Traveling back thirty years to Conan, intercepting Princess Eri

"Oh, I remember now!" Yamamura Misao exclaimed joyfully, "You're the older brother who got trapped in the car with the blonde older sister in the landslide!"

Sharon... I wonder how she is now?

Yamamura's words reminded Lin Xiuyi of the woman who had once shared life and death with him.

Seeing Lin Xiuyi standing there in a daze, Yamamura Misao peeked behind him. When he saw Furuya Rei with blond hair, his eyes widened and his mouth formed an "O": "A foreigner?"

"I'm not a foreigner!" Rei Furuya frowned in displeasure, his golden bangs swaying slightly as he shook his head. "My mother."

Before he could finish speaking, Yamamura Misao suddenly leaned closer, her little face full of envy: "Golden hair, I wish I had that too."

As she spoke, she reached out as if to touch it, but then stopped in mid-air and withdrew her hand somewhat embarrassedly.

"Huh?" Furuya Rei was stunned, his blue eyes widening slightly.

The kids in his neighborhood would laugh at his blond hair, saying he looked like a "foreign monster," unlike Yamamura Misao who looked so full of longing.

This prompted Rei Furuya to ask, "Doesn't my hair look strange...?"

“It’s so beautiful,” Yamamura Misao grinned foolishly. “It’s sparkly, like…like gold!”

"Thank you," Furuya Rei said, lowering his head somewhat embarrassedly and rubbing his toes against the small pebbles on the ground.

This was the first time he had received praise from children his own age because of his hair color, and a feeling of warmth welled up inside him.

"Alright, come inside," the old lady said. "It's quite a long way from Tokyo, you probably haven't eaten yet, have you?"

She smiled and pushed open the door, and warm light streamed into the room.

“I’ve already prepared everything; I have fresh wild vegetables and mushrooms from the mountains.”

The old lady in the mountain village has really good cooking skills.

The old-fashioned wooden dining table was filled with delicious and visually appealing mountain dishes.

The charcoal-grilled fish is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, the wild vegetable tempura is golden and crispy, and the mushroom miso soup exudes an enticing aroma.

Lin Xiuyi picked up a piece of grilled fish. The fish meat trembled slightly between his chopsticks and melted in his mouth, prompting him to exclaim in admiration.

Kogoro Mouri and Rei Furuya were too busy wolfing down their food to talk, their cheeks bulging like hamsters.

Hidekazu Fukuda maintained an elegant eating demeanor, but his speed in picking up food was noticeably faster than usual.

Lin Xiuyi and the others enjoyed their dinner very much.

Laughter filled the dining table, and even Rei Furuya had an extra bowl of rice than usual.

After the meal, Kogoro Mori patted his belly contentedly and went to his room to rest with Hidekazu Fukuda.

Lin Xiuyi then got up and helped the old lady clear away the dishes.

Rei Furuya was pulled along by the excited Misao Yamamura and taken to his room to admire his collection.

As soon as he entered the house, Rei Furuya was stunned by the sight before him.

The entire wall was densely covered with dozens of insect specimens, which shimmered with an eerie luster under the dim light.

Rei Furuya's mouth involuntarily opened slightly, and his blue eyes widened.

"I caught these in the forest,"

Yamamura Tsao puffed out his chest, stood on tiptoe, and pointed to one of the specimens.
"This is a human-faced bug, the patterns on its back look like a human face, right?"

He then pointed to another one.
"This is a jewel beetle. Its shell changes color, and it's quite difficult to catch." After introducing each specimen on the wall, Yamamura Misao mysteriously dragged a small wooden box out from under the bed.

He carefully opened it, and inside lay a rhinoceros beetle, as big as half a palm, its carapace gleaming with a metallic sheen under the light.

"It's huge."

Rei Furuya couldn't help but gasp, his fingers trembling slightly as he wanted to touch it but dared not.

His naive and dumbfounded expression greatly satisfied Shancun Cao's vanity, and his little face was filled with self-satisfaction.

After handing the rhinoceros beetle to Furuya Rei to play with, Yamamura Misao couldn't wait to pull a tin box out of the drawer.

Upon opening, hundreds of Kamen Rider cards were neatly stacked inside.

“I’ve already collected all the common and rare editions,” Yamamura Misao proudly stated. “There are only a few of the rarest ones left.”

Rei Furuya wasn't interested in the Kamen Rider cards, and simply replied, "I have the whole set."

He realized what he had said after he finished speaking, and pursed his lips somewhat embarrassedly.

He was previously ostracized by the kids in his neighborhood and had no playmates, so he could only collect Kamen Rider cards by himself.

Tokyo is a big city after all, and Rei Furuya comes from a well-off family, so it didn't take long for him to collect them all.

Having collected them all, but having no one to share them with, the feeling of loneliness became even stronger, and Rei Furuya quickly gave up playing it.

Fortunately, not long after, he met his master, Lin Xiuyi, and from then on, he completely forgot about the Kamen Rider cards at home.

Unlike others, Shancun Cao lives in a remote village and has very little pocket money each month, which makes it much more difficult for him to collect all the cards.

Rei Furuya's words immediately filled Misao Yamamura's face with disbelief and envy: "The complete set? Including the limited edition 'Rainbow Mask'?"

Looking into the other person's sparkling eyes, Furuya Rei coughed lightly, pretending to be nonchalant: "If you teach me how to make this," he pointed to the specimens on the wall, "I'll give you the whole set of cards."

"Really?" Yamamura Misao was so excited she almost jumped up. "You're not lying to me, are you?"

“I never lie,” Furuya Rei replied without changing his expression.

Yamamura Tsao immediately perked up, straightening his back like a little teacher: "Making insect specimens is very simple. First, you need to prepare specimen pins and wing-spreading boards."

the next day.

Since there were no reshoots for Yukiko's scenes in the morning, she took Ruri, who was interested in the subject, and explained the various aspects of filming.

Eri Kisaki and Hiromi Yabuuchi followed behind, chatting idly.

Hiromi Yabuuchi has been trying every trick in the book to find out the progress of Eri Kisaki and Shuichi Hayashi's relationship, clearly preparing for her best friend to steal the man.

Eri Kisaki was very clever and immediately saw through her thoughts, so she smiled insincerely and pretended to be friendly.

While the girls were scheming and plotting, the boys were having a blast.

After hearing that Rei Furuya was going to the forest with Misao Yamamura to catch rhinoceros beetles to make specimens, Kogoro Mouri immediately became interested as well.

"Catching bugs? I'm an expert at that!" He patted his chest and boasted, "When I was a kid, I was the king of the kids in our area! Even Shuichi would follow me around, asking me to catch bugs for him!"

Kogoro Mouri then called on Shuichi Hayashi and Hidekazu Fukuda.

Lin Xiuyi smiled helplessly at this, but still changed into casual clothes that were easy to move in.

Hidekazu Fukuda, on the other hand, had prepared a clear glass bottle with great enthusiasm, complete with a cork stopper and several holes for ventilation, clearly hoping to gain something from this expedition. (End of Chapter)