Gift - Author’s Note

I received a wonderful illustration from Tofu-san.

I am truly, truly grateful.

It’s the whole gang together, isn’t it?

Oh, so that’s how their names are spelled (I’m impressed).

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By the way.

Honestly, I was fully intending to be done with “Detective” for good. But then I received this illustration along with a message like, “I’m waiting for Part 2,” and now my resolve is totally wavering. If I repurpose the plot I was supposed to use for a new mystery work, I might be able to manage… no, but… talk about weak will. Well, for now, I have to finish Season 3 of “Swindler” (The Fraudster) first, though.