Anime Crossover: Master is Not Here Today

Suddenly, a surprised shout interrupted Ai Haibara's thoughts.

Hearing someone call her name, Ai Haibara looked in the direction of the voice and saw Conan, who seemed to have just entered the restaurant, looking at her with a surprised expression.

Beside him were Kogoro Mouri and Ran Mouri.

"Conan?"

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 77 The Initial Conversation and As Expected

Dengdeng!

The moment Fujimaru Ritsuka saw Conan and his friends appear, her smile froze. The chilling sound of a villain's entrance filled her ears, and four words flashed through her mind—

Death has arrived!

"Haibara, why are you here?"

Conan was somewhat surprised to see Ai Haibara there.

But what surprised him even more was Fujimaru Ritsuka sitting opposite Ai Haibara.

Although being a detective doesn't mean having a photographic memory, the extraordinary skills that Fujimaru Ritsuka displayed when facing the criminal that day were so impressive that it's hard to forget them.

But why does Ai Haibara know the other person?

And they even ate together, and they seemed to have a very good relationship?

Is it

Upon realizing Ai Haibara's true identity, Conan's expression immediately hardened, and his gaze toward Ritsuka Fujimaru took on a scrutinizing and probing quality.

"Shouldn't the question be, 'Why are you here?'"

Ai Haibara's gaze was somewhat unfriendly as she looked at Conan, who was greeting her. This startled Conan, who was momentarily confused.

I didn't offend her, did I?

"Conan-kun, are you your friend?"

"Don't run around like that, you brat."

At that moment, Ran Mouri and Kogoro Mouri also came over.

Upon seeing Fujimaru Ritsuka, Ran Mouri said with some surprise:

"Ah, you're the girl who subdued the criminal at the restaurant last time, right? I think her name is Fujimaru, Fujimaru?"

Seeing this, Fujimaru Ritsuka could only smile helplessly and greet him:

"Hello, my name is Fujimaru Ritsuka, you can just call me Ritsuka."

Ran Mouri also gave a friendly smile and greeted him:

"Hello, my name is Ran Mouri, and this is my father, Kogoro Mouri. It's nice to meet you."

Then she looked at Ai Haibara and asked Conan:

"Conan-kun, is this child your classmate?"

"Um,"

Conan replied:

"She is Ai Haibara, who is currently staying at the doctor's house."

Upon hearing this, Ran Mouri looked at Ai Haibara and exclaimed in delight:

"So you're Ai! We've never had a chance to meet before, what a coincidence to see you here."

"Hello."

Ai Haibara nodded slightly in greeting, her tone somewhat indifferent, indicating that she didn't particularly care about the other person.

She's more concerned about something else now—

"Subduing a criminal in a restaurant?"

She cast a scrutinizing glance at Fujimaru Ritsuka, her calm tone carrying a hint of accusation.

This expression was exactly like that of a parent who had discovered their child had done something wrong, making Fujimaru Ritsuka scratch her head guiltily and chuckle awkwardly:

"What you should know is the first of three times."

Upon hearing this, Ai Haibara immediately recalled that Fujimaru Ritsuka had indeed told her that she had experienced such an incident three times, the first time being when she was kidnapped by a murderer.

On the other hand, Conan deduced from the conversation between the two that the girl named Fujimaru Ritsuka had apparently experienced three similar kidnapping incidents, and for a moment his gaze towards her revealed a hint of sympathy.

This guy is so unlucky!

After learning Ai Haibara's identity, Ran Mouri looked at Ritsuka Fujimaru and asked her curiously:

"Ritsuka, are you also related to the professor?"

"No, it's not,"

She waved her hand and smiled:

"I just happened to know Ai."

"That's it."

Ran Mouri nodded knowingly, but Conan's gaze toward Ritsuka Fujimaru grew increasingly suspicious upon hearing this.

"I said, can we eat first? I'm starving."

Kogoro Mouri was clearly not paying much attention to their conversation. He rubbed his empty stomach with his right hand and complained weakly.

"Okay, okay, I know, Dad, can't you be a little more patient?"

Upon hearing this, Ran Mouri responded helplessly, then smiled sadly at Ritsuka Fujimaru and Ai Haibara:

"Ritsuka, Ai, you two take your time eating. We'll go find some seats."

"Okay, bye."

"Conan, let's go. Don't keep bothering people over there."

"Okay, right away!"

He responded loudly, but Conan showed no intention of leaving with Ran and the others.

He looked at Fujimaru Ritsuka, deliberately putting on an innocent and naive expression, and said in a cute way:

"Hey, Ritsuka-neechan, can I whisper something to Haibara-san?"

Classic cuteness!

Since there's no way to avoid the other person, then all we can do is enjoy it.

So she very cooperatively reached out and ruffled Conan's hair, smiling:

"Of course I have no problem with it, but the most important thing is to get Ai's permission first, right?"

That's true, so that's your excuse for taking advantage of me?

Conan rolled his eyes inwardly, looked at Ai Haibara, and said with a pleading expression:

"So, Haibara-san?"

"Humph."

Ai Haibara gave a disgruntled snort, but still chose to leave with Conan.

The two arrived at a secluded corner of the restaurant, and Conan immediately asked Ai Haibara:

"What's the deal with that girl named Fujimaru Ritsuka? Why does she know you? Is she a member of the Black Organization?"

Ai Haibara didn't answer immediately, but instead crossed her arms and said:

"Shouldn't you answer the previous questions before asking the current ones?"

The previous question?

Conan paused for a moment, then quickly realized that Ai Haibara was referring to the question she had just asked him about why he was there.

Thinking of this, he was immediately speechless.

Wasn't I the one who asked that question first?

But there was nothing he could do but sigh helplessly and honestly answer:

"We came here because Xiaolan won a coupon for this store in a lucky draw."

"Is this okay?"

Ai Haibara neither confirmed nor denied this, but simply said:

"Nothing much happened, we met by chance, and he's not a member of the Black Organization."

Aside from the first answer leaving him speechless, the second and third answers made him gradually furrow his brow.

We met by chance; I'm not a member of the organization, that is to say

"Isn't he an ordinary person who is unrelated to this?"

Conan's expression turned serious, and he questioned her:

"Is this really okay? You should know better than anyone how dangerous our situation is right now."

"If our identities are discovered by the Black Organization, it will undoubtedly implicate those around us, so..."

Try to avoid involving other people.

He had intended to warn her like that, but Ai Haibara suddenly interrupted him.

She replied somewhat coldly and indifferently:

"Only in this matter do you seem to have no grounds to blame me, Kudo."

"Isn't your sister Xiaolan just an ordinary person who's not related to us?"

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