Do You Have the Address? I Want to Watch

"Hey, Sonoko, wake up, the sun's shining on your butt."

Fujino untied the rope binding Sonoko and poked her cheek.

"Um?"

Sonoko rubbed her sleepy eyes and vaguely saw Fujino's calm and familiar face come into view.

"Fujino- Senior, what are you doing at my house?"

Sonoko murmured in a Sonoko, her face immediately turning bright red.

"Your home?"

Fujino frowned upon hearing this, wondering if the girl with the big forehead was still half asleep. He then explained, "You've been kidnapped and are currently in the kidnappers' hideout."

"Kidnapping?"

Sonoko blinked, and the chick pecking at rice nodded. "Oh yeah, I think I was kidnapped... kidnapped?!"

At this moment, she realized what was happening and hurriedly stood up, but then lost her balance and tumbled off the sofa.

Sonoko, clutching her sore bottom, burst into tears of fear. "Waaah... Fujino- Senior, I was so scared..."

"Wait, don't get your snot on me..."

Fujino quickly pushed Sonoko away, who was still crying and sniffling. He was speechless, thinking that this girl was still as carefree as ever. He took out a handkerchief from his pocket and handed it to Sonoko, comforting her, "Alright, stop crying. The robber has been subdued."

"Really?"

Sonoko took the handkerchief, wiped away her tears, and stared intently into Fujino's eyes with her large, still tearful eyes.

Fujino turned his head helplessly and pointed to the side.

Sonoko also turned her head and saw two kidnappers, one embedded in the wall panel and the other slumped in a cabinet, their condition extremely tragic.

"..."

Sonoko looked away, her voice choked with emotion, "They wouldn't... have been killed by you, would they?"

"Probably not."

Fujino pondered for a moment, feeling that he had indeed gone a bit too far, but he still managed to assess the injuries of the two men, muttering, "At most, they've been crippled."

"Excuse me."

The old man, who had been sitting on the sofa and had witnessed Fujino kick the two big men away without daring to utter a sound, finally spoke up and asked in a low, weak voice, "Um, gentlemen, could you help me loosen my ropes a bit... they're really hurting."

A dozen minutes later, the police arrived at the scene.

The two robbers were taken away by an ambulance flashing red and blue Japan and sirens blaring.

The initial diagnosis was similar to Fujino's assessment: one had several broken ribs and suffered a concussion from being kicked in the head with a leather shoe; the other had even more broken ribs. They were both likely to survive.

Sonoko, on the other hand, saw Fujino and Sato Miwako emerge from the warehouse and embraced Ran upon seeing Ran. Overwhelmed with relief, she cried her eyes out.

Sonoko rubbed against Ran's chest, snot and tears smearing onto Ran's body.

Ran ultimately could not escape her fate.

Ran was about to take out her handkerchief, but in the end she could only smile and shake her head helplessly.

On the way home from the warehouse Sato Miwako drove several people.

"Fujino- Senior, is your motorcycle broken?"

Sonoko asked Fujino, who was sitting in the front passenger seat, with curiosity, "I just saw your motorcycle being towed away by a tow truck."

Fujino thought for a moment and replied, "No, it's just that the brake disc is broken."

It was indeed just the brake disc that was broken.

After all, at speeds of over 300 kilometers per hour, ordinary brake pads... simply can't withstand it.

"Huh? The brake disc is broken?"

Sato Miwako was standing nearby, was a little surprised. "Although I don't know much about motorcycles, brake discs shouldn't break so easily."

"It must be because Fujino- Senior rushed here on his motorcycle as fast as he could after hearing that Sonoko had been kidnapped... I remember Senior he arrived within minutes of receiving the call."

Ran thought for a moment and recalled the tire tracks on the ground and the scene of the brake pads flashing with fire.

Is that so?

Sonoko rubbed her chin together and began to think.

She didn't know how far it was from the Fujino family's house to here.

But to arrive in such a short time, they must have been driving very fast, to the point that the brake discs were damaged.

Thinking of this, Sonoko felt a warmth in her heart and said, "In that case, I'll cover the cost of your motorcycle brake pads, Senior..."

"You don't need to spend any money."

Fujino chuckled and said, "I just spoke with the insurance company, and they will compensate me with a pair of better brake pads."

"Well?"

Ran was a little surprised. "Brake pads can be compensated too?"

"Actually, this is not the first time. I have applied to them once or twice before. After all, they are the ones who compensated for the brake pads, which is, to some extent, due to their poor quality."

Sonoko remarked, "The compensation from insurance companies is really unreliable!"

