Traveling back thirty years to Conan, intercepting Princess Eri

Chapter 271 He's either dead, or he shouldn't exist in this world.
"They're making a fool of me, so why can't I kill them!"

Kiyoto Ishikawa's eyes were bloodshot, and his hoarse question was like a heavy hammer blow, instantly plunging the scene into dead silence.

Lin Xiuyi was speechless. He originally thought it was just a simple case of the green-haired turtle killing the adulterous couple, but he didn't expect Ishikawa Kiyoto to be much more tragic than he imagined.

"After killing them and escaping, I threw everything else into the river, except for this ring,"

Kiyoto Ishikawa gave a bitter laugh, his fingers trembling as he caressed the ring, tears streaming down his cheeks and dripping onto it.

"I wanted to throw it away several times, but I always gave up in the end..."

"...No matter what, killing someone is wrong!" Inspector Samezaki coughed. "Since he killed someone, he has to pay the price. Take him away."

Two police officers stepped forward and skillfully handcuffed Kiyoto Ishikawa.

The moment the cold metal gripped his wrist, Kiyoto Ishikawa seemed to lose all his strength, and he staggered as he was led into the police car.

"Sigh, I can't believe something like this still happens," Officer Morimura sighed, his eyes filled with emotion and regret, "Marriage..."

His voice carried a hint of confusion, as if he had a new perspective on the word "marriage."

"Hey, don't overthink it!"

Inspector Samezaki patted Officer Morimura on the shoulder forcefully.

"Women like Ishikawa Kaori are ultimately a minority."

“I know, it’s just that I have mixed feelings,” Officer Morimura shook his head. “Marriage should be a major event in life, but seeing such a tragedy inevitably makes people feel uneasy.”

“Don’t let this make you afraid of marriage,” Inspector Samezaki teased with amusement. “Miss Shinkawa is a good woman; don’t let her down.”

"Haha, how could that be?" Officer Morimura blushed and scratched his head sheepishly.

"Fear of marriage?" Lin Xiuyi asked curiously. "Officer Morimura is getting married? Didn't you just start dating someone?"

"Actually, I've known Hejia for a long time,"

Inspector Morimura's gaze softened as he recalled his past with his girlfriend, his smile growing even gentler.
“We were high school classmates and have been good friends all these years, but it wasn’t until two months ago that I mustered up the courage to confess my feelings to her.”

"I was worried that Jia would refuse, but to my surprise, her first reaction was to tell me angrily that she had been waiting for this day for more than ten years."

"It was only then that I realized the reason why Jia had never married or dated anyone was because of me."

“Lin Jun, don’t follow that kid’s example,” Inspector Samezaki laughed. “If he had confessed earlier, his child would probably be in elementary school by now.”

“Because I’ve already delayed Kazuka for so many years, I want to get married as soon as possible,” Officer Morimura said expectantly. “Kazuka has also accepted my proposal, and our wedding date is set for next month.”

"Congratulations," Lin Xiuyi sincerely wished, "I hope your married life will be happy and fulfilling."

"Thank you," Officer Morimura said with a happy smile.

……

Gunma, the village where the film crew was located.

Under the star-studded night sky, Yukiko, who had been severely reprimanded by the director for being inattentive during filming, was now sitting alone on a large rock at the entrance of the village, sulking.

"Damn it! Not only did they bring out a Midori Orikasa in the store, but now even my spot at school has been taken!"

Yukiko angrily grabbed a handful of weeds and threw them forward with force.

Wild grass swirled and fell in mid-air, and the girl suddenly felt a wave of loneliness wash over her.

Apart from her, everyone else in the crew was an adult.

Although she is outgoing and gets along well with everyone, these are all just work relationships.

Now that she's troubled, she doesn't even have a friend to confide in.

"Siuichi and Hiromi aren't here, so even a girl with glasses will do!"

Yukiko muttered something under her breath, then shook her head angrily.

"No way! That jerk, the girl with glasses, if she hadn't told me that a transfer student had come to our class and taken my seat, I wouldn't have been distracted while filming earlier!"

"That girl with glasses is definitely doing it on purpose; she just wants to annoy me!"

While complaining, Yukiko picked up a small stone from the side and threw it forcefully into the woods ahead.

The pebble hit the tree with a "bang".

Immediately afterwards, a little boy's angry shout came from the woods: "Who threw that stone!"

"Sorry, are you okay?"

