Mingmei smiled kindly at his gesture.
"It's alright, Mr. Itsuki. If you want to smoke, just do it as usual!"
She got busy as she talked. Yoruichi Toyama tried to help, but was shooed away from the counter as soon as she moved.
"No, no, no, how could I smoke in front of Miss Lin!" Mr. Itsuki said very sincerely.
He then turned his attention to Yoruichi Toyama.
"By the way, Mr. Toyama, I've already heard about how the Moon Shadow Island incident ended up uncovering a drug smuggling ring!"
...
As a freelance writer with close relationships with various major news media outlets, Mr. Itsuki is adept at networking and has excellent access to information.
His long-term interaction with high school students like Kindaichi, who are known for their gruesome nature, has made his reporting on criminal cases, especially murder cases, far superior to his peers.
Although he wasn't the first to receive information about the Moonshadow Island incident, the in-depth report he wrote after interviewing the parties involved and islanders had the greatest impact.
It can be said that during the time she was recuperating at home, Yoruichi Toyama had already become an overnight sensation without anyone realizing it.
Even the famous detective Kogoro Mouri, who was working with him, had to admit that the young detective deserved a large part of the credit for solving this case.
Of course, Yoruichi Toyama thinks that this is just mutual flattery between the older man and the younger man.
His business scope rarely overlapped with his, and "Sleeping Kogoro" had already made a name for himself. At this time, supporting a junior colleague would not cause any loss; it would only boost their reputations.
Kogoro's reasoning is average, but he truly understands sociology and human relationships.
As for the account given by the actual person involved, Asagi, it is more reliable.
Mr. Itsuki's manuscript truthfully recounts the tragedy that befell the Aso family and Aso's anger and pain over the years.
One can't help but feel deep sympathy for this young man who is determined to seek revenge.
This makes it all the more gratifying that the perpetrators are ultimately punished, while the victims do not have to risk their lives and livelihoods.
It is said that the lawyer who defended Asami was introduced by Kogoro's wife, the famous lawyer Eri Kisaki.
There is a high probability that he will be found not guilty in the end.
This is undoubtedly the most satisfying result for the public.
As a result, the detectives' goodwill towards Asami Narumi also soared.
“In other words,” Mr. Itsuki said half-jokingly, “Mr. Toyama has now joined the ranks of famous detectives.”
Yoichi Toyama understood his teasing and smiled in return, but didn't really take it to heart.
His job as a detective was solely to investigate the winery; as for other cases, he simply couldn't ignore them if they came up.
So it's best not to run into each other.
Isn't it better to just lie around and collect rent?
Oh right, now we're missing out on one source of rental income.
However, with the salary paid to the "special advisor" by the Metropolitan Police Department, and the necessary daily expenses for protecting Akemi Miyano, which Akechi painstakingly recruited from Officer Furuya, the family was actually quite well-off.
As for Officer Furuya, the money came from the Public Security Bureau, not from his own pocket, so of course he didn't mind and was happy to see it happen.
Mr. Itsuki, unaware of Yoruichi Toyama's wealthy status but able to discern the extent of it, changed the subject while sipping his coffee.
"By the way, speaking of the part-time job I introduced to Kindaichi last time..."
That one should be yellow by now, right?
Yoruichi Toyama thought silently.
It was originally a murder stage designed by Gao Yuan. Now that the premeditated murderer, Mai Tani Kaede, and the intended victim have been taken away by the police for investigation, and Gao Yuan has also run away, the so-called experiment can no longer be carried out.
"That project was canceled for some reason, but there happened to be another newly launched project that needed volunteers. Priority was given to people on the previous list, so Kindaichi and Miyuki happily went."
"Huh?" Yoruichi Toyama blinked, feeling a sense of foreboding.
"What kind of project is it? It's not going to be another one where a group of people spend several days in some secluded place, is it?"
Kindaichi, part-time job, and a closed environment—these key elements combined essentially equate to a murder case.
Most likely, it's the kind of serial killer.
Fortunately, Mr. Itsuki shook his head in time.
"It's not that kind of experiment."
"I heard that this recruitment is for lab assistants, which involves raising lab mice or something."
Raising white mice?
Yoru Toyama thought to himself, "With Hajime-chan's carefree attitude, she'll either kill the lab rat or raise a mutated rodent monster."
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