Fujino: Suddenly Became a Dad??? 6k, Three Chapters Combined

"Even so, it's not an easy thing."

Akemi picked up the postcard from the table, flipped it over, glanced at the back, and sighed, resting her chin on her hand. "The scenery on this postcard is a plain blue sky, with a black arm underneath. There are so few clues."

"We already have quite a few clues."

Fujino moved his hand away from patting the cat's head. "Speaking of which, I know a friend who is a genius at recognizing images. If I send him the photo, he should be able to find the address here immediately."

"There are such talents?"

Akemi asked curiously, "Whose subordinate is this?"

Fujino: "..."

Sister Akemi, can't you learn something good?

Okay, the "Akemi" meme actually came from him.

We've been living together for so long, under the same roof.

Akemi and Ai both learned quite a few inside jokes from him...

Of course, the friend he was referring to wasn't a joke; he was a real friend— Hiroki, Cyber Laborer.

Image search is still an undeveloped browser function in the current Conan World. Let alone image search, even search engines seem rather unintelligent.

There were no cheesy ads like those in later generations, nor were there any legs recommended by big data...

Well, in short, it's just too outdated.

However, falling behind is irrelevant to Fujino, and it's not even a problem, since he still has some powerful underlings he's subdued.

How about learning about AI search engine plugins?

Fujino took out his phone from his pocket, took pictures of all the pictures on the postcards, and then immediately took out his phone to call Hiroki Sawada.

Then he typed on the keyboard and sent a text message: "[Is Hiroki there? Help me find the location in this picture.]"

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Just a short while later, Hiroki Sawada replied, "[The address in the picture has been found. It's the statues of Kanichi and Komiya near the Atami coast in Shizuoka Prefecture, close to Mount Aine...]"

[This statue is a replica of the scene from "The Golden Yaksha" where the protagonist, Kanichi, angrily kicks his fiancée after discovering he has been cheated on.]

[My personal suggestion is to search hotels near the coast. Based on the information I gathered from hacking the server, someone posted on a postcard forum that this is a four-in-one postcard set, sold at a hot spring inn on the coast of Atami.]

Hiroki: [That's a complete description of what's in the photo.]

"It's Shizuoka again..."

Fujino's eyes twitched slightly as he looked at Hiroki's reply.

This time, the target is Atami, which is located in Shizuoka Prefecture.

He just returned from Shizuoka this morning, and now he's going back to Shizuoka again...

This holiday is basically a battle with Shizuoka, isn't it?

After silently complaining to himself, Fujino put his phone in his pocket and looked at Ai Haibara and Akemi sitting next to him. "We found the place in the photo. It's on the Atami coast in Shizuoka."

Akemi thinking for a moment, Akemi suddenly asked, "You're not talking about Kanichi and Komiya, are you?"

"Hmm, it seems to be that one."

Fujino looked slightly puzzled. "Sister Akemi, do you know this statue?"

"Of course I know, after all, those are statues of Kanichi and Komiya from the movie 'The Golden Yaksha'."

Akemi crossed her arms and said smugly, "I just finished watching this drama recently, and every episode ends with a shot of this statue over at Atami."

"Is that so?"

Fujino gave Akemi an Akemi look. "I didn't expect you to like watching shows like 'The Golden Yaksha'."

"Hey-hey..."

Akemi Miyano gave an awkward smile, "After all, it's starring Miss Yoko."

"Yoko is the lead actress?"

Fujino twitched his chin. "Next time you watch it, take me with you."

OK!

Sitting next to them, the international student Ai Haibara looked at the two with a bewildered expression. "So, is that the Golden Yaksha you're talking about really interesting?"

"I don't know if it's interesting, but the original novel was a bestseller, written by Koyo Ozaki, a novelist from the Meiji period."

Fujino recalled, "I bought a copy a long time ago, but I stopped reading after I saw the part where the female lead ran away with the rich young master."

