Traveling back thirty years to Conan, intercepting Princess Eri

Chapter 261 Onii-chan, you're not going to use this to bully girls, are you?
"Don't be afraid, he's fine, he's just asleep."

Lin Xiuyi reached out and felt Professor Agasa's pulse, then bent down and found an almost transparent needle on Professor Agasa's neck, the tip of which gleamed faintly in the sunlight.

Considering what Dr. Agasa didn't finish saying, this "flashlight" should be the precursor to the wristwatch tranquilizer gun.

"She was really just asleep?" Reiko asked, still somewhat incredulous.

Lin Xiuyi nodded slightly, holding the thin needle between her fingertips for close examination. The liquid remaining on the needle tip refracted a strange light in the sunlight: "This thin needle should have been soaked in an anesthetic, so it quickly made the doctor unconscious after being shot."

“Why did the professor invent this for no reason?” Reiko complained, her eyes red and her lips pouting. “It made me think I had killed someone.”

"Who knows?" Lin Xiuyi shrugged and bent down to pick up the device that fired the tranquilizer dart.

The metal casing felt cool to the touch in my palm. This thing was only a little over ten centimeters long, about the size of a small flashlight, but the workmanship was surprisingly exquisite.

Lin Xiu carefully pushed open the rear magazine, inside which were five gleaming anesthetic needles, each with a trace of transparent liquid still clinging to its tip.

"Good stuff."

"...Onii-chan, you don't actually want this, do you?"

Lingzi stood in front of her brother with her hands on her hips, frowning and staring at him suspiciously.

"You're not planning to use it to bully girls, are you?"

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Lin Xiuyi coughed so hard at his little cousin's words that he almost dropped the device in his hand.

"I just wanted to use it for self-defense! Even if I wanted to bully girls, would I need this?"

"No, when did I ever want to bully girls!"

Seeing her brother's exasperated expression, Reiko scoffed and revealed two cute little fangs: "I never knew your true colors before, Onii-chan is a big pervert!"

"Little girl, I'll show you what a pervert really is!"

Lin Xiuyi pretended to be lecherous and lewd, and pounced on Lingzi.

The little girl giggled and hid around the apartment.

……

at the same time,

After getting into Sharon's car, Yukiko didn't say much.

It wasn't that she didn't want to speak, but Sharon's icy face made her afraid to speak.

Yukiko nervously fiddled with the ends of her hair, glancing at the speedometer every now and then: the needle was approaching the red zone, and the scenery outside the window was rushing past.

The sports car sped along for over half an hour before Yukiko finally couldn't contain her curiosity and cautiously asked, "What did Shuichi do to upset you? Weren't you two..."

"Isn't our current situation a good thing for you?"

Sharon slammed on the brakes, the tires screeching against the pavement. She turned her head, her eyes sharp as knives.

"It's good that we have one less rival in love."

“What’s the use of losing one?” Yukiko muttered dejectedly. “If I had known that bastard was a womanizer, I would never have talked to him in the first place.”

“You’re right, that guy is a real bastard!” Sharon slammed her fist on the steering wheel, and the horn blared.

The two exchanged a glance, and the anger in Sharon's eyes and the grievance in Yukiko's eyes met in the air. Surprisingly, they found common ground.

Professor Agasa's apartment.

The brother and sister played around for a while, but Professor Agasa still showed no signs of waking up.

"Onii-chan, how much longer is he going to sleep?"

Reiko crouched down next to Professor Agasa and carefully nudged his shoulder with her index finger. Seeing that he didn't react, she increased the pressure until she was practically shaking him.
"Who knows?" Lin Xiuyi glanced at the wall clock, the minute hand had already gone more than halfway around, "If the dosage of the anesthetic injection is high, she might sleep for a whole day."

With nothing to do and not wanting to rummage through other people's things, the brother and sister could only look for books on the bookshelf to read.

Reiko stood on tiptoe and pulled out a thick, hardcover book.

“That’s so strange, Onii-chan,” Reiko opened the book and pointed to the signature written in pen on the title page. “Professor Agasa’s signature, why is it all ‘Professor Agasa’? He’s going too far, doesn’t he? Does he want everyone to know that he is the professor?”

“Professor Agasa doesn’t seem like a vain person,” Hayashi Hideichi said, equally puzzled.

“Because that’s my real name,” a hoarse voice suddenly rang out from the side.

The brother and sister were startled and turned to look at each other. They saw Professor Agasa lying on the floor yawning and slowly sitting up.

"It seems the effects of the anesthetic injection will last for a little over an hour," Lin Xiuyi said, glancing at the time.

