Traveling back thirty years to Conan, intercepting Princess Eri

Chapter 260 Could I have been cheated on?

Last night, Lin Xiuyi promised Yukiko that he would take her to the station today, and afterwards he and Reiko would help Professor Agasa move.

Thinking of this, he forced himself to get out of bed, washed his face with cold water, and the icy water droplets slid down his cheeks, instantly making him more awake.

After a quick wash, Lin Xiuyi hurried towards Tengfeng's apartment.

Along the way, police cars could be seen rushing by from time to time, and occasionally one or two tattooed men could be taken into police cars by the police.

It seems the Sumiyoshi-kai caused quite a stir last night... Lin Xiuyi watched this scene thoughtfully, and just as he was about to continue on his way, a police car stopped beside him.

The car window slowly rolled down, revealing Inspector Megure's kind face.

His eyes were bloodshot, clearly from working all night. He yawned and said, "Lin Jun, where are you going? Need a ride?"

"No need, I'm going to Yukiko's house," Lin Xiuyi waved his hand, then pretended to be curious and asked knowingly, "By the way, why is it so lively this morning?"

“Don’t even mention it,” Inspector Megure yawned again, raising his hand to rub his throbbing temples. “Last night, the Sumiyoshi-kai’s big boss in Beika, the one you met before, Ito Ichiro, was killed at home. The members of the Sumiyoshi-kai went crazy, searching the streets for the murderer of their boss, and the whole Beika town was in chaos.”

"They called the police?" Lin Xiuyi raised an eyebrow.

“No, these gangsters are all very concerned about their image,” Inspector Megure said dismissively. “They’re worried that asking the police for help will make them lose face in front of other gangs, and they’re also afraid that the police will catch the culprit first, making it harder for them to get revenge.”

Lin Xiuyi asked, "Why did I just see the police arresting gang members?"

“They went too far,” Inspector Megure sighed helplessly. “We usually don’t bother with gangster stuff as long as it doesn’t involve ordinary people. But they were causing such a ruckus last night that we had to step in and stop them.”

"They've been busy all night," Lin Xiuyi said, feigning curiosity. "Did they find the murderer?"

“If they were found, they wouldn’t still be on the streets,” Inspector Megure shook his head. “I heard that the two assassins who attacked Ichiro Ito last night were a man and a woman, both dressed in strange clothes. If you ask me, they are most likely from the other two major gangs. Unless the Sumiyoshi-kai wants to start a war with them, this matter will definitely not be resolved.”

After chatting for a few more minutes, Inspector Megure drove away.

After chatting for a few more minutes, Inspector Megure drove away, and Lin Xiuyi was completely relieved. It seemed that Tomizawa Chikage had safely returned to the hospital last night.

……

When Lin Xiuyi arrived at the Fujimine family's apartment building, he saw that Yukiko was already waiting at the door.

She wore a light blue dress, her hair casually tied into a ponytail, and looked exceptionally fresh and charming in the morning light.

The two walked side by side toward Beika Station. Along the way, Yukiko chattered on about the interesting things that had happened on set recently, but Hayashi Hideichi seemed a little absent-minded.

"It's such a short walk, and you've already yawned several times?" the girl said, glaring at her. "Is it really that boring to keep me company?"

"I didn't sleep well last night," Lin Xiuyi explained helplessly, her face still showing signs of fatigue.

“I don’t know what happened last night, the streets were a mess,” Yukiko nodded with lingering fear. “I was also woken up once in the middle of the night by a lot of noise outside, I don’t know what happened. This morning, I saw a lot of police cars patrolling the streets…”

During their conversation, the two arrived at Mihana Station.

Just as Lin Xiuyi was about to buy a ticket for the girl, Yukiko stopped him: "No need, I'm not taking the train today."

"Then how will you get there?" Lin Xiuyi frowned.

“Of course someone came to pick me up in a car,” Yukiko replied casually.

Someone's here to pick me up... Could it be the pretty boy I met on set?
Lin Xiuyi was immediately displeased: "Why didn't you tell me yesterday?"

Having witnessed the messy affairs of the entertainment industry in his previous life, when Lin Xiuyi heard Yukiko say that someone was coming to pick her up, his first thought was, "Could I have been cheated on?"

