"What makes you think that this is murder? Why do you think so?" Kano asked Aram.
"Because the owner of this house, who is lying on the floor with a hole in his head, is left-handed!" shouted Aram. "When we were in the bathroom with Reia," Aram said and blushed slightly, "we noticed that all things were very awkwardly arranged. Having asked a few questions to ourselves, we realized that they were not just inconveniently placed, but simply were on the left. A mug with a toothbrush stood on the left side. Towels were also hanging on the left. All sorts of shower mugs, and even toilet paper. In short, everything."
"I see…" David said. "We also noticed such things But didn't pay much attention to them. For example, the mouse from the computer was also on the left when I took it in my hands."
"Look here," said Ksyu, pointing to the first photo. "The guy holds the diploma in his left hand. But on this one," she said and pointed to the second photo, "in a strange photograph, the diploma is in his right hand."
"In any case, this is not suicide," continued Aram. "If I were left-handed, I would never shoot myself with my right hand."
"And what have you found, guys?" David asked Alex and Kano.
"I'll show you now," Alex said.
A small bottle of strange powder appeared in his hand. He sprinkled powder on the computer mouse, keyboard, some photographs, and the floor. Everyone waited in a daze. But nothing special happened.
"Wait for a second," Alex said. He walked over to the projector and changed the color of the starry sky to purple." "Do you see it now?"
Alex's heart fluttered nervously in his chest. He was afraid to fail.
Suddenly all things covered with powder began to glow bright blue.
"What is it?" Zen asked.
"It's luminol," Alex replied. "Kano explained that it can be used to detect blood. Even if you wipe it off, wash the floors, disinfect an object with blood on it, it will still not go away and will be easily detected."
"Interesting," Reia said. "How does it work?"
"Luminol is composed of oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen, and carbon. When it meets hemoglobin, a chemical reaction occurs and the luminol glows blue. It can be compared to the glow of fireflies," said Kano.
"I have heard of luminol but have never seen it in use. Where did you get it from? Did you bring it with you?" Reia asked.
"No. I have just created it," Alex replied with a slight smile.
"Oh yes, I already forgot about your ability. Nice job."
"And what do we have then?" asked Aram.
"The perpetrator killed the victim, after which he used his computer. Thus, we can make the assumption that the criminal is either from the Ministry of Technology or his relative since he was able to gain access to the computer. Then for some reason, he touched the photos on the shelf and left," Reia said.
"Maybe the main problem is in the photos?" Kano asked.
"Who knows," said Aram. "Let's take them out of the frame. Maybe we'll find something. As Chief William said, "...we must remember that the truth is always buried deep within. Despite this, the obvious things should never be overlooked." I think the most obvious thing would be to analyze everything that the perpetrator touched. Most likely these are things related to him."
Kano and Aram took out the frames from the shelf and took out the photographs. Turning over two similar photographs, they saw that on the back of both was written the same date: June 26, 2015.
"The same day. The same people. But two photos. What does it mean?"
"Wait," Reia said. "Laces!" she pointed to the shoelaces of the guy from the left photo. "This guy's laces are slightly untied. Right here."
"This one," Alex said, pointing to the photo on the right. "He holds a diploma in his right hand. And his laces are all right."
"Are you sure that all this is not our fantasy? Maybe he just took a picture after a while and took two photos. And his laces, too, came loose with time. Yes, and a diploma, I'm sure, if you were in his place, you could also hold it in your right and in your left hand…"
"Ksyu, are you all right?" David suddenly asked. Everyone turned in their direction.
Ksyu's face was completely pale. She fell to her knees and clutched her head. Her face writhed with strain.
"Ksyu?!" David shouted.
At that moment, Ksyu raised her face and opened her eyes. Her right eye was no longer brown. It was a real emerald, with a star in the middle.
"What's wrong with her eye?" Aram asked.
"There is a ghost," Ksyu said in a hoarse voice and pointed to the void with her hand.
But no one but her could see him.
"What, what is he saying?" asked Reia, trying to get closer to Ksyu.
"Don't come close!" said Ksyu. "Otherwise I will lose focus!"
"Let's keep quiet and don't interfere with her," Aram said and stepped aside. All the guys and Reia followed him.
"Saaaaaaaa, maaaaaaee," said the ghost. "Saaaaaaaii..."
"I don't understand what you're saying," Ksyu shouted. "Hint, show who you are? Where did you die? Why can't you talk?"
"Saaaaaaiiii.. maaaaaae…. saaaaiii... weeeeeeeee…."
"Auch," Ksyu shouted. A bloody tear spilled from her green eye. She fell to the floor.
The guys ran up to her. She held out her hand so that they did not come closer.
"I'll be ok. But someone really died here. And he asks us to save him."
"Where and who?" asked Aram.
David and Reia nevertheless approached Ksyu and raised her. She sat down on her knees.
"I do not know! But he asks for help!"
Suddenly Aram realized... He walked over to the corpse and took his hand.
"3 ... 2 ... 1…. uh, it's going to hurt now," he said and closed his eyes.
It is difficult to describe what happened to Aram after. He felt the air around him shrink and stop flowing. He got the feeling that a black hole was swallowing his head. And at that moment his heart stopped.