Comprehensive Manga: The Master is not here today.

After chatting, Ritsuka Fujimaru and Conan discussed the party. Conan said that he and Ran Mouri should be free anytime these days.

As for Mao Lilan, Conan hopes to give him a day to think about some issues seriously. That is, before tonight, he may be able to inform the other party of the party and his true identity.

Of course, it is not ruled out that he may choose to continue concealing his identity and ask Haibara Ai to not attend the party with him so as not to arouse the suspicion of Mouri Ran.

Ritsuka Fujimaru had no objection to this, so she nodded and agreed. After hanging up the phone, she contacted the other people she wanted to invite one by one.

In addition to people like Minamihizuru and Amano Haruna who can contact directly through mobile phones, there are also people like Renhua who can only meet offline to contact each other. Fortunately, they can contact each other directly through the underworld - Paramita Space, eliminating the trouble of traveling.

In the process of contacting each other, she also learned a little about each person's current situation.

For example, Minami Hizuru has just finished writing a new book, titled "Shiki", which is based on the Shiki incident that happened in the village of Toba they visited before.

For example, as for Renhua, she is now living happily with Fukami Natsuhiko. In addition, she diligently carries out her work every day to liberate the souls of the dead and guide the lost souls to reincarnate in the underworld.

After hearing about the general situation of the party, everyone gladly accepted the invitation and showed varying degrees of interest.

For beings like Celti, who are different from ordinary people and need to hide themselves in society, being able to meet and communicate with other people in similar situations at a party is undoubtedly a very rare opportunity. This alone is enough for them to look forward to this party.

For ordinary people like Nan Fang Ri He, this is an opportunity to broaden one's horizons that may only come once in a lifetime, so there is naturally no reason for him to disagree.

After spending a lot of time communicating and confirming everyone's free time, Fujimaru Ritsuka finally decided to hold the party the day after tomorrow.

Seeing this, Mashu smiled and said:

"Then let's start preparing!"

"Ok!"

It was the first time that he invited so many friends to be his guest, and Fujimaru Ritsuka was quite excited. He even wanted to invite a chef from Chaldea to come over to support the event and decorate the party venue more grandly, but he felt that it would be too unreality and a little unrealistic.

"——How about holding a BBQ?"

Little Da Vinci smiled and suggested:

"Since the purpose of this party is to hope that everyone can communicate with each other, then if it is too luxurious, it will distract from the main event and even make some people feel uncomfortable, right?"

"A simple, friendly, hands-on barbecue not only allows everyone to feel involved, but also promotes communication. Coupled with the beautiful scenery in the realm of the God of Weather, I think that is enough."

"Um……"

Fujimaru Ritsuka thought it made sense, so he nodded decisively:

"so be it!"

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"——Conan-kun, where are you?"

At dusk, at 2-1/21, Beika-cho, Mao Lilan was at Kudo Shinichi's house, calling Conan's name with some concern.

Just recently, Conan suddenly told her that Kudo Shinichi was back and hoped that she would go to his house to see him, but when she arrived at the other's house, she could not find any trace of Kudo Shinichi at all. Instead, she turned around and found that Conan was missing too, so the above scene appeared.

"Xiaolan, I'm here."

"Eh?"

Hearing the voice, Mouri Ran turned her head in some confusion, only to see that Conan had changed into Kudo Shinichi's clothes at some point. However, Kudo Shinichi's clothes were too big for him, causing most of the clothes to drag on the ground loosely, looking a little funny.

Seeing this, Mao Lilan breathed a sigh of relief, and then said with some amusement:

"Really? So you went to steal your brother Shinichi's clothes. But where is Shinichi?"

Then she quickly noticed that Conan in front of her was not wearing glasses. The familiar look made her sigh in her heart.

As expected, no matter how you look at it, Conan looks exactly like Kudo Shinichi when he was a child.

At this time, Conan's expression was a little complicated.

After thinking about it for a whole day, he finally decided to confess the truth to Mao Lilan.

Just like what he said to Fujimaru Ritsuka before, his original intention was not to let Ran Mouri worry about him, and did not want her to be in danger, but now that these two conditions are not met, he seems to have no reason to continue hiding it.

More importantly, if it was Mao Lilan who encountered some unavoidable situation, he would not want her to hide everything from him or even exclude him in order not to make him worry. He would rather that the two of them could share the responsibility.

After realizing this, he finally made up his mind to confess.

Back to the present reality, Conan took a deep breath, looked at Mao Lilan solemnly, and said in a deep voice:

"I'm sorry, Xiaolan, for keeping it from you for so long."

"Actually, I am Kudo Shinichi."

"……Eh?"

Mao Lilan couldn't help but be stunned.

Although she had made such a guess more than once before, now that Conan said it himself, she subconsciously wanted to deny such a fact, so she said helplessly:

"Okay, now is not the time to joke around, and you have to call me Sister Xiaolan. Could it be that Shinichi suddenly left again and wants to use you to take his place?"

"No, I'm telling the truth."

Conan shook his head, but he had anticipated that this might be the reaction of Mouri Ran, so he was already prepared with concrete evidence to prove his words.

Not long ago, Haibara Ai successfully developed a temporary antidote for APTX4869, which can temporarily restore their bodies to their original state, but taking too much may cause drug resistance.

He had just taken the antidote, and it should be taking effect by now.

Sure enough, the next moment after he finished speaking, his body suddenly began to heat up and breathing became difficult, accompanied by symptoms such as dizziness and rapid heartbeat.

At the same time, in Mouri Ran's vision, Conan's body began to grow rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye. The originally baggy clothes on his body began to fit him, and gradually turned into the figure in her memory.

"—"

Conan's body completely returned to its original state, but Mao Lilan, who witnessed all this, had a blank mind and found it difficult to understand what had just happened.

Conan suddenly grew up... and became Shinichi...?

Is this really possible?

Or is she just dreaming now?

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but pinch her arm and cried out in pain.

"babble!"

Seeing her look, Kudo Shinichi couldn't help but chuckle and said amusingly:

"I've already told you that I'm Shinichi, you're not dreaming."

Hearing the other party's laughter, Mao Lilan blushed, and then asked suspiciously:

"You, are really Shinichi? But, what is going on...?"

Kudo Shinichi smiled and said:

"Don't worry, this time I will tell you everything that happened during this period, from beginning to end."