Murderers Must Pay

"Beep beep!!!"

A loud siren blared throughout Haido Town as Juzo Megure arrived at the scene with a group of people.

"Fujino- kun, what brings you here?"

At the entrance of the construction site, Sato Miwako, dressed in a light blue suit, noticed a familiar face walking in.

"I had a late-night snack with Uncle Mori around here."

Fujino put his hands in his pockets and looked around curiously. "What's wrong? Has a case occurred?"

Sato Miwako explained, "We received a report that someone had died at this construction site, so we rushed over."

Juzo Megure, who turned around upon hearing the voice, was speechless.

You and Mori are both here...

No wonder a murder occurred.

"That guy was one of the victims this time..."

Juzo Megure pointed to a corpse behind him whose head had been pixelated and whose limbs were twisted beyond recognition. "Looks like it fell from the roof."

"His death was truly gruesome."

Fujino glanced at the corpse with a calm expression and clicked his tongue.

"Inspector Megure, the victim's identity has been confirmed!"

Takagi walked over at this moment, his face pale, holding a driver's license and a black card. "The deceased's name is Hirasawa Tsuyoshi, he is 28 years old and works for a company. We also found a card in his driver's license."

As he spoke, he showed the card to the group. "There are bats printed on it."

"Bat?"

Juzo Megure frowned. "That guy?!"

"It seems to be him. The way he leaves cards at the scene of the discovery... it's either Kaito Kid or him."

Sato Miwako rubbed her chin and said with a sigh, "But what kind of despicable thing did this guy do to be targeted by that guy? And even killed... I remember that the only people he killed were philanthropists who swindled donations from orphans and heinous drug dealers."

"I vaguely remember this incident."

With a gloomy expression, Juzo Megure said, "About three years ago, he pushed a child down the stairs. I was the one who arrested him... but he was only given a three-year suspended sentence at the time, which caused quite a stir in society."

"Only three years in prison?"

Sato Miwako turned strange for a moment. "Are you kidding me?"

"He had been drinking at the time."

Juzo Megure also said with some helplessness, "He had no grudge against the other party while drunk and had no motive to kill, so the judge gave him a suspended sentence at the time."

"Then he really deserved to die."

Fujino said something, then continued, "If someone can commit manslaughter while drunk without being severely punished, then the law would be meaningless... And once someone has been punished by the law, it's useless to punish them again."

"But this is going too far..."

Sato Miwako sighed, somewhat reluctantly, "Why didn't you just beat the thugs up like before? You still had a chance. Why kill them? Doesn't that make you just like those murderers?"

"Maybe he can't stop now."

Juzo Megure lowered his eyes and said, "Some things are beyond one's control. Once you've killed someone and tasted blood, you won't be able to stop easily."

"Indeed... Once that line is crossed, people will only think of dealing with things in a simple way, like killing."

Fujino, the Batman himself, nodded silently, then changed the subject, saying, "But now that the culprit is clear, after all, that Beika Batman is elusive... it seems like this case can be closed. Inspector Megure, you can go back and get some rest."

"Um."

Although Juzo Megure didn't say anything, he nodded sincerely. "Given the current situation, we can gather some evidence in the surrounding area and then call it a day."

[A host has been detected to have completed an autonomous task.]

[System Reward: 5 Detective Coins, 1 million yen]

This time, I choose to stand on the side of the 'murderer'— Sherlock Holmes.

"Brother Megure has a really good eye for people..."

Fujino walked slowly along the path, casually closing the system interface, and muttered to himself, "But this time it wasn't me who killed them."

Sometimes, it's better to leave the task of eliminating scoundrels from the world to the families of those involved...

Only by personally killing one's enemy can that hatred dissipate.

Perhaps, as Sato Miwako said, killing someone makes one no different from being a murderer.

But murderers should pay with their lives.

A life for a life—that's the fairest thing to do.

He didn't have time to doubt himself or think about so many things.

Whether or not someone is the murderer, let's catch them and gather evidence first.

To quote the Russian emperor, "Forgiving scum is the victim's job; his mission is to send the scum to meet the victim. If you meet them at the airport, kill them there; if you meet them in the toilet, drown them in the toilet bowl. All problems can be resolved 'fairly.'"

With that thought in mind, Fujino returned to the Masumi Izakaya.

At this moment, three people were sitting in the shop. The proprietress, Kameda, was washing dishes, while Usami, wearing a trench coat, sat in the corner with her hands on her forehead, silent.

The silence in the tavern created a sense of urgency.

"Brother Fujino, I think I just heard police sirens."

Mori Kogoro, holding a bottle of sake, asked Fujino curiously, "Has another murder occurred?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Kameda Masako tightened her grip on the dishes she was washing, and Usami's expression also became more serious.

"No."

Fujino glanced at the two of them out of the corner of his eye. "So, yet another guy got killed by Beika Batman."

"Well?"

Kameda Masako was taken aback upon hearing this, clearly not expecting the culprit to be Beika Batman.

She remembered that she had used the iron rod herself...

Mori Kogoro, being a Beika member himself, had naturally heard of the Beika Batman's exploits. Drunk, he muttered, "What kind of despicable thing did that guy do?"

"I heard from Megure that he killed a child and was given a suspended sentence."

Fujino silently sat down in his seat. "The Beika Batman probably couldn't stand it, so he just threw him off the top of the construction site, and his head was smashed."

"..."

A thought crossed Kameda Masako's eyes.

Her head was shattered, which meant that the marks from when she hit her with the iron rod had also disappeared.

If that's the case, then Beika Batman should take the blame for her.

He clearly committed murder, yet inexplicably escaped suspicion...

To be honest, she had mixed feelings.

Overall, she was still very grateful to the kind person who took the blame for her.

She had no regrets about killing him. The other person had clearly murdered her child, yet he was still alive and well, drinking, and showing no remorse whatsoever. Why should he?

"Tsk..."

Mori Kogoro clicked his tongue, then called out to the proprietress, "Madam, could you please bring me the phone?"

Kameda Masako, regaining her composure, handed her phone to Mori Kogoro. She glanced at the time and exclaimed in surprise, "It's already past ten?! How did time fly by?!"

"Let's hurry back! Otherwise, Ran will..."

"Yeah, Mouri-niisan, take care."