"Senior, did you find the photos?"
When Suzuki Sonoko saw Fujino coming down from upstairs, she immediately asked.
Come to think of it, she was actually pretty afraid of ghosts too...
It was just that her carefree personality hid it.
And she was genuinely both scared of and interested in demons, ghosts, and supernatural things.
"I didn't find the photos, but I did find something else."
Fujino climbed down the ladder and pulled a pouch from his pocket. "Like some gems."
"Gems?!"
Suzuki Sonoko stared at the dazzling gems before her and froze for a moment.
Mori Ran, standing beside her, asked Fujino, "Senior, where on earth did you get so many gems?"
Fujino: "..."
How did I get them... Good question!
Fujino cleared his throat and spoke in an Osaka dialect. "I picked 'em up."
"...?" Everyone gave him blank stares.
Seeing everyone fall silent, Fujino smiled and explained seriously, "Well, I took a walk upstairs, rummaged through a couple of boxes, and found them."
Conan: "..."
Who would believe that... What normal person could rummage through two boxes and find a pile of gems?
Was Fujino a normal person?
Apparently not... Then never mind.
Conan grumbled helplessly to himself. Then, as though he had noticed a blind spot, he asked Fujino, "By the way... could these be the gems stolen by the jewelry store robber?"
"Hyouka!"
Fujino snapped his fingers. "Conan, you noticed the blind spot. Too bad there's no reward."
"...?" Conan froze, feeling somewhat resentful inside. Damn it, why wasn't I rewarded?!
"Well..."
Ooka Momiji timidly brought it up. "But why would the robber's gems be here?"
Fujino knew that Momiji had not encountered many cases and did not seem accustomed to this sort of thing yet, so he patiently explained, "It's actually simple if you