The unscrupulous detective in Conan

Chapter 1338 Lie still, Auntie will take care of you
"You've finished dinner, hurry up and take it back for your little sister to enjoy."

"As for other things, think about them and then we'll talk about them."

"I'm a little tired. See you at the hospital tomorrow morning."

The disgruntled old lady unleashed her full power, leaving Fujino speechless with her complaints.

She only said a few words after dinner was over, then left the restaurant and went back to her hotel room without looking back.

"Based on the information we've gathered so far, it seems the older woman hasn't yet turned her period into a little girl..."

"This confirms that Aunt Flo turning into a little girl must have happened around the time that Shinichi Kudo went to the area near London."

"If anything happens in the future, the older lady should be able to remind me."

"Hmm, that means our Ai doesn't have a period yet."

"However, judging from the old aunt's words, it seems that the matter of turning Auntie into a little girl is an arrangement of the organization, and she seems to have no way to stop it, after all, it is an official duty."

"The official duties will definitely be done, but since the older lady's expertise is relevant, it just so happens that she's the one who's doing this now."

"Even if she doesn't do it, someone else will."

"Difficult to handle..."

"This made the old lady a little unhappy."

"We can only wait until later to find another opportunity."

Fujino watched the old woman's retreating figure, resting his chin on his hand, and thought to himself.

The issue of menstruation isn't urgent, but the older woman is starting to get anxious.

Fujino knew perfectly well that what he had just done had offended the old lady.

Even if you don't offend them, you'll still make them resentful.

The usual little squabbles are just jokes, at most just teasing and bantering, but when it comes to real issues of interest, that can create rifts.

Grudges are, of course, also part of interests.

It's like how brothers often break up over the issue of not repaying loans.

What happened at the dinner table was essentially a discussion about interests.

The old lady immediately noticed Fujino's attempt to talk about his cat and promptly shut him down.

It's clearly saying: I'm being lenient by not chasing them, don't push your luck.

So Fujino took a roundabout approach and asked about the BOSS.

He felt that someone as shrewd as the older woman would definitely have discussed things with the boss beforehand to avoid leaving any loose ends. The fact that they hadn't discussed it meant that there was no way to communicate, and they needed an alternative approach.

He reasoned that the old lady probably intended to act first and explain later, using her actions during the operation to explain herself afterward.

After all, ability is always the primary factor in one's value; if you have the ability, no one can say anything about it.

So, he was asking what kind of help the older woman needed.

The older woman neither agreed nor disagreed, but directly brought up the matter of joining the organization, subtly implying that the organization was currently short of people, especially capable people.

Fujino thinks that the older woman would see it this way: "Auntie, I'll help you join the organization. You do me a favor, and you'll get to know the organization better and get some free stuff from it. Just lie there and relax, and I'll take care of you. We'll win together."

However, Fujino cleverly brought up the matter of her period.

This made the older woman lose her temper: "I'm supporting you, and you still have to plead for your mistress's period? I'm a cuckold!"
However, considering that this pretty boy was indeed quite nice, Mrs. Niu still agreed.

However, the agreement was made based on the current situation.

It was a very difficult task.

She couldn't possibly help with her period.

It's not that they can't help, but rather that they're unwilling to help.

After all, the old lady and the Miyano family are old sworn enemies.

Now make her let go, and then turn around and help the enemy...

is it possible?
Totally impossible.

This outcome is one that the older woman finds very unpleasant, but one she has no choice but to accept.

…………

Beihu is not far from Mihana.

Soon, Fujino drove back to his home in Beika Town.

Akemi, Ai, and the Shimokasa sisters are watching TV in the Miyano sisters' room.

Normally, this should be mealtime.

They were waiting because Fujino had told them he would pack things and come back.

Fujino, carrying the exquisitely packaged lunch boxes, called out to them and laid out the packed Western food on the table, thus creating a feast.

Looking at the table full of high-end Western food, along with the exquisitely packaged cutlery and plates, Miyano Akemi couldn't help but exclaim, "What a feast! Little brother, where have you been eating with someone?"

Fujino slowly walked to the sofa next to him and sat down: "Beihu Zunhao Hotel, this whole bunch of stuff that we packed back here must have cost at least 500,000 yen."

