The Influence of the Metropolitan Police Department's Flower

Fujino leaped through the air, tumbling and crash-landing on the roof of the Beika Art Museum.

He stood up steadily and turned to look at the abandoned building behind him.

"Was my jump six meters... no, seven meters?"

To be honest, Fujino was indeed shocked by his current physical condition.

Such a distance, which can be jumped at will, would have been unthinkable in the past.

Effort does pay off...

Fujino nodded in satisfaction.

"Beep beep beep!"

At that moment, Fujino Kabuto's phone beeped again.

Fujino took out his phone and saw a text message on the screen.

This is a message from Ai Haibara:

Ai Haibara: [Where are you now?]

Fujino: [I've arrived at the abandoned building you mentioned. Where are you guys?]

Ai Haibara: [We just ran into Officer Sato and Officer Takagi. Officer Sato is trapped in the art museum next door... Anyway, we're currently working on a case with Takagi. Would you like to come over?]

Fujino: [You've already left with Officer Takagi? No wonder I couldn't find you. As for Officer Sato, I'll go check on things and then come over later.]

Ai Haibara: [Okay, I'll send you the address.]

Putting his phone away, Fujino turned his gaze to the Beika Art Museum beneath him.

Activate Eagle Vision and begin the search for Sato Miwako.

The moment Eagle Eye Vision is activated, the world before your eyes becomes black and white.

In the dim world, two clearly visible signs of life were marked.

Fujino rubbed his eyes and marked the two vital signs.

He turned and walked to the stairwell, pushed the iron door, and found that he couldn't move it.

Is it locked?

Fujino pondered for a moment, then kicked the iron gate.

"Bang!"

With a loud bang, the iron gate was kicked open.

Strength can sometimes be convenient.

However, it seems that this door is pulled down.

Who cares, as long as it's open.

Anyway, tomorrow this building will be blown up by Professor Agasa and become a colorful mess.

On the other side.

Metropolitan Police Department Criminal Investigation Department First Investigation Division Section, Violent Crime Investigation Office.

The police officers in the office were busy, each handling the cases they had yet to solve.

"What?! We can't get in touch with Sato and Takagi?!"

With a loud shout from Juzo Megure, all the officers on duty around him paused, turning their gazes toward Juzo Megure, and the atmosphere gradually became serious.

"That's right, I had already tried contacting their phone number before, but they didn't answer..."

Holding the phone, the police officer in the black suit said anxiously, "Could something have happened to them while they were chasing the fugitive... After all, the last news we received was that they chased the fugitive into an abandoned building."

"What?!"

Juzo Megure paused for a moment upon hearing this, then turned around and shouted to the busy detectives in the Department of Investigations office, "Everyone, assemble immediately!"

"Sato lost contact while pursuing the fugitive, and his current situation is unknown. Everyone who is not currently handling a case, come with me!"

"Yes!"

All the burly men let out a furious roar, the sound of which could even be heard by the Ministry of Transportation downstairs.

Inside the Beika Art Museum.

Fujino slowly walked up the stairs from the top floor to the fourth floor.

I had just come out of the stairwell when I heard a conversation coming from not far away.

He turned his gaze toward the source of the sound.

Just as I discovered, that was the location marked by the Eagle Eye Vision.

He reached up and took off the necklace from his neck.

The small Wooden Sword necklace quickly transformed, growing from a size smaller than the palm of your hand into a Wooden Sword over a meter long.

Fujino, carrying Wooden Sword, kicked open the door to the men's restroom.

The first thing you see is a clean and tidy restroom.

One of the cubicle doors had been vandalized.

Fujino walked into the restroom and saw that the door to one of the stalls had been kicked open.

Sato Miwako, dressed in a business suit, sat on the white porcelain toilet, looking utterly bored.

Beside her sat a middle-aged man with a listless expression and a stubble beard.

The two people were handcuffed together, and the chains were wrapped around the steel pipe behind Sato Miwako's toilet.

Clearly, the two were trapped here.

"Officer Sato?"

"Fujino?"

Sato Miwako looked up and saw Fujino looking at her with a suspicious expression.

She was about to stand up and explain when she was pulled back by the handcuffs stuck behind the steel pipe and fell onto the toilet with a thud.

Sato Miwako: "..."

It's embarrassing enough that I locked myself in the men's restroom.

And then it was discovered by a high school detective...

