Whose Deduction Show?

AMBER | Chapter 13: Cast-Iron Certainty

AMBER

THE ROOM was filled with tension as the QED Club started to show-off their skills when it comes to deduction. Loki was so sure he did not destroy the lock when he used his lockpicking kit at sinigurado niya sa iyon amin. The case became more complicated as Gray revealed that this was a locked room murder.

The mood was different right now. This was no longer a game.

Jeremy snapped and stood in front of us. "I think I know already what happened here," he declared, kaya lahat kami ay nabaling ang atensyon sa kanya. I hope he's gonna say something sensible and not one of his puns. "I know who the culprit is!"

Everyone looked surprised at tila mas nabalot ng kaba ang silid. His declaration was even followed by the loud rolling thunder sound. Nakatulong ba ang pag-retrace niya sa galaw ng suspek para magkaroon siya ng matinong deduction?

"Sino?" tanong ng producer na si Michael B. Nabalot din ng curiosity ang mukha nina Arturo at Veronica.

Jeremy eyed everyone inside the room to add thrill to his deduction show. There was silence. "It's the ghost of the construction worker!"

I saw Loki flash a disappointed expression samantalang napa-facepalm din si Gray. Jamie eyed him from head to foot and sneered. Lorelei and Alistair maintained a neutral look, mukhang ayaw nilang ipakita kung gaano ka-stupid ang sagot ng kasama namin.

Je took that opportunity to explain his theory further. Kung wala siyang matinong paliwanag, sana'y manahimik na lang siya. He's not only embarrassing himself, but his entire team as well. "Just look at the set-up of the crime! The room is locked and the victim's head was bashed by something hard and heavy. What if maso ang ginamit ng multo? Dos por dos? Tubo? There are so many possibilities!"

"The possibilities are infinite but I'm a hundred percent certain that your nonsense theory is not one of those. How did you become part of your detective group if you believe in ghosts and stuff that only fools would believe in? Do you screen your members properly?" Loki said, dismissing Jeremy's idea. He addressed the last question to Gray.

In our defense, our detective group isn't even as what he expects it to be kaya walang criteria sa pagpili ng mga miyembro.

Pero paano naman niya naisip ang ideyang iyon? No matter how Loki and Gray say ghosts aren't real, hindi ko pa rin maiwasang pangilabutan sa naisip ni Jeremy! It may be nonsense, but still scary. I noticed how Jamie clung to Loki when Je opened that idea.

"This is purely done by someone with a murderous intent inside this house, and not some inexistent ghost that Jeremiah from your team is talking about," Loki insisted, looking at Gray's direction.

Sinasadya niya bang maliin ang pagbanggit sa pangalan ni Je para asarin ito sa "nonsense" na theory? Nabasa siguro ni Lorelei sa mukha ko ang tanong kaya napabulong siya sa akin ng "Don't mind him."