The Serial Perverted Killer Who Likes Little Boys

Fujino silently complained to himself, suddenly feeling a bit regretful that he hadn't punched Numabuchi a few more times back then.

"What's wrong?"

Ai Haibara standing nearby, noticed Fujino's strange expression and couldn't help but ask him a question.

"Nothing."

Fujino waved his hand, "I just suddenly remembered some things that I feel a little regretful about..."

"Let's hurry up and catch up with that wretched guy!"

Genta suddenly became courageous. "As long as we catch him, Mitsuhiko will be safe!"

"Wait a moment."

Conan immediately reached out and stopped Genta, saying, "We're not familiar with this forest at all. It's too dangerous to continue chasing him; it will just turn it into his territory."

"That's right, let's find Mitsuhiko first, and deal with Numabuchi later."

Fujino nodded in agreement, then took out Detective Badge from his pocket and said in a deep voice, "Mitsuhiko, there is a serial killer who likes little boys in the forest you are in now. Be careful to hide well and don't be discovered."

Upon hearing the sound coming from the Detective Badge, Mitsuhiko and Numabuchi exchanged a glance, and the atmosphere gradually became tense.

Mitsuhiko stared warily. "...?!"

A serial killer who has a thing for little boys?!

Really...?

Numabuchi Kiichiro: "..."

So you were with Batman all along!

How could someone say something like that...

It really is a monster!

"Call..."

Fujino felt much better after putting away the Detective Badge.

Now he's no longer worried that his words might put Mitsuhiko in danger.

Judging from the current situation, just as he remembered, Numabuchi Kiichiro simply wanted to see the fireflies from his childhood.

Mitsuhiko was brought along because he realized that Mitsuhiko was also looking for fireflies.

It shouldn't harm Mitsuhiko.

Moreover, Xiao Hei had already put on a long robe and taken out a hidden sword, following behind the two of them. Even if there was danger, he could kill Numabuchi Kiichiro directly.

A psychopath like him is still a psychopath, and Fujino doesn't feel any psychological burden when he's taking heads.

Ultimately, it was because they didn't kill him that Numabuchi Kiichiro had the opportunity to escape from prison.

If they had killed him back then, this kind of psychopathic killer wouldn't have escaped from prison and started harming people.

Seeing Mitsuhiko seemed to remind him of his past self. Instead of killing him outright, he took him with him and ran away, which pretty much confirms this point.

"But we can't keep searching like this."

Professor Agasa glanced around at the surrounding trees and said, "That guy is so agile; he could jump down from the tree at any moment. It's impossible to defend against him."

"Yes, I've heard him mention it. He said that when he was a child, he often played and jumped around in the trees..."

Yamamura Misao recalled, "I even joked with him at the time that he was just like Ushiwakamaru was training with a tengu."

"Ushiwakamaru?"

Conan was taken aback by what he heard, and a flash of inspiration struck him, as if he had suddenly thought of something.

"I think we should search along the river."

Fujino glanced down at Conan, who seemed much clearer now, then turned to look at the stream where Ayumi had slipped and fallen. He walked over slowly and said, "If Mitsuhiko had been lost in the forest for so long, he probably would have been shouting the whole time. He definitely wouldn't be able to make a sound now. Besides, someone with some knowledge of wilderness exploration would definitely have looked for a water source... And Officer Yamamura also said that the water in this stream is drinkable."

"Of course!"

Yamamura Misao caught up and patted his chest. "The water here is famously clean; it's all groundwater flowing from the mountains!"

"River bank..."

Conan, who was following behind, sensed a conspiracy.

Mitsuhiko came looking for fireflies, and Fujino must have known about it before he arrived.

In other words, Fujino was the mastermind!

Conan scratched his head.

Damn it, how could they know that Mitsuhiko was looking for fireflies? Why didn't they just say so?

Isn't this just playing with them?!

He actually came to see Mitsuhiko with such a serious expression.

So we've been Fujino that old fox Fujino all along?

Thinking of this, Conan suddenly rolled his eyes at Fujino with a hint of resentment, thinking to himself, "You're so mean!"

Fujino: "Hehe."

"Well..."

Conan's eyebrow twitched involuntarily, and he vaguely guessed the reason.

He sighed and agreed, "I think Brother Fujino is right. If we search along the riverbank, we should be able to find Mitsuhiko."

Genta thought for a moment and noticed the blind spot, "But even if he can't make a sound, he can still communicate using his Detective Badge."

"That is on the premise that he can press the call button on the armband."

Conan looked at Genta and explained, "But the reason he can't recover right now is most likely because he can't move his hands."

"Unable to move?"

Ayumi asked worriedly, "Is he injured?"

"It's still uncertain whether he's injured, but Fujino is right, he was indeed in the vicinity... but that was all in the past."

The group walked slowly along the riverbank and had already walked some distance when Ai Haibara suddenly noticed something. She squatted down, picked up the hat from the ground, and showed it to everyone. "I saw him wearing a hat last time, but now it's fallen on the riverbank. That means someone is chasing him, or he left it here because of some sudden event."

"Something that happened suddenly..."

"Being chased?"

Genta and Ayumi asked in surprise, "Then isn't Mitsuhiko in danger?!"

"The sweat on my hat hasn't cooled down yet."

Ai Haibara rubbed her chin and reasoned, "Judging from the timeline, Numabuchi must have just escaped when he ran into Mitsuhiko."

"But..."

Ayumi hesitated for a moment and said, "Mitsuhiko can't make a sound right now, and he might have been captured by that guy. Where are we supposed to find him?"

"If you ask me, we should just go and capture that Ichiro guy!"

Genta spoke up, "Didn't Brother Fujino have the same idea before?"

"But it was so dark that we couldn't see the man's face very clearly..."

Ayumi continued, "It would be easy to confuse him with the police officers searching the forest."

"Shuffled eyebrows, sunken eyes, thin forehead, upturned nostrils, and a face that looked like a skull."

Ai Haibara suddenly stood up and muttered to herself, "Hunchbacked, light as a feather, possessing explosive power in an instant, he's practically like a savage..."

"Haibara has a really good eye!"

Upon hearing this, Genta exclaimed in admiration, "To be able to see clearly in such a short time is truly amazing!"

"Yeah yeah!"

Ayumi chimed in, "In that case, all we need to do is find the man who looks like a skeleton!"

"Hey, Haibara."

Conan then sensed something was amiss, glanced at Fujino walking at the front of the group, then leaned closer to her and whispered, "Could it be that Numabuchi is also...?"

"That's right."

Ai Haibara narrowed her eyes slightly and nodded. "He was also a member of the organization, that is, an accomplice of the Black Organization you mentioned."