While our Gray Cat Cat was thinking, Fujino had already begun acting like the heartless capitalist he always was.
He was brutally exploiting the two high school detective wage earners.
He asked the two of them, "What ideas do you have about this case?"
"As for ideas, I wouldn't say we have any." Hattori Heiji thought for a moment. "Maybe..."
Kudo Shinichi coughed lightly from the side. "We haven't confirmed our theory yet, so let's talk after we've reached a conclusion."
"If we tell you now, we might mislead you."
As he spoke, he nudged Hattori Heiji in the waist with his elbow. "Isn't that right, Hattori?"
Hattori Heiji immediately understood what his good friend meant.
He was definitely afraid Fujino would solve the case first.
But did it really matter who solved the case?
Well, for the two of them, it really did matter quite a bit.
After all, they had always wanted to land an elbow strike on Fujino for mocking them.
He stammered, "Mm... Yeah. If we say it and turn out to be wrong, it'll be embarrassing, and we might mislead you."
Kudo Shinichi folded his arms and nodded, giving a bright smile. "I think it would be better for us to investigate separately. With two different investigative approaches, solving the case will definitely be easier!"
"..." Fujino looked at the two brothers and was rendered speechless.
Good grief. They had just said they knew, and now they were saying they weren't sure.
They weren't even pretending anymore, were they?
They actually didn't want me to farm Detective Coins from them?
They were no longer ordinary high school detectives!
I have to hit them hard!
Fujino thought this to himself and glanced at the task his system had just issued:
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