Traveling back thirty years to Conan, intercepting Princess Eri

Chapter 259 Tomizawa Chikage: Even if you spent one night as a phantom thief with me, you can't tonight...

With a sudden shattering sound from the second-floor window of the Ito residence, Tomizawa Chikage leaped out of the window with agility.

She held her bulging backpack with her left hand and gripped the edge of the eaves with her right hand to cushion the impact, her fingernails scratching white marks on the tiles.

Upon landing, Tomizawa Chikage's slender waist trembled violently. The still-healing wound on her waist was torn apart by the violent movement, causing her to let out a muffled groan.

"over there!"

Seven or eight tattooed men rushed out from all sides of the courtyard, their steel pipes and daggers gleaming coldly in the moonlight.

The leader was a man with a diagonal scar on his face, who raised a pistol at Tomizawa Chikage.

"boom!"

The bullet hit the window frame, sending splinters flying.

Tomizawa Chikage deftly tilted her head, a wood shaving just grazed the tip of her hair, pulling down a few strands.

The girl's pupils contracted slightly, and she rushed towards the wall despite her pain.

However, more gangsters had already surrounded the mansion from the gates, their dense footsteps sounding like a death knell, particularly jarring in the silent night.

The scarred man raised his gun again and aimed it at Tomizawa Chikage. At that critical moment, a silver cane suddenly flew out from the shadows of the wall and struck the scarred man's wrist with a "clang".

The man groaned in pain, and the pistol fell to the ground.

The gang members looked up in astonishment and saw a man wearing a pure white mask, a scarlet cloak, and a black tailcoat, gracefully strolling out from behind the tree.

Good evening, gentlemen.

Lin Xiuyi bowed slightly, and the voice coming from behind the mask had an exaggerated theatrical tone.

The sudden appearance of this strange man left the gang members looking at each other in bewilderment. Taking advantage of those few seconds of hesitation, Tomizawa Chikage sped up and ran towards the wall.

"Forget about that lunatic! Chase the woman first!" the scarred man roared, clutching his wrist. "She killed my brother!"

The gangsters, as if waking from a dream, were about to take action when Lin Xiuyi struck first, swiftly kicking down the two men at the front.

Just as the gang members behind were about to rush forward, Lin Xiuyi suddenly pulled out a handful of coins from his pocket and threw them at the crowd like raindrops.

"The universe is thrown!"

As Lin Xiuyi laughed loudly, coins clattered and hit the faces of the gang members, causing a chaotic chorus of curses.

Taking advantage of the opening, Lin Xiuyi quickly stepped forward, grabbed Tomizawa Chikage's slender wrist, and pulled her up the wall.

"Don't even think about running away!"

The scarred man had retrieved the pistol, its dark muzzle pointed at the two men.

Lin Xiu reacted quickly, grabbing Fu Zeqianying and leaping off the wall.

"boom!"

The bullet grazed the bricks and stones, scattering a few sparks.

Lin Xiuyi and the other person fell heavily into the alley. Fu Zeqianying's bandage around her waist was already soaked with blood, but she still clung tightly to her backpack.

Noisy footsteps and angry shouts came from behind the wall.

Lin Xiuyi quickly got up and started running with Tomizawa Chikage.

“This way,” the girl said. “I brought my motorcycle.”

Guided by Chikage Tomizawa, the two quickly found a black heavy motorcycle at the end of the alley, with the suitcase she had brought with her next to it.

Tomizawa Chikage hopped on the motorcycle, while Hayashi Hideichi sat behind her, carrying a package in one hand and a suitcase in the other.

"Hold on tight!" Tomizawa Chikage twisted the throttle, and the engine roared deafeningly.

The motorcycle shot off like an arrow, the strong airflow whipping up Lin Xiuyi's cloak, which fluttered behind him.

In the rearview mirror, the gang members chased after him furiously to the alley entrance, where the scarred man was shouting wildly into a walkie-talkie.

Seeing this scene, Tomizawa Chikage suddenly chuckled.

"What's so funny?" Lin Xiuyi asked in surprise.

“I suddenly feel…” Tomizawa Chikage chuckled, “you really are quite suited to be a phantom thief.”

Motorcycles weave through the maze-like alleys, their engine sounds gradually fading into the Tokyo night.

Lin Xiuyi could feel the girl in front of him trembling slightly, whether from the pain of her wounds or the excitement of surviving a disaster.

He subtly leaned forward, bringing the two of them even closer together.

This wasn't about taking advantage; it was because they were afraid Tomizawa Chikage wouldn't be able to hold on and would fall off the car.

The Mori family's small house.

