Tokyo, but I'm a deceitful scumbag.

Hideyuki Hoshino carefully examined the materials.

"His name was Yamamoto Fumiya, his occupation was a math teacher at Seiwa High School, and his cause of death was suicide... Another case of induced suicide?"

"It was less about inducement and more about coercion."

Inuyama Tetsu straightened up, his tone becoming serious:

"The story begins more than two months ago."

"At that time, my colleagues in other departments received a report that the math teacher had stolen a female student's underwear."

"Because St. He High School is a very famous private school with many students from wealthy families, my colleague didn't dare to neglect it and rushed to investigate..."

Chapter 66 A fox that has never been to school is not a good fox.

"Since the stolen women's underwear was indeed found, and a student identified it, my colleague took Yamamoto Fumiya away for investigation."

"Yamamoto Fumiya insists that he did not commit a crime."

"In theory, to confirm the facts with 100% certainty, you would need to check the surveillance footage, examine the underwear for fingerprints, hair, or bodily fluids, and if possible, do a DNA comparison... But in reality, as you know, no Japanese police officer would put in the effort for that."

"Let's not even talk about molestation cases. Even in murder cases, we sometimes don't spend too much time investigating. Otherwise, the autopsy rate for unnatural deaths wouldn't be so low."

Inuyama Tetsu shrugged with a self-deprecating and helpless expression.

Hoshino Hideyuki expressed his understanding.

Everyone knows the average level of the Japanese police force; it's inversely proportional to the level of the famous detectives in manga.

"Therefore, because Yamamoto Fumiya is considered guilty but refuses to plead guilty, he will be prosecuted—once these cases go to court, regardless of whether there is evidence, the conviction rate is over 99.9%, that's no exaggeration, so there is basically no hope of overturning the verdict."

"During this time, news of Yamamoto Fumiya being taken away by the police spread throughout the school. He was expelled from the school, and his photo was even posted online by students to hurl insults. In the end, everyone was more willing to believe the tearful high school girl than the young teacher."

"Ultimately, a week before the trial, Yamamoto Fumiya committed suicide while in custody."

Inuyama Tetsu sighed, paused, and then said:

“A few days later, the student who had claimed that her underwear had been stolen came to my colleague, crying and saying that she did not expect the teacher to die, that she had lied, and that her classmates had forced her to do it.”

Three days later, the girl also committed suicide.

Hoshino Hideyuki raised an eyebrow, swallowing back the retort he was about to make.

Inuyama Tetsu then took out another document.

The girl in the picture is a fairly attractive high school student.

"My colleague felt guilty and investigated the person who coerced her, as described by the girl."

"This person's name is Kondo Nozomi. She is a second-year high school student. According to the Education Commission's materials, she has a history of bullying others during junior high school."

"But you know, the Education Commission isn't the police or the court. Nobody cares about what they say. Besides, that investigation record wasn't released until two and a half years after the incident. By then, the miso soup had gone cold, so it was basically useless."

"Another noteworthy aspect is her family. Her maternal grandfather was the president of Yasuda Construction Company, a company with substantial wealth. Her father was a hereditary member of parliament in Kagawa Prefecture—you know, the kind where the grandfather is a member of parliament, the father is a member of parliament, so the son is also a member of parliament, even though her family moved out of Kagawa Prefecture a long time ago."

Hideyuki Hoshino nodded.

The modern version of a famous name, you know.

It's bad enough that there are only a few councilors, but what's even more outrageous is that many of their subordinates are hereditary. It's hilarious; they're practically hereditary retainers (referring to retainers who have served the same daimyo for generations), like stepping back into the Sengoku period of the 16th century.

"When the investigation reached this point, my colleague knew there was nothing he could do, so he stopped."

“A couple of days ago, Yamamoto Fumiya’s mother came to the police station to get some documents for her son. I happened to run into her and that’s how I learned about the whole thing. I also managed to copy the investigation materials.”

As Inuyama Tetsuya spoke, he sighed again.

Hoshino Hideyuki knew that Inuyama Tetsu had been raised by a single mother since childhood and couldn't bear to see anyone with a motherly quality sad.

No wonder he's been working overtime like a zombie these past few days, yet he still has the energy to help Fox gather information.

"That's all I know."

