The unscrupulous detective in Conan

Chapter 1293 The Authority of Little Gray's Mother!
"Fujino-nii, you've come!"

"And Ai Haibara!"

The children, who had already arrived at Professor Agasa's house, cheerfully greeted Fujino, who was driving a Toyota Hiace.

The little ones were exceptionally enthusiastic about camping.

Maybe it's because they're just kids...

Of course, it's also possible that there are often cases or other incidents while camping.

After all, these kids are very enthusiastic about cases. They wish they could stumble upon a murder case as soon as they step outside, and then they could catch the murderer right away.

Although it usually ends with Ayumi being taken hostage and calling him for help.

In summary, he's bad at the game but loves to play.

Professor Agasa had already prepared his camping gear and came out of his house, carrying large and small bags.

He gave Fujino an awkward smile and scratched his bald head: "I'm afraid I'll have to trouble you again this time, Fujino-kun."

"It's nothing. Ai is going along anyway, so it's just something I did on the side."

Fujino chuckled in response, glancing out of the corner of his eye at the professor's bald head, thinking to himself, "Is this how Professor Agasa scratches his bald head?"

"So scratching your head is really not a good habit..."

"You'll go bald in your old age!"

Fujino and Professor Agasa secured the tent-building equipment to the top of the Seal vehicle.

The little ones got straight into the car, sat on the big sofa, and exclaimed:

"The sofa is so soft!"

"Riding in Fujino-nii's van is definitely the most comfortable!"

"This doesn't seem like Professor Agasa's car; they're all crammed together in this weather..."

At the same time, the classic pull and stomp began: "So, why doesn't Professor Agasa get a car like Fujino's?"

Genta complained, "It's really uncomfortable to be squeezed into the back seat!"

"Don't make things difficult for Professor Agasa."

Mitsuhiko explained in a serious tone, "Fujino-nii's car is very expensive; Professor Agasa can't afford it."

Ayumi nodded: "That means it's already quite an achievement for Professor Agasa, who is so old, to bring us out here."

Dr. A Li: "..."

So, these kids are saying I'm poor?

Family members, who knows?
I brought these kids out, fed and watered them, and they actually complained that I was poor!

He had just boarded the bus when he heard these words and fell silent for a moment, internally complaining. His expression turned slightly unpleasant, and he wanted to quit immediately.

But then I thought about how much these kids were looking forward to it...

In the end, I could only comfort myself with things like "children say the darndest things."

Fujino, who had just boarded the train, glanced back at Professor Agasa and silently mourned for the old man.

These kids usually act quite like normal people.

But sometimes, it really happens that someone is born.

However, upon closer reflection, what these kids said makes sense.

Of course, it's about the car.

Fujino genuinely felt that taking children out every day and having them squeeze into the back seat was really not a good idea.

And they're prone to tire blowouts and accidents all the time.

Dr. Agasa's old Beetle is indeed a bit of a letdown.

However, Fujino disagrees with the claim that they are poor.

Fujino didn't know much about Professor Agasa, since Professor Agasa rarely talked about his affairs, so Fujino wasn't sure whether he had retired or what.

From what he knew, this was a PhD-holding old man who idled away his days doing nothing, casually coming up with some outrageous scientific inventions, and taking a bunch of kids out to play at his own house and other people's kids, and going out on group trips, picnics and camping trips.

Looking at these people, I don't know if they're upright or not, but they're definitely not going to be poor!
With that old man living in a villa and having a PhD, how could he be poor?
Putting aside connections, just looking at their academic qualifications, they're among the best in academia!
One look at that bald head and strong man's hairstyle and you know he's a strong man!
His gray hair and plump figure only added to his authority!
When everyone goes to an academic exchange, everyone has to sit in the center position!

"Ahem!"

Sitting in the passenger seat, Ai Haibara silently fastened her seatbelt, then turned her head and shouted sternly, "Hey, everyone fasten your seatbelts, we're about to leave!"

"Oh!"

Upon hearing this, the elderly and children in the back carriage fastened their seatbelts and obediently sat down.

Although Gray Mama was small in stature and light in body, it was clear that this did not affect her voice in front of this group of people.

In short, it boils down to two words: authority!

Seeing that everyone was seated properly, she turned to Fujino in the driver's seat and said, "Let's go."

