"Excessive? Where did I go too far! A dead person is a dead person!"

The more Chikako Ikeda spoke, the more she went too far, as if she was trying to cover up her guilty conscience: "I think Takahashi is crazy to say that I plagiarized Dunzi...

Yes, that must be the case, this guy is jealous of me, that’s why he said I plagiarized some dead person!"

Seeing that Chikako Ikeda showed no remorse, the corners of Takahashi's mouth twitched fiercely.

If this woman truly repented, he might let her go... But looking at the situation now, this Bichi must be killed!

Thinking of this, he rushed forward at a speed that no one could react, grabbed Chikako Ikeda's neck fiercely, strangled him tightly, and roared loudly: "Go to hell!"

"Takahashi! Stop it!"

After everyone reacted, they rushed forward and freed Chikako Ikeda's neck from Takahashi's tight grip.

"Cough cough cough!"

Chikako Ikeda squatted on the ground in pain, coughing hard.

But despite this, she still yelled at Takahashi unforgivingly: "Murderer, this guy is a murderer!"

"How can you believe the words of a madman who dares to kill people in broad daylight!"

Fujino looked at Chikako Ikeda and frowned slightly.

This woman really deserves to die.

No, it would really be an advantage for her to die like this.

We have to find a way to make her life worse than death...

The occurrence of riots brought the relaxing atmosphere of the forest villa to freezing point.

After dinner, Ota and Jigu went upstairs to see Ryoichi Takahashi. After all, after what happened, Takahashi couldn't be left alone in the room.

What if he wants to continue killing people?

Ranson Sonoko and Conan went to Chikako Ikeda's room to guard Chikako Ikeda to prevent her from doing anything extreme.

In the kitchen, only Fujino and Ayako were left.

"I'm really sorry, even though Fujino-kun you just experienced that kind of thing, I still have to trouble you to come over and help clear away the dishes."

"Nothing."

Fujino handed a dinner plate to Ayako and chuckled: "You say it's to help, but I'm the most relaxed person."

"Really, it's rare to invite old friends who haven't seen each other for a long time to have a party... but this happened."

Ayako stood in front of the sink clearing the dishes with a lonely expression on her face, "It's all my fault. It would be better if I didn't hold this party."

Fujino chuckled lightly and comforted her: "Actually, I don't blame you. If you want to blame me, I can only blame Chikako Ikeda."

As he spoke, his tone gradually became lower: "From the day she plagiarized Dunzi, causing Dunzi to commit suicide, the flame of revenge has been passed on."

"Even if that guy Takahashi hadn't committed the murder here, he would have killed Chikako Ikeda sooner or later. But fortunately, that guy attacked me beforehand, so the tragedy didn't happen."

"I really didn't expect Chikako to be that kind of person..."

Suzuki Ayako nodded when she heard this. Although she still blamed herself a little, her mood was obviously much better.

"If it weren't for you, an irreversible tragedy might have happened today."

She turned around and bowed sincerely towards Fujino, "Thank you very much, Fujino-kun."

"Don't say that."

Fujino waved his hand and said: "I just did what a detective should do."

"What's a detective's job?"

Ayako raised her head after hearing this and stared at Fujino, her eyes thoughtful.

…………

Early the next morning, the group left the villa in a hurry.

After all, no one would want to stay longer after something like that happened.

After sending Xiaolan Yuanzi and Conan back, as soon as they returned home, the system prompts echoed in Fujino's ears:

[Congratulations to the host for completing the Bandage Monster mission, gaining 50 detective reputation points, and a bounty of 500,000 yen]

[Current system balance: 1.1 million yen]

[The reputation required for current host detective career upgrade: 200 reputation points]

"That woman Chikako Ikeda is really damn..."

Fujino murmured, but felt a little regretful in his heart.

If it weren't for the identity issue, he would have gone up and stabbed that guy twice.

He sighed, and without thinking too much, he just did ten consecutive strokes.

[Congratulations to the host for obtaining: Sleeping Black Tea x2, Azure Kingdom Manuscript x1, Portable Voice Changer (Blue), Limited Time Ability Enhancement Card (strength, perception enhancement; limited to one minute) x2...]

"The original manuscript of Azure Kingdom?"

Staring at the thing that had just been pulled out on the system screen, Fujino couldn't help but smile slightly: "It seems that this dog system can't stand that woman either."

Originally, it was just as the woman Chikako Ikeda said.

Without any evidence that the original author is dead, it is very difficult to determine that she plagiarized.

But now that we have the manuscript of Azure Kingdom, everything will be easier to handle.

The Neon Zaibatsu are not polite and respectful people.

Struggles between businesses are constantly taking place among chaebols.

Exposing scandals of rival companies has long been a common occurrence in business wars.

"Perhaps I can make a profit from it?"

Looking at the manuscript of the Azure Kingdom in front of him, Fujino couldn't help but murmured.

…………

That night, Yoneka Town 1-chome.

A 30-year-old man faced the night and entered the corner alley carrying a briefcase.

The man is wearing a brown suit, a blue tie, and black-rimmed glasses. His name is Goto, and he is a reporter from a newspaper.

It's just that he is not very good at being a reporter. He has not reported a hot news item in more than ten years of work.

Usually when I write, I can only write some eye-catching headlines to attract people’s attention.

The reporters at the same time as him have all reached the position of editor-in-chief, but he is still an ordinary reporter.

Originally, he planned to continue working in this position until retirement.

But at noon today, a call came directly to his work station.

The person on the other end of the phone called himself Bateman, the good citizen of Rice Flower, and he had dirty information about the popular movie Cyan Kingdom.

At first he didn't believe it, but until he saw the piece of information at the door of the newspaper office that was used to prove that the other party did have dirty information...

After the newspaper learned about this, he immediately gave him two million for trading.

He also promised that if this matter could be reported, Goto would be promoted to editor-in-chief.

It’s not because of anything else, it’s simply because the parent company of that newspaper and the parent company of “Blue Kingdom” are business rivals.

Of course, the person who calls himself Bateman, the good citizen of rice flower, is none other than Fujino.

Goto’s last article [Fujino Douji’s trip to Moon Shadow Island, and the secret that the island’s doctor cannot tell.] left a deep impression on Fujino.

So this time, he naturally found him.

"Did you bring the money?"

Fujino's voice became very deep under the influence of the voice changer, just like Batman.

Goto heard the sound and looked at Fujino. When he saw the Batman mask on Fujino's face, he couldn't help but twitching his mouth.

He originally thought that the other person was just using the pseudonym Batman... but he didn't expect to put on a whole show and actually put on a Batman mask and come to trade.

"I brought two million yen in cash."

Goto didn't think too much. He took out his handbag, gave Fujino a sideways look, and then asked: "Pay with one hand, deliver the goods with the other."

Fujino also took out the copied manuscript of the Azure Kingdom from the system space and handed it to Goto.

Fujino took the two million yen, put it into the system, and nodded with satisfaction.

The system can be said to be the most powerful banknote detector in the world. Counterfeit banknotes with no value are just blank paper in the eyes of the system and will not be converted into balances by the system.

"A pleasure to work with..."
Chapter completed!