Chapter 5: Yandere and the Detective

(AN: The inspiration music for today is Just My Type by The Vamps! Don't forget to vote and comment okay??? Toodalooooo~ oh and here's another pic of Akali)

(I tried so hard to color her eyes T-T)

(Here's Detective Akali UmU)

Third Person's POV

The white haired girl didn't bother to take off the cloth that covered her eyes for she doesn't trust the redhead just yet. A theory was already forming on her head on why they met, and if she really is like her, if she also has a system then she can be unstoppable. Just like her, herself.

The redhead on the other hand, was the complete opposite. She doesn't know if it was her bored, sleepy far away look, her white hair, or her general appearance but the first time her eyes laid upon this white haired girl, she already trusted her. And yes, she already heared of stranger danger.

Meanwhile, the clerk was looking at the two with worry. The two girls were staring at each other for so long that the tension reached it's epitome of thickness that even a chainsaw couldn't cut. For someone who'll look at them for the first time, it seems like they were soulmates that was separated by time and both had amnesia.

"Um.......hi? Should we talk?"

The redhead was first to break the somewhat awkward air around them. Akali nodded and muttered and almost inaudible "sure" before walking out of the shop. The redhead following after her with an apology to the confused clerk. The said woman smiled and dismissed her as she ran behind the white haired girl who was walking with one hand on her pocket, and another intertwined with her white tufts of fluffy looking hair. The redhead walked beside her and grabbed the white haired girl's hand. This surprised the said girl but she did nothing as the redhead dragged her towards a quaint looking Cafe.

Both girls sat on the wooden chairs just beside a window, with the condiments section a few tables away from them. The redhead looked ecstatic as she waved for the waitress, the said lady coming with a notepad and a circular tray that she held with her arm.

"What will be your order miss?"

Looking at the menu, taking almost a whole minute to decide what she was ordering, the redhead finally made a decision.

"I'll have green tea thank you."

With a bright smile, the waitress nodded and wrote her order on the notepad, looking at the white haired girl with a questioning glance.

"Black coffee."

She said almost immediately, as if she was already a long term costumer. The waitress repeated their orders just so that she'd make no mistake.

"One black coffee and green tea yes? It'll be ready in five minutes."

"Arigato gozaimasu!"

"Arigato......"

You all know which is which right?

As soon as the waitress left, a woman bumped at the said personnel. The woman was sweating bullets and looked like she was holding something in so she quickly said her apologies and rushed to the comfort room. An upset stomach perhaps? Akali shook her head and looked at the redhead once more.

"So......where should we start?"

"Name."

The discomfort was clear on the redhead's face. It looked like the white haired girl didn't want to talk to her, but hey, she has to try! Who knows if there's only two of them that's a part of the game? They have to stick together in order to survive!

And so with her newfound confidence, she spoke.

"Junko! Masayuki Junko. Nice to meet you!"

The redhead, Junko, reached out her hand for the other girl to shake but the said girl just looked at it and nodded. Adding to the awkward atmosphere even more.

"Wow. She's a tyrant. I don't even have to see her eyes to guess that she's looking down on me. Well, just you wait Miss Tyrant. I'll show you who's boss."

Meanwhile the white haired girl was almost near the verge of passing out. Was it the redhead's charisma that's making her like this? Or is it a chronic disease called "being an introvert" that's acting up? She really doesn't know how to interact with people, and a year on that forest didn't help, not to mention that she might be an enemy.

Now kids, we learned that this is what happens when you put an introvert and an extrovert in one table. The awkwardness level is through the roof.

"Akali."

Junko waited for further response but got none, so as a human that's curious, she asked,

"What's your last name?"

"None. I was spawned in a middle of a forest. I didn't really know who my parents are."

"Oh.....I'm sorry for asking."

"Don't be."

Just as they were about to be enveloped with another moment of awkward silence, the waitress came with their orders. Perfect timing. Was it coincidence? I think not.

"One green tea and black coffee. Enjoy."

The waitress left with a bow after placing the warm tea and the scalding hot coffee on their table. Akali immediately took her coffee and drank from it's cup with a small gulp as if she was drinking water.

"I don't understand people like you. How can you drink that hot of a coffee like it's nothing? Let me guess, you also bite ice cream?"

"It saves time so it won't melt."

"You don't snap kit kat and just straight out bite from it?"

"As I said, I don't want to waste my time by snapping them one by one and eating it slowly."

