Unexpected Friends
Chapters 8. Hurry on!!!

We went back to the room and tried to relax the remaining body and soul. 'This 'Investigation' of Wanna Be Dectective ends up in chaos. But it didn't completely fail because I found a diary. Wish there was something valuable in it, like the author's last note.

I stretched out my hand while I was near the bed and with a small leap I dropped this tired body onto the crumpled bed that had ever existed.

But it looks like we won't be able to relax for long. "Yes! Since we're back in the room, let's finish our job." Fumika's word is so dusty - gebu.

I who just floated to bed feel uncomfortable. The distance between the bed and me should not be separated!, I thought. I had to pull the blanket and pretend to sleep as an excuse to avoid it. Eliz who just came out of the bathroom has no reason anymore.

Well, I said I was pretending to be asleep. But now my eyes are sleepy. It might be the effect of the trip, but my eyes are so heavy to open. Even my body is more clingy with a mattress. Getting up is hard. Over time they get more and more shut down and fall asleep.

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"He's asleep?" Fumika asked while taking the ruler from her red bag. Eliz, who was picking up some blue cartons from a plastic bag, looked at Fumika. Then she replied, "Alice once she touches the bed goes straight to sleep."

"Yes, after the incident must have been draining." Grunts Fumika and sits close to Eliz on the carpet of their room.

"really. The kid ran a marathon, he had bad sports lessons."

Eliz gave a small laugh remembering the moments in the middle school first. While taking sports scores, Alice fell because her shoelaces were not tied. Alice became the last runner. He is not talented in ball games and always gets a red record because of his shortcomings. In other words, Alice is terrible at sports.

"14cm by 10cm, right?"

"So, I said 20cm by 13cm."

"Oh, okay."

Eliz and Fumika work on making their own name tag leaving Alice who has been to dreamland. "Grookc-fr.. Gggs.. Roookcc.." From the sound, it means Alice can't be awakened now even if the fire alarm goes off.

Were it not for Alice's snoring, Eliz and Fumika would have been quiet. So silent. Like the Grand Canyon.

Eliz felt bad about this atmosphere. So he started their conversation. "Hey, Fumika. If you can ask, why do you want to solve this case?"

Fumika who was lined up the cardboard fringe responded without turning her eyes away. "To prove if I can help Otau-San."

"Huh?! So you want it?"

"Yes! Otau-San is always busy with his work. So I wanted to help her, but since it's a 'Grown-up' thing, 'small' kids shouldn't interfere."

Fumika again grunted in annoyance after telling Eliz. In that time, Eliz felt something was off. Then he said,

"Wait, since it's an adult business and you can't come along, how do you know about this school murder case?"

"I sneak."

Eliz jerks. He was shocked to hear someone this determined to help the elderly.

"At midnight I snuck into Otau-San's study. It just so happened that he was on a work visit until a few days away from home. And for your information, I had a fight with Otau-San because he underestimated me on the phone."

Eliz listened to Fumika's story with wisdom. She is satisfied that Fumika owes her a story when she tells Alice's past.

"Fumika~Fumika~, girls can only sit sweetly, do not interfere with Otau-San's affairs. You were a kid. Play with a kid your age~ Grrr..! I'm still really pissed! Girls can sit down?!"

If there is no Eliz, Fumika will be late in cutting the cardboard and they will go back down to buy new cardboard in a photocopy place quite far.

"Wow, hold done there Fumika! Your scissors crossed the line!"

"Nani?! Huft, almost."

"Fumika if you tell a story, do not use emotions. What else if there are scissors, later if the wrong cut danger loh."

"Yes, yeah, yeah, all right."

They also re-create the name tag that remains written his name. Eliz used the same marker when she was lining the cardboard. In the midst of work, Fumika resumed her story.

"So because of that, I went into his study and tried to find a case that Otau-San had not dealt with and happened to be just a case of 'Murder in Hokkaido High School' and 'An ill-fated accident in the forest near the mountain'.

"I chose the murder of Hokkaido High School because it is still 1/4 under investigation. Then I read the file and recorded the case. But because it is still lacking, I jumped directly into the TKP all of you became tickets to the famous University, hehe."

Fumika wrote her name with a permanent black marker on the carton she cut earlier. He was proud of his good handwriting.

"Fumika Hattori." Mumbled.

"Wait on! Why choose a murder case if there is an accident case? 'That is safer! No killer is eyeing and just argues how it happened, la li da li da~." Eliz became anxious because Fumika entered this High School to solve a new case 1/4 solved in addition to entering a famous University.

"If the accident was haphazard and after all almost solved." Said Fumika in a dismissive tone. "There were 3 victims, namely 2 parents and children in the Aokigahara forest, near Mount Fuji in Tokyo. The cause is the brake blong so they hit a tree. The only survivor is his son."

Sometimes Eliz thinks Fumika is arrogant about problems similar to this case, but he is also amazed when Fumika can explain in detail like now. He's like the detective in the manga he's read.

"Okees... So that's why you chose the murder case. But do you have any leads on who did it?" Eliz asked again after he finished writing his name in the carton. "Hehe actually," Fumika scratched her neck.

"In addition to the time, location and condition of the ill-fated dead victim, I have no other clues. So I took the initiative to go to Hokkaido High School to find out for myself and finally found 1 clue from Enji."

"On that damned room?" Eliz answered spontaneously.

.. "Please.don't... Akhs! I'm sorry, "Enji's face is pale as if he wants to cry...

... Enji was finally able to control himself. Then warn, "PLEASE don't go to that room! The room is damned! You're lucky you weren't found by her',"...

They recalled the flashback when Enji was hysterical because of a room labeled 'Cursed'. That memory is also an unpleasant memory because it makes the atmosphere awkward between the sister and upperclassman.