Fujino nodded upon hearing this, glanced silently at the honest old man and the young girl, and couldn't help but click his tongue, thinking to himself, "Is this Ai's influence?"

"It's so scary..."

…………

Their destination this time was Gunma.

It's that magical place where bizarre murders and strange cases like bodies buried under trees often occur.

The Hiace MPV drove on the winding mountain road, its tires kicking up dust from the ground.

On the bus, the kids gazed at the scenery of Gunma Prefecture through the windows, and naturally, they inevitably started talking about "Social Brother" and "Mountain Village Brother".

Genta, who hadn't stopped talking the whole way, looked out the car window and ate a bag of potato chips: "Speaking of which, we're going to Gunma Prefecture again this time..."

He stopped mid-sentence, his eyes turning dead: "Speaking of Gunma Prefecture, I think of that pointy-mouthed police officer."

"You're talking about Officer Yamamura, right?" Conan thought for a moment.

“Yes, yes, that’s the guy.” Genta nodded, then complained, “I always felt something was off about that guy, he didn’t seem like a policeman at all.”

“Yeah…” Mitsuhiko nodded in agreement, “Such a grown man still believes in monsters and stuff, he’s just like a child.”

Ayumi nodded in agreement, feeling quite proud: "Ayumi isn't afraid of monsters anymore!"

"Ahem, alright, Officer Yamamura is just a child at heart." Conan coughed lightly, trying to dissuade the kids.

Actually, I quite agree with it deep down.

In his opinion, Yamamura Misao was indeed somewhat unsuitable to be a policeman.

Fujino, who was driving in the front, glanced at the people behind him through the rearview mirror.

He just felt that these little ones had eaten too many red beans and were lovesick.

How dare you speak ill of my brother!

Do you even understand how valuable Brother Cao is in Gunma Prefecture?
Even if my brother relies entirely on association to solve cases and can't solve anything, that doesn't change the fact that my brother is a professional who passed the civil service exam, okay?

Even if someone doesn't know anything, it doesn't stop them from doing this.

Don't worry about whether you're good at your major or not, as long as you can pass the exam, that's all that matters!
That's what neon lights are like!
What are you questioning?
I'll arrest you all and behead you in a minute!
…………

Gunma is not far from Tokyo, but because the area they were going to had a lot of mountain roads, Fujino didn't drive to the campsite until the afternoon.

There were no tire blowouts on the road.

Well, all I can say is that the tires that were just changed are really good.

It doesn't matter if the tire blows out.

Fujino looked at the several off-road tires and solid tires he had prepared in his personal space, and felt a sense of reassurance.

Even if some guy with a little devil came and bit my tires, I'd probably still be able to roll all the way back to Tokyo.

We arrived at the campsite. Calling it a campsite was a bit of a stretch of grassy land next to a small lake, surrounded by woods and accessible only by a narrow path – a classic map layout.

Because of the cooler weather, there weren't many people at the campsite.

There was practically no one there...

The entire campsite was occupied only by Fujino and his group.

Fujino was a little skeptical about how Professor Agasa had found this campsite.

Is this camping area really a place for camping?
The little ones, however, were exceptionally enthusiastic. After rushing off the MPV, they immediately began skillfully setting up the tent.

Fujino's method was simpler; he just picked up some nails, set up the tent, and then swung his wooden sword a few times, and that was it.

Its efficiency far exceeds that of a few small ones.

Fujino wanted to help set up the tent.

However, these kids are the kind who never give up.

He insisted on showing Fujino how he set up his tent.

Seeing this, Fujino could only go with Ai Haibara to prepare dinner.

After the little ones and Professor Agasa set up the big tent, they went to Fujino's place where he was cooking.

"Fujino-kun, Ai-chan, you two prepare the ingredients first. I'll go gather some firewood with the children..."

Seeing that Fujino and Ai had already started preparing, Professor Agasa thought about how he had embarrassed himself while cooking during a previous camping trip, and decided to go with the kids to collect some firewood to start a fire and cook.

Fujino frowned upon hearing this, then advised, "It's better not to. It's getting dark now, so it's best not to go. It wouldn't be good if we ran into some kind of case."

"But we have nothing to start a fire..."

"It's not a big problem."

Fujino turned his head, glanced around, and said this.

Then, under everyone's watchful eyes, Fujino pulled out his wooden sword and walked straight to a nearby tree.

