Fujino glanced at Sanji Atsushi upon hearing this. Standing quietly in the snow, he spoke in a deep voice, "The surveillance cameras this morning captured it clearly. You and your girlfriend came out of Tokyo together. As for what happened afterward, you probably drove over to find me and made up a wild story about your girlfriend running away from home."
"I see!"
Ran touched her chin, listening to Fujino's deduction.
Having encountered quite a few cases alongside Kudo Shinichi, and frequently running into them when she went out, she grew skillful at it.
She took over the conversation, "So Mr. Sanji definitely wanted to use the matter of hiring Senior Fujino to create an alibi!"
"That's right," Sonoko chimed in, "With a Metropolitan Police Department consultant and Great Detective endorsing him, surely no one would suspect him!"
"If he had just looked for an ordinary detective, it might have succeeded," Ai Haibara took over the conversation, crossing her arms with her usual calm little expression as she looked at Sanji Atsushi, a trace of small pride in her eyes, "It's just a pity he was too confident and chose Fujino. In the end, he only tried to steal a chicken and ended up losing the rice used as bait."
Hondo Eisuke looked at the three girls around him, feeling like something was missing, yet also feeling that if he didn't follow along and say something, he would seem out of place. He immediately picked up the thread and continued, "Indeed... an ordinary detective really wouldn't have discovered this point. As expected of Detective Fujino."
"Stop flattering me, we've encountered cases of this type before..."
Fujino felt a bit awkward from the forced flattery, then looked over at him, "So do you have anything else to say now?"
Sanji Atsushi