Beika's Suicide Squad

"Everything's happening at once."

Fujino stood on the balcony, watching Mieko Shibasaki's retreating figure as he sighed.

If he remembered correctly, Mieko Shibasaki was involved in another Karaoke Murder Case.

The victim was Tatsuya Kimura, whom Mieko had hired him to investigate.

However, the killer wasn't Mieko, but Mari Terahara, his band's manager.

The person Tatsuya Kimura had told Mieko he liked was actually Mari Terahara.

But due to some misunderstandings, neither of them had confessed their feelings.

In the end, due to misunderstandings, Mari Terahara, driven by love turned to hate, poisoned Tatsuya Kimura after his final performance...

One could say this was a tragedy born entirely from a misunderstanding...

"This is troublesome."

Fujino scratched the back of his head, feeling a headache coming on.

Lately, why were the cases he encountered on his own increasing so much?

Could it be that he had also picked up some unspeakable aura of death?

But thankfully, as long as the case hadn't happened yet, there was still room for things to be salvaged...

As for who his friend was that introduced Mieko Shibasaki here, Fujino hadn't gotten it out of her.

She had only vaguely mentioned: it was a popular idol whose fame was currently soaring.

Based on this hint, Fujino's first guess was Yoko Okino.

After all, among the commissions he had taken so far, Yoko Okino was the only popular female idol.

As for Yuko Ikezawa... he had immediately ruled her out.

Impossible, absolutely impossible!

It would be a miracle if that woman, whom he had extorted money from, didn't want to kill him.

How could she possibly introduce clients to him in return?

She must have hit her head!

Fujino shook his head, pushing those thoughts aside.

As long as there was business, it didn't matter who introduced it.

Turning around, he surveyed the somewhat messy bedroom and murmured again, "It seems it's time to prioritize the living room. It's not really appropriate to always receive guests in the bedroom..."

Meanwhile, in a lounge at a television station somewhere in Tokyo.

"What bad luck... getting my head caught in a door while filming."

Yuko Ikezawa placed an ice pack on her head and sighed, "I hope this doesn't affect the subsequent filming."

After saying that, she removed the ice pack, and the sudden pain made her cry out.

The next day.

After accepting Mieko Shibasaki's commission, Fujino didn't immediately start investigating. Instead, he headed to a furniture store to buy furniture for his detective agency.

As a detective, it definitely wouldn't do to always receive clients in his bedroom...

As the sun began to set.

"Damn it!"

Emerging from a bank near Tokyo Tower, Fujino, dressed in a black trench coat, sported a dead-fish stare and complained, "They said I couldn't get a POS machine because I'm a minor, what the heck."

He had originally intended to apply for a mobile POS machine at a bank he was familiar with.

But those people actually told him he couldn't get one because he was a minor!

Damn it!

When he was the young master of the Fujino Zaibatsu, why were they so enthusiastic about opening bank accounts for him?

Now that his family had fallen, they were discriminating against him, an eighteen-year-old minor, huh?

"Banks, they're the worst!"

Fujino sighed.

Not long after he walked away, the system's prompt sounded in his ear:

[Detective Career Mission: Italian Robbery Case Mission Objective: Apprehend the Italian robber group Mission Location: Already marked on the host's HUD Mission Countdown: Ten hours Mission Reward: Bounty of one million Yen, fifty Detective Reputation points]

"The Italian Robbery Case?"

Looking at the system's one million Yen bounty, Fujino couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

The furniture he had just purchased at the furniture store had cost him one million Yen, and he now only had one million three hundred thousand Yen left.

Although it wasn't a small amount, considering how much money was needed for ten pulls in the game's gacha system, it was clearly not enough.

Without a second thought, Fujino accepted the mission, giving himself a little boost.

"Fujino? What are you doing here?"

Just then, a child's voice reached his ears.

Fujino turned and saw Conan, dressed in his classic outfit...

And behind him, several elementary school students with various expressions.

At the moment, Conan was holding an unremarkable piece of paper with various symbols drawn on it.

"Big brother, are you that famous high school detective Fujino?"

At this, a little girl jumped out from behind Conan, asking Fujino with an admiring expression.

The girl's name was Ayumi, and she was currently the only girl in Beika's "Daredevil Squad."

She was like the cherished darling of the group.

"Famous isn't quite right."

"I'm just a passing high school detective."

"You really are a detective!"

Ayumi snatched the paper from Conan's hand and excitedly said to Fujino, "Since Big Brother Fujino is a detective, your deduction skills must be amazing, right? Can you help us look at the treasure map..."

But before she could finish, she was pulled aside by two other elementary school students.

"No way!"

"We found the treasure map, and if this detective sees it, he'll definitely steal our credit."

"He might even want to split the treasure with us!"

"How could you say that..."

Conan looked at the children around him, feeling speechless. Then, in a childlike tone, he suggested, "I think it's better to let him see it. Maybe he can figure something out."

But before he could finish speaking, the children looked at him as if he were an idiot.

"Heh."

Watching Conan being led away like a Shiba Inu, Fujino's lips curved slightly.

That kid Conan, it's not easy for him...

Although that piece of paper looked like it was made up randomly, it was indeed a treasure map.

At the end of the treasure map lay Maple Leaf Gold Coins, stolen by a bandit group in Italy, worth six hundred million Yen.

Six hundred million Yen... Honestly, Fujino was tempted.

But after a moment's thought, he abandoned the idea.

Even if he managed to get his hands on those gold coins, fencing them would be a major problem.

If he tried to fence them at a jewelry store, he'd likely be caught by the police that very day... As for the black market, it wasn't impossible, but Fujino didn't know where to find it.

As for the system's money conversion function... when he first got the system, he had tried to convert items into money of equivalent value, but he had failed.

Even foreign currency couldn't be converted into his system balance.

Without a way to fence them, those gold coins would become a hot potato...

"What a shame."

Fujino collected his thoughts and sighed. "Since I can't get the big prize, I'll just grab this one million Yen in front of me first."

Then he turned his head, looking at the figure hidden in the dark alley, a cold glint gradually appearing in his eyes. "Catching a bandit wanted by an international group... maybe the police will give some kind of reward?"