The unscrupulous detective in Conan

Chapter 1453 A Little Spiritual Attention: Don't Let the Metropolitan Police Department Down!
Fujino was too embarrassed to say it.

Compared to Professor Agasa, you, Conan, have obviously caused far more trouble for the attack, haven't you?
At worst, Professor Agasa will just forget things or be a little unlucky...

After all, he's an old man. For most people, it's good enough if they can stay healthy at this age; we can't expect too much.

Unlike you, Ke.

You, Ke, are truly cursed to death!

Fujino didn't quite understand the idea of ​​digging up insect eggs in the dead of winter.

Since the little ones want to go dig, let's go for a stroll.

Mihana Forest is the forest in the Mihana area, as the name suggests.

Fujino drove the car and released the little ones into the Mihana Forest, then followed behind, watching them wander around the forest looking for eggs.

"Pay close attention to the snow. There is usually rotten wood under the snow, and insect eggs are usually inside the rotten wood. Just dig open the rotten wood and you might find the insect eggs."

Professor Agasa was explaining techniques for finding insect eggs to the little ones, waving his hand as if he were their grandfather.

Fujino, who was standing next to Professor Agasa, asked curiously, "Professor Agasa looks very skilled?"

"Of course!" Professor Agasa laughed. "When I was little, I used to come here with my friends to dig up insect eggs. After the eggs hatched into rhinoceros beetles the following year, we would all get together to fight them..."

“Now there are fewer and fewer forests in the city, and insect eggs are becoming increasingly difficult to find, so children have many more ways to pass the time.”

As he reminisced, he couldn't help but sigh: "Time really flies. In the blink of an eye, I've lost contact with many people from back then, and some of them are long gone."

It's said that people like to reminisce about the past as they get older, and Fujino thinks that Professor Agasa must be the same way. As he gets older, he feels that his life is coming to an end, and he looks back on the past.

Fujino was well aware that human lifespan has limits, so he had no words of comfort to offer.

In times like these, it's best to just listen quietly.

After listening for a while, Professor Agasa shifted the topic to Fujino: "Fujino-kun, thank you so much for bringing us here..."

As he spoke, he sighed, "In the past, the car would often break down because I forgot to maintain it... Last time, I forgot to fill up the gas tank and it broke down on the road by accident, which made these kids seem to distrust me."

"Speaking of which, we encountered an arrogant man on the way. When we asked him for help, he actually mocked us..."

Fujino thought for a moment, then asked curiously, "What happened after that man?"

"And then?" Professor Agasa thought for a moment, "Then he drove into a ditch and burned beyond recognition..."

"..."

Fujino remained silent upon hearing this, but he was not surprised at all.

In the world of Detective Conan, daring to provoke the Junior Death Squad without any goodwill towards them—does that mean they don't want to live?

No matter the reason, he was bound to die, and in the end, his death would become the experience of the Junior Detective League in solving cases.

To be precise, it should be Conan's experience as a little grim reaper...

Fujino has mastered the ways of survival in the world of Detective Conan. When the Junior Detective League encounters trouble, he should take the initiative to help them and provide them with requests.

Once you give them a task, they will definitely work hard to help.

Although there is still a certain probability of being killed, the survival probability is much higher than that of being killed by offending the Junior Detective League.

Aren't you going to help dig?

Ai Haibara saw Conan with his hands in his pockets, watching the little ones digging for insect eggs. She turned around, glanced at him, and asked in her usual calm tone.

Conan said speechlessly, "How could I possibly dig up insect eggs?"

"I never did anything like this when I was a kid..."

Ai Haibara scoffed: "Isn't it better to make up for childhood regrets now?"

Conan gave Ai Haibara a look that said, "Do I look like I lacked childhood care?" and showed his dead fish eyes, which was a response to Ai Haibara.

"You..." Ai Haibara shook her head slightly helplessly, looking as if she wanted to say something but couldn't.

So that's just how Conan is; even though he's already a child, he still refuses to accept that fact.

Ai Haibara felt that she had become somewhat detached from reality.

Since we've become children, we should just be children. While there are some inconveniences to being a child, there are also some advantages to it.

She felt that being a child was great, and that she could also experience what a normal child was like.

Her childhood wasn't so exciting; she only had one older sister to keep her company.

But then she thought about it again and chuckled to herself in her heart: "This girl has parents who are like something out of a science fiction novel, a childhood friend who grew up to become a famous high school detective. How could she possibly lack a childhood?"