"It's monstrosity I tell you..monstrosity!"

Junko said with fake tears on her eyes.

"It's called having your own opinion."

Akali said and smirked as she took another gulp from her cup, Junko doing the same but with more aggression. At least now that she's already started a conversation, it wouldn't be so awkward right?

"Well......should we team up? You know....in case of an attack? Or any emergency that needs another player?"

"Mhm."

Akali hummed as she placed her cup down. That will be most logical, since they were the only ones who was here yet.

Speaking of......

"Did you find any other players while you were here?"

Junko shook her head no and took another sip.

"No. I've only been to Kumo and here so I don't know yet. It's only my luck that made me meet you."

She said as she looked straight at Akali's blind folded eyes.

"When you say it like that, it's almost as if we were fated to meet."

Akali said with a smirk and an eye roll that made the redhead blush a deep shade of crimson to the point that her face was the same color as her hair.

[You have acquired a new skill!!Flirt: lvl 5 (34%)(Due to Miss Detective being born a smooth talker, 5 levels were already added.)The ability to befriend or seduce an enemy or an ally. A much more sexy version of Naruto's infamous "talk no jutsu".

(-10% for every level higher than yours)]

If your asking how an introvert be a smooth talker, that's a case you should submit to Sherlock Holmes.

"Before doing this alliance, let me get this straight. How am I sure that you're not an enemy who'll backstab me in the near future?"

Junko was surprised at her sudden straightforwardness. No in fact, she was expecting for it. In her eyes, Akali is a ruthless, crazily intelligent manipulator that can control a whole nation at will. Yet somehow she doesn't have the slightest feeling of danger when she's near her. Strange? She probably has that brain damage that Harley Quinn has.

"I don't intend to. I swear my loyalty to you even if I have to serve under you."

She blurted out those words with such calmness that it surprised both Akali and herself. The air just got heavier around as Akali raised a white eyebrow at her. She quickly covered her mouth with a tinge of crimson on her cheek. Wow. She needs help.

"Look, even if I do betray you, you can just kick my *ss. I can't even observe your stats, all I see are question marks."

"Strange. That's the case for me as well."

She finished her coffee and leaned at the table with her left knuckle below her chin.

"Let's exchange stats, shall we?"

"Not after the alliance. Says here you can't attack your ally for the first 24 hours after a contract is made. What if you're stronger than me and is planning on killing me? I need that assurance at least. "

Akali smirked that made Junko shook her head slowly. An amused look on her darker, more mischievous green eyes. If she wants to play that game, she'll be happy to entertain her. She isn't that dumb after all.

[Form alliance with《Miss Fortune》??]

[Yes/No]

Akali pressed yes and watched as Junko did the same on the tab that appeared before her.

[Alliance GiftChoose an item.

10 000 RYO (unavailable)Fire Wyvern Full Body ArmorKunaiEgg of an Ice Wyvern]

"Is this really necessary?"

[Hai. An offering to seal the deal.]

Akali looked up to see Junko busy scrolling through tons of things on her inventory.

"Oi what's your type? Ice or fire?"

The redhead looked up from her system and looked confused for a moment before realization dawns on her face.

"I'll take fire. There's so many Katon users that I'll probably need something fire resistant."

"Keh your in luck."

Akali smirked and tapped the full set of armor to Junko. A tab appeared at her left side showing a preview of the armor.

"Wow....it's really pretty! Arigato!"

Her smile was contagious as she claimed the gift she received on her mail. She didn't equip it yet in fear of someone seeing so instead, she browsed her inventory to find a gift suitable for Akali.

"A...ano......Akali? I've got nothing sorry...."

"It's fine as long-"

"Will a million yen be enough?"

[Hai. Do you wish to give One million yen to 《Miss Detective 》??]

[Yes/No]

"Yosh!"

She excitedly exclaimed as one million yen was transferred from her system to Akali's, making the said girl drop her jaw to the floor.

"Now can we look at each other's stats? I'm really curious on how strong you are."

"How......how much yen do you have?"

Junko chuckled mysteriously as she said "Character Info"

"I'm not called Miss Fortune for nothing~"

She winked with a smile and pushed her tab towards Akali's direction. After shaking herself out of the awe she was in, Akali did the same, making the both of them look at the tabs they sent to one another with curiosity.