"Didn't I tell you yesterday?" Yukiko tilted her head and thought for a moment. "Now you know, don't you? Okay, I'm at the station now. Don't you have something to do?"

“My business isn’t urgent,” Lin Xiuyi said, standing still with a straight face.

"Hey, what's wrong with you?" Yukiko glanced at him suspiciously, then gently nudged Hayashi Hideichi. "You should leave now, I'm really fine here."

"Wait a little longer," Lin Xiuyi said with a dark face. "I won't feel at ease until I see you get on the bus with my own eyes."

"Why..." Yukiko looked at Hayashi Hideichi, who had a bad expression, paused for a moment, and then suddenly realized, "Hey, you don't actually think the person who came to pick me up is a man, do you?"

"Isn't it?"

As soon as Lin Xiuyi finished speaking, a bright yellow sports car screeched as its tires screech against the ground and pulled up beside them.

Lin Xiuyi, who originally wanted to see what the pretty boy looked like, felt a sudden jolt of fear after seeing the driver's appearance.

Ugh, I should have left earlier...

"Are you relieved now? When I came back yesterday, the director said that Miss Wenyard would also be going to the set today, and that I could ride in her car so I wouldn't have to go to Takasaki anymore," Yukiko glared at Hayashi Hideichi, then greeted the sports car driver, "Miss Wenyard."

“Okay, get in the car,” Sharon nodded, glancing at Lin Xiuyi with a cold expression and a distant look in her eyes, without saying a word more.

Yesterday, because of the Miyano couple's incident, Sharon and Hayashi Shuichi really had a falling out, and she even made some harsh remarks before leaving.

Unexpectedly, the two met again in less than a day, and the air seemed to be filled with an awkward atmosphere.

Yukiko looked at them with a puzzled expression. The two of them had been somewhat ambiguous before, so why were they so cold to each other this time?

Regardless of the circumstances, it's a good thing for Yukiko that Hayashi Hideichi was able to distance himself from Sharon.

She waved to Lin Xiuyi and then walked towards the passenger seat of the sports car.

Before Yukiko got into the car, Lin Xiuyi quickly whispered, "Don't involve other people in what's between you and me."

"Aren't some people a bit too arrogant?" Sharon sneered, her tone full of sarcasm. "Yukiko and I are colleagues in the same production crew. What's it to you!"

At that moment, Yukiko opened the car door and got in. The girl asked in confusion, "What are you talking about?"

"It's nothing, some people are just being presumptuous," Sharon explained, then ignored Lin Xiuyi, stepped on the gas, and drove away.

……

After seeing Yukiko off, Hayashi Shuichi returned to the izakaya, had breakfast with Reiko, and then headed towards the apartment where Professor Agasa was currently renting.

It was an old apartment building, with clutter piled up in the hallways. Arriving at Professor Agasa's door, I rang the doorbell, and after a long while, Professor Agasa hurriedly opened the door.

As soon as the door opened, the scene before them left Lin Xiuyi and Lingzi speechless. It was more like a warehouse than an apartment.

The room was a mess, filled with wires, instruments and other miscellaneous items, leaving only a narrow passageway for people to pass through.

"Doctor," Reiko exclaimed, her eyes wide, "You're moving today, and you didn't even pack beforehand?"

"Sorry," Dr. Agasa chuckled dryly and scratched his head, "I was so engrossed in fixing that voice changer last night that I forgot to tidy up these things."

"Professor Agasa," Lin Xiuyi kindly reminded him, "Don't scratch your head all the time, or you'll end up with a receding hairline."

"Huh? Is that really the case?" Dr. Agasa was startled and quickly reached up to tidy his hair.

"Doctor, besides the voice changer, didn't you say yesterday that you had many other fun inventions?" Reiko urged, "Hurry up and show them to us!"

"They're all here, let me look..." Professor Agasa said as he painstakingly rummaged through the pile of clutter, getting tangled in electrical wires every now and then. It took him a lot of effort to finally pull out a pair of enormous shoes.

Reiko held up her hand to show how long the shoes were—almost as long as her arm. "Doctor, are these shoes for giants?"

"Haha, how could that be!" Dr. Agasa proudly explained, "These are the foot-strengthening shoes I invented. They use electricity and magnetism to stimulate acupoints in the feet, thereby maximizing muscle strength and allowing even children to kick with the force of an adult."