This is incredibly embarrassing!

Sato Miwako shyly tried to cover her face.

But just as he was about to raise his hand, a crisp "click" interrupted his movement.

Sato Miwako glanced back at the chain that had crashed into the steel pipe. "..."

I feel like crying.

Helpless, she could only hide her handcuffed hands behind her back, raise her head, and give an awkward, nonchalant smile, feigning ignorance as she said, "Fujino- kun, what a coincidence... what are you doing here..."

Fujino: "..."

Um, when did Sato Miwako become so silly?

Yeah, he's a professional. No matter how funny something is, he won't laugh, unless...

"Pfft... cough."

Fujino coughed lightly, suppressing a laugh as he put on a serious face and said, "I originally planned to come and watch the kids rehearse, but as soon as I arrived, I received Ai saying that Officer Sato, you're stuck here, so I thought I'd come and check on you."

As he spoke, Fujino glanced at the chain between the water pipe and the wall behind Sato Miwako, "But speaking of which, Officer Sato, what are you doing here? And why are you locked up with this old man..."

'He must have just laughed, right? He definitely laughed...'

Sato Miwako glanced at Fujino, feeling even more embarrassed. She quickly interrupted Fujino to continue asking questions and stammered an explanation.

Just as Fujino had predicted, after throwing the fugitive over her shoulder, she accidentally got the chain tangled around a piece of toilet pipe while using the handcuffs. Coincidentally, she also lost the key to the handcuffs...

After realizing her embarrassing mistake, she wanted Takagi to go back and secretly get the spare key.

Suddenly, the fugitive beside her spoke up, saying that he was not a murderer and that he had only escaped to attend his daughter's wedding.

Moved by the incident, Sato Miwako chose to believe the fugitive and sent Takagi to join the Junior Detective League in investigating the truth behind the matter.

Then, not long after they left, Fujino arrived.

"Oh, I see. That's why you were locked together with this old man..."

Fujino nodded knowingly, then hesitated and said, "But in this situation... Officer Sato, wouldn't it be better to just use your pistol to break the chains?"

"No, a pistol is very likely to ricochet in this cramped compartment."

Sato Miwako shook her head. "Besides, if the chains are broken, it won't be easy to explain when we go back tomorrow."

If word got out that she had locked herself in the bathroom with a criminal, her colleagues would probably laugh their heads off.

"Um, Fujino."

At this moment, Sato Miwako spoke up, "Could you please go and investigate this case with Takagi and the others? I'm a little worried about a group of children with him."

In her opinion, Takagi was indeed an excellent police officer.

However... it's a bit unreliable.

Otherwise, this fugitive wouldn't have gotten away today.

Even though the bespectacled boy was with her, she was still a little worried.

"It's okay, otherwise I'll go over there later too."

Fujino nodded in agreement, but after a pause, he added, "But we can't just leave you here, since this place is going to be demolished tomorrow."

"Demolition by explosives?!"

Sato Miwako was startled. "Here?"

"Yes, this place will be demolished by explosives tomorrow morning."

Fujino nodded. "Officer Sato, didn't you read the newspaper?"

"Is there...?"

Sato Miwako frowned, genuinely unsure what was going on. After all, she had been working overtime for the past few days; she certainly hadn't had time to read the newspaper...

Feeling she couldn't care less about saving face in this situation, she sighed softly, "Fujino, my phone is dead... Could you please call the police?"

"Officer Sato, are you planning to give up?"

Fujino looked at Sato Miwako, "If we call the police, everything will be for naught."

"There's nothing we can do about it."

Sato Miwako sighed, "After all, this place is about to be demolished by explosion. If Takagi hasn't found the real culprit by then, wouldn't we be in danger here..."

"It's not necessarily necessary to call the police."

Fujino suddenly spoke in a deep voice, "Actually, I have a way to unlock things without a key."

"Other methods?"

Sato Miwako was overjoyed!

If it were someone else, she might still have doubts.

But the resourceful Fujino...

Maybe there really is a way that normal people wouldn't think of!

She looked up thoughtfully and saw Fujino pick up a wooden Wooden Sword, preparing to point the tip at her.

"Fujino- kun... what do you want to do?"

Sato Miwako was ashamed.

"Officer Sato, squat down."

Fujino gripped the Wooden Sword tightly in his right fist, veins bulging as if they were about to pop out. "I'm afraid I'll accidentally hurt you."