Character Info

Name: Junko Masayuki

Title: Miss Fortune

Age: 12

Gender: Female

Affiliation: Kumogakure no Sato

Level: 9 (5 000/10 000)

HP: 600/600 pleased-excited (regen 1.00 per sec)

CP: 1000/1000 (regen 0.7 per sec)

STR: 34

VIT: 21

DEX: 89

INT: 10

LUC: 500

REP: 30 (Miss Fortune likes you!)

STY: 100%

Money: 987 345 789 000 000 000 RYO

Unspent points: 6

Runes: 9 900

An unlucky girl in her past life, she died by being struck by lightning whilst suffering stage 4 brain cancer. All she ever wanted was money. Riches. Moolah you name it. She got all of it in this life. Luck, fame, money, health, everything she couldn't have on her past life. Will she find true happiness?

"LOOK.AT.THAT.MONEY! What the heck? She isn't even a billionaire or a trillionaire, she's a f*cking Gazillionaire! And what the h*ll is with that luck?! It's monstrous!!"

"W-wow! Your chakra reserves are so huge!! It's like you're a human tailed beast! And you're too smart for your own good! What's with that insane DEX- f*ck are you even human?!"

Junko was now shaking the poor Akali who has spirals in her eyes and bubbles on her mouth.

"You're so much stronger than me and you need assurance?! And you're younger than me too! Just what the hell did you do?!"

"Dungeon grinding. Skill training. Meditation. Occasional real world fights. I did that on repetition for a whole year that I leveled up like that. Don't you go to ID create?"

"ID create? What's that?"

Junko looked genuinely confused that it made Akali face palm. That explains why she's so under leveled. Maybe it's just pure luck that her stats are more than 20 because she knew that level ups were the fastest way to have additional skill points. Not only is she lucky with money, she's also being supported by her luck in other aspects like skills and stats.

"What if she did train and grind hard....in no time, she'll be surpassing even Itachi's development."

Akali watched as Junko's eyes glimmer at the sight of her unused skill points, applying it randomly and making a satisfied face when she was finished.

Another sigh escaped her lips.

Too bad.

"ID create is a skill you get when you passed level 10. It has instant drops like EXP or items that'll prove useful in the future. If you focus there and grind your skills, you'll be stronger than me in no time."

"Buuuut! Grinding is boringgggggg!"

"Oh really. This is already a game and it's still boring? What do you do for fun then?"

"I gamble of course! How do you think I get that money? Money doesn't grow on trees you know."

"With 500 luck and an earth style jutsu, it might as well be."

Akali pinched her nose in annoyance as Junko started to take her seriously.

"Now that we're allies, what should we do?"

"That's obvious. We need to find other gamers like us."

Akali said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"We need them to be our allies. Specially that I need to know why we're reincarnated. And we'll need that extra man power in case we fight a God."

Junko nodded and watched Akali comb her hair with her fingers. Oh so that's what she does when she's thinking? It's kinda cute. She thought to herself.

"For now, we need to be in sync if we want to survive together. We both need to have a faction in order to specialize our skills, hone the weaknesses to be the strengths of the other."

"What do you have in mind?"

Junko asked.

"Your skills. You need to level up and make yourself stronger. For the pace that you are in right now, you are becoming an assassin. You can fight short range and mid range can you not?"

"How did you know?"

"It doesn't take a genius really."

Akali said and glanced at the two swords on her belt. The kunais that are strapped on her both of her thighs and the belt of hunter knives that was strapped on her back. At first glance, you'll know immediately that she's a weapon master. And with multiple weapons comes with multiple attack damage, attack speed and critical damage, and seeing as she was upgrading STR and DEX rather than VIT, she was totally an assassin.

"Take me for example. How much damage can you inflict on me in one second?"

"100. 150 if my first hit is charged with my passive."

"Ten hits huh......plus my VIT means...."

[Answer:《Miss Fortune's》Total damage to 《Miss Detective》Is 50. 100 if blended with other skills.]

"I see."

"How?!"

Akali rolled her eyes and swiped off the tab.

"Critical hits and continous damage means your faction is Mage/Assassin for your range, you can be considered as a marksman. What weapons can you handle?"

The white haired girl said as she looked like she was in a daze, scrolling through Junko's skill list and trying to figure out how to make her stronger but also counter her skills if she ever betrays her. Is her paranoia chronic? Probably. She's a detective after all, there's no small detail that slip past her eyes.

