Say Love And Solve Cases
Chapter 4 (Image Sculpture)

"Gosh you're really a fierce high school girl who dares to be with me like this."

"Who are you, huh?! Even the president, I don't care! You better get out of here before I run out of patience!" Snapping Klee while grabbing a broom near Owen.

Van let out a long sigh, he tried to control himself for a moment before facing Klee slowly until he softened, not as emotional as he was now. But it seems that the High School girl is so upset with him that she almost hit him with a broom. If it wasn't for Owen stopping him, maybe it would have happened.

"Hu High School girl, can you calm down a bit? I was just kidding hehehe. Btw, have you eaten yet? How about we have dinner together while talking? There's something I want to talk about, it's criminal." Van said that made Klee slowly calm down.

After a few minutes, Klee, Van, and Devin sat outside the minimarket to enjoy boiled noodles and a box of fried chicken, while talking about crime.

"So what do you want to say?" Klee asked firmly while tapping the table with her coffee glass.

"Well, what was your name before?" Ask Van back who gave a thin smile to Klee.

"Klee," she replied briefly with a flat look. "Udah ah so the point is what do you want to talk about, huh?!" Continue while breaking the table. At the time Klee was irritated, while Devin was cool eating fried chicken. He also had time to go inside to meet Owen, giving him fried chicken.

Van who had been calm now returned serious, but not as serious as when he was with teammates or with detectives at the police station. Given his interlocutor who is a High School girl, he should be careful while talking.

He tells Klee about several murder cases that have recently terrorized the city. Unmitigated he showed some documents reports of murder cases, a summary of the location of the CTF and the evidence found, as well as the results of forensic tests on the corpse and the items. He deliberately showed it all so that the explanation was easier to understand.

His goal is to get him to join his team and they will solve all criminal cases together. Whether it's a murder crime or something else. He did so because he felt Klee deserved to be his partner in handling the case even though he was just sitting in High School. From the performance, his mindset, Van became increasingly interested in recruiting him as a partner.

Honestly, Klee did not think that he would be offered to be a partner of a detective and help him solve a criminal case. I never thought something like this would happen in his life. Maybe if it wasn't for Devin accidentally kicking a can, something like this wouldn't have happened.

But according to Klee, Van's assessment of him is quite excessive. His opinion related to the murder case that he accidentally solved it including a fairly mild case. Even small children can think that the perpetrator went into the forest to escape from the pursuit of police. The hiding place is also fairly easy to find, because the hut house is the only safe place to hide. Unless the perpetrator creates a secret chamber inside the tree and the ground.

But Van still kekeuh want to recruit Klee as his work partner. He believes that in the future there will be many criminal cases resolved because of his help. Because he wanted him to recruit Klee, he offered a large amount of money as his monthly income.

He did something like this in order to make it easier to solve cases that did not end and continued to grow. He wants it all to end so that this country can continue to thrive in a changing world. Yes, as they know, the perpetrators of this serial murder target teenagers compared to adults or the elderly.

"So Klee, you want to take it?" Ask Van. From the bottom of his heart, he wished Klee well to accept his offer. He is ready to do anything if they become partners later.

"Hm...Actually, I never thought something like this would happen. Accidentally solve a murder case, instead offered to work as a detective like you at a young age who does not meet legal procedures. Hu...So the point is, I accept it." she said, which makes Van excited. "But I'm not doing this because of the money you're offering, yeah!" Resolutely continues.

Van nodded slowly, he was very happy that Klee was willing to accept him. In this way, he can establish a closer relationship until they sit together at the table.

Devin did not know what they were talking about. Because before Van started the conversation, he went into the minimarket and actually chatted with Owen while enjoying boiled noodles. He could not bear to see Owen standing guard while the others were relaxing outside the minimarket.

***

An hour later...

Owen left the minimarket keys to employees who took the night shift until morning. Afterwards he meets Klee, Devin, and Van who have been waiting outside.

"It's late, I'm home first." Owen said with a smile. Klee and Devin just nodded, and hurried off first.

Now there are three of them. Klee intends to go home by taxi that may still be passing by on the road, because it is now late at night so it is also difficult to find public transportation.

Devin offers him to go home together, their way home is also in the same direction. Likewise with the Van who wants to deliver it by car. However, Klee turned down the offer of both and just wanted to go home alone. Although rejected, Devin and Van actually accompanied him until the taxi came. They also followed him to the front of the compound.

