"That really is special treatment." Jun'ya Tokitsu glanced at the otherwise empty dressing room and remarked meaningfully.
He understood the reasoning. Akechi Goro had a good relationship with the TV station, after all. But as guests on the same program, being treated differently was still enough to annoy him.
"No need to introduce ourselves yet. Otherwise, we'll have to do it all over again in front of the cameras, and nobody can stand that." Natsuki Koshi casually waved a hand. "So Akechi Goro is the Great Detective representing the East? He's pretty impressive, but he's not quite qualified to represent the entire East, is he?"
"Not quite," Heiji Hattori said, glancing at the contestant who was technically qualified enough but unable to compete. "So the production team designed an extra segment. After we finish it at the station, we'll leave for an on-location shoot..."
But what kind of location shoot required going through the harbor docks...
Please don't tell him the production team had gone all out and rented an island or something.
Perhaps because none of his previous trips to islands had ended well, the moment he heard they were heading out to sea again, Heiji Hattori had a bad feeling.
"You seem pretty familiar with the process." Natsuki Koshi eyed him from the corner of her eye. "The production team wouldn't even give me the specific schedule or script. So unfair."
"The PDs assigned to follow you will explain it all." Heiji Hattori answered dryly, checking the time.
There was still some time before filming officially began, and neither of his actual targets had appeared yet.
"As expected of the most famous one among us. You really do have plenty of social experience."
"Fine, then let's wait for now. Once they're done, someone has to come arrange things