Traveling back thirty years to Conan, intercepting Princess Eri

Summer vacation is just around the corner.

In order to go out and have fun with his girlfriend Ruri, Kogoro Mouri studied like crazy for the last two weeks.

He always had dark circles under his eyes, and he would hold his books with him even during breaks, and he even covered the walls of his room with his notes.

Finally, when the report card came out, he jumped up excitedly. He had passed all his courses!
On the other side, Akane Koizumi, with her abysmal academic performance, Lin Xiuyi had already assumed that she would definitely be kept at school for remedial classes.

When the results were announced, everyone was stunned – she had passed all her subjects!

Akane Koizumi was clearly uncomfortable under the surprised gazes of the crowd.
"Um... this is all thanks to my hard work..."

Her voice grew softer and softer, her eyes darting around, but she dared not look directly at Lin Xiuyi.

Seeing her guilty look, Lin Xiuyi knew without guessing that this girl must have secretly used magic again in order to pass the exam.

Although she passed the exams and didn't have to stay at school, Akane Koizumi didn't go to Takasaki with Hideichi and the others.

On the first day of her holiday, she hurriedly said goodbye to Lin Xiuyi on her broomstick.

"My mom suddenly called me and said she had something important to say..."

After leaving behind those words, the apprentice witch soared into the sky and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

……

Because the production crew was pressing them hard, on the second day of their holiday, everyone went to Tokyo Station with Yukiko.

Besides Hayashi Shuichi, the others who accompanied him included Kisaki Eri, Reiko, Mouri Kogoro, Ruri, and Furuya Rei.

"Is Sister Little Green really not coming?" Lingzi asked, holding her brother's hand and looking up at him.

"Mrs. Orikasa is going to renovate the flower shop, and Little Green will stay and help out," Lin Xiuyi said, ruffling his sister's hair. "Let's go out and play together again next time we have the chance."

As for Tomizawa Chikage, she has been out of contact since being discharged from the hospital, as if she has vanished into thin air. It is unknown whether she has set her sights on that wealthy man again.

As for Narumi, with his health improving, Mr. Aso recently discharged him from the hospital and took him back to his home on Tsukikage Island.

……

"Woo——"

With the sound of the train whistle, everyone finally arrived at Takasaki Station.

The platform was bustling with people, and the air was thick with the heat of summer.

This time, Yukiko's good friend Hiromi Yabuuchi was there to greet everyone again.

Upon learning that there were quite a few people coming, she specially arranged for a van, which was driven by her boyfriend, Hidekazu Fukuda, as always.

"Hiromi!" Yukiko rushed to her friend as soon as she saw her. "Thank you so much for going to all this trouble, even arranging a car..."

"Alright, why are we being so polite between us?" Hiromi Yabuuchi smiled and pulled Yukiko aside, lowering her voice mysteriously, "Didn't you say your rival, Hayashi's childhood friend, is here too?"

She quietly pointed to two girls wearing glasses standing not far away.

Which one is it?

Yukiko pouted, "It's the one who seems particularly mean, petty, and likes to stir up trouble." "Miss, isn't that a rather abstract description?"

Hiromi Yabuuchi couldn't help but chuckle, and was about to press further...
Suddenly, I saw Ruri intimately linking arms with Kogoro Mouri, the two of them holding a camera and preparing to take a selfie.

She immediately realized and looked at Eri Kisaki, who was standing quietly to the side: "Oh, it's her! She's such a quiet girl."

“She is indeed beautiful,” Hiromi Yabuuchi looked Eri Kisaki up and down, “Although her figure is not as good as yours, we are childhood friends after all…”

The girl mischievously nudged Yukiko with her elbow.

"You're not going to have an easy time stealing a man."

"I just arrived, and you're already getting angry with me, aren't you?"

Yukiko rolled her eyes helplessly, her cheeks slightly flushed.

"I was hoping to spend some quality time with Shuichi in the village, but now that's all gone."

"Want some alone time? That's easy!" Hiromi Yabuuchi winked mischievously and made a "leave it to me" gesture. "Gunma is our territory. We can just find an excuse to separate them later."

“…Let’s forget it,” Yukiko hesitated for a moment, then shook her head. “If it were just Glasses Girl, I could leave her behind, but this time we have other friends…”

After exchanging pleasantries, Hiromi Yabuuchi looked at Shuichi Hayashi and joked, "Great Detective, I haven't seen you since the earthquake. I thought you were too scared to come to Gunma again!"

"Don't mention that incident," Lin Xiuyi said with a wry smile, waving her hand. "I still feel lingering fear when I think about those few hours I was buried in the car."

"Don't worry!" Hiromi Yabuuchi assured her, "The road we took last time is still closed for repairs. This time we'll take a different, flat road. Even if there's an earthquake, there won't be any more landslides. It'll just be a little longer."

One by one, everyone boarded the van, and Hiromi Yabuuchi temporarily took on the role of tour guide, vividly introducing the local customs and culture of Gunma.

Reiko excitedly pressed her face against the window, her little face almost touching the glass. For her, who had hardly ever left Tokyo, every rice paddy and hill that flashed past the window was full of novelty, and she would occasionally pull Lin Xiuyi aside to exclaim in surprise.

Rei Furuya was just as excited as she was; it was a rare opportunity for him to go out and have fun.

When boarding the train, Ruri noticed that Yukiko and Hiromi Yabuuchi were whispering together. Worried that her best friend would be targeted by them, Ruri temporarily "abandoned" Kogoro Mouri and sat next to Eri Kisaki.

The two girls leaned their heads together, whispering to each other from time to time and occasionally letting out soft laughter, seemingly discussing some secret topic.

Kogoro Mouri slumped in the seat next to Shuichi Hayashi, looking as if all his strength had been drained.

In the past two weeks, he has barely slept in order to prepare for the exam. Now, as soon as he gets on the bus, his eyelids start to droop, and his head bobs up and down like a chick pecking at rice. He soon falls asleep against the window.

As Hiromi Yabuuchi said, the van took a long detour to the village where the film crew was located.

As the sun sets, golden wheat fields outside the car window ripple in the evening breeze, and distant mountains gradually turn tinged with twilight.

When the van finally arrived at the village, only the last rays of sunset remained on the horizon, and the village lights lit up one by one, like scattered stars.

"Finally arrived..." Yukiko stretched.

Because we had contacted familiar villagers in advance, our accommodation had already been arranged.

“There are no hotels in the village, so everyone will be staying at the villagers’ homes this time,” Yukiko began assigning accommodations. “Hiromi and I will stay in the room arranged by the crew tonight, while Glasses Girl, Ruri, and Reiko will go to the village chief’s house.”

"The remaining four of you," Yukiko said, looking at Hayashi Shuichi, Mouri Kogoro, Furuya Rei, and Fukuda Hidekazu, "you go to the Yamamura family home. Misao's parents both work in Tokyo, so it's just him and his grandmother at home. There are two empty rooms there." (End of Chapter)