Ryujin felt as though he had suffered some kind of unfair treatment.
He certainly knew that what he was doing was illegal.
But pinning trumped-up charges on him like this...
Anyone in his shoes would find it impossible to accept!
The more he thought about it, the angrier he grew, slamming the table as he stood right up. "Hey, what assault on an officer? The consultant shouldn't even be a police officer!!"
"Hm?"
Juzo Megure frowned slightly, looking at the suddenly riled-up Ryujin.
Behind him, Sato Miwako also narrowed her eyes, lowering the arms she had crossed over her chest and clenching them into faint fists.
Subtly, her expression seemed to threaten him with her gaze:
Well, you have a problem with that?
You still thought you could walk away after offending Brother Fujino?
Planning to stir up trouble on our turf, too?
You tired of living or what?
Takagi, on the other hand, stood dazed and vacant, completely failing to process the situation.
Just what on earth was happening?
The chill of that gaze made Ryujin's scalp crawl.
Knowing full well he was on enemy ground, he did not dare push his luck too far, terrified the other party might slap a few more charges like obstructing justice onto him. With that thought, he obediently sat back down in his seat and muttered, "The key is that you all said he's a consultant, not a police officer..."
"Consultant Fujino is indeed not a police officer." Sato Miwako agreed with this point, but the very next moment, her tone abruptly shifted. "However, he is a criminal consultant hired by our Metropolitan Police Department. Because of his case work, he has offended no telling how many criminals, so it is only natural that he receives the protection of our Metropolitan Police