Traveling back thirty years to Conan, intercepting Princess Eri

Chapter 252 No way, is it really over already?
The icy water jets gushing down from the ceiling formed curtains of water, blurring the view.

Panicked tourists scattered in all directions, and the entire science museum was thrown into chaos.

Sharon squinted her emerald green eyes as raindrops dripped down her golden hair, washing away her once exquisite makeup and leaving it mottled and unsightly.

She shook her hair in frustration, trying to find the Miyano couple through the water curtain, but all she saw was a chaotic crowd.

"Vermouth, did you do this?"

Vodka stormed up to Sharon, his round face flushed red and his sunglasses covered in water droplets.
"Even if you don't want us to find the Miyano couple first, you can't do this, can you? We finally found their whereabouts, what if we can't find them later?"

Sharon glanced at him, too lazy to reply.

“Alright,” Gin’s deep voice came from behind as he reached out and restrained his irritable underling.

The silver-haired assassin was also quite disheveled; his black trench coat clung to his body, soaking wet, and his signature top hat weighed heavily on his head.

"She didn't do this."

"Brother, who else could it be but her?" Vodka turned his head in surprise, his eyes wide behind his sunglasses.

Gin did not answer immediately, but instead looked up, his sharp gaze sweeping over the fire sprinklers still spraying water on the ceiling.

"Who knows? It could just be an accident."

The moment he finished speaking, the automatic fire extinguishing system in the science museum stopped abruptly, and the piercing alarm disappeared.

All that remained was puddles and the constant complaints from tourists.

Immediately afterwards, a staff member's reassuring voice came over the loudspeaker: "Dear visitors, please remain calm and do not run around. There is no fire inside the building. The fire suppression system suddenly activated, possibly due to a malfunction in the fire sensors. Staff are currently investigating, so please don't worry."

"Brother, what do we do now?" Vodka wiped the water off his face.

Gin patted his soaking wet hat: "Let's go. The Miyano couple should have already left. There's no point in staying here any longer."

Sharon didn't leave immediately. Instead, she took a pack of tissues from her handbag and wiped the water from her hair.

She looked down at her clothes, which were now completely soaked and clung to her body. To make matters worse, her makeup was also washed away by the water.

Sharon sighed dejectedly and turned to walk towards the bathroom.

She wouldn't dare leave without having to redo her makeup inside.

If the media sees this, it'll be headline news in entertainment tomorrow.

As Sharon approached the restroom, she saw several science museum staff members carrying ladders as they came out of the men's restroom, muttering complaints.

"No wonder the automatic fire suppression system activated. Who was the bastard who did this, using fire to heat the sensor?"

"Thankfully nothing serious happened. It was probably just a prank, right?"

"It must be some naughty brat who didn't want to participate in the activity and resorted to sabotage!"

Sharon's brows furrowed slightly, her slender fingers unconsciously twisting the ends of her wet hair.

What just happened wasn't an accident? A sharp glint flashed in her emerald eyes.

Sharon didn't believe that a brat's mischief could so coincidentally ruin her and Gin's work.

At the same time, Lin Xiuyi had already found Lingzi in the science museum, along with Professor Agasa, who was holding the wet voice changer and fiddling with it with a worried expression.

"what happened?"

“When the fire extinguisher on the ceiling activated, it soaked Professor Agasa’s voice changer,” Reiko said sympathetically. “He’s already tried it, but the machine is broken and can’t be used.”

Professor Agasa looked up, his round glasses still damp with water droplets. He shook his head with a wry smile: "What bad luck, this is my latest improved version."

"I see,"

Lin Xiuyi gave a dry laugh, her eyes darting awkwardly elsewhere.

"Alright, let's go explore some other places. There are still a few exhibition areas we haven't visited yet."

"What about Miyano-neechan's matter?" Reiko asked worriedly. "Have they gotten rid of the trouble?"

“I just saw them walk out of the science museum,” Lin Xiuyi said, reaching out to ruffle her sister’s hair. “By now, the couple should have left long ago.”

"That's good," Reiko breathed a sigh of relief, her tense face relaxing. "By the way, Onii-chan, Professor Agasa is planning to move to Beika, to the 2-chome area."