Ai Haibara's expression turned strange for a moment. "The female lead ran away with someone else?"

"The general plot is that the protagonist Komiya, Kanichi an orphan and lives with his father's friend. He becomes childhood friends with the heroine, Komiya, and they develop feelings for each other, but their parents arrange a marriage between them."

Akemi explained, "The rest of the story is what Fujino said. Komiya, who was engaged to Kanichi, fell in love with a rich young man because of her vanity. Later, with her parents' support, she broke off her engagement with Kanichi and married that young man."

Ai Haibara continued, "And then?"

"Spoilers ruin the fun."

Seeing that Ai Haibara was so interested, Akemi Miyano chuckled and suggested, "Fujino is also going to watch it. If Ai-chan is interested, the three of us can watch it together sometime."

"All right..."

Ai Haibara nodded helplessly.

"Now that we've confirmed it's Atami, let's prepare for action."

Fujino stood up from the table. "Sister Akemi, you should get ready too."

"Me too?" Akemi asked, puzzled.

"Well, after all, Atami is famous for its hot springs, it would be a shame not to go."

Fujino chuckled, "It's afternoon now. Once we get there, we won't be back before dark tonight. Sister Akemi, why don't you come with us? Consider it a trip. You can leave the shop to Minaho and Honami."

"Oh!"

Akemi responded and went upstairs to her room to pack her luggage.

Ai Haibara and Fujino didn't have much to pack, since they had just returned and hadn't even put their luggage back in their room; they could just pick it up and leave.

As for the plot after the Golden Yaksha, Fujino, an excellent Japanese literature student, had seen some of it in his textbook.

The story is roughly about a protagonist who, after being abandoned by money, develops a hatred for money and becomes a loan shark capitalist.

In short, the whole story is a melodramatic tale about a middle-class woman who, despite her Green Tea nature, chooses to cry in a BMW to break off her engagement with an honest man, after which the honest man undergoes a transformation and rises to power.

Fujino didn't particularly like reading this kind of book, but he had some recollection of it because the author's name was Koyo Ozaki, and the name Momiji was the same as that of a certain young lady from Kyoto.

White cumulus clouds blocked the dazzling sunlight, turning the sky white like a fish's belly. A faint breeze blew by, and a cool sensation seeped into the skin.

After picking up the young client, the group arrived in Atami in the afternoon. Just as they were about to descend the mountain, they met up at a park on the Atami coast.

"We've gained nothing from this side."

Ai Haibara, wearing white denim shorts and a light purple hoodie, held a business card in her hand. "It seems the postcard shop isn't around here. Did you find it over there?"

"It's the same here."

Fujino, hands in his pockets, glanced around the streets outside the park. "We've already searched two areas of hotels along the coast. There's only one area left to search, and the hotel we're looking for should be in one of them."

"By the way, how exactly did you determine that the inn was located here?"

Kazuki Kinugawa, wearing sunglasses and carrying a bag, followed behind Fujino, sweating profusely. "We've searched so many places, how come we haven't found a single clue? Could you have gone to the wrong place?"

"It's impossible to have gone to the wrong place."

Fujino glanced at the child behind him. "If you're tired, we can just go to an inn and get a room. You can just wait here."

"Where am I tired...?"

Kazuki Kinugawa felt a little embarrassed and explained, "I was just afraid you'd come to the wrong place. After all, I only have today and tomorrow on my schedule."

"Then you can rest assured, our intelligence will be accurate."

Fujino spoke, he took out a postcard from his pocket and compared it to the statue next to him. "The statue in the scenery on the postcard is right here. The friend I asked also mentioned that a friend of his had bought this kind of postcard in this area."

Kazuki Kinugawa followed the gaze and couldn't help but remark, "This statue is really strange."

The statue of Kanichiwa-no-miya is an exquisitely crafted Bronze Statue of a man and a woman, placed on a marble pedestal.

The woman lay on the ground as if she had been kicked, while the man, wearing a cloak, angrily kicked her with his right foot.

