[h2][color=0072bc]Saboru Masashi[/color][/h2]Unsurprisingly, his phone had barely rung once before he was connected to an operator. [color=0072bc]"We found a dead body,"[/color] Masashi answered before he turned around as more people were drawn to the scene, probably by Asumi's shriek. [color=0072bc]"Uh... just down Jukishi Street,"[/color] he continued talking even as he raised an eyebrow up at Chen's suggestion. [color=0072bc]"Sort of already on the phone with the cops here,"[/color] he pointed out, a bit calmer now after being talked to by the operator on the other side. [color=0072bc]"Yeah, sorry, just more people showing up. Oh, yeah they just showed up. Alright."[/color] 

There had been a patrol in the immediate area just like the operator said so, and with their arrival Masashi finally hung up his phone and tucked it back into his pocket. A somewhat incredulous look was aimed at Hoshiko as she went full motor mouth, before he stepped up to the officers and tried to get their attention. That was [i]just[/i] a bit hard when Asumi had been thrown under the bus though. Nagi was going to be [i]pissed[/i] when she found out about this. With a grunt, Masashi turned his attention back to Asumi instead and grabbed her by the shoulders. [color=0072bc]"Breathe Asumi. We're in this together,"[/color] he tried to reassure his blubbering friend as he blocked the cops out from her view. 

He kept a hand on Asumi's shoulder as they were shoved into the same cruiser and taken over to the station for questioning. Given her current state of mind, he took the initiative in letting the two missing know their study party had been shelved. "What? Just letting some friends know our plans have been cancelled. I didn't tell them anything else," Masashi fired back as the cop driving them narrowed her eyes at the use of his phone. He wasn't going to blab about the details of a crime like that, at least not when it wasn't in-person. It was a bit odd that his messages still hadn't been read by the time they got to the station though...[hr]It was really odd that they still hadn't seen the messages a good two hours later once their group were finally free to go from the station. Given the murder they had just stumbled across, Masashi couldn't help but feel at least a bit of concern. It was probably unrelated though, and given the general mood of the group? Voicing that concern seemed like a great way to set Asumi spinning off again, so he just bit his lip and kept quiet about it. Complaining about how Saitou hadn't seemed to like... any of them was pointless as well. That had probably been a bit of his own fault, but then again he didn't have much to say. He kept his answers to a bare minimum and didn't bother to hide his annoyance at being held up. They seriously needed to question each and every single one of them? Between Okamoto and now this? He was about done with the day and just wanted to head home and bash things with his stick for a bit to clear his head.

The prospect of a free home-cooked meal was pretty tempting though, and he wouldn't even have to suffer under Asumi's gruelling tutoring before it either! Silver linings he supposed. Even if he didn't chime in with Asumi's question, a rumble from his stomach voiced Masashi's agreement well enough. He shrugged off any looks that were sent his way. Given it was well past the time to start eating dinner, how was it his fault he was hungry?