The people in F4 chimed in one after another, using their abstract crime-solving abilities to piece the whole incident together.
Hearing that, Momiji frowned. "If that's the case, then it makes sense. Their involvement in Mr. Kai's death was exposed, and someone wants to kill them to avenge him..."
Sonoko nodded thoughtfully as well. "Put that way, it does make sense."
Sentimental as ever, Ran sighed. "But they really were heartless. They actually killed a good man like Mr. Kai over something like that."
Kazuha nodded too. "Exactly. Just for something so trivial..."
Momiji lifted her head. Seeing that she had stirred up the others' emotions, she turned her gaze toward Fujino with a faint smile. "Still, you saw through what this case was really about so quickly. As expected of you..."
Sonoko joined in from beside her. "Yeah, as expected of Senior. You're as sharp as ever!"
Kazuha crossed her arms and glanced at her childhood friend. "Exactly. Hattori, you should learn from him."
The three members of F4 nearby: "..."
Hey, hey, hey, we did some deducting too!
So why was all the credit going to him?
The three of them darkened.
Hattori Heiji's eyebrow twitched, and he nearly ground his teeth to pieces.
He could not help grumbling inwardly, Hey, Kazuha, what the heck are you doing? Momiji and Sonoko like Fujino, so of course they're going to praise him...
The important thing is, why are you joining in?
I'm your childhood friend...
Learn from him? Is a humanoid creature like Fujino something I can even learn to be?
Unlike the others, the two police officers Fujino had called over looked rather displeased upon hearing this.
Yui Uehara's expression darkened instantly.
Kansuke Yamato was more rational. He squeezed Yui Uehara's arm, forcing her to calm down as