Studying Foreign Languages Instead of Doing Your Job?

The battle between Fujino and the man named Vito begins.

The area around the Game machine was already packed with people, and the fighting process was being displayed in real time on the big screen.

"Senior, we must defeat him!" Sonoko shouted indignantly.

"Go for it, Senior!" Ran cheered.

"Kill him!" Jodie was also swept up in her emotions.

Fujino took a deep breath and focused his gaze on the screen.

He had never played this game before.

However, judging from his physical skills, he could easily beat up these street thugs.

The main reason Ran lost was that she wasn't used to the game and brought her competitive spirit into it.

While it's okay for dealing with ordinary people, it's really terrible when it comes to actual combat.

The match began, Vito delivered the first heavy punch, landing on Fujino before quickly retreating.

At the same time, the pain was also felt by Fujino.

Fujino frowned slightly, already aware of the pain he was experiencing.

After getting used to the controls, it was his turn to shine.

Iron Mountain Lean, Tiger and Crane Double Form, Eight-Level Jump!

Various moves were unleashed, striking the opponent's character directly.

Fujino's fighting style is very tricky. Although the targets are all places with extremely low health, they are the places where pain receptors are most concentrated.

"Ah--!"

"KO!"

With a shout, the match ended.

Vito was already clutching his stomach and crying out in pain.

On the other hand, Fujino dodged all of the attacks except for the first one, thanks to his amazing reflexes.

We won!

"Fujino- Senior, what kind of technique are you using?!"

"Is this what Chinese Kung Fu is?"

Jodie, on the other hand, was quite knowledgeable.

"Chinese Kung Fu?" Ran asked curiously.

"Yes... I just saw Baji moves inside. I don't understand the others, but I can tell they are Chinese Kung Fu."

Jodie looked at Fujino and said curiously, "I didn't expect Fujino to know such advanced fighting skills. If this were in reality, the other person would probably be dead by now."

"Well?!"

Ran and Sonoko were both astonished. "Dead?!"

"That's right."

Jodie nodded. "Every attack just now was life-threatening, completely different from traditional competitive martial arts."

"Alright, alright, I was just imitating what I was doing. This is just a game. If it were in real life, I wouldn't be able to perform it in actual combat."

Fujino explained with a light laugh, while at the same time gaining a new understanding of Jodie.

I can only say that he is indeed an FBI agent; he can even discern something about the martial arts he is proficient in.

Thinking of this, Fujino looked at Jodie again. "But Teacher Jodie is really amazing. Not only does she know about firearms, she even knows about Chinese Kung Fu."

"That's because I really love Chinese Kung Fu."

Jodie chuckled awkwardly, "To be honest, I used to study with a martial arts master, but I only had a superficial understanding and didn't even learn the basics."

"I see..."

"You brat!"

Vito walked over with a bitter expression. "You're definitely not playing this for the first time, are you?!"

He was clutching his stomach, clearly having been badly beaten by Fujino.

This also confirmed to him that the person on the other end must be an expert.

"Of course this is my first time playing."

Fujino lowered his eyes. "Perhaps the only difference is that I have experienced a real life-or-death battle..."

Vito: "Well..."

A life-or-death battle?

Hey! You're still just a high school student, right? What kind of life-or-death duel is this...?

Vito mentally complained, but he seemed somewhat hesitant.

He felt that the other person looked somewhat familiar, and his imposing manner made him feel a little intimidated.

If this were the leader of some beating-up gang, it would be a real problem...

With that thought in mind, Vito turned to leave. "A bet's a bet, from now on this seat is yours!"

"Forget about the seats."

Fujino stood up from his seat. "Anyway, I'm not so obsessed with video games that I'd want to be a king of the mountain."

"Ha?"

Vito turned around and frowned as he looked at Fujino.

"I never thought you'd be defeated too."

At that moment, a man in a blue suit walked over and said, "I thought I was the only one who could beat you."

"You're here, bro."

Vito turned his head. "In that case, let's have a game!"

"What's your rush?"

The man pulled a cigarette from his bad pocket and lit it. "So, you've failed, and now you want to regain your face by taking it from me, the invincible Lucas?"

"Cut..."

"Hey, Ms. Jodie, Fujino- Senior."

Ran glanced at the complicated surroundings and said, "Let's get out of here quickly."

"Well?"

Jodie asked, somewhat puzzled, "Why?"

"Yeah, there are Game machine in other places anyway, let's go play somewhere else."

Sonoko nodded in agreement, saying, "Although Fujino- Senior gave that guy a good talking-to, who knows what kind of trouble he might cause in a little while."

"I see..."

Jodie glanced around, nodded, and then walked straight to the racing game next to her. "In that case, let's go after I finish this game... Fujino- kun, you seem to have a good talent for games. How about a game with me?"

"A racing game?"

Fujino looked at the Game machine next to him.

He had played this kind of game before.

Technically speaking, the car often crashes and can't even complete the entire course.

I wonder to what extent he can reach now that his perception is enhanced...