Akemi Miyano's expression turned slightly strange: "Five hundred thousand yen?"

"So expensive... 100,000 yen for one serving?"

The Shimokasa sisters spoke back and forth, clearly surprised by the price.

After all, their combined monthly salary is only around 250,000 yuan, which is 500,000 yuan.

In other words, this meal cost them a month's salary.

Although 100,000 yen may not seem like much, it is still half a month's salary for an ordinary office worker.

Fujino smiled helplessly: "It's already very cheap. The same cuisine would cost 160,000 to 170,000 yen in a major international city abroad."

"Sixteen or seventeen thousand? This is robbery!"

Akemi Miyano, known for her outspokenness, bluntly remarked, "Seriously, Tokyo is an international metropolis, isn't it? Where else can you find something more expensive than Tokyo?"

Fujino was quite helpless about this, because what he said was indeed the truth.

He once enjoyed such treatment when he was a lecturer in a pyramid scheme organization and had a meal with the organization's leaders in a certain international metropolis.

It was the same Western food, the same Michelin three-star restaurant, but in that big city, in that area where Shanghai currency was used for payment, one person spent 8,000 yuan on the meal, not including service charge and drinks.

It's about the same in Japanese yen, around 160,000 to 170,000.

Isn't it a bit expensive?

However, this can't be determined by exchange rates; it depends on purchasing power.

After all, the basic purchasing power of the Japanese yen is not as high as that of the Chinese yen. Taking Coca-Cola as a benchmark with a ratio of three to one, this 8000 yuan has a purchasing power of more than 160,000 to 170,000 yen. According to the Coca-Cola benchmark law, it should be at least three times that.

In other words, the same amount of money can buy three times as much as in Japan.

If it's three times more expensive than Japan, isn't that a bit unreasonable?
Your spending level is lower than theirs, but your purchasing power is higher, and your income is lower. So why are restaurants of the same level more expensive than theirs?

But thinking about it, it makes sense, after all, it's an international metropolis.

Thinking of this, Fujino thought of his own Snow King Ice Cream shop and secretly sighed: "Thank goodness Tokyo Tower protects Tokyo. Otherwise, on the very first day Snow King Ice Cream opened, all those kids who bought its discounted lemonade would have been wiped out by laser beams fired from a tower in some international metropolis, crossing oceans to be eliminated." After explaining, everyone began to enjoy their high-end Western meal.

Fujino, however, did not participate. He slowly walked to the television next to him and sat down on the sofa.

He began to think about how to ease the tension between himself and the older woman.

And then I realized it was a bit too difficult...

Put yourself in their shoes: an enemy who seemingly tormented you to the point of being inhuman is dead, and you want to take revenge on her daughter but she gets protected. You then change your target and hunt down her sister, but she gets protected again.

People will even advise you to be magnanimous.

Who can tolerate this?
At least Fujino believed that he couldn't help himself.

An older woman who can endure so much is quite remarkable.

Fujino even felt that he was being somewhat inhuman.

Ultimately, it's because Mary Akai's period has nothing to do with her at all.

Fujino had no particular feelings about Aunt Akai.

He's not familiar with him...

Fujino doesn't like to meddle in the affairs of strangers, especially if it might create a rift in his relationship with the old lady.

Aunt Vermouth is very valuable, both in terms of her personal abilities and her connections and status within the organization.

It's a bad deal if it damages the relationship between the two parties and creates a rift.

But after all, it's my own cat's period.

Fujino turned his head and looked at Ai Haibara, who was picking up a piece of steak and putting it in her mouth.

Cats these days don't have many family members, so we can't just watch them have their periods affected, can we?

That cat lineage really doesn't have any elders.

You have to keep a period, otherwise you'll really be an orphan.

There might not even be anywhere to claim a dowry.

Thinking of this, Fujino couldn't help but sigh inwardly: he had really gone to great lengths for this cat...

In the future, the dowry will be much higher and more expensive.

The gray cat had finished its dinner by this time.

Seeing Fujino sitting absentmindedly on the sofa in front of the TV, she took small steps and sat down next to him, asking softly:
"This request must be quite troublesome."

