“That’s right, the culprit who had been seeing that selfish body up close had been feeling frustrated day after day! And when they learned that the director had recently become obsessed with anthocyanin-based black tea, their delusions exploded with the idea of making him drink blue-colored sleeping pills to do naughty things! Unable to contain themselves any longer, they made him drink that drug!”
(That’s just wishful thinking, Kabemura-san.)
Being able to let your imagination run that wild just from seeing bluish tea is admirable in a way, but… both I and the two doctors were exasperated.
However, Yuno-san, who heard Kabemura-san’s deduction (delusion), was──
“……”
[No way, no way! If I confess now! I’ll be seen as someone who was after that old man’s body! There’s absolutely no way I can confess!]
(Ahhh! The path to confession has become distant again!?)
Seeing Yuno-san lose her courage again, I nearly collapsed from my knees… but well, being misunderstood as being after some old man’s body would be tough.
Meanwhile, Kabemura-san, now a troublemaker, couldn’t stop her fujoshi heat-up.
“In other words, one of you two couldn’t hold back and slipped him the drug! Which one was it!? Or maybe you’re accomplices!? All three of you tangled together!? Oh my! The thin book is getting thicker!”
Kabemura-san could no longer hide being a fujoshi, or rather, could no longer keep it in her heart. The two doctors responded in unison to this.
“There’s no way that’s true, head nurse!”
“That’s right! Besides, you’ve been grinning this whole time – you’re the suspicious one!”
“You’re the one who couldn’t hold back and slipped him the drug!”
To this, Kabemura-san became serious for the first time.
“I’m grinning because I’m fantasizing about who’s the seme and who’s the uke! I wouldn’t do something as ridiculous as trying to do something myself!”
“What kind of fantasies?!”
(That’s not something to say with a serious face, head nurse…)
The two doctors were shaken by the mysterious pressure.
Kabemura-san puffed out her chest and proudly retorted:
“Besides, that kind of drug isn’t easy to get normally, right? Auntie knows – that type of sleeping pill requires a doctor’s prescription. So inevitably, it’s either one of you two, or both of you, who couldn’t hold back against the director’s selfish body and engaged in erotic doujin-like acts!”
(She suddenly becomes logical… probably her brain only spins at high speed when it comes to BL… hmm?)
That’s when I noticed something.
(Only doctors can prescribe it? Then isn’t it strange that it was contained in the squeezed rag water? And in the first place, if it’s colored blue to prevent crimes, wouldn’t you notice when squeezing it… why?)
There must be some fundamental misunderstanding… just as I was thinking that.
“So you were here, Kanako. The examination is finished.”
“K-Koyomin.”
The one who appeared casually at the entrance of the director’s office was my beloved sister and capable assistant, Koyomin.
She looked at this strange scene with suspicion.
“Um, what’s this commotion about? Did our Kanako cause trouble again?”
“What do you mean ‘again’? You’re the one who breaks things with excessive strength. Poke poke.”
When I poked her with my elbow, Koyomin looked annoyed – hmm, the usual reaction.
“Who is this girl?”
“She’s my assistant. Hey Koyomin, I have something I want to discuss right away.”
“What is it? You’re hot and stuffy, so get away from me.”
I pulled her to a corner of the room and explained the current situation in detail.
“So that’s how it is. I’d like to somehow help her confess.”
After hearing all this, Koyomin looked around and then sighed softly.
“Haah…”
“Eh? W-what?”
“Haven’t I told you many times to be careful not to be trapped by preconceived notions because you know the answer first due to the nature of your ability?”
“Eh? Pre-conceived… don’t use such intellectual words.”
“Besides, nearly dying from sleeping pill components contained in squeezed rag water – that’s normally impossible when you think about it.”
“But actually, because of squeezing the rag, he nearly died──”
“Isn’t she just thinking that’s what happened? Who was going to use that drug commonly used in sex crimes? Why had the director become obsessed with blue-colored tea? You should understand if you think about it normally.”
