious that the bodies would be discovered. So why come back when there were clearly witnesses that saw her?" Reiju grumbled.

Reiju then walked over to the employee book.

"Hmm, of the remaining employees, one's got auburn hair, one blonde, one black-haired, and the other is a brunette. Though it looks like Takemi and Miko are related. Hey, I know this sounds creepy, but can you peer into the victim's skulls to see what color their hair follicles are?"

"Probably not. When I phased through you, I couldn't see anything inside you. Same for other people too," Shiruka replied.

"Oh right, that happened," Reiju glared as she attempted to slap Shiruka, only for her hand to phase through him.

"Mmph ngh mmph!" Fumiyo annoyingly moaned.

She was still sitting in the chair.

"Don't worry about her, she's enjoying herself," Miko groaned.

"Hey, do you have any idea why Mocha would murder two of her co-workers?" Reiju asked Miko.

"No clue."

"Hey greenie! Why'd you come back!?" Reiju growled at Mocha.

"HUH!? I came back because I need to go back to work!"

"No, I meant why'd you come back after leaving when your friends got back?"

"What are you talking about? I went on break after Miko told me to and didn't come back until just now!" Mocha stated.

"Did you give Miko a facial?"

"Huh? No! She can do that herself."

"Ararara? What's this spectacle before me?" a woman asked as she entered the salon.

She wore the salon's uniform and had long black hair with multi colored highlights.

"That's Sada," Hina explained.

"Oh my, which two fools got sheared? They die from humiliation?" Sada laughed as she gazed at the corpses.

"No, they really are dead. Now have any idea who they could be?" Kaemi glared.

Sada immediately went pale and let out a terrified scream upon the realization. After calming  down, she gave her testimony.

"Yes, I left the salon with Takemi. We parted ways and I went to a fine restaurant for a break. Then I returned."

"That means the only three remaining are Kagura the girl with auburn hair, Shirahoshi the girl with long brunette hair, and Kana the girl with blonde hair. Takemi also looks kinda similar to you Miko plus you have the same surname. You sisters?" Kaemi asked.

"Yes, Takemi is my younger sister," Miko replied.

"What's bothering me is why are they shaved? Why go to all the effort of meticulously removing every hair from them?" Kaemi pondered.

"MMPH ngh mmph!" Fumiyo moaned.

"Um, if you don't mind me saying, I don't think those two were shaved," Hina spoke up.

"What do you mean?" asked Kaemi.

"Their skin looks way too smooth to have been shaved. Though oddly enough, their entire head shows signs of stress yet I can't see a razor bump anywhere."

"Now that you mention it, each victim's head looked to be a little red from irritation, though their faces appeared to show no sign of irritation. These two were both suffocated minutes apart from each other. Ugh, we'll just ask the prime suspect and identify the other one at the lab. It looks likely that she's the culprit anyway."

"Hey ghost, you take photos like last time?" Reiju whispered.

"Yes, but the pictures are blurry. Though now I can see the victims clearly once they were brought into the main room," Shiruka said as he whipped out his phone.

"Huh? Why were they shoved in the sink? Hey ghost, I thought they said the cream suffocated them."

"I saw them shoved in the sinks, but now that you mention it, it seemed an awful quick for them to have drowned. Plus it looked more like the culprit was washing something off them."

"But wait, something doesn't add up then. The cream can be washed off, yet I can clearly see they don't have facial cream on when they were shoved into the sink, plus you claim the culprit merely dressed them up to look like customers.  Were they already dead before they were dressed up?"

"Yes."

"Were both victims bald when they were dragged out?"

Shiruka replayed the events he witnessed firsthand.

"Yes, but the one  that was chloroformed in the salon is still silhouetted.  I can clearly see the one that had brunette hair, though I'm having trouble seeing the resemblance between her and Takemi, though maybe it's because this photo of her isn't the highest quality."

"Then something doesn't add up, a few things actually. If the water and cream didn't suffocate them, what did?"

"MMPH NGH MMPH!" Fumiyo moaned.

Reiju growled and walked over to wipe the cream of Fumiyo's face. However, it wouldn't wipe off.

"Hey, don't mess with the client if you're not a professional!" Miko growled.

Reiju ignored her and tried to rip the mask off Fumiyo. To her surprise, it took some effort to rip it off.

"Ahh, Itai itai. That really hurt you know," Fumiyo moaned as she massaged her sore face.

"Huh? why're you in pain?" Reiju growled.

"Because I just got my face waxed that's why. Not like I mind the screw up though," Fumiyo pouted.

Suddenly, things became clear to Reiju.

"I know how they did it now," Reiju stated.

"Huh? you figure out the murder? I had the answer you know, the one who did it was easily ----," Fumiyo whispered.

"Yeah, I figured it's her, but what I don't know is why."

"Oh that's an easy one, to get the shop."

Reiju then immediately ran to Kaemi.

"Did you take Mocha away yet?" Reiju asked.

"She's just about to be shoved into the car and we're about to load up the bodies. I'll be tagging along as soon as they finish my makeover," Kaemi stated as she sat down in one of the chairs.

"Good, because you can drag a murderer back with you. I think I know who did it and how."