When it came purely to deduction, combining abstract clues, and the basic associative thought process needed to solve cases, Fujino really was no match for the Corgi and the German Shepherd.
However, Fujino was not a mage who specialized in just one school.
He was a melee mage proficient in every school!
Aside from deduction, he knew a thing or two about everything else.
Murder, explosives, acting, vehicles, and so on...
Whatever you wanted, Fujino had it.
That was how Fujino was. If you listened to his deductions, he could reason things out with you.
If you refused to listen to his deductions, he could still reason things out with you.
If you refused to listen to his deductions...
Well, he also knew a thing or two about fists, feet, and the laws of physics in the real world.
How did that old saying go again?
The weapon of criticism could never replace the weapon of physics.
Some old fellow, a sage when useful and a dirty old man when not, once said: Those who convince others through strength are tyrants; those who convince others through virtue are kings.
What was the use of all the grand principles you spouted if they refused to listen?
But if he put a Wooden Sword to their heads, then they would have to listen, lying obediently on the ground while he explained reason to them.
Therefore, those who possessed both strength and virtue were Ultraman.
That was the advantage of mastering every school. A specialist might not be able to beat others head-on, but they could take a roundabout route from multiple angles.
If one approach could not handle the two of them, then he would handle them from several approaches.
That was roughly what he meant.
After all, Fujino had earned all