Fujino gathered his thoughts and looked at Conan, asking calmly, "So, that guy killed his son, then he killed that guy, and you think that guy has already received the punishment he deserved, while now he has to face judgment under the law?"
"Isn't that how it is?" Conan frowned. "He's already dead. Maybe his son was treated unfairly, but since we already know he killed someone, then..."
"Then he should be punished by the law?"
Fujino narrowed his eyes. "He died, but that was the price he should have paid. He killed someone, and someone killed him. That's fair. If you kill, you should be prepared to be killed. No matter how you look at it, it was perfectly fair for him to be killed. Even if you insist it wasn't fair, that only means he wasn't good enough."
Conan said solemnly, "Human lives shouldn't be measured like that. This is murder."
"You know that human lives can't be measured..." Fujino looked at him, a hint of gratification appearing on his face. "Mm, you're right. Human life truly can't be measured in terms of value. Why should killing someone only mean spending a dozen or so years in prison before getting out? That isn't fair. I think a life for a life is perfectly reasonable."
Hearing that, Conan gritted his teeth. "No one has the right to casually take another person's life. Only the law has that authority."
"Is that so?" Fujino considered it briefly. "Then why was that guy able to kill someone back then? Why was he able to get away with it afterward?"
Conan stubbornly replied, "Then the court should have judged him. Private vengeance shouldn't be used. If everyone did this, wouldn't everyone resort to vigilante justice whenever something happened?"
Fujino nodded in agreement. "True,