#109 case

The mall-goers’ IDs ping as a new section is added to their screens.

The evening is drawing in, though there's still about an hour and a half left to go until the stores close. Sayuri, like the proactive protagonist she is, is walking about and passes by the arcade with her book of the moment, and glances up at the flashing lights within. 

There's something sticking out from around the corner of one of the machines. A foot? A bare foot, no less. With sudden dread, the bookseller approaches to check on the owner, but quickly finds herself much too late.

The alarm goes off. Wait, what?

"Following a brief period of investigation, we will commence our trial!"

She looks around for anyone else. She is alone, and staring down at the lifeless body of...

Victim: Himemiya Otome

Time of Death: 7:32am

Time of Discovery: 7:47 am

Place of Death: Nail Parlour

Cause of Death: Blunt force trauma

State of Body: Otome's body is laid out on the floor of the parlour. She has been stabbed on the chest and abdomen several times, and there is a wound on the back of her head.

A good morning for all, and Eito is happily strolling around the fourth floor when he feels something slippery below his feet. Making sure nobody is around, he lifts his paper a little and looks down. There's a trail of little bloody drops coming - or going - to the Nail Parlour. With trepidation, he approaches, and peers inside.

What he sees makes him yelp in shock, attracting the attention of Mizuno Akira, who was just coming out of the elevator nearby. He comes to Eito's side, and also stares at the scene. Not a few seconds later comes Matsuoka Chiko, looking for someone...

... And unfortunately he finds that person... and the discovery alarm goes off.

"Following a brief period of investigation, we will commence our trial!"

...

It's early in the morning and Himemiya Otome awakens. Except something is different... she can see. Startled, she causes quite a stir. The rest of the students awaken and realize they too are cured of their ailments. And that begs the question: what happened?

A search begins to find what could have possibly happened. Yet soon they realize there's a major problem: it's not yet 7 am and all the stores are still locked for night time.

Yet as soon as the clock strikes seven, Himemiya enters Bear & Company. A startled screech alerts the nearby Mayumi and Yoshiro. They hurry to the scene.

And soon Monobear appears on the screens, his voice echoing throughout the mall.

"Following a brief period of investigation, we will commence our trial!"

The three stare in horror, for though they may have been cured, hanging from the ceiling is...

7 am. Time for Monobear's morning announcement yelling at them to wake up. Yet a certain Kurihara Kagome was already awake. She was preparing to do laundry. Gathering everything into a basket found in the cleaning store, she headed out.

The hallways were especially quiet as she walked through them, not a soul in sight. Well, of course there wouldn't be anyone up this early. After all, sleep was a precious thing to most teenagers. Yet perhaps she shouldn't have gotten up, for upon entering the laundry room, she was met with a horrific sight.

A silent scream escaped the tiny girl. Dropping the laundry basket, she fled to the rooms of the first people who came to mind -- Nariko and Daisuke. After getting them to wake up and follow her, the three of them returned to the scene.

"Following a brief period of investigation, we will commence our trial!"

Monobear's voice startled them, but their gazes didn't tear away from the scene before them. For slumped against the washers was the corpse of...