I was afraid that it would rain since the sky was covered with a black clouds. I couldn't see the sun now.

Under the big tree near our camp, Mori Nene was sitting and lending her back to the tree.

Her face lowed so I couldn't see it clearly, but she seemed to be sleeping.

"You said you will solve the case. Where will you start?" Yukimura said with irritability. "Or you are thinking which boy you should blame?"

It was understandable that Yukimura didn't give reliability to our temporary detective. Mori wasn't known as the smart girl though.

"Wait for a while, Yukimura-Kun. " Mori answered and if I didn't misunderstand, she didn't even move her mouth. "I need everyone to come back to the camp first. Oh, everyone is here."

She said that because Karuizawa's group which consists of Karuizawa, Sato, and Matsushita reached the camp already.

Karuizawa dropped the log she held after she saw Mori.

"Mori-San. She does it again!"

"T--That's---Sleeping Nene!" Sato shouted with surprise.

"Sleeping Nene?" Hirata asked with curiosity.

"Yes. It's her nickname. " Matsushita explained. "Sometimes, the crime happened in the girls' dorm. Mori-San will solve it. Before she solves the case, she will act as she sleeps. It's strange because she never closes the case while she wakes up. So we call her Sleeping Nene."

I raised my eyebrows. "You said as it happened normally."

"It happens normally, Ayanokouji-Kun. " Horikita said. "You'll be surprised how many crimes happened in the girls' dorm. Um, last week, there are 35 theft cases, right?"

Kushida nodded.

"Yes. There are 5 people murdered in my room."

"7 in mine," Onodera said.

"10! I win!" Maezono jumped with happiness.

I didn't expect this school would be that lack of security.

"So did you solve Karuizawa-San's case?" Hirata asked Mori.

"Yes. And I will tell you who the culprit is. " Mori said. "There is only one truth!!"

Wait, why did I hear saxophone sound came from nowhere?

(Play the video in the head for poetic flavor)

"This case is hard, really hard, but it isn't too hard to fool my fountain of knowledge!"

"Okay, please choose to be the drunken sleeping detective or loli Diabate-maker detective. Only one " Yamauchi said, but Mori ignored it.

"The truth behind the curtain. The love behind the vengeance. The knife behind the smile. I, Mori Nene, will reveal it!"

"Stop playing around, Mori. " Yukimura said. "Who is the culprit?"

Mori became silent for a while.

"I will tell you now---"

"We just start the chapter for 400 words! Don't cliffhanging now!" Karuizawa shouted.

"Sorry. The culprit is Ibuki Mio-San."

Ibuki Mio. The whispered sound of curiosity spread around the camp. Of course, If you thought it easy, Ibuki was the most suspicious one. She was from class C, our opponent. There were many reasons for her to steal Karuizawa's underwear. Ibuki could break our fake harmony with this action.

But according to the evidence, she was no chance to do it.

"Do you think there is no chance for Ibuki-San, right?" Mori asked.

"Yes. You know I slept at the tents' door. If Ibuki-San wanted to go outside, she needed to pass my body first. And I wake up easily. " Shinohara said.

"At first, I think so. But after I realized that no one except Ike-Kun and Matsushita-San came out of the tents that night. Then, the crime couldn't happen between we went to bed."

"Why don't you think it can be Ike-Kun?" Sato said.

"Oi!"

"It couldn't be Ike-Kun. Because I found Ike-Kun's footprint outside our tents that day when I compared it to the footprints around our bags. There was no one match. The fact is Ike-Kun never come close to our bags!" Mori explained.

"So how did Ibuki-San commit the crime?" Hondo asked. "If the crime happen before or after we went to bed, how she did. Because there were many people around the campfire almost all the time."

"You are right. So let repeat the timetable?"

7.00 p.m. The fish party started,

11.00 p.m. The fish party ended. Karuizawa went to the river to change her cloth. It was the last time she saw that underwear. Then, she put it into her bag.

11.30 a.m. Everyone went to sleep. No one came out until the morning.

11.45 a.m. Ike came out of the tent and peeked at the girls' tent.

05.30 Matsushita came out of the tent to go to the toilet. She came back five minutes later.

06.00 Everyone got up.

06.30 Karuizawa went to the river to bathe. When she looked at her bag, her underwear was gone.

" If I don't misunderstand, Ibuki-San didn't go to the river to the bath that night. While Karuizawa-San was bathing at the river at 23.00, Ibuki-San committed the crime at that time."