"You've already chosen a house?" Lin Xiuyi asked casually. "Isn't it next to the Kudo family's house?"

"Kudo? Who's that?"

Professor Agasa scratched his head in confusion, making his already disheveled hair, which was wet from the rain, even more messy.
"There don't seem to be any people with that surname around the house I bought."

"Onii-chan, Professor Agasa is moving tomorrow, let's go help him!" Reiko tugged at her brother's sleeve and shook it excitedly. "Professor Agasa just said that he has a lot of interesting inventions at home!"

“Okay,” Lin Xiu nodded. He also wanted to see if Professor Agasa had invented any of the incredible technologies that Conan would use in the future.

The brother and sister made an appointment with Professor Agasa and then said goodbye and left.

Because the fire suppression system had just been activated, the exhibition hall was flooded, and in addition to Professor Agasa's machine, many other people's experimental equipment also encountered problems.

Fortunately, this is an exhibition for children, so there aren't many valuable items.

Lin Xiuyi and Lingzi, seeing that there was nothing left to see, prepared to leave the science museum, but when they reached the entrance, a tall figure suddenly blocked their way.

Sharon had touched up her makeup, and her long golden hair had regained its smooth shine, but her emerald green eyes were filled with anger.

"It's you?"

Lingzi immediately stepped in front of her brother, her little face tense.
"Onii-chan promised to spend time with me today, don't even think about it."

Before her younger cousin could finish speaking, Sharon exaggeratedly covered her mouth, making a surprised expression: "He agreed to spend the day with you? Then why did he find me just now and even kiss me?"

She deliberately raised her voice a few decibels as she spoke, attracting the attention of several tourists passing by.

"Kiss? Onii-chan just kissed you?" Reiko's eyes widened immediately, her little fists clenched tightly, her knuckles turning white.

“I still crave that kiss,” Sharon winked at Lin Xiuyi, “Right, Xiuyi?”

"this."

Before Lin Xiuyi could even open his mouth to explain, Sharon preemptively placed her slender finger on the corner of his mouth. "You still have my lipstick on your lips. Here, let me wipe it off for you."

The woman's voice was sickeningly sweet, but her actions carried a clear sense of revenge.

Reiko looked up and, sure enough, found a bright red mark on her brother's lips.

Her eyes instantly reddened, and her small chest heaved violently.

Oh no, how could I forget this?
Lin Xiuyi inwardly cried out in alarm and hurriedly raised his hand to wipe it away, but Lingzi was already trembling with anger, her voice trembling with tears: "Onii-chan, didn't you just say that Miyano-neechan was in trouble and asked me and Professor Agasa to remind them?"

"So that's how you got rid of me! Without me around, you could go see this foreign woman!"

"It really was you!" Sharon confirmed her guess from Reiko's words, and the fake smile on her face vanished instantly.

She glared coldly at Lin Xiuyi, her disappointment and anger almost tangible: "What you just said to me, and that kiss you took the initiative, were all for the sake of the Miyano couple?"

"What did they do that made you want to help them so much?"

Sharon's voice was low, yet it carried a chilling edge.

For Sharon, the Miyano couple were the target of her work this time.

If she fails, how will she explain it to the boss?

As the boss's confidante, she knew better than anyone how much importance the boss attached to the mysterious drug research that was about to begin in Tokyo!

That's why Sharon was so angry after learning that it was Lin Xiuyi who caused her to lose her target.

"The Miyano couple are brilliant researchers in biopharmaceuticals; they shouldn't be involved with the organization behind you,"

Now that the matter was out in the open, Lin Xiuyi no longer concealed anything. He looked directly into Sharon's eyes.
“I know you’re working for the Karasuma Group and the organization behind it, but some research shouldn’t be done, and can’t be done.”

"You really know a lot! It seems I underestimated you, great detective?"

Sharon grew increasingly disheartened, and she gave a bitter laugh.
"Your purpose in approaching me isn't to gather information about the organization, is it?"

“I never approached you for any information,” Lin Xiuyi sighed helplessly, reaching out to grab her, but Sharon nimbly dodged him.

"Do you think I'd still believe that?" Sharon said with a sneer. "Last time, when we were buried together under the landslide, wasn't your behavior just a show for me? Was it all to gain my trust?"

