The Clean shaven corpses (4)

"Well this case certainly took a turn for the weird," Kaemi grumbled as she stared at the 8 stylists assembled.

Kaemi's hair was now wavy and silky while her freckled face radiated with light.

"Wow, you look hot girl, kiss me," Fumiyo cooed.

"Ugh, I'd threaten to arrest you, but you'd enjoy every second of it," Kaemi groaned.

"You know her?" asked Reiju.

"She's the current Superintendent general's daughter, and the town's resident female perv."

"So now that Shirahoshi's back, that means all stylists are accounted for. So why the hell is that second corpse wearing the salon uniform?" Reiju asked.

"I think there are spare sets in the back," Hina said.

"Check everyone to make sure they aren't wearing a wig."

As Kaemi did that, Reiju turned to Shiruka.

"Do any of them resemble that brunette woman you saw?"

"No. Not even Shirahosi. Though maybe that brunette haired customer, but she had facial cream on when I last saw her so I can't be sure," Shiruka replied.

"What was the woman in your vision wearing?"

"A business suit."

"All of their hair is is real," Kaemi confirmed.

"Did a woman with brunette hair wearing a business suit come in today?" Reiju asked.

"Now that you mention it, I think you're right," Hina said.

"Ah! Pretty sure that was Kawazawa-san!" Mira shouted.

"Yes, after I finished up with her, I went on break with you," Kana stated.

"And Miko was left alone to watch the shop. Then Mocha came back-"

"Huh? I never came back until the cops were all here!" Mocha stated.

"Bullshit, we all saw you come out and talk with Takemi whom we thought was Miko," Aisha growled.

"Now that you mention it, the conversation Takemi and Mocha had when we all got back seemed odd. It was like both of them were implying that Mocha was the only one that could have murdered those two," Hina mused.

"Exactly, though now we know Takemi was the killer, but the question remains, who was that Mocha?" Reiju stated.

"Are you saying someone impersonated me?" Mocha asked.

"Yes, assuming this wasn't all an elaborate plan set by you."

"I was sulking at the WcWarnolds until I could come back. Look here, I have the receipt!"

Kaemi examined the receipt Mocha handed her.

"This your card number?" Kaemi asked.

"Yes," Mocha sighed as she produced her credit card.

"Well, looks like you're clear then. We'll send someone to check the WcWarnolds security footage though to make sure you were there around the time listed on the receipt. It also means anyone that came back and saw the fake Mocha is clear as well. That leaves, Kagura, Kana, Sada, and Shirahoshi."

"Are you implying one of us aided Takemi in murdering Miko!?" Sada scoffed.

"Yes. That conversation between the fake Mocha and Takemi was obviously scripted to give Takemi an alibi and pin the entire murder on Mocha," Reiju stated.

"But then why murder someone else? These are all the employees right here yet there was another woman garbed in our establishment's uniform. And what makes you certain one of us did it? Could Takemi have simply recruited an outsider?"

"Then let's confirm all your alibis, also tell us about this Kawazawa-san that came in," Kaemi ordered.

"She needed her hair done for a major conference coming up," Kana explained.

"Hey, weren't there a few customers like that today?" Shirahoshi asked.

"I'm pretty sure I finished up with a woman that mentioned a conference shortly before going on break," Aisha stated.

"Did she have brunette hair?" Reiju asked.

"No, black hair."

"Oh, I beautified a woman going to a major gala that had long brown hair a short while before the brat and her perverted entourage arrived," Sada sneered.

"I'm guessing you have a reason for asking about the customers. Do you think that other corpse might be one?" Kaemi asked.

"Yes."

"Well in that case, we get the customer log and head back to the lab. Nothing more we can do here," Kaemi sighed.

"Let me in too," Fumiyo pouted.

"I was trying to forget you were here. Well, someone should be coming with a ride for me anyway."

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Everyone at the police cooed as Kaemi entered.

"Lookin sexy girl," a short haired female officer winked.

"Yoriko, mind giving me back my glasses? I got a full hair and face rejuvenation as well as a manicure like you asked," Kaemi glared.

"Whoops, I kinda broke them. You have contacts though."

"Ugh, I'll deal with you later. Oh, the high schooler's assisting me. She's the one Kin-kun spoke about the other day," Kaemi stated as she pointed to Reiju.

"Oh nice to meet you, I'm Yoriko, the cute poster girl of the station," Yoriko smiled.

"Hey sis, got a cell for me?" Fumiyo asked.

"I disowned you," Yoriko glared.

"Father didn't so I'm still your slutty sister."

Reiju decided to ignore the bickering girls and followed Kaemi to the lab.

"Heh, I'm not really the type that cares about my appearance, but I guess everyone else thinks I'd be a top model with a little haircare and makeup," Kaemi laughed.

"Nah I get ya. Everyone's always oogling over how I'm some divine beauty when I barely do shit," Reiju replied.

"You're a natural beauty though. Probably cause of your family's genes. Well anyway, how well can you handle corpses? Cause this will get messy."

"Bring it. I don't scare easily."

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"Ugh, I wish it was faster to confirm DNA," Kaemi grumbled as she sat in a conference room.

"Here is everything we were able to find," an officer stated as he placed a stack of files on the desk.

Shiruka used his ability to grab a copy of the files and read them as Reiju and Kaemi looked through the main stack.

"So it looks like 4 women that visited the salon today are also attending a major economic summit that just started an hour ago and will last for another 4 days," Kaemi stated.

"Do any of these woman have identical twins or siblings that could pass off as them?" Reiju asked.

"You think whomever it was got murdered to have their identity stolen like Miko? Well guess it makes sense. Let me check real quick and see if any of these women didn't attend."

As Kaemi left, Shiruka smiled and pointed to one of the women.

"This is her. According to the salon records, she was one of the customers that was there when we arrived. The logs also say the one with the black hair also came with her though," Shiruka stated.

"Well, that's nice, but I can't just flat out tell them she's the one," Reiju grumbled.

"Huh? What's wrong with confessing your love to another girl?" Fumiyo asked as she poked her head in.

She was soaking wet, and her hair had returned to its original state.

"And what happened to you?"

"Yoriko hated how perverted my perm looked and shoved me in the shower. I'm totally disowning her for this," Fumiyo pouted before walking up to Shiruka.

"So what did Nobuto say?" she asked.

"We've got an issue, I just confirmed that all 4 of those women are in attendance at the conference," Kaemi sighed as she returned.

"Well that complicates things. How can I tell her that this one is the victim?" Reiju thought.