"Becoming a child and losing the advantages and benefits of being a high school detective must be torture for him."

Ai Haibara thought so; after all, compared to others, becoming a child was actually a good thing for someone like her who had no ties to bear.

She didn't continue arguing with Conan, but instead walked towards the little ones: "If you don't want to dig, then forget it."

"You still want to dig?"

"Of course, there's nothing wrong with being a child."

Fujino was wondering if he would encounter any murder cases or the like this time he came out.

After all, the power of those little guys is undeniable. It would be abnormal if they didn't get into any cases when they came out together; something should always happen.

If nothing goes wrong, then something really big is about to happen.

Time passed slowly, and the little ones' harvest was not ideal; they only managed to collect a few small white eggs.

Those little eggs just look white and there's nothing special about them.

Looking at the eggs, Ayumi couldn't help but ask curiously, "Are these rhinoceros beetle eggs?"

"The rhinoceros beetle looks really big, but these eggs look so tiny..."

Mitsuhiko pondered, "We can't tell yet. These eggs are too small. We'll only be able to tell what kind of insect they are when they grow a bit bigger."

Ayumi was a little disappointed: "I hope there aren't any scary bugs?"

Mitsuhiko stroked his chin: "That's hard to say, it could be any kind of insect."

"Alright, at least we gained something, right?" Professor Agasa came over with a smile, trying to smooth things over for the little ones: "It's precisely because we didn't know what kind of insect's egg it was that we had such anticipation when it hatched..."

"There's still some time before dark, so keep searching. Once you're done, we can go back to my house together and get some transparent insulated boxes."

Upon hearing this, Yuan Tai asked directly, "If we need an incubator, then we also need to control the temperature, right?"

"Temperature needs to be controlled, of course, but as long as it's normal, it's fine." Mitsuhiko nudged Genta with his elbow at this moment: "Professor Agasa gave us the incubator so we could observe insects. After all, you don't want to wake up in the middle of the night and find that the insects in the box have suddenly disappeared, do you?"

Upon hearing this, Yuan Tai's face turned pale, and goosebumps appeared on his skin.

The insects I was raising suddenly disappeared from the incubator.

It might jump out from somewhere, or it might just crush you with its butt.

It's terrifying to even think about...

The little ones began to distribute the insect eggs.

Genta, Ayumi, and Mitsuhiko each took a bug egg.

Ai Haibara resolutely refused.

Ayumi asked curiously, "Ai-chan, don't you want it?"

"No, you two should split it up."

Ai Haibara answered, her eyes thoughtful as she looked at the insect eggs. Insects and such weren't of interest to her; perhaps children would be, but she had much more to consider.

It was like a long, white worm; just thinking about it made her scalp tingle.

Furthermore, she wasn't interested in rhinoceros beetles or anything like that, provided, of course, that the eggs were indeed rhinoceros beetle eggs.

She already finds it troublesome to take care of just the turtles and hamsters; most of the time, it's the older sisters, Akemi and Nana, who take care of them, let alone the insects.

Then, Ayumi looked at Conan.

Conan quickly added, "I'll pass. I doubt Uncle Mori would let me keep bugs in his room."

"Oh……"

Ayumi responded, feeling that Conan's words made sense.

The main point is that what Conan said is true.

Conan is currently sleeping on the floor in Kogoro Mouri's room. If he were to keep a bug or something, and Kogoro Mouri came home drunk and released the bug, he would probably get a beating when he sobered up.

Xiaolan's words...

When she was little, it was okay, but now that she's this age, she feels incredibly disgusted by those white, slimy, long worms and the like.

Fujino was watching the little ones interact.

Considering his profession as a microzoologist, he wanted to explore whether insects could also acquire traits from animal imitators.

I tried it, and then a prompt appeared:
Wood-boring moth: a large wood-boring insect, widely distributed in temperate and subtropical forests.

Special Skills: **Strong Jaws for Drilling Wood (significantly enhances biting force and drilling efficiency against wood, easily gnawing on hard, rotten wood), **Thick Skin Armor (a waxy layer and tough outer skin secreted by the body surface, greatly improving physical defense and resistance to dryness), **Rotten Wood Smell (ability to perceive odors), **Humidity Tolerance (resistance developed from long-term consumption of rotten wood, immunity to harmful substances such as tannins and humic acids in wood), **Rotten Wood Spirit Devouring (an extremely powerful digestive system capable of decomposing lignin, cellulose, and even small amounts of heavy metals; toxins in rotten wood can be harmlessly metabolized), **Low-Energy Dormancy (significantly reduced metabolic rate, resulting in exceptional reproductive capacity)**

"..."