These two are Kanichi and Miya, who, according to Hiroki, are from the Golden Yaksha.

Although the author of "The Golden Yaksha" died before it was finished, it was a bestseller during the Meiji era...

The fact that the scene of catching adulterers in the book took place in Atami indirectly boosted Atami's GDP, making it a nationally renowned tourist city.

Then, the Atami authorities, having benefited from the situation, funded the erection of a Bronze Statue here that replicated the scene from that time.

Today, this Bronze Statue has become a 'scenic spot'.

To be honest, Fujino doesn't quite understand this behavior, erecting Bronze Statue for such a scene...

It's roughly equivalent to how Qinghe County's tourism industry was boosted by the story of Wu Dalang and Pan Jinlian, and then a statue of Wu Dalang angrily kicking Pan Jinlian was erected in Qinghe County Park?

It feels a bit abstract.

"Ya ya ya!"

Just then, the sound of a baby's voice interrupted Fujino's thoughts. He looked in the direction of the sound and saw a short-haired woman carrying a baby walking slowly past on the sidewalk outside the park.

Kazuki Kinugawa lowered his sunglasses and took a closer look at the woman holding the baby, a hint of longing flashing in his eyes.

He turned around, looked at Ai Haibara, then at Fujino, and finally fixed his gaze on Akemi Miyano, saying in a childish voice, "Hey, big sister, I want a hug too!"

Akemi Miyano:???

Why has this child suddenly become so childish?

Akemi was still very naive and didn't think too much about it.

She simply assumed the other person had seen the mother and child who had just passed by, which was why they were acting so affectionately. Hugging a four or five-year-old would be fine, but for a seven-year-old, she felt it was a bit inappropriate. "But..."

"Hug me! Hug me!"

Before she could finish speaking, Kazuki Kinugawa suddenly raised his hands, continuing to act like a spoiled child, "I don't care, I just want a hug!"

Ai Haibara: "..."

This acting is disgusting.

He's even worse than that Edogawa kid!

She silently complained to herself, then looked at Kazuki Kinugawa with a hint of suspicion in her eyes.

Based on her observations along the way, she believed that the little rascal was already quite mature.

He is much more mature than the other members of the Junior Detective League.

But now he's even acting like a little kid...

Is this lecherous little man trying to take advantage of the mother and child who just passed by to take advantage of Sister Akemi?

Pah, you little pervert!

Ai Haibara felt this wouldn't do, so she turned her gaze to Fujino, only to see that Fujino had already taken action.

How about I carry you?

Fujino stepped forward, squatted down, and chuckled at Kazuki Kinugawa, "Sister Akemi's back isn't very good, so it might not be appropriate for her to carry a child as big as you."

"Oh well."

Kazuki Kinugawa sighed with regret, then passively let Fujino pick him up. He pointed to Fujino's collarbone and said, "I just suddenly remembered something about that woman. I remember she had a mole here."

He paused, then continued, "But I was quite young then, so I should be a little lower."

"Why didn't you just say it directly? You had to hug me for a while."

"If I don't hold you, I won't remember where I am at all."

"So, can you let it go now?"

"Let's hug a little longer..."

"Hey, you're not from Nantong, are you?"

"I just..."

Kazuki Kinugawa said somewhat shyly in a low voice, "I just felt the feeling that a father should have when I saw you."

As an orphan, he never experienced fatherly love from a young age.

However, when Fujino pulled him into his arms and he felt his strong arms, he suddenly felt a strange sense of security, like having a mountain behind him.

As the saying goes, a father's love is as strong as a mountain.

Is this what fatherly love feels like?!

Thinking this, Kazuki Kinugawa curled up, immersed in his fatherly love.

Fujino: "..."

This kid, does he think I'm his dad?

I'm a dad?

Looking at the little boy who wouldn't leave his arms, he was speechless for a moment.

Ai Haibara's eye twitched slightly, and suddenly, as if she had thought of something, her expression turned a little shy and strange.

