When it concerned Fujino, Ai Haibara could not help but give it more thought.
And once she thought about it, she immediately noticed something off.
Hiroki Sawada had long since prepared a countermeasure for that.
While he could not hypnotize everyone at Nihon TV Station—
he was still flawless when it came to the most basic cover story.
Following Hiroki's explanation, Hattori Heiji spoke up. "The people from Nihon TV Station did mention something about it. They said they would promote it after they finished recording the footage."
Ai Haibara lowered her gaze upon hearing that. The reason seemed perfectly reasonable to her, with nothing strange about it.
That was generally how variety shows worked.
Nothing could be revealed before filming ended, lest obsessive fans ran to the site and disrupted the order there.
That was how it worked for capable High School Detectives like Fujino.
Of course, it might not be the case for certain celebrities who relied on popularity and obsessive fans.
They would love nothing more than to film everything for promotion. Before the program even aired, the plot would probably have leaked like a sieve.
Then, on second thought, she raised another question. "Then who are the detectives they invited, and how were they invited? They could not possibly have invited every High School Detective in Japan, could they?"
Hattori Heiji patted his chest. Explaining why he had stood out among countless High School Detectives, he looked thoroughly confident and proud. "They selected representatives. Right at the start of the invitation, it said they were inviting Hattori Heiji to compete as the western representative!"
Beside him, Conan watched Hattori smugly and recalled that he had not received an invitation at all, looking somewhat resentful.
He spoke speechlessly. "If Brother Heiji was invited as the western representative,