Having received the manuscript, Kadokawa Publishing naturally handed over the prearranged commission fee. Fujino received ten million, and Yuzo Kinoshita earned a little extra on the side. Everyone made money, and everyone was happy.
With that extra ten million, Fujino had made a total of thirty million yen on this trip.
He had made an absolute killing.
After obtaining the manuscript, Yuzo Kinoshita did not continue traveling with them.
Instead, he went alone to Kadokawa Publishing's branch office to send the materials back to the head office.
Kaori Niina wanted to take a vacation here.
So when it was time to head back, the group consisted only of the Mouri father and daughter, Conan, Fujino, and Xiao Ai.
On the Shinkansen.
Ran curiously asked Fujino about Kurokawa.
After all, as far as she knew, Kurokawa had only met them once on the way there. The next time they saw him, he had already been stabbed and was carried back by Fujino like a corpse.
Fujino glanced around at everyone present. He did not think the Mouri father and daughter were the type to spread this around, so he gave a brief explanation.
After hearing it, Mori Ran scratched her head, feeling like her brain could not quite process it.
Normally, should not the murderer have been someone lurking nearby?
She had even suspected that Yuzo Kinoshita was the killer.
She had even kept watch on him with Kaori Niina for quite a while...
Mori Kogoro cleared his throat and laughed. "Actually, I had already sensed something was off about that Kurokawa. I never expected him to really be the murderer. Who would have thought Fujino would beat me to it this time!"
Conan complained speechlessly, "Mori Uncle, you are just claiming credit after the fact again. Do you think you