Yoko Okino had become a household-name idol.
But in reality, she was only twenty-two.
Perhaps entering show business too early, back in high school, had left her a little immature.
It was hard to find a girl so innocent in show business. Most were probably more like Yuko Ikezawa.
No, come to think of it, even someone like Yuko Ikezawa was pretty rare.
Her idea of competing had been to hire a detective to dig up dirt on her rival.
He supposed he could chalk it up to another fantastical quirk of the Conan World...
As that thought led him to Yuko Ikezawa, Fujino turned to Yoko Okino and asked, "Speaking of which, where's Yuko Ikezawa? Didn't she come to the station with you today?"
"Yuko's filming on location today."
Yoko Okino smiled, looking a little guileless. "I came to prepare for the show. The station also said they had something to tell me ahead of time."
She sighed. "I never imagined something like this would happen, though."
Ooka Momiji and Ai Haibara exchanged another glance and nodded in agreement.
They seemed to have reached some kind of understanding.
Fujino: "..."
So love really does disappear, huh?
I'm the victim here!
My fee went up in smoke, okay?
Sure, I recovered three million yen through another channel, but I earned that!
Then Fujino remembered something else and turned to Ryoko Inoue. "Um, Ms. Inoue, do you still need me to advise on the script?"
Ryoko Inoue: "..."
The person had become material for the script. He knew perfectly well what the answer was...
She sighed from the heart. "It seems we've made you come all this way for nothing."
"No trouble, no trouble..."
Fujino gave her a friendly, harmless smile. "Oh, right. Under our agreement, if force majeure makes it