Could It Be That This Is a Detective's Daily Life?

"Don't you like the sandwich?"

Ai Haibara, who was sitting to the side, noticed that Fujino took a bite and then stopped eating.

"No, the sandwich is quite delicious."

Fujino explained, then continued eating his sandwich, "I just suddenly remembered something..."

"Crack!"

Before he could finish speaking, a crisp sound suddenly rang out from outside the room.

"Da da da da..."

"Bang!"

Immediately following were the sounds of hurried footsteps and a door being closed.

Fujino turned around, and suddenly a notification sound rang in his ears, "A new System Task has been detected. Please check it!"

"Fujino- kun, did you hear that sound just now?"

Ooka Momiji paused for a moment, then glanced at the living room door and asked Fujino.

"Yes, I heard that too."

Fujino stood up, slowly pushed open the living room door, and saw Conan, Mamoru, and Ayumi already standing at the door of the screening room. "Looks like the Grim Reaper is showing off his skills again."

"Grim Reaper?"

Ooka Momiji was stunned for a moment. Clearly, having not experienced many murder cases, she did not understand what this meant.

Ai Haibara, however, already knew what was going on. She skillfully jumped off the stool and followed Fujino out of the living room.

He slowly walked to the group and looked inside. In the dimly lit theater, he saw a plump corpse lying in front of a television with static-filled windows, holding a videotape in his left hand and a remote control lying in his right.

Around the body, there were shards of a vase, and many carnations were scattered on the body. Blood was still flowing from the wound on the head, leaving a bright red mark on the stall.

"Mrs. Izuki?!"

The group was stunned for a moment, but Fujino, who knew in advance that the person was already dead, remained unusually calm.

He already knew exactly what to do after the incident.

He stepped forward, took out white gloves from his pocket, put them on, examined the body, then stood up, took out his phone, and dialed the police.

—So skilled it's heartbreaking.

"How... is she?"

With a pale face, Ooka Momiji couldn't help but ask Fujino.

The person is already dead.

Fujino responded calmly, holding up his phone.

"Dead... dead?"

Ooka Momiji was taken aback by what she heard.

He glanced at the fat woman lying in the viewing room with some disbelief.

He encountered a murder case while on a single assignment, and look at how calm Fujino is...

Is this what a detective's daily life is like?

"Beep beep beep beep!"

Another cheerful siren Juzo Megure arrived at the scene with a large group of police officers.

"The murder weapon was a vase filled with water. After entering the screening room, the murderer smashed it hard against the back of the victim's head, causing his death."

Takagi, holding the police handbook, glanced at the body lying on the ground. "The victim's name is Izuki Reiko, she is 46 years old, and she lived in the same apartment building as the male owner of this house, Hōda Hideno."

"I see..."

Juzo Megure nodded slightly and looked at Hōda Hideno standing at the door. "May I ask why the victim came to your house today?"

"I borrowed some money from her recently, and she came over to collect the debt. When I paid her back, I also found the videotape she had been wanting to watch and gave it to her. She couldn't wait to watch it."

"You came over when you heard the sound of the vase breaking, and then you found Ms. Tsukino lying on the floor of the screening room with a bloody head, right?"

"It's like this..."

While Juzo Megure was questioning her, Takagi continued investigating the crime scene, placing the videotape from the scene into the projector. "Ms. Tsukino was holding the videotape in her left hand, so I think she was watching this movie at the time, while her right hand was holding the videotape. Judging from the label, it should be the bottom videotape slot."

"Oh, it's Sakura Sanjuro!"

A nostalgic look crossed Juzo Megure's face, then he struck a pose and shouted, "I remember the opening credits were... that you should live a life as beautiful as cherry blossoms, like cherry blossoms..."

"Be as strong as a cherry blossom, isn't that right?"

Fujino Juzo Megure speechlessly and said, "I didn't expect you to be so 'energetic' when you were young, Inspector Megure."

"Ahem!"

Juzo Megure coughed awkwardly. "I didn't expect you to have seen such an old movie, Fujino- kun?"

"Even if you haven't seen it, you'll know."

Conan, standing to the side, said somewhat helplessly, "This person turned the volume up extremely high when watching the videotape."

"Forehead..."

Takagi glanced at the group speechlessly. "What are you all doing here?"

"We were asked to help Mr. Mamoru, the owner of this house, find his watch."

Fujino offered an explanation, and Ai Haibara chimed in, "However, Edogawa found the watch in the washing machine in the bathroom."

"Is Mori not here today?"

Juzo Megure glanced at the group, trying to find Mori Kogoro, but instead of finding him, he noticed a blonde girl nearby. "And this is..."

"By the way, Momiji, let me introduce you."

Fujino suddenly remembered that this was the first time the two had met, so he introduced Ooka Momiji to her, saying, "This is Inspector Megure from the Metropolitan Police Department. I often work with him on cases."

"My surname is Ooka. Please give me your guidance."

Ooka Momiji nodded slightly and smiled, "Thank you for taking good care of our family member."

"Um...?"

Juzo Megure nodded, but something still felt off.

"..."

Ai Haibara narrowed her eyes and glanced at Ooka Momiji, who was smiling and speaking in a natural tone.

Then she sighed and didn't dwell on it any longer.

Well, it's good enough that she didn't call herself her fiancée.

Juzo Megure didn't pay much attention to those things. Instead, he focused on the case, pulled out the videotape, and examined it. "This videotape has been rewound, which means that the victim took it out after watching the film and was then killed by the murderer."

As he spoke, he turned around, excluding everyone he knew, and looked suspiciously at the owner of the house. "Mr. Masada, where were you at the time?"

"At the time, my uncle, Conan, and I were in the bathroom."

Ayumi answered first, "We heard the sound of the vase breaking, so we came out of the bathroom and saw Ms. Tsukino's body."

Genta chimed in, "Then we heard the sound of running and the sound of a door closing."

Mitsuhiko followed up with his reasoning. "In that case, I think the culprit must be an outsider."

Is that so?

Juzo Megure glanced at the little ones.

He knew that these kids always liked to show off, so he didn't take their advice.

He then looked at Fujino and asked with a puzzled expression, "Brother, has this Mr. Masada been with you the whole time?"

"No, that's not it."

Fujino pondered, "After we arrived here, we started looking for the watch in this house. Then, when we went to the living room, Mr. Masuda made some sandwiches. After that, following those sounds, the murder occurred."

"Mr. Masada, could you show us the kitchen?"

"No problem."

At Juzo Megure's suggestion, the group was led to the living room. Takagi pushed open the kitchen door, looked at the room at the end of the corridor, and said, "The living room is connected to the kitchen, and the other door of the kitchen opens directly to the crime scene. The door on the living room side looks like a dead corner of the corridor."

"If that's the case, then the murderer will have an opportunity."

Juzo Megure glanced around the corridor, then turned to look at Hōda Hideno, saying confidently, "Am I right, Mr. Morita?"