Yukiko was startled, thinking she had hit someone, and quickly ran over to apologize.

A little boy wearing a straw hat, a red vest, and carrying a flashlight emerged from behind the tree. It was Yukiko's friend, Yamamura Misao, the boy she knew from the village.

"Yukiko-neechan?" Yamamura Misao complained angrily, "I was catching rhinoceros beetles, and I finally found a big one on that tree over there. I was just about to go and catch it when you threw a stone and scared it away!"

"I'm sorry," Yukiko chuckled dryly, "I didn't mean to, anyway, it's good that you weren't hit."

"Yukiko-neechan, did you break up with your boyfriend?" Yamamura Misao looked up and asked curiously, "Is that why you threw stones to vent your anger?"

"What nonsense are you talking about! I'm not heartbroken!" Yukiko gritted her teeth in anger, her fair cheeks flushed red. "Don't make wild guesses, kid!"

“No,” Yamamura Misao scratched his head. “Kei told me before that when girls are heartbroken, they like to take their anger out on the things around them, throwing and smashing things.”

Yukiko didn't want to discuss this issue anymore and quickly changed the subject: "Kagemitsu? Why haven't I seen that kid come to play with you these past two days?"

“Xiao Jing hasn’t been in a good mood lately,” Yamamura said with some concern. “A few days ago, their school went on a field trip, and a girl in the class who often played with Xiao Jing suddenly got a tail infection. Although she was taken to the hospital, she still died.”

"Tail inflammation? Where do people get tails?" Yukiko tilted her head in confusion, then suddenly realized, "You're not talking about appendicitis, are you? Acute appendicitis is indeed very dangerous."

“I think that’s the name,” Yamamura Misao nodded. “Kei has been heartbroken lately, so I caught a rhinoceros beetle to give to him and cheer him up.”

"He died so young..."

Yukiko felt a surge of emotion. Compared to the little girl who had suddenly passed away, her troubles were really nothing.

“I’ve been trying to catch them for most of the day,” Yamamura Misao said regretfully, looking at the woods. “I don’t know if I can catch any more rhinoceros beetles that big.”

"It's okay, I'll help you. When I was little, I was the village's bug-catching king!"

To make amends for her mistake, Yukiko quickly patted her chest.

"Wait here for a moment, I'll go back and get a flashlight. I'll definitely catch a giant rhinoceros beetle for you tonight!"

……

The next morning, Lin Xiuyi yawned as she walked into the classroom and sat down.

The two banknotes were slammed onto his table with a "thud".

"Did you find your wallet?" Lin Xiuyi asked casually. "Heh heh, look what this is?"

Akane Koizumi, beaming with pride, took a pink wallet from her pocket and waved it in front of Shuichi Hayashi.
“When I got home last night, I used a crystal ball to do some divination and found that someone had picked up my wallet and taken it to the security guard’s room at the entrance.”

"When I got to school this morning, I immediately went to look for it, and sure enough, I found my wallet!"

"See? I didn't lie to you, did I? Wasn't my divination very accurate?"

The girl's words were full of pride and confidence, as if she were waiting for Lin Xiuyi's praise.

Lin Xiuyi stared speechlessly at the smug-looking Koizumi Akane, his lips twitching slightly: "What kind of divination is this?"

"If a student finds something lost at school, they usually take it to the security office, where there is a lost and found!"

"You didn't mention this at all yesterday!" Akane Koizumi was taken aback.

"Didn't I say?" Lin Xiuyi waved her hand. "I must have forgotten, but you can ask someone else."

“I didn’t ask anyone else! I really found my wallet through divination,” Akane Koizumi glared angrily. “Don’t you believe I can do divination? I brought my divination cards with me today! Tell me something, and I’ll do a divination for you right now.”

Lin Xiuyi couldn't refuse her: "Then let's do a divination to see what happened to me after 10 pm last night."

"Ten o'clock last night..."

Akane Koizumi looked serious as she carefully washed the divination cards in her hands.

She then had Lin Xiuyi randomly draw three cards, and then carefully placed the remaining cards on top of the cards Lin Xiuyi had drawn, in a certain order.

"So? Can you tell me where Shuichi went last night?"

Kogoro Mouri came over to join in the fun.

Although Eri Kisaki, sitting a seat away, looked disdainful, her perked-up ears and occasional sidelong glances revealed her curiosity about the divination results.

Akane Koizumi fiddled with the divination cards for a long time, but her originally focused expression became increasingly strange, and her brows furrowed tightly: "...How strange, how come I can't see your destiny?"

