Anime Crossover: Master is Not Here Today

"But I'm actually quite open-minded!"

Unfortunately, I am neither a child nor am I so easily accepting of new and exciting things.

Also, you don't look like you're old at all, do you?

Ai Haibara glanced at Moriarty silently, and the image of him beating up the shadow just now flashed through her mind.

The astonishing speed and power displayed by the opponent in the battle do not seem like the behavior of a normal fifty-something-year-old man.

To be honest, although Fujimaru Ritsuka explained the existence of the shadow to her, she did not explain her own situation with Butler James.

For example, James the butler's skill, and the wooden staff that Fujimaru Ritsuka just pulled out from somewhere and then put back somewhere.

Exorcist family? Demon hunter? Onmyoji? Ninja?

Fujimaru Ritsuka, unaware of the strange and wonderful ideas in Haibara Ai's mind, entered the kitchen under Moriarty's guidance and saw a dark, shadowy mark on the kitchen floor.

She asked in confusion:

"what is this?"

"do not know."

Moriarty replied:

"However, I just compared them, and the shape of this figure is exactly the same as the shop owner's outline."

“Since that shadow killed the shop owner, there should be the shop owner’s body here. Even if the other party disposed of the body immediately, there should at least be traces left.”

"But I searched the entire guesthouse and only found this one suspicious trace."

"."

Although Moriarty didn't say it explicitly, both Fujimaru Ritsuka and Haibara Ai reacted very quickly.

Although there is no evidence, based on the current clues—

This dark, human-shaped mark is probably the shop owner's corpse.

However, Moriarty didn't give Fujimaru Ritsuka much time to remain silent; he asked:

"What are you going to do next?"

"Now."

She pondered deeply, the most important thing at the moment being to investigate more about the shadow.

She checked the time on her phone; it was 19:55 PM. It was already getting dark, but there were still quite a few tourists outside. If she started the investigation now—

"boom!"

Suddenly, a gunshot rang out in the distance, drifting from the silent night sky to their ears.

Just then, alarm bells suddenly went off in Fujimaru Ritsuka's mind!

"careful!"

She screamed and instinctively grabbed Ai Haibara and Moriarty's hands.

Almost simultaneously, the entire world suddenly began to distort, collapse, and shatter into pieces in the eyes of the three.

"What is this?!" ×3

However, before they could react, a sudden flash appeared before their eyes, and when their vision returned, the scenery before them was completely different.

But it was a chillingly familiar feeling.

"Welcome back!"

They were standing in the lobby of the guesthouse when the supposedly deceased manager reappeared before them, greeting them warmly.

No, the other party is not the store manager.

It's the shadow manager!

But shouldn't he already be dead?

Why would I appear in front of them again?

Didn't he already know that his identity had been exposed?

Why would they greet you so warmly?

The situation before them was so unusual that it was difficult to tell whether they were in reality or an illusion.

No, something's not right.

Suddenly, Fujimaru Ritsuka realized something and turned around sharply.

Outside the shop, the afterglow of the setting sun spilled onto the ground, and tourists returned one after another from various attractions, with bursts of laughter and chatter heard from time to time.

But she remembered that when she and Ai Haibara went downstairs, it was already dark outside!

Could it be that.? !

She took out her phone and checked the time again.

If she remembered correctly, the time she saw just now was 19:55 PM, but the time displayed on her phone screen now is—

18 points.

She couldn't help but look at the other two beside her. Moriarty and Ai Haibara also noticed the abnormality in front of them. The three of them looked at each other and could see the changes in each other's emotions.

Shock, disbelief, astonishment, solemnity.

"What's wrong? You guys look a bit strange. Are you too tired from playing?"

Seeing that they looked a little strange, the Shadow Shopkeeper asked with concern.

"Yes, it was a bit tiring to play, but the scenery was really nice!"

After a moment of silence, Fujimaru Ritsuka pretended to be nonchalant and showed her usual lively smile.

"Then let's go upstairs and rest first. We can talk about dinner later."

"No problem, just let me know if you need anything!"

The shadow shopkeeper patted his chest and laughed heartily, showing no sign of anything amiss.

After saying goodbye to the Shadow Shopkeeper, the three went back upstairs to their room and closed the door tightly.

The moment the door closed, Ai Haibara could no longer contain her emotions and asked incredulously:

"Was that something like time travel?!"

"We've gone back to the past?!"

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 95 discusses thoughts related to Ai Haibara.

95.

2023-11-20

Compared to Ai Haibara's excitement, Ritsuka Fujimaru and Moriarty were much calmer.

While thinking, Fujimaru Ritsuka answered Haibara Ai's question:

"That might be true in the current situation, and to be precise, we've gone back to 18:40 PM, an hour and fifteen minutes ago."

However, other possibilities cannot be ruled out.

"Could it be an illusion? But the realism is probably not very good."

On the other hand, Moriarty also became serious, because whatever the situation just now, it had clearly gone beyond the scope of normal events.

If they are trapped in an illusion created by someone, then there is no doubt that the opponent's strength should not be underestimated.

But if it's not an illusion.

After a moment's hesitation, he asked Fujimaru Ritsuka:

"What do you think?"

The reason he asked Fujimaru Ritsuka was that, to his knowledge, this wasn't the first time the other party had encountered such a time-related event.

"It might be reincarnation, no, wait."

Fujimaru Ritsuka offered her speculation, but soon she hesitated again.

While in the Lostbelt in India, she experienced the cyclical reincarnation controlled and executed by Arjuna Alter, the king of the Lostbelt, and thus had some personal experience of reincarnation.

But recalling that feeling at the time, she shook her head and said:

"It doesn't seem to be Banana's kind of reincarnation. Let me think about it some more."

Banana?

Arjuna Alter of the Berserker class?

Hearing Fujimaru Ritsuka utter such a cute/terrifying nickname with such an ordinary expression, Moriarty's eyelids twitched slightly, and he felt like his heart was about to give out.

Arjuna Alter, the king of the Lostbelts, absorbed the divinity of all the gods of India, abandoned humanity and the earth, became a god, and reached the heavens. He is the god of destruction who reigns supreme for a complete and perfect world.

Such a terrifying Servant has been given such an adorable nickname by Fujimaru Ritsuka. How can one describe the feeling behind this?

All I can say is, he truly lives up to his Master's reputation.

"Have it!"

Suddenly, Fujimaru Ritsuka seemed to have thought of something and said:

"That feeling just now seemed more like a time reversal."

Going back in time is not entirely unfamiliar to her.

During a Valentine's Day date with Ishtar from Space, a wrong choice led to the destruction of the entire Chaldea by her. Only after Fou reversed time was the date finally completed.

This is a crisis no less severe than that of the Lostbelts.

"Time travel, that's quite remarkable. And that's just the surface."

Without doubting Fujimaru Ritsuka's guess, Moriarty couldn't help but slightly curl the corners of his mouth upon hearing this, and said:

"A crime involving such power, ah, I'm getting a little excited!"