Skill list 《Miss Fortune》

[Gamer's Mind(passive) lvl 'max'The power of being immune to sleep and other mind inducing casualties such as mind control, persuasion etc. It helps the gamer to be able to think things through calmly. If gamer ever has any violent reactions, this skill can calm the gamer's mind.(Unless host is really gullible)]

[Gamer's Body(passive) lvl 'max'With this skill, host can experience everything in real world point of view, such as taste, touch and all of the other senses.]

[Gift of Lightning(passive) lvl 'max'Triggers after being charged after three basic attacks, this skill makes the user's weapon a lightning conductor. Upon hit, it paralyzes the enemy and electrocute other enemies in a chain of lightning.

(+50% critical damage)(-10% for every level higher than yours)]

[Weapon master: lvl 'max'The ability to wield any weapon of any power on any part of the body, this skill gives a +10 buff to any weapon that Miss Fortune will equip.]

[Queen of Charisma: lvl 'max'The ability to charm any person, enemy or ally into submission. Is effective for negotiation and trade. A lighter version of Miss Detective's "Manipulation"]

[Observation: lvl 20 (10%)A skill in which you can see the stats of other people or things, determines their quality and is a great source of important information. Also called as (𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚜𝚊𝚕).]

While Junko took her Skill list tab, Akali sat with a surprised expression. She might not say it for she has her pride up in the sky, but she was genuinely impressed by the fact that even though she has lesser amount of skills than her, almost all of it was on max level! Too bad the drawbacks of some of her skills affects her combat ability greatly. Take Gift of Lightning for example. She's severely under leveled that it can almost be deemed useless except for the skill's general effect. If only she was level 20 or higher, she could've been dealing damage like crazy! Or better yet, she can kill any of her enemies in one hit!

"Ah. That's why you carry so much blades....and I'm going to say it again, you need to level up. For God's sake, you have every opportunity to be stronger than me and you don't take it?"

Akali sighed and slid back Junko's skill list back to her. The said redhead was still busy looking and admiring the white haired girl's skill list that she didn't even hear what Akali was saying.

"Woah.....just look at her skills...."

Skill list 《Miss Detective》

[Gamer's Mind(passive) lvl 'max'The power of being immune to sleep and other mind inducing casualties such as mind control, persuasion etc. It helps the gamer to be able to think things through calmly. If gamer ever has any violent reactions, this skill can calm the gamer's mind.(Unless host is really gullible)]

[Gamer's Body(passive) lvl 'max'With this skill, host can experience everything in real world point of view, such as taste, touch and all of the other senses.]

[Blind Master(passive) lvl 'max'A skill that makes the user see even with her eyes closed, blind folded or blind. This ability grants a buff on the user's taijutsu and kenjutsu(locked).]

[Agility(promoted passive) lvl 'max'By running and dodging as fast as you can, you have imprinted to your muscle memory a series of proper dodges and kicks.]

[ID Create: no levelMakes instant dungeons anywhere in every time of the day. Effective for fast grinding.]

[Observation: lvl 20 (5%)A skill in which you can see the stats of other people or things, determines their quality and is a great source of important information. Also called as (𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚜𝚊𝚕).]

[Stealth: lvl 27 (80%)Effectively hides your presence and conceals your chakra to anyone who's level is lower than yours. (-10% by every level higher than yours.)]

[Intimidation: lvl 15 (90%)The skill to make your enemies or your allies bow to your presence. -10% by every level higher than yours.]

[Manipulation: lvl 5 (97%)The ability to twist and control the beliefs and opinions of whom you're talking to. Adds +5 REP to every person that's been manipulated successfully.]

[Sen-ri no chikara Taijutsu: lvl 9 (99%)The fusion of self defense and offense techniques, Sen-ri no chikara is a way of showing your opponent that you shouldn't be crossed. The combination of peace and balance, cruelty and chaos in one fighting technique. Effective in both one-on-one and cc (crowd control).Using this skill will grant you:+7 STR+10 VIT+10 DEXTotal Attack Damage: 100(+50% if critical hit).]

[Singing: lvl 10 (0%)

Voice quality: Amateur A skill that can stun or hypnotize your enemies and allies alike, exceptionally important for stealth missions like transforming into someone. With higher the vocal quality, the more accurate a voice imitation can be.Only three specific actions can level this skill up to the max level.Singing whilst body is underwater: ✔︎???: not accomplished ???: not accomplished ]

[Flirt: lvl 5 (34%)(Due to Miss Detective being born a smooth talker, 5 levels were already added.)The ability to befriend or seduce an enemy or an ally. A much more sexy version of Naruto's infamous "talk no jutsu".

