Fujino grumbled to himself.
He felt like he was, more or less, the village's only hope.
Like that department chief everyone came running to whenever there was trouble because he was the most successful person to ever make it out of the village.
On second thought, solving a case would not take much time anyway. He had nothing better to do, so it was no big deal. He replied, "Mm. An ordinary detective really couldn't investigate this case, but with my status as a Criminal Consultant, it shouldn't be a problem if I put in a word."
"Really? Then I'm counting on you, Senior!"
Ran looked a little happy. She thought that if Senior got involved, then based on past experience, the case was definitely as good as solved!
"Still, Lawyer Kisaki will need to tell me the details of the case. So far, all I know is that it was a hit-and-run."
"Mm, I'll call Mom tomorrow morning and ask her about it!"
Ran answered, while Fujino turned to Kogoro Mori. "Come to think of it, Mouri-niisan, since you introduced this case to Lawyer Kisaki... do you know the guy involved in the hit-and-run?"
"Yeah, I know him."
Mori Kogoro replied, "We often drank at the same bar. I only found out about the case because the landlady mentioned it."
"What was his name?"
"I think it was Takeuchi Hiroaki..."
"Mm."
"This case belongs to the Special Crimes Unit. You aren't very familiar with the people over there, so Manager Matsumoto put in a word for you. The case can't be transferred, but we can still send someone to assist with the investigation."
"Then I'll be troubling you, Megure. Please thank Manager Matsumoto for me."
"Why are you being so polite, old brother? The copied case file is