Who Is the One Bringing About Scandals If Not You!

A gentle evening breeze blew by as Fujino sat on a park bench, waiting.

A short while later, a female version of Sherlock Holmes, wearing a white shirt, a brown coat, a brown beret, glasses, and brown curly hair in a ponytail, walked over from a distance. She exuded an intellectual air.

"..."

After seeing an acquaintance, Yoko Okino cautiously glanced around.

As a popular idol, it's fair to say that her schedule is constantly being monitored.

She's not very old, only in her early twenties. If she were discovered sneaking into the park late at night to meet a high school student, it would probably cause quite a scandal.

After all, there are some tabloid stories circulating right now—[The unspeakable secret between idol Yoko and detective Fujino].

Fortunately, Fujino was able to spot the paparazzi each time and change his plans accordingly, so the rumors never really got out of hand.

Thinking this, Yoko Okino walked over as if nothing had happened and asked softly, "No one's following you, is anyone?"

Fujino silently turned around, activated his Eagle Vision, and scanned his surroundings. Seeing that there were no extra people around, he patted the seat next to him, gesturing for the other person to sit down.

"That's good."

Yoko Okino breathed a sigh of relief and sat down on the bench.

This was practically common sense when the two met, although she didn't know why Fujino could always tell if paparazzi were following her. Whenever she thought about it, she would think—maybe that's just how professionals are; that's the idea.

Fujino also didn't quite understand why she always chose to meet her in some strange, out-of-the-way places, like "small parks" or "under bridges" at night.

This meant he had to stake out the location beforehand to eliminate any potential trouble.

If you don't spread rumors, who will?

Fujino wanted to complain, but considering that the other party was the middleman who brought him clients, he held back.

He looked away and asked Yoko Okino, "So the client didn't come along this time?"

"Yes, she didn't come with us."

Yoko Okino nodded slightly. "Recently, a sasaeng fan has been ringing her doorbell repeatedly and leaving threatening notes on her door, so now she's too scared to go out..."

"And what about the identity of the client?"

Fujino continued, "You didn't mention this on the phone just now."

"She is my good friend Kaoru Kusano from my idol group days."

Yoko Okino took out a few sheets of white paper from her bag and handed them over. "These are the threatening letters from that sasaeng fan. I don't know what they can tell you, but I brought them anyway."

"I will come again, I will come again next time, even if I die, I will come again..."

Fujino took the white paper and glanced at the text printed on it, but couldn't make anything out of it.

"These are the threatening letters. I've seen them, and they don't seem to offer any clues."

Yoko Okino cosplayed as a detective and felt like she had become one herself. She said in a deep voice, "Actually, Kaoru didn't tell me much. We'll have to ask her for more details. There's an engagement party going on at her house tomorrow. You can come with me and ask her what happened after the party."

Fujino didn't say much, but after asking about the amount of the commission, he accepted the commission.

The next day was a normal Monday.

Fujino picked up Ai on his way home from school, changed into a suit, and drove to the agreed-upon place.

Yoko Okino finished her schedule early for the day, tied her curly hair up with a pink ribbon, wore glasses to conceal her identity, and waited at the agreed location in a red dress with a pink coat.

After picking up his middleman, Fujino drove to Kaoru Kusano's house, guided by the middleman.

"Miss Yoko."

Just as she got out of the car, a man in a suit and sunglasses, who looked somewhat dissolute, walked over, greeted Yoko Okino familiarly, recognized Fujino, and then said in surprise, "I didn't expect that my real-world counterpart would also be invited here."

"Shu Kenzaki?"

Fujino sized up the other person and recognized him.

The actor in front of you is the one who will be acting in the TV series adaptation of the detective novel.

"I didn't expect that you would recognize me too."

Shu Kenzaki chuckled, "I've heard Miss Shinmei mention you, the prototype, quite a few times."

"I only offered some suggestions; I wouldn't call it a prototype. The Zuowenzi series should have come before me."

Fujino did not lose contact with Kaori Niina. Sometimes she would send him a text message asking for advice on the novel. As for the prototype, he was not really the one. It was just that they both used knives, so the media hyped them up as being similar.

"Too modest..."

Shu Kenzaki walked towards the apartment building. "Speaking of which, I really need to ask you for help with Kaoru's matter. You should have heard about it from Miss Yoko, right?"

"Um."

Fujino nodded slightly. "If nothing unexpected happens, it will be resolved soon. By the way, Mr. Kenzaki, are you here for the engagement party too?"

"He didn't come to the party."

Yoko Okino to the side, explained with a smile, "After all, he is the male lead of this party."

"Oh~"

After chatting for a while, Fujino learned a bit about entertainment gossip. Then, the group chatted and laughed as they arrived at room 2801 of the apartment.

Yoko Okino reached out and pressed the doorbell, but there was no response.

This reminded her of what had happened in her apartment before.

I didn't dare open the door.

The group paused for a moment, but Fujino couldn't stay any longer and took the initiative to push open the door.

Facing me was a girl holding a tennis racket, wearing a light green dress, with medium-length hair, and looking ready for battle.

Fujino: "..."

Is this some kind of new indoor sport?

"Yoko?"

Kaoru Kusano saw the two familiar figures and was surprised.

"Miss Kusano?"

After thinking for a moment, Fujino quickly deduced the other party's identity by combining the clues.

"You must be Detective Fujino... Welcome, welcome."

Kaoru Kusano chuckled dryly and awkwardly hid the tennis racket behind his back.

Recently, she's been bothered by obsessive fans, and she feels a little panicked whenever she hears the doorbell.

So, out of fear, she picked up a tennis racket, intending to teach this stalker a lesson.

Instead of seeing obsessive fans, he saw his friends looking at him with blank expressions.

It's embarrassing just thinking about it.

A group of people entered the house and sat around the sofa, chatting.

Kaoru Kusano is 20 years old and an actress. She and Shu Kenzaki are both actors in Detective Saburou. They reportedly met while acting and then went from being on screen to working behind the scenes.

As for why she wanted to get married so quickly, she said she wanted to be like Yukiko, getting married and retiring at the age of twenty to live a normal life.

This idea certainly fits the situation in Japan. After all, if actors stay in the entertainment industry for too long, they will eventually grow old and lose their looks, and can only wait to be eliminated.