It really seems that way.
Serisa Elizabeth lowered her handgun and looked at Fujino and Hakuba Saguru.
After sizing up the young man before her for a moment, she looked at Hakuba Saguru with a hint of familiarity in her eyes.
Then she turned to look at Fujino and asked, "I know Hakuba Saguru, the detective from Japan, but who might you be?"
Fujino was still a little miffed that he hadn't been recognized.
Though on second thought, it made sense; Hakuba Saguru was indeed much better known in Europe.
After a moment of thought, he spoke up, "Fujino, a detective, serving as an assistant consultant for this security operation."
He cast his gaze aside and introduced the other person, "That's Hakuba Saguru, who has been active in Europe for years. He's also a detective, and his old man is the superintendent general of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department—basically, the top cop."
Hakuba Saguru: "..."
Couldn't you let me introduce myself?
And seriously, do you have to keep bringing up who my dad is?
It's clear I became a detective entirely on my own strength, but you make it sound like I rely on him for everything.
How awkward is that, really!
What, you saw Kaito Kid?!
Is this true, Your Majesty!
In the salon parlor car of the Royal Express, Vice Minister Niimi and Nakamori Ginzo heard Serisa Elizabeth describe her recent encounter with Kaito Kid and immediately cried out in startled anxiety.
"It's true."
Serisa Elizabeth sat in the dining car's seat, nodded, and cast her gaze down at the huge yellow gemstone worn around her neck, "I imagine his target is the treasure of our Principality of England... which is this largest yellow gemstone in Europe, the Mother of Crystal, worn right here on my neck."