Lin Xiuyi lay on the table, too lazy to care about the divination results. He had worked hard for most of the night and just wanted to take a short nap before class.

Kogoro Mouri asked, puzzled, "What do you mean by 'can't see'?"

"According to the divination results, he is either dead or should not exist in this world,"

Akane Koizumi's delicate features furrowed in confusion, her eyes filled with bewilderment.

"But this thing clearly exists and is alive and well, so why did the divination result look like this?"

"Haha, your divination must have been wrong," Kogoro Mouri laughed. "How could a living, breathing person like Shuichi not exist?"

“Tch, Shuichi was right,” Eri muttered under her breath, “He really is a little liar.”

"I'm not a liar!" Akane Koizumi bit her lip defiantly, her eyes full of stubbornness. "I'll bring the crystal ball tomorrow and do another divination for him. I refuse to believe there will still be no result."

The girl's words were full of fighting spirit; she was determined to prove her abilities!
The three of them were making a ruckus, but Lin Xiuyi, who was lying on the table, was secretly alarmed.

Fortunately, he was lying down, so no one else could see the complicated expression on Lin Xiuyi's face.

The real Lin Xiuyi died in a car accident when she was four years old.

The current Lin Xiuyi should not have existed in the first place.

From these two points, it is clear that Akane Koizumi's divination result is correct.

Does she really know how to tell fortunes?
Lin Xiuyi couldn't help but mutter to himself, "The world of Detective Conan is truly amazing."

At this moment, Kogoro Mouri also wanted Akane Koizumi to do a fortune telling for him.

Akane Koizumi also wanted to try it out, wondering if there was something wrong with her divination cards: "What do you want to divine?"

Kogoro Mouri thought for a moment and said, "Let's have a divination to see when I'll get married."

"And your marriage partner?" Akane Koizumi asked. "Just tell me their name."

"Ruri Doigaki," Kogoro Mori said with a smug look on his face, his voice loud enough to be heard throughout the classroom, "she's my girlfriend."

Following the same order in which she had performed divination on Lin Xiuyi, Koizumi Akane repeated the process.

"So?" Kogoro Mouri asked impatiently, "When are Ruri and I getting married?"

"...Are you really boyfriend and girlfriend?" Akane Koizumi looked up. "According to the divination results, there's no marital relationship between you two, not even boyfriend and girlfriend. At most, you're just friends..."

"How could that be!" Kogoro Mori retorted emotionally, "I've kissed Ruri, and touched her..."

Halfway through his sentence, Kogoro Mouri noticed that most of his classmates were staring at him with gossipy expressions, clearly waiting for him to continue.

"If Ruri finds out what you just said, you're dead," Eri warned irritably.

"I'm talking nonsense, I'm talking nonsense!"

Kogoro Mouri felt his face burning, and after giving a few perfunctory replies, he quickly sat down.

Although Kogoro Mouri denied it, Akane Koizumi could tell from his previous reaction that he did not approve of her divination.

The girl immediately became a little unconvinced and reached out to push Lin Xiuyi's shoulder: "Hey."

Lin Xiuyi remained motionless, as if she were asleep.

"Hey!" Akane Koizumi reached out again.

"I'm not calling you 'Hey'!" Lin Xiuyi said impatiently.

"Student Lin!"

"Call me class monitor."

"Class representative!" Akane Koizumi clenched her fists, barely suppressing her anger as she spoke, "Are Mori-san and that Doigaki Ruri really dating?"

“Absolutely true,” Lin Xiuyi sat up, looking exhausted. “They’ve been dating for almost a month.”

"My divination was wrong again?" Akane Koizumi scratched her hair in frustration, her face full of confusion. "How could this happen? It's always been so accurate before."

Kogoro Mouri's fate was changed because of me long ago. Could it be that her inaccurate divination was due to this reason?

Lin Xiuyi muttered to himself.

Although she was wrong twice in a row, the classmates, especially the girls, were still very interested in Akane Koizumi's fortune telling.

In the next few divination readings, the female students exclaimed in amazement at how incredibly accurate Akane Koizumi's predictions were.

Are the divination cards okay?
Akane Koizumi turned her head in confusion to look at Hideaki Hayashi, who was sleeping on the table.

It's strange. Why is it that the divination is accurate when it's done for other people, but wrong when it's done for this guy and the people around him?
(End of this chapter)