Traveling back thirty years to Conan, intercepting Princess Eri

Chapter 349 I, Yukiko, am back!

The case was solved, and Inspector Megure drove Lin Xiuyi and the other two back home.

To prevent Eri and Reiko from seeing the glass jar, Hideaki Hayashi didn't take them into the First Division's office, but instead had them wait outside.

Back at the izakaya, after learning the whole story of the case from Hayashi Hideichi, Eri Kisaki frowned deeply, her eyes filled with disgust.

She scoffed at Ogasawara Yuto's reasons for killing, and consequently also began to despise Ogasawara Mari, who might have had unusual feelings for her younger brother.

Lingzi felt sorry for the siblings, her little face full of pity and regret: "Although they can't be together because of their blood ties, they should talk things out. At least that way, there wouldn't be any misunderstandings, and things wouldn't have turned out like this."

"Wouldn't it be even more disgusting to talk about it out loud?" Eri glanced at the little girl and mocked her with disdain. "If you ask me, if she really cares about her brother, she should leave sooner. As time goes by, no matter what kind of feelings there are, they will fade."

"Hmph," Reiko glared at Eri, hands on her hips, and retorted angrily, "They are siblings, why should they separate! It should be the outsiders who should leave."

“Can’t you understand human language?” Eri Kisaki rolled her eyes dismissively. “If they continue to stay together, things will only get more and more absurd. Sometimes, people can’t distinguish between family affection and romantic love.”

“How could I not tell the difference!” Reiko retorted loudly, her face flushed.

"How could anyone possibly tell the difference!" Eri Kisaki retorted, glaring at the little girl and raising her voice.

Seeing that the two were about to start arguing again, Lin Xiuyi, who was sitting in the middle, sighed helplessly and quickly stretched out his hands to separate them: "Alright, stop arguing. The case is closed, what's there to argue about?"

Just then, the shop's landline rang.

Lin Xiuyi answered the phone and saw that it was Inspector Samezaki from the Metropolitan Police Department calling.

“Ogasawara Yuto just rammed his head against the wall while the guards weren’t looking,” Inspector Samezaki said in a low voice. “He has been confirmed dead.”

“Is that so?” Lin Xiu nodded. He had already guessed this outcome when he noticed Ogasawara Yuto’s lifeless gaze at the Metropolitan Police Department.

After hanging up the phone, he told the two girls the news.

“This is the best possible outcome,” Reiko said with a sigh. “He killed himself, which is a way of avenging his sister. If there really is an afterlife, the two of them can continue to live together.”

“Hmph, just a coward who shirks responsibility,” Eri Kisaki scoffed. “If he really felt remorse for his sister’s death, he should accept the punishment of the law and atone for his mistakes in prison, instead of just dying.”

Seeing that if the two continued talking, they would definitely start arguing like before, Lin Xiuyi quickly interrupted: "Don't talk about this. We haven't had breakfast yet. Lingzi made it this morning. It would be such a waste to waste it."

“But I only cooked porridge and fried eggs,” Lingzi blinked. “It’s because some people didn’t buy meat buns.”

"Meat buns..."

Upon hearing this, Eri Kisaki recalled the disfigured head she had found in the freezer, and her face immediately turned pale, her body trembling slightly.

“This is enough to fill us up!” Lin Xiuyi glared at her sister. “Don’t overthink it, Eri.”

“Hmm,” Eri Kisaki, who is usually strong, showed a rare vulnerable expression. She leaned gently on her childhood friend’s shoulder. “Shuichi, am I really useless? I’ve already decided to become a lawyer in the future, but I can’t even handle this little thing.”

“There’s a process of gradually accepting anything,” Lin Xiuyi said gently, looking at her. “I was like that back then too…”

He realized he had let something slip and quickly stopped talking.

"Back then?" Eri looked at her childhood friend with surprise, her eyes full of curiosity. "We grew up together, so why are you so used to these things?" "...Maybe it's because I often watch some weird movies," Lin Xiuyi chuckled. "Alright, let's go upstairs and eat. The porridge is probably already cold."

Seeing her brother helping Eri Kisaki upstairs, Reiko stomped her foot in annoyance.

Hmph, pretending to be weak to deceive Onii-chan again!
……

After dinner, in order to distract Eri from thinking about the case, Lin Xiuyi took out a deck of cards, and the three of them played a game of Monopoly.

The two girls were also constantly at odds while playing cards.

This actually benefited Lin Xiuyi, who won eight or nine out of ten games.

Lin Xiuyi disliked gambling, so the three of them couldn't win money playing cards. Instead, they simply stuck slips of paper on the faces of the losers.

After most of the day, Lin Xiuyi only had three or four pieces of paper on his face, while Fei Yingli and Lingzi's faces were basically covered with paper.

"Want to play some more?" Lin Xiuyi glanced at the clock on the wall; it was already past five.

"The last round!" Reiko angrily blew on the note that had fallen to her lips. "Eri-neechan and I have both lost nineteen rounds so far. Let's see who loses the most in the last round."

“Agreed,” Eri Kisaki nodded calmly, her face covered in white paper strips, making her look like an old man with a full white beard.

Lin Xiuyi shuffled the playing cards and dealt them to each person.

Reiko looked at the bad hand in her hand, her lips pursed, and her face was full of frustration.

Eri Kisaki, however, was all smiles, her eyes gleaming with smugness, clearly indicating that she had received a very good hand.

Just as Lin Xiuyi was worrying that if the two really won this round, they would probably start arguing, he suddenly heard a girl's energetic shout coming from downstairs.
"Superstar Yukiko Fujimine is back! Why aren't you all out there to greet her!"

"Yukiko-neechan?" Reiko's eyes lit up. She quickly dropped the playing cards in her hand and ran to the window without even putting on her shoes.

Then I saw Yukiko pulling her suitcase and walking towards the door of the izakaya.

“I’ll go open the door for her,” Lin Xiuyi said, putting down her playing cards and walking towards the door.

"Humph……"

Eri Kisaki glared angrily at the two leaving, slamming her cards on the table. She was determined to win this time!
That wretched Yukiko! Why did she have to come back at this crucial moment of all times?
We really are incompatible!

……

Yukiko, who rushed to the entrance of the izakaya, looked in surprise at the Hayashi siblings, who came downstairs with notes stuck to their faces.

"What are you..."

“I was bored, so I played cards at home,” Lin Xiuyi said, stepping forward to help her with her luggage. “You said filming wouldn’t finish until the weekend, so I was planning to pick you up.”

(End of this chapter)