Finally, Inuyama Tetsu stood up.

"To be honest, the above materials still cannot piece together the truth, and further investigation is needed, but this is beyond my capabilities."

"So, Hideyuki-kun, I'm counting on you!"

As is customary, he bowed solemnly and earnestly.

"Leave it to me~"

With a flick of his tail, Hoshino Hideyuki gathered all the materials in front of him.

"Oh, right, there's one more thing..."

"Hey, if you keep going like this, you might as well open an antique shop and take a sumo wrestler as your apprentice."

"Well, I don't have that kind of capital."

Inuyama Tetsu smiled sarcastically and said:

"It's like this, I recently arrested... no, I mean, met a few new friends, from Shikoku Island, who run a shady immigration business, their methods are pretty shady. If you want, I can get you a fake teacher's identity..."

"Forget it, there's no guarantee. Just introduce me to a shell family; that's simpler. It'll be harder for anyone to trace you, and besides..."

Hideyuki Hoshino smiled with narrowed eyes:

"Since the goal is to be a student, then I should be a student too."

Inuyama Tetsu rolled his eyes: "You didn't use this logic when you were fooling the male escorts."

"Well, firstly, adults' investigations of minors are often superficial. To see the truth, it's best to approach them as peers."

"Secondly..."

"This is classic campus life!"

Hoshino Hideyuki's tone became more animated.

"Legend has it that if you sit in the second-to-last seat by the window, you'll have a girlfriend who randomly appears every week, with a minimum of one and a maximum of one..."

Inuyama Tetsu: "I went to high school too, and I sat in that seat too, so why don't I get this treatment?"

"Legend has it that by joining the student council, one can control the entire school! This includes managing surrounding commercial facilities, building prisons, promoting tank warfare, and even secretly developing giant robots..."

Inuyama Tetsu: "That's impossible. The only thing the student council can do is spoil the mood in a small room without air conditioning."

"Legend has it that a small class can gather magical girls, demon kings and heroes, superpowered beings, and great monsters..."

Inuyama Tetsu: "It's hard to say about the ones before, but I do know a yokai, and it's sitting right in front of me."

Hideyuki Hoshino flicked his tail!

"Zhe, why do you always say such discouraging things!"

"Hideyuki, you're the one who shouldn't take things from anime seriously just because you never went to school..."

"Sigh, that's going to be boring."

"What do you mean by 'boring'? Apologize to the millions of people who are enjoying ordinary campus life!"

cough cough.

Three days later.

St. He High School (private).

In the classroom of Class 5, Grade 11, Kondo Nozomi was laughing and talking about movies with two friends.

Despite recent reports from classmates that their former math teacher had committed suicide, this did not affect her mood at all.

"I'm a little thirsty."

Kondo Nozomi reached out and gently patted the back of the student in front of her.

"Hey, Glasses, could you buy us some water? Thanks!"

The girl in front of me, who wore glasses, flinched, turned around, and whispered, "But class is about to start..."

"Then you need to take immediate action."

Kondo Nozomi smiled and leaned closer, whispering in the girl's ear, "You always eat in the bathroom, don't you?"

"..."

"What would you do if someone poured a bucket of water into your meal?"

"I'll go buy drinks right now!"

The girl scrambled out of the classroom, ignoring everyone's requests for money.

Kondo Nozomi turned around with a grin and continued chatting with her friends.

Just then, someone said, "I heard there's a new transfer student today. I wonder what he'll be like?"

"It's almost November and you're still transferring schools? That's weird."

"Hopefully he'll be a handsome guy~"

Kondo Nozomi pursed her lips and said, "Hopefully he'll be an interesting guy, at least not as troublesome as that woman from two weeks ago."

"Haha, that's right!"

Just then, gasps of surprise came from the other girls outside the door.

"So handsome!"

"Are you coming to our class?"

Kondo Nozomi and her friends exchanged glances.

Could it be that the transfer student is really a handsome guy?

Chapter 67 The debt owed to the fox, let's repay it with OO.

Ten minutes ago.

The roadside not far from the gate of the private St. Wo High School.

Several high school girls are teasing an orange cat.

One of them got tired of squatting and stood up to straighten his back. He inadvertently caught sight of a figure slowly walking towards him from across the street and froze for a moment.