The unscrupulous detective in Conan

Chapter 1398 Neither letting the good people go unpunished nor wronging the bad.

Hakuba Saguru looked at the scene before him with a puzzled expression.

Looking at the bearded man in front of me who was ruthlessly knocked unconscious after being questioned.

She turned to Fujino and asked, "So, he just revealed his employer like that?"

"Isn't this normal?"

"Is this normal?"

“That’s normal,” Fujino explained calmly. “He’s a mercenary, so he has to be honest and trustworthy. But honesty, in the end, is also about making money, and making more money.”

"Mercenaries are all about money, not people."

"If he can still make money in the future, he will definitely be honest."

“But now,” Fujino glanced at the bearded man beside him, “the bombing of the germ lab, the hijacking of the Suzuki family’s airship, causing such a huge public outcry, and even threatening the police…”

"If these criminals aren't sentenced to life imprisonment or the death penalty, then Japan is truly doomed."

"As for their employers, they're almost sentenced to life imprisonment, so what's the point of looking at their employers..."

"It's perfectly normal to drag him down with you, since he's the one who caused our own people to be killed and got caught, right?"

"Ah this..."

Hakuba Saguru scratched his head, thinking, "That makes a lot of sense..."

Pulling himself out of his thoughts, he nodded and said, "If that's the case, then we need to arrest that guy Fujioka as soon as possible."

"Also, we need to interrogate him to find out who his accomplices are."

He pondered for a moment: "If those two accomplices get away, it will be troublesome to catch them again."

"No trouble."

Fujino waved his hand, seemingly unconcerned: "Actually, his accomplices have already given their answers."

"It's been given out?"

Hakuba Saguru pondered, trying hard to recall what he had just said.

He wondered what the other person had revealed...

I think I heard the whole thing.

Why didn't I understand?
Seeing Hakuba Saguru racking his brains, Fujino asked, "Besides those few waiters who are all moles except for one young man, and this writer who is the mastermind, who else is on this airship?"

"And then there's that group of chefs, the airship's captain and co-pilot, Inspector Mori's men among the people you brought, and..." Hakuba Saguru paused, then suddenly seemed to realize something, and asked in surprise, "Those people from the TV station?"

"Ah."

Fujino nodded and replied, "The captain and his team can't handle it. After all, those are airship pilots hired by the Suzuki Zaibatsu. Logically, he shouldn't be able to handle them either. If he could, there would be no need to take them hostage..."

"As for the chefs, they were all from the same group, transferred from Suzuki's hotel, so they couldn't possibly have committed the crime."

"As for Inspector Nakamori, I reckon that with his level of professionalism, let alone an inside man, even his own people, unless they're impersonated by Kid, wouldn't let a single fly in."

"As for my people, needless to say."

"All that's left are those outsiders from the TV station."

"So that's how it is." Hakuba Saguru stroked his chin, unable to help but gasp.

He couldn't help but elevate Fujino's status a little in his mind.

If he hadn't heard this explanation, he would never have thought of thinking in this way...

You only asked the question a moment ago, and you've already identified the target?

This guy's consciousness is in the atmosphere...

After thinking it over, Hakuba Saguru immediately followed Fujino to find Nakamori.

After all, Nakamori is a police officer, even though this case is not something that the Second Investigation Division, which deals with economic and intellectual crimes, can handle.

But given the current situation, there's nothing wrong with him crossing the line.

Moreover, Fujino is also an advisor to the Criminal Investigation Department.

The term "Criminal Department" is a broad term that encompasses the entire category of criminal investigations, including the Murder and Arson Division, the Fraud and Corruption Division, and the Robbery and Theft Division.

So, Nakamori led the team and immediately detained Fujioka, who was still unconscious.

Then, they headed straight to the lounge where everyone was gathered.

They went straight for the three people in the press corps.

Nakamori Ginzo spoke first: "Miss Nishitani, Mr. Ishimoto, and Mr. Mizukawa, you lot must be Mr. Fujioka's accomplices, right?" "What?"

"What do you mean?"

When pressed by several people, Nakamori Ginzo was obviously unaware of the situation.

After all, he had only just learned about all this mess.

So he turned to look at Fujino.

Fujino then picked up the conversation, saying calmly, "The group of mercenaries admitted that Fujioka was the mastermind behind this spaceship attack. He has been taken into custody by us and has also confessed that the three of you are his accomplices."

"Responsible for monitoring our actions and keeping an eye on that group of mercenaries."

"There's no point in making excuses anymore."

"The three of you have nowhere to escape."

After Fujino finished speaking, Mizukawa looked completely bewildered, while Nishitani Kasumi and Ishimoto, standing beside her, froze, their eyes revealing a hint of hatred.

But before they could say anything...

Fujino then went up, grabbed Ishimoto, and threw him to the ground with an over-the-shoulder throw.

Nishitani Kasumi, standing next to her, was completely bewildered: "What are you doing?"

"He tried to pounce." Fujino immediately pinned the unconscious Ishimoto to the ground, searched him, and pulled two guns from the bag slung across his shoulder. He picked up one of them and pointed it at Nishitani Kasumi behind him: "Miss Nishitani, your reaction was so strong, you must be his accomplice, right?"

“…” Nishiya Kasumi, who was being held at gunpoint, swallowed hard.

Originally, she wanted to complain, "How did you even figure that out?!"
But after glancing at the muzzle of the gun, she simply took two steps back.

But before they could finish retreating, Fujino coldly rebuked them, "Don't move. If you move again, I will shoot without hesitation."

"White Horse, search her body."

"what?"

Hakuba Saguru paused for a moment upon hearing this, then pointed to himself: "Me?"

"Why waste so much time talking? Go search it up."

Fujino glanced at him. "Do you really expect those defenseless girls at the scene to do the search?"

"..."

Bai Ma glanced at Xiao Lan and felt that his description of the old man being powerless was somewhat of a misconception.

You're saying this is what it means to be completely powerless?
As a gentleman, how could I casually touch a lady?

However, seeing the imposing manner with which Fujino held the gun, he ultimately had no choice but to reluctantly comply.

Sigh, Fujino really made things difficult for me...

I'm clearly a gentleman!
After some awkward exploration, Hakuba Saguru gained nothing but the humiliating and resentful gaze of Nishitani Kasumi, who seemed to want to devour him.

This left Hakuba Saguru, a true English gentleman, feeling helpless.

My image has been completely ruined by Fujino...

Seeing this, Fujino glanced at Nakamori Ginzo and said, "Brother Nakamori, can I borrow your Second Investigation Division's handcuffs? Let's cuff all three of them."

"okay……"

"Wait, I'm not with them!"

Mizukawa Masaki panicked at this point, "Those two were assigned to me by the station on short notice, how was I supposed to know they were criminals!"

"Don't wrong an innocent person!"

"Arrest him first, whether he's innocent or not."

Fujino glanced at him. "Our Metropolitan Police Department will not let a good person go unpunished, nor will we wrong a bad person."

Hakuba Saguru coughed lightly beside him: "Well, we won't wrong an innocent person, nor will we let a bad person go free."

"It's not a big problem." Fujino shrugged. "That's just how the Metropolitan Police Department is, anyway."

Hakuba Saguru: "..."

So, how bad is the reputation of the Metropolitan Police Department in your eyes?

I took a nap yesterday afternoon, and when I woke up it was already midnight. I didn't even have time to send out a leave request. Sorry, so sorry.

(End of this chapter)