Chapter 6: Living Monster

Mika's P.O.V

"Inspector Lee, I already knew who the culprit was" I said firmly.

"Really? who was it?"

"Come to the living room, I'm about to have my deduction show"

And I gave him a smirk before I turn my back on him to return to the living room where the suspects are and Inspector did follow me immediately.

"I have two news for you, bad news and good news, which one do you wanna know first?"

"The good one" Mr. Moraya answered.

"Okay..good news? I already know who the killer is and how that killer performed the crime, bad news? the killer is one of you"

"Oh My God, Who is it??"Mrs. Villanueva asked but still in shock.

"Mrs. Villanueva, you said earlier that the door of the office was a lock when you knocked right?"

"Yes, it was"

"And you also said that NO ONE went upstairs before you"

"Yes, I did and Ara can prove it"

"No need Mrs. Villanueva, I know you're telling the truth, the killer used a rusty 6-inch nail to prick the victim, that nail has tetanus on it but that's not all, the tetanus takes time to spread in a humans body and its impossible to kill a person in just a second, the killer infused the nail with cyanide poison, the killer put a bit of cyanide on the tip of the nail and prick its victim that's why the victim died immediately"

"Cyanide? how did you know?" Ara asked confused.

"The autopsy has that information and I found this small bottle of cyanide inside your father's office table drawer, its place on the left corner of it, anyway, the killer pricked its victim twice, cuz the victim still manage to give us a clue on who killed him, that's why when the killer noticed it, he or she immediately infused the tip of the nail with cyanide and prick him again and died, there were letters that were in coded in the victim's computer

and these are ERMZ, at first you will think it's just random letters but no...Mr. Villanueva studied three types of codes,

ATBASH, PIGPEN, and BIFID CIPHER and those letters are code, I'm not gonna reveal what those mean yet because its the killer's name"

"Yeah, I heard dad was studying cryptography, I didn't think it was true"

"Well, your dad's whiteboard has those kinds of codes written all over it, The killer did not enter the room through the door, the culprit entered the room through the window, outside the window only has a tall wall and a pointed roof that is connected to the kitchen and garage, the only one who can manage to get in there through walking in that pointed roof is someone who is good at BALANCE and has fast REFLEXES."

The moment I said GOOD BALANCE AND FAST REFLEXES, they all turned to Vina who was shocked by what I told everyone, she started sweating and in now trembling.

"If you decode the letter ERMZ using the ATBASH code...you will get VINA

A= Z N= M

B= Y O= L

C= X P= K

D= W Q= J

E= V R= I

F= U S= H

G= T T= G

H= S U= F

I= R V= E

J= Q W= D

K= P X= C

L= O Y= B

M=N Z= A

The nail that was also used has furry residue around it, and that furry residue was the gloves she used, It the kitchen gloves and you can check the gloves itself, it has rusty residue also on the palm of the gloves. Vina did not use any disposable gloves and used the gloves she is using when she was cooking for your dinner and sneak on the window from the kitchen up to the office of the victim"

"I-is it true V-vina??" Mrs. Villanueva asked Vina with a trembling voice and disbelief was written all over her face, Vina just keeps on crying not answering the question.

"ANSWER MEEE!!!! IS IT TRUE?!?!?!" she asked again yelling.

"YESS!!!! I DID KILL YOUR NASTY HUSBAND!! HE WAS A MONSTER, HE PROMISED ME THAT HE WILL BRING MY MOTHER BACK HERE FROM QATAR SO WE CAN BE TOGETHER BUT IT IS ALMOST 8 YEARS!!! 8 FUCKING YEARS AND I HAVE NO IDEA THAT MY MOTHER ALREADY PASSED AWAY BECAUSE OF HIS ABUSIVE BOSS IN THERE, HE PROMISED MA'AM AMELIA. HE PROMISED!!! AND HE KEEPS ON TELLING ME THAT ITS STILL ON THE PROCESS BUT MY MOTHER PASSED AWAY 5 YEARS AGO ALREADY AND I JUST KNEW IT LAST MONTH!!!!"

Vina ranges in anger breaking down and cry, she was in complete heartache because of her mother's death.