"Professor, you're finally awake!" Reiko exclaimed in surprise, then, remembering her earlier doubts, she asked in astonishment, "Professor Agasa, is your real name 'Professor'?"

“Yes,” Professor Agasa nodded.

"Professor Agasa, Professor!"

Reiko tilted her head, suspiciously looking Professor Agasa up and down, her gaze lingering on his slightly disheveled white coat and tousled hair for a long time.
"Doctor, you're not actually a doctor, are you?"

"I am indeed a PhD!"

Dr. Agasa hurriedly pulled a crumpled business card from his pocket. The gold lettering on it gleamed under the light: "Dr. Agasa, Doctor of Engineering, University of Tokyo" was clearly visible.

"Why choose this name?" Reiko muttered under her breath. "If you hadn't gotten into your doctoral program, wouldn't you have been ashamed for the rest of your life?"

At this point, my little cousin imagined the scene and couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Dr. Agasa scratched his head: "My parents must have hoped that I would become a knowledgeable person, which is why they named me this."

“By the way, Doctor,” Lin Xiuyi held up the tranquilizer dart launcher, “this…”

“This is a very dangerous thing,” Dr. Agasa said, touching his neck with lingering fear. “I never imagined that after I made it, the first person to be hit by it would be myself.”

"Doctor, what are you going to do with this?" Reiko asked warily, her hands behind her back. "You're not planning to do anything illegal, are you?"

"How could that be!" Dr. Agasa chuckled dryly. "I originally invented this tranquilizer gun to deal with wild dogs."

"Stray dogs?" Reiko blinked in confusion. "Are there any stray dogs around here?"

"Yes, but they usually come out at night," Professor Agasa said, scratching his head in frustration, a few strands falling down. "They've chased and bitten me several times, which is why I thought of making a tranquilizer gun to deal with them. I didn't expect to be able to move so soon, so I won't need this anymore."

"Doctor, can I have this?" Lin Xiuyi asked.

“Sure,” Professor Agasa nodded and handed the device back to him, “but you can’t use it for illegal things.”

“Don’t worry, Professor, Onii-chan is an advisor to the Metropolitan Police Department’s First Investigation Division,” Reiko puffed out her chest, her face full of admiration for her brother. “How could he possibly do anything bad?” “I saw Lin-kun’s news in the newspaper before,” Professor Agasa began explaining how to use the tranquilizer gun. “Although this tranquilizer gun looks like a flashlight, it really can be used for illumination just like a flashlight. Just press here…”

As he spoke, he pressed a button on the back, and a bright beam of light immediately shot out from the tip of the tranquilizer gun, drawing a clear beam of light in the dimly lit room.

"How about that? Pretty impressive, huh?" Professor Agasa proudly brandished the tranquilizer gun.

The brother and sister were both speechless. Lingzi sighed, her little face full of helplessness: "Doctor, please stop telling lame jokes, okay?"

Dr. Agasa chuckled awkwardly, his speech noticeably quickening: "This tranquilizer gun actually has a safety catch."

He turned a small ring in the middle of the device, and the metal part made a slight "click" sound.

"Normally, as long as you turn it half a turn like this, even if you accidentally press the firing button, the anesthetic needle won't be fired."

"What happened just now?" Reiko asked, puzzled. "I didn't turn on the safety lock."

"I probably forgot to screw it on after I finished the experiment," Dr. Agasa said sheepishly, scratching the back of his head. "There are six anesthetic needles in the magazine. Within ten meters, as long as they are shot on the skin, the anesthetic needles will take effect."

"Within five meters, even if the target is wearing clothes, the tranquilizer dart can penetrate them."

"If you run out of anesthetic needles, you can come to me and I'll refill them for you."

"Thank you," Lin Xiuyi said, taking the tranquilizer gun and putting it into his coat pocket.

He's still a minor, so even with connections in the Metropolitan Police Department, he can't get a handgun and a gun license. Having this is better than nothing.

Moreover, the effects of the anesthetic injection might come in handy at any time.

Professor Agasa had already hired the moving truck.

Lin Xiuyi and Lingzi helped him load his belongings from the apartment onto the truck one by one, and then followed him to Professor Agasa's new house.

The car drove into a quiet street lined with neat rows of cherry blossom trees. Although it was not the blooming season, the dense foliage still rustled in the breeze, casting dappled shadows on the ground.

"What a huge house!" Reiko jumped out of the car, looked up at the two-story sci-fi-style building in front of her, her eyes wide open.

Professor Agasa's house has a silver-gray metallic exterior, and huge floor-to-ceiling windows that reflect the clouds in the sky, making it look like a building from the future.