"Impossible. When I finished bathing, I still had my underwear!" Karuizawa protested.

"Yeah, and if she really stole the underwear at 23.00. Everyone must see her holding the underwear. " Yukimura pointed out.

"I never say Ibuki-San steal Karuizawa-San's underwear. " Mori said. "She committed the crime but didn't steal the underwear."

"Eh?"

We looked at each other in confusion. Ibuki was the culprit but didn't steal?

"Sato-San. Karuizawa-San. Can you take your bags for me?" Mori spoke out.

Sato and Karuizawa were confused too, but then they nodded and took their bags.

"Oh! I know it!" Horikita cried.

Sato's bag and Karuizawa's san were the pink-blue bags painted with a kitten.

It was exactly the same!

But the difference was there was the cat doll hanging on Sato's bag.

"You both bought it from Keyagi mall, didn't you? But for preventing the misunderstanding, Sato-san tied her Chi-Chan with her bags. This is Ibuki-San's trick. She made Karuizawa-San think Sato-san's bag is her by taking Chi-Chan from Sato-San's and tying it with Karuizawa-San's one. So after Karuizawa finished bathing, she put her underwear on Sato-San's bag because of this misunderstanding. Then, Ibuki-San tied Chi-Chan back with Sato's bag. Stealing underwear is easy to realize but it was another story with tying a little stuff. The next morning, when Karuizawa looked at her real bag, the one without a doll, she would think her underwear is disappeared."

Mori continued speaking.

"The evidence is Chi-Chan itself. Sato-San is the delicate girl. She always ligated her doll tight to make sure it won't fall easily. But Ibuki-San must untie and tie it again in a limited time. She couldn't make it tight. That's why Chi-Chan who always be securely on Sato-San's bag fell down yesterday."

I recognized it. Yesterday, I found Sato's doll laid down on the floor.

So this was the reason?

"But I didn't find Karuizawa's panties on my bag either!" Sato spoke out.

"Of course you didn't, it would be no use if you found it. Ibuki-San probably observes our routine for a while. Sato-San always wakes up later than Karuizawa-San. So she was sure that Karuizawa-San would wake up first and find that her underwear is disappeared. Among the chaos and conflict between boys and girls, everyone put their interest in the boys' bag. She used that chance to take the underwear from Sato-San's bag. And hid it somewhere. " The detective said, "Maybe she hid it on some boy's bag. If I were her, I would do that."

Karuizawas's glare turned to me immediately. I thought there was no need to explain now, so I shrugged my shoulder.

"But Mori-Sensei. " Doctor started using a new nickname. "If you said so, everyone could be the culprit now, why did you name Ibuki-Dono? Do you have other evidence, sir?

"You're right, Sotomura-Kun. I have another reason that I name her. " Mori replied. "It's because she isn't here."

"Pardon?" Doctor raised his eyebrows.

"Ibuki-San is the most suspicious one. But I still can't find the evidence to point out her without any debts. So I have to use a little trick. Do you remember what Inogashira-San told you all?"

We were thinking for a while.

Horikita realized it first.

"She said; Mori-San said she will untie what the culprit tied."

"Correct, Horikita-San. I said that. I used the word tie and untie to make the culprit think I knew his or her trick and identity. All of class C retired from the test, so Ibuki-San have no choice but to come back to our camp. But after she heard my word. She didn't come back, because she feared that I would know her identity!"

I got it! This was why Mori didn't start solving the case until everyone come back to the camp, she waited until she was sure that Ibuki ran away.

"So Ibuki-San is the culprit!" Mori concluded her investigation.

"Sukhoi!" Ike clapped his hand with excitement.

"Now, we know the culprit is the outsider. We can be together again!" Kushida said.

Sato nodded before turning her face to the boys.

"I have to apologize to everyone for what I said. I shouldn't jump to conclusions without thinking."

Yukimura shook his head. "It's fine though. I didn't suspect Ibuki too. If I were you, I would think it's me since I did that before----Just kidding. Oh, and Mori. " Our academic prodigy looked at Mori. "You're very good!"

Mori didn't say anything, suddenly, she opened her eyes and stood up.

