Fujino: "..."
Ai Haibara: "..."
Watching the carp flop about on the grass, the two of them involuntarily turned to look at each other, then quickly looked away again. The atmosphere sank into a long silence.
It was pretty awkward.
A trace of confusion surfaced in Fujino's eyes. He could not understand why he had ended up empty-handed.
I mean, even catching something weird would have been fine...
Why couldn't he catch anything at all?
Could it be because there was nothing weird in this lake?
So he could catch anything except fish, but if there was nothing else, he could not catch anything at all?
Fujino grumbled to himself for a while, but upon further thought, he got over it.
At least this confirmed that there were no corpses in the lake. It was clean, wasn't it?
Ai Haibara's brow twitched slightly, and the hand gripping her fishing rod tightened.
This damn little fishing rod...
Why had she caught a fish the moment she cast the line?
She shot a sidelong glance at the silent Fujino.
She was a little worried that he might be upset.
"Well, looks like this was the only fish left in the lake."
Fujino simply reeled in his rod, then turned and rubbed Gray Cat Cat's little head with a smile. "I didn't expect you to catch the last fish. You really are lucky..."
Ai Haibara, whose head was being petted, reeled in her rod and silently nodded in agreement. "It does look like it was the last fish."
Fujino picked up the carp. "But carp have too many bones. Without a pressure cooker to soften all the tiny bones, we can't make fish soup."
Ai Haibara agreed, "Then we can only save it for barbecue tonight."
Fujino nodded, thought for a moment, and