Just as Fujino was thinking, a woman walked up from behind Kusaka Hironari, saying, "This is Akiyoshi Mibuko. She is the deputy chief engineer of the design team for this ship, and she came up with the name Aphrodite..."
Akiyoshi Mibuko was a capable-looking woman with glasses, chin-length black hair with a slight greenish tint, and a suit featuring a green inner layer and an orange-colored shirt, giving her a formal yet somewhat peculiar vibe.
Perhaps this was just her personality...
After all, suits didn't have to be just black or blue, and other color combinations produced different effects.
Akiyoshi Mibuko glanced around at the group, gave a slight bow, and said, "Hello, I'm Akiyoshi. It's a pleasure to meet you."
"The pleasure is ours."
Fujino politely replied, "My name is Fujino, this is my younger sister Ai Haibara, and the one next to her is my older sister Akemi..."
After everyone exchanged greetings, the middle-aged man from earlier walked over quite opportunely, stating that he had already prepared their seats.
As for Kusaka Hironari, he proved to be quite the social butterfly.
He immediately asked to share a table with Fujino and the others.
Fujino stared at him, feeling that this guy was truly reckless. Not only was he chatting up the Death team, but he actually dared to sit at the same table as them... What a bold fellow.
He just didn't know whether the man was a killer or a victim.
After all, according to past patterns, anyone who got this close to the Death team would invariably have something happen to them shortly.
Kusaka Hironari was a screenwriter and had only recently met Akiyoshi Mibuko, primarily to write some promotional material about luxury cruise ships, which was how he ended up being invited here to