Comprehensive Manga: The Master is not here today

"Miss Renhua, you must be the [Zashiki Warashi], right?"

Fujimaru Ritsuka looked at Renka and said with a smile:

"If it's you, then there shouldn't be any problem."

After hearing what she said, Lianhua, who had been silent for a long time, finally asked:

"Why?"

"You should be able to know that I am not a Zashiki warashi at all, right?"

"Um."

Fujimaru Ritsuka nodded slightly, then scratched his head and said with a smile:

"But it has nothing to do with whether she is a Zashiki Warashi or not. The main reason is that Ms. Renka doesn't have the aura of a bad person about her, so it's no problem."

"……Eh?"

Hearing such an unexpected answer, Lianhua was finally stunned for a moment, showing a somewhat incomprehensible expression.

Matthew on the side explained:

"Senior, what I mean is that Miss Lianhua doesn't have any resentment like evil spirits, and the power she uses is very clean and not mixed with evil, so she shouldn't be a bad person."

"...Is that so?"

Lianhua lowered her eyes, as if acquiescing to the other party's statement.

The next moment, the consciousness of Yueqiu Xianglian and others suddenly recovered, and they continued the previous topic as if nothing had happened.

So the two parties briefly introduced themselves again, and then Fukami Natsuhiko was surprised to find that Fujimaru Ritsuka and the others were actually the companions who would investigate with them next!

Then, he looked at Lianhua with some worry.

Although the other party looks like an indifferent girl on the outside, she is actually a beautiful girl with a vicious tongue who likes to tease people. She often makes serious jokes, and her communication is accompanied by teasing and teasing.

But now Lianhua was uncharacteristically silent.

Although he didn't know the specific reason, he felt that Renka seemed to be very concerned about Fujimaru Ritsuka and was very afraid of her.

Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mashu, are they really strong?

"Speaking of which, Renka-chan seems to have been out of energy since just now."

At this time, Yueqiu Xianglian also looked at Lianhua, who was sitting silently aside, and asked with concern:

"Did something happen?"

"nothing."

Lianhua obviously didn't want to talk anymore. Seeing this, Xia Yan quickly smoothed things over and said:

"She is probably a little depressed because she lost to me in a guessing game just now."

"Is that so?"

Yueqiu Xianglian believed it immediately, and said to Fukami Xia Yan:

"Teacher Xia Yan, it's true that he actually competes with a little girl."

"As the saying goes, when a lion fights a rabbit, he must use all his strength..."

Seeing Xia Yan scratching his head and laughing, he thought that he should have passed the test, but at this moment, Lian Hua suddenly said:

"No, I won."

"It's not good to lie. I won the guessing game, right? You can't even answer one of my questions."

"Eh?"

"Teacher Xia Yan, is this true?"

Fukami Natsu Yan's face froze, and when he looked at Yueqiu Xianglian's curious eyes, his expression suddenly became awkward.

"How should I put it? Maybe it is."

"Pfft."

Seeing his embarrassment, Lianhua finally couldn't help but cover her mouth and snicker, pretending to be a successful prank.

Seeing that Lianhua had returned to his usual self a little, Fukami Natsuhiko, as the one being teased, also started laughing.

The atmosphere finally returned to normal, and everyone chatted about business while eating.

"……ah,"

Seeing that Xia Yan seemed to have remembered something, he said to Huang Gongxiao:

"By the way, Teacher Huang, we have found the shrine."

"There is indeed a shrine."

Huang Gongxiao showed an expression of 'as expected'.

After discovering a large number of fox statues in Yaokan Village this morning, he guessed that there might be a shrine in the village, so this result was within his expectation.

Then he asked interestingly:

"What kind of shrine is that?"

"Well, how to describe it, let me think about it..."

Fukami Natsuhiko organized his words and roughly described the scene he saw:

It was a fork in the village that went deep into the forest.

Entering the fork in the road and walking through the woods, you will see a long staircase with countless torii gates.

After climbing the stairs, what appeared in front of them was the shrine located on the top of the mountain, surrounded by clouds and mist, as if they were in a fairyland.

And in the main hall of the shrine, they also met a lovely miko lady...

"Sounds like a good idea."

Huang Gongxiao listened with great interest, Yue Qiu Xianglian put his hands together and said expectantly:

"I feel like it should be a particularly efficacious shrine, or let's go visit it tomorrow!"

"Of course, I just want to visit."

The few people had a lively exchange, but only Fujimaru Ritsuka and the other three remained silent, listening to Fukami Natsuhiko's description of the situation of the shrine on the top of the mountain, and looked at each other calmly.

According to the information they received in the village, the shrine on the top of the mountain should have been bombed during the war and has not been rebuilt since.

So what exactly was the shrine that Natsuhiko Fukami saw?

Or is it that the old lady provided them with false information?

Regardless, this is something worth verifying.

Perhaps Renka, who was traveling with Natsuhiko Fukami, might know something.

At the same time, Fujimaru Ritsuka seemed to have thought of this, so she looked at Renka sitting next to her, only to find that Renhua was also looking at her.

The moment the two people's eyes met, Lianhua quickly looked away, trying to pretend that nothing happened.

But after a while, she still hesitantly looked at Fujimaru Ritsuka again, as if she understood what she wanted to say, and nodded imperceptibly in affirmation.

Fujimaru Ritsuka smiled and expressed his thanks, but Renka turned his eyes to the side again with some trepidation, no longer looking at her.

He seems to be a somewhat shy child.

Seeing this, Fujimaru Ritsuka thought to himself.

After eating and discussing the meeting time tomorrow, everyone dispersed and went back to their rooms to rest.

Nanfang Rihe followed them to their room. As soon as she closed the door, she asked straight to the point:

"That girl named Renge must be [Zashiki Warashi], right?"

"Miss Hizuru, did you see it?"

Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mashu were both a little surprised, after all, they hadn't said anything yet.

"No, in my opinion, the other party is a completely ordinary girl."

Nanfang Rihe pushed up his glasses and said:

"This result is just a judgment based on a little observation, a little reasoning, and a little guessing."

"And it may be because of you that she doesn't dare to do anything to me."

Huang Gongxiao and Yueqiu Xianglian's attitude towards Lianhua was obviously a bit strange, and their behavior was also a bit abnormal. Regardless of Yueqiu Xianglian, based on her understanding of Huanggong Xiao, the other party should not be able to see this problem.

But it turned out that the other party didn't notice anything unusual at all, so she could only speculate that Lianhua had done something to them.

As for Fukami Natsuhiko, judging from the other party's series of performances, it is obvious that he is an insider who truly understands Renhua's situation, and can even be said to be the other party's companion.

"As expected of Miss Hizuru!"

Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mashu exclaimed, admiring Minami Hizuru's reasoning ability.

At this time, she suddenly thought:

I don’t know what Conan will do if he comes.

Let’s get back to the point.

Fujimaru Ritsuka told Minami Hizuru what had just happened, and then told her plan——

"Next, Matthew and I will go to the top of the mountain to find out about the so-called shrine."