While Fujino and Jodie were racing, a thug on the other side started a new duel with another man.

Ran, Sonoko Conan, and the others were drawn to the scene, and a large crowd of onlookers gathered around them once again.

The match ended quickly, with the score tied.

The surrounding chatter gradually grew louder.

Conan was the first to notice something was wrong and shouted, "Ran, call the police!"

Fujino had just finished racing with Jodie and glanced at the 'win' display on the screen. At the same time, a system notification sound echoed in his ears.

Detective Profession Mission: Trap in a Combat Game

Mission Reward: One million yen and one hundred Detective Reputation points

After glancing at the system interface, Fujino stood up and slowly walked towards Conan.

Just moments ago, at the Game machine where he was sitting, Vito was wearing a gaming helmet, his eyes wide open, his jaw agape, and drool was involuntarily dripping from the corner of his mouth.

Shortly after, Inspector Juzo Megure arrived at the crime scene with sirens blaring.

As soon as he pushed open the door to the arcade, he saw Fujino at a glance.

"Fujino, you've run into another murder case..."

Juzo Megure stepped forward, glanced at Fujino, and muttered a helpless remark before looking around and saying, "But speaking of which, where is the deceased...?"

"It's on that Game machine over there!"

Conan snapped out of his reverie and, in his childish voice, recounted the events of the case. "There was a competition going on at the time, and when the competition ended, we found him dead."

"I see... Takagi, go investigate the scene and see if anyone recognizes him."

Juzo Megure, already used to Conan, naturally walked over to look at the corpse, called out to Takagi, turned around, and glanced around. "Hasn't Mori come over?"

"Mouri-niisan didn't come."

Fujino was speechless for a moment. "This time I came with Ran Sonoko and Conan. We happened to run into our school teacher Jodie, and then the murder happened."

"Sigh... Brother Fujino, you've had it tough, haven't you? You just took down a drug den a few days ago."

Juzo Megure sighed.

He secretly felt that Fujino had been infected by Mori and become a second plague god.

Conan, on the other hand, grasped the key point about the 'drug den'.

Has Fujino solved another big case?

How come he hasn't heard about this?

Thinking for a moment, he looked at Fujino and asked, "Fujino, did you encounter another case a few days ago?"

"It's just a minor case."

Fujino glanced at Conan.

This kid really gets excited whenever he hears about a case.

"A small case?"

Conan frowned, sensing that something was amiss.

Fujino, who's involved in drugs, how could he possibly have minor cases?

This might lead to several murders or something...

"Inspector Megure has identified the deceased!"

Just as Conan was Conan, Takagi quickly returned, took out his police officer's notebook, and reported in a low voice, "The deceased's name is Vito Obō, he is 21 years old and currently unemployed. He usually comes to this arcade, but because he is very rude, other people don't have a very good opinion of him."

"So, he's just a petty thug?"

Juzo Megure glanced at Vito: "But is this guy really twenty-one? Doesn't seem like it..."

"Yes, that's what I think too."

Fujino nodded in agreement.

Is this guy really 21?

Isn't this bullying honest people?

With that physique, that Blondie, and that red tank top.

If you didn't know better, you'd think he was a street thug nearing thirty.

Unlike the two who were preoccupied with the dead, Conan was thoughtfully examining the corpse.

"Is that Ran, that police officer, Mr. Mori, and Fujino acquainted?"

Jodie, who was standing nearby, asked Ran.

"Yes, Inspector Megure and Fujino- Senior are old acquaintances."

Ran nodded. "The inspector used to be my father's superior."

Is that so?

Jodie turned to the group of people who were talking and winked, looking somewhat puzzled.

How can a murder case be discussed in a pleasant manner with a high school student or an elementary school student?

Are all Japanese police officers this open-minded?

"Um?"

Megure this moment, Inspector Megure also turned his head and looked at Jodie behind him with a puzzled expression Jodie was wearing a red, thin suspender dress, revealing half of her snow-white breasts.

"This is our high school English teacher," Ran introduced.

Juzo Megure scrutinized Jodie with a serious expression. "You're an English teacher?"

It doesn't seem like it...

Are English teachers this open-minded nowadays?

"Yes! My name is Jodie Saint-Temilion, officer. Nice to meet you." Jodie introduced herself with a smile.

"Oh!!"

Juzo Megure's expression suddenly changed, and he said with a broken English laugh, "My name is Megure, I am a Japanese policeman!"

"Police? Tsk tsk tsk!"

Jodie suddenly wagged her finger. "You can't say 'policemen' right now, you have to say 'policeman'!"

"Policeman~?"

Juzo Megure tried his best to imitate, his tone becoming increasingly strange.

Fujino: "..."

One of them dares to speak his mind, and the other is truly a scholar...

No, he remembers this should be the crime scene, right?

What's with this cheerful atmosphere?

Good grief, Megure, you don't do anything worthwhile at all.

So, instead of focusing on your duties at the crime scene, you're using your position to learn foreign languages in your spare time?

Spending too much time in internet cafes?