"How could you think that?" Lin Xiuyi said, both amused and exasperated. "In that situation, I really felt like we were about to die, so I didn't have the mind to think about anything else."

Sharon looked into Lin Xiuyi's sincere eyes, trying hard to believe his words, but the events of earlier kept replaying in her mind.

As a female spy in the Black Organization specializing in intelligence gathering, Sharon had long been accustomed to deception and treachery.

She knew in her heart that what Lin Xiuyi said was very likely true, but her years of experience as a spy had made her a suspicious person.

Sharon can no longer completely trust Lin Xiuyi.

“It seems I have to repeat what I said when we parted last time,” Sharon said coldly. “We’d better never see each other again. If you dare to interfere with my work next time we meet, I won’t hold back.”

After saying that, she turned and walked away without looking back.

Lin Xiuyi watched her departing figure, her heart filled with mixed emotions.

I'm doing you a favor by not letting you have contact with the Miyano couple!
Although it is unknown what the effects of their research on the "silver bullet" are.

But Lin Xiuyi remembered very clearly that in the original timeline, Sharon hated the Miyano couple and their research to the core, and even went so far as to conceal Conan and Ai's true identities for this reason.

"What landslide? What do you mean I'm about to die?" Reiko looked up, her eyes red and glaring at her brother, tears welling in her eyes. "Onii-chan, how many more things are you hiding from me?"

I almost forgot, although Sharon is gone, Reiko's troubles haven't been resolved yet.
Lin Xiu rubbed her temples, looking exasperated. "This is a complicated matter. Anyway, you have to believe me, I didn't mean to hide it from you."

"You promised you wouldn't lie to me anymore!" Reiko looked at her brother with disappointment, tears finally welling up in her eyes. "Onii-chan, I hate you the most!"

After saying this, the girl ran out of the science museum crying. Lin Xiuyi, worried that something might happen to her, quickly chased after her.

The brother and sister walked silently back to the Mori family's small house, one walking ahead sobbing and the other following behind, hesitant to speak.

As soon as Lin Xiuyi entered the house, he heard the sound of rummaging through drawers and cabinets coming from his little cousin's room.

He pushed open the door and saw Lingzi haphazardly stuffing her clothes into her schoolbag, her little face still streaked with tears.

"you"

"I'm moving back home," the little cousin said, her voice trembling with tears. "Onii-chan, you've always thought I'm a nuisance, haven't you? With me here, you can't pursue Eri-neechan and Yukiko-neechan! You actually like them more than your little sister, don't you?"

"Okay, stop making trouble!"

Lin Xiuyi quickly stepped forward and pressed down on Lingzi's hand as she packed her things.

“I’ll tell you right now what Sharon meant by the landslide.”

"That day was the day Yukiko went to report to the film set. She was a little lonely by herself, so she asked me to take her there."

……

"After Sharon walked me downstairs, she ran into you as you were leaving school. Seeing that my clothes were dirty and torn, you thought I had been in a fight at school."

“I was worried that you would tell your aunt about this, and if she found out, she would definitely force me to go back to live here, so I just went along with it and acquiesced.”

"What about today's events?" Reiko demanded, clenching her small fists. "What exactly happened with that woman?"

“I didn’t lie to you at the science museum,” Lin Xiuyi explained. “As far as I know, the Miyano couple used to work at a pharmaceutical company and researched a certain drug.”

“Sharon, and the organization behind her, got entangled with them just to continue this research.”

"Isn't it a good thing to research this?" Reiko frowned, puzzled.

“Normal research is certainly a good thing,” Lin Xiuyi explained patiently, “but do you remember what Dr. Agasa said, that Mr. Miyano has another title in the scientific community?”

Reiko tilted her head and thought for a moment: "A mad scientist?"

“If his research is normal, he wouldn’t have this title, so we absolutely cannot let him and his wife get involved with the organization behind Sharon,” Lin Xiuyi said with a wry smile. “That’s how it is. I admit that I am a bit of a womanizer and I can’t let go of the girls around me.”

"But I swear, I've never thought you were in my way. How could an older brother think his younger sister was in my way?"

(End of this chapter)