Conan's mouth twitched. He had no comeback.
He had thought he could show off in front of Fujino.
Instead, Fujino had blindsided him and made him look like a fool!
And he had used Conan's own favorite trick!
Fujino had skipped straight past the evidence?!
Wait, how could you do that? Why would you do that?
Isn't that just bullying an honest, hardworking guy like me?
Damn it, I was still diligently looking for evidence!
Conan felt so stifled that his head spun. His dream of showing off had shattered yet again.
"Fujino, I'll be heading out!"
"No need for statements, as usual. After all, I solved this one myself!"
"See you!"
Juzo Megure felt he had pulled off something impressive. He had identified the murderer himself, even with a detective at the scene.
He still had it!
In high spirits, he wrapped things up and left with the killer, his men, and the body.
System Task "The Witch's Candy Magic" completed. System rewards issued. Current yen balance: 243 million yen Detective Coins: 10 Main Profession: Detective reputation: 8,300/10,000 Unallocated experience: 4,000...
Fujino watched Megure leave while reviewing his rewards.
Just then, Sonoko sighed. "I guess that's it for this afternoon's event..."
"And there were so many kinds of cake I hadn't tried yet!"
Ran gave her complaining friend a helpless look. "Come on, Sonoko. We can look around for another dessert shop. This isn't the only one in Tokyo!"
"Besides, we haven't eaten that log cake yet."
"We can take it to go!"
"They're still selling the cakes they have left."
"Ugh..."
Sonoko sighed again. She wanted to complain, but after thinking it over, she kept quiet.
She had been about to call that four-eyed little Conan a walking curse.
But now that she thought about it,