"Other kids would be scared to death when they saw a corpse. Why was this kid not afraid at all and even leaning in closer?"
"It was like he had some kind of serious problem..."
Sumiko Kobayashi looked at Conan when a familiar voice suddenly reached her ears.
Fujino met her eyes and chuckled. "Ms. Kobayashi, that's exactly what you were thinking just now, wasn't it?"
"Huh?"
Sumiko Kobayashi was slightly startled. That really had been what she was thinking. This detective had actually seen right through her thoughts—and said them out loud so plainly...
Could this detective read minds?
Fujino was not surprised by her expression. Having someone see through your private thoughts really was frightening, but he had not deliberately tried to read her mind. He had merely thought of how normal people reacted when they saw Conan.
All he could say was that Conan's protagonist aura was far too strong. An elementary school student suddenly rushing into a crime scene to inspect a corpse, then directly giving the police hints and all that—it was a little too ridiculous.
No matter how he thought about it, it was abnormal, right?
But the timeline of this world had already become such a messed-up bird-like mess. What more could anyone ask for?
All he could say was that Conan World itself was not normal.
Normal people were the rare species instead.
Fujino sighed inwardly, silently lamenting that another normal person was about to be assimilated. Then he said, "You don't have to find it too strange. Conan is very smart. He's the type who achieved success young, naturally suited to being a detective."
"So, Ms. Kobayashi, you'd better get used to it early."
"Is that... so?"
Sumiko Kobayashi looked puzzled. After thinking it over carefully, she nodded thoughtfully. "That's true.