Traveling back thirty years to Conan, intercepting Princess Eri

Chapter 12: Weird Reasons for Stealing the Ring
"This..." Rina Hase's face was full of confusion. "Mika, your family is fine, so you shouldn't be short of money, right?"

"I didn't steal the ring for the money," Hirata Mika said expressionlessly, "I didn't take the ring with me. I hid it under the mattress in your bedroom."

"...Why?" Rina Hase was surprised.

The others were similar to her and didn't understand the meaning of Mika Hirata's actions.

"When you showed off the ring in front of us, you mentioned the curse on it," Hirata Mika sneered. "I want to see if the curse on the ring will really take effect without the seal, and if it can really kill you!"

"You!" Hase Rina's face turned pale. "I haven't done anything to offend you, and you actually want to kill me?"

"Haha, you've never done anything to offend me?" Hirata Mika sneered. "On the surface, we're college classmates and good sisters, but in your heart, is that really the case?"

"What do you mean by that?" Rina Hase suddenly felt a little guilty.

"I heard everything you said about me when you were on the phone with Shashi last time."

Mika Hirata clenched her fists, her face full of anger.
"Tell her that you asked me to join because you three were short of a follower."

"In your eyes, I'm not a good sister, not a friend, but just a servant who can be ordered around at your will!"

"Meika, I..."

Rina Hase wanted to explain herself, but was interrupted by Mika Hirata.
"I grew up in an ordinary family, I wasn't pretty, and I didn't like talking. I didn't have many friends, so I was always alone."

Hirata Mika gritted her teeth and said,
"After entering university, I thought my lonely life would continue, and then I met you..."

"You said we were good friends and good sisters, and I've always believed that. Even though you always order me around, I still think that's what friends and sisters should do."

"But you actually said that about me behind my back! Do you know how sad I was after hearing those words?"

Mika Hase was speechless after being asked this question, while Keiko Kawamura and Saki Imagawa looked at each other in confusion.

"But you were the one who saved Ms. Hase when she fell from the balcony," Officer Megure asked in confusion. "Her nails scratched your hands, but you still didn't let go."

"If you really wanted to kill her, why did you save her?"

"...I don't know either," Hirata Mika laughed self-deprecatingly. "The moment I saw her fall, I subconsciously rushed over. Maybe in my heart, I still considered her a friend and sister... Hehe, am I a bitch?"

……

Just as Mika Hirata said, the sapphire ring was hidden under the mattress in Rina Hase's bedroom.

She wanted to use this method to make Rina Hase fall under the curse of the ring.

Maybe the curse of the ring really took effect. In less than half an hour, Rina Hase met with misfortune and almost fell to her death.

At this critical moment, it was Mika Hirata who stepped in and saved Rina Hase's life.

Perhaps because of the life-saving grace, or perhaps because of the sisterly love she still had, Rina Hase did not pursue the matter of the stolen ring.

If the people don't promote it, the officials won't investigate it.

The parties involved no longer cared about this matter, which was neither big nor small, and Inspector Samezaki and others from the Metropolitan Police Department were naturally relieved.

……

On the streets of Beika Town, after resolving the ring theft, Hayashi Shuichi and Maori Kogoro walked Kisaki Eri home. "Friendship is really complicated," Maori Kogoro sighed, suddenly turning to look at his two friends, "Do you two usually say bad things about me behind my back?"

He originally thought that Hayashi Shuichi and Kisaki Eri would deny it, but he didn't expect to hear them answer in unison.

"Have."

"What?" Maori Kogoro's face was full of disbelief. "What did you two say about me?"

"Fool."

"fool."

Hayashi Shuichi and Kisaki Eri answered one after another.

"Damn it!" Maori Kogoro waved his hands angrily, "I'm going to break up with you!"

"Didn't you also talk about us behind our backs?" Lin Xiuyi said unhappily, "Let me think about what you said about Yingli before. Um, a nerd, doesn't know how to dress, has no popularity, and will definitely never get married in the future..."

"You also said," Kisaki Eri continued, "Shuichi is an old man who has no enthusiasm for anything he does, a cruel and ruthless villain, and..."

"Hey!" Maori Kogoro quickly interrupted the two of them, "I was just complaining casually, I didn't mean it."

"So, are we still breaking up?" Lin Xiuyi said with a smile.

"We grew up together," Maori Kogoro snorted, holding his head high. "I will forgive you generously."

Kisaki Eri shook her head speechlessly, then said with some emotion: "I wonder what will happen to Miss Hase and the others in the future. Will we still be friends?"

"Just listening to you women's affairs gives me a headache," Maori Kogoro complained, "but judging by the looks of the four of them, they should cut off all ties and stop interacting with each other, right?"

"That's not certain," Lin Xiu said with a smile, "maybe in a couple of days, they'll be reconciled and continue to be good sisters."

"No way?" Maori Kogoro asked in surprise, "After all this trouble, we can still make peace?"

"Women's brain circuits are different from men's," Lin Xiuyi patted his friend's shoulder, "Men will never be able to guess their little thoughts."

"...How could I have any ulterior motives?" Kisaki Eri expressed dissatisfaction.

"Shuichi is talking about women," Maori Kogoro pretended to be surprised, "Are you a woman?"

"Kogoro!" Kisaki Eri clenched her fists, "Do you want to be beaten again?"

"I'm sorry, I was wrong." Maori Kogoro slid to his knees at lightning speed, then muttered and complained, "It's all Shuichi's fault. He taught us both fighting techniques, but gave you special treatment. Now I can't even beat you."

You can't win, and you're obviously too embarrassed to actually fight... Lin Xiuyi was too lazy to point it out.

"By the way, didn't you go to the judo club today?" Kisaki Eri asked curiously, "How was your first day?"

"It's hard to say," Maori Kogoro shook his head. "Although the seniors are quite enthusiastic, I always feel that the atmosphere is weird, especially the seniors..."

"Is it because of this year's National High School Judo Tournament?" Hibiki thought for a moment. "Didn't you say before that Teitan performed very poorly in the Judo Tournament this year and didn't even make it to the top 16?"

"That might be the reason," Maori Kogoro scratched his head, "but I always feel that it's not that simple. Those seniors seem to be hiding something."

(End of this chapter)