Traveling back thirty years to Conan, intercepting Princess Eri

"What kind of bullshit law is this?"

Enraged, Kogoro Mouri kicked a small pebble at his feet, which struck the iron gate with a clang.

"From now on, criminals will all have to claim they have a mental illness!"

"The era of widespread depression is not far off,"

Lin Xiuyi whispered something that Mouri Kogoro couldn't understand.

At that moment, Officer Matsumoto walked over. The whip marks on his face had been treated briefly, and a conspicuous bandage was on them.
"The Metropolitan Police Department is holding a press conference soon to announce the details of the case to the public. Inspector Samezaki asked me to take you two there with me."

“I don’t need to,” Lin Xiuyi shook his head. “I haven’t been of much help with this case. You can just take Kogoro with you.”

Having known each other for so long, Officer Matsumoto understood Hayashi Hideichi's personality and stopped trying to persuade him. He turned to Kogoro Mouri and said, "Let's go, Mouri-kun."

"Press conference?"

Kogoro Mouri, who usually fantasizes about becoming as famous as his friend, is now so nervous that his palms are sweating.

He instinctively grabbed Lin Xiuyi's sleeve: "Xiuyi, you should come too. I'm a little nervous going alone."

"What if I don't know how to answer the reporters' questions?"

"For questions you don't know or aren't sure how to answer, just brag like you always do."

Lin Xiuyi couldn't help but pat his good friend on the shoulder.

"Alright, I'll head back now. You stay with Officer Matsumoto and do your best."

……

Izakaya.

As soon as Lin Xiuyi entered, Eri Kisaki, Yukiko, and Reiko surrounded him, while Midori Orikasa and Akane Koizumi also watched from the side.

"Shuichi, how is it?"

"Has the criminal been caught?"

"You're not hurt, are you?"

……

A barrage of questions came flooding in.

Lin Xiuyi was surrounded by girls, who looked at him with concern.

"I'm fine," Lin Xiuyi said with a smile, reassuring everyone as he took the hot tea that Lingzi offered him.

The warm liquid slid down my throat, dispelling the chill of the night.

It was only then that the girls realized someone was missing.

"Where's Kogoro?" Yukiko asked in surprise. "Why didn't he come back with us?"

"Could Kogoro have been kidnapped?" Reiko asked, her face full of worry. "Will he be alright?"

"What if the kidnapper discovers that Kogoro isn't a real woman? He'll definitely torture him," Midori Orikasa said, her face turning pale with fright.

"Can you guys use your brains?" Eri Kisaki adjusted her glasses irritably. "Since Shuichi was able to come back on his own, even if something happened to Kogoro, it certainly wouldn't be serious. He wouldn't just abandon Kogoro, would he?"

“Before Mori left, I did a divination for him,” Akane Koizumi said. “Although he will encounter some danger tonight, it will not be a big deal. In fact, he will gain a lot of benefits.”

"What happened tonight can't be explained in a few words. You'll find out soon enough whether Kogoro is alright or not," Lin Xiuyi said with a smile as he walked to the counter and turned on the old-fashioned television.

The screen flickered a few times, gradually revealing the image of Yomiuri TV. The Metropolitan Police Department's press conference had just begun, and Inspector Samezaki was holding a microphone, his expression serious as he introduced the case.

The camera panned across the police officers sitting on the stage, then suddenly focused on a familiar figure: Kogoro Mouri.

He was still wearing that tattered women's clothing, sitting upright and squeezed among a group of uniformed policemen, looking particularly out of place.

"Oh no," Lin Xiuyi covered her face, her voice filled with barely concealed laughter. "I forgot to remind him to change his clothes."

“Isn’t it good this way?” Yukiko laughed so hard she almost fell over. “At least everyone knows what price Kogoro paid to catch the kidnappers.”

“We’re doomed,” Eri sighed, but couldn’t hide the smile on her lips. “Ruri will definitely blame me for not telling her in advance about something this fun.”

She was already imagining her best friend's reaction after seeing the news.

Amidst laughter and conversation, the girls gradually learned the details of the case from Inspector Samezaki's words.

"Kogoro was actually kidnapped by the kidnappers?" Eri Kisaki asked in astonishment.

"That kidnapper's photo," Yukiko said, biting her lower lip in confusion, "doesn't it look familiar? I've seen it somewhere before."

"Kogoro-nii-san is amazing!" Reiko clapped her hands excitedly. "He subdued the kidnapper all by himself!"

Midori Orikasa and Akane Koizumi exchanged a smile, the latter shaking the crystal ball smugly: "See? I told you he'd get what he deserved."

The regulars at the izakaya applauded when they saw Kogoro Mouri appear on television for capturing kidnappers.

When the microphone was passed to Kogoro Mouri, the camera gave him a close-up, clearly showing his Adam's apple bobbing.

Kogoro Mouri began to stammer as he answered the reporter's questions, his voice trembling and his words incoherent.

However, this carefree guy quickly got used to the attention and began to excitedly recount his "heroic deeds."

When he got excited, Kogoro Mouri even stood up and gestured, completely forgetting that he was wearing women's clothing, which drew bursts of laughter and applause from the reporters in the audience.

"I threw a left hook!"

Kogoro Mouri brandished his fist, the sleeves of his dress sliding down to his elbows, revealing red marks from the rope binding him.
"The female kidnapper collapsed like a tattered sack!"

On stage, the officers of the Metropolitan Police Department watched Kogoro Mouri's performance with smiles on their faces.

Their thoughts were the same as when the principal of Teitan High School pushed Hayashi Shuichi to the forefront.

With Kogoro Mouri drawing attention, the media will pay less attention to Haruko Iguchi and Mizuo Oi.

The Metropolitan Police Department, naturally, will receive fewer criticisms.

……

The next day, Kogoro Mouri finally achieved his wish and became a celebrity at school. Wherever he went, people would come up to him and ask about how he saved someone while dressed as a woman.

"Tsk tsk, so this is what it feels like to be a hero," Kogoro Mouri said proudly, raising his head. "From now on, you'll have to call me Detective Mouri."

“We’ll talk about that when you become a police officer,” Eri Kisaki glared at him irritably. “Now, take out your homework; I need to hand it in to the teacher.”

"What? There was homework yesterday?" Kogoro Mori quickly looked at his best friend.

"Didn't you ask someone to write it for you?" Lin Xiuyi asked in surprise. "Yukiko and Eri wrote mine for me."

"Why didn't you say so sooner?" Kogoro Mouri said with a bitter face, slumping helplessly on the table. "Yesterday I was so busy catching the kidnappers that I completely forgot about the homework."

"Then you're in big trouble," Yukiko laughed gleefully. "Takeshita-sensei, the math teacher, will definitely not let you off easily." (End of Chapter)