Tantei High: The Second Generation (FANFIC)

Chapter 15: Resolution

A/N: Sorry for the wait. Nawawalan na kasi ako ng ganang magsulat ng stories, and dami kasing issues sa bahay at sa school na rin. But just when I consider leaving this story to rot, your votes and comments pull me right back in.

Sa mga nandyan pa, thank you. I really appreciate you guys for staying with me.

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Halos lahat kami ay sobrang tensed na sa loob ng van. Pwera kay Hiroki na nakasandal lang sa balikat ko at kay Ogami na masayang naglalaro ng dating sim na hindi ko maintindihan dahil Japanese ang nakasulat. Medyo kinakabahan ako dahil baka makalimutan ko yung info na nasa isip ko. Alam ko namang it's called 'photographic memory' for a reason, but I just can't help it.

Kung akala nyo wala nang ikukunot pa ang noo ni Yuki, nagkakamali kayo. His gaze was a weird mix of being expectant and anxious. Hindi ko tuloy alam kung natatae sya o excited lang siya sa malalaman niya.

He cleared his throat. "Let's spend the rest of our time brainstorming. We'll start with Sakura."

"Hai." She responded attentively. "Based on my observations, walang kakaiba sa boses nila. That humdrum detective was wrong to point out na kalmado ang boses ni Miss Lizbeth sa recording. It was about a pitch higher and it was shakier than her passive voice, mahirap i-detect pero kung ia-analyze mabuti, kabado siya at pinipilit niya lang maging leveled para sa mga tao sa paligid niya. Quite typcal for a lady." Mahabang paliwanag niya.

"Same with the others, their voices were only agitated and nervous. Moreover, they didn't bounce or sound like they were moving. So mababa ang probability na gumagalaw sila para i-carry out ang plano habang nagsasalita. They stayed in place out of fear." She explained, and we all agreed. 

"Which means the primary suspects, are those who didn't speak at all..." Agad kaming napaisip sa sinabi nya.

"Next, Megumi." Yuki ordered. Nahihiyang tumango si Megumi at itinapat samin ang monitor ng laptop niya. Nandoon ang mga profile ng lahat ng kasama namin sa seance. Again, I was amazed kung paano niya na-compile yun in just less than 15 minutes. While all I did was just read some data.

"A-According to my research, lahat ng family members bukod kay Miss Lizbeth, na nandon ay nakararanas ng financial instability. Nalulugi na ang publication na pinagtatrabahuhan ni Relmont Cruz, at walang tumatanggap sa kaniya dahil sa tattoos at attitude niya. Wala na ring tumatanggap na modelling agency kay Ricardo Cruz dahil mas gusto na nila ng mas batang models.

Nagkaroon naman ng malaking scandal ang shipping company ng pamilya Torres. It turns out their executives were embezzling funds from them behind their backs. They were also badmouthed by the said executives sa ibang companies kaya  hindi  na sila nakautang  para maisalba ito. Malapit nang malugi ang kompanya nila at plano na nilang ibenta ito." She explained.

"Thank you. Hiroki?" Agad na tanong ni Yuki at tumango naman ang kambal ko.

"As we suspected, 'Lancelot Cabral' and 'Luzviminda Vicente' were fake names. Miyu's face recognition was able to recognize Hanz Cabrera, who used the name Lancelot Cabral and a bit of face reconstruction to hide his identity. He  known as a con man and paid mercenary in the humdrums' underworld. I'm  guessing Ms. Vicente only hired him for show." Hiroki (this is one of the  longest sentences he said, proud nako niyan) replied while showing us a picture of Lancelot Cabral, looking slightly different and with a different aura. Like he was actually someone else. I think this shows that you could never truly judge a person from what they show you. My first impression of Mr. Cabral was that he was a nice and gentle person. Who knew he was a fake who fooled so many people with his sweet words?