Traveling back thirty years to Conan, intercepting Princess Eri

Chapter 320 What am I, a fantasy killer?
"Shall we ride on brooms?" Lin Xiuyi's eyes lit up, and she asked excitedly.

Who hasn't dreamed of flying through the air on a broomstick like Harry Potter?

I just don't know if riding this will cause chafing on a man's testicles.

"It's me! Not us!" Akane Koizumi saw that he was interested in her broom and quickly hid it behind her back. "Don't touch my things! If you touch my broom, it will definitely fall apart."

"Am I that good? What's this, Imagine Breaker?" Lin Xiu looked at her well-defined knuckles, then raised her head. "What you just said, was that the second condition?"

"Of course not!" Akane Koizumi stomped her foot, her eyes wide with anger. "Are you going to save them or not?!"

“Help,” Lin Xiu said with a headache, “but you’re flying in the sky on a broomstick, we can’t catch up with you.”

“I’ll fly there first to find out the address where the girl is being held,” Akane Koizumi thought for a moment. “Once you get to Beika by train, I’ll show you the way.”

"Why don't you just rescue them too?" Lin Xiu's eyes lit up. "That way I won't have to go through all that trouble to run over there."

"Promise me three more things!" Akane Koizumi held up three fingers and began to bargain.

"You fly first, I'll follow later," Lin Xiuyi said without further ado, turning and walking away decisively. Judging from Koizumi Akane's attitude, the three conditions he had agreed to earlier were already quite troublesome, and he wasn't about to "sell himself" to a witch for a blonde girl.

“…Tch, stingy,” Akane Koizumi scoffed, took a long stride and straddled the broom. With a light push of her feet, the broom carried her directly out of the open window on the first floor.

When Lin Xiuyi stepped out of the mansion, the witch was already floating steadily in mid-air. Orikasa Midori, standing not far from the doorway, clearly couldn't see Koizumi Akane flying above.

Upon seeing Lin Xiuyi emerge, she anxiously asked, "Senior, how did it go? Did you find Ya Yue?"

"Can't others see you?" Lin Xiuyi looked up curiously at Koizumi Akane, who was floating in mid-air. The witch was leisurely swinging her legs, and sunlight filtered through her translucent figure, casting dappled shadows on the ground.

“Of course they can’t see it,” Akane Koizumi rolled her eyes, her face full of impatience. “If they see it, will we have another witch hunt? I’m going first, you guys hurry up too!”

After saying that, the witch rode her broom and soared into the sky, quickly disappearing into the horizon.

"Let's go, she might be locked up near the Beika factory area," Lin Xiuyi explained briefly to Orikasa Midori at the door before they headed towards the station together.

……

Lin Xiuyi hadn't been to Beika very often and didn't know much about the place, as did Orikasa Midori. Fortunately, Koizumi Akane, who had flown over on a broomstick beforehand, had already found the place where the blond-haired girl had been kidnapped.

As Lin Xiuyi and Orikasa Midori stepped out of the station, they saw Koizumi Akane flying over on a broomstick.

“I’ve found her,” the witch slammed on the brakes, stopping diagonally above Lin Xiuyi. “She’s in an apartment next to the factory in the suburbs.”

“You lead the way up here,” Lin Xiuyi replied. “Xiao Lü and I will take a taxi.” “Senior,” Orikasa Midori looked around in confusion, “Who are you talking to?” The delinquent girl looked worried and stood on tiptoe, wanting to touch Lin Xiuyi’s forehead—her friend had been kidnapped, and if Lin Xiuyi developed mental problems, she would truly be in despair.

"Senior, are you too tired and even hallucinating? Why don't we find a place to rest?"

I really hope Akane Koizumi is hallucinating... Lin Xiuyi sighed silently in his heart: "I'm fine, let's go, let's save people."

The two hailed a taxi and, following Akane Koizumi's directions, quickly arrived at the Beika factory district. The air here had become noticeably murky, with towering chimneys in the distance constantly belching out grayish-white smoke.

Lin Xiu took a deep breath after getting out of the car, but was choked by the air mixed with engine oil and chemicals and started coughing. In addition to the rows of factories, there were also apartment buildings of varying ages next to the factory workers.

It was rush hour, and the area was bustling with people, making it particularly noisy. Lin Xiuyi looked around and quickly spotted a huge chimney billowing thick smoke—that must be the chimney that Koizumi Akane had seen in the crystal ball earlier.

Even with this landmark, finding the blond-haired girl here won't be easy. The factory area is enormous, surrounded by countless apartment buildings, resembling a maze. Add to that the complex flow of people in the vicinity, and if Lin Xiuyi were to search for her on his own, it would definitely take him at least ten days to two weeks. By then, the blond-haired girl would probably have been tortured beyond recognition.

"Senior, which way to go next?" Midori Orisaka asked, following behind Hayashi Hideichi, looking confused.

"Follow me," Lin Xiu called out, and following the directions from Akane Koizumi in the sky, they soon arrived at a dilapidated two-story apartment building.

"That blonde girl is locked up in room 209, the innermost room on the second floor," Akane Koizumi said, then snorted at Hideaki Lin. "I've done what I promised, but don't forget, there are still two conditions I owe you."

"Don't worry, I won't forget." Lin Xiuyi flexed his wrists and was about to take Orikasa Midori upstairs when Koizumi Akane floated down again.

“Hey, there are quite a few people in that room right now, including three men,” Akane Koizumi kindly reminded him. “Are you two really going to be able to handle this? Why don’t you just beg me and agree to two more conditions, and I’ll help you deal with them.”

“No need,” Lin Xiuyi looked around and then found a wooden stick at the entrance of the dilapidated apartment. He was about to toss it to Orikasa Midori when the delinquent girl shook her head, bent down, and pulled a wooden sword from under her skirt. “I brought a weapon, senpai.”

I almost forgot you had this skill... Lin Xiuyi nodded speechlessly, picked up the wooden stick, and headed upstairs first.

"Hmph, you don't appreciate kindness! If you get beaten up later, I won't save you!" Akane Koizumi sat casually on the broom, propping her chin up with one hand, a smug smile on her face, ready to watch the show.

Lin Xiuyi led Orisaka Midori to the door of room 209 at the very back of the second floor, where they could faintly hear excited cheers coming from inside.

"Senior!" Midori Orikasa gripped the wooden sword tightly in her hand, her face showing both tension and worry—she was afraid to see her friend being tortured to a terrible state.

"Don't worry, she'll be fine," Lin Xiuyi reassured her before knocking on the door.

"Who is it?" someone shouted impatiently from inside the apartment.

"Deliveryman, your ramen has arrived," Lin Xiuyi replied calmly.

(End of this chapter)