"Wow, that's amazing!" Reiko's eyes lit up immediately. "Doctor, can I try?"

"Well..." Professor Agasa chuckled dryly, "I'm afraid that won't work. These shoes are too big; you won't be able to wear them."

“With feet that big, besides giants, probably no one could fit into them,” Reiko complained. “Doctor, couldn’t you make them smaller?”

“I wish I could,” Dr. Agasa said, instinctively reaching out to scratch his head, but then remembered Lin Xiuyi’s earlier reminder and quickly put his hand down. “But with the current level of technology, shoes can only be made like this. Perhaps in the future, when technology advances, we can shrink them to the size of ordinary shoes.”

Seeing that Reiko was somewhat disappointed, Dr. Agasa quickly rummaged through the pile of clutter and pulled out an instrument with a display screen on top. It was the same length and width as a book, but several times thicker.

"What is this?" Reiko asked with great interest, stepping closer to examine the strange device.

“This is the tracking radar I invented,” Dr. Agasa said, opening the bottom of the box and taking out a ball the size of a tennis ball.

He then pressed the button on the box, and the screen lit up, displaying a small, constantly flashing dot in the center.

"This ball is a signal transmitter. Its location can be found by radar within a five-kilometer radius."

“This is quite useful,” Reiko nodded, “but isn’t it a bit too big? It would be better if it were smaller.”

"With the current level of technology, this is the best we can do." Dr. Agasa spread his hands, looking dejected.

"Doctor, isn't there anything suitable for someone my age?" Reiko asked expectantly.

“Let me think… Oh right, that skateboard should suit you,” Professor Agasa clapped his hands, then rummaged through the pile of junk again, his voice occasionally audible, “Strange, where did you put it?”

"Skateboard? Onii-chan taught me before, I'm pretty good at it..."

Before Reiko could finish speaking, Professor Agasa pulled out a metal box with four wheels on the bottom.

The girl looked shocked, her mouth agape: "Doctor, are you sure this is a skateboard?"

"This is indeed the electric skateboard I invented," Professor Agasa explained awkwardly, "but the electricity and power unit, um..."

"Limited by technological capabilities, it can't be miniaturized either?" Reiko said what he hadn't said aloud.

“Yes,” Dr. Agasa nodded awkwardly, his face slightly flushed, wishing he could disappear back into the pile of junk.

"Doctor, none of your inventions seem to be very useful," my little cousin bluntly commented.

Standing to the side, Lin Xiuyi could already tell that these were the first-generation products of the technological equipment that Professor Agasa would give to Conan in the future.

Although they are not very useful now because of their size, they will become indispensable helpers for Conan in the future.

“Alright, Reiko,” Lin Xiuyi patted his sister’s head, “The doctor’s invention is just temporarily too big to be of any use, but it will definitely be useful in the future.”

Dr. Agasa chuckled dryly, taking Hayashi Shuichi's words as mere polite formalities, and shook his head with a wry smile.

The three of them began tidying up the clutter in the room. Professor Agasa was unmarried and didn't even have a girlfriend. Apart from his inventions and tools, there was nothing else in the apartment.

According to Professor Agasa, these odds and ends don't need to be sorted out; just throw them into the box.

The three of them worked for more than two hours and quickly packed most of the items into the boxes.

The room gradually emptied, leaving only a few scattered items.

"Phew, almost done," Reiko said, wiping the sweat from her brow, panting heavily.

Just then, she suddenly noticed something that looked like a small flashlight lying on the floor next to her.

Reiko picked it up curiously: "What is this?"

"Be careful, whatever you do, don't press the button on top!" Professor Agasa warned as he rushed toward Reiko.

His younger cousin was startled by his nervous appearance. She loosened her grip, and the "flashlight" she was holding immediately fell to the ground, hitting the red button on top.

The next moment, a cold light shot out from the tip of the "flashlight" and hit Professor Agasa in the neck.

"Doctor?" Reiko, thinking she had caused a terrible disaster, asked in a trembling voice, "Are you...are you alright?"

"It's alright, it's just numbness..." Before Professor Agasa could finish speaking, he swayed and fell to the floor.

"Onii-chan, what should I do? Did I...did I kill someone?"

My little cousin turned pale with fright, large tears welled up in her eyes, and her voice trembled with sobs.

"I didn't mean to, I really didn't..."

(End of this chapter)