Hakuba Saguru looked at the scene before him, thoroughly confused.
Looking at the bearded man who had been ruthlessly knocked unconscious after being questioned, she asked Fujino, "So he just gave up his employer like that?"
"Isn't that normal?"
"Is that normal?"
"Very normal." Fujino explained calmly, "He's a mercenary. Things like integrity matter to him, but ultimately, integrity is also about making money—making even more money."
"Mercenaries look at money, not people."
"If he can still make money in the future, then of course he'll have to honor his word."
"But right now..." Fujino glanced at the bearded man beside him. "Blowing up a bacterial laboratory, hijacking the Suzuki family's airship, causing such massive public outrage, and threatening the police..."
"If those charges don't get them life imprisonment or the death penalty, then Japan is seriously doomed."
"As for their employer, they're practically facing life already. Why would they still care about an employer...?"
"Dragging down the guy who got their people killed and got them caught as well is perfectly normal, isn't it?"
"Uh..."
Hakuba Saguru scratched his head. It actually made quite a bit of sense...
Pulling himself together, he nodded. "In that case, we need to arrest Fujioka quickly."
"And interrogate him about his accomplices."
He pondered for a moment. "If those two accomplices get away, catching them again will be troublesome."
"It won't be."
Fujino waved a hand, looking unconcerned. "Actually, he already gave us the answer about his accomplices."
"He did?"
Hakuba Saguru thought hard, desperately recalling what had just been said.
He wondered what exactly the man had revealed...
He should have heard everything from beginning to end.
So why hadn't he understood?
Seeing Hakuba Saguru rack his brains, Fujino asked, "Besides those waiters—everyone except one young man being moles—and the scriptwriter who