As darkness fell, the sun set in the west, casting a crimson glow upon the earth.

At the entrance of a three-story Japanese-style building, a middle-aged waitress named Mitsu Kusano, dressed in a dark pink kimono, knelt at the doorway, looking at the postcards handed to her with a gentle smile on her face, "Mr. Aoyama, we do sell these postcards here. They are custom-made by a manufacturer, but sets of four have not sold many."

"Great, we've been looking for ages."

Fujino, who was using the pseudonym Fujino Gosho Aoyama, was holding a baby in his arms. He chuckled and said, "Speaking of which, we are postcard collectors. We have been looking for this kind of four-in-one postcard for a long time. I wonder if you still sell them?"

"To be honest, this kind of thing doesn't exist anymore."

Mitsu Kusano handed the postcard back with some regret. "After all, the pictures on the single postcards aren't very nice, so in the end, I figured they were something I had to get rid of anyway, so I could only sell them to our staff at the lowest price."

"I see."

Fujino silently accepted the postcard, sighed as if genuinely disappointed, and then said, "I wonder if you have any rooms available. We plan to stay here tonight."

Mitsu Kusano replied, "We still have plenty of rooms available. If you would like to check in, Mr. Aoyama, you can do so now."

"Thank you for your help."

Fujino looked down at the real child in her arms, a little helpless. "So, have you held him enough? Can you get down? My arms are getting a little sore."

Kazuki Kinugawa: "Let's hug a little longer."

Ai Haibara: A resentful stare—

"Um, although it's presumptuous of me..."

Mitsu Kusano looked at the child who was being held in Fujino's arms and hesitated for a moment. "Excuse me, you wouldn't happen to be Kazuki Kinugawa, would you?"

"Yes, that's me..."

Taken aback by the sudden question, Kazuki Kinugawa jumped off his arms and gave an awkward reply.

"Sure enough, I knew I wasn't mistaken!"

Mitsu Kusano suddenly became excited and called out to another person passing by behind her, "Bessho, look who's here! It's Kazuki-kun!"

The waitress named Bessho wore the same kimono, had short black hair that just reached her ears, and had a noble and refined appearance with a somewhat melancholy expression.

"Hello... you guys."

Upon being called out, she suddenly stopped, glanced in Kazuki Kinugawa's direction, hurriedly greeted him, and then walked away in small steps.

"That guy, Bessou, is acting really strange today."

Mitsu Kusano murmured, "She's usually such a big fan of Teru-kun, why is she so quiet today? Is she shy?"

Turning back, a gentle smile returned to her face as she asked Kazuki Kinugawa, "So, Kazuki-kun, are you sightseeing in Atami today?"

"I bet they're here to find someone..."

At that moment, a man's voice suddenly rang out.

Fujino turned around and saw a man carrying a briefcase, wearing a chicken-dung-colored suit, with a sinister and cunning face, walking into the hotel with one hand in his pocket. He sneered, "Going out with the famous Great Detective Fujino or something, I don't need to tell you that you're here to find the mother who abandoned you, right?"

"Hello!"

Mitsu Kusano looked at the man, her expression somewhat displeased. "What nonsense are you spouting?"

"That's right!"

Fujino chimed in, "What are you barking about? I'm clearly Gosho Aoyama!"

"???"

The man glanced at the righteous Fujino with surprise, then looked him over carefully before letting out a sigh of relief.

You read that right, it's not Gosho Aoyama, it's Fujino Doji.

Hmph, those black eyes alone have already given them away!

Do you really think that people won't recognize you if you use a pseudonym?

Xiao Hei Blackie's showing his chicken feet, hasn't he?

He sneered inwardly, then looked at Mitsu Kusano beside him and said in a deep voice, "My name is Yasuhiro Kamoshita, and I booked room 205. Is this how you treat your guests?"

