Haruki's mother sighed as they came to the front room. "It happened years ago, when Nanako was only three years old," she started. "Her mother was on her way to pick her up from nursery school when she was hit by a car on the side of the road. The person responsible was never caught."
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Kaito came home to find Nanako sitting in the living room watching television. She smiled at him when he took off his shoes and came in and said, "Welcome home, Kaito."
"Hi, Nanako." He looked around the room before asking, "Is your father not home yet?"
Nanako frowned a little and said, "Dad called and said he's going to be working late tonight."
"I see..." He knew it was because of the investigation he was working late, but he decided not to tell Nanako about it. He didn't want to worry the girl. He left his bag by the stairs to take up later before sitting at the table beside Nanako. A news report came on a few moments later.
"This just in, Tsutsume Natsuru, the actress who went into hiatus after her affair with former house member Yakatori Fujira went public, has been found dead in the small town of Katsuragi earlier this afternoon. The body was found tangled in a television antenna on the roof of someone's house. The local police force have begun a town-wide investigation to find the murderer.
"The body was first discovered by a local high schooler. We took a few minutes to speak with her about how she came across the body. Her identity has been protected for safety reasons."
The screen cut to an image of a young girl whose face was distorted with pixelation. The only thing Kaito could tell by looking at her was that she had long blonde hair. Another voice started speaking. "Miss ******, can you tell us more about how you found the body of Miss Tsutsume?"
"Umm..." The girl's voice was distorted as well so no one could recognize it. She seemed hesitant to speak.
"Is it true you found the body on someone's roof? Did you by any chance see anyone else in the area who could have climbed up there?"
"Y...yes...no..."
The screen cut back to the reporter in the newsroom. "Unfortunately, the witness wasn't able to tell us much more than that as she was still experiencing the shock from this event. Other reports confirm that no one else was in the area before the body was found. This begs the question of how exactly the body ended up on the roof in the first place. Did the killer carry the body onto the roof himself, or was she already up there when he killed her? We'll bring you more information as the investigation develops."
(I was thinking since Haruki is talking to her mother and Kenta is on her way home, Masaru could see the news report as well since he's already home and doing nothing.)
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