"Uh, if there's nothing else, I'll be going now."
Fujino sensed that things were taking a turn for the worse and immediately turned to make a run for it.
When the wind gets tight, pull out!
Just as Fujino was about to flee the scene, Shiratori suddenly appeared in the doorway. "Wait, Advisor Fujino."
"Exactly, don't leave yet. Tell us how today's case went."
"Yeah, yeah, it must have been exciting, right?"
"Tell us about it!"
As Fujino turned to leave, a group of burly men enthusiastically surrounded him, throwing their arms around his shoulders and boxing him in.
He swept his gaze across them and immediately recognized who they were.
Good grief, they were all part of Sato Miwako's defense line!
Did I poke a Sato nest or something?
Just then, a startled voice rang out:
"Huh? You said you went to a hotel to get a room?!"
"It was this afternoon... I saw it..."
"Honestly, what on earth is going on in that head of yours?"
After hearing that Sato had returned, Yumi Miyamoto came to the First Division's office to quietly fish for gossip. Instead, Sato Miwako gave her a speechless, flustered rebuke. "I was helping Fujino investigate a client's case, okay?"
"I hadn't slept the night before, and the target he was watching could be seen from the hotel, so I got him a room. He watched the target while I got some sleep. How could you twist even that into something weird?!"
"Eh, no...?"
"What do you mean, no? Yumi, shouldn't you go get your eyes checked?"
As Sato Miwako's voice carried over, the atmosphere around them suddenly eased considerably.
So it was a misunderstanding...
Since he wasn't our enemy, he was still our good little brother!
Good little brother Fujino Doji was a good