As he spoke, he walked toward the service desk, glancing at Kazuki Kinugawa out of the corner of his eye, and said coldly and meaningfully, "I originally planned to come here to gather some information, but it seems that the actors have already been assembled: Great Detective Fujino Kazuki Kinugawa. It looks like we'll have some good material this time!"

"Yes, the stage is all set up, but it's uncertain who will get the materials."

Fujino silently watched Yasuhiro Kamoshita figure, then chuckled softly, "Detective, actor, gossip magazine reporter, I hope your name won't be on the front page tomorrow... Just kidding."

"..."

As he slowly walked towards the front Yasuhiro Kamoshita felt a chill run down his spine. Without saying anything, he took the key and went to his room.

"What an annoying guy."

Mitsu Kusano whispered something to Kamoshita, then turned to Fujino with some surprise. "Um, Aoyama... no, Fujino, I didn't expect you to be the Great Detective Fujino Doji..."

"It's nothing, just a pseudonym."

Fujino chuckled and explained, "Kinukawa and I have been rehearsing a new play recently, so I thought I'd bring him here to Atami for some fun. I didn't expect to be recognized."

"A new drama?"

Mitsu Kusano was taken aback for a moment, then asked excitedly, "Is it a detective drama?"

"This is still uncertain, as it is still in the planning stage."

Fujino chuckled awkwardly and changed the subject, saying, "Um, can we get our rooms ready? It would be best to prepare two rooms."

"Of course!"

Mitsu Kusano turned around and called out to a passing waitress, "Mie, take the guests to rooms 308 and 309!"

The waitress named Mie wore the same style of kimono, her long hair tied in a ponytail. She was pretty, with light pink lipstick on her lips, and looked somewhat like Hattori Heiji's mother, Shizuka, but was much younger.

"I see."

Sanzhi glanced back at the group, gave an impatient reply, and her words conveyed a sense of unapproachability.

Everyone followed Sanzhi to the third floor. She walked to the doors of two rooms, took out her keys, opened the doors, and led everyone into the rooms. "Alright, this is room 308, and the one next to it is 309. They are on the doorplates. The yukata and blankets are in the closet. The same goes for the room next door. Please make yourselves at home."

She casually placed the key on the shoe cabinet in the entryway and prepared to leave.

"Please wait a moment, Miss Saegusa."

Fujino called out to Saegusa, who was about to leave, "May I ask your name?"

Why should I tell you my name?

Sae glanced back at Fujino, said coldly, and left the room without looking back. "Even though I'm a waitress here, there's no need for me to tell the customers who come up to chat me up my name, is there?"

"Don't think that just because you're a celebrity you can do whatever you want."

"This Miss Saegusa has really poor service..."

Ai Haibara peeked out and glanced at Sae's departing figure in the corridor.

"Actually, Fujino was also wrong."

Akemi chuckled softly, "Asking someone's name so casually is indeed not very reasonable, but what Miss Saegusa said was a bit excessive... I think she must have encountered something unpleasant these past few days..."

As she spoke, she looked at Fujino with a maternal smile, "But speaking of which, so this is the type Fujino likes. This seems to be the first time I've seen you flirt with a girl. Do you need me to help you out?"

"Sister Akemi, listen to what you're saying, is this even human language?"

Fujino looked speechless. "I just wanted to ask her name, how did that become hitting on her?"

"I understand, I understand, asking for someone's name isn't a way of hitting on them."

"What do you know? I just feel like I know that feeling about her very well!"

"Don't say anymore, I understand. Next time you meet a girl like that, I'll definitely keep an eye out for you. Are there any other types? I'll keep an eye out for them too."

Fujino: "..."

If I like it, I really do like it.

But I'm thinking that I don't only like this type, right?

Now I finally understand those guys who complain about their older sisters!

Fujino felt a wave of exhaustion and gave Akemi Miyano Akemi's gossipy auntie face a deadpan look. "I like your type, but can I really fit in exactly like you?"

Akemi: "Eh?!"

Ai Haibara: "???"