She looked around and raise her eyebrows after seeing everyone gather around her.

"What---Hawwww. " She yawned. "What happens? Why are you around me?"

"You called us together to solve the case," Yukimura said with confusion with the immediate change.

"What case?"

"The Karuizawa's underwear case."

"Hm. Oh!" Mori's eyes opened wide. "I did Sleeping Nene again?"

Yukimura looked at Matsushita for help. She sighed and said.

"After Mori solves the case, she will wake up and forget everything she does while sleeping."

"So she solves the case while she sleeping? She didn't just act like sleep?"

"I don't know. That's why we call her Sleeping Nene."

At least everything came back to normal. I sighed and turned my face to Hoikita. But her face looked strange.

"What's wrong, Horikita? The conflict is fixed. Why does your face still look like you lack waffles?"

She didn't answer immediately. Horikita's hand shook and her face became sweaty. The last time she looked like this was when she met her brother.

"Horikita?"

"If Ibuki ran away so----"

Horikita ran to her bag and started searching for something. The more time she used, the More disappointed her face looked.

I sat beside her and whispered.

"Oi. What's the matter?"

"Before we come back to the camp, I went to the toilet, remember?"

"Aha."

"I felt headache so I became careless and---make my trousers wet."

Ah, I understood now. I wonder if I should laugh or feel sorry for her.

"So I took it off and put it in my bag. I just realized two things. First, I left my keycard in that trousers and I saw Ibuki-San was around the toilet----She saw what I did."

And now, Horikita couldn't find her keycard, which prove she was a leader.

"This means---"

"Ibuki-San might sneak back to the camp and steal it."

There was no doubt that Ibuki was a spy from class C. When she thought her identity was exposed, she maybe realized that she had nothing to lose now. And decided to complete her mission.

Finding the leader

Horikita stood up and ran into the forest before I could stop her.

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The dark clown over the tree. The smell of wet rain stank around the forest. The raindrop fell on Horikita Suzune's face without mercy. As they wanted to thrash her until she cried.

But Horikita didn't cry.

The dark forest around her made her feel lonely. The texture of the tree was hidden by the shadow and rain curtain. The wind howling groaned aside the girl's ears. Like she was the only one in the world.

But Horikita didn't cry.

She knew she was always alone.

No one helped her, she helped no one.

She would win by herself. Like her brother.

Friends or allies were no need. All Horikita need was a victory. She didn't want someone to give it to her, she wanted to grab it by herself.

This was her way.

Horikita fought with her illness and tried to find Ibuki's trace.

The rain helped Horikita this time. Ibuki left the footprints on the floor.

Finally, she saw Ibuki's figure under the rain 5 meters from her.

Ibuki realized Horikita's existed and turned her face to her enemy.

"I shouldn't be careless about you. Horikita." She said. "But it can't help. Your detective forced me to complete my mission as fast as I can. If it wasn't because her, you wouldn't find me."

"It's because of my tracing skill. Ibuki-San. " Horikita said. "Now, please return my keycard."

Ibuki shrugged her shoulder.

"I didn't steal it."

"We both know you what you did."

"But have no evidence."

Horikita bit her lips. Ibuki was right. Mori could deduct the culprit but she didn't have any evidence to specify clearly. If Ibuki didn't confess, the school couldn't do anything. If she threw Karuizawa's underwear away, no one could punish her.

But unlike the underwear, the keycard might be with her.

And if Horikita found it, Ibuki couldn't excuse it.

"Can I check your bag, Ibuki-San?"

"This is my personal stuff. Why do I have to show it to you?"

Ibuki denied and turn back. She walked through the first ignoring Horikita. Horikita felt a headache again but she bore it and continue following Ibuki.

"I said I didn't steal anything. You are so stubborn."

"Ibuki-San. If it needs, I will force you to let me check your bag."

"When you say force, are you referring to the violence?"

Horikita felt like her body was heavier. She dragged it closer to Ibuki.

When Sudo attacked Ishizaki and his friends, Horikita thought he wasn't smart that fix the problem with violence. But now, she was going to do the same thing.

What a bad girl. She thought to herself.

"Fine. I don't want to make you angry."

Ibuki said and dropped her bag to the floor before raising her hands.

Horikita looked at her with caution. This was too easy. It could be a trap.

But she couldn't throw this chance away. Horikita reached her hand to Ibuki's bag.

