A Un-quirked Detective

"Ma'am," Noya said knocking on the client's door, "I need to ask you some questions about your friend," Noya asked.

"I will not let a murderer into my house!" the lady told Noya.

"There is a hero with me," Noya told her, "If I do anything he will stop me, so please let me in," Noya reasoned.

Suddenly, the door whipped open pushing Noya to the side.

"Please come in quickly," the client said looking at Energy Fist.

"Thank you, ma'am," Noya said trying to regain his balance.

Walking inside Noya sat down on the old lady's couch, and Energy Fist sat next to him. The client then took a seat front of them.

"Did you notice that your friend was gone for a while?" Noya asked cutting straight to the point.

"I suppose I haven't seen him in a week or so, wasn't' picking up my calls either," the client responds, "And then BAM, he was dead outside my apartment," she told them.

"Had you ever tried to enter your friend's apartment while he was not answering your calls?" Noya asked.

"Of course, when I went there the door was unlocked, though he wasn't there," the client says, "I wonder what he was dealing with; he was a doctor you know," she said sadly.

"Finally, do you know of any people that have the man's room key," Noya asked finishing his questions.

"Three others, room 3087, 3088, and 1073, they're his friends as well," she told Noya, "I hope they're taking this better than I am," she said looking down.

"Sorry for the disturbance ma'am," Noya said getting up after taking notes, "We'll be on our way," Noya then said leaving.

"Do not fret young lady," Energy Fist said getting up, "We will catch this villain and bring him to justice so no one else gets hurt!" he said pumping his fist up causing it to radiate energy.

"Thank you so much Hero," the client said grabbing Energy Fist's free hand, "You have no idea how much this means to me," she said happier than she's been in a while.

"Of course, we will," Noya said with a smile, "Now come on Energy Fist, we got a villain to catch," Noya said walking to the door.

"Coming!" Energy Fist said leaving along with Noya, "So now what?" he then asked.

"We go to the apartments she listed off, and if everything goes well, we'll find our culprit," Noya said with a smile, "Simple as that," he told Energy Fist.

"How do you know it was one of the person's friends?" Energy Fist asked.

"Who else would have left his door unlocked?" Noya asked, "Most likely when the client went to get her friend it had already been at least a day sense the disappearance," Noya said.

"What if he left his room and was killed outside?" Energy Fist asks.

"Remember, he the livor mortis showed that after his death he was sitting on something," Noya pointed out, "Meaning even if the man was killed outside, he was still brought back inside for a period of time, and friends are absolutely viable suspects," Noya said.

"Well then, who do we start with?" Energy Fist asked.

"Let's start down the list, first with 3087," Noya said.

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"Excuse me," Noya said knocking on the door, "I need to ask you some questions," Noya said.

"They don't seem to be here," Energy Fist commented.

"Looks like it," Noya admitted.

Looking through the small keyhole in the door Noya couldn't see too much considering the lights were off and the curtains were closed, but he could feel a cold draft coming through the hole.

"Luckly the next person is right next to this one," Noya said looking at the other door.

So Noya just walked over to the other door and started to knock on that one. However, this time his knock was answered swiftly.

"Whatever you're selling," the person said before taking a deep breath in, "I don't want it!" a person yelled from the other side of the door.

"I need to ask you some questions," Noya said, "Mr. Hiroki has been murdered, and I need to gather information," Noya told the man behind the door.

After a moment the door opened showing a middle-aged man with streaks of tears down his face. He was wearing a tank top and shorts.

"Make yourself at home," he said, "I'll do anything I can to help," he said inviting the two in.

"Thank you sir," Noya said as he walked in, "This has obviously taken a toll on you, so I won't take up too much of your time," Noya told the man.

"And you are a Hero?" the man said turning to Energy Fist.

"Yes, I am," Energy Fist said sticking his chest out, "Do not fear as long as I am here no others shall be harmed," he said trying to reassure the man.

"You," the man tried to say before taking a deep breath in and out, "Thank you," he told the hero.

"Now," Noya said gaining the two's attention, "Onto my questions," Noya said.

"Ask away," the man responded heavily sweating.

"When were you made aware of Mr. Hiroki passing?" Noya asked.

"It was a few hours ago," the man told the two, "I got a call from a friend that he had recently passed away," the man said wiping his tears.

"Ok," Noya said making a note, "And may I ask about the reason why the room is so hot?" Noya then asked.

"Because of my quirk," the man said before holding up his hand and making heat generate off of it, "It's called heat wave it allows me to make heat from my body," the man tells them, "It was actually a late quirk awakening," the man then admitted.

"Lucky you," Noya mumbled while putting notes down, "Now, do you know about the person who lives next to you," he then asked.

"Yes, he is a good friend of mine," the man tells them, "He left for a vacation about three weeks ago," the man then said.

"Do you have a key to his room?" Noya asked in response, "The air conditioning is on, and I would like to turn it off for him," he then explained.

"No I do not," the man replied.

"Thank you for your time sir," Noya said getting up, "I'll come back if anything comes up," he said.

"And if the villain comes to hurt you," Energy Fist said getting up, "Call for me and I will come in a second!" Energy fist passionately said.

"Yes, I bet if the villain try's anything you will be there to stop them," the man said.

"Of course sir, now come on Energy Fist," Noya said, "There's places we need to be," he said leaving through the door.

"Now where we are going?" Energy fist asked outside the heat-quirk man's door.

"Right next door of course," Noya said walking back over to the previous door they went too.

"But the door is locked and there's no ones in there," Energy Fist said confused.

"Not for long," Noya said taking a knee in front of the door and pulling out some lockpicks from his coat pocket.

"What are you doing?" Energy Fist asked very confused.

"Doing whoever's room this is a favor by turning off their air conditioning," Noya explains, "I'm going to save them a fortune," he said.

"Breaking and entering is illegal," Energy Fist tried to explain.

"Yes, so is tampering with evidence which we technically both did," Noya said continuing to pick the lock.

And after a moment, a click came out of the lock.

"If you try to steal anything I will be forced to take you in," Energy Fist said seriously said.

"I promise I won't," Noya assured as he walked in through the door immediately feeling the cold air.