Comprehensive Manga: The Master is not here today.

"——Ritsuka-sister?"

After the call was connected, Conan on the other end sounded a little surprised. After all, it was rare for Ritsuka Fujimaru to contact him on his own initiative.

"Good afternoon, Conan-kun. Are Xiaolan and Uncle Maori with you now?"

"No."

Conan shook his head. Kogoro Mouri was in the office downstairs, and Ran Mouri was in the living room watching TV while talking on the phone with Suzuki Sonoko. He was originally watching TV with Ran Mouri, but after receiving a call from Ritsuka Fujimaru, he moved to the bathroom out of caution.

The other party suddenly mentioned Mao Lilan and others, which immediately perked him up.

"Is there a problem?"

"It's like this. I plan to invite my friends to hold a small party together, including Ai, Professor Agasa and others. But actually I also want to invite Xiaolan and Sonoko, but that might be a bit troublesome..."

"trouble?"

Conan was a little confused when he heard this, not understanding what trouble could there be just by attending a party.

...No, wait.

At this moment, a bold guess suddenly flashed through his mind, so he asked hesitantly:

"This party you're talking about should just be an ordinary party, right?"

Facing his question, Fujimaru Ritsuka on the other end of the phone said hesitantly:

"It should be considered an ordinary party, right? It's just that the people who come to the party may be a little special, such as people like you and Ai, as well as people with psychics and ghosts..."

"Stop, stop, stop!"

Conan interrupted her speech with a frown on his face, and said speechlessly:

"Are you sure that the existences you just mentioned have anything to do with the word 'ordinary'?"

"Also, why do you have to include me and Haibara?"

Fujimaru Ritsuka asked back with some doubt:

"Do you think that rejuvenation is also a 'normal' situation?"

"Forehead……"

Conan was momentarily speechless.

hateful!

Although he was unwilling to accept it, his current condition was definitely not related to the word "ordinary" at all!

Back to the point.

Anyway, after confirming the nature of the party, he finally understood what the 'trouble' that Fujimaru Ritsuka was talking about was -

Ritsuka Fujimaru wants to invite Ran Mouri and Sonoko Suzuki, which means he doesn't mind revealing his identity to them, but it is foreseeable that this party will undoubtedly be a huge mental shock for both of them.

He didn't have any opinion on Fujimaru Ritsuka's invitation to the two. At least they wouldn't be in any danger if they played with Fujimaru Ritsuka. In other words, even if they did encounter danger, they didn't have to worry at all.

However, he asked curiously:

"Why do you suddenly want to confess your identity to them? It's okay to just go on like this, right?"

"Well..."

Fujimaru Ritsuka paused and replied:

"There's no particular reason, but as a friend, it doesn't feel right to keep it secret like this. And it seems like Xiaolan has always been a little concerned, right?"

"Hey, do you know?"

Conan opened his eyes slightly in surprise.

In fact, after experiencing the game "Cocoon", Ran Mouri has always been concerned about Ritsuka Fujimaru's identity, but she was embarrassed to ask because of their relationship as a friend.

Not only that, just now, Ran Mouri also talked about this matter when she was chatting on the phone with Suzuki Sonoko. She even speculated that some of the difficult-to-explain circumstances in this airship incident, including the airship's safe landing, might have been the work of Ritsuka Fujimaru.

Of course, Suzuki Sonoko didn't take it seriously. She just thought that Mouri Ran was frightened and thought too much. However, he couldn't help but sweat on his forehead when he heard it.

Although these were just Mao Lilan's unfounded guesses, he had to admit that girls' sixth sense was sometimes so accurate that it was terrifying, including when they doubted his identity.

On the other side, after hearing his words, Fujimaru Ritsuka couldn't help but sigh:

"Is that so? Actually, I just had a vague feeling like that."

"..."

…Girls’ sixth sense is really scary.

But apart from this, he had another concern, which was that if he and Haibara Ai also participated, would it arouse the suspicion of Mouri Ran?

But before he could express his concerns, he heard Fujimaru Ritsuka ask:

"Speaking of which, I'm also a little curious, why are you unwilling to confess your identity to Xiaolan?"

"Of course it's because it's too dangerous!"

Conan blurted out without thinking.

Perhaps the so-called Black Organization is nothing more than that to Fujimaru Ritsuka, but to him, the other party is a rather terrifying behemoth and he must be extremely alert and careful to deal with it.

Faced with such a dangerous opponent, he certainly didn't want to involve Mao Lilan.

Then he said in a deep voice:

"And I don't want her to worry about me and be on edge every day."

"That's it..."

Fujimaru Ritsuka said with a tone of understanding, but then she asked with some doubt:

"But now you live with Xiaolan every day and do activities with them. Doesn't this put Xiaolan in danger?"

"And because I haven't seen you for a while, Xiaolan has been worried about you, right?"

"This……"

Conan was speechless for a moment, because everything Fujimaru Ritsuka said was true and he had no way to refute it.

In other words, the reasons he gave above are actually not valid at all.

So, why did he hide his identity from Mao Lilan?

This is also a question he has been thinking about recently, but when he thinks that if he reveals his identity, Mao Lilan will inevitably participate in his confrontation with the Black Organization, he always has some concerns.

But just as Fujimaru Ritsuka said, even if Mouri Ran knows nothing, can she really avoid being drawn into this vortex?

He thought the answer was probably no.

But, if I'm honest...

"——I say, you are not afraid of being beaten?"

"what?"

Fujimaru Ritsuka's teasing words interrupted Conan's thoughts, and then he heard her teasing:

"I heard that you seemed to have taken advantage of Xiaolan by taking advantage of her as a child. If she knew your true identity, the scene that followed would probably be quite beautiful, right?"

“You…! I…!”

Hearing Fujimaru Ritsuka's teasing, Conan's face turned red and blue. He felt ashamed of being caught doing something bad, but he was also a little scared of the future she described.

He couldn't help but shudder when he thought of the expression that Mao Lilan might have at that time.

He will definitely die, right?!

As for who the other party heard this from, there was no need to think about it.

Gray! Original! Sorrow!

Damn it! You actually slandered me like this behind my back -!!

Conan, who was furious, was eager to fight back:

"Come to think of it, you should know that Huibara's situation is the same as mine, right? Why do you still treat her like a child?"

Fujimaru Ritsuka answered as a matter of course:

"Because Ai is very cute, and she didn't show any reluctance."

Of course she wasn't unwilling, she was actually enjoying it, right? ?

After realizing that these two people were completely willing to fight and be beaten, and there was no way to deal with them, Conan could only give up resistance and change the subject:

"So, do you think I should confess my identity to Xiaolan?"

"Um……"

Returning to the topic, Fujimaru Ritsuka also became serious and answered after pondering for a moment:

"I can't give you any advice. If you really don't know what to choose, maybe you can try to think about the problem from Xiaolan's perspective. You may get some new ideas."

"From Xiaolan's perspective..."

Conan couldn't help but fall into deep thought as he repeated these words in a low voice.