Comprehensive Manga: The Master is not here today

The red brick walls are occupied by ivy, the empty rooms are stained with old signs, and the houses that have been gradually obscured by trees can be seen as buildings belonging to humans slowly stained with traces of nature, and finally integrated with nature. There is indeed a kind of Fantastic feeling.

When you reach the highest observation deck, you can have an unobstructed view of the layout of the entire town and the ocean beyond.

After wandering around for a while, Fujimaru Ritsuka and Haibara Ai ignored the curious glances from around them, sat on a bench under the shade of a tree, rested, and looked at the sea in the distance.

"Have you finished shopping?"

At this time, Moriarty appeared in front of them with an iced drink bought from the store, playing the role of butler dutifully.

"Thank you, Professor!"

"Thank you, Mr. James."

"You're welcome. This is my responsibility as a butler."

After the two of them thanked Moriarty, they took the drink from his hand. The cold touch made people feel refreshed. After taking a sip, the cool feeling went straight to Tianling Gai.

Summer and cold drinks are simply a perfect match for a talented person and a beautiful woman!

"resurrection!"

Fujimaru Ritsuka breathed a long sigh of relief, and Haibara Ai also relaxed a lot.

Moriarty looked at the two of them with a smile. After the two of them recovered a little, he smiled and said:

"Speaking of which, when I went to buy water just now, I overheard some interesting legends about this island."

Although the actual situation was not heard but inquired about, this does not matter. What is important is the content.

Seeing the two people casting curious glances, he said mysteriously:

"It is said that there is a unique endemic disease on this island called [Shadow Disease]."

"Although there are very few people suffering from this disease now, it seemed to be very common in the past. People who have shadow disease can see shadows, and people who see shadows-"

"—will be killed by the shadow."

"The shadow then disguises itself as the person it kills and proceeds to kill that person's entire family."

After finishing speaking, he smiled and said:

"It's a pretty good legend, right?"

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After hearing this legend, Fujimaru Ritsuka was silent for a while and then said speechlessly:

"How do you know it's pretty good? Isn't this a complete horror story?!"

Haiyuan Ai was unmoved by this and said calmly:

"It is true that there are many places where horror folklore like this is spread, but many times it is just to explain some simple and easy-to-understand truths, or just to scare children so that they stop running around."

"Haha, maybe."

Moriarty was noncommittal and just put forward a hypothesis:

"What if there really is a being like [Shadow] on this island?"

"what to do.?"

The two of them prepared to think seriously about this issue, but within a few seconds, Haihara Ai was the first to give up. She said:

"It's just a legend with no beginning or end, and there is too little effective information. If we only analyze it from the above information, it is basically the kind of ghost that has no solution."

"That's right. After all, we don't even know what [Shadow] is, so we naturally don't know how to deal with it."

Moriarty nodded, then commented with a smile:

"But the idea is too old-fashioned and lacks some imagination. At Xiao Ai's age, I think it's better to be more innocent."

Haihara Ai didn't buy Moriarty's suggestion.

"Not every child has to be innocent, right? Aren't we allowed to have more mature children?"

After all, she is not a real child herself.

And when she is around Fujimaru Ritsuka, she doesn't like to deliberately disguise herself.

"That's great. This is a young man. This is great!"

Moriarty sighed, without further entanglement, turned to Fujimaru Ritsuka and asked:

"Miss Ritsuka, what do you think?"

She thought for a while and tried to analyze:

"After all, it's called [Shadow Disease]. It should at least have something to do with shadows, right?"

"For example, although they can turn into humans, the appearance of humans is just an appearance, and the shadows under their feet are their true bodies."

"Although it is pure speculation, it is quite reasonable. As expected of you, who is experienced."

Moriarty clapped his hands gently in appreciation.

Immediately, he said thoughtfully:

"So, what will happen? It's really curious."

Although they only got along for a short period of time, Haihara Ai had almost gotten used to the other person's nervousness, so he didn't pay too much attention to it.

But Fujimaru Ritsuka vaguely felt that something was wrong.

Because based on her knowledge of Moriarty, the other person didn't seem like someone who would be interested in this kind of folklore.

Apart from causing trouble for Holmes and acting coquettishly in front of Fran's wife, what interests him is crime, and more crimes, and bigger crimes, right?

Could it be that he discovered some crime? Or do you want to do something small?

Thinking of this, she looked at Moriarty suspiciously, and the other party gave her an innocent look in response.

There must be something wrong with this guy!

She decided to find an opportunity to question him later.

In addition, the legend Moriarty just told her always felt like she had seen it before, as if she had heard it somewhere.

Where is it?

She thought hard for a while, but it seemed as if she was doing a problem and couldn't remember it more easily when it was critical. After thinking for a while to no avail, she had to give up temporarily.

After wandering around for a while, as dusk approached, the three of them prepared to return to the B\u0026B to eat and rest, ending the first day of travel.

"Boss, we are back!"

Entering the B\u0026B, she still greeted the owner enthusiastically, and the owner responded equally enthusiastically:

"Welcome back, how was your day today?"

"Well, I had a great time. The scenery on the mountain is beautiful!"

As she spoke, she smiled and said:

"Boss, let's go up and rest for a while. You'll let us know when the food is ready. Thank you!"

The boss responded with a smile and said:

"No problem, you can go up and rest first."

So the three of them bid farewell to their boss temporarily and returned to the room on the second floor to rest. The moment they stepped onto the stairs, the smile on Fujimaru Ritsuka's face suddenly disappeared.

That's not the boss.

If the other person was just a stranger she had never met before, she might not be able to detect anything unusual.

But that person was the owner of this B\u0026B, the one who warmly received them, was generous, generous, informal, and considerate.

Although the other person's expression, movements, behavior, tone, and appearance were all the same as the original boss, her intuition told her that that person was definitely not the original boss.

Even whether it can be called a human being is unknown.

So, what exactly is that thing?

Thinking of this, the local legend mentioned by Moriarty just now echoed in her mind again. At the same time, some long-standing memories also surfaced, leaving her stunned in place.

She murmured in disbelief:

".shadow?"