(-10% for every level higher than yours)]

"Your skills are twice as many as mine....that's amazing! It's probably my fault for slacking off, but eh."

"It is your fault."

Akali sighed.

"I just noticed, what's Sen-ri no chikara?? Never heared of it."

"Where could that little brat be? We've been searching for hours!"

"Junko-chaaaaan?!"

"Hey wait! The bitch is over there!"

Just as both of them turned their heads towards the entrance, three Kumo shinobi appeared. All of them are males. Suddenly, a shiver racked Akali's spine as she slowly looked behind her.

"Say that again Yashichi. I didn't quite hear you."

Looking like a demon looking down at a mere mortal, Junko's hair was levitating with a dangerous aura whilst the said boy Yashichi laughed nervously. The other boy with green hair shaking his head in disappointment and the oldest male which Akali guessed was their sensei was sweatdropping at the sight of his team.

"Aaaand the heir of Kushina is here. I wonder why she's not an Uzumaki at this point. The resemblance is so uncanny."

Akali thought, also with a sweatdrop.

The black haired male, Yashichi, waved his hand nervously as if he was denying what he just said to the raging redhead that instantly made her calm down.

"Is that so? I could've sworn someone called me a bitch. Is it you sensei?"

"I-I would never! Maybe it was Midoriko?"

The buff man said whilst sweating nervously, passing the blame onto the green haired softie who looks like he was about to cry.

"Why would he? I love him! Don't I, Midori-kyun?"

The said boy smiled and nodded looking at the rest of the boys on his team with his tongue out.

"And you call me a tyrant?"

Akali butted in as she just finished paying for their orders, catching the attention of the rest of Junko's team.

"The only thing the respond to is violence so that's exactly what I do. There has to be someone in charge of this team after all."

Now Junko's mood was the exact opposite of what she showed her teammates. The rest looking like they looked death in the eyes and survived.

After her sensei snapped out of his daze, he took a seat near Junko. The rest of her team doing the same.

"Why don't you introduce me to your new friend here Junko?"

The sensei said, clearly suspecting Akali of something that she doesn't know.

"Sh*t. And I don't even have a proper back story yet! What am I gonna do-"

"Sensei, her name is Akali. I just met her earlier! Akali, this is Sendagaya Senryuu-sensei, we call him Daya-sensei!!"

The said man reached out his big *ss hand that Akali shook nervously, but of course she hid that nervousness.

"Nice to meet you Sendagaya-san."

"You too Akali-chan. As you know, this is Junko Masayuki, this here is Yashichi Kuzuryu and this is Midoriko Kazuo."

"So....what's-"

"Hey the door is locked!"

This quickly caught the attention of the cafe's staff, as well as the other costumers inside and they tried on opening the door only to be stopped with a paper slip that's between the door and it's hinges.

"It's a paper bomb! Do not remove it at any cost!"

Daya-sensei said and quickly ordered the people to go back to their places until help arrives.

"Hmph. That's stupid. There's no ninjas here since it's not a hidden village, and even if there are people who fight for this land, I bet they couldn't deactivate a seal, let alone a paper bomb."

"Yuki?! Haruka! N-no way! Help!! Save them!!"

[Quest Alert!Detective Ninja's first strike.....

Solve your very first case in the ninja world!

Rewards:+10 REP to team Junko+10 000 yen+10 INT

Failure:DeathBanned from the land of noodles

Time limit:Before the day ends]

[Accept quest?

Yes/No]

The feeling of nostalgia crashed at Akali like a whole f*cking tsunami as she giddly pressed yes. Immediately seeing Daya helping the man who cried for help. She too, approached them.

"I'm sorry. All three of them are dead."

"Dead?! Oh my God let me put of here!!"

"I don't want to die!!"

"Someone help us!!"

Daya tried to calm the people's panic but failed miserably as they were kicking down the walls and trying to smash things on the concrete.

"Calm down. All of you."

Taking Junko's advice, Akali released her killing intent that made all of the people in the room shiver in fear. Her advice was pretty effective huh? She thought.

"Don't take another step another squeak or another cry for help. Sit down and calm the f*ck up!"

She growled, making the people rush back to their seats.

"You too Daya-san. It's bad if the evidence is ruined."

The said man narrowed his eyes at the white haired girl's mysterious behavior as he sat down, watching Akali's every move.

The said girl sighed and contained her KI, asking the staff for gloves that they gave almost immediately.