After writing the name, Eliz put the cardboard written by his name into a thin plastic that serves as a place for his name tag. "Then" continued Eliz. "Sir Enji also said 'You're lucky not to be found by him' meaning Pureya' right?"

Fumika. He was silent for a moment then excitedly shouted to Eliz, "Of course! You're genius Eliz!! I almost forgot Enji said that. Matte, Matte (wait, wait) I have to take note of this."

Fumika dustily ransacked her bag and took out a red cover note book with a palette reading 'Campus' and pencil from its place.

Because Fumika had finished making the name tag, she focused on writing in her notebook. While writing he muttered until Eliz who was tying his name tag rope was heard.

"OK, so the murder case in High School with the victim of 4 students and the culprit is this school person. The incident happened a year ago when the victims were in the 10th and 11th grades in a remote location. That's the damned room, the IPA Lab, the garden shed, and the basketball court."

"Btw Eliz, if we examine a little, actually the time of his murder has a pattern. Multiples of 3, meaning March, June, September, December with each starting date of 6. Right no? But March the 16th there was no murder and June the 26th was over."

"To find the culprit I have to ask Enji because he seems to be an eyewitness and possibly the next target. But maybe with the post-murder state, Enji will be difficult to ask because it is still traumatized."

Eliz was stunned by Fumika's explanation. Until he said,

"Fumica"

"Hm?"

"Hehe, actually I was Homles' maniac. I have all the novels."

"Btw if I want to again, I've read a comic and there is a character whose name resembles you Fumika. You're from Osaka too, right? He's also."

Fumika was sculpting, she also remembered the coincidence Eliz said.

"Yes, I know that comic. I was also surprised when I read it turns out the name of the character figuran also surnamed Hattori and from Osaka as well." Fumika said awkwardly.

"It's not wrong to name it... KYAA!!"

"I'm ashamed!!"

Fumika throws a pillow from her mattress at Eliz with a feeling of annoyance and embarrassment.

Challenged, Eliz quickly stuffed his belongings and name tags into a tiny closet next to his mattress by the door and swiftly picked up a pillow from his mattress. In one throw Eliz managed to shoot a pillow right into Fumika's face.

"Yeah!!"

"Pillow Fight!!"

"Oh so you want a war?" Fumika picked up 2 pillows nearby and with a ninja-style run, suddenly next to Eliz. On top of the middle bed. "Yeah! Cheat 2 pillows!"

Not to be outdone, Eliz forcibly took a pillow in a nearby mattress that Alice was wearing. "Aww!! Elise! What the hell are you two doing?!" Alice suddenly woke up from her sleep.

After rubbing her eyes Alice realized an awkwardness.

"Oh no."

"Pillow Fight!"

"Yeah!!"

Alice tries to avoid by rolling down to the floor, getting up then taking a zig-zag step and getting down several times. Not wanting to just avoid continuing, Alice then took the pillow that was nearby by pointing it to Eliz, but when thrown into Fumika.

"Omae(You)! I'll get you Alice."

"Try if you can~"

With a mocking move, Alice dodged Fumika's attack from near the window. He managed to avoid it but Eliz's throw from the middle bed hit his face.

"Gocha!"

"Oh, how are you?"

Their pillow fight continues until Eliz remembers something.

"Oi! Alice you haven't made a name tag yet. Make quick! It's already night!"

"Yes baffles!"

"HUH?!!"

"Hoo! Too slow!

Alice manages to evade Eliz's emotional pillow attack. Seeing the upset face of Elizabeth Van Hose can make Alice feel satisfied. Actually Alice was provoking Eliz's emotions because they had done the task first and left him asleep.

But it's Alice's own fault why sleep. -_-)

After they tidied up the mattress and put the pillow back in place, Eliz and Fumika gave Alice the materials and tools to make her name tag.

"Work!" Say they're compact.

"Huh! Yep!" Grumpy Alice.

"Btw thank you for giving me the materials for free." Said Alice who started to line the blue cardboard.

"It's no problem." Gentle Eliz. "Money for two Eliz." Fumika approaches Eliz to retrieve the money from the wallet they found. "Hey! You guys don't mess up my wallet!"

Alice, who had lined the cardboard, ran quickly to the closet near her mattress and recaptured her wallet.

"Hey you think our service is free? Not even tips." Fumika Protest.

"At least give money for the material. The scissors and markers are still minjem!" Additional from Eliz.

"Yes, okay!" Alice gave up arguing because in the end she was wrong. So he was forced to give some Yen¹ to the two then re-create the name tag.

"Tsk! So kangen is Naoki. He's never as chatty as them." Alice grumbled in her heart. "Tomorrow to see you again?"

How many times did Alice reason to lie to her heart about Naoki, but now she confesses her feelings. He loves Naoki. Like his big family's pet dog, Sir Alexander The Eater.

At 20 o'clock, Alice Henkins Yamada began her job to become a high school student for the first time by making a name tag full of enthusiasm. "Yes! Let's work!" His full spirit in heart.

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"May not tomorrow?" Said someone behind the door.

"... Yes it is." Reply to the interlocutor next to the door.

"Curtain! I thought the plan was over!"

"Oi! I didn't know it would be like this!"

Trying to calm the mood, Kaouri dissolved them. "From being angry to being angry is not clear it's better to leave until we get Alice's chance alone."

No one retaliated, everyone agreed and they dispersed like smoke. Each of them already knew where the other went after disbanding.

Basketball courts, IPA Labs, garden sheds, and cursed rooms or arguably the Number 21 male dormitory room.

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"I was curious about the Diary. Tight-knitting is okay." That's how Alice has a little focus. He's easily distracted by random things.

[To Be Continue!]🍵