Finally a case without Mori-san or Conan-kun around, Megure thought. He didn't dare to verbalize his thoughts, though, for the chances that at least one of them would randomly appear out of nowhere were too high.
When he entered the garden and his eyes found the victim, all his thoughts about Mori-san, Conan-kun and awkward coincidences vanished instantly. Someone gasped, either himself or Takagi-kun, he wasn't sure. He didn't care anyway, because … the victim was Kudo-kun! Or so it seemed at least.
Megure stood there, frozen, not wanting to believe what he was seeing.
No, no, impossible, Kudo-kun couldn't be dead
The neighbor (who'd found the corpse and informed the police) needed some time to explain that the victim wasn't Kudo-kun but a boy named Kuroba Kaito – Megure was too shocked to process the new information at first. But finally, after some seconds, it sank in: The victim was just a boy who looked disturbingly similar to Kudo-kun and furthermore sported a school uniform that looked exactly like Hattori-kun's. What a small, weird world they lived in!
He felt a sudden, strong pang of relief, instantly followed by remorse: He shouldn't be biased like that, it was unprofessional and unfair on the poor victim. And yet he couldn't help but feel relieved …

It was an easy case to solve. The victim was beaten to death with a blunt, damp object.
The first piece of evidence was the gaping laceration on the boy's forehead.
The second piece of evidence was the mop lying on the ground next to the victim.
The third piece of evidence was the girl sitting on the ground next to the mop, stuttering incoherent things like "Oh Kami, I've killed Kaito, oh nononono …"
Megure sighed. "Looks like a very serious case of mopping."


Yeah, this was supposed to be a (lame?) pun. Mobbing. Mopping. Got it?
(Damn, jokes are stupid if you have to explain them …)

Anyway, I know that it's rather unlikely for Megure to know how Heiji's school uniform looks like, but I didn't want to exclude that detail.

Thanks for all of your kind reviews. I'm sorry about the erratic updates.