It was only a second before Ibuki's tight was going to touch Horikita's face, when she could dodge it.

"Not bad for a patient. Actually, it's a very good reflex action."

"Violence is against the rule, Ibuki-San----"

Ibuki pushed Horikita without any sign, making her collapse to the floor.

Horikita felt like all of her body was broken.

"No one's seeing us now. And didn't you try to hurt me first?"

Horikita stood up, the last attack was completely unexpectable so she became careless for a while.

But if this bxtch wanted to play, she would give her the funniest play ever.

Horikita Suzune took her compass off. It was sparkle under the rain shadow.

Ibuki's eyes opened wide.

"The golden compass---Oh, I forgot. Your last name is Horikita anyway. You must be the hair of Horikita compass Dojo."

"Do you know my family's Dojo?"

"Everyone knows it. And it'll be my honor to beat its hair."

Ibuki took something out of her pocket.

It was a pencil, as sharp as the spear.

Ibuki Mio grinned. "Only losers can't draw the perfect circle by themselves. " Se whispered before lunged to Horikita.

The compass and pencil clashed with each other loudly. It sounded like thunder. Birds flinched and left their nest because of panic.

Horikita decided to press her opponent. She stepped closer and flicked her compass to draw a circle in the air. Ibuki jumped as dodged. After a second, there was a perfect circle hole appeared on the tree behind her.

Horikita took a chance. She chased Ibuki and spun the compass around. The killing aura from the compass attacked Ibuki.

Ibuki gritted her teeth before dancing her pencil around her body. It looked like there was wind covering her body, protecting it from the compass.

Suddenly, Horikita's head was in pain like something stab into her brain. Her movement discontinued only a second, but it was enough for Ibuki to take advantage.

Ibuki used her pencil as a rapier, pricking Horikita with high speed. It looked like the hundred arms with pencils tried to stab Horikita.

"Mudamudamudamudamudamudamudamudamudamudamudamudamudamudamudamudamudamudamudamudamudamudamudamudamudamudamudamudamudamudamuda!" Ibuki shouted.

Horikita defenced herself with the golden compass, the advantage of the compass was its attack direction was free. You could spin it around like a butterfly knife. So Horikita's hand movement could defend all of Ibuki's attacks with the same speed.

"Oraoraoraoraoraoraoraoraoraoraoraoraoraoraoraoraoraoraoraoraoraoraoraoraoraoraoraoraoraoraoraoraoraoraoraoraoraoraoraoraoraoraoraoraoraoraoraoraoraoraoraoraoraoraora!" Horikita shouted.

Finally, with the strong smash, the compass flew from Horikita's hand and disappeared. Ibuki's pencil was broken into two. She clicked her tongue and took the new one from the pocket immediately.

Horikita Suzunu didn't have only 1 compass too.

When the new weapons in armed. The warriors looked at each other like a cowboy in a western movie. But there was no harmonica's song. There was only a song of rain.

Then, they leaped at each other.

"Yargh!!!!!!" They screamed.

Horikita and Ibuki landed on the floor.

There was blood.

The blood on the pencil.

And the blood that bleeding from Horikita's hand.

"Ah!" She cried and collapsed to the floor, holding her left hand. The long wound on her arms was around 50 centimeters.

Horikita gritted her teeth with anger. She should be able to dodge it, but she couldn't. Because of using her force too much, her sick body couldn't stand anymore.

Suzune turned to Ibuki who came closer.

"There is no need to fight anymore. The result is clear. " She said.

Horikita mumbled something.

Ibuki raised her eyebrows. "What did you say?"

"I said you forced me to do this."

Horikita flicked her left hand. Her blood was splashing on Ibuki's body.

"What the hell---"

She didn't want to use it.

The power that she got during her worst memory. But in some view, it was also the best memory too. Her brother carried her on his back and took her everywhere. That was the last time, they were that close.

Her brother fought the world to cure her of this curse.

And now, she was going to use it again.

"Arg! It's hot!" Ibuki shouted when Horikita's blood on her shirt was hotter.

"Blood Demon Art----" Horikita whispered tiredly.

The explosion sound was loudly all over the island.

The pink fire dragon raised into the sky.

Before falling down to Ibuki.

No one even heard her scream.

Horikita collapsed to the floor. This was too much for her body.