Sato: I Was a Young Man to Begin With!

"This time there were no bombs."

Emerging from the stadium, Juzo Megure's expression was exceptionally grim. "And they actually killed another person. What was the reason?"

"He was playing tricks on the police from the very beginning."

Fujino walked to the side with his hands in his pockets. "Whether it's the 'go to the police,' the serial murders, or the bomb, he's been after the police from the very beginning."

"What a bastard."

Sato Miwako cursed under her breath, her fists clenching tighter. "What exactly is this guy trying to do?"

"Officer Sato, you're not against me investigating the case anymore?"

Fujino looked at her and chuckled, "Weren't you just acting like you were going to completely break ties with me if I continued investigating?"

Sato Miwako: "..."

After a moment of silence, she rolled her eyes at Fujino: "What's the point of me saying anything? You'll still investigate, won't you?"

"Yes, that's true."

"That's settled then, that's just how you people are."

Sato Miwako sighed, a hint of melancholy flashing in her eyes. "I think I said before that all the people I've ever liked are no longer in this world, right?"

"I've heard of it."

"Whether it's my dad, my elementary school PE teacher, or my Senior on the high school baseball team... and..."

"And Officer Matsuda, right?"

"Huh? Where did you hear that from?"

Fujino glanced to the side, his expression unchanged, and said, "It was Megure who told me."

Sato Miwako glanced resentfully at her older brother beside her. "..."

Juzo Megure: "..."

Hey, Fujino, what are you doing?!

I treated you like my own brother, and you betrayed me like that?

"Actually, he only mentioned the name to me; the rest was just my guesses."

Fujino chuckled, naturally not going to betray his good older brother.

Given Sato Miwako's shrewish nature, it probably won't be long before my brother has to go find Matsuda.

So he changed the subject, and with a mischievous grin, said, "But since you like me... well, I knew it, Officer Sato, you were lying before. You really do like me!"

"No! I mean that kind, you know..."

Sato Miwako was taken aback upon hearing this, and immediately panicked, explaining in a few words, "It's that kind of little brother... yes, like the kind of affection one has for a younger brother!"

"Sigh, Officer Sato, it's not your fault."

Fujino patted her shoulder to comfort her, saying, "After all, you said that young girls like someone like me."

"Well, in other words, you're quite young now."

Sato Miwako: "..."

Although it was praised that young people are good.

But I feel like there's something wrong with what you said?

I'm a young person, okay?

Sato Miwako took a deep breath and realized that she had been teased. She then gave a resentful look.

This guy...

They actually remembered that incident from last time and even took the opportunity to tease me!

"Ring ring!"

Just then, a phone call suddenly interrupted the slightly relaxed atmosphere among the three.

Fujino looked over at the sound and saw that it came from a cell phone stuck to the side of a lamppost.

The sticker securing the phone looked familiar; it read, "Handle with Care."

"This word..."

Megure and Sato also noticed the phone and hesitated for a moment.

Meanwhile, Fujino had already answered the phone.

"You're police officers from the First Investigation Division, right?"

Fujino turned on the speakerphone, and a young man's voice came from the other end of the phone.

"So what if we are?"

"As expected, they're from the First Investigation Division... After all, they look different."

The tone on the other end of the phone was very relaxed, jokingly asking, "But as a Criminal Consultant, are you even considered a police officer?"

"Of course it counts, since it's a salary."

Fujino narrowed his eyes and glanced around.

Sato Miwako and Juzo Megure understood this as well.

The guy on the other side is watching them.

"It's really unfair that minors can become police officers."

The person on the other end of the phone continued jokingly, "But if they die, then there's no such thing as fair or unfair. As expected, a magnificent explosion is still needed."

Are you going to continue causing trouble?

Juzo Megure said in a deep voice, "Continuing will only worsen your crimes."

"Here we go again! The essential didactic lines from classic films!"

His tone was slightly sarcastic. "You don't actually think you can make someone stop with just a few words, do you? How naive!"

"So, why did you blow up the police?"

Fujino calmly inquired about the other party's purpose, "Money, power, fame, or simply to mock the police's incompetence?"

"Looks like you know a lot. I really just want the world to see how incompetent you bunch of good-for-nothings are."

He paused, then continued jokingly, "But you guys aren't entirely useless. If I ever run out of funds to make bombs, I might borrow some from you."

Juzo Megure: "..."

Sato Miwako: "..."

The two of them couldn't help but turn pale after being teased.

Doesn't this mean that the police are all good-for-nothings who only take money and don't do any work?

You're such a chatterbox...

"Although making bombs is quite troublesome, since you've guessed my purpose, I'll give you a hint."

After a moment of silence, the person on the other end of the phone continued, "The dark blue car is nearby. If you don't hurry, it's going to explode. Whether you can stop it depends on your abilities!"

After saying that, the person on the other end of the phone hung up.

Fujino tightened his grip on his phone as he heard the piercing "beep... beep..." sound coming from his ear.

"In the car... Sato, quickly evacuate the people around!"

Inspector Juzo Megure paused for a moment, then immediately sprang into action with Sato Miwako: "I'll go find a suspicious car nearby!"

"Call..."

Fujino remained where he was, silently lowering his head in thought.

He noticed when he arrived that there were many vehicles around, including buses, police cars, and plainclothes vehicles, as well as two or three dark blue cars.

If we were to investigate manually, things would probably have exploded by now...

He took a deep breath, raised his head, and activated Eagle Vision.

In an instant, the world around us turned gray and white.

Time seemed to slow down around us at that moment.

Fujino narrowed his eyes and quickly scanned his surroundings.

Soon, they discovered an unusual spot of light.

"There it is!"

Fujino immediately located the bomb's position: a dark blue, almost black sedan.

If you don't look closely, you won't even notice that it's dark blue.

Meanwhile, two criminal police officers were sitting in the dark blue sedan with police lights on, and they had already started the car.

"It's too late..."

Fujino gritted his teeth, casually pulled out an Enhancement Card from his Pocket Dimension, and crushed it.

Then, with a loud "bang," Fujino leaped out like an arrow, and the asphalt road behind him was cracked by his powerful stomp.

In less than two seconds, Fujino had reached the car twenty meters away, and then "crack!" smashed the car window with his fist, forcibly dragging out the detective in a suit who was sitting in the driver's seat.

The detective looked completely bewildered. "...?"

What just happened to your kidneys?

How did I get out of the car?

"Don't move!"

Fujino grabbed the detective and turned to the other detective in the passenger seat, saying in a low voice, "There's a bomb in the car."