"Oh oh!"

Sato Miwako suddenly realized what Fujino meant and did as he said, squatting down next to the toilet and holding her head in one hand.

The fugitive standing to the side was still somewhat bewildered.

What's this kid going to do with that Wooden Sword?

"Ha!"

Before he could even catch his breath, Fujino roared and charged forward, stabbing the water pipe with his knife.

"Swing--"

"Bang!"

The metallic echo rang out, mixed with the sound of concrete being smashed.

"Call..."

Fujino sheathed his sword and chuckled, "Doesn't that solve the problem?"

"You really interrupted?"

Sato Miwako turned around and saw that the steel pipe had been broken into two pieces, and the tiles and concrete behind it had even been smashed through.

"Thank you, Fujino- kun."

Sato Miwako used the handcuffs to pull the fugitive to his feet, smiled at Fujino, and said, "If it weren't for you, I really wouldn't know what to do."

"I just happened to be passing by."

Fujino waved his hand. "Officer Sato, you're out of trouble now. Shouldn't we be able to go to the crime scene together?"

"..."

The fugitive beside him swallowed hard, glanced at the thick water pipe, and then at the Wooden Sword in Fujino's hand.

If I get hit by this knife, I should die, right?

And if he wasn't mistaken, it should be Wooden Sword, right?

How could Wooden Sword be so hard?!

Something's not right. Why is that policewoman so calm after such an outrageous thing happened?

Have we gotten used to it?

Night falls on a Tokyo street, inside a police car with flashing lights.

"Damn it, where did Sato Takagi, and that fugitive go?!"

Juzo Megure sat in the passenger seat. "Based on the last report, the two of them probably chased each other to an abandoned building in Beika before disappearing from sight."

"Inspector Megure, don't you find it strange...? Putting aside Takagi, how could Sato not report to us for several hours..."

As he spoke, Shiratori, who was driving, paused, his mind flashing back to the scene of Takagi Wataru being knocked unconscious, Sato Miwako being subdued and hung in the warehouse, her clothes torn... Muzan's image. "Maybe, I mean, maybe, they've already been captured by the thugs..."

"What?!"

Shiratori was startled by what he heard. Upon Juzo Megure, Shiratori's words made sense. Sato Miwako's fighting ability, she was, after all, the most beautiful woman in the Metropolitan Police Department...

With a grim expression, he picked up the walkie-talkie and began calling for backup.

"Did the fugitive subdue Officer Sato?"

"Officer Sato has been kidnapped by the suspect?"

"Mi-wako has been imprisoned by thugs?!"

"Hit by a murderer?!"

"What?! Officer Sato Muzan..."

"Bang!"

"Ah--"

In no time, the news spread to various police stations and the Metropolitan Police Department in Tokyo, and it became increasingly outrageous.

In an instant, all the police officers in the Metropolitan Police Metropolitan Police Department who were not on duty were mobilized.

"Bibo—Bibo—Bibo—"

The sound of sirens echoed through the quiet night.

In the Ford Taurus, Fujino was first overtaken by a patrolman on a bicycle.

Upon closer inspection, wow!

The chain was sparking from all the pedaling.

Whose subordinate is this? He's even more ruthless at overclocking than him.

Before Fujino could even process what was happening, a whole host of patrol cars, motorcycles, and armored vehicles appeared...

The flashing red Japan on the police cars even turned the entire street red.

Faintly, one could hear voices coming from outside the car window: "Rescue Mi-wako from the clutches of the vicious fugitive!" "Capture the murderer alive! Liberate Mi-wako!" "Catch that fugitive and leave no survivors, I must kill him!"

These police officers must all be out looking for Sato Miwako...

Fujino's lips twitched slightly.

Is this the influence of the Metropolitan Police Department's "flower"?

Fear.

Someone who didn't know better might think it was a counter-terrorism operation.

After a pause, Fujino teased Sato Miwako, who was sitting in the back row, "Officer Sato, you're quite popular in the Metropolitan Police Department."

"Hmm..."

Sato Miwako was speechless for a moment. She turned her head, covered half of her face with her other hand, and curled up in the corner of the spacious back row.

I wish I could dig a hole and bury myself in it like an ostrich.

The company is dead...

The suspect, who was standing nearby, also heard the menacing roar coming from outside the car window. He shuddered and became even more frightened.

He had even thought of his last words.