"This time..."
"You wouldn't have tipped off Kid in advance again, would you?"
Hakuba Saguru walked side by side with Fujino, arriving at the back of the theater. A look of curiosity appeared on Hakuba Saguru's face as he posed this question to Fujino.
Fujino, on the other hand, walked silently with his arms crossed over his chest. He did not answer, merely giving a slight shake of his head with a profound expression.
Seeing this reaction, Hakuba Saguru understood instantly, and then could not help sighing as he complained, "So basically, you really did collude in advance, right?"
"Knowing how everything stands and yet keeping it hidden from us like this is really getting a bit under my skin, you know..."
Hakuba Saguru felt helpless. As a detective, he had no resistance to things like the truth and the puzzles behind it...
"It adds a bit of challenge."
Fujino looked at Hakuba Saguru, who looked as though he was crawling with bugs and acting like someone going through drug withdrawal, and chuckled with a playful tease, "If I team up with you guys to catch him, there really isn't any difficulty at all. It's like a max-level veteran with a built-in strategy guide returning to the newbie village and running into the newbie village boss. For you guys it's too hard, but for me, it's just casually crushing a minor mob."
"Playing it that way is really no fun at all."
"If I didn't switch sides and add a bit of difficulty for you guys, I reckon you wouldn't have played to your heart's content."
As he spoke, Fujino wore a helpless look, let out a deep sigh, and said, "After all, as long as I make even the slightest move, that guy Kid won't ever get another chance