"You can't blame me for killing him, and I don't regret doing it either, I don't care if I go to jail because HE DESERVES HIS DEATH!! My mom could have been alive if he keeps and did what he promised, or I could have been accepted it if he has been honest and told me the truth but no, he kept it for a long time...and I just can't take that for granted"

Then the police took her inside the police car to take custody of the said killer, Raul was indeed a monster for doing such acts because he thought it's for the better, but little did he know, the person he was lying to was also turning into a monster like him.

Still, I don't believe that he deserves to die, there is no accurate reason for a person to kill another even tho the motives are deep, cause if you kill a killer...you are no different from who you killed.

After that incident, I bid my goodbye to everyone z its already 7:20 pm, and my mom just texted me that we will be having a family dinner tonight at a five-star restaurant, we always eat together at some fancy restaurant because we barely see each other together, they are both busy with their work and our business, that's why if they have free time, they make sure to spend it with me and make it special.

I'm kinda used to it tho, that they are not always home and always busy with business trips, paper works, presentations, etc. but I'm not mad...I know they are trying their best to have free time to spend it with me at least once a week.

I'm now parked in front of the restaurant because my mom said where we are going to eat tonight but I'm still here inside my car waiting for them because they said it's traffic so I'm just here browsing with my phone until I received a message that they already arrived.

"So Mika, how's school?" Asked by my dad

"It's fine, I'm doing fine and my grades are stable"

"Hmmm okay, how about your detective work? any new crimes that you solved?"

"Yeah...yesterday there was a crime that happened in our school and today...I was at a crime scene solving it before I came here, it's at 16th street"

"That's great, this can serve as your training ground, always remember that your dad an I are both proud of you" Mom said it with a smile, both of them are the best.

"Thanks, mom and dad, you both are the best"

We just talked that night, talk, laugh, eat and we went shopping too since its midnight sale so the malls are open until midnight, and they paid for everything I wanted to buy, my parents wouldn't let me pay for it lol HAHAHAHA and after that around 11:30 pm, we decided to head home and have some goodnight sleep.

Well at least for them, I go to bed super late especially during weekends, I chatted with Kalix for a bit and accepted all their friend request and also followed them back on Instagram, Jai Jai added me to their group chat and there are six more people I still don't know, tho they are pretty friendly too, I did follow them back on any of my social media platforms since they already followed me, they introduced themselves as Welia Lorraine Santiago, Ella Margaret Alonzo, Deanne Aleya Corminales, Eloisa Jane Vernales, Vince Hiroshi Yamato and Blaze Shikadai Hashisama.

The boys are half Japanese tho but they know how to speak English, Vince, Blaze, RR, Selwyn, and Kalix are all grade 12 and the rest of the girls are the same grade as me which is 10.

They are so fun to talk to and I'm super excited to transfer to the same school, I already asked my dad to arrange some papers for me so that we can be all classmates hehe, we talked for a while until I decided to do my night routine and change in my pajamas and sleep, its already 3:30 in the morning tho but who cares, its Sunday tomorrow and our Sunday service is 2 pm so I still have a lot of time to sleep.

•GC ca soho•

Mika: Goodnight guys I'm gonna sleep cuz my eyes are tired lol HAHAHHA

Eloisa: Goodmornight everyone I'm gonna rest now too

Ella: Goodnight bitches, Deanne and Jenelle are already asleep tss...anyways I'm gonna watch k-drama first before I sleep sksksksksks...

Jaijai: OWEMJIII MEEE TOOOO BUT GOODNIGHT GUYSSS PLEASE HAVE NIGHTMARES HIHIHI JOKE

Vince: K

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Selwyn: K(2)

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Blaze: HAHAHAHAHA goodnight y'all

(Seen by, kalix, Selwyn, RR, Eloisa, Vince, Jai Jai, and 6 others)

I just smiled before I shut my phone off to change clothes after done changing I checked my phone again and there was an unread message from kalix.

Kalvin Lexer sent you a message*

Kalvin: Hey are you still awake?

Kalvin: or maybe not hehehe

Kalvin: okay goodnight Mika:>

Kalvin: sweet dreams<3 hehe

Mika: Oh sorry, I was changing clothes but goodnight too kalix and sweet dream<3

After that, I doze off to sleep and back in my dreamland, today was a great and unexpected day.