Klee was a little worried about their behavior. He intended to stop by Floren's house for a while so failed because of the actions of the two who followed. Added taxi driver who thought that he had broken up with his girlfriend until he was tailed.

"Aish shibla! Both of you, look out for it." His grunts while entering the house. From far away, Devin watched her. He was happy to see Klee safely home.

"Ah I hope you have a good dream, my son." he murmured. "Time to go to the next stop!" He continued, wearing a helmet and riding his motorcycle away from the Klee housing complex.

***

One...Two...Three...

He ran fiercely inside the dark and silent building. He ran while covering the road that had passed through him, so that the person could not catch and catch him. Although he was breathless and had asthma, he still ran as fast as he could in the vast building. He went down dozens of steps, past the empty floor of the building.

It doesn't matter if there's a ghost that scares her though, because there's something more sinister than that. The shoes he wore were also released to be more flexible when running down stairs that seemed endless. The skirt he was wearing came off and left lying on the floor of the stairs. Luckily, at that time she used leggings as the interior of her skirt.

"Why? Why do I have to experience this?! What am I wrong?!" Both of his eyes were filled with tears. He was frightened, panicked, and began to shorten his breath because he did not stop running.

Until he arrived on the first floor. He paused for a moment to find the exit, after finding it he ran back to the door. The sound of lightning was heard blaring, making him even more worried at that time.

He passed through the exit and continued to run towards the school gate. But his fate, before reaching the gate, he actually stumbled with a pile of flower pots around the road. His head hit one of the pots, but still tried to get up and run. But that day luck was not on his side. What he had feared earlier, was standing right in front of him.

"Take me off."

The black-robed figure did not say a word. He approached the girl, inserting a syringe on the neck of the high school boy sitting in front of her. The High School girl was fixated, before she finally shouted and had convulsions until both eyes bleed quite a lot. The black-robed figure dragged his body before the girl's blood littered the ground.

...

The next day...

Klee fell asleep peacefully hugging a roll. On top of his head was a novel he had just read last night before he fell asleep. Slowly he opened his eyes, feeling that there was something on his bed besides pillows, bolsters, and blankets.

"Baa...."

Both of his eyes were wide. He suddenly woke up from his sleep, standing near the bed while looking at the figure that was lying on his bed. A few seconds later, he recognized the figure who was none other than Van.

"Ahh shibal!" his curse while throwing bolsters at the Van. "Oi, why are you in my bed?! What have you done jerk?!" Ask the annoyed. Van chuckled at her adorable behavior. He stood up and grabbed the documents lying on the table.

"Because you've been my partner, so now it's time to work! This morning I got a murder report at the school that could be said to be both horrible and amazing. And only I know! Because the school doesn't dare call the police." Obviously Van while showing the report documents to Klee.

"Then you know where you're from?" Just ask plain Klee.

"I know one of the students there. He is a child who is often bullied by his classmates and upperclassmen. And just so you know, the victim of this murder is his best friend who also often experiences bullying. Therefore the school has not dared to report it to the police because it suspects that the culprit is a student from their own school." Reveal Van in detail.

"All right, I'll be ready. But I'm in school today."

"I've been texting your homeroom teacher, your permission for the next few days."

"How do you know my homeroom teacher?!"

"I asked Devin last night." Brief Van that keeps him glued. Klee let out a long sigh then told her to get out of her room. Van complied, before that he told Klee to wear the clothes he had bought and he hung them near the wardrobe.

...

"Gosh, I have to wear this black suit?" Klee muttered in response to the clothes he had given her.

Ten minutes later, Klee meets Van waiting for him in the living room. He went to the kitchen to make breakfast, but the detective stopped him because he had bought breakfast first. In the end they ate breakfast together in a short period of time, then rushed to prepare the items that must be brought before going out.

When outside and about to leave, they meet Devin who was waiting. Of course his arrival was because he wanted to take Klee to school like yesterday. He was astonished to find Van coming out of the house crushnya. Added Klee who was wearing a black suit like him, making him confused.

"Eh? Where are you guys going? Klee, why is he here? Why aren't you wearing a uniform?" Ask Devin innocently.

"Today I'm authorized to take care of a murder case."

