Hardcore identity theft (3)

"Seriously!? Why do you think that!?" Kaemi shouted.

"Because its the only thing that would explain her reaction. As for-"

Reiju was interrupted by Shiruka calling her.

"What is it?"

"Chika's room was ransacked and her laptop was stolen. I'm searching all the rooms now."

"Good, you're being useful. What's her room number?"

"306. Hold up! I just found another ransacked room, but the reporter woman is in it standing ontop of a guy in a suit."

"HUH!? What room!?"

"324."

"Hey Kaemi! How many members of the Mizutani-Shimbum are here?"

"There should be quite a few. I saw two male and one female reporter from there," Kaemi replied.

Suddenly, the two went silent as they heard noises coming from Reiju's room. As Kaemi stealthily locked the connecting door, the main door to their room burst open and two men in suits entered.

"On the ground hands above your head," one ordered as he pulled out a gun.

Kaemi and Reiju begrudgingly complied. They were bound and gagged.

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"Shit! I think something happened to Reiju," Shiruka thought as he flew back up to Reiju's room.

He then froze as he saw a man in a suit, carrying an unconscious Chika towards Kaemi's room. He immediately flew into Kaemi's room and saw Reiju and Kaemi bound on the floor. Once the man carrying Chika arrived, there were a total of 5 men in all. They then conversed in a language Shiruka did not understand, but could recognize thanks to the events that happened earlier.

"It's her then. Though why would she kill Kawazawa for this?" Shiruka thought.

Suddenly, the clock struck midnight. It was March 15th. Only 3 hours remained, or so Shiruka thought. As he poked his head out the door, he saw Olga walking towards the room. Olga opened the door and maniacally smiled down at the three women. She then ordered the men to do something in Bulgarian.

"Well now I know who you are. I just hope my message can go through. Please work," Shiruka thought as he sent a message to someone.

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Chika awoke to find herself bound and gagged. Kaemi and Reiju were also bound and gagged on the floor as one of then men held Chika's video camera while Olga walked over  to Reiju and pulled back her gag.

"Now don't scream sweetie. I just wanna ask a simple question. How many folks at your paper are looking into this!?" Olga demanded.

"What you don't recognize me?" Reiju asked.

"HUH!? That voice! But you- Now that I look closely, your eyes do look familiar. So it was you," Olga glared.

"You who?"

"Don't play dumb with me! I know the ginger's a cop and you're working with her!"

"So why did you ask as if you were assuming I was with the newspaper then?"

"Because I didn't recognize you in that wig."

"Well, I didn't recognize you either. You really do have a vocal range and have a thing with wigs. But now, I know for certain you're the one that was dressed as Mocha-Mmph!"

Olga slapped the gag back on as she glared in frustration.

"Shit! There's no time! Grab that girl's camera and film me throwing them out the window!" Olga ordered.

"But it's risky! The hanging plan's safer," one goon pleaded.

"I don't care! I'm the one who crafted this plan for your boss anyway! Now shut up."

"But you're still speaking in Japanese. AH! The camera's out of battery!"

"WHAT!? Was it on the whole time!? Ugh! Shit! I don't see anyone down below. Ugh. Just use your phone camera like what we did with the Canadian! These three are all cops and know about me killing and replacing Kawazawa. We need to-"

"FREEZE!"

Everyone turned to see Kintaro and a squad of officers pointing their guns at everyone. Olga clicked her tongue and dove out the window. She quickly pulled out the grappling gun she had and used it to swing down to safety. She then ran away into the night. The remaining men were quickly arrested.

"Looks like Fumiyo was right. You two were in trouble. Good thing my instincts agreed and I was close by," Kintaro smiled as he untied Reiju.

"Well, I figured we'd be targeted. Looks like that perv and that gyaru's camera saved us. I guess the goons got greedy and wanted to try and frame Valeva for murdering us," Reiju smirked.

"Why so confident? Have you cracked this case? I just got the briefing on the way over, so I'm embarrassingly a bit in the dark on this one."

"Well, no worries, we're about to catch both criminals in one fell swoop, though we'll need to wait till 7."

"Um Reiju, I know you're declaring victory, but while you were knocked out, that fake Valeva murdered the Canadian diplomat," Shiruka sighed.

"Ugh, that bitch also mentioned something about murdering the Canadian diplomat. Might want to look into that," Reiju groaned aloud.

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"*Sigh* She went as far as scorching the corpse huh? Well at least we know who it is thanks to her loud mouth," Kaemi sighed.

"I bet the mastermind is gonna change plans. Make sure they don't leave. Oh, and have the DNA results come in yet?" Reiju asked.

"Yes. It was actually the reason I was close by. Apparently the second victim is our nation's diplomat for the conference, Eiko Kawazawa," Kintaro stated.

"So that perv's premonition was right, heck even Reiju's was close too," Kaemi mumbled.

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At 7AM, the conference started up again. Diplomat Yang took the stage first.

"Everyone, I have a startling revelation to share. Japanese diplomat Eiko Kawazawa has been murdered," she stated as an image of Kawazawa's corpse was shown.

"One of my brave secretaries witnessed the act and took this photo. They also took a photo of the culprit, Diplomat Valeva of Bulgaria, destroying the body in the kitchen!"

An image of the fake Valeva lighting a corpse on fire was then shown.

"As you can see. Valeva did this after a falling out occurred. Last night, the three of us were in a room together, however a fight broke out between them and Kawazawa stormed off. Valeva then muttered something in her tongue and went after her with a plastic bag. Therefore-"

"YOU'RE UNDER ARREST FOR MURDER DIPLOMAT YANG!" Kintaro yelled as he went on stage and began cuffing Yang.

"WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS!? ARE THE POLICE OF THIS COUNTRY CORRUPT TOO!?"

"No, we're just arresting you because you aided in the murder of Diplomat Eiko Kawazawa. EVERYONE! Your attention please! I am Kintaro Kindaichi of the 1st investigation division. We can confirm that Diplomat Kawazawa was indeed murdered. However, she was killed 2 days prior and was replaced by an imposter. The DNA tests confirm that the corpse you see before you is the real Eiko Kawazawa," Kintaro stated as an image of Kawazawa's corpse appeared on screen.

"As for the burning corpse, we can confirm that it is Canadian diplomat Natalie Burbank. Diplomat Yang was originally just going to reveal that murder, but changed course after her men and collaborator failed to kill our undercover officers, and were arrested. Your accomplice confessed everything, we're taking you in Yang!"

Yang went pale as she was dragged away.

"That bitch ratted me out!? I'll kill her! I should never have trusted a shady killer like her," Min angrily thought.

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Reiju entered the salon wearing the sneakers and sweater hoodie she wore when she first arrived the other day. Shirahoshi, Kagura, Kana, and Sada were all present. Shirahoshi was manning the register, while the other three anxiously sat in chairs waiting for a customer.

"Welcome in," Shirahoshi smiled.

"Oh? are you back for another style already?" Kagura asked.

"Another?" Kana asked.

"Yes, she came in the other day as well."

"Oh, a repeat customer. What would you like today? Yesterday I saw you got a perm and dye from Sada in the logs. Do you have a preference in stylist?" Shirahoshi asked.

"Yeah, give me her," Reiju smirked as flipped off her hood and pointed.

Sada glared angrily as Reiju smirked towards her.