Lin Xiuyi, carrying the package and suitcase, carefully helped Tomizawa Chikage into the izakaya.

"Are you alright?" Lin Xiuyi poured her a glass of warm water.

"It's nothing serious," Tomizawa Chikage waved her hand, her bangs damp with sweat and clinging to her pale cheeks. "It's just that I moved around a bit too much during the operation, which aggravated the wound in my abdomen."

As she spoke, she bit her lower lip and slowly rolled up the hem of her shirt with her slender fingers.

Just as she looked down to check her wound, she suddenly realized that Lin Xiuyi's head was almost touching her lower abdomen.

The warm breath seeped through the thin fabric onto her abdomen, instantly making Tomizawa Chikage blush.

"You...you scoundrel!"

“I’m checking your wound,” Lin Xiuyi looked up. “The wound is bleeding a little, but not much, so it should be nothing serious.”

After he finished speaking, his gaze unconsciously swept over the girl's firm abdomen. Due to her regular exercise, Tomizawa Chikage's body lines were beautiful and smooth, and the outline of her abdominal muscles was faintly visible under the light.

"Have you seen enough?" Tomizawa Chikage asked irritably, pulling down her clothes.

"Nice figure," Lin Xiuyi complimented sincerely, handing her a water glass as she did so.

"Tch," Tomizawa Chikage scoffed, took the water glass, and drank it all in one gulp.

Lin Xiu stood up and opened the package the girl had given him earlier. Inside were stacks of ten thousand yuan bills: "About how much money is this?"

“About twenty or thirty million,” Tomizawa Chikage’s eyes curved into crescents, “enough at least for Narumi’s treatment for half a year.”

"What exactly happened just now?" Lin Xiuyi asked in confusion. "That Ito... is dead?" "Hey, don't look at me like that!" Tomizawa Chikage glared at him, annoyed. "I didn't kill him! I'm a phantom thief, not a robber. How could I kill someone and steal money!"

Lin Xiuyi raised an eyebrow, said nothing more, and waited for her to explain.

"What bad luck tonight," Tomizawa Chikage said, scratching her head in frustration. "Ito is home. He should be singing at a nightclub at this time."

The girl sighed and began to recount what had happened.
"After I climbed in from the second floor, I started looking for the safe in the house, and finally found it in the study."

"After I opened the safe and put the money in, I was about to leave when I saw that old man Ito's bedroom door was open as I walked down the corridor."

Chikage Tomizawa's expression turned serious: "I glanced around curiously and saw that the floor of the room was covered in blood. The big boss of the Sumiyoshi-kai was lying motionless in the pool of blood."

"I was completely stunned. What surprised me even more was that there was someone else in the bedroom. A man with a diagonal scar on his face, holding a bloodstained samurai sword, came out and came face to face with me."

At this point, Tomizawa Chikage unconsciously shrank back.
"I was startled and accidentally bumped into the weapon rack next to me. A suit of armor on it crashed down with a loud bang."

"Without thinking, I ran away as fast as I could, and then I heard the scarred man shout, 'Big Brother has been killed.'"

Tomizawa Chikage angrily slammed her fist on the table.

"Damn it! That scarred man should be the murderer who killed Ito. Now I've become his scapegoat."

The man with a diagonal scar on his face... Lin Xiuyi seemed to be deep in thought.

Only after Tomizawa Chikage said that did he realize that the scarred man he had seen at the Ito residence earlier did look somewhat familiar.

Previously, when Ito was framed for murder and his henchmen surrounded the nightclub, the man guarding the entrance was a man named Takikawa with a diagonal scar on his face.

Lin Xiuyi had a conflict with him at the time. After learning that the other party was an old man who had followed Ito for more than 20 years, Lin Xiuyi even mocked him for not doing well. He had followed Ito for so many years, but he was still just a small leader.

That guy... could it be that he held onto what I said back then, got angrier the more he thought about it, and that's why he killed Ito?

"Hey, what are you thinking about?"

Tomizawa Chikage waved her hand in front of Hayashi Hideichi's eyes, interrupting his thoughts.

"What do I do now? I've been made a murderer!"

The girl grabbed her hair in distress, her once smooth purple short hair now a mess.

"It's the Phantom Thief Lady who became the murderer, not you," Lin Xiuyi shrugged dismissively. "At most, you just won't act as the Phantom Thief Lady anymore."

“I really like the identity of the Phantom Thief Lady,” Tomizawa Chikage said, slumping on the table in frustration, burying her face in her arms, her voice muffled. “I should have done it last night. I’ve really lost out. Although I got money for Narumi, I’ve also lost the identity of the Phantom Thief Lady.”

