**Chapter 86: Go! Pikaran!**

Matsumoto Sayuri looked deeply at Fujino for a moment before sighing softly. "You've really changed a lot. It's been a few years, and you've matured so much that I almost didn't recognize you."

"Well, reality forces people to grow up."

Fujino chuckled lightly. "Not everyone can be like you, Ms. Matsumoto, remaining as beautiful as ever even after so many years."

"Oh my."

Matsumoto Sayuri raised an eyebrow in surprise. "Touji, you've become much more outgoing these past few years."

"Uh..."

Fujino's face twitched slightly.

Awakened! The moment of terror has arrived!

Well, it makes sense that Matsumoto Sayuri would call him Touji.

Ran, Sonoko, and others should also call him that.

However, due to his own nature, most people who know him call him Fujino rather than the more intimate Touji.

The awkward expression lasted only a few seconds before Fujino changed the subject. "But Ms. Matsumoto, you really are something. You didn't even send me an invitation for such an important event as your wedding. I saw a lot of our former classmates here just now."

"Actually, I did want to invite you."

Noticing the slight resentment in Fujino's tone, Matsumoto Sayuri awkwardly scratched the back of her head.

After a moment, she explained, "But you moved, and the old address from school didn't match. I couldn't find your contact information after asking around... so I had to give up in the end."

"Is that so?"

Fujino nodded, his resentment significantly reduced.

After his parents died, he did move, and the old villa was taken back, and the phone number was changed.

It made sense that she couldn't send the invitation because she couldn't find his address.

After all, back in those days, there were no cell phones in the world of Detective Conan.

"Look this way, please!"

While Fujino was reminiscing, Ran took out a video camera and pointed it at Matsumoto Sayuri. "We'll be in charge of filming today!"

Sonoko Suzuki added, "Make sure to think about your kissing pose with the groom!"

"Leave it to me!"

Matsumoto Sayuri placed her hands on her hips, looking bold and confident.

For a moment, Fujino seemed to recall a certain iron-fisted saint.

"Sayuri! I bought the lemon tea you wanted!"

At this moment, the door to the preparation room was pushed open.

Fujino turned around and saw a woman about the same age as Matsumoto Sayuri walk in.

The woman, wearing a black dress that revealed the upper part of her chest and a short, deep purple jacket, was carrying a bag with several canned drinks inside.

Matsumoto Sayuri quickly walked over, pulled out a yellow-packaged drink from the bag, and opened it.

"Wait, your lipstick will smudge if you drink it like that."

The woman stopped Matsumoto Sayuri, took the lemon tea from her hand, and inserted a straw. She also advised, "You shouldn't drink too much. If you drink too much and need to use the bathroom later, this dress will be a hassle."

She then handed the lemon tea back to Matsumoto Sayuri.

"Thanks, Kazumi."

"Don't mention it. After all, I often trouble you too."

After taking a few sips of the lemon tea, Matsumoto Sayuri's expression grew somber. She softly said to the woman named Kazumi, "I'm really sorry about Toshihiko..."

"Why bring that up now!"

Kazumi forced a smile to cover her sadness, then playfully slapped Matsumoto Sayuri on the butt. "I won't let you off the hook! At the wedding, I'll loudly tell all the guests that the groom was actually my ex-boyfriend!"

"Kazumi~~"

Matsumoto Sayuri sighed in exasperation.

"Just kidding."

With that, Kazumi left the room.

"Who was that?"

Ran and Sonoko asked, confused, as they watched the woman leave.

"That's my college best friend, Kazumi Takenaka."

Matsumoto Sayuri said as she rummaged through the bag Kazumi had brought, "She's still the same... bringing drinks for the makeup artist too?"

With that, she handed the bag to Fujino and the others. "Since the makeup artist is gone, you guys can have these drinks."

Sonoko: "I want lemon tea!"

Ran: "I'll have coffee."

Conan: "I'll have oolong tea..."

Fujino: "Kids shouldn't drink too many sugary drinks. It's bad for your health."

Then, Fujino snatched the oolong tea from Conan's hand.

"Damn it!"

Conan complained, glaring at Fujino, who had already drunk most of the oolong tea, with a look full of resentment.

Why does Fujino always have to oppose him?

Even taking an oolong tea from a 108-month-and-7-day-old kid, it's infuriating!

"Click."

At that moment, the door opened again.

The newcomer was a man in a black suit, with a long beard and a scar on his face, giving him a fierce and intimidating look.

Ran and Sonoko turned to look, immediately sensing something was wrong.

Could he be from some Yakuza group?

With that thought, they quickly moved in front of Matsumoto Sayuri.

"What do you want, barging in like this?"

Ran prepared to protect Matsumoto Sayuri, her karate skills ready.

Sonoko struck a pose and pointed at the man, "Go, Ran! Use your karate and teach this gorilla a lesson!"

"Matsumoto Manager?"

"Brother Fujino?"

But before they could act, Fujino stepped forward and greeted the man warmly.

Yes, the man was none other than Matsumoto Sayuri's father, Matsumoto Kiyonaga.

He was also one of the police managers in the Metropolitan Police Department's Investigation Division.

"Senpai, you know him?"

Ran, Sonoko, and even Conan were all surprised.

"Of course I do."

Fujino turned to them, puzzled. "Didn't you know that Ms. Matsumoto's father is a manager in the police department?"

"What?!"

The group looked astonished, their expressions turning peculiar.

A gorilla and a delicate Sayuri... 

Are they really related?

"I didn't expect you to attend my daughter's wedding, Brother Fujino..."

Matsumoto Kiyonaga scratched the back of his head. "I've been so busy lately that I forgot to send you an invitation."

"No problem."

Fujino waved his hand. "Ms. Matsumoto was my music teacher in middle school. How could I not attend her wedding?"

"She was your middle school teacher too?"

Matsumoto Kiyonaga seemed surprised. "What a coincidence."

"Indeed."

Fujino nodded.

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**Author: Bandit.**

**Blurb:**

**Bandit.**

**A plunderer, a killer, like the tigers and leopards in the mountains, like the ghosts in the underground, feared by commoners, loathed by the public, hated for their cruelty, dreaded for their dominance!**

**Immortal.**

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(End of Chapter)