"Kasus murder?"

Klee nodded softly which made Devin fixated. He digested his brain for a moment before finally, "I'm coming!"

Van who heard the reflex forbid it. He does so in order to make out with Klee when they are busy handling cases. But Devin was determined to join and accompany his crush. He added that he has a keen sense of smell. Wouldn't that be useful during the investigation?

Klee, who initially did not respond, finally allowed Devin to join his team which made Van furious. The plan failed because of the annoying mosquitoes.

***

From the outside, the school looked as usual as if nothing had happened. Klee, Van, and Devin rushed inside without a second thought. Around the school there are already several police cars that will monitor from the outside, maybe something happens, they will immediately move.

"I feel like I'm an adult." Devin chuckled. Klee glanced over while laughing faintly. While Van is still furious with Devin who foiled his intentions other than investigating the murder.

They continued their steps towards the school building. Just a few steps away, the three found the atmosphere of the front yard of the school looking messy. Klee's gaze was fixed on the broken and messy flower pot in the courtyard. He then approached the pot and observed it more closely.

While Devin smelled the scent of lavender flowers when the flowers that grow around him are lily flowers. Van looked at the footprints on the ground.

"It looks like the culprit fell and hit this pot, there's a little bloodstain." Klee glanced at Van.

"It looks like the perpetrator used lavender perfume. Hmm here there is also a smell like dope." Devin made Klee look at him. He stood up and stared at the tracks on the ground.

"My man's in the drag." Brief Van. Klee pulled out a book with a pen, and recorded what they found before going around the school.

Van leads them to the school's backyard. Due to reports from the schoolgirls he knew, the corpse was still there and not a single person dared to touch it yet. Arriving in the backyard, the three found students along with teachers who swarmed a statue, certainly not just an ordinary statue.

"Blooded statue?" Devin Mumbled.

***

"Sir Van, we'll soon probably send you the autopsy results and the test results of the items found."

"Go ahead! You know I don't like waiting, do you?!" Reply Van who stared intently at the captain of the forensic team. After talking to him, he met with John and Kennedy, giving orders to interrogate students and teachers, especially students who were in class with the victim. After that, he continued the investigation at the site with two high school children.

A few minutes later, they returned to the front yard of the school. At that time, Klee and Devin tried to mimic the events as they expected, while Van was in charge of observing them.

Bruck...

Klee falls and Devin comes to her. He stood in front of her and performed the scene as if injecting something in Klee's neck with a pen.

"Well, the victim fainted and was dragged to another place." Klee said as he stood up. Van was fixated, he looked at Devin and approached him.

"How did you know the victim was injected?" He asked firmly which made Devin speechless.

"Here there's a kind of pushy smell. So could the perpetrator have injected that dope into the victim?" Reply innocently.

"Yes right! If it goes straight into the victim's mouth, it's impossible." Sahut Klee's.

"But why do you suppose that's the shot in the neck?"

"Hmm doesn't it usually do, huh? I see a lot of crime dramas, injecting people around his neck! Maybe the perpetrator is too."

Van still could not believe his words that upset Klee. His friend said the right thing but was accused of being unreasonable. But now that the situation is serious, he does not want to extend the small problem and return to the problem that should be.

"Hmm the perpetrator will take the victim to the closest but closed room, what room?" Ask Klee.

"Hmm storage shed? That's the closest!" Devin.

"No! Although the storage warehouse is the closest place, it is impossible for the perpetrator to do the action there. Because he had guessed that we would check the place out! So the safest place is probably the UKS. Besides there are also tools that he can use to do the action." Reply Van which makes Devin a little furious at him.

While Klee still guessed the place used by the perpetrator when carrying out his cruel action against the body of the victim. "Could it be a security guard?" It made both of them wonder.

"Who's the security guard?" Ask the confused Devin.

"If it's in the storage room, it's impossible! Because the police will check it out. In the UKS he may use medical devices, but surely he has brought his own to remove traces. While the security guard post, although it is possible to see the beginning of the entrance gate, but its shape is closed unlike the security guard post in general, people will also rarely notice it even though it often passes. There are also rarely guard guards, school guards are more often around than in the post all day. So it's possible that if he did his act there, it would be safer and unknown to anyone." Clearly Klee was the detail that made Devin gawk.

"Then let's check the security guard post!" Van Assertive.

