Ooka Momiji stood staring at the back before her eyes for a moment, lost in a daze.
Such presence, such insight—even she had never seen it in many people, or rather, had never seen it at all.
At least among her peers, she had not witnessed anything similar.
She knew clearly that someone with such resolve was bound to achieve something.
Even without a family, without anyone's help, and without anyone's support, relying solely on himself, he would still manage to accomplish things.
A man fails to spread his towering ambitions, in vain he bears a born eight-foot frame!
The thought of such words involuntarily crossed her mind.
This was her vision, the vision of the sole heiress of the Ooka family.
At the same time, it further confirmed that she had not misjudged her man.
This was someone to whom she could entrust her entire life.
Thinking this to herself, she nodded. "I support you, even if it means not relying on some stupid Fujino family!"
"The Fujino family doesn't want you, but I do!"
"Cough!"
Fujino coughed lightly at the blunt strike, feeling somewhat awkward.
Suddenly remembering something, he turned back to ask Momiji, "Come to think of it, the reward you asked me for couldn't possibly be about this, could it?"
"Mm..."
Ooka Momiji snapped back to her senses, feeling somewhat embarrassed.
The other person already knew, yet she had still been stammering around.
It made her look like some clueless fool kept completely in the dark!
Yet upon second thought, compared to being a fool, another matter filled her with even greater regret.
She had pointlessly wasted a chance for an arbitrary wish as a reward...
"Knock, knock, knock!"
At that moment, a knock sounded at the door, and Ai Haibara called out from outside, "You