Anime Crossover: Master is Not Here Today

Upon hearing this, a glint of excitement flashed in young Leonardo da Vinci's eyes.

"Speaking of which, this realm is somewhat similar to Scáthach's Land of Shadows."

"Master?"

Upon hearing what Little Da Vinci said, Fujimaru Ritsuka involuntarily recalled Scáthach's image and information about the Land of Shadows.

The Land of Shadows is one of the fairy/demon realms in Celtic mythology, considered a netherworld that accepts the dead and the souls of the departed.

Scáthach entered the realm of the gods in human form and was cursed throughout her life, becoming the queen and guardian of the Land of Shadows, the lord of the Fairy/Demon Realm, and an immortal demigod until the world and its outer regions vanish together.

The current Weather God Realm is only similar to the Land of Shadows in nature as a god realm; in other aspects, it is obviously difficult to compare with the legendary Land of Shadows.

However, that wasn't what young Leonardo da Vinci was thinking about; he was concerned with something else entirely—

Suddenly, young Leonardo da Vinci made a suggestion with great interest:

"In that case, is it possible to build a branch base of Chaldea here?"

"Branch base?" ×2

Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mashu were both somewhat surprised by Little Da Vinci's statement.

The actual size of the divine realm is roughly the same as the entire Tokyo area, but the only places to land are dozens of huge floating islands arranged in a staggered pattern in the air.

Of course, a single floating island is more than enough to build a base, but the problem is—

Fujimaru Ritsuka hesitated for a moment and said:

"Is it really necessary to set up a branch?"

"--Too."

Leonardo da Vinci quickly calmed down and laughed:

"Sorry, I got a little too excited just now. It's rare to see such a beautiful place, and I couldn't help but want to do something about it."

But as soon as she finished speaking, she immediately thought of something and asked Fujimaru Ritsuka with some anticipation:

"Although a branch is unnecessary, can I move the laboratory here?"

She has now converted the basement of her house into a laboratory, but it is still not enough to do anything she really wants. Moreover, because it is located in an urban area where ordinary people gather, some experiments are also restricted.

If we could set up a laboratory here, we could really let our imaginations run wild.

Compared to the previous suggestion, this request was clearly more reasonable, so Fujimaru Ritsuka immediately nodded in agreement:

"Okay."

Then, she scratched her head a little shyly and laughed:

"However, I need to study how to allow people to freely enter and leave the divine realm first."

After discussing that matter, the conversation returned to normal.

"In short, you guys have worked hard this time. The entire investigation process and the outcome were handled very well."

Upon hearing this, Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mashu exchanged a smile, while little Da Vinci continued with a playful laugh, summarizing:

"Furthermore, I believe this incident is a very representative case of the phenomenon of global integration, and some of the details and phenomena are very interesting and worth further investigation and research."

"Therefore, Master, I hope you can compile a report on this operation as soon as possible and submit it to me as material for future research."

"……Eh?"

Upon hearing this, Fujimaru Ritsuka's smile—no, her entire being—froze on the spot.

"correct,"

However, the bad news was far from over. Little Leonardo da Vinci seemed to remember something and added with a smile:

"Besides this operation report, don't forget that previous operation reports also need to be written, okay?"

"Actually, before you even came back, Director Pang had already asked Xiao Bodao to send a message urging you to submit it, saying that if you didn't submit it soon, he would come to find you in person."

After a long silence, Fujimaru Ritsuka felt her throat go dry and spoke with difficulty:

"……Before?"

"Oh, you really forgot?"

Leonardo da Vinci smiled as expected, but there was also a hint of schadenfreude in that smile.

"When you returned to Chaldea with Xiaobodao, you were assigned the task of writing an operation report, right?"

"But unfortunately, you were immediately [transferred] away that very night."

"So the action report that needs to be submitted this time includes that incident, specifically, um—"

Leonardo da Vinci smiled and said:

"It's a report on all actions from the first transfer to this world until now."

"..."

The atmosphere fell silent, yet it felt as if it were deafening!