"All right, let's put this together." Klee said calmly.

After that, they rushed to the forensic hospital so that the items of their findings can be carried out in more detail forensic examination. After handing over the goods, they now returned to school at Klee's request.

While at school, he meets a student close to Van. They talked, talked about the victim who was his best friend. As Klee talks, Van and Devin are busy with surveillance cameras on each side of the school.

"Supervisory cameras are everywhere, but we don't find them around security posts and in the front and back yards of schools." Devin said feeling awkward.

"Maybe this was all a premeditated murder? In that case, it's most likely that the culprit wasn't a student of this school."

"You mean some kind of teacher council? Staff working at the school?" Devin asked, Van nodded softly as he smiled a knotty smile.

"Then it's time to interrogate some suspicious staff!" Van said as he left with Devin.

On the other hand, Klee was still busy interrogating the student. He asked a lot about the victims.

"Hm....Does anyone like to use lavender?" Ask Klee.

"Yes! There are two people, namely our homeroom teacher and the one who is the head of the osis. The head of the osis is the son of an official, so it is very respected in this school. But right now, he's not in." Lexa, Klee noted it.

"Who's the name of the two?"

"My first class is called Bu Ren, while Chief Osis is called....Bellas!"

"Bu Ren and Bella, huh? If it's Ms Ren herself, is the relationship good not with the victim?"

"Hu we all know that the relationship between the two men and my best friend is very bad. They often told my best friend to take him as a slave and often acted violently. Some of the students had reported it to the police, but it was successfully silenced thanks to Bella who had the power." It was her revelation that made Klee laugh faintly hearing him.

"Ah happened again. In this world, money and power are everything. Even a genius would get rid of those two things."

Elena who heard it just nodded slowly. The atmosphere was silent after that, until Klee reached into his backpack and placed some snacks on the table and drinks.

"From this moment we're serious, how about it's time to relax?" He said while smiling.

****

At school, Floren was engrossed in his cell phone. He looked around him every now and then, making sure his class wasn't empty. There were at least three to four people inside, other than him. He did not want to be alone in class, afraid that someone would lose money or valuable things, he was the accused.

"Haish why is Klee permission, huh? Where did not reply to chat from earlier." His irritated grunt. As he spoke, Alden suddenly entered the classroom. He came to her and asked Klee who was invisible from morning.

"Floren, you're his best friend, right? You should know where Klee is." He was worried about Klee. Although he was a close friend of Klee's even like a brother, he didn't get any news from her at all. The chat that he had sent had not been answered either.

"Haish then, did Devin come in? I didn't see him either." Alden was massaging his forehead, he was increasingly worried about his crush.

"Not in." Raut Alden then changed to hear the news. He ran out somewhere.

****

After conducting an investigation that took hours, they decided to take a short break at the police station while reading documents in the form of forensic tests that just came out in the afternoon. The only room in the best criminal division, is the room of Van's team. Everything is neat and quite complete there. The air conditioner also feels very cold, feels like being at home not in the police station.

"Hm...Klee want to eat?" Ask Van while opening the refrigerator. Klee refused, so he did not have appetite because he thought about the murder case handled.

But the initiative Van made food for Klee, as they had also missed lunch. So it's impossible not to feel hungry, right? Devin makes his own food in the kitchen that is already available. He just took the cooking ingredients in the fridge.

"Hmmm I wonder how dangerous this drug is? Even the perpetrators killed the victim without touching him. He touched it while dragging and carving the victim's body into a statue." Murmured Klee in curiosity.

"It means he's a psychopath who likes to kill. If he's a hit man or an amateur, it can't be this reliable." Sahut Van while putting the ingredients in the pot.

"Really! Psychopaths torture their targets to death without touching them. Be it electrical voltage, parasites, or whatever. He used nonsensical items to kill his target." Reply Devin while cutting some carrots and put them in a container.

Klee did not retaliate, trying to imagine the moment the perpetrator killed his victim. Until he stood up then opened the window of the room to look at the atmosphere of twilight. Shortly after, she walks out of the window for no reason, causing Van and Devin to panic.

The two went to the window, saw what Klee had done and came out all of a sudden. But apparently, he only approached the starving cat and brought it into the room.

"There's a little food to share, isn't there?" Ask while releasing the cat he took. Van took the sausage in the refrigerator, he gave it to the hungry cat.