Gray Cat thought that since a dinner cost 500,000, which is equivalent to the commission fee for a regular commission, how much commission fee would this client have to pay this time?

The higher the commission, the more difficult the commission will be.

Ai Haibara even suspected that Fujino had accepted a mission of assassination difficulty comparable to that of a Japanese locust.

"It wasn't too troublesome, just a little mentally tiring."

As Fujino spoke, he gathered his thoughts slightly, reached out, and stroked the soft head of the gray cat next to him.

"Tired?"

Ai Haibara was slightly puzzled, tilting her head with curiosity in her eyes, not quite understanding why she felt so tired.

Fujino looked at the gray cat in front of her, thought for a moment, and suddenly felt that she might know how to deal with the old lady's situation.

He then explained, "It's just that when I was carrying out the commission, I refused the client's excessive request and stopped her from going to her enemy's sister. She's a little dissatisfied with me now, and I guess it's caused a rift between us."

"she?"

Ai Haibara pondered for a moment: "Is she a girl?"

"That's right, in a sense, she's a rich woman, but she's a bit old, more like an old auntie."

"That's it..."

Ai Haibara felt slightly helpless and didn't understand why rich women always sought out Fujino.

Normally, shouldn't it be Fujino who goes to find a rich woman?
However, considering her eternal status as the legal wife, Cat didn't bother thinking about those irrelevant things and instead pondered a solution: "What grudge could there be?"

Fujino thought for a moment and explained, "It's probably because that old lady's enemy was a medicine seller who sold her a medicine that was supposed to whiten and beautify her skin, but it caused her to suffer from very serious side effects."

He paused, then continued, "Even though the medicine seller is dead now, the rich woman is still not satisfied and wants to take revenge on the medicine seller's daughter and sister. She even regards revenge as the meaning of her life."

“I see…” Ai Haibara thought that this was not surprising.

Selling fake medicine and causing people to suffer from side effects—who else would they hate but you?
After a moment's thought, she asked again, "Then, what was her unreasonable request?"

As she spoke, she added cautiously, "It's not something excessive, is it?"

Fujino frankly said, "It's not too outrageous. It's just that I'm asked to join her company as a temporary employee. She'll do the work, and I'll just collect the money for nothing."

'Isn't this just like being kept by a sugar daddy?' Ai Haibara muttered to herself, then asked, 'Did you agree?'

"I haven't agreed yet, it's just that this task requires it."

“She is a senior executive in a company. The project needs my help, but because it involves confidentiality, I need to be temporarily employed by the company so that I can explain to her boss.”

"However, this was not mentioned in the original commission. It is essentially a routine, but she just thought it was mutually beneficial."

Fujino explained casually, "Afterwards, I brought up the matter of that aunt, and then she got angry."

Ai Haibara was a little speechless: "So, what is your relationship with the daughter of her enemy and that sister? This kind of thing shouldn't have much to do with you, right?"

Fujino said helplessly, "I'm friends with the daughter of her enemy. That female executive once wanted to kill my friend, so I asked her to stop me. That's how I got in touch with her."

"This time, besides project-related matters, that female executive also planned to completely eliminate my friend's period, even though it was arranged by the company..."

"As for me, I got involved and tried to ask her to help me get my friend's period through some back door."

Ai Haibara was speechless: "No wonder they're angry, you're being too biased."

Fujino said helplessly, "There's nothing we can do about these things. My friend only has that one family member left, so we can't let her hurt him again."

Ai Haibara felt that Fujino's friend was just too close to Fujino.

What kind of friend is he?

To think that Fujino would go to such lengths to help...

Damn it, if I catch you, you're definitely in for it!
I'm going to report this to that woman, Hongye!
Ai Haibara felt a pang of resentment, then asked, "Did she agree?"

"She agreed, but it's a company decision, and she can't go against it."

"..."

Ai Haibara was speechless for a moment, thinking that Fujino was somehow connected to that older rich woman.

You actually agreed to something so outrageous...

It's no wonder that rich woman had ulterior motives towards Fujino.

Ai Haibara felt a pang of helplessness, inexplicably experiencing a sense that the entire world was against her.

(End of this chapter)