Traveling back thirty years to Conan, intercepting Princess Eri

Chapter 286 If Rei Furuya hadn't been turned gay, he probably would have been able to see through lust.

"What do you know? I haven't said anything yet!" Tomizawa Chikage frowned, her delicate face filled with frustration.

She pouted angrily, wanting to get to the bottom of things.

"We'll talk about it later."

Lin Xiuyi turned his head slightly and glanced at Master Kisaragi, who was talking to Director Ochiai not far away, out of the corner of his eye.

Tomizawa Chikage was still angry, but when she heard him say that, the words she had almost blurted out flashed through her mind. After a moment of stunned silence, she finally realized what he meant.

"I see."

At that moment, Reiko led Rei Furuya and Narumi out of the art museum.

Looking at the gruesome corpse of the blond thug lying on the ground, Lingzi frowned slightly, but her fair face showed little discomfort.

Her parents were both prosecutors, and their bookshelves were filled with all sorts of case files, and photos of corpses were commonplace.

In addition, with the frequent cases in Beika Town during this period, real corpses have almost become commonplace, and Reiko has even become somewhat accustomed to seeing corpses.

Rei Furuya swallowed nervously, feeling a mix of fear and excitement.

"Master, you were amazing! I saw the whole thing—you and Mr. Kudo subdued those two thugs. Your moves were so cool..."

Before he could finish speaking, he received a heavy slap on the head from Tomizawa Chikage.

The girl stood with her hands on her hips, gritting her teeth as she angrily said, "Didn't I just tell you to hide? Who told you to peek? The criminals have guns! What if they shoot and hurt you?"

"Tch, weren't you peeking too?" Furuya Rei retorted, his face full of indignation.

"How can I be compared to you guys!" Tomizawa Chikage glared, raising her voice to reprimand, "I'm seeing if I need help! If Shuichi and the others are in danger, at least I can lend a hand!"

Rei Furuya tossed his head back, his face full of disdain: "Master and Mr. Kudo are both experts, why would they need you!"

"Hmph, they're experts, but aren't I? I am..."

In a moment of impulsiveness, Tomizawa Chikage almost blurted out that she was the Phantom Thief Lady.

Fortunately, Lin Xiu reacted quickly and pulled her back, preventing her from exposing herself in public.

“Go on,” Rei Furuya pressed, his face full of curiosity. “What are you?”

"Instead of worrying about this, you should go check on Chengshi!" Lin Xiuyi glared at his apprentice and pointed to Chengshi, who was trembling not far away. "He's terrified of the corpse!"

"...Oh no, I forgot!"

Rei Furuya quickly turned to look at Narumi, whose face was as pale as paper, her hands tightly covering her eyes, and her whole body trembling with fear.

"Are you okay?"

Rei Furuya's heart tightened, and he quickly walked to Narumi's side.

“The corpse was horrible,” Narumi’s voice trembled with tears. “He had so much blood.”

"Go over there and rest for a while," Tomizawa Chikage gently patted Narumi's shoulder.

“Mm,” Narumi nodded obediently, and with Rei Furuya’s help, she staggered toward the bench next to her.

"Am I useless?"

After sitting down on the bench, Cheng Shi looked somewhat dejected.

“I used to think that I would become a doctor in the future and treat children like me, but when I saw the blood all over the ground just now, my legs went weak and I couldn’t stand up.”

“It’s normal to see a corpse for the first time,” Furuya Rei encouraged with a smile. “When you grow up and study medicine, you’ll see many corpses and you’ll naturally get used to it.”

Narumi looked up and asked unwillingly, "But wasn't this also your first time seeing a corpse?"

“I…” Furuya Rei opened his mouth, but the smile on his face vanished instantly.

“I’ve seen the body before, it was…it was my mother.”

"……Feel sorry."

Chengshi was caught off guard and quickly apologized, feeling guilty.

Seeing that the pretty "girl" in front of him was worried about him, Furuya Rei quickly straightened his back, pretended that nothing was wrong, and patted his chest.

"Don't worry, I'm fine!"

……

When the police arrived, everyone at the scene was taken to the Metropolitan Police Department to give a statement.

Because he was worried that Narumi's health might not hold up, Lin Xiuyi went to Inspector Megure to explain the situation and put Narumi and Tomizawa Chikage's statements at the top.

Two hours later, when Hayashi Hideichi, Kudo Yusaku, and Furuya Rei came out of the Metropolitan Police Department with Reiko and Furuya Rei, Tomizawa Chikage had already taken Narumi back to the hospital.

“Master, why didn’t you tell me sooner that Narumi was leaving first?” Rei Furuya said, scratching his head in frustration. “I didn’t even say goodbye to Narumi.”

"Goodbye..."

Lin Xiuyi looked speechlessly at his disappointed apprentice. Could this kid really be infatuated with Cheng Shi?
"You've spent most of the day with Narumi, haven't you noticed..."

Just as Lin Xiuyi was about to reveal the truth, he was interrupted by Reiko: "Onii-chan!"

The little cousin blinked hard, clearly hinting to her brother not to reveal the truth that Chengshi was actually a boy.

"What did you find, Master?" Furuya Rei asked, his face full of doubt.

"Are you trying to say, Onii-chan, didn't you notice that Narumi's body is about to give out?" Reiko scolded. "Don't forget, he's still a patient!"

“Well, we don’t have to say goodbye without even having time to say goodbye,” Furuya Rei scratched his head. “Never mind, I already know that Narumi is at Beika Central Hospital. I’ll go visit him myself from now on.”

Seeing his stubbornness, Lin Xiuyi gave up on him.

This will teach this kid a lesson. If Furuya Rei isn't turned gay after this, he should be able to see through lust.

"Master Kisaragi will be coming out soon," Yusaku Kudo said in a low voice as he approached.

"Reiko, take Furuya back first," Lin Xiuyi called out. "I still have some things to take care of."

After saying that, without waiting for Reiko to nod, he quickly followed Yusaku Kudo away.

"Something's happened again!" Reiko sighed dejectedly. "Let's go back to the izakaya."

……

Two minutes later, Master Kisaragi, having finished giving his statement, walked out of the Metropolitan Police Department.

He stood by the roadside, looked around for a while, and after making sure no one was paying attention to him, he raised his hand and hailed a taxi.

As the taxi slowly drove away, a black sedan parked at the corner quietly followed.

Sitting in the passenger seat, Lin Xiuyi glanced at Kudo Yusaku in the back seat through the rearview mirror: "Do you think he'll go?"

“The probability of him going is very high.” Kudo Yusaku nodded confidently. “Judging from his behavior at the museum before, he is very obsessed with that painting. Now that he feels he has gotten away with it, he will definitely be eager to go there.”

Inspector Megure, who was driving, looked at the two of them with suspicion: "Lin-kun, why are we monitoring Master Kisaragi? Could it be that those escaped thugs might be a threat to him?"

"You'll find out soon enough," Lin Xiuyi said without explaining, her eyes fixed on the taxi ahead. "Keep up close, and don't lose them..."

(End of this chapter)