Fujino looked at the system introduction that popped up and fell silent for a moment.

So it's not a rhinoceros beetle or anything like that, it's a moth.

Should we remind them?

Forget it, I'd better not remind them and discourage them.

Fujino thought about it for a moment, but then fell silent when he saw the last trait.

"No, what do you mean by 'exceptionally high reproductive capacity'?"

"Is it to enhance fertility?"

How do humans enhance their reproductive ability? By enhancing their genitals or their sperm?

Fujino pondered for a moment, somewhat puzzled as to what this thing could do.

But thinking about it carefully, it would be quite good if it could be strengthened in the right way.

But thinking that he didn't have any need to reproduce right now, he immediately closed the interface.

As for why insects can also be recognized by animals...

Fujino wasn't surprised, after all, insects are animals, belonging to the biological kingdom, animal kingdom, phylum Arthropoda, class Insecta.

There's nothing wrong with classifying them as animals.

As Fujino was thinking this, his phone suddenly rang.

It was Inspector Megure who called.

Fujino knew without even thinking that there was another case.

Upon answering the phone, Megure's familiar voice came from the other end: "Fujino, there's a discussion about a serial murder case in the Metropolitan Police Department conference room tomorrow at noon."

"This is to kick off the joint investigation. Police from several prefectures will be coming to the meeting. Chief Odagiri specifically asked you to come and keep things under control. I reckon there are several people you know among them."

"Be on your best then, don't embarrass the Metropolitan Police Department."

"learn."

Fujino responded, which was considered an agreement to the matter.

Moreover, judging from Inspector Megure's tone, this is not something that can be discussed.

Fujino hung up the phone, thought for a moment, and became curious about how things were going with that old lady Vermouth.

Has the identity been settled yet?

This seminar is about to start.

With that thought in mind, Fujino sent a message to Vermouth.

Then, he sent a photo in return.

The photo shows a woman with a fairly ordinary appearance. She has her hair in a ponytail with bangs falling down her cheeks, giving her a quiet and gentle look. She seems quite young and resembles Yui Uehara somewhat, but she is not Yui Uehara; their appearances are different.

Fujino asked in confusion, "Is this the identity you prepared?"

Vermouth immediately typed a reply: "Misa Toyota, a police officer in the Criminal Investigation Department of Saitama Prefecture Headquarters, you have no idea how much effort I had to put in to find her. There were only three female police officers who came to your meeting this time, and this was the only one who was suitable."

Fujino retorted speechlessly, "Then where did you take her?"

Vermouth replied, "Don't worry, I wouldn't kill someone over something so trivial. After all, you wanted me to reveal my identity a little... I drugged her and locked her up in a safe place. Don't worry, she won't starve. I left food and water where I kept her."

"That's good."

Fujino had no doubt that Vermouth might kill someone to cover up her true identity.

Because of this incident, Lao Xinchu Zhiming almost had his entire family wiped out.

Ai Haibara noticed Fujino at this moment and asked curiously, "Is there something you're busy with?"

"If you're busy, then hurry up and get busy..."

She said this with a very sensible expression on her face.

Fujino felt a bit teasy, but the tea was actually quite fragrant: "The Metropolitan Police Department wants me to go there tomorrow, it's nothing serious."

"Oh."

Ai Haibara responded with a sound of agreement and did not ask any further questions.

Then, time flew by and it was the next day.

Fujino arrived at the Metropolitan Police Department, swiped his work ID, and entered.

He had originally planned to go straight to the conference room, but halfway there, he heard a soft, coquettish voice:

"Yumi, don't tell outsiders about my affairs so casually next time!"

"Otherwise, you know what will happen!"

"Ouch, ouch, ouch! Miwako, let go of me!"

Fujino waited outside for a while and roughly understood what was going on. It was probably about Sato Miwako settling scores with Miyamoto Yumi.

The gist of the matter is that Miyamoto Yumi mentioned Sato Miwako's vacation, naturally embellishing the story somewhat.

The story spread from this woman, whose big mouth was no less than Sonoko Suzuki's.

At first, people thought it was just that Sato Miwako was sick and on leave, but later, for some unknown reason, news emerged that Fujino was taking care of her, and then that Fujino helped her get leave...

The rumor gradually spread that Sato Miwako was pregnant and Fujino helped arrange prenatal checkups.

(End of this chapter)