Batman Will Never Hit You Again

"Firefly?"

Everyone stared in disbelief as the point of light flew further and further away, and couldn't help but murmur to themselves.

"That's right, Mitsuhiko came here looking for fireflies, a summer spectacle that can no longer be seen in the city."

Conan looked up and told everyone about his investigation and deductions along the way. Then he turned to Fujino and continued, "I think Brother Fujino already knew about this, right?"

"Well?!"

Everyone was taken aback.

Fujino lowered his head and gave Conan a speechless look.

He secretly thought to himself, "This kid is really talkative."

He then laughed and said, "Actually, I noticed it before Mitsuhiko came. I even told him to call me if he encountered any danger. But after entering the forest, I found that a vigilante had also come in, so I stopped worrying."

"That's right!"

Mitsuhiko seemed more understanding, explaining, "Actually Brother Fujino wasn't involved; he was just worried about my safety."

"Then why didn't you tell us?"

Genta squinted. "Otherwise, things wouldn't have gotten so complicated."

"Actually, he just wanted to give us a surprise, or more accurately, Ayumi and Ai."

Fujino looked up and glanced at the fireflies flying away. "After all, when you two came home from the fireworks festival last time, you mentioned wanting to see fireflies..."

"What...?"

Ayumi blushed and laughed, "So Mitsuhiko did this for us!"

"Thanks."

Ai Haibara looked up, her eyes reflecting the pale moonlight and a grain of rice-like radiance. "It's really beautiful."

"You... don't come any closer!"

Just then, a panicked voice came from behind, and everyone's attention was drawn to Numabuchi Kiichiro. Only then did they remember that Numabuchi Kiichiro was still there, so they looked up.

"Beika Batman, you've been following us since we entered the forest, haven't you?"

Fujino walked over slowly. "Thank you for taking care of Mitsuhiko after following me for so long."

"..."

Beika Batman took two steps back, leaving Numabuchi Kiichiro behind, and looked at Fujino.

Their eyes met, and they nodded slightly in unison.

Ultraman Nod

Then, the white figure turned into a blur and quickly disappeared into the forest.

Fujino withdrew his gaze, crouched down, and whispered in Numabuchi Kiichiro's ear, "Joker, rest in peace. Batman said he'll never hit you again..."

Before he could finish speaking, faint lights suddenly appeared all around, like grains of rice, illuminating the grassy area.

"But before you set off, take a good look back at your childhood memories..."

Fujino looked up and glanced at the surrounding rice grains of light. "Remember to be a good person in your next life, and don't kill people indiscriminately again."

"..."

Numabuchi Kiichiro stared blankly at the fireflies gradually rising around him.

Tears slid down his withered cheekbones, dripping like raindrops onto the tips of the emerald green grass.

In the dim light, Fujino slowly stood up, glanced around, then turned away, leaving only his back view.

"But why is Numabuchi Kiichiro here?"

Professor Agasa looked at the swamp with curiosity. "It's almost as if it was waiting for us..."

"Don't the fireflies around us say it all?"

Conan looked around. "Perhaps he came here for the same reason as Mitsuhiko —to see this forest before he dies, where his childhood friends once stayed..."

"People only remember the things that are most beautiful to them when they are about to die."

Ai Haibara looked at the fireflies around her, "Perhaps for a madman like him, the only pure thing in his heart is the fireflies of his childhood..."

"What has happened is irreversible, just like the river of time."

Fujino walked over with his hands in his pockets. "Even if he still has some humanity left in his heart, he is already a demon stained with the blood of innocent people."

After a pause, Fujino looked up, his eyes reflecting a glimmer of light. "But this scene is truly beautiful, it's the first time I've ever seen one like this."

"Um."

Ai Haibara nodded in agreement. "I've never seen it before either."

The children couldn't help but ask, "Haven't you seen Brother Fujino?"

"How could someone my age have ever seen this? It should be Professor Agasa's age who should have seen it."

"I'm so sorry I'm so old..."

With Numabuchi Kiichiro arrested, Yamamura Misao has redeemed himself this time.

Numabuchi, who had been sentenced to death in the Kyoto area, was naturally sent back to Kyoto.

However, that has little to do with Fujino.

Anyway, he didn't have a good impression of the police officers in Kyoto.

After spending one night in Gunma Prefecture, the group returned to Tokyo the next day.

Then the next morning.

"Knock knock..."

Fujino, accompanied by Ai Haibara, knocked on Professor Agasa's door. "Professor Agasa, are you home?"

"Brother Fujino, and Ai, you're here!"

Ayumi opened the door, smiled at the two of them, and ushered them into the house. "Professor Agasa is adjusting Conan's glasses and won't be out of the lab for a while!"

Professor Agasa's house is quite modern, with a large round kitchen in the center and more than a dozen chairs around it.

However, the living room is very spacious, so much so that it has a minimalist feel.

The other kids were on the sofa in the living room, casually picking up a watermelon from a plate on the coffee table, staring intently at the huge television set next to them.

"Brother Fujino, let's eat some melon seeds!"

Mitsuhiko picked up the watermelon from the plate and handed it to Fujino with great enthusiasm.

"Okay, thanks."

Fujino took the watermelon, glanced at it, and silently put it in his mouth, thinking to himself: This old man is quite wealthy!

Fujino's main purpose in coming here was to go with these kids to see the Tokyo Spirits team's championship parade, which was the same Tokyo Soul Team they had seen before, and to take the Detective Tracking Glasses he had mentioned earlier.

"Fujino- kun, and Ai, you're both here."

At that moment, Professor Agasa came out of the basement, holding a pair of glasses, and greeted the two of them.

"Is this the detective Tracking Glasses?"

Fujino took the glasses, glanced at them, and then fiddled with them for a bit.

"Yes, this is the Detective Tracking Glasses I invented!"

Professor Agasa patted his chest and said, "Don't underestimate these glasses because they're so small. They contain features for tracking the Detective Badge, magnifying the left eye for observation, bulletproof protection, eavesdropping and tracking... Following your suggestion, I've also added a new active infrared high-definition night vision function that I couldn't include before due to insufficient brightness, as well as an external battery pack."

As he spoke, he pulled a black piece from the end of a glasses frame from his pocket. "Just unscrew the battery compartment on the left side of the glasses, insert it, and you can replace the battery!"

"This is so convenient..."

Fujino glanced at the glasses in his hand.

Even his glasses only have the functions of recording video and audio and amplifying vision.

Although it can't magnify as much as his glasses, this thing is still ridiculously convenient.

How exactly did Professor Agasa come up with this thing?

Fujino really couldn't understand it.

No wonder he's a scholar of Kobe.