"There are at least six or seven of our family members, Doctor. I didn't know you were so rich!"

“I don’t usually have much money,” Dr. Agasa said, rubbing his hands sheepishly. “This time, I made a fortune mainly by selling one of my patented inventions to the Suzuki Group. But after buying this house, I’ve basically spent it all.”

Unlike his sister, Hayashi Hideichi, standing in front of Professor Agasa's house, was more focused on the house next door.

It was a typical European-style villa, with ivy climbing all over the red brick exterior walls and a small garden in front filled with all kinds of flowers.

That should be the Kudo family's house in the original timeline.

However, according to Dr. Agasa, at this point in time, the house is still on the market and has not yet been sold.

"Are you interested in this house, Mr. Lin?" Professor Agasa noticed his gaze. "I've met the owner of this house before. If you'd like to buy it, Mr. Lin, I can help you get in touch with him."

"Doctor, how much does this villa cost?" Lingzi was growing more and more fond of the two-story villa.

Compared to the villa next door, Dr. Agasa's house looks more like a research institute.

"It'll probably cost around a billion yen," Dr. Agasa thought for a moment, "a little more expensive than my house."

"Over a billion?" Reiko's eyes widened even more, her pupils seemingly reflecting the shadows of banknotes. She exaggeratedly clutched her chest, staggered back a few steps, and almost tripped over her own foot. "So much money!"

"The future Yusaku Kudo is really rich," Hayashi Shuichi couldn't help but think to himself.

Even if he rises to a high-ranking position in the Metropolitan Police Department in the future, without relying on illicit income, he probably won't be able to afford this house in his entire life, even with just his salary.

They helped Professor Agasa move, and as a token of gratitude, the professor insisted on treating the brother and sister to lunch together.

After dinner, it was already past three o'clock. Lin Xiu glanced at his watch and hurriedly pulled up Lingzi, who was still licking her ice cream: "Sorry, Doctor, we have to go back quickly, we have something to do later."

The two hurriedly returned to the izakaya, where Eri Kisaki, Kogoro Mouri, and Midori Orikasa were already waiting.

“It’s too slow, senior,” Midori Orikasa said, standing at the door with her hands on her hips. “The match is about to start.”

"I'm sorry," Lin Xiuyi apologized, and asked Eri and the other two to take Reiko to the gymnasium first, while he hurriedly went to contact Inspector Megure.

A short while later, the police car stopped in front of the izakaya.

Besides Inspector Megure driving, there were two police officers in the back seat and Mikio Morizono sandwiched in the middle.

Morizono Mikio's mental state was actually quite good, at least better than in the previous few days.

"Hurry up and go, the competition is about to start," Lin Xiuyi urged.

"Don't worry, we'll definitely make it in time," Inspector Megure said, starting the police car and heading towards the stadium.

……

At the back door of the gymnasium, Shizuka Ikenami and the coach leading the team from Osaka University were already waiting.

Seeing the police car stop, they hurried over to greet it.

“You only have twenty minutes,” Lin Xiuyi glanced at the rearview mirror. “As for the police, I’m the one who vouched for you.”

"Don't worry, Mr. Lin," Morizono Mikio assured him, "I will be back immediately after the match."

Lin Xiuyi wasn't actually afraid that he would run away. The Mori family was quite wealthy; even if the monk ran away, the temple couldn't hide.

Morizono Mikio didn't commit any serious crimes, so there's no need to add another charge of being a fugitive.

Lin Xiuyi and Morizono Mikio got out of the car together. The latter hurriedly went into the stadium to change his clothes, while Ikenami Shizuka bowed slightly to Lin Xiuyi: "Lin-kun, we really owe you a lot this time."

"If you really want to thank me, then bring back a championship," Lin Xiuyi said with a smile.

"Definitely!" Ikeba Shizuka nodded confidently.

Since Inspector Megure and his team couldn't go inside, they all sat in the police car and waited outside.

Lin Xiuyi went around to the main entrance alone and entered the stadium.

Just as he was about to go look for Eri and the others, he felt a hand on his shoulder. He turned around and saw Hattori Heizo.

The two found a corner to sit down, and Hattori Heizo asked in confusion, "Why did I see you and one of the Osaka team members get out of the police car just now?"

"Something happened after the competition yesterday," Lin Xiuyi briefly explained the situation.

"He almost beat the robbers to death. This Morizono Mikio really has the temper of a young master," Hattori Heizo shook his head. "Too impulsive."

“It’s normal to have a strong reaction after a breakup,” Lin Xiuyi shrugged nonchalantly. “As long as the person isn’t dead, that’s all that matters.”

(End of this chapter)