What's That Black Blob? It Turns Out to Be the Great Ridge Saintess!

Fujino hasn't completely exposed Conan's intention to confront him directly.

He was just keeping everyone in suspense, trying to scare Conan a little... and teach him a lesson along the way.

After what happened inside the 'cocoon', he felt that using this kid as a tool to investigate cases would indeed save a lot of trouble.

Well, I'll just stick to being his detective and hard-working colleague.

Fujino felt he had gotten a good deal, and Conan felt he had gotten a good deal too, so they both went home happily.

Conan changed into his pajamas and lay down comfortably on the bed.

Judging from the current situation, he feels that he hasn't been exposed yet.

He was simply mistaken for an eccentric genius.

In his opinion, the deal that Fujino proposed was quite good.

After all, Kudo Shinichi wasn't solving cases for fame. He could conveniently use Fujino's name in the future, and his reasoning and ideas wouldn't be ignored.

Maybe then we won't need to remotely pull out Kudo Shinichi's corpse... uh, his AFK status.

"That's not right!"

As Conan pondered this, he felt something was amiss and suddenly sat up. "Does this mean I've become his disciple?!"

A few days later, during summer vacation, at the detective agency on the second floor.

The chirping of cicadas in summer soars over the treetops and lingers in the azure sky.

A draft blows in through the window, and the sticky, damp air always makes people feel stuffy and hot, as if they want to peel their skin off.

Summer vacation is here in the blink of an eye...

Fujino felt the sweltering air blowing in from the window, turned on the air conditioner, lay back in his chair, and comfortably drank his Fatty's Happy Water.

Time always flies when you're a student. In the blink of an eye, it's summer, and everyone's on summer vacation again.

In the past few days, Fujino took several exams, accepted some small commissions, and also worked part-time at Snow King Ice City, so his days were quite fulfilling.

"I'm back."

Just then, a familiar greeting rang out, and the door to the detective agency was pushed open.

"Have you retrieved all your summer homework?"

Fujino put down the Happy Soda and looked at Ai Haibara.

Ai returned from school wearing a white shirt with a red bow tie, a dark blue jacket, a matching knee-length skirt, and white socks.

Although her body was still quite thin, her delicate little face gave her a youthful and girlish feel.

"Um."

Ai Haibara responded and put her schoolbag on the sofa. "Exercise book, and the notebook for independent research... Oh, right, I have something to give you."

As she spoke, she took an envelope out of the pocket of her skirt and handed it over. "When I was downstairs just now, the postman delivered a letter, and I just came back, so he asked me to give it to you."

"Atsushi Makuma ..."

Upon receiving the envelope, Fujino glanced at the sender and immediately recognized him as Kaoru Kusano's manager.

Fujino opened the envelope, pulled out the papers inside, glanced at the pink and red patterned papers, and wasn't surprised. "It really is an invitation."

Atsushi Makuma Fujino; he had more contact with Kaoru Kusano.

He recalled that a while ago, Yoko Okino had mentioned that Kaoru Kusano wanted to invite him to be her best man.

He had already guessed most of it when he saw the signature.

"Ai, do you want to go see Kaoru Kusano's wedding ceremony?"

Fujino put the invitation back into the envelope and asked Ai Haibara.

"Kaoru Kusano, is that the actress?"

Ai Haibara recalled the name, finding it familiar, and then continued, "What's the date of the wedding ceremony?"

"Let me see... it's the 25th."

Fujino glanced at the date of the ceremony, then took out his phone and checked today's date.

Normally speaking, today is the 20th, and the 25th is five days from now.

But in the Conan World...

"Ai way, what day is the 25th?"

"Today is July 20th, so July 25th should be the day after tomorrow."

Ai Haibara somewhat helpless, but she still dutifully took on the Time-Reporting Princess.

"..." Fujino glanced at the time on his phone, then at the time on the invitation, and fell silent.

Sure enough, the timing in the Conan World always surprised him.

LOL, I could never guess how many days are there from the 20th to the 25th.

"By the way, are you free tomorrow morning?"

Ai Haibara suddenly remembered something and looked at Fujino, asking him a question.

"Tomorrow?"

Fujino pondered for a moment, "Is there something you need?"

"Tomorrow morning, Teitan Elementary School will hold a radio calisthenics activity."

Ai Haibara blushed slightly and said shyly, "This whole holiday requires collecting checklists... and parents need to accompany us. Sister Akemi might not have time, since Snow King Ice City is very crowded lately and we can't keep up."

"Of course I have time tomorrow morning. I'll go to Teitan Elementary School with you."

Fujino chuckled and agreed, then turned and looked down at the bustling shops below. "But there are definitely more and more people."

Two days later

"Jingle bells!"

The melodious chimes of the auditorium bells echoed in my ears.

Summer is always a peak season for weddings.

Since arriving in this world, Fujino has attended three weddings, the first two of which were quite outrageous... Hopefully, this time there's no Grim Reaper following him, and no murders will occur.

Instead of a murder case, Ai Haibara and Akemi have come along this time.

After all, you can't just come to a wedding alone.

Ai Haibara was wearing a light blue dress with a round neck, a cinched waist, and exposed faux buttons.

Akemi was wearing a pink long dress and a white long-sleeved sweatshirt.

Both of them wore clothes that were versatile enough to match any outfit; one shouldn't dress too formally for a wedding, lest they overshadow the host.

Fujino, on the other hand, wore the same old suit, which is acceptable for almost any occasion in Japan except for public bathhouses.

Fujino signed his name at the entrance and then led the two into the wedding venue.

Kaoru Kusano's wedding attracted much attention. Although he was about to get married and retire, many actors and directors still came to support him.

Among them were naturally several members of the original Earth Ladies Team: Yoko Okino, Terumi Hoshino, Yuki Takeyano, and Yuko Ikezawa.

Fujino chatted briefly with the actors and directors present, exaggerating and handing out quite a few business cards.

"Call..."

Fujino walked out of the wedding banquet hall with his whole family and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, the Grim Reaper's Power he inexplicably acquired did not trigger, otherwise the wedding would probably have turned into a funeral in an instant.

Looking up, I saw many similar wedding venues around me, filled with an atmosphere of happiness...

"Um, what's that black thing?"

Fujino narrowed his eyes and suddenly spotted a strange, dark shadow at the entrance of a wedding venue.

The dark figure wore a long black dress and exuded a resentful aura like a black mist, which even distorted the light, creating a stark contrast with the happy atmosphere around them.

Fujino vaguely heard the black thing uttering a low, resentful, and somewhat familiar murmur, something like, "Die, all of you, Amen."

"Jingjing, when are you getting married?"

"Auntie, I've found quite a few good candidates for you..."

"Will Jingjing be next?"

As the words of those around him were spoken, the black mist surrounding the figure gradually weakened, revealing its true form— Hiratsuka Shizuka, Teitan High School.

Fujino: "..."

Suddenly, a palpable sense of resentment filled the wedding venue. Fujino was genuinely nervous, worried that the murder case would ruin the wedding.

But now that I've finished watching, I realize she's actually the Great Ridge Saintess!

That's all right then...