Fujino: "..."

He meant to say that he had bought insurance from the Suzuki Zaibatsu.

After thinking about it carefully, I think I'll pass.

"But then again, it's really strange."

Sonoko was puzzled again, pressing her thumb to her forehead as she pondered, "Why did those people kidnap me...?"

"It's probably because you're carrying Ran's bag, Sonoko -neechan."

Conan sat to the side, his hands behind his head. "There were two kidnappers. The one who kidnapped Sonoko was the other one. They originally wanted to take back that floppy disk, but the other kidnapper had never seen Ran before, so he kidnapped the wrong person."

"Tsk... those two kidnappers are really idiots, they actually targeted Ran."

Sonoko clicked her tongue and clenched her fist. "If those two dare to kidnap Ran, I'll teach them a lesson in karate."

At this moment, Ran, who was standing nearby, heard that it was her bag that had caused Sonoko's trouble, and lowered her head guiltily, "Sonoko, it's all my fault. If it weren't for you carrying my bag, then..."

"Lan, what are you saying?"

Sonoko patted Ran on the shoulder, regaining her usual energetic self, and comforted her, "If anyone's to blame, it's the kidnappers. Besides, if it weren't for you, I wouldn't have been rescued so quickly."

As she spoke, she turned to Fujino with a smile, "Am I right, Fujino- Senior?"

Fujino nodded in agreement. "That's right, otherwise I wouldn't have known about this news either."

After being comforted by the two men in turn, Ran felt much better.

Fujino glanced at Conan, his eyes narrowing slightly.

Despite being dubbed the Unicorn Valkyrie due to Ran powerful combat abilities and high luck.

But in reality, beneath her strong and cheerful exterior lies nothing more than a 'weak' and pitiful little girl whose parents are separated and who bears everything alone.

He took this into consideration and did not tell anyone.

I never expected Conan to just blurt things out like that.

This kid really put all his points into reasoning ability; he has absolutely no emotional intelligence or ability to read people.

A short while later, Sato Miwako escorted the group home.

After teaching Fujino how to cook the remaining meat slices at home, Ai Haibara finished dinner, went back to his bedroom on the fourth floor, took a shower, wrapped himself in a towel, sat on the sofa, and opened the system interface:

[The bodyguard mission (rescuing Suzuki Sonoko) has been completed.]

One million yen and one hundred bodyguard proficiency points have been awarded.

[Secondary profession (bodyguard) level increased!]

Current level: Advanced (50|1000); Available points: 1; All Profession Points: 1

Current balance: 9.96 million yen

"You've reached the advanced level as a bodyguard?"

Fujino stared at the system interface notification in front of him, "This wasn't easy..."

After a moment's thought, he allocated that small amount of points to [Professional Guard].

[Professional Guard level upgraded, currently at: Advanced]

[Professional Guard: Advanced (Bodyguards are not human shields; professional guards know how to fight back: Host's all attributes +60%)]

[Note: Your current skill has reached the bottleneck of your job level. Please break through the job level barrier to continue improving.]

"Did it increase all attributes by 20%?"

Fujino closed the system interface.

Although it's not much, it's better than nothing.

If you want to continue improving, you need to aim for a breakthrough.

However, achieving a breakthrough requires a thousand professional proficiency points, which is indeed quite difficult.

Two days later, at the Fujino residence.

As the sun sets, another day is drawing to a close.

After school, Fujino returned home, took off his school uniform, took out some Green Tea from the refrigerator, took a sip, then plopped down on the sofa, turned on the large-screen plasma TV, and leisurely picked up a newspaper to read.

[Kaito Kid has issued another teaser! This time, his target is the world's largest ruby— the Crimson Tear —held by the head of a magic troupe touring Japan!]

Is it Kaito Kid again on the front page?

Fujino stared at the front page of the newspaper, "I wonder if I can make a fortune this time..."

Then he continued reading the newspaper reports:

Two employees of the Dragon God Economic Research Institute, a subsidiary of the Beika Construction Group, kidnap an elderly man and a teenage girl in an attempt to seize evidence of a crime. High School Detective bravely rescues them...

[Beika Construction Group bribery scandal exposed! Multiple companies implicated, police have launched an investigation.]

[Beika Batman mask removed, his no-kill policy broken; cloaked in a white robe, is he upholding justice or evil?]

The old Beika Art Museum will be demolished by explosives on July 30th. Goodbye! Beika Art Museum, which has been with us for so many years!

The first few items are all related to him.

