Traveling back thirty years to Conan, intercepting Princess Eri

Chapter 313 It's okay if one or two people are missing.

"Lin-san, come and try it," Matsuda Jotaro said, eagerly moving his wrists, clearly somewhat unconvinced by Lin Xiuyi's earlier statement.

“…Alright,” Lin Xiu nodded, “Let’s go to the izakaya entrance.”

As the group walked out of the izakaya, they ran into Eri Kisaki and Kogoro Mouri, who had just returned.

The former had spent the whole day reading at home and looked exhausted, while the latter had clearly just finished a date with his girlfriend and was humming a tune with smug satisfaction as he walked.

"Huh? Why are you all standing outside?" Eri rubbed her sore eyes.

"What are you doing?" Kogoro Mouri asked curiously.

After learning that Hayashi Hideichi was going to fight the newly crowned boxing champion, both Eri Kisaki and Kogoro Mouri had great confidence in Hayashi Hideichi.

“Shuichi is right. If it were a boxing ring with rules, he might not be a match for Mr. Matsuda,” Kogoro Mouri said with his arms crossed. “But without rules, Mr. Matsuda definitely wouldn’t be able to beat him.”

“I don’t believe it,” Matsuda Jinpei snorted, his little fists clenched tightly. “You’ve never watched a boxing match, you don’t know how powerful your father is.”

“Then let’s just watch,” Reiko said confidently. “Onii-chan will definitely win.”

The group formed a loose circle, with Lin Xiuyi and Matsuda Jotaro in the very center.

“Mr. Matsuda, let me make this clear first, this isn’t a boxing match,” Lin Xiuyi said, stretching his shoulders.

“I know,” Matsuda Jotaro nodded, assuming a standard boxing stance and moving his feet nimbly. “Come on, Lin-san, let me see how good you are at fighting.”

Seeing that he had taken a stance but did not attack first, clearly waiting for Lin Xiuyi to make the first move, Lin Xiuyi did not hold back and casually threw a punch to test the waters.

Seeing his weak punches, Matsuda Jotaro couldn't help but look down on him: "Lin-san, I'm about to throw a punch."

“Come on,” Lin Xiuyi nodded calmly, his eyes becoming focused.

Matsuda Jotaro no longer held back and quickly swung his fist at Hayashi Hideichi.

As a newly crowned champion, his punches are top-notch in both power and speed, creating a whooshing sound as he swings them.

Just as Hayashi Hideichi said, if it were in a boxing ring, Matsuda Jotaro would be able to defeat him easily.

Faced with the opponent's attack, Lin Xiuyi nimbly dodged, her body as slippery as a swimming fish.

This hiding lasted for several minutes.

Such a fight was clearly not worth watching, completely different from the visceral, hard-hitting combat that everyone had been hoping for, leaving everyone somewhat disheartened.

Matsuda Jinpei proudly raised his little face: "How about that? My dad is pretty amazing, right? Shuichi-nisan didn't dare to fight back at all."

"Master, don't just hide," Furuya Rei said with a disappointed pout.

"This must be Shuichi-nii's plan," Kenji Hagiwara said, stroking his chin and analyzing like a little adult, "to exhaust Uncle Matsuda and then defeat him?"

“A boxing match can last for tens of minutes,” Yoshiyuki Kujo shook his head. “It’s simply impossible to exhaust a boxer’s stamina in a short period of time.”

"Onii-chan will definitely win," Reiko said firmly, standing firmly on her brother's side.

“Lin-san, you’re just dodging, but…” Matsuda Jotaro said with a hint of smugness as he threw a punch.

Before he could finish speaking, taking advantage of the gap in his punch, Lin Xiuyi suddenly ducked down, circled behind him like lightning, locked his throat with both hands, and attacked Matsuda Jotaro's knees with both legs.

Before the newly crowned boxing champion could react, he felt his knees buckle and he fell to his knees with a thud, while Lin Xiuyi firmly held his neck from behind.

“Well, Mr. Matsuda,” Lin Xiuyi said with a smile, releasing him and helping him up. “This…” Matsuda Jotaro dusted off his pants, shaking his head with a wry smile, “There’s no such move in boxing.”

“That’s why I just said,” Lin Xiuyi said with a smile, “If we were in a boxing ring, and according to the rules of boxing, I definitely wouldn’t be a match for you, Mr. Matsuda.”

The fact that the two decided the winner so quickly left the onlookers stunned.

"Shuichi-nii-san is amazing!" Kenji Hagiwara's mouth was agape, wide enough to fit an egg.

His older sister, Hagiwara Chisato, had stars in her eyes and her cheeks were slightly flushed.

“Shuichi-nii-san clearly fouled,” Matsuda Jinpei muttered indignantly.

“Before we started, Onii-chan said that this wasn’t a boxing match,” Reiko said smugly, hands on her hips.

Matsuda Jinpei wanted to argue, but Matsuda Jotaro reached out and patted his son's head, gently reprimanding him, "A win is a win, a loss is a loss, don't try to argue."

“…I understand,” Matsuda Jinpei said sullenly, lowering his head and kicking at the pebbles on the ground with his little feet.

"Alright, let's not talk about this anymore," Lin Xiu waved her hand and looked up at the darkening sky. "Didn't we say we were going to take pictures? If we wait any longer, the sun will set, and it won't be good to take pictures then."

……

After taking the group photo, Furuya Rei realized it was getting late and hurried to the station. He lived in Beika and had to go to school the next day.

Matsuda Jotaro also brought his son and the Hagiwara siblings home.

The couple didn't linger any longer and went to the shopping street to find a photo studio to take pictures.

The once bustling izakaya suddenly became deserted.

"Strange, it's almost opening time, why hasn't Midori arrived yet?" Kogoro Mori wondered, peeking out to look around.

“Oh right, Onii-chan,” Reiko suddenly remembered something and jogged over to Hayashi Hideichi’s side, “When you weren’t here, Midori-nee called to say she couldn’t come today.”

"Has something happened?" Lin Xiuyi stopped wiping the dishes abruptly.

Although Midori Orikasa looks like a delinquent girl, she is actually very diligent and serious when it comes to work. Since deciding to learn cooking from Hayashi Shuichi, she hasn't slacked off for a single day.

“I don’t know about that,” Reiko shook her head. “Sister Midori didn’t say.”

"Maybe the flower shop is too busy and they can't come over for the time being," Kogoro Mouri guessed.

“It’s no big deal if one or two people are missing,” Eri Kisaki snorted, tucking a stray strand of hair behind her ear. “Back then, it was just the three of us, and the izakaya still ran just fine.”

"You can't say that. With one more person, we can..."

Kogoro Mouri was speaking when he noticed Eri Kisaki's displeased expression. He then realized that the few people in the izakaya were all girls, and they were all in ambiguous relationships with Shuichi Hayashi. No wonder Eri Kisaki was happy not to see them.

……

Just like Eri Kisaki said, even without other people, the izakaya can still operate as usual.

Around nine o'clock, Officer Matsumoto came over.

Besides the meal, he also told Hayashi Hideichi that he had found the person who had argued with Takeda Yamato...

(End of this chapter)