Traveling back thirty years to Conan, intercepting Princess Eri

Chapter 315: We can only turn to the magical girl for help.

Lin Xiuyi opened the door of the izakaya, went inside, poured a glass of warm water for the flustered Orikasa Midori, and urged her to drink it before asking, "Could there be something else going on with her?"

"Impossible!" Midori Orikasa shook her head vigorously. "Meizuki and I are good friends. She tells me everything!"

The girl's voice was choked with emotion.
"I haven't heard from her all day; something must have happened to her."

"You didn't come to the izakaya yesterday, it must be related to her, right?"

Lin Xiuyi handed over a tissue and watched as the girl wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes.

"Ah."

Midori Orikasa nodded, her fingers gripping the tissue tightly.

"Yazuki got into a fight with a group of delinquents from Beika's side over some trivial matters. They had arranged to fight yesterday, and I rushed over and tried to stop them from fighting for a while."

"Is the other side also a female delinquent group?" Lin Xiuyi asked in surprise.

“Yes,” Midori Orikasa said, her head bowed, her voice barely audible, “I heard from Meizuki that they’re called something like Red Spiders.”

"Girls help girls" has now become "girls hurt girls"!
Lin Xiu shook his head speechlessly.

“Since you’re both women,” he comforted softly, “even if you’re going to bully Mezuki, you probably won’t go too far.”

"senior!"

Orikasa Midori suddenly looked up, her face full of worry.

"Sometimes women are the ones who torment and hurt other women! And Ya Yue is so stubborn; if they really manage to kidnap her, Ya Yue..."

"Beihu."

Lin Xiu tapped the table with his fingers, feeling a headache coming on. He didn't know much about that area.

"Do you know that Red Spiders female delinquent group?"

Midori Orikasa shook her head, her ponytail swaying gently with the movement: "Senpai, although I am also a delinquent, I don't usually pay attention to these things. Meizuki handles the team's affairs."

"Let's call the police first," Lin Xiuyi suggested.

"After learning of her disappearance, Yazuki's mother went to the local police station,"

Orikasa Midori clenched her fists, her face full of anger, and said...

"But the police said that less than 24 hours doesn't count as missing. They even said dismissively, 'Yueyue is a delinquent girl, who knows where she went?'"

Lin Xiuyi didn't have a good impression of the blond-haired girl, Yazuki, but she was, after all, Orikasa Midori's good friend, and if she really went missing, he couldn't just ignore her.

The only clue right now is the Red Spiders, a group of delinquent girls from Beika.

Going to the police won't help; the ones who know the worst about bad people are the bad people themselves.

The only delinquent Lin Xiuyi knew was Orikasa Midori, but she didn't know anything about her.

Furthermore, it cannot be confirmed at this time that it was the red spider that took away Yazuki.

With absolutely no clues, how are we supposed to find them...?

Lin Xiuyi suddenly had a thought.

If practical methods don't work, then what about the magical girl he knows?

I wonder if Akane Koizumi's magic worked?
Thinking of this, Lin Xiuyi quickly dialed the phone number of her homeroom teacher, Mr. Murakami's, office.

Fortunately, Mr. Murakami had not yet gone home at this time.

Lin Xiuyi made up an excuse and asked her for Koizumi Akane's address.

After hanging up the phone, he left a note at the izakaya, briefly explaining the situation, and then headed to Akane Koizumi's house with Midori Orikasa.

"Senior, where are we going?" Midori Orikasa couldn't help but ask.

“We don’t have a single clue, and even I’m out of ideas,” Lin Xiuyi sighed helplessly. “Now we can only go to a fortune teller.”

"Fortune telling?" Midori Orikasa looked at her in surprise. "Senpai, you...you said all of this was fake?" The others' magic was indeed fake, but Akane Koizumi's...

Recalling the sight of Akane Koizumi flying into the sky on a broomstick a few days ago, Lin Xiuyi shook his head with a complicated expression: "No matter what, let's give it a try first."

Although Midori Orikasa still had some doubts, she decided to go with Hayashi Hideichi to see what was going on, based on her trust in him.

The two soon arrived at 2-chome, the address of Akane Koizumi.

"I knew this address looked familiar."

Lin Xiuyi looked at the two-story villa in front of him, which was full of European style, and then glanced at the sci-fi-style building next to it.

Akane Koizumi's house in Beika was actually the same house that she and Reiko had both liked, located next to Professor Agasa's house.

Lin Xiu stepped forward and pressed the doorbell, but after waiting for a while, there was no response from the mansion.

"Senior, is he not here?" Midori Orikasa asked anxiously, rubbing her arms.

“Impossible, that girl is a homebody,” Lin Xiuyi shook her head. “She runs home as soon as school is over every day, how could she not be home?”

After saying that, seeing that no one was around, Lin Xiuyi grabbed the railing and nimbly climbed over.

"Senpai?" Midori Orikasa exclaimed in surprise, her eyes widening. "W-this isn't appropriate, is it?"

"Wait at the door, I'll go in and take a look."

After leaving a message, Lin Xiuyi strode towards the villa.

In a room on the second floor of the villa, heavy, deep red curtains completely blocked out the sunlight.

The room was filled with a faint scent of lavender, and a dozen antique-style candles floated in mid-air, their flickering flames enveloping the entire room in a mysterious dark red glow.

Akane Koizumi sat curled up on an antique carved chair, her bare toes unconsciously rubbing against the soft carpet.

She was still wearing her school uniform, but the bow at the collar had come undone, and her long, smooth red hair looked a little messy, with a few strands playfully falling between her furrowed brows.

"Wrong again..."

The girl bit her lower lip, her slender fingers fidgeting with the thick magic book in front of her.

The parchment pages rustled, and the candlelight flickered in her focused amber eyes, revealing a hint of obvious anxiety.

Suddenly, she slammed the book shut, the heavy cover making a dull "smack".

The flames of the candles flickered violently, casting distorted shadows on the wall.

"Why not?"

Akane Koizumi muttered to herself, reaching up to scratch her hair in frustration.

This action made her look more like an ordinary high school girl than a mysterious witch.

Living alone in Mika is not only lonely, but also difficult to handle all sorts of messy little things, such as housework.

As the successor of the Red Magic, Akane Koizumi plans to create a puppet butler for herself who looks like a human.

But for some reason, the magic always failed.

Just then, the girl suddenly felt a strange sense of panic.

Among the suspended candles, the flame of one suddenly flared up and began to flicker uncontrollably.

"This is……"

Akane Koizumi sat up straight alertly, her fingers unconsciously gripping the armrests of the chair.

Witches have a strong sixth sense, so there must be a reason why Akane Koizumi felt uneasy.

Could it be that bastard's doing it again?

(End of this chapter)