“…Ah.”
Realizing I had made a tremendous mistake, I asked Yuno-san again about when she served tea.
“Um, Yuno-san.”
“…Yes, what is it?”
“You made the tea, right? Did you notice anything at that time? Please tell me in detail if possible.”
“…Are you suspecting me?”
[Um, I served tea with squeezed rag water… then he asked me to get some documents, so I left for a moment… and when I came back, I noticed I had mistakenly placed the cup with rag water at my own spot, so when the director looked away, I switched them… but that’s not related to the incident, right?]
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(Y-you switched them?!)
Yuno-san thought of the most important thing for the first time. But seriously, how many miracles is this person going to pull off!?
While respecting her in a way for being beyond the scope of a clumsy or airheaded character, I pressed my temples and decided to reveal the whole truth of the incident.
“Um, all the mysteries have been solved…”
Later, Director Shimoda, who regained consciousness, was referred to prosecutors for attempted sexual assault.
According to his testimony, that day he called Yuno-san to the director’s office under the pretext of discussing future policies, and tried to engage in lewd acts using sleeping pills. It was apparently a premeditated crime, thinking he could disguise it using anthocyanin-based blue tea.
However, due to the numerous miracles she caused, he ended up drinking the sleeping pill himself and nearly died.
“Apparently, secretly drinking alcohol during work hours was also one of the factors that nearly killed him.”
“Combining it with alcohol is contraindicated for people with liver problems… divine punishment fell upon a petty villain.”
“Attempted sexual assault… when you open the lid, you wonder why we didn’t notice this. How pathetic.”
“This time it was full of people trapped by preconceived notions, so it couldn’t be helped. Let’s be careful next time.”
Clumsiness, ambition for promotion, and BL desires… because everyone was only thinking about their own things, they didn’t notice the simplest thing. Being misled by inner voices is also the fate of a mind-reading detective.
In the end, Yuno-san was completely a victim. Of course, she wasn’t pursued regarding the rag water, and the dying message was settled as having become “proper sitting” due to delirium from the sleeping pills.
At Oba Detective Agency, Koyomin and I were discussing the outcome of the incident while holding the hospital examination results.
The result report showed “No Abnormalities.” Apparently, there’s no problem… though honestly, after seeing the alcoholic, sexually harassing director and the overly self-assertive people involved, I do worry if it’s really okay.
“Shall we let Naomi-san know there were no problems?”
“OK, I’ll contact her then.”
──Ring ring ring
But the police superintendent seems busy and doesn’t answer the phone easily.
After waiting for a while and thinking about hanging up, I finally got through to Naomi-san.
“…Yo.”
Hmm? Her energy seems low somehow.
“Good work. Um, I’m reporting that the examination results were fine… um, is something wrong?”
“No, not really.”
That’s strange. Naomi-san, who usually says everything clearly (even unnecessary things), is being evasive.
Did something happen? Is it something I shouldn’t probe deeply into? Should I not ask any more about this…?
Worried, I kept the conversation to harmless topics.
“Sorry for bothering you when you’re busy with interrogating suspect Arima and such. I’ll call back later──”
“──Arima escaped.”
“Pardon?”
I couldn’t help but ask again at the quietly muttered, disturbing word.
“……”
“Eh? Eh?”
A long silence.
Naomi-san spoke the shocking fact again.
“He escaped during interrogation. There was someone inside the police who helped him get away.”
“Someone helped him? Why would they do that?!”
“I told you, Arima had gotten quite deep into the police executive corruption case. The mastermind was probably afraid of being pursued and having his identity revealed.”
I was surprised that things had become quite serious. But even more shocking facts came from Naomi-san’s mouth.
“The one who helped him was Yurippe… Ugohonjo Yuri.”
“U-Ugohonjo-san did?!”
At this completely unexpected person, I could only be speechless.
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