"Hahaha! Brother Fujino, you've made another great contribution this time!"
After Juzo Megure finished handling the case, he looked at Fujino beside him, walked over, and patted him on the shoulder.
Just as he had expected, there was never a minor case when Brother Fujino called the police!
A murder case!
He had been worrying over this all afternoon.
Then Brother Fujino called that evening and got it solved.
And he had even rounded up more than ten kilograms of drugs along the way!
"Um, Inspector Megure, there should be a bounty or some kind of reward this time too, right?"
Fujino did not pay much attention to Juzo Megure's praise.
Instead, he asked about the reward money for this case.
Commendations and reports did not matter. What mattered most was the cash.
He figured that while this was not as outrageous as taking down that multinational gang of robbers last time—
and probably would not be another five hundred thousand—
there ought to be at least one or two hundred thousand this time, right?
Even one or two hundred thousand would be enough.
"Well..."
Juzo Megure was briefly at a loss for words.
When Fujino had helped solve the bank robbery last time, the Metropolitan Police Department had been tearing its hair out over the incident, so the reward had been approved by upper management and issued quickly.
But this time...
In the end, he could only say, "Brother Fujino, I'll submit an application for your contribution."
Fujino's expression changed slightly at that.
But a moment later, he gave a light laugh. "That's good, then."
Though he did not claim rewards often, he knew how it worked.
Any reward for assisting the police in solving a case had to go through strict review.
In Japan, that review would take