"..."
Fujino looked at Sato Miwako with dead fish eyes.
She merely smiled, then explained somewhat helplessly, "The main reason is that this case may be connected to a premeditated murder."
"No one who understands murder cases knows bombs as well as you do, and no one who understands bombs knows murder cases as well as you do."
"The higher-ups take this case very seriously. They specifically asked for you, so we could only bring you in to go through the motions."
Hearing that, Fujino finally understood and could not help complaining, "Pure bureaucratic nonsense."
"Isn't that the truth?"
Sato Miwako agreed, folding her arms across her chest.
Meanwhile, Fujino surveyed the music academy around them before asking, "So, the culprit planted the bomb in a piano practice room instead of some larger building, and they did not blow the building down either. The target should have been those who were killed and injured, right?"
"We still don't know."
Sato Miwako pondered for a moment. "But now that you mention it, the culprit's target may indeed have been the victims."
"Hah, you still haven't determined the killer's motive?"
"The bombing just happened. We're still waiting on the investigation results."
"Then surely you haven't figured out the blast location or the type of bomb either?"
"We're still investigating."
"..."
"Why don't you know anything?"
"Of course it's because the case just happened, and I had to come out and meet you."
Fujino gave her dead fish eyes, wanting to take back what he had just said.
The higher-ups had been absolutely right to send him over. At this rate, who knew when this group would ever find anything.
Fujino took a deep breath, thought for a moment, then stroked his chin and said in a low voice, "The bomb was probably