“I’d ask you why you haven’t done so already. Would it be because you’re a coward, or…?”
“A coward?! Kuroba-kun, I’ve several hundred cases under my belt, with a successful arrest record almost unheard of for my age – in both Japan and England!” It was difficult to resist listing specific numbers, but as that always seemed to annoy people rather than impress them, he forced himself. Instead, he glared.
“Don’t you suppose that there might be other reasons not to turn a criminal in, or are you also just as narrow-minded as Nakamori-keibu? Let me guess, all detectives and law officials are the same, right? Just as all crimes are somehow equal despite intent. GOD you’re so infuriating!"