Conan’s Unscientific Detective Chapter 117

Chapter 117: Fujino, Are You Finally Giving Up?!

“Fujino… Akemi?!”

Ran was stunned.

Conan was also stunned.

His gaze towards Akemi Miyano became strangely peculiar.

If he remembered correctly, Fujino was an orphan.

In an orphan’s home, a beautiful older sister with the same surname suddenly appeared. Could it be…

Ran’s brows furrowed, appearing somewhat puzzled by the current situation.

As for Conan, his brows relaxed, filled with joy!

Fujino, are you finally giving up?!

“Akemi-nee, who’s here?”

On the other side, Fujino, hearing the doorbell ring, asked Akemi Miyano.

“It seems to be a girl from your school.”

“A girl?”

Fujino pondered for a moment upon hearing this, then walked to the door.

What met his eyes was a familiar unicorn girl and a short elementary school student.

Sure enough, it was Conan and Ran.

“Ran, why are you here?”

“My family just finished dinner, and I was going to ask if Fujino-senpai wanted to come eat with us…”

As she spoke, Ran’s gaze shifted to Akemi Miyano, full of confusion.

“This is my cousin.”

Fujino noticed Ran’s confusion and explained, “She was in a car accident a while ago… and her home was destroyed in an explosion, so she can only temporarily stay at my place.”

“Cousin?”

“Cousin?!”

…

“So, she’s your cousin, Fujino-senpai… I thought…”

Inside the room, Ran and Conan sat on the sofa.

Ran felt a bit awkward after hearing Fujino’s fabricated explanation.

As for Conan, although he didn’t show it, a hint of disappointment could vaguely be sensed.

Fujino also noticed the strange expressions on their faces and chuckled playfully, “You thought what?”

“Nothing!”

Ran quickly waved her hands, then introduced herself, “Hello, Miss Akemi, my name is Ran Mouri, and I live across the street at the Mouri Detective Agency…”

As she spoke, she didn’t forget to introduce Conan beside her, “This child’s name is Conan Edogawa, and he’s currently staying at my house.”

Ran didn’t forget to include Conan while introducing herself.

“So it’s Miss Mouri and little Edogawa.”

Akemi Fujino smiled and nodded in response, “My name is Akemi Fujino, and I’ll be temporarily staying at Fujino-kun’s house. Please take care of me in the future.”

Conan stared at the “Akemi Fujino” before him, momentarily stunned.

That smile, capable of resolving all conflicts… it was just like Akemi Miyano.

Regaining his composure, Conan asked Fujino with confusion, “Fujino-gege, how come I’ve never heard that you have a cousin?”

“Actually, I didn’t know either before, since my uncle’s family passed away in a car accident ten years ago, and we haven’t had much contact since then.”

Fujino rested his chin on his hand and replied with a smile, “If the hospital hadn’t called a while ago, I wouldn’t even know I had a cousin still alive in this world… It’s a blessing in disguise, I suppose.”

“Conan…”

Ran glared resentfully at Conan.

From her perspective, it was already very fortunate for Fujino to find a relative still alive in this world…

But this child, Conan, actually had to open up someone’s old wounds.

It was truly impolite.

Under Ran’s stare, Conan also realized his words were inappropriate and didn’t dare to ask further.

At Ran’s invitation, Fujino and Akemi Fujino went to the Mouri residence for dinner.

Uncle Mouri seemed very happy about Akemi Fujino’s arrival.

Fujino finally understood why Eri Kisaki couldn’t come back, even with Ran, the lucky star, trying to bring them together.

He could only say that Uncle Mouri’s usual demeanor was simply too perverted.

He was practically a perverted uncle…

Time quickly moved to the next day.

Morning gradually turned to noon, and the chill of the morning slowly faded with the rising sun.

Fujino was awakened from his sleep by a ringing phone. He lazily got up and picked up the phone on his bedside table. It was Juzo Megure.

“Why did Inspector Megure call me?”

Fujino answered the phone with a question in his mind.

“Good morning, Inspector Megure.”

“Good morning, young Fujino.”

After exchanging pleasantries, Fujino asked Juzo Megure with confusion, “Inspector Megure, why did you call me?”

“There’s a strange matter I’d like to trouble you with, young Fujino.”

“Strange matter?”

“Last night, a woman committed suicide with a gun. Although it appears to be a suicide case, Takagi, who is handling the case, feels something is off. I’m currently dealing with another case, so would it be too much trouble for you to come take a look?”

“Suicide by gun?”

Fujino frowned upon hearing this.

He didn’t recall any gun suicide cases in Beika Town 3-chome in the original story…

“A new detective profession quest has been detected! Please check it!”

At this moment, the system prompt suddenly sounded, and a light screen related to the quest suddenly appeared before Fujino:

[Detective Profession Quest: Strange Suicide Case

Quest Objective: Solve the strange suicide case

Quest Reward: 500, 000 yen, 100 detective prestige, all-profession stat points]

“Since Inspector Megure has found me, I’ll go take a look.”

Fujino paused, then accepted the system quest, “By the way, could you tell me the exact address of the scene?”

“It’s in Beika Town 3-chome…”

After jotting down the address of the crime scene, Fujino hung up the phone.

Unlike before, this system quest held no impression in his memory.

It should be a case outside the original plot…

That made sense.

After all, there were many cases in the world of Detective Conan, and not all of them were solved by Uncle Mouri and Conan.

“It seems I’ll have to solve this case on my own this time?”

Fujino shook his head and sat up from the bed.

After pulling out the Deduction Ability Enhancement Card from his personal space, he glanced at the [Detective Intuition] professional skill: “Even if I don’t know the plot of the case, given my current abilities, I should be able to solve this case…”

Moving quickly, Fujino rode his motorcycle out of the underground garage and headed to the crime scene.

Ten minutes later, Fujino parked his motorcycle in front of a villa in Beika Town 3-chome.

At this time, three police cars were scattered outside the villa, and there were three or two scattered onlookers.

“You must be Detective Fujino, right?”

As soon as the motorcycle stopped, a young man in a gray suit, about twenty years old, walked out from behind the cordon and greeted Fujino.

Fujino recognized the man; it was Wataru Takagi, a good friend of the Beika Suicide Squad.

“You must be Officer Takagi, right?”

Fujino stepped forward and greeted him, “I just heard Inspector Megure mention you on the phone.”

“I often hear Inspector Megure mention you, Detective Fujino.”

Wataru Takagi politely replied, then quickly led Fujino into the crime scene.

(End of this chapter)