Poisoned-Want a Lick?

Fujino had taken these people down just moments ago.

He used the properties of Cherry Blossom Blizzard to dull their five senses, then dragged them out and gave them a beating until they passed out.

Of course, he had not dealt any fatal blows.

No matter what, they were only accomplices. They did not deserve to be killed.

Besides, he was acting as Great Detective Fujino now.

Murder was not exactly appropriate.

He still had to keep the boundaries between his identities separate.

Just like a certain Mr. Bruce: put on a mask, and he was Gotham's masked dueling vigilante; take it off, and he was Gotham's richest man.

After glancing at the results of his handiwork, Fujino looked at Nishikawa Taiga, who was still standing there in a daze and had yet to recover his senses. He could not help sighing. "Your disciples really are loyal. They actually followed a murderer like you in doing this, even becoming accomplices to murder..."

"Of course they are!"

Nishikawa Taiga finally snapped out of his shock. The remark gave him a small boost of confidence, even a hint of pride. "They are the most loyal disciples of my Yoshitsune-ryu. If I told them to die, they would not even blink!"

Fujino: "..."

Were all these people wired like this? Were they idiots or something?

After grumbling inwardly, Fujino gave it some thought and felt that it did make sense.

Although he knew Nishikawa Taiga's words surely contained some exaggeration.

Still, since these people had willingly involved themselves in this matter and had even killed for Nishikawa Taiga... they could indeed be considered utterly loyal.

But Fujino did not believe anyone would follow another person without regard for everything else.

In his view, people took risks for no more than two reasons.

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