The clean shaven corpses (3)

The salon employees all stood side by side as Kaemi stared at them.

"What's the meaning of this? Why'd you bring the killer back here and line us all up!?" Mira growled.

"Um, what's going on?" Kagura nervously asked.

"We literally just got back," Kana, the blonde haired stylist stated.

"You still aren't finished with your service nor have you paid yet," Miko growled.

"Shave her as punishment," Fumiyo chimed.

"You shut up you perv! Ugh, I can't do this looking like an idiot. Assistant! Do the honors!" Kaemi growled as she sat down in a chair.

"Let me tell you how the culprit killed those two. It was with wax," Reiju stated.

"WAX!?" everyone shouted.

"Yes wax! It was the all in one that could kill and leave us guessing as to who the victims are. It could suffocate, remove hair, and be disposed of effortlessly. Plus the victim wouldn't scream in pain if they were already dead. As for why the culprit chose to do that, it was because they wanted to get rid of someone without anyone finding out who they were. The facial cream also served as a way to mask the skin from the wax and make it look like that was what what suffocated the victims.  As for who the culprit is, it's Takemi, Miko's younger sister."

"Art thou daft? Takemi's the corpse. So why are we all stuck listening to your theater?" Sada snarled.

"Shut it bitch, I'll tell you that in a second. Actually let's make a bet. Wanna bet your hair on whether or not Takemi's really dead or not? Loser ends up as hairless as her victims," Reiju smirked.

Sada clicked her tongue in annoyance, and refused to push any further.

"Seems you're smart enough to realize I'd win. Takemi's right there next to you after all," Reiju snickered as she pointed at Miko.

"Huh? I'm Miko you idiot!" Miko growled.

"Then wipe off the makeup you put on to make yourself look more like Miko."

"Huh?"

"You two are identical twins, though unlike Miko, you don't wear makeup."

"What are you talking about!?"

"You murdered Miko and attempted to take her place."

"HUH!?"

"You came back to the salon and knocked out your sister with chloroform, then you suffocated her with wax before removing all her hair. You then washed all her makeup off and dressed her to look like a customer."

"Bullshit! I'm-"

"You're not Miko. I've been here long enough to tell," Fumiyo interjected.

"_!"

"You screwed up when you decided to leave early. When you came back and posed as Miko, you made the mistake of ordering Hina to attend to Fumiyo," Reiju stated.

"Huh? What's that supposed to mean?"

"You said you'd handle her from now on, though I guess you never got the memo."

"Huh? I was on break."

"You said earlier that you only got a facial and could work. Otherwise the shop would be left practically unattended. And I can prove that one of the corpses is Miko."

"__!?"

"Kaemi, have your guys check the hands. One of them should show signs of being waxed."

A forensics member immediately ran over to confirm.

"Earlier, Miko spread what she thought was facial cream over Fumiyo's mouth with her hand. However, it was wax. But you wouldn't know about that since you weren't here. Instead you were off killing Shirahoshi. You then brought her in through the back, left her there, and surprised and killed Miko. As for why you decided to pose as Miko, identity theft. You wanted to make it look like YOU were the one that had been killed and steal your sister's identity. "

"Her theory was right! There does appear to be signs of one of the victim's hands being waxed," the forensics team member confirmed as he returned.

Takemi sunk to the ground in defeat.

"That bitch. I wanted to be in charge, but she wouldn't let me. I had more talent, but that damn bitch was considered the older one by the family and given all the inheritance. I wanted it!" Takemi cried.

"Well, don't worry. You'll be looking exactly like your sister when they take your mugshots," Reiju snickered.

"Yeah, cuff her and shave her. Her hair and new look will be used as evidence," Kaemi ordered.

"I can't believe my mistake helped catch a murderer," Kagura trembled.

The officers restrained Takemi and dragged her kicking and screaming to one of the salon chairs. As they crudely began shaving her, Shiruka showed his phone to Reiju.

"Looks like Takemi did indeed kill her sister, but-"

"There's more than one culprit," Reiju grumbled.

"How'd you know?"

"There was no way she could have shaved and waxed her so quickly, plus you saw Takemi in the chair after following the culprit. Here's what probably happened, You saw Takemi choloro Miko and drag her to the back. Then culprit 2 emerged with the second victim and cleaned em up while Takemi took care of Miko in the back. Then culprit 2 returned to fetch Miko while Takemi did her makeup and applied the facial cream. Then while you were following culprit 2 and watched them destroy the evidence, Takemi emerged and put on the cape and cucumbers to make herself look like a customer. That's the only thing I can think of."

"Any idea who it could be? I've got nothing."

"That "Mocha" from before. It wasn't really Mocha, but Takemi's collaborator wearing a green wig. Takemi and the fake Mocha were conversing with each other aloud in order to frame the real Mocha. It almost worked too. As for who they could be, it's not Miko, Takemi, Hina, Aki, Mira, or Mocha. That leaves Kagura, Kana, and Sada."

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"Well, we got the murderer but who's the second victim?" Kaemi asked.

"Probably Shirahoshi. She's the only one not here. Hey baldy! Is Shirahosi your second victim?"

The now hairless Takemi responded with incomprehensible sobbing as she was dragged to the squad car.

"Well, guess she had it coming. Though now we can use her hair and new look as evidence. Whelp time to finish with this makeover and get back to the lab," Kaemi smiled as she was caped by Hina and sat down in a chair.

Reiju then whispered something to Kaemi before paying  and leaving as Shiruka floated behind.

"I told her about the second culprit, but considering we don't know who it could be, we can't pursue anymore.

"Sucks that we can't send them the photos, but they'd be too hard to explain away," Shiruka sighed."

"Hey girl. Are you possessed by Nobuto?" Fumiyo asked.

Fumiyo was finished with her makeover and now sported a perm that could be considered perverted or not depending on how you described the style. In Fumiyo's case, it was intended to be perverted.

"Um no. Get lost pervy bitch," Reiju growled.

"Nobuto Shiragiku aka Shiruka. You know him right?" Fumiyo asked.

Reiju unintentionally gave Fumiyo her answer with her reaction.

"You have a bad poker face. Now tell me why I sense Nobuto when I'm around you," Fumiyo demanded as she instinctively stood in front of Shiruka.

"Shit what do I do?" Reiju whispered to Shiruka.

"Hmm? Looks like you're whispering to someone, but no one's there. Except, I sense Nobuto there," Fumiyo said.

"Ugh, he's a ghost, whatever. Now go."

"Is he the reason you solved that mystery?"

"Yeah sure."

"I knew it. He said his next work would be a mystery novel before he was murdered."

"So?"

"SO that's a big deal! I'm one of the few people that knows he was murdered, but everyone just thinks he killed himself and that he was crazy. I was one of the loudest voices standing by him. No way he'd kill himself and someone else just to make a scene! It was also thanks to me that everyone forgot about banning his books. I donned that NSFW hairstyle and had all my hair shaved off all in support of the one man I'd let impregnate me!"

"I was starting to feel gratitude, then you ruined it with the last sentence," Shiruka groaned.

"He said you ruined it with the last sentence," Reiju glared.

Fumiyo responded with a pout as Reiju began to walk away. Suddenly, Reiju stopped and went pale.

"Huh? why the sudden-"

"Is that Shirahoshi walking into the salon!?" Reiju asked as she pointed at a woman with long brunette hair wearing the salon uniform walking towards the salon.

"Yeah, I can easily identify all the girls that work there- _! Guess this mystery isn't over yet."