"Whoosh!"
The harpoon tip whizzed past Fujino's ear.
Fujino reacted swiftly. His gaze sharpened as he quickly reached out and grabbed the harpoon's metal shaft.
"Bang!"
A sharp explosive crack rang out.
Fujino grabbed the end of the long metal shaft and forcibly stopped it, taking two steps backward from the force.
"What?!"
Akiyoshi Mibuko was dumbfounded.
Catching a harpoon gun barehanded...
No, seriously, was that something a human could do?
"Whew... That gun of yours really packs a punch."
Holding the harpoon, Fujino shook out the arm that had just been dragged by it. "Good thing I'm tough enough. Otherwise, that hit would've ripped my shoulder right out of its socket."
Akiyoshi Mibuko: "..."
Wouldn't it be stranger if his shoulder had not been dislocated?!
"Now can we discuss the proposal from earlier?"
Wearing a friendly smile, Fujino held the harpoon and slowly approached Akiyoshi Mibuko.
Yet in her eyes, that friendly smile on the detective's face had somehow turned horrifyingly friendly.
Of course, she had heard of Detective Fujino's reputation.
Everyone who fought back after falling into his hands ended up in the hospital!
Was she, who had even fired a gun at him, supposed to fare any better?
Akiyoshi Mibuko swallowed and took a small remote control from her pocket, shouting, "Don't come any closer!"
"If you come closer, I'll press it!"
Akiyoshi Mibuko held her finger over the detonator's button, ready to press it at any moment.
"Go ahead, press it. Even if you smash it, no one will come over... Pfft, even if you smash it, the bombs still won't explode."
Fujino slowly walked forward, spinning the harpoon in his hand. "To be honest, I already dismantled all the bombs you planted. Even if you press that remote now, nothing will happen."
"And I checked