He might have felt excited at first, but after so long, he's gotten used to being in the newspaper.

But it feels like Kaito Kid stole the headlines...

Hmm, he was starting to understand Suzuki Jirokichi a little better.

"But the Beika Art Museum?"

Fujino focused his attention on the last news item.

He did have some recollection of the Beika Art Museum...

After thinking for a moment, he took out his phone and glanced at the time: [July 10th]

"..."

Sure enough, he still couldn't figure out the damned date of the Conan World.

"Beep beep beep..."

Just then, the text message alarm went off.

A text message from Ai Haibara appeared on her phone screen. "We have play rehearsal today, so I might be home a little late. Please take care of dinner."

Fujino paused, pondered for a moment, then quickly typed on the keyboard: [Rehearsing a play? Do you have an address? I'd like to take a look.]

Ai Haibara held the crimson flip phone, stunned for a few seconds.

I looked up at my friends who were preparing for rehearsal, and then at Fujino's text message.

'If he saw this childish performance...'

Ai Haibara somewhat embarrassed.

After hesitating for a moment, she still gave a reply.

"Just as I thought."

Fujino glanced at the address given by Ai Haibara and silently put his phone away.

Beika Art Museum + a few kids rehearsing = Sato Miwako's downfall.

The address that Ai Haibara just gave is in an abandoned building next to the Beika Art Museum, which is about to be blown up.

In Fujino's memory, it happened that when the Junior Detective League was rehearsing their play, they encountered a fugitive who had escaped from Sato Miwako and Takagi.

The fugitive climbed up the abandoned building, and then from there climbed to the roof of the Beika Art Museum.

Despite her efforts, she ultimately failed to escape from the agile Sato Miwako.

She launched a wave of drainage pipes over the building, blocking the men's restroom, and then smashed a toilet stall with an over-the-shoulder throw.

This time, Sato Miwako didn't hesitate and handcuffed them together.

After the handcuffs were removed, it was discovered that the chain of the handcuffs was obscured by the broken door panel, which conveniently bypassed the pipes in the toilet stall wall.

And so, both of them were handcuffed in the men's restroom of the toilet.

"A new Detective Profession Mission has been detected. Please check it!"

Just as Fujino was pondering, a system notification interrupted his thoughts.

With a wave of his hand, a screen of light appeared before him:

[Detective Profession Mission detected: The real culprit? A wrongful conviction?]

Mission Summary: Is the fugitive who escaped from the police really the murderer? Or is there more to the truth?

Mission objective: Find the mastermind behind the murders.

Mission Rewards: 500,000 yen, 200 Detective Reputation points

Mission Location: The fugitive's location has been marked.

Following the address left by Ai Haibara, Fujino arrived at the building next to the Beika Art Museum, which was about to be demolished.

In Fujino's memory, Sato Miwako would stay with the fugitive until the next day, until the very last moment, when Conan kicked Professor Agasa down with a police light and saved him.

That's right, the person in charge of providing the bombs for this demolition operation is Professor Agasa.

Fujino was somewhat puzzled as to how Professor Agasa could even obtain something like explosives...

Perhaps in the future, we won't need to confiscate the gunpowder needed to make bombs anymore; we can just visit Professor Agasa's Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.

Fujino drove his Ford Taurus to the old Beika Art Museum.

He opened the car door and glanced at the surrounding police tape.

He turned around and walked towards the abandoned building next to him.

Inside the building, Fujino activated Eagle Vision, but unfortunately, he couldn't find the figures of those little ones.

"It seems they've already gone with Takagi to clear the suspect's name."

Lost in thought, Fujino made his way to the roof of the abandoned building.

"About four or five meters?"

He first looked at the width between the two buildings through the parapet, then glanced at the twisted drainage pipe next to him.

"..."

After a moment of silence, Fujino quietly unbuttoned his suit jacket, put the Weight Suit into his Pocket Dimension, and murmured, "This distance should be manageable."

"Call..."

Fujino glanced at the rooftop across the street, took a deep breath, and said, "Just to be on the safe side, let's activate the Detective Enhancement."

With a thought, he activated his Detective Enhancement.

[Detective Enhancement Activated, increasing host's physical abilities by 225%, countdown: eight minutes...]

A system notification sounded in my ear.

Fujino took a few steps back, ran for a bit, and stepped onto the parapet.

"Bang!"

The parapet wall was crushed by a tremendous force, leaving cracks in its surface.

Fujino leaped through the air for nearly six or seven meters before landing heavily, tumbling, and arriving at the rooftop of the Beika Art Museum of Art.