"Ah she's really very hungry." Klee said as she gently stroked the black cat's head.

Van and Devin seem happy to see the soft side of Klee that is rarely shown. He more often issued a creepy side, even a class of killers even to the point of being afraid of him.

"I didn't think she was this soft." Van muttered while imagining that Klee was his wife and was being gentle with her.

"I'm not wrong to fall in love!" Devin muttered with a smile. The two continued cooking, while Klee toyed with the cat he found.

After a few minutes, Van serves his cooking at the table. He told Klee to eat it, remembering he had not eaten since noon. Similarly, Devin who also makes food for his beloved crush and his best friend for a while.

But Klee ate only a few of those two foods. He actually distributed it to the cat who was really very hungry, even two foods in large portions, exhausted in his meal.

"Hu now you're full, huh?" Klee said as she stroked the head of the cat sitting on her thighs.

"Humm he's more concerned about the cat than I am the funnier one!" Van grouse washing dishes.

"Should I be a cat so that I could be loved and sit on her thighs?" Devin was jealous of a black cat.

After taking a short break, they regrouped and discussed the murder case. According to Van personally, he suspected that the perpetrator was a person who worked at the school. Because from the results of the investigation, the perpetrator is very controlling of the school environment even on each side. He also knows places that are not installed by surveillance cameras or cannot be reached by surveillance cameras. Therefore, the perpetrator killed his victims in that place.

While Devin suspects that the culprit is not an insider, but an outsider who has inside acquaintances and has long been watching the victim. Maybe he's some kind of psychopath who's obsessed with his target until he's mastered the school environment.

Both opinions are possible. According to Klee, the perpetrator was also from an out-of-school person and likely still had a family with students who attended school there so he could get a lot of information. He deliberately used his brother to dig deeper information, also had prepared people who were made into scapegoats. The perpetrator is also not a psychopath who was born from a simple family. It is likely that he has the power to silence and control those around him.

"So Klee, who did it?" Ask Van calmly and authoritatively.

"How about we meet Bella Bernard?" Reply Klee who made the two momentarily speechless.

"Isn't he the son of an official, huh?" Devin said innocently.

"Hmmm....He also went to school there. Hahahaha it turns out the same father's son is the same, huh? Not really alike! His father is a corruptor, his son a murderer." Van said that greatly underestimated him. Klee did not overly ponder his words, he thought more about his goal to catch the perpetrator.

"When are we gonna see him? I'm so impatient! What do we need to prepare before we get there?" Van asked enthusiastically.

"We continue tomorrow, it's time to go back to our homes. By the way, is there a bag or basket? I want to bring this cat home." Klee stood up while holding her cat.

"If it's not wrong there are detectives who take care of cats as well, he often brings a basket of cats to the office. Wait a minute!" Van rushes away, so Klee stays with Devin with a cat inside.

Devin stood up to Klee. He held her cat for a moment before handing it back to Klee.

"Hmm today you must be so tired, huh?" He asked quietly, Klee shook her head as she revealed a faint smile on her face.

"No! I think it's normal. Hmm btw, you work in minimarket not today? If I was alone, I would still go there to accompany Owen, pity if he only worked alone."

"Of course I keep working! Then we'll go there together, right? I will boncengin yes," he said enthusiastically. "But what about this cat?" Devin stared at the black cat for a moment before Klee replied to his question.

"Stay along! He just put it in the barn first, the upula in these brackets so it won't be able to run anywhere, right?" Reply calmly. Devin nodded slowly while smiling faintly.

Shortly after, Van returned with the basket as requested. Klee put her cat in the basket and then drove home. Before that, Van volunteered to drive her home. But his offer was rejected, because he was going to go to work with Devin.

Though disappointed, Van let her. Klee and Devin leave, and meet with John and Kennedy to discuss the murder.

***

It was a dark and quiet night. Klee was busy watching the series while lying on her bed. As usual, he always turned off his room lights to make it more exciting to watch a tense series. When he was busy observing a serious scene, there was the sound of a cat meowing. Nothing else and no, it was a cat that he took in the afternoon.

Klee pushed the pause button on the series he watched. He got up, walked out of the room to check on his cat who suddenly had a voice. After a few seconds, he looked at the cat who did not stop meowing when nothing happened there. He approached the cat, asking slowly.

"Hu why are you? Is there a ghost here?" Ask Klee. He opened the basket and took the cat out of the inside. The cat was momentarily silent, until he walked slowly around the family room.

Klee sat on the sofa, letting the cat before putting her back in the basket. She smiled, looking at the adorable cat walking with her short legs on top of her small, fat body.

"Very adorable!" His happy murmur. Before long, the cat quietly looked at his new baby. He jumped onto the sofa and again sat on Klee's thigh.

"Ah looks like you're happy because you got new babu hehehe. Wanna eat? Or do you want to drink, my lord?" Said Klee who laughed afterwards. The cat just silently looked at her beautiful babys face. Even two handsome men just fell in love with him who is just a high school girl has a charming face.

"Hu you keep watching me. Do you like me? Hahaha,"

The cat seemed to smile. Then he came down from the white thigh and walked towards the kitchen. Klee followed him and walked before the cat reached the kitchen. He hurried to give food and drink to the future employer.

The cat is not hungry, he just feels thirsty because he had meowed long and long enough. With each movement, Klee observed non-stop. This was his first time caring for an adorable animal in his home. All this time he was alone, there was no one there but himself. But now everything's changed.

"Hmmm I guess cats like ice cream, don't they? If you like it, what does it taste? Chocolate boy? Vanilla? Stobery? Or choco mint? Waita...Choco mint is not allowed! That's for me." His mind is thinking while waiting for the master to finish drinking the water provided.

Shortly after, the black cat approached him again. Klee took her to the family room. Before putting him in the basket, there was one thing he wanted to do. He rushed back to his room to pick up some stuff and went back to meet the waiting cat.

"Did you miss your family?" ask her while putting the cat on the thigh. "It's hard to live alone without family. How about I put you together with them?" Klee continued while stroking the cat.

After that, he put his phone on the table. The camera hp is panned towards him along with the cat. He pressed the video record button before returning to play with the cat.

"Hows it? You want to not be with your family back?" Ask a gentle question that makes the cat more happy to be near him. Klee smiled faintly at the cat who was increasingly acting spoiled towards her. It was as if the cat was so happy to be around him now.

"Ah you seem to like me as much as I like you, huh?" Gently said Klee. He let out a long sigh, reached into his pants pocket, took out an object that made the cat still fixated.

"I'm still curious about the scene of the perpetrator killing the victim without touching her body." Mumbled Klee. He injected a liquid into the cat that had been spoiled and adorable in front of him.

***

The next day....

"Klee....In seriously? You're doing this?" Van asked in surprise at the video footage Klee showed him. Devin ran to the toilet, he vomited there, unable to see the disgusting and disgusting footage.

"Why do you look so scared? It's wrong, isn't it? Besides I didn't test that liquid injection on a human, so it shouldn't be wrong." Said Klee plain.

"Yes know, but you...Can you do such a vile thing to an adorable animal?"

"I'm just injecting him with fluid anyway, not the bellander." Klee did not accept Van's attitude, especially Devin who vomited in the toilet.

"Don't you, you know for yourself that this liquid is dangerous? And it's possible the perpetrator used it to kill the victim. But why did you do that to the cat? Why not rats, lizards, or snakes?" Reply Van who tried to advise calmly.

'"The problem in my house is no rats or lizards, only cats! After all there are many cats in this world, it should not matter if he dies. After all, he lives a single day, so it's better that he doesn't exist in this world. I also did not know that the results would be this severe! I think he just fainted for a few hours and then woke up again. But it's not."

Van was made silent because of his description that was really like a plain and stupid girl. Devin, who had been in the toilet, came back and sat down at the table. He did not dare to touch Klee's phone so afraid he saw a video that was deliberately recorded by Klee last night as a material for his experiments on cats.

Devin also revoked his request to become a cat in order to sit on Klee's thigh. It is better that he is like now, slowly he is close, in a relationship until the crush falls back in love with him. Then they get married and become a couple who are very friendly compared to being a cat with a pig that is either innocent or basically has a psychopathic soul.

"Klee, did you feel sad when the cat died?" Ask Devin slowly. Klee was momentarily silent before she finally shook her head which made Van silent.

Either innocent or how, from his look also already looks he is not sad in the least. Even dare to record the incident and watch the video replay from the beginning.