"Don't worry sensei. Akali is really smart! I'm sure she'll solve this."

"Solve? Do you mean she's going to find out who killed them?"

"Mhm."

Daya looked at Junko incredulously. The said girl's attention focused on the white haired girl as she approached the two people that sat with the three corpses.

Akali didn't have any emotion portrayed on her face as she scanned the bodies for any injury, wounds or anything. Sad to say there were none, meaning that what killed them was internal.

"What are you doing! My friends are already dead and you-"

"I'm searching for the signs of what killed them. Tell me, do you want to know who killed your friends?"

"Of course! And I swear I'll-"

"Save your curses for later. State your name and age, as well as the three who died."

"I-I'm Sato Wakamura 30."

"Shiroe Yamamoto......I'm 25. The two men are Kenji and Ginji Suzuki, the woman is Sachiko Tanaka."

The woman looked like she was speaking in a daze for her eyes looked like she lost her soul. The man named Sato comforting her.

Daya stood up, not being able to trust the white haired girl with a case this big. Akali 'tsked' as she looked at a variable that all three of the victims have in common. Bluish lips. Only one cause of death entered her mind but she kept silent for she didn't want to miss a single detail. That didn't go unnoticed by Daya, who also kept silent about his suspicion.

"Any sickness that I should know of?"

"Are you thinking that they died of a heart attack? That'll be too coincidental that all three of them had an attack at the same time now wouldn't it?"

Akali glared at Daya that he returned, making the said girl sigh in annoyance before combing her hair once more.

"N-no....we've known each other for so long that the wouldn't k-keep something that big from us..."

"As I thought."

Akali said as she looked at the whole table, noticing slightly unusual things.

Sato, Ginji, Kenji and Sachiko had coffee, while Shiroe had none. Ginji, Kenji, Shiroe and Sachiko had cake while Sato didn't have, but only Ginji, Kenji and Sachiko put creamers on their coffee. Sato and Shiroe was immediately number 1 suspects in Akali's perspective, but just to be sure, she asked the staff.

"Have you seen anything weird in your condiment section? Anything at all?"

"Well.....nothing really. People just go there and get creamers or sugar packets normally......"

"I see."

"Again, how?! Oh wait you have that skill... sorry sorry continue!"

Akali glared at Junko who flashed out a piece sign and an apologetic smile.

"Tch. I doubt that bitch can solve that. Shouldn't we try to take off that paper bomb?"

"Midori-kyun is already on it. We just need some time so that the culprit won't take any move to act out."

Junko said as the both of them watched Akali and Daya.

"Those who had creamers, kindly raise your hand."

Akali said a little louder to catch the other's attention. Only three persons raised their hands as the rest have ordered tea or cake.

"Tell me, do you feel anything unusual? Head ache? Heart burn?"

"Not really. I feel normal!"

"Yup me too."

"Same here!"

Akali nodded and went back to the table, having already a conclusion forming inside her brain. But for the time being, she let Daya have the spotlight.

"Tell me Daya-san, who do you think is the culprit?"

Akali asked and checked the utensils for any traces of poison. That's right. No diseases whatsoever and they don't have injuries so the conclusion was that they died of poisoning. And the poison seems to be a quick acting one since they died immediately. Or did they take it earlier?

[Do you want me to scan the items?]

"You can do that?"

[Hai. There are no forensics in this world so the game master allows me.]

A crazed smirk appeared on her face as she nodded. Of course she already know what the poison is, she just need to find traces of it on the table or utensils to solidify the theory that she has on her mind.

"I don't have anyone in mind. How are you sure that the culprit didn't escape?"

Daya questioned the white haired girl. The man seriously had no idea on what was going on, and yet, the girl looked like she was two steps away on solving the whole ordeal. It was hurting his pride quite nicely.

"Simple. How could they have put the paper bomb inside if they were already outside? That just seems impossible, doesn't it?"

The people watching nodded in agreement as Daya flushed crimson with embarrassment.

[Traces of poison detected on tissue paper.]

"Only on the tissue paper?! There's no poison in the creamers?? Or the coffee cup, there has to be in one of the cups!"

[There are none.]

Akali's eyes widened. It was completely different from her theory! If she just found out who replaced that creamer then she would've caught the culprit! But this......

"Tell me, what relationship did the tree have. Any other than being friends?"

Akali's sudden question surprised the two, but nonetheless they answered.