Then I heard a "click".

The tree was thus cut down from the bottom.

The huge tree stump fell down with a crack and landed on the lawn in the open space.

"..."

Everyone stared in disbelief at the scene.

Although they already had an understanding of Fujino's fighting ability.

But to cut a big tree down in one stroke is just too outrageous...

Wait, it seems they're still using wooden swords!

You're chopping wood, right?
I don’t even want to act anymore!
The above comments were made by Conan and Professor Agasa.

Ai Haibara was already used to this.

The little ones all pulled out 666, just like Er Gouzi:
"So disgusting!"

"He actually cut the tree down in one stroke!"

"This way, we won't have to go through the trouble of collecting firewood!"

"As expected of Fujino-nii!"

Fujino simply swung his dagger, put away the wooden sword, and casually brushed off the corner of his clothes.

It's just a big tree, the hem of my clothes is a little dirty, that's all.

He really didn't want the little ones to go out and collect firewood anymore.

Last time, these little ones went out to collect firewood and came back with a big rock.

Then, it got involved in the case.

Fujino didn't even dare to imagine what kind of incredible things these guys might bring back if they went out to collect firewood, or what kind of incredible case they might get involved in.

He had no doubt that, with the help of the Detective Conan universe, it would happen that these few people who dared to pick up an unknown skeleton would argue about what kind of skeleton it was, run back to him to see it, and finally confirm that it was a human skeleton.

The scene was terrifying to even think about.

Professor Agasa couldn't help but worry, "Um, Fujino-kun, isn't it a bit inappropriate to just cut down someone's big tree like that?"

Just like the nouveau riche in ancient times.

If ordinary people dared to go up the mountain to cut firewood or anything like that, and were discovered by the landlord, they would be beaten up or even secretly killed!
So were people in ancient times really not hardworking?

It's just that all the big trees belong to the wealthy.

If the rich man's trees could be cut down, probably not a single one would be left.

This is still the case in Japan; some mountains are privately owned, and the big trees on them belong to the owners of the mountains.

This mountain is probably owned by a private or public entity.

So if it's discovered, Gao will be sued.

Having been reminded of this, Fujino realized that something was wrong with the matter.

He frowned and said in a deep voice, "Is that so?"

"It is indeed a bit troublesome..."

"But it's not a big problem."

He thought for a moment and immediately came up with a good idea. He turned around and, under everyone's gaze, pulled out an entrenching tool and began digging around the tree roots.

With two hard shovel strikes, the tip of the entrenching tool severed the tree root.

Then, under everyone's watchful eyes, Fujino actually grabbed the tree stump with both hands and pulled up all the roots of the tree.

After casually tossing the tree roots aside, they used two shovels to backfill the soil.

Fujino turned to everyone and smiled, "Then there's no problem."

"I'm telling you, you must learn to think in reverse and think flexibly!"

"For example, this time, it's like I cut down a tree. Only after I was discovered can it be called secretly cutting down a tree. If I had pulled out all the roots, then there would have been no problem at all?"

"Understood!"

The little ones stared at Fujino with bright, alert eyes, as if they had truly taken his words to heart.

Conan's lips twitched, and he thought to himself that he had learned something new today.

Can you still play like this?
But... as long as you're not discovered, everything will be fine. Why does that sound so familiar?
Good grief, you're using the corpse-hiding trick on cutting down trees, aren't you!

Watching the scene unfold before her, which resembled a father imparting his wisdom and teaching his child through words and deeds, Ai Haibara, standing to the side, sighed helplessly.

"There's nothing wrong with this kind of thing, but you can't teach it like this, can you?"

"So, Fujino, really..."

"If you don't know how to teach children, then don't teach them at all!"

"I wonder what kind of trouble these kids will cause this time, according to your theories!"

Seeing that her children were about to be led astray, Mama Gray felt resentful and a little tired.

After splitting the large tree into firewood, Fujino set up a pot and began cooking dinner.

As for where the remaining tree stumps and roots went...

The little ones, along with Professor Agasa, all exclaimed: "When I turned around, that huge tree had vanished!"
They simply assumed that Fujino must have performed some kind of amazing little magic trick again.

Magic, in the world of Detective Conan, is also known as sorcery!
In short, as long as no one dies, there's not a big problem!

The kind that shows absolutely no curiosity.

(End of this chapter)