[His Movie Quotes]

Conan: "..."

Ran: "..."

Takagi: "..."

"Ahem."

Fujino coughed lightly, interrupting the two's inappropriate behavior of learning English at the crime scene.

"Ahem."

Megure coughed awkwardly and said seriously, "Anyway, what we need to figure out now is why this guy died on the Game machine."

As he spoke, he looked at Fujino and asked, "Brother Fujino, did you find any useful clues back then?"

"Well... no."

Fujino looked at Jodie: "I was playing a racing game with Ms. Jodie at the time, so I didn't have time to go see him."

"I don't have any useful clues either."

Takagi, standing nearby, said regretfully, "According to the descriptions of people at the scene, there were no suspicious people around the deceased at the time, and the guests next to Mr. Vito did not find that he had eaten anything, so it should not be suicide."

"I see..."

Megure rubbed his chin and turned to Vito: "But what exactly is this guy doing? Wearing a helmet, is he filming a movie?"

"Because it's a virtual reality game..."

The man who picked up the coins explained, "When players take damage in the game, it is reflected in real time. When a specific part of the body is attacked, that part will feel pain, just like in a real battle."

"So these kinds of things exist now... I see!"

Juzo Megure squinted at Vito and deduced, "Did this guy die from playing games?!"

"It's out of the question."

The man in the blue suit who had been there earlier walked over and said, "This kind of game is at most a slight vibration; it can't kill anyone. That young man should have experienced it before."

"Is that so, Fujino- kun?" Megure turned to Fujino.

"Yes, although it will cause continuous pain, it won't kill you. At worst, you'll just feel like you've been punched lightly." Fujino nodded.

"It was just a small punch? That shouldn't hurt anyone to death..."

Juzo Megure then looked at the man. "But speaking of which, who are you?"

"My Shimizu Takahiro."

The man introduced himself, "I'm the guy who fought alongside that guy before he kicked the bucket."

"So how exactly did he die...?"

"I think he died from shock!"

Conan glanced at Fujino, feeling confident of victory this time, and continued, "But there are no strangulation marks on his neck, and no obvious injuries on his body. I think he probably died from poisoning."

"Conan..."

Takagi reluctantly picked Conan up from beside the body. "But he was playing a game at the time, and no one saw him eat anything. If he had been poisoned beforehand, there should have been symptoms."

Megure turned to Ran Sonoko: "Did either of you notice anything strange about him?"

"No..." Ran pondered.

"Don't call it weird, he was perfectly fine back then!"

Sonoko complained, "Even Ran got a beating from him."

"Beat him up?"

Juzo Megure was surprised and looked at Ran with some suspicion.

Good heavens, Mori's daughter got beaten up?

If it were said that Ran beat up someone else, it would seem more reasonable.

But someone else beat up Ran...

He vaguely remembered the last time he was beaten up by a tough guy, and then he was knocked unconscious by Ran.

He had witnessed Ran's skills firsthand.

Is there really anyone who can beat him?

"Actually, I got beaten up in the game, and then I beat him up in return."

Fujino chuckled and explained, "His behavior at the time was indeed nothing unusual, so it shouldn't have been poisoned beforehand..."

"But you can still use a syringe to inject it!"

Conan suddenly said, "In this noisy environment, even if there are people, they won't be noticed. If we had injected poison then, we could have killed him, who was trapped by the Game machine."

After thinking for Juzo Megure agreed with Conan's point and then called out to the police officer who had arrived with him, "Send the body for forensic autopsy first, at least to determine the cause of death!"

Conan nodded in satisfaction and looked at Fujino.

Hmph, this time he finally got the upper hand!

Jodie was also drawn to the scene and looked at Conan with great interest.

This kid's got something.

"If it really is poisoning, then we need to identify the suspect first..."

Then, Juzo Megure and Takagi became distressed again. "There are more than thirty people at the scene. It's really too difficult to check them one by one..."

"Well, actually I know..."

Conan was about to boast about his brilliant mind, having already memorized all the suspects who had been in contact with the deceased, when Fujino interrupted his spellcasting, "Actually, we can just look at the surveillance footage."

Conan, whose spellcasting was interrupted, "... Surveillance?"

Juzo Megure was also taken aback. "Is there such a thing here?"

"..." Fujino pointed to the ceiling of the arcade, at a somewhat old-fashioned surveillance camera. "Isn't it right there?"

Conan looked up. "..."

There really is...

"Oh!"

Juzo Megure looked up excitedly. "It really is CCTV footage!"

Takagi smacked his chin, looking at the surveillance camera above his head. "I didn't expect there to be something like this here..."

Fujino: "..."

There were security cameras at the crime scene, is it really necessary to react so strongly?

Cameras are becoming rare items, aren't they?

But thinking about it, it makes sense; cameras like those in Miwa are indeed quite rare.

If it were an environment like his previous life, where even the streetlights and telephone poles were under surveillance, let alone a murder case, even if Hannibal came today, it would take two days to bring the murderer to justice.