"W-well....Kenji and Sachiko are together...and Ginji.....he...he likes me."

"Do you like him back?"

"N-no.....I've been trying to reject him but he doesn't listen!"

It might seem and incredulous question but Daya quickly caught on what Akali was thinking.

"You're thinking that this is a crime of passion?"

"Yup."

Akali answered quickly as she thought of possible solutions and situations, with this in her mind;

"If I were the culprit, how would I kill them without anyone noticing?"

"The only answer is Ginji then! Maybe he thought that if he can't have Shiroe then she just might as well kill her!"

"No. That's completely wrong. Why would he kill himself then? And he also failed killing Shiroe."

"Because he was devastated of the thought that he just killed himself!"

"No no, as I said. Absolutely wrong. Kenji is Ginji's twin, am I correct?"

The two nodded in agreement whilst Daya frowned.

"Why would he kill his own twin and future sister in law then? If it was only passion towards Shiroe, then he would've focused on her only."

Akali said, looking at Sachiko's face....there was something so familiar about her face......

Wait.

She's the girl from earlier that has an upset stomach!

Suddenly, everything just clicked on her head. A look of triumph in her face scared Daya but he stayed quiet for his pride couldn't take it if he was corrected by the white haired girl again.

"Heh. I must say, the culprit had me thinking. If I wasn't smart enough, I would've never solved this."

"What?! She already solved it?! How?!"

Yashichi shouted in surprise as Junko was just staring with an awed expression.

"Is this what a detective is? Wow....no wonder she's called Miss Detective! She's so smart!"

"R-really?"

Nervousness was clear on both of their faces as they watched Akali grin evily.

"Well, not completely. In order to complete my deduction, I need the both of you to say what exactly happened when you got here. Don't leave anything behind. Not even picking your nose."

Daya looked at her weirdly but nonetheless he listened to the both of their stories.

"Well all of us met here as a small reunion, we talk and ordered then Shiroe went to the bathroom first before the order was served. She also got the creamers for the coffee since it was near the bathroom."

As their story progressed, the smile on Akali was getting crazier and crazier that it made Sato question her sanity.

"After the order was served, I cut the cake then passed the knife to Ginji. I passed the tissue that Shiroe gave since the knife's handle was covered with icing. Kenji and Sachiko then took the creamers but Shiroe only got one for her and Sachiko thinking that the twins didn't want creamers so Kenji stood up to get one."

"I remember Kenji flirting with the clerk so Sachiko was feeling down. I comforted her girl to girl, when she said she wanted to go to the comfort room. She said she didn't feel well but I think that was just so she could avoid Kenji for now. I agreed of course, who am I to judge? When she came back, she looked kinda relieved so I guess she had an upset stomach."

Shiroe said, continuing Sato's testament.

"Kenji and her made up after that, then we all ate. Shiroe went to the bathroom to fix herself since she accidentally spilt coffee on the both of us, and I wanted to excuse myself since I want to smoke and maybe dry the coffee stain outside when I noticed that the door was locked! Shiroe helped me but that guy stopped us since there was a paper bomb! But when we came back to them, all of them are dead!"

"Then you started your thing. That was it."

"Really? No one used the bathroom then?"

They shook their head.

"Heh. And with that, the culprit is revealed. Who would've thought that someone as innocent looking as you would be the culprit? Am I right?"

"Shiroe?"

Gasps and aggressive murmurs resonated in the cafe. All of them think otherwise and Akali is about to prove them wrong.

"Look here. See their lips? They're all blue, meaning lack of oxygen. And the only poison that can cause the lack of oxygen is cyanide."

"How is that related to Shiroe!!!"

Sato was enraged by Akali's smart retort but the said girl just ignored him.

"Do you know how long does it take to kill if Cyanide was put in your drinks? 3 minutes. Too long huh? By that time, someone would've noticed that something was wrong. Do you know how long does it take if it's inhaled instead? 5 seconds. A minute considering how tough their immune systems are. The culprit, or should I say Shiroe didn't have to spike their drinks. She just have to have a reason for them to inhale it."

The two were still in denial, but Daya was slowly getting the gist of what she had in mind.

"Now, how would that happen? She didn't just gave it to them and said, 'hey inhale this!' No, she had to set it up. Remember how she entered the comfort room earlier? That was her time to set up the poison trap that she has."

"That means....she was planning on killing Sachiko!"

"10 000 points for you Daya. Correct."

Akali smirked and continued to expose the culprit.

