It wasn't just Hakuba Saguru. Even Inspector Nakamori beside him was having a little trouble holding it together after hearing that.
It felt like that statement had gone a little too far...
Sure, our Second Investigation Division was usually pretty useless too, but it was mainly the First Division that was busy hunting monsters, okay?!
Don't drag our Second Division into something like this!
Nakamori Ginzo did not deny it, merely drawing a silent line in the name of justice.
Then he had all three of them arrested.
But just as Mizukawa was being taken into custody, one of the officers suddenly cried out, "Inspector, he's breaking out in a rash!"
"What?!"
Nakamori Ginzo froze when he heard that. "Could it be a virus?!"
The moment everyone heard that someone might be infected, they hurriedly backed away several steps.
The officer who was handcuffing Mizukawa, meanwhile, looked like he was about to cry.
Does anyone understand? I finally thought I'd escaped disaster, but I still couldn't get away...
Looking at everyone's reactions, Fujino gave a helpless cough. "The virus was fake too. Those mercenaries never took the virus out of the laboratory. The so-called virus was just an excuse to threaten us—and, incidentally, to intimidate the people above."
"It was all fake. There was no virus at all."
"No virus?" Ran asked in confusion. "Then why is Mr. Mizukawa breaking out in a rash?"
"It's probably some kind of irritant," Fujino explained slowly. "Since the virus was never stolen, there wouldn't be any virus here."
"Everyone can rest assured."
Upon hearing that, everyone present finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Momiji, however, pondered for a moment. "Are you sure there's no virus?"
"Mm, there isn't." Fujino looked at his Little Maple and gave her a reassuring smile. "I interrogated the