Fujino: Where Is My Salary?!

Tokyo Station.

Juzo Megure was already waiting at the station entrance with several police cars.

The train pulled into the station, and passengers disembarked one by one.

Fujino and his group also escorted two men out of the station and headed towards Juzo Megure.

"This is?"

Juzo Megure glanced at the man wearing the knitted hat and asked, puzzled.

He remembered that there should only be one prisoner to be escorted this time.

Why is there one more?

Will we get an extra commission in Osaka?

"This guy is an accomplice of Ogura Chizo."

Sato Miwako opened the police car door and explained, "Just now in the car, he was trying to assassinate Ogura Chizo, but we subdued him before he could succeed."

She threw the man into the police car, turned around, and couldn't help but laugh and sigh, "This time, it's all thanks to Fujino for seeing through his plan. Otherwise, he would have really managed to lure us away and silence us."

Afterwards, Sato Miwako gave a brief explanation of what had just happened.

"As expected of you, Fujino- kun."

Juzo Megure patted Fujino on the shoulder with satisfaction. "You've done another great job this time!"

"Nothing!"

Fujino chuckled lightly, "Isn't this also because you, Megure, arranged for me to come here as an advisor?"

He paused for a moment, then continued, "If we're talking about skill, it's Brother Megure who's better at using people. He guessed beforehand that the other side would take action."

"Ahem! Not at all, not at all..."

Juzo Megure coughed lightly, feeling that Fujino was exaggerating a bit too much.

He was actually just worried that Takagi and Sato might cause some trouble, which is why he sent Fujino along as well.

Little did they expect that the other party would actually send people to rescue them.

Moreover, the intention was to simply silence the person.

Then, he glanced at Takagi Wataru beside him and said somewhat speechlessly, "Takagi, you're not a newbie anymore. How could you let that guy go to the toilet alone? This time, we have to thank Fujino. Otherwise, if Ogura Chizo had been successfully assassinated, you would have been in trouble."

"Yes!"

Sato Miwako echoed, then glanced at Takagi beside her and added, "They might lose their jobs."

"Ha ha..."

Takagi chuckled dryly, scratching the back of his head sheepishly. "Officer Sato, why are you saying that too..."

Juzo Megure was actually right.

If a prisoner dies during transport due to dereliction of duty, it constitutes a serious act of dereliction of duty.

Sato Miwako went to check the bomb, and it was also because he agreed to let Ogura Chizo go to the toilet.

If he really dies, he might actually be expelled from both the Party and his job!

"In that case, I'll take these two guys back for questioning first."

Juzo Megure turned and got into the police car, then leaned out of the window and said to the people outside, "Sato, Takagi, thank you for your help these past two days. Go home and rest for half a day!"

"Yes!"

Sato and Takagi responded.

Fujino leaned forward and whispered, "By the way, Megure, this guy tried to bribe us on the high-speed train. I reckon he probably has a lot of accounts overseas. Remember to interrogate him to find out..."

"This guy actually dared to bribe the police?"

Juzo Megure turned around and glanced at Ogura Chizo, who was handcuffed behind him, patted his chest and assured him, "Don't worry, Fujino, we will definitely interrogate all the accounts he is involved in."

Ogura Chizo: "..."

Destroy it!

"That's good."

Fujino added quietly, "But you see how honest and impartial we are, cough... shouldn't we get an extra reward for the clues we provide?"

Juzo Megure: "..."

Fujino- kun is still the same Fujino after all...

After a moment of silence, Juzo Megure nodded and said, "The extra bonus will be included in next month's salary."

Fujino: "..."

Where's my salary?!

He only remembered when the topic of salary came up...

He vaguely remembered that he was paid a salary as an advisor.

It seems like I haven't seen any sign of my salary!

Could it be that it hasn't been a month yet...?

Something's not right!

Grass!

Damn the Conan World!

Back to Snow King Ice City.

The Snow King Ice City remained as it always was.

Akemi Fujino Akemi Miyano, fully assumes the role of the proprietress.

The newly arrived Shimo-Kasa Sisters were busy with various tasks, but they were thoroughly enjoying themselves.

Fujino did not see Ai Haibara.

If I think about it, it should be in my own room upstairs.

After looking around, Fujino's gaze suddenly froze.

The image is frozen on a red-haired girl sitting by the floor-to-ceiling window, wearing a dark blue tank top and jeans, holding a cup of milk tea and sipping it through a straw.

"Miss Koizumi is visiting Snow King Ice City?"

Fujino stepped forward and sat down opposite him quite naturally. "Are you here to deliver the commission fee from a while ago?"

Koizumi Akako took a sip of her milk tea and was startled by Fujino's sudden appearance, almost spitting out the water.

"..."

Koizumi Akako put down her cup, frowned, and looked at the smiling Fujino: "Can't I just come here to have a cup of milk tea?"

"Coming all the way from Ekoda, it's unlikely that they came just to drink a cup of milk tea."

Fujino laughed and said, "Of course, if you think the milk tea here is delicious and come all the way here, then never mind what I said."

"That's why detectives are so annoying..."

Koizumi Akako took a bank card out of her pocket and handed it to Fujino, then picked up her milk tea and took another sip. "But the milk tea here is really quite delicious."

"After all, it's an exclusive recipe; you can't get it anywhere else."

Fujino chuckled, accepted the card, swiped it, and the balance was credited to his account in one smooth motion. He then handed the card back, saying, "In short, this time the total payment is twelve million yen. Thank you for your patronage. Please remember to give us a five-star review, and come again next time!"

Koizumi Akako: "..."

You actually accepted compensation for emotional distress.

He was speechless for a moment.

Koizumi Akako took a deep breath, then looked at Fujino seriously. "You're a magician too, right?"

"???"

Fujino was taken aback by what he heard and looked at Koizumi Akako with a puzzled expression.

What kind of magician?

Is this magical girl acting up again?

Magician...

I wonder if someone who's thirty and can conjure fireballs counts as a magician.

"You are definitely a magician!"

Koizumi Akako sized up Fujino, and seeing the puzzled look on his face, she continued seriously, "Nothing is true, everything is permitted. Am I wrong, Child of Moonlight?"

Fujino: "..."

Old man's face on the subway (jpg)

Nothing is true, everything is permitted?

Why does this sentence sound so familiar?

Isn't this just a certain customer's creed?

Miss Witch, you wouldn't happen to be a time traveler too, would you?!

However, on second thought, Fujino felt that it was somewhat unlikely.

If Koizumi Akako was also a time traveler, she would have been able to tell that he was also a time traveler.

Frowning, Fujino figured that Koizumi Akako must have obtained this information through divination.

The Koizumi Akako sought him out was probably because of the special ability he revealed during his battle with the Spider while creating clones some time ago.

Perhaps to Kuroba Kaito, this is definitely some kind of magic trick, and other uninformed people certainly wouldn't know either.

But for someone who already possesses special abilities, he was certainly mistaken for one of their own kind.

However, Fujino has no intention of admitting it.

He didn't want to reveal anything without knowing how much the other party knew.

Pulling herself out of her thoughts, Fujino looked at Koizumi Akako and said speechlessly, "Ms. Koizumi, you watch too many anime, don't you?"