The next moment, Fujimaru Ritsuka felt everything go black before her eyes and collapsed amidst Mashu's exclamation.

"Senior, senior!..."

"Oh no, Da Vinci! The senior has fainted from the unprecedented workload!"

faint?

I might as well just die!

Come on, let's try out the newly discovered image feature.

Hey, hey, hey!

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 374 There is no such thing as the most desperate situation, only more desperate situations.

"Ding-dong-"

"excuse me."

As the doorbell rang, the door opened, and Ai Haibara's petite figure appeared in the doorway, politely nodding and greeting everyone.

Three days have passed since the problem of the abnormal weather in Tokyo was completely resolved.

Hina Amano's health has fully recovered, and she has received a huge sum of one million yen. She no longer needs to fake her age or risk going out to work, and her life with her younger brother Nagi Amano has returned to normal.

After going around in circles, Hodaka Morishima eventually returned to his original editing office at the enthusiastic invitation of Natsumi Suga, and in the end, no police came knocking on his door.

However, Hodaka Morishima's problems have not been completely resolved.

On the night the Tokyo weather anomaly incident came to an end, they had a meal together at Fujimaru Ritsuka's suggestion.

It was at that dinner party that they finally learned about Hodaka Morishima's situation.

Hodaka Morishima's problems stemmed from his family. Unable to endure the long-term domestic violence inflicted on him by his father, he finally mustered the courage to run away from home and travel alone by boat to Tokyo to survive.

Living like this is certainly an option, but if possible, it would be best to resolve the issue completely through legal means.

Conan suddenly remembered that he seemed to know a particularly outstanding lawyer.

That is Eri Kisaki, the so-called "Invincible Queen of the Legal World," his mother's best friend, and also Ran Mouri's mother.

I just don't know if the other party is good at this type of case, or if they are willing to help.

In any case, Conan exchanged contact information with Hodaka Morishima, and they would talk in more detail later.

Over the next few days, Ai Haibara had a rare opportunity to rest at home and do some drug experiments. During this time, she also played with the Junior Detective Club members who came to the professor's house for a while.

In addition, according to her understanding, Conan had been spending most of his time at home cramming on knowledge related to the occult, except for helping Hodaka Morishima contact Eri Kisaki. Surprisingly, he didn't cause any trouble.

However, after resting for a few days, Ai Haibara felt that she hadn't seen Ritsuka Fujimaru for a long time and couldn't help but feel a little lonely.

After thinking for a moment, she went to visit Fujimaru Ritsuka's house without hesitation.

Time returns to the present——

"It's Ai-chan."

Mashu smiled and nodded in response. Then, Ai Haibara asked somewhat nervously:

Is Ritsuka-neechan still there?

Her biggest worry was whether Fujimaru Ritsuka would suddenly leave again and go somewhere else during this time.

Fortunately, the problem she feared did not occur.

Mashu smiled and said:

"She's here, senior. I'll take you to her."

Due to their interactions over the past period, they have become quite familiar with each other, and Ai Haibara is now practically an unofficial member of the family.

"Thank you."

Ai Haibara nodded again and followed Mash into the house, but she couldn't help but feel a little confused.

Because when they were talking about Fujimaru Ritsuka earlier, she noticed a hint of worry flash across Mash's face.

Has something happened?

Based on her understanding of Fujimaru Ritsuka, she thought the other person should be watching anime or playing games in the living room at this time, but to her surprise, Mashu did not take her to the living room, but instead took her to another room.

"Knock knock."

"Senior, it's me."

"Please come in."

This is a study, with bookshelves on the walls filled with all kinds of books.

Under the window opposite the room door, Ai Haibara could see the familiar figure of Ritsuka Fujimaru sitting at a desk, seemingly doing some work.

Hearing the door open, Fujimaru Ritsuka turned around and, seeing Haibara Ai, said with some surprise:

"Ai, you're here?"

However, Ai Haibara looked at the other person with shock in her eyes.