Traveling back thirty years to Conan, intercepting Princess Eri

Seeing that the customers in the store had been disturbed, Kogoro Mouri quickly bowed and apologized.

After calming the guests down, he came over and complained, "What's going on, Shuichi! You scared the guests."

"Mori-senpai, it's like this..." Seeing this, Midori Orikasa quickly explained to him in a low voice why Hayashi Shuichi was angry.

As she spoke, Kogoro Mouri's initially relaxed expression gradually turned serious.

"Such a dangerous thing really shouldn't be done by Eri and Yukiko."

At this point, he seemed to realize his tone had been a bit too serious, so he scratched his head and tried to lighten the somewhat tense atmosphere with a joke.

"It's a pity that Xiuyi and I are men, otherwise the two of us could have easily outmaneuvered the kidnappers, haha."

As he spoke, he deliberately twisted his body, made an exaggerated cross-dressing gesture, and winked at everyone.

His comical appearance immediately amused everyone, and the previously oppressive atmosphere eased considerably.

“Brother Kogoro,” Reiko covered her mouth, her eyes narrowing into slits with laughter, “Should I call you Sister Kogoro from now on?”

"Sure, Reiko!"

When Kogoro Mouri heard Reiko's words, he was not angry at all; instead, he became even more excited.

He made a delicate gesture with his fingers, and in a high-pitched, affected voice, he spoke.
"If you ever need anything in the future, just come to me, your older sister."

This performance made everyone laugh even harder.

Eri covered her mouth, her shoulders shaking uncontrollably. Yukiko leaned on the bar, her curly hair swaying gently with her laughter. Even the usually composed Midori Orikasa couldn't help but cover her face and laugh.

Of all the people, only Lin Xiuyi did not smile. He sat there quietly, his brows furrowed, staring at the remaining ice in his oolong tea cup.

Eri noticed his unusual behavior. She quietly moved closer and gently placed her slender, fair hand on his clenched fist.

The warm touch finally brought Lin Xiuyi back to her senses.

"Are you still thinking about those two girls?" Eri asked softly.

“Hmm,” Lin Xiu nodded, her voice low, “While I disagree with Officer Matsumoto’s plan, they were right about one thing: if this drags on any longer, those two girls might…”

These words were like a bucket of cold water, extinguishing the joyful atmosphere just now, and everyone fell silent as if by unspoken agreement.

Just then, Akane Koizumi, who had finished giving a fortune reading to a customer, came over.

After asking Midori Orikasa to pour her a glass of iced oolong tea, the apprentice witch picked up the cup, took a small sip, and then looked at everyone with a puzzled expression: "What were you all talking about just now? Why were you laughing so happily?"

"It's still about what happened this afternoon," Lin Xiuyi said casually, his mind still preoccupied with the worries he had just had, his tone somewhat nonchalant. "The police had no leads, so in order to save people, they wanted to find a high school girl to lure the criminal out."

"Those two police officers came to see you about this?"

Akane Koizumi paused, then seemed to realize something, and suddenly took a step back.
"Hey, don't even think about getting involved with me. I absolutely won't participate in something like this."

Lin Xiuyi rolled her eyes, too lazy to pay attention to her.

“Officer Matsumoto and the others wanted Eri and Yukiko to help them,” Midori Orikasa explained in a low voice, “but they didn’t agree.”

"Tch, you two blind fools! Am I not a high school girl?!" Akane Koizumi bit her lower lip indignantly. "Senpai, stop it," Midori Orikasa tugged at her sleeve helplessly, "You went out with the two police officers this afternoon but didn't find any useful clues. If this drags on any longer, those two kidnapped girls might..."

Akane Koizumi blinked, looked at Hideaki Lin, and suddenly said, "Since you're worried about the woman encountering danger, why don't you two men go instead?"

A sly smile appeared on the apprentice witch's face, as if she thought she had come up with a brilliant idea.

“I already said that,” Kogoro Mouri sighed. “But the kidnappers only kidnap women, so even if Shuichi and I went, it probably wouldn’t be of much use.”

“Why don’t you two just put on women’s clothes and dress up as women?” Akane Koizumi said, suppressing a laugh. “A pretty boy like Hideaki Hayashi, with his delicate skin, would definitely be a beauty if he dressed up as a woman.”

"As for Mori, although he's a bit ugly and has dark skin, isn't the trend for sporty girls these days? Doesn't he look just right?"

The apprentice witch's words immediately left everyone looking at each other in bewilderment.

Everyone looked surprised and puzzled, as if they were considering the feasibility of the proposal.

“That does seem to make sense,” Yukiko said, stroking her chin and looking around as she sized up Hayashi Shuichi and Mouri Kogoro.

"Onii-chan... Onii-san!" Reiko blinked, her face full of excitement, and she excitedly patted the table with her two little hands.

“…Shuichi, why don’t we try it like Koizumi suggested?” Even Eri Kisaki chimed in.

Orikasa Midori, standing next to him, also looked on with anticipation.

Her eyes sparkled as she stared intently at Lin Xiuyi, seemingly waiting for his answer.

"You guys don't actually want to catch the kidnappers," Lin Xiuyi said with a helpless and amused expression. "You just want to see me and Kogoro dressed as women, right?"

“There’s no harm in giving it a try,” Eri Kisaki said enthusiastically. “If it works, it might actually be useful!”

……

Around 10 p.m., after the izakaya closed, everyone did not go home as usual, but waited in the store.

Of the group, only Yukiko and Midori Orikasa were nowhere to be seen.

One of them went home to get her cosmetics, while the other went to borrow women's clothing from someone she knew.

Lin Xiuyi and Mouri Kogoro were both tall, and the clothes on the girls didn't fit them very well.

Kogoro Mouri paced restlessly in front of the bar.

"Little Green hasn't been back for so long," he said with a dry laugh, "he must not be able to find suitable clothes, so maybe we should just forget about it!"

"No way!" Reiko stood with her hands on her hips, her face firm in her opposition. "Brother Kogoro, don't you want to save those two poor sisters who were kidnapped?"

"You always say you want to be a policeman when you grow up! To be a policeman, you need courage. If you can't even do this little thing, how can you be a policeman in the future?"

"I want to be a policeman, but that doesn't mean I want to wear women's clothes," Kogoro Mouri said with a bitter face, nudging his best friend next to him. "Shuichi, say something!"

“Maybe it really is possible,” Lin Xiuyi nodded thoughtfully. “Judging from the kidnappers’ two abductions, he probably doesn’t care about appearance. Kogoro dressed as a woman might actually be one of his targets.” (End of Chapter)