Haven't You Heard? Shakespeare

"You're just jealous that she's getting married to your beloved Mr. Kenzaki, aren't you?"

At that moment, a voice from outside the bathroom interrupted her actions, and she couldn't bring herself to stab the body despite her intentions.

His face turned deathly pale, his body froze, and he stumbled backward, landing hard on his backside in the puddle.

Fujino pushed open the bathroom door and looked directly at Yuki Takeyano, who was sitting on the bathroom floor about to commit a crime. "Am I right, Miss Yuki?"

"It's you!"

Yuki Takeyano frowned, hesitated, and turned back to look at the detective who had suddenly appeared, exclaiming in surprise, "What are you doing here?!"

Why can't I be here?

Fujino countered, "If I weren't here, today's engagement party would probably turn into a funeral, and seven days later would be the seventh day after my death. By this time next year, it would be the anniversary of my passing, and then it would be too late."

"..."

Yuki Takeyano calmly sized up the other person, a thoughtful look flashing quickly in her eyes.

She never expected that her plan to kill people would be discovered.

In her plan, Kaoru Kusano went to take a bath while she went to change her clothes.

Even if someone comes out, they won't go to the bathroom to disturb her, nor will they disrupt her plans to find Kaoru Kusano.

But... the detective actually came out, and barged straight into the bathroom, interrupting her actions!

Damn it, why is this happening?!

"I suppose your Murder Plan is like this."

Fujino observed the constantly shifting, changing expressions on the other person's face, finally settling into a look of confusion, and calmly continued, "First, using the plan prepared by Yoko Okino, we were certain that Ms. Kusano would be in the bathroom. Then, we used anesthesia to knock her out, followed by using our own fingernails as a sharp blade to pierce her neck. After that, we bit off the fingernails and flushed them down the drain. Finally, we threw our blood-stained raincoat outside the apartment to point the finger at the outsider and create an alibi."

"How do you know all this?!"

Yuki Takeyano looked at the detective in disbelief and recounted her entire plan to kill people, sitting there bewildered.

"You've probably heard I came here this time to investigate a stalker... But it seems that the stalker case has been resolved. That stalker must be you, right?"

Fujino stared at Yuki Takeyano and reasoned, "I think you had murderous intent as soon as you learned that the two of them were about to get engaged. After Yoko Okino prepared this plan, you started your own plan. The so-called stalker should be you. I think the reason you harassed Ms. Kusano was to prepare for today's plan. As long as you know that there is a stalker who has been harassing Ms. Kusano, the first suspect after the murder will definitely be that non-existent stalker."

"..."

Yuki Takeyano's expression froze for a moment.

I guessed right again with this steamed egg!

"As for the reason for the murder..."

Fujino paused, then continued, "I've said before that it was probably for your beloved Mr. Kenzaki, right?"

"Did you deduce this too?"

Yuki Takeyano's face turned deathly pale. If one could deduce something as simple as liking someone, that would be terrifying.

She felt like a mannequin on display, completely naked and exposed before the detective!

"It was just a summary."

Fujino shook his head. "The most important thing is your eyes, your movements, and the emotions you conveyed during this killing."

Yuki Takeyano was confused. "Eyes, movements?"

"Killing intent cannot be hidden."

Fujino put his hands in his pockets, looked down at the other person, and said in a deep voice, "Love is harder to hide than murderous intent."

Yuki Takeyano's face was in disarray. "..."

"Never heard of it?"

Fearing the other person might not know, Fujino added, "Shakespeare."

Yuki Takeyano: "..."

Is it appropriate to talk about Shakespeare at a time like this?

She silently complained to herself, but her mood improved considerably.

"Did you sense it from the beginning... a little joke the detective was playing on the murderer?"

Yuki Takeyano gave a bitter smile and said, "You're right, not at all. I just can't swallow this. Mr. Kenzaki should have been mine, but she actually stole Mr. Kenzaki away, both in the play and in real life."

"Do you know what she said when I went to wish her well?"

Yuki Takeyano looked up, looking lost and dejected, and said, "She said that was just a publicity stunt using the media, and that she just rushed things because he seemed like a good catch... I never thought that I would want to kill her out of jealousy."

"..."

Fujino glanced at Kaoru Kusano in the bathtub next to him, feeling somewhat speechless.

So why not tell the people coming over beforehand if it's a prank plan between best friends?

Why must we keep everyone completely in the dark and then launch a major operation?

"That's why I said this plan is just a complete mess!"

At that moment, a cold sound came from outside the bathroom. Then, Terumi Hoshino, who had been secretly eavesdropping outside the door, came out with Fujino.

"Sister Hui?!"

Yuki Takeyano looked up and stared at Terumi Hoshino in surprise, then turned her head away guiltily.

If she were simply caught by a detective she didn't know, she might not even realize it.

But when his best friend discovered this, he actually tried to kill his other best friend out of jealousy...

A feeling of guilt and shame welled up inside me.

"Finally decided to come out?"

Fujino turned around, glanced at Terumi Hoshino, and teased, "I thought you were going to pretend you didn't see anything."

"Ahem."

Realizing she had already been exposed, Terumi Hoshino coughed lightly, a slight blush creeping onto her face, then looked at Kaoru Kusano in the bathtub. "How is she?"

"Fine."

Fujino glanced at it and said, "I think it's just some kind of sleeping potion or something, it shouldn't be a problem."

"That's good."

Terumi Hoshino breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this, then looked at Kaoru Kusano with a slightly helpless expression. "But I told her long ago that it wouldn't work, yet she insisted on doing it anyway. Her acting has somehow escalated to this point..."

"Acting... acting... acting?!"

For a moment, Yuki Takeyano froze on the spot, looking somewhat at a loss, her eyes as innocent as a recent college graduate.

"Yes..."

Terumi Hoshino crossed her arms and explained with a cold expression, "Kaoru and Kenzaki pulled this stunt to force Makuma to express his feelings to Kaoru, but in my opinion, given Makuma's personality, this plan is unlikely to succeed."

As she spoke, she sighed, "It's just that I didn't manage to fool the people I was supposed to fool, but I fooled you instead. I tried to persuade her many times when we were planning this, but it was no use. She just wouldn't listen."

Yuki Takeyano: "..."

She considered every possibility, but this was the one thing she hadn't thought of.

These girlfriends were secretly carrying out this plan behind her back!

Even the people who had the worst relationship with Xiao Xun knew about it, but she was the only one who didn't.

It's even more painful now.

Yuki Takeyano couldn't hold on any longer. Tears streamed down her face like tiny pearls, splashing onto the bathroom floor. She sobbed, "So what does this mean? Everyone knows, but I'm the only one kept in the dark!"

"Am I just making myself look like a clown?"