"Don't worry, it might not be that bad," Lin Xiuyi shook his head. "What if Sumiyoshi doesn't call the police?"

"They really won't call the police?" Tomizawa Chikage suddenly looked up.

“The Sumiyoshi-kai is a yakuza gang. If the big boss in charge of bee karuta is killed, their first choice will definitely be to find the killer themselves, not to ask the police for help,” Lin Xiuyi explained patiently, while refilling her glass of water.

"It's good that they didn't call the police," Tomizawa Chikage breathed a sigh of relief, patted her firm chest, and smiled again. "As for the Sumiyoshi-kai, they're a bunch of thugs. They can bully ordinary people, but they can forget about catching me."

"How come I never noticed before that you were so afraid of the police?" Lin Xiuyi looked at her with amusement.

“I’m not scared,” Tomizawa Chikage rolled her eyes. “I’m a phantom thief. If the police wanted me for murder, wouldn’t I become a robber?”

Uh... is that the main point?
Lin Xiu was speechless for a moment. He glanced at the girl's pale face, and his voice softened unconsciously.

"By the way, tonight, you..."

"What?" Tomizawa Chikage immediately clutched her chest warily. "Even if you've played the phantom thief with me, don't expect to take advantage of me."

"What I wanted to ask," Lin Xiuyi's lips twitched, "where are you resting tonight!"

"Oh, this?" A hint of disappointment flashed across Tomizawa Chikage's face, but she quickly regained her energy. "Of course, we have to go back to the hospital. We need to pay Narumi's medical bills tomorrow morning."

As she spoke, she glanced at the wall clock; the hour hand was pointing to two in the morning.

"Shall I take you?" Lin Xiuyi's gaze fell on the wound on the girl's waist. "The Sumiyoshi gang will definitely be searching everywhere tonight."

"Don't worry," Tomizawa Chikage waved her hand dismissively, "Even if the Sumiyoshi-kai is arrogant, they wouldn't dare to block the road like the police."

At this point, she opened the suitcase, inside which, in addition to the clothes Lin Xiuyi had changed out of, there was also a neatly folded pink dress.

Tomizawa Chikage tossed Hayashi Hideichi's clothes back to him, then picked up her dress and looked around, asking, "Where can I change my clothes?"

"The storage room in the back," Lin Xiuyi pointed to the small door behind the kitchen counter, "Do you need any help?"

"Think beautifully!"

Fuzawa Chikage blushed and glared at him before quickly walking toward the storage room, clutching her dress.

Lin Xiuyi also took off his extravagant tuxedo and cape in the hall and changed back into his original clothes.

He had just finished buttoning the last button when he heard Tomizawa Chikage's amused voice from behind him: "Why did you change so early? You looked really cool in that outfit. I hadn't had enough of looking at it yet."

Lin Xiuyi turned around and saw that Fuzawa Chikage had changed into that pink dress, the soft color making her skin look even whiter.

Compared to her wildness when she wore a tight leather jacket, the girl now appeared gentle and charming, with only the sly glint in her eyes remaining unchanged.

"How is it? Isn't your demeanor quite different?" Tomizawa Chikage feigned a weak and delicate manner, speaking in a high-pitched, soft voice. "It's a completely different feeling from before, isn't it?"

“Hmm,” Lin Xiuyi nodded unconsciously.

Tomizawa Chikage then took out a student backpack from the suitcase, put all the cash inside, and then stuffed several pieces of women's underwear on top as a cover.

"Alright, I have to go back now," she said, packing her backpack as she instructed. "I'll have to leave this suitcase and its contents with you for now. Don't worry about the motorcycle; I'll take care of it myself later."

After saying this, the girl casually tossed her hair, slung her backpack over her shoulder, and walked toward the door.

The moment she pushed open the door, she suddenly turned around: "Tonight... I'm so grateful that you were with me."

Tomizawa Chikage's voice was so soft it was almost inaudible.

Lin Xiuyi arrived at the door, watched her get into a taxi, and then took the girl's suitcase back upstairs.

After stuffing the box under the bed, Lin Xiuyi lay down on the bed, but couldn't fall asleep no matter what.

Tonight's experiences as a phantom thief replayed in my mind like a revolving lantern: Tomizawa Chikage's agile skills, the gangsters' angry roars, the motorcycles speeding by under the moonlight...

It has to be said that this kind of Robin Hood-style redistribution is quite exciting.

Lin Xiuyi didn't know when he fell asleep last night. In any case, when the shrill alarm clock woke him up, the sky outside the window was already turning light.

He groggily glanced at the alarm clock; it was already 6:30…

(End of this chapter)