Then You're Far Too Kind

"Why hasn't Fujino come back yet?"

What was that sound just now?

"It sounds like screams..."

"What?!"

"Could they really be members of a bandit gang?!"

Suddenly, everyone heard screams coming from the second floor. Conan and Hattori Heiji rushed upstairs without thinking, and the others followed.

Following the sound, they pushed open the door and found Fujino bandaging Kume and Fujino, who were tied up with red hemp rope.

"Fuji... Fujino- Senior?"

Ran looked completely bewildered. "What are you doing?"

"Mr. Kume, and Mr. Shimoji, what happened to them?!"

Kazuha glanced hesitantly at Kume, who was bruised and battered, and who appeared to have a broken leg and was wrapped in bandages. She exclaimed in surprise.

"It's nothing, I just accidentally stumbled upon their identities."

Fujino held a roll of bandages, then bit off the packaging with his teeth and wrapped it around Takashi Shimoji, who had been beaten the worst. "I just accidentally hit him a little too hard. Here, I'm bandaging their wounds now."

Although it was Fujino himself who did the beating, he simply bandaged up the two guys who had been brutally beaten.

After all, he was a well-known philanthropist who couldn't bear to see suffering.

Well, it's definitely not that the other person was seriously injured. If they hadn't received timely treatment and had been sent away directly, he might have been held responsible or something...

Absolutely not!

Hattori: "..."

So, your family is so powerful that they can cripple someone's hands and feet?

Is this a little too heavy? This is a little... but I'm afraid it's more than a billion points, right?

This guy's skills are still terrifying...

Hattori Heiji shuddered, recalling the memory of being dragged into a sword fight by Fujino after the kendo tournament, and secretly rejoiced that he hadn't been beaten so badly that he had to be hospitalized.

"Their identities?"

Momiji stepped forward, glanced at the two pitiful figures, then looked at Fujino, a look of bewilderment flashing in her eyes, her small eyes filled with great confusion.

She didn't believe that Fujino would beat someone up for no reason...

Yes, there must be a reason to beat them up.

In any case, whatever Fujino does is right.

"They were members of the gang that robbed the Mayor Kinjo back then."

Fujino glanced at the two men, took out his phone, played the evidence he had just recorded for everyone, stood up, kicked the dagger on the ground, and explained with exasperation, "I didn't expect these two guys to actually try to pull out a dagger to fight back after their scheme was exposed... I was too kind, sigh."

Conan: "..."

You're so kind...

First, he beat the other person so badly they couldn't take care of themselves, and then he bandaged their wounds.

I can tell you're clearly afraid the other person will die!

However, this scene seems even more familiar...

And those daggers look kind of familiar.

Isn't this the dagger you threw when we were dealing with those two armed thugs in the Snow Mountain Villa last time?!

You still carry it with you?!

"Were they really the ones who murdered the maid and robbed the screen back then?!"

"Miss Kinjo... wait, could it be that Miss Taira is the eldest daughter of the Kinjo Family back then?"

After listening to the recording, Ran and Kazuha were both surprised, while Momiji asked in confusion, "But... if she is also a member of the bandit gang, then isn't she robbing her own family?"

"Well, actually she's not Mayor Kinjo's biological daughter..."

Fujino nodded slightly and explained why Kinjo Koto had robbed his house.

"I see..."

Momiji rubbed her chin and sighed, "After her mother died, as an adopted daughter, she doubted whether her father would still love her as much as before, so she did this... It really is meaningless, and another life was lost."

Ran noticed the blind spot at this moment. "But since Miss Taira is Ms. Kinjo, then could it be that she really took the screen and sailed away?"

"But it's still pretty strange."

Kazuha scratched her head, somewhat puzzled. "If the ship was taken away by Miss Taira, then who exactly is the 'bandit gang' that appeared on the island... and what about those cigarette butts..."

"No, no, that's not right."

Fujino glanced at the two imaginary figures and chuckled, "Actually, those cigarette butts were left by Mr. Daito beforehand, and the other gang of robbers didn't even exist; it was just a hoax."

"Mr. Daito?!"

"Actually, Mr. Daito was the butler back then."

"...?"

"Mr. Daito and I were planning from the beginning to get these two people to confess their identities."

"...!!"

"Miss Taira is actually still on the island, but I knocked her unconscious and hid her."

"Eh... Eh!!"

After listening to Fujino's explanation, everyone was astonished for a moment, their expressions quite interesting.

As for the safe place Fujino mentioned, it is indeed very safe.

It's inside the Poké Ball in his system space.

I doubt there's a safer place in the world than here.

But using Poké Ball to catch all sorts of girls and stuff...

Fujino always felt something was off, but he couldn't quite put his finger on why.

It seems like the plot of that book...

As long as it's convenient, that's all that matters.

"But it still feels so strange..."

Kazuha rubbed her chin, then suddenly remembered something. "But since Miss Taira is still on this island, who exactly took the ship?!"

Ran's face showed a hint of fear. "Could it be Messenger of Gusou?"

"Actually, it was Mr. Daito who took the boat away."

Fujino explained, "He set the boat to autopilot, so it shouldn't be long before it comes back, and then we should be able to leave this island."

A moment of silence fell over everyone. "..."

"Hehe..."

Conan gave a deadpan look and glanced at everyone present, including Fujino who was explaining.

Just as he suspected, it was another scoundrel's scheme devised by Fujino.

Why wasn't he surprised at all?

"Call!"

Ran, regaining her composure, breathed a sigh of relief, "Why didn't Fujino- Senior tell us beforehand? We were worried..."

"Yeah yeah!"

Kazuha nodded. "I thought there really was a bandit gang on the island..."

"Strictly speaking, the bandit gang was on the island, since they've already been caught."

Fujino chuckled lightly, "Besides, the fewer people who know about this, the better. If something is revealed, the atmosphere will ease, and they won't be so nervous as to expose themselves prematurely."

"Actually, you can tell from Mr. Daito smoking that the two of them seemed to have planned this all along..."

Conan glanced at Fujino and explained with deadpan eyes, "After all, given his personality, if there were girls around, he wouldn't just stop Mr. Daito from smoking, he certainly wouldn't lend them a lighter."

"As soon as he came in, Mr. Daito opened the closet right away, as if he knew the ashtray was inside."

Hattori Heiji to the side, nodded in agreement. "Moreover, he seems far too familiar with this house; perhaps only the former butler, Kinjo, would know these things."