"Oh, but Sachiko won't just got to the loo loo without a reason right? You said it yourself, she looked like she had an upset stomach, that's why she was rushing. It wasn't to avoid Kenji at all."

"Oh yeah! She bumped with Waitress-san when she was getting our orders, right?"

She nodded at Junko and looked at the waitress who served them. The said woman also nodded that made Shiroe's face paler.

"Oh but you were only planning to kill Ginji, Sachiko and Sato huh? Sato said that after Sachiko, you went to the comfort room to wash off the coffee, right? And if I'm right, you got rid of any evidence that there was poison there, didn't you? Using that tissue paper that you soon gave to Ginji to wipe off the icing?"

Akali's smirk was still evident as Shiroe slowly looked like she could just murder the white haired girl right here right now, but the presence of the buff Daya was stopping her on doing so.

"I wonder why? I mean, I understand why you would kill Ginji, but why Sachiko and Sato? Unless......"

"Unless there was a love triangle! Sachiko and Kenji loved each other, Shiroe loved Kenji, and Ginji loved Shiroe! Whew is that even a triangle anymore....?"

Junko butted in that Akali quickly agreed on.

"You passed the tissue to Sato when you could just straight up gave to Ginji right? I'd say that that was just because you don't want to interact with Ginji, but you almost killed Sato! If it wasn't for the coffee washing off the Cyanide on Sato's hands, he would've been dead."

"Now that, is luck. "

Sato looked at Shiroe with a face of betrayal, but Shiroe didn't look at him at all.

"Then why did Kenji have to die! I don't believe you!!"

Sato denied and supported Shiroe until the end.

"You said Sachiko and Kenji made up right? He must've inhaled the same air as her, smelled the deadly almond scent of cyanide that caused his doom."

"Shiroe wanted Kenji for herself, even though she knew Sato wouldn't get between them. Yandere. I believe that's what it's called? Shiroe is a yandere that wanted her rivals to vanish just so that she could have her beloved senpai."

It was clear to everyone in the room what her intentions are and she didn't try to hide it. She laughed. She laughed like a crazy maniac before getting a knife and almost stabbing herself in the stomach, if it weren't for Daya who stopped it.

"Someone should really arrest her. Ey Mido! You finished unlocking that?!"

"I'm finished Daya-sensei! I thought of countless techniques to unseal it but it was just a dud so I can't deactivate it! Sorry it took so long for me to realize!"

In the end, Shiroe was arrested and the bodies of the tree were taken, leaving Sato with us as everyone left unscathed.

"Thank you Akali-donno! Our Cafe would've had to shut down if it weren't for you solving the case immediately!"

[Quest Complete!Detective Ninja's first strike.....

Solve your very first case in the ninja world!

Rewards:+10 REP to team Junko+10 000 yen+10 INT]

"It was nothing. I would've died if I failed on solving that case."

Akali said and winked at the cafe manager before leaving. Well it wasn't a complete lie, it literally says on the quest but hey, there's no harm in telling that right?

"Hey uh...... Akali?"

She turned around and noticed that team Daya was looking at her differently now. It had more....respect and less suspicion. That's nice. More allies.

"Thank you for today. And I guess I'm sorry too since I judged you....until we meet again I guess!"

Daya said whilst scratching his nape. Junko leaped to her and hugged her whilst the two nodded at her.

"I already sent you my invite. Call me if you need anything"

Junko whispered as she parted with Akali, their figures slowly getting farther and farther away. It's gonna be a loooong time before the two of them meet again but Akali will make sure that she's even stronger than before. Strong enough that she would survive.

Character Info

Name: Akali (Hoshigaki?)

Title: Miss Detective

Age: 9

Gender: Female

Level: 31 (10 001/30 000)

HP: 1000/1000 accomplished-drained (regen 5.00 per sec)

CP: 30 000/30 000 (regen 5.00 per sec)

STR: 51

VIT: 51

DEX: 170

INT: 255(+10) 265

LUC: 16

STY: 100% (sanity restored)

Team Daya admires you!

Udon no Kuni (Land of Noodles) is starting to recognize you! (yabe!)

Money:1 009 764 RYO

Unspent points: 144

Runes: 9 900

Once was a ruthless detective, she was cold hearted towards the ones she brought to justice even if each of them had a reason why they did each crime. She was challenged by Deus ex Machina to change her ways, to be in the shoes of those she turned a cold shoulder, to kill in order to survive.