Salim asked Galtomor to bring Nile. Galtomor nodded and exited.

“Oh, yeah…Nile. He is a bit of sketchy fellow isn’t he” said Fushichin.

“Yeah, he is definitely suspicious. And he omitted something important.” said Salim.

Nile came into the room with Galtomor and asked “How can I help you?”

Salim put his arms behind his back and walked around the room.

"At 16 pm you were with Tenma and George and discussed many things at the lab. But you did not mention one important thing. George took a break to the restroom." said Salim.

"Yeah, he did. It's easy to forget such details. Just because I accidentally omitted that detail out doesn't mean I lied." said Nile, clearly annoyed.

"Yes, but when George entered back into the lab, you were on top of Tenma and both of you were on the ground. Why didn't you mention any of that in the alibi?" asked Salim.

Nile’s eyes widened. But he quickly frowned and grunted "Why do I have to mention every little personal thing happened? I felt it wasn't important to mention."

"I say it's important now and you have the obligation to answer. What happened between you two?" asked Salim fiercely.

Nile quietly looked down, his eyes darting away from the detectives.

"Hmph, even without him answering I know what happened. They must have been fighting. George said he saw you two hustle and tussle too" said Fushichin.

"He did?" gasped Nile

"Yeah, George told me personally about this." said Fushichin with a smirk.

Nile bit his lip, sighed and said "Fine, yeah, something like that did happen."

"Wait, when I interrogated George, he didn't say anything about them actually exchanging fists" said Salim with surprise.

"That's because I lied silly. I didn't hear it from George but it was pretty obvious. And thanks to my little trick you gotta start talking now, or you'll regret it" said Fushichin with a deadly frown.

"Damn cops. You accuse me of lying but you use the same techniques yourselves" said Nile madly.

You might be reading a pirated copy. Look for the official release to support the author.

"The technique isn't important. The intention and context is important If you lie one more time, I'll throw you in the slammer for going up against justice. Now talk" ordered Fushichin.

"Fine, I'll speak." said Nile and took a deep breath then began.

"When George left the room Tenma asked me about how my job was doing. When I said income wasn't much, Tenma laughed and said I should borrow from him more. He said it in such a condescending way. It irked me. I jumped up grabbed him by the collar and told him I don't need his shitty money."

"Why so violent? You two were friends right? Couldn't you have forgiven him even if he did sound snarky?" asked Hellen with suspicion.

"It's not just that. Tenma stole the credit to my medical findings in university. He is successful today because of me! To forget the past and acting so high and mighty. It honestly pissed me off." grunted Nile.

"Could you describe your struggle with Tenma in more detail?" asked Galtomor.

"Oh sure. I didn't do anything to harm him. I didn't even touch his face. I knew it would be bad news if he was bruised somewhere on his face. Which is why I pulled him up from his collar. I actually think I ripped it on accident. He pushed me back and raised his fists but I easily ducked under him, grabbed him around his waist and threw him to the ground. He was a lousy fighter afterall I got on top of him and pulled his hair up. He resisted, trying to pull my arms down and the two of us tousled on the floor for a while until George came.” reported Nile with carelessness.

"I see." said Klancy while rubbing his chin with his fingers.

“We didn't mention anything about the fight to George, he didn't ask much too. So the three of us sat silently, only exchanged a few words until Hori entered the room and called us to dinner.” said Nile.

Nile was questioned a little more but he told them he wasn’t hiding anything else. They let Nile go out of the room.

"So, the victim's ripped collar and wrinkled clothes" spoke Hellen.

"Yeah, it was most likely caused by Nile." said Klancy with a frown.

And finally Galomor brought Mikhail into the room. Galtomor himself wanted this.

“So, you were at the library at 23 pm?" asked Galtomor

"Yes" said Mikhail casually.

"Well, that's odd. Considering that you should have bumped into George and Nile if that were the case!" said Galtomor.

"Oh, look, I'm not very good with remembering time okay. Maybe they entered the library when I was in the bathroom. You remember my alibi, right? I said I went to the bathroom, I may have just misremembered the time" said Mikhail calmly while waving his hand.

"No, I doubt that. Because Reiner was in the bathroom at that time." said Galtomor.

"What?" gasped Mikhail.

"Yes, Reiner, George and Nile entered hallway 1A. They split up. George and Nile entered the library while Reiner entered the bathroom." explained Galtomor.

Galtomor looked seriously towards Mikhail and said "It's impossible for them to have missed you if you were in one of those rooms"

"Shit!" yelled Mikhail.

"Way to go Galtomor, high five!" said Fushichin happily and raised his arm.

"We're not done yet. Mikhail, fix your alibi, where exactly were you?" yelled Galtomor.

"I was...upstairs" grumbled Mikhail.

"Upstairs? I'm assuming you were stabbing Tenma at that time." said Fushichin while pondering.

"Ye- wait no! What the hell. I didn't kill Tenma." cried Mikhail with rage.

"Then what were you doing?" asked Klancy.

"I'll talk about it, just give me a second to breathe." said Mikhail.