Twins

The Deduction Showdown: Shinichi vs. Mouri Kogoro

“W-w-what did you say?!?” demanded a spiky, auburn-haired teenager, completely taken by surprise.

“You killed, Sakamino Shizuka. I’m certain it was you,” the mustached detective repeated his statement, now with a lower vigor.

The teenager instinctively raised a brow as he waited for the detective’s next word. The latter cleared his throat before continuing, “You went home early to commit the crime. That’s one way to put it simple.”

“I went home early to play PS3!” Kyosuke exclaimed, his forehead creased and his fingers wiggling with impatience. “Could I be a criminal just because of that?” He stood up straight and crossed his arms in front of his chest. “I even heard Auntie watching tv, but I chose not to disturb her because for sure she’ll scold me.  I locked myself in my room and played there the whole time.”

“But no one could prove that alibi,” Mouri countered, his voice stern. “Even though the PS3 is still warm because of having been turned on for a long time, no one can prove that you were really just playing.”

 

The young man scowled, realizing the detective’s point. “Mou~”

Shinichi, however, was about to butt in but was stopped when Mouri spoke again with his ever confident gruff voice along with his self-assured smile. “You probably snuck in here to steal some money and when your aunt caught you, you had no other choice but to kill her.”

“Well, do you have anything to prove that?” Kyosuke was able to come up with a defense.

Mouri laughed before replying, “No, but I’m sure you’d admit it anyway after I find more clues. Wahaha!”

“Mouri-kun, you never change, do you?” Megure muttered on the side, sighing.

 

Shinichi sweat-dropped, laughing half-heartedly in his mind, before he realized, ‘But he has a point... The messy drawers and undressed pillows probably mean the culprit was searching for the victim’s money.’ He cupped his chin as he looked around.

“I told you I did not kill her!” the redhead insisted once more. “And whenever I needed money, Auntie generously gives me.”

With that said, Mouri almost fell aside but regained his posture and reasoned, “But what if you needed more than what she gives you?”

Before the argument got worse, Shinichi broke in and shared the idea he just had, “We couldn’t be so sure that robbery was the main intention of the culprit and that when he found out that there was someone guarding what he wanted to get, he had no choice but to kill that person.” He was calm as he spoke but confidence was noticeably steaming up from him. “It could be the other way around – the culprit really intended to kill the victim and just made it look like robbery.”

The older detective contemplated as he mumbled, “Hm... well, you’ve got a point there.”

“And whichever were the case, I believe Kyosuke couldn’t be the culprit,” Shinichi added making everyone in the room look at him. “If I were a murderer who was smart and mischievous enough to escape from school, I